Grail Hunters Comic Podcast S04E02 - With Special Guest Ty Salazar: ”Where in the world is Tim Cummins”

On this episode, Neville, Ben, and Mike is joined by Mark Wahlberg... Uhm... sorry Ty Salazar!

 

Ty is a comic trading veteran of 10+ years using social media to buy, sell and help fellow collectors complete their runs. He was also a CGC witness and travelled to conventions far and wide with creators including Kevin Eastman for signature events and facilitation.

Ty recently bought a blind box of comics, and one of particular interest was Amazing Spider-man 74, dated 1969. The book had a coupon filled out by its original owner "back in the day", and since finding it, Ty's side-quest is to track down the original owner and reunite him with his childhood Spider-man comic! A noble cause indeed. This naturally lead to us discussing privacy and social media and how collectors put themselves at risk by 'over sharing' information, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls.

We don't stop there though, Ty shares his own collecting story, including a health scare which saw him sell most of his collection, and the challenges of trying to fill the gaps again now that he's back in the game.  And on the case of mistaken identity which led to a free night at the bar?

 

Well, you'll just need to listen to the episode!