Is my STC #1 worth anything?

[Chezwig]

As an avid collector of STC in my primary school days, I have always decided to never throw out the issues. However, last august when I was deciding what to take and what not to take to uni, I discovered STC 1. I even read it. the first ever Sonic strip was called "Enter: Sonic" where he destroys a big machine robotnic built to pollute mobius. My question is: would it be worth anything? I was considering if it was worth selling it on e-bay but if it's fairly common I wouldn't see the point.

[Shadude]

I should think so. I mean I'm looking for STC comics as it is and I would love to get my hands on them somehow

[Hades]

I doubt that my STC #1 is worth anything. The covers come detached and its inn quite a horrid state.

[Samface]

Yeah, I'd definitely sell it if you don't want it. You'd get a nice little profit. Or you could just give it to me. ;D

[Sin]

Well, on Ebay someone is selling issue 6,8 and 9 and that is only going for £5 at the moment.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3964&item=2241289112&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Chezwig]

Cheers Guys.....But would anyone know a realistic evaluation for it? I have the first 5 issues and although some of them have my scribblings in the back (where you were asked what you thought of the comic), It'd be nice to think I can get some decent scratch for it.

[Admin Droid]

These are just my guesses. I'd say near mint it would fetch £6-8. Otherwise, as long as it's intact, £3-4. I imagine you could get £8-10 for the first five.

If you want to make much money from them, you'll want to have either a complete or very large collection (especially if you have poster mags and specials too) and particularly in near mint condition.

[Tom]

£10 tops, and from the condition you describe it, I wouldn't advise sticking a "near mint" tag on it without an image and full details of what's different about it.

Why is it not worth a lot? Aside from the obvious comics speculator market crash of the 1990s (circulation went up so much the market value of a comic was worth less than people were paying for them off the stands), the earliest issues do not represent STC at its vintage - with only very weak connections to the rest of the series. The "main" series writer, Nigel Kitching, only really began his run with #8 (with brief stints in previous issues 4, 6 and 7), and Richard Elson didn't begin until #7 (which represents some of his weakest work on the comic - the entire body of his STC work shows his astonishing progression as an artist).

Most importantly, it's a UK anthology comic that doesn't run any longer, and there's an American equivalent that does (despite its obvious inferiority!).

[Omochao]

I doubt you'd get much for it. Personally, I'd pay... uh... £3.