Huge comic book collection stolen from Bellevue home
posted by admin in home cleaning servicePolice are investigating the theft of 6,000 comic books reported stolen last month from a Bellevue home.
Police suspect that someone with ready access to the home took the collection because there were no signs of forced entry. However, police don’t think the current residents were involved, Grannis said.
It was unclear whether any of the comics would be considered valuable collectors’ items, although it appeared nothing like a “first-edition ‘Captain America’ ” had been stolen, Grannis said.
That particular comic and other first editions of “Batman” or “Superman” published in the 1940s could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to several collectors Web sites.
Two weeks before the theft report on May 29, the annual Emerald City Comic Con, a big draw for Northwest comic fans, was held at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle. Police have no evidence that the thief tried to sell any stolen comic books at the event.
The owner managed to find a private collector who purchased 1,000 of the stolen comics, possibly from the thief. A Bellevue officer planned to assemble a photomontage with a possible suspect’s photo to show to the collector, Grannis said.
The police report does not indicate how the comics were packaged.
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