BOULDER, Colo. — About $14,000 in rare, valuable comic books were stolen in a smash-and-grab from a Boulder store early Friday morning, according to the owner.
"It's very sickening, I don't feel very good right now," said Wayne Winsett, owner of Time Warp Comics and Games, at 3105 28th St., which boasts one of the largest collections in the state with more than 500,000 comics.
Winsett said that about 3 a.m., a burglar smashed the store's glass front door, then broke into and cleaned out a display case containing about 25 of the store's most valuable comics, which have a total estimated value of about $14,000. One of the stolen comics was "Amazing Spider-Man 300," valued at $6,200. Others were signed by Marvel legend Stan Lee. He posted a full list of the stolen comics on the Time Warp Comics Facebook page.
"I have a list of everything, and these are great comic books," Winsett said. "I mean, there's stuff in there that never turns up."
>Video below shows the suspect breaking into the Boulder store and stealing thousands of dollars worth of comic books.
He said the store has been burglarized several times before in the 39 years he's been in business, the last time being about three years ago. He said he's hopeful the stolen comics will eventually be recovered but is well-aware that they won't be easy to find.
"It's terrible, when something like this happens to you," he said. "It's unbelievable. Very sad."
To add insult to injury, a few minutes after the burglar left the store, surveillance video shows a second burglar, apparently not connected to the first, walking through the broken front door and stole a few hundred dollars in cash from a cabinet. So far, neither burglar has been arrested.
"Where's Batman when you need him?" Winsett asked.
Surveillance video shows a white vehicle believed to be an Acura RDX entering the parking lot and backing into a parking spot in front of the store. The license plate wasn't visible.
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