I sort feel that I should be talking about my trip Down Under before I forget it all but I won't be. At least not now. It is definitely something I'll probably have done by the end of end of the year. This post is going to be about....
Comic Books! :)
Yes, yes. A topic frequently covered here on MyBlog but there is something I've been thinking about over the few days is other places where you can other then in your friendly neighborhood Comic Book Store. Ok, there might not be any in your neighborhood. But none of the one's I go to are in my neighborhood so I don't think that really matters.
Back on topic: So, your looking for comics in none traditional locations your most likely not going to find the most current stuff: everything from a month or two past to things from decades ago. Now if you want my opinion (since this is my blog your going to get it) I personally find Old comics to pretty super cool & awesome. It's not only the stories with in the comics but the Ads! Old Ads rock my socks off! It's been a thought of mine to go through my collection & search for the coolest Ads I can find. Now why haven't I done this? Well, my Scanner is kind of being kind of pissy. It will let me do 3 scans & then start freaking out. It's a big hassle so most of the time I just forgot about. This is also the reason why I stopped adding pictures to my Comic Review posts.
But I'm getting off topic again: where to find old Comics!
My main non traditional places are: Antique Stores, Used Books Stores & Thrift Stores. With most of these stores I've found they don't know what they have so your most likely gone to get your Comics for a pretty cheap price. I find most of my find for under 5 dollars & down to as little as a quarter.
One thing about Antique Stores not all of them sell Comics or Books for that fact but they are still cool to look through. Again another thing about Antique Stores & Used Books Stores if they have signs outside which say they sell "Old Magazines" this is a pretty good sign for you that there might be Comics included under that umbrella title.
It's story time!
Story #1: I had sometime while I was in New Zealand to wonder the City I was in (don't remember which one) I found a Used Book store which said it sold "Old Magazines" so I went in & almost directly in front of me was a pile of Comics. All from 1970's I think, maybe late late '60's. But as I looked through the pile I found some cool Australian reprint Comics of old DC Comics. But the major find of pile was a US copy of Amazing Spider-Man #121. What so special about that book? It's the Death of Gwen Stacy! One of the major moments on Spider-Man comics history! Now how much were they selling this book for? $2.00!
You know how much a mint condition copy goes for? 400.00!!!!! That's the price according to Comics Price Guide.com. That's the top of their scale on the bottom end the same issue goes for $16.00. A mid range book goes for 50 dollars. I'm not sure how much the copy I picked up would go for, certainly not 400 dollars but what I'm getting at I found a famous comic at well undervalued price at a non traditional place for comics.
Story #2: I work at a Thrift Store & every so often we get Comics donated. Now I'm not involved with the pricing of Books but I've noticed that all Comics & Magazines are priced at 50 cents. So, over the time I've been there I've picked up the Zero Hour mini series (6 Issues), Rom Spaceknight #1, a collected edition of Batman: Year One: all for 50 cents each. Well, cheaper since I work there (employee discount!)
3 more things on the more traditional front:
- Know what your local Comic Book store or stores are doing. At times they have sales & for the most part I've seen them discount their back issues at some nice price during these. I know one sale I went to everything was 50 off & I picked up a whole pile of cool comics!
- Comic Book Conventions! Attend them! Most times the comics sold there are at a discount!
- If you ever see a "Everything in this box is a Dollar/50 cents/whatever": look through it. I don't I've even been disappointed after looking in them.
So, that's enough for this ramble.
Until next time: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
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