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The University of South Carolina received a library of 180,000 comics from a life-long collector

The University of South Carolina received an unusual donation recently: the entire collection of a comic book collector from Ohio, totaling more than 18,000 comics, books, magazines, and other items, estimated to be worth around $2.5 million.

Some of the collection’s comics will go on display at the Thomas Cooper Library on August 29th. The debut of the collection will also be accompanied by a series of events at the school, such as talks by comic book authors and artists.

The collection includes a number of rarities, including Avengers #1, which depicted the first teamup of Stan Lee’s creations in 1963, along with titles that introduced characters like Spider-man, Batman, Black Panther, Iron Man, and more. The university says that...

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