The Four Color Media Monitor

The Moultrie Observer reports that a museum dedicated to superhero comics history was sadly robbed of some valuable old copies:

Amid the quietude of early Sunday morning, police report thieves broke into the world’s only museum of comic superheroes, escaping with 50 rare copies of books worth thousands of dollars.

Included in the heist were first editions of Captain America, X-Men, Hulk and Iron Man, said museum director and owner Allen Stewart. Police determined the heft likely involved more than one culprit.

“We are heartbroken and sick that someone would break into our nonprofit museum and steal this valuable history that we are dedicated to preserve and share,” said Stewart.

A tourist attraction in this northern Indiana city, the museum features rare copies of Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and many other iconic comic book figures.

That's definitely terrible a thing to happen. And the worst part?

Stewart said the museum had hosted its annual convention earlier this month, with over 100 vendors attending. He said the irreplaceable comic books were not insured.

“The collection is very, very expensive to insure,” he said. “We are a small nonprofit and we don’t have the funding to insure.”

[...] “They stole history,” he said of the thieves. “They didn’t just steal stuff.”

It's surely a vital question - where could the criminals sell this stuff? On the black market? Are there any corrupt millionaires who'd buy them? It's a good question. For now, it's terrible that a museum, the most ideal place where these valuable artifacts should be seen, has suffered from burglary of history, and there's no telling if the old pamphlets will ever be recovered. We can only hope the museum staff will be able to obtain better security in the future to preserve and protect all the classics they still have there.

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