{"id":4723,"date":"2010-12-21T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2010-12-20T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T05:45:07","slug":"discount-comic-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/21\/discount-comic-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"I Miss Discount Comic Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone else miss discount comic boxes?\u00a0 Remember when you’d go into a comic book store and troll through the 25 cent or 50 cent bins?\u00a0 I’d spend hours and hours pouring over those boxes trying to fill in collections or find new books to try.\u00a0 That’s where I found most of my Bronze Age gems like All-Star Comics<\/em> #58-74 starring the JSA.<\/p>\n

Seems nowadays those discount boxes are getting harder and harder to find.\u00a0 Those I have found are now priced a dollar per comic and typically are packed with 1990s Superman comics.\u00a0 And not the good ones.<\/p>\n

Over Thanksgiving I stopped by Comic Central<\/a> in Sanford, Florida.\u00a0 They had a wonderful discount bin!\u00a0 It was like those bins of yesteryear packed with Bronze Age gems and more recent interesting comics.\u00a0 One particular comic I picked up was Super-Team Family<\/em> #15 by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, and Romeo Tanghal.\u00a0 Would I ever pay “price guide” value for this book?\u00a0 NO WAY!\u00a0 However, in the 25 cent box?\u00a0 HECK YA!<\/p>\n

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Am I alone in my love for discount comic bins?\u00a0 If you know of any well-stocked discount boxes at your local comic shops, please mention it in the comments.\u00a0 Let’s give shout-outs to those awesome LCS’s that still provide this much beloved service.<\/p>\n

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