A Brandon comic book store owner recently discovered that some pricey vintage comics were ruined by water.
But instead of throwing them away, William Insignares is having them turned into a unique piece of art.
"It still makes me sick," said Insignares, who owns Blockbuster Comics in Brandon. "Look at this list of all the stuff that was ruined."
Insignares has been going over his list full of comics, some of which are rare, that were ruined by water and mold at his store.
"I come in to find that my stock room, it looked like a tidal wave had come through my store," he said.
The water damage ruined big ticket items in the shop like a 1956 Superman Volume 1 #109, valued at around $950, and a signed, now irreplaceable issue of Crisis of Infinite Earths.
"[That] one was special because the late Dick Giordano signed it for me," he said.
Insignares turned to the inspiration of superheroes and turned his tragedy into triumph. His plan is to now preserve these valuable comics for all to see.
“I thought, why not take these valuable pages, beautiful comic art and preserve it forever," he said.
William teamed up with his own Avengers from Seriously Fun, LLC to redecorate, starting with the front door.
"What we are going to do is take some of the comic books and fuse them to the front door using a proprietary modge-podge method we use, that way they can be immortalized for life," said David Noll, co-owner of Seriously Fun, LLC.
The door covered with rare comics is expected to be completed by March.
You can track their progress by checking out their Facebook page.