# MyComicShop Scraper - Comic Prices & Inventory (`lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper`) Actor

Scrape MyComicShop, the largest US comic dealer. Extract for-sale comic listings: title, issue, publisher, year, grade (CGC/CBCS or raw), grading company, price, variant, image, and listing URL. Search by query, title, or publisher with pagination.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## MyComicShop Scraper — Comic Prices & Inventory

Scrape for-sale comic listings from MyComicShop, the largest US comic dealer. Extract title, issue, publisher, year, grade (CGC/CBCS or raw), grading company, price, variant, image, and listing URL — search by query, title, or publisher with pagination.

### What it extracts

- **Title & issue** — series name and issue number
- **Publisher & year**
- **Grade** — numeric grade or raw condition
- **Grading company** — CGC, CBCS, or raw/none
- **Price & currency**
- **Variant** — variant/edition label
- **Availability** — in-stock status
- **Image URL** — cover/scan image
- **Listing URL** — direct link to buy

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | array | `["batman"]` | Free-text search queries |
| `title` | string | — | Filter by comic title |
| `publisher` | string | — | Filter by publisher |
| `maxResults` | integer | 50 | Max results per query |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | RESIDENTIAL | Proxy settings |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["batman"],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}
```

### Output

Each record is one for-sale listing:

```json
{
  "title": "Batman",
  "issue": "#227",
  "grade": "9.4",
  "gradingCompany": "CGC",
  "price": 1250.0,
  "variant": "",
  "publisher": "DC Comics",
  "year": "1970",
  "listingUrl": "https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?..."
}
```

### Use cases

- **Comic investors & collectors**: track asking prices across grades
- **Dealers**: benchmark inventory and price competitively
- **Arbitrage**: compare MyComicShop prices against auction results
- **Grading research**: correlate price with grade and grading company
- **Market analysis**: build for-sale comic datasets by title/publisher

### Notes on proxies

This actor uses **residential proxies by default** (`RESIDENTIAL`). Keep proxy enabled — MyComicShop can block datacenter IPs, and residential proxies give the most reliable results. Requires an Apify plan with residential proxy access.

***

### Related scrapers by lulzasaur

- [CGC Comic Census](https://apify.com/lulzasaur/cgc-census-scraper)
- [MangaDex Scraper](https://apify.com/lulzasaur/mangadex-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

List of search terms to scrape (e.g., 'amazing spider-man', 'batman 1', 'x-men'). Each query produces a separate set of for-sale comic listings.

## `title` (type: `string`):

Optional single comic series/title to search for (e.g., 'Amazing Spider-Man'). Added to the search queries above.

## `publisher` (type: `string`):

Optional publisher filter (e.g., 'DC', 'Marvel', 'Image'). Restricts results to this publisher. If no queries are given, searches by publisher alone.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of for-sale comic copies to scrape per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited. MyComicShop returns 50 issues per page with automatic pagination.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for MyComicShop, which is protected by Imperva/Incapsula.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "batman"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "batman"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["batman"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "batman"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/mycomicshop-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TmmkJhQCA7rNhvhf5/builds/8ZuYJGjKCVMoaknGT/openapi.json