{"id":7038091,"date":"2026-08-15T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/worlds-largest-comic-book-collection\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:21:19","slug":"worlds-largest-comic-book-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Largest Comic Book Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-family: Alatsi; font-weight: normal;\">Explore Comics from across the Ages at MSU!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">If you\u2019re on the hunt for a real-life comic treasure trove, look no further than <b>Michigan State University (MSU)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Nestled within the <em>Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections<\/em>, MSU houses the <b>largest publicly accessible comic book collection in the world<\/b>\u2014and yes, you can visit it!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span style=\"font-family: Alata; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>What Makes This Collection a Must-Visit?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span><b>350,000+ titles<\/b> spanning every continent (except Antarctica), with materials ranging from <b>1860s proto-comics<\/b> to modern issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Comics from <strong>diverse regions<\/strong>, including North Korea, the largest archive of Israeli comics outside Israel, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Born from the vision of <em>Professor Russel B. Nye<\/em>, a pop culture pioneer who began the archive in 1970 with a few thousand donated issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u2e3b<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Alata; font-weight: normal;\"><strong><em>How to Visit and Read Comic Books!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This isn\u2019t just a display\u2014it\u2019s an interactive, <strong>hands-on experience<\/strong> where you can experience the\u00a0thrill of handling rare comics, the nostalgia of vintage storytelling, or simply to explore pop culture\u2019s most tangible history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>1.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.msu.edu\/murray-hong-spc\/appointments\"><b>Register online<\/b><\/a> and request which issues you\u2019d like to see, at least three days before your visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>2.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Arrive at the Special Collections reading room, where staff will provide a special <b>page-turning spatula<\/b> and handling instructions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>3.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Dive into your comics of choice!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u2e3b<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Whether you\u2019re a lifelong comic reader, a teacher, or a future storyteller, MSU\u2019s collection is an epicenter of discovery\u2014full of stories waiting to be read and preserved!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Comics from across the Ages at MSU!\u00a0 If you\u2019re on the hunt for a real-life comic treasure trove, look no further than Michigan State University (MSU). Nestled within the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, MSU houses the largest publicly accessible comic book collection in the world\u2014and yes, you can visit it!\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7038092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96742],"tags":[2268,2224,6331,17107,3555],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7038091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-book","tag-collection","tag-comic","tag-largest","tag-worlds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World&#039;s Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World&#039;s Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore Comics from across the Ages at MSU!\u00a0 If you\u2019re on the hunt for a real-life comic treasure trove, look no further than Michigan State University (MSU). Nestled within the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, MSU houses the largest publicly accessible comic book collection in the world\u2014and yes, you can visit it!\u00a0 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1199\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"786\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"World&#8217;s Largest Comic Book Collection\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Book\",\"Collection\",\"Comic\",\"Largest\",\"Worlds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\",\"name\":\"World's Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg\",\"width\":1199,\"height\":786},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World&#8217;s Largest Comic Book Collection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World's Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World's Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Explore Comics from across the Ages at MSU!\u00a0 If you\u2019re on the hunt for a real-life comic treasure trove, look no further than Michigan State University (MSU). Nestled within the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, MSU houses the largest publicly accessible comic book collection in the world\u2014and yes, you can visit it!\u00a0 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1199,"height":786,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"World&#8217;s Largest Comic Book Collection","datePublished":"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091"},"wordCount":243,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg","keywords":["Book","Collection","Comic","Largest","Worlds"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091","name":"World's Largest Comic Book Collection - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-15T18:21:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/msucomicscapt.jpg","width":1199,"height":786},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038091#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World&#8217;s Largest Comic Book Collection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7038091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7038092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7038091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7038091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7038091"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=7038091"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=7038091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}