Edgar Church (November 28, 1888 – May 1, 1978) was a comics collector and artist who worked independently and eventually for the telephone company in Colorado illustrating commercial telephone book advertisements, precursors to Yellow Pages advertisements.

"Also known as "The Mile High Collection," the Edgar Church collection is undoubtedly the finest collection of comic books ever found. It amazes me that, in a nation of 100 to 200 million persons, 10 billion comics were purchased between 1935 and 1965, and only one such quality collection was accumulated and safely stored!

Jul 18, 2014 · The Edgar Church Collection - The Greatest Hunt Ever! There have been many stories of a comic collector finding a treasure or two while hunting, no tale is as grand as that of the Edgar Church collection.

Edgar Church, a commercial illustrator by trade, assembled the collection in his basement in Denver, Colorado between 1937 and 1957. He ultimately amassed nearly 15,000 comic books that included virtually every key issue from the Golden Age, and near complete runs of every title.

Jan 25, 2021 · There are several pieces of Edgar Church original artwork in today's Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation, Video Games & Art Weekly Online Auction from Heritage Auctions.

Aug 31, 2017 · With the discovery of the Edgar Church/Mile High collection back in 1977, let's show some of those beauties on the eve of their 40th anniversary!

Mar 26, 2022 · The Edgar Church / Mile High comic book pedigree is a collection of almost 15,000 comic books 1937 to 1957 amassed by Denver, Colorado commercial illustrator Edgar Church.

The collection of comic books that he amassed, later known as the "Edgar Church collection" or the "Mile High collection", is the most famous and valuable comic book collection known to surface in the history of comic book collecting.

Sep 10, 2024 · The Edgar Church collection put Mile High Comics on the map. Church, an artist employed by a phone company, had amassed an estimated 20,000-plus comic books in his northwest Denver home.

In December of 1977, Rozanski purchased the Edgar Church Collection, the largest and highest-quality Golden Age comics collection ever discovered. [4] The cache had been preserved due to the unvarying 60-degree temperature and minimal humidity, and consisted of 16,000 comic books dating from 1937 to 1955, including the first Superman comic and ...