Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Is it possible to trade dollar bin books for a Golden Age Mega Key?
We're trying to find out by trading up from a batch of dollar bin books to get an All-Star Comics #8. Along the way, I'll be trying to find books that my trading partners need for their collections - and that's you! Plus, I'll be scouring comic book stores and conventions for new dollar bin finds to add to the trading pool.
The Great Dollar Bin Trading Challenge is finally back!
2:47 - The New Cash Kitty
7:16 - The New Trades
14:38 - The Top Shelf
27:33 - New Additions
37:34 - Returning books and The List
A quick reminder of the rules: I began with 20 dollar bin books. If I drop below 20 books in the Trade Kitty, I'll add more books that I have found in dollar bins. Anything that enters the Trade Kitty is available to trade, and I won't be keeping any of these books for myself until the end. My hope is that you can take the extra books in your collection that you don't care about and then trade them to me for books you want, so we both get cool books that help our collection!
Here are the books available for Round 11:
1. Venom: Lethal Protector #1 - 4.0 - $10
2. Welcome Back Kotter #1 - $10
3. Approved Comics #7 - 2.0 - $10
4. Pitt #1-2 newsstand lot - $15 - CLAIMED
5. Hawkeye lot - $15
6. X-Force #116 - 6.5 - $15
7. Alan Moore Superman lot - $15
8. GrimJack lot - 7.5 - $15
9. Fantasy Masterpieces #4 - 2.5 - $20
10. Spawn #1 - 9.0 - $25
11. Red Sonja sketch variant lot - $25
12. Bronze Age #1 lot - $25
13. Bronze Age 1st Appearances lot - $25
14. The Spectre #62 - 6.5 - $30
15. Adventure Comics lot - 7.5/8.0 - $30
16. Predator #1 - 9.2 - $40 - NOT AVAILABLE
17. Young Avengers #1 - 9.0 - $50
18. StarSlayer #2 - CGC 9.6 - $100
19. Spawn #220 variant - $100
You can watch Round 1 here: youtu.be/CgkZv_xCQEc
You can watch Round 2 here: youtu.be/ViHM-hnjGsA
You can watch Round 3 here: youtu.be/XurLk-obYXc
You can watch Rounds 4 and 5 here: youtu.be/3gPkF4oCT24
You can watch Rounds 6 and 7 here: youtu.be/yqe6MsBls-k
You can watch Round 8 here: youtu.be/MOmjAZh4X6Y
You can watch Round 9 here: youtu.be/hZX2HmhMQsY
You can watch Round 10 here: youtu.be/CI6duyxXnzs
The fine print: I do reserve the right to turn down any trades. But since I am not keeping any books for myself, I am willing to take in almost anything you offer for whatever books you want from the trading Kitty, as long as the deal gets us closer to the end goal. Want to trade me a $100 Alf issue for $90 worth of X-Men keys? It a deal!!
A couple more rules: other than shipping, the only money I am allowed to spend is $1 on dollar bin books, to send books to CGC, or to pay a creator to sign a book. Starting with Round 11, I can also spend money gained by selling dollar bin books to buy new books for the trading pool. But the focus is always on finding dollar bin deals, and trading with you!
I also reserve the right to rotate books out of the Kitty if it's clear nobody is currently interested; I will replace them with other dollar bin books, or books purchased from proceeds gained form the sale of dollar bin books. I will also be trading through other venues, so it's possible some books may enter the Kitty and then get traded out in between videos and never be offered on YouTube.
If multiple people express interest in the same books, I will respond in a first come first serve basis. If a deal can't be reached with the first person, I will then respond to the next, etc.
Once a deal is made, I will send the outgoing books after I have received the incoming ones.
Finally, higher value books will be retired from the regular Kitty and placed in a separate Kitty to be traded only for high value books.
I can also provide scans of the books if you want a closer look at them. If you're interested in trading for one or more of these books, you can email me at:
crimebustercomics@gmail.com.
I truly think this could be a ton of fun as a community challenge, and a great way to get cool books into the hands of the people who want them most. And I also think we can actually pull it off!
Let the trading commence!!
Is it possible to trade dollar bin books for a Golden Age Mega Key?
We're trying to find out by trading up from a batch of dollar bin books to get an All-Star Comics #8. Along the way, I'll be trying to find books that my trading partners need for their collections - and that's you! Plus, I'll be scouring comic book stores and conventions for new dollar bin finds to add to the trading pool.
The Great Dollar Bin Trading Challenge is finally back!
2:47 - The New Cash Kitty
7:16 - The New Trades
14:38 - The Top Shelf
27:33 - New Additions
37:34 - Returning books and The List
A quick reminder of the rules: I began with 20 dollar bin books. If I drop below 20 books in the Trade Kitty, I'll add more books that I have found in dollar bins. Anything that enters the Trade Kitty is available to trade, and I won't be keeping any of these books for myself until the end. My hope is that you can take the extra books in your collection that you don't care about and then trade them to me for books you want, so we both get cool books that help our collection!
Here are the books available for Round 11:
1. Venom: Lethal Protector #1 - 4.0 - $10
2. Welcome Back Kotter #1 - $10
3. Approved Comics #7 - 2.0 - $10
4. Pitt #1-2 newsstand lot - $15 - CLAIMED
5. Hawkeye lot - $15
6. X-Force #116 - 6.5 - $15
7. Alan Moore Superman lot - $15
8. GrimJack lot - 7.5 - $15
9. Fantasy Masterpieces #4 - 2.5 - $20
10. Spawn #1 - 9.0 - $25
11. Red Sonja sketch variant lot - $25
12. Bronze Age #1 lot - $25
13. Bronze Age 1st Appearances lot - $25
14. The Spectre #62 - 6.5 - $30
15. Adventure Comics lot - 7.5/8.0 - $30
16. Predator #1 - 9.2 - $40 - NOT AVAILABLE
17. Young Avengers #1 - 9.0 - $50
18. StarSlayer #2 - CGC 9.6 - $100
19. Spawn #220 variant - $100
You can watch Round 1 here: youtu.be/CgkZv_xCQEc
You can watch Round 2 here: youtu.be/ViHM-hnjGsA
You can watch Round 3 here: youtu.be/XurLk-obYXc
You can watch Rounds 4 and 5 here: youtu.be/3gPkF4oCT24
You can watch Rounds 6 and 7 here: youtu.be/yqe6MsBls-k
You can watch Round 8 here: youtu.be/MOmjAZh4X6Y
You can watch Round 9 here: youtu.be/hZX2HmhMQsY
You can watch Round 10 here: youtu.be/CI6duyxXnzs
The fine print: I do reserve the right to turn down any trades. But since I am not keeping any books for myself, I am willing to take in almost anything you offer for whatever books you want from the trading Kitty, as long as the deal gets us closer to the end goal. Want to trade me a $100 Alf issue for $90 worth of X-Men keys? It a deal!!
A couple more rules: other than shipping, the only money I am allowed to spend is $1 on dollar bin books, to send books to CGC, or to pay a creator to sign a book. Starting with Round 11, I can also spend money gained by selling dollar bin books to buy new books for the trading pool. But the focus is always on finding dollar bin deals, and trading with you!
I also reserve the right to rotate books out of the Kitty if it's clear nobody is currently interested; I will replace them with other dollar bin books, or books purchased from proceeds gained form the sale of dollar bin books. I will also be trading through other venues, so it's possible some books may enter the Kitty and then get traded out in between videos and never be offered on YouTube.
If multiple people express interest in the same books, I will respond in a first come first serve basis. If a deal can't be reached with the first person, I will then respond to the next, etc.
Once a deal is made, I will send the outgoing books after I have received the incoming ones.
Finally, higher value books will be retired from the regular Kitty and placed in a separate Kitty to be traded only for high value books.
I can also provide scans of the books if you want a closer look at them. If you're interested in trading for one or more of these books, you can email me at:
crimebustercomics@gmail.com.
I truly think this could be a ton of fun as a community challenge, and a great way to get cool books into the hands of the people who want them most. And I also think we can actually pull it off!
Let the trading commence!!
