MJofComics
Neutral third party

Sell it. Consign it. Trade it. Or tell me the book you can't find.

I am MJ. I move high-value comics for collectors who do not want to hand a five-figure book to a stranger and hope. One person in the middle, from the first message to the last shipping label.

$1M+
In comics moved
Zero
Losses to date
A DECADE
Doing this
$25K
Insured per package
What I do

Whatever you have,
there is a door for it.

You do not have to work out which of these you want. Tell me what you have and I will tell you honestly which route gets you the most for it.

The Bat-Signal
11

Collectors are
hunting right now.

Each one has told me the exact book and the exact grade they need. They are not browsing. They have been looking for years.

If you own one of them, I already have a potential buyer. Tell me and I will work the deal.

Currently wanted
  1. Action Comics (1938) #1CGC 1.0 or better · Cream pages or better
  2. Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #238CGC 9.6 or better · Off-White to White (OW/W) pages or better
  3. Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #316CGC 9.8 or better · Off-White to White (OW/W) pages or better
  4. Batman (1940) #227CGC 9.8 or better · Off-White to White (OW/W) pages or better
  5. Batman (1940) #232CBCS 9.4 or better · Off-White (OW) pages or better
  6. The Brave and the Bold (1955) #60CGC 9.0 or better · Off-White (OW) pages or better
  7. Detective Comics (1937) #35CGC 2.0 or better · Cream pages or better
  8. Detective Comics (1937) #58CGC 1.0 or better · Off-White (OW) pages or better
  9. Marvelman 1954 #25CGC NG or better · Cream pages or better
  10. Silver Surfer (1968) #3CGC 9.0 or better · White pages or better
  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) #1CGC 2.0 or better · Cream pages or better
Open the full list on its own page →

Live from my desk. If your book is on it, somebody is already waiting.

Private Match

Sell it without
listing it.

Your book is not for sale. Unless the number is right. You do not have to put it on the market to find out whether somebody will pay that number.

It is private consignment. Same idea as leaving a book with me to sell, except it is never listed anywhere, nobody knows it is available, and it stays in your house until you agree to a deal.

Tell me the price where you would actually let it go, and I hold it against the collectors already hunting that exact book.

If there is no buyer, nothing happens and you owe nothing.
If I complete a match, it is $25 per $1,000. That is the whole arrangement.
How to enter
  1. Choose "I Have a Book(s) to Sell / Consign". That is the right door, even though you are not selling yet.
  2. Fill in the book, the grade, and the number you would sell at.
  3. When it asks What Type of Deal, choose Private Match.
What Private Match costs, every line →
How it goes
  1. You tell me the book and your numberTwo minutes to fill in. Any graded book worth $1,000 or more, and it stays on your shelf throughout.
  2. I match it privately against who is huntingIt goes against every collector already hunting that exact book, and nobody but me can see it is there.
  3. You confirm, or you don'tStill yours, still your call, and nothing at all reaches the buyer until you have said yes to the number.
Which one am I
  1. Sell it outrightYou want it gone and the money now. I buy it from you. No percentage and no waiting on a buyer.
  2. Consignment (Full Service)You want the most for it. I take it on, market it to my audience and work the buyers. Never more than 3.5%.
  3. Private MatchYou are in no hurry. You keep the book and wait privately for the right buyer. $25 per $1,000, and only if one turns up.

Not sure? Start with Private Match. You can always move to consignment later if you decide you would rather I went out and sold it.

Don't take my word

Judge me by
my track record.

I have never had a book fail to arrive and I have never had a deal go sideways. I have got the receipts for that.

But you should not have to take that from me. Unsolicited reviews from people I have actually traded with, some of them for the best part of a decade. Real accounts, real names, nothing written by me. Enough of them that they fill two highlights.

Open the comments on each one to read what people said. Instagram sometimes bounces that link if you are not signed in; if it does, open @mjofcomics and tap either highlight marked REVIEWS.

Transparent fees

Nothing up front.
On any of it.

Four numbers cover everything I do. You never pay me before a book sells, and selling outright costs you nothing at all, because I am the one buying it.

And there is nothing else. No listing fee, no photography fee, nothing for the marketing. You will never be caught off guard by a number you have not already seen.

3.5%
Consignment

You send me the book and I go and sell it.

I handle the listing, the photos, the buyers and the haggling. A ceiling, not a starting point, and on larger books it comes down.

2.5%
Private Match

You keep the book. I watch for a buyer.

Never listed. It stays with you until you agree to a deal. Flat rate, and only if I actually find somebody.

3%
Referral rate

Send me a consignor and your next book is cheaper.

One referral, one book. It comes off the next one you send me, not the one already with me.

$0
Up front

You pay nothing to get started.

On either service. The fee comes out of the sale, and there is none at all if the book does not sell.

Every line of all three, worked out →
MJ Secure

"You ship first."
"No, you ship first."

Two strangers, one big deal, and nobody moves. That deadlock kills more trades in this hobby than money ever does.

MJ Secure removes the deadlock. Both books come to me. I check them against what was agreed, document what arrives, and only then does either one go out.

I hold the comic. Not your money.
Payment goes straight from buyer to seller. I never receive or hold a dollar of it.

There is no form for this one. Both sides have to agree terms before anything moves, so it starts with a message rather than a submission.

  1. You both agree the termsIn writing, in a shared thread, before anything ships.
  2. The books come to meInsured for their value, signature required on delivery.
  3. I check what arrivedSlab, label, certification number and grade against what was agreed. Photographed on arrival.
  4. Both books go outRepackaged for archival transit, insured to you, signature required.
  5. Nobody went firstBecause neither of you had to.

Insure it for its value when you send it. It is covered on the way to me, while it is with me, and on the way to the buyer, to $25,000 per package. Every leg, both directions.

Most of these are cash deals. A trade can run through it too, priced privately. I verify that a slab and its certification match the deal. I do not authenticate books, which is the grading company's job.

$75 is the minimum fee on any book. Above $25,000 a deal is worked out privately.

See exactly what MJ Secure costs, every line →
More than one book
The whole
collection.

Inherited a run you know nothing about. Downsizing after thirty years. Boxes in a parent's attic that nobody has opened since the nineties.

Send me some photos and tell me roughly what is there. Rough is fine. "Four boxes, mostly seventies Marvel" is a real answer.

Then we talk. Every collection is different, and what makes sense depends on what is in it and what you actually want out of it. Nothing goes anywhere until we have both agreed it should.

How to enter
  1. Choose "I Have a Book(s) to Sell / Consign".
  2. When it asks How many?, choose "I have an entire collection to sell or consign".
  3. Add a few photos of the boxes or the shelf. You do not have to list the books.
The Batcomputer

Every cave
needs an Alfred.

I built my own Batcomputer to run this business, so your details never go into somebody else's platform. Alfred is the butler who keeps it, and yes, he is software.

What matters is what he cannot do. Your name and your number never appear on his screen. The backups are sealed with a passphrase he does not have. He runs the whole operation and he still cannot unlock the archives.

Console feed · 1:59
Watch Alfred run the Batcomputer
1:59 · opens on Instagram
Start here

Tell me what you have.
Or what you can't find.

Two minutes, no account, and no obligation. If I am not the right person for your book I will tell you that instead of wasting your time.

Not sure which one you need? Just message me and I will point you at the right one.