A storage trailer owned by Colorado-based Mile High Comics was robbed earlier this year.
The trailer had sat untouched for nearly four years and was one of seven trailers owned by Mile High Comics that had been parked in a "secure" lot, according to a statement released by shop owner Chuck Rozanski.
Each of the seven trailers had been broken into, but one was more damaged than the others. This particular trailer was full of pallets of unsorted and overstock comics and magazines; tens of thousands of comics stolen and severely damaged from this trailer, the thieves had dumped the boxes out and walked all over them. According to Rozanski, this theft might have taken place over a period of either weeks or months.
"Truth be told, I am the one who has to sort through this horrific mess because I am the only one left in the company who knows what was on those pallets, as many of them were (intentionally) stashed by me to quietly age over 30 years ago," said Rozanski in the statement. "Suffice it to say, our losses are looking really, really bad."
The thieves broke into at least 20 trailers in the storage yard, setting one on fire that did not belong to Mile High Comics. The shop has not revealed exactly what was taken from the storage trailer, but it is estimated that Mile High’s retail loss is roughly $250,000, though once a full count is done, the damages are likely to be double.
Mile High Comics experienced another robbery in 2019 at its megastore location in Denver, Colorado wherein a thief stole over $42k worth of rare comics from a display case. The thieves have not yet been caught at the time of writing.