month. The Milwaukee man has been accused of stealing a collection of comic books, which certainly isn’t a child’s play. The collection is worth over $10,000. 12 News Nick Bohr reported from Heartland. What happened after the man discovered his valuable possessions were missing? Even in the age of e-book readers and digital books, paper comic books have not lost their appeal. I collect a lot of Spider-Man. Amazing Spider-Man. There are mainly 10 different Spider-Man books. Mitchell George on Milwaukee’s Turning Page can be imagined the shock that Heartland men feel after a collection of comic books was stolen from his storage unit in Heartland, including the first issue of the 1963 X-Men number one. Yes, that’s a big thing. George says the X-Men has a special place in the hearts of many comic book collectors. Many of the older ones, such as the original X-Men. It is the first appearance of all the characters. People didn’t really take care of them because they didn’t know they would be worthy or something. The 60s and 70s. That’s why a lot of time was destroyed. So these books can range from 100 to 1000 to several thousand dollars. The victims of the Heartland incident called the police when he recognized 20 of the 20 valuable X-Men comics and realized that the first five issues in Firestorm were missing. According to criminal charges, he was able to identify them on Facebook and eBay lists, which led to 32-year-old Justin Wheelock as a storage unit manager. When confronted by police, Wheelock is quoted as answering robbery, robbery, but I did not rob anything. He goes on and quote, doesn’t he need to break in to become a robber like the unit is open? He is currently facing felony robbery and theft charges. According to criminal charges, the detective discovered many of the missing cartoons at Milwaukee Home in Wheelock. However, Crown Jewel, X-Men No. 1, was not there. It already had a bee
Updated: 8:15pm, CDT, September 15th, 2025
A Milwaukee man has been accused of stealing a collection of comic books worth more than $10,000 from the Heartland Storage Unit. This includes the rare X-Men problem for $9,000. Even at the age of e-book readers and digital books, paper comic books never lost their appeal. Mitchell George of Milwaukee’s Turning Page Comic Book Store said that he can imagine the shock that the Heartland man feels after the Heartland man was stolen after being stolen from the first issues of the X-Men No. 1, X-Men No. 1 and X-Men No. 1 from 1963. Like a bit of a social problem, the first comics, like all X-Men, create their powers differently,” George said. “Many of the older ones, such as the original X-Men, were the first appearances of those characters. People really didn’t care because they didn’t know they would be worth it or something in the ’60s or ’70s. The first five issues in Firestorm went missing after getting a collection from Freeup Storage on Highway 83. According to criminal charges, he was able to identify them on Facebook and eBay listings. Anything! With the high value of the stolen comic book, he could face more than 20 years of prison if convicted. When contacted Wisn 12 News Monday, he was told that Randy, director of operations at FreeUp Storage. “It ended because Free Up Storage employees were immediately enforced when they were warned of accusations and arrests against Weiloch a year ago.
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The Milwaukee man has been accused of stealing a comic book collection worth more than $10,000 from the Heartland Storage Unit, including a rare X-Men issue worth $9,000.
Even in the age of e-book readers and digital books, paper comic books have not lost their appeal. Mitchell George at Milwaukee’s Turning Page Comic Book Store stated that he can only imagine the shock that the Heartland man feels after the Heartland collection, including the X-Men No. 1, worth $9,000 since 1963, was stolen from Heartland’s storage unit.
“Yeah, that’s a big thing,” George said. We focused on the special place that the X-Men has in the hearts of many comic book collectors.
“X-Men was one of the first comics, like all X-Men, like social issues. “A lot of the older ones, like the original X-Men, were the first appearances of those characters. People really didn’t take care of them because they didn’t know they would be worth it or something in the ’60s or ’70s.
The victims of the Heartland incident called police when he recognized 20 of the 20 valuable X-Men comics and went missing after the first five issues of Firestorm recovered the collection from Highway 83’s Freeup Storage.
According to criminal charges, he was able to identify them on Facebook and eBay lists, which led to 32-year-old Justin Hefter Wieloch.
According to criminal charges filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court, Willock said when faced with police, “Robbery? Robbery? I robbed anything!”
The complaint states, “Don’t you have to break in to become a robber? That unit was open!”
He is currently facing felony robbery and theft charges.
According to the complaint, the detective discovered many of the missing cartoons at Willock’s Milwaukee home, but it is not the crown jewel of the X-Men No. 1 already on sale.
Because of the high value of the stolen comic book, if convicted, he could face more than 20 years of prison.
When contacted Wisn 12 News Monday, FreeUp Storage Director of Operations Randy Trapanick said, “It ended because FreeUp Storage employees were immediately enforced when they were warned of accusations and arrests against Weiloch a year ago.
