Cleveland Man Pays for Daughter's Wedding By Selling Comic!

[Newsbot]

Spider-Man has saved the day for a Cleveland bride.

Richard Flantdig, whose daughter Jane is getting married in two weeks, was worried about the cost of the wedding until he remembered a pile of old comic books he'd stored in a strongbox.

Inside the dusty box the 69-year-old found a copy of Amazing Spider-Man No. 1, which he'd bought for 12 cents when it came out in March 1963.

He listed the comic for sale online and was delighted when it sold for $7,900.

"I gave my daughter a promissory note for the money with a picture of the Spider-Man comic, which we can use to pay for a big part of the catering for her reception," Flantdig told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Spurred on by the sale, Flantdig has decided to auction off some more of his prized possessions.

"My wife and I talked about it and decided that we would designate a project that needs to be done, like putting a new roof on the house, and we will sell as many comics as necessary to pay for it," he says.

Among other valuables Flantdig has are a piece of the True Cross he hopes to make at least a dollar for, as well as the revolver used by John Wilkes Booth, which he anticipates getting enough money for a McGriddle.

[Tom Foolery]

Ironically, the guy who bought the comic turned around and sold it to pay for his daughter's wedding. Which was 100x more elaborate and majestic than the first daughter's wedding. And it was in Hawaii. And he had enough left over to buy the first guy a McGriddle.