Comicool

£2m treasure trove of superhero adventures set to go on sale... and books worth thousands could be waiting to be found in your lofts, cupboards and garages

- BY EMMELINE SAUNDERS

If you have got a box of your old comics in the loft, you could be sitting on a collection that’s worth a fortune – just like the one valued

at more than £2million that goes under the hammer this month.

Adam Page, 48, a comic book and artwork expert at London auction house Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s, says comics from our childhood are becoming more valuable than ever because “people long for escapism”.

He explains: “We live in such torrid times – anything that’s comic related, sci-fi-related, shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime – it’s all an escape from the life we’re living.”

And while cinema-goers may be complaining of “superhero fatigue” –not a single Marvel or DC Studios film made it into the top five highest-grossing movies of 2025 – comic book fans can’t get enough of their favourite reads.

“They’ve become tradeable commodities,” says Adam. “It’s the same with trading cards. If you look at Pokemon and sports trading cards, they’re now sel l ing for obscen e amounts of money because people are getting into these things as investments.

“You’ve got a lot more music celebrities and actors getting into this field. You now have people who work in stocks and shares getting into it because it’s a commodity.”

American rapper Eminem is one self-confessed comic book nerd, boasting an “otherworldly” collection of rare issues, according to his record label executive Riggs Morales.