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Near-Full Runs Of Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four Stolen In North California (UPDATE)

Published Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:00:59 -0500

Last updated Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:47:10 -0500

Tyler Shainline, Image Comics Events Coordinator, came home from Image Expo to the following;

Don't use @PublicStorage if you want to keep your stuff safe. According to the officer I'm filing a report with they have THE WORST security

— Tyler Shainline (@TylerShainline) July 3, 2013

@CartoonJones every comic, book, toy or DVD. All they left was my furniture & clothes. @PublicStorage is a joke.

— Tyler Shainline (@TylerShainline) July 3, 2013

@I_amMikeG Good storage spaces do that. @PublicStorage has one camera watching the bathroom. And has never updated their security system.

— Tyler Shainline (@TylerShainline) July 3, 2013

Seriously @PublicStorage you send me a past due email the evening after I've paid my rent AND FOUND OUT YOU ALLOWED MY SPACE TO BE ROBBED?!?

— Tyler Shainline (@TylerShainline) July 4, 2013

A man has been arrested for the theft, but stolen items include 150 short comic boxes, containing near-full runs of Amazing Spiderman, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and every Image comic from 2008 to date..

And then there are GI Joe, Transformers, Real Ghostbusters, TMNT, DC Animated, He-Man loose toys in plastic bags in green plastic tubs

If anyone tries to sell such a haul, get in touch.

UPDATE: Tyler Shainline writes to say;

Here are some more details Ive gotten –
They have arrested one person in connection with the storage burglary – Gregory Bradford a parolee from Oakland. But there's no way he pulled this all off himself.

I recovered a couple boxes of toys that were found at his storage space in Alameda that the cops opened up. But it's mostly trashed stuff.

Some more info on the items that were stolen – all the comics in the short boxes were bagged & boarded while the Image books were loose in boxes shipped by the printers. Also there's many comics signed to me -"Tyler"

And 50+ statues/busts, plus many boxes of DVDs, GNs and books.

Most of the eighties toys were mine from my childhood as well as the comics I collected with my father and was looking forward to passing along to my son.

The detective working on this is
Detective Gary Rodgers
(510) 667-7742
grodgers@acgov.org

The case number is 13-7057

Let me know if you need any more info and thanks again for helping to get the word out.