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On 5/12/2024 at 11:28 AM, ft88 said:

Star Trek Gold Key 1 VG/F $395

Take at 10% off.

BTW, the Silver Snail abandoned their upstairs location with the cafe, and has moved back to its original location on Queen St.

On 4/14/2020 at 9:49 PM, VintageComics said:

Now apparently THAT was a store. Some of the treasures that came through that place were apparently legendary but it was before my time in Kitchener.

Andy the former manager of Now And Then now runs Carry On Comics in Waterloo.

Now and Then was indeed a great store, and I got a lot of my silver age collection shopping there in the 80s when I went to the University of Waterloo.

But Andy never managed Now and Then; he only worked there as an employee.  Harry was the boss until his death.  After he died, a fan who had zero work ethic convinced some people to invest and buy the business.  He then ran it into the ground.

No need to waste room in the cockpit of a jet aircraft on useless parachutes!

“My friends were alter boys and wanted me to do it too but I always was apprehensive around priests.”

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There’s a standup comic who said “I was an alter boy.  No, no priests ever molested me.  No matter what I wore.”

On 4/30/2024 at 4:12 AM, Poutine said:

Kaboom Emperor?

Yes Rico.  Kaboom Alderan.

On 4/28/2024 at 12:36 AM, Hepcat said:

The comics such as this Flash which had the "Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today" ad:

Also ran this ad with Superman himself inviting readers to visit Palisades Park:

It ran in DC comics through the warm weather months including in the first DC comic I ever bought:

But it was of value to only certain lucky Americans living in and around New York City in the days when New York was the place to be.

Did any of you other comic fans here get to visit Palisades Park? Did any of you actually clip the coupon from a comic for your free passes? 

Me I could only envy those big city American kids because my sleepy old London town had only the Western Fair and that was for just ten days every September:

The Western Fair though compares very favourably to most American state fairs in size. Quite simply I didn't realize that I was growing up in both the best of places and the best of times. Not only were stores chock full of everything from penny bubble gum to returnable bottles of soda pop in ice water coolers to potato chips with coins free inside to scoop ice cream for even a nickel, but of course there were the comics, Mad magazines, hockey and other bubble gum cards and model kits. And best of all, there was no helicopter parenting back in those days. A kid was free to be a kid. Out you went in the mornings on non-school days to play all day returning only when it started to get dark. Once again you never know what you've got till it's gone.

I grew up down the road from you in St. Mary’s, and if we didn’t make it to the CNE in Toronto, then we went to the Western Fair.  I understand it was exactly the same rides, just shipped down HWY 401.

On 4/21/2024 at 8:52 PM, Rip said:

Forever People 2 (Arrival Date marked on cover) NM- $45

I will be very interested to hear how long the process takes, as I have heard unflattering things about the wait for non modern books,

On 4/14/2024 at 5:45 PM, pickycollector said:

Daredevil #22 VF/NM: $125

On 4/3/2024 at 1:09 AM, 87richarm said:

Marvel Preview CGC 6.5

$230

How and why is this only a 6.5?  I see a couple of minor spine ticks on the front cover.  On the back, near the top, it looks a little rolled.  6.5 seems really harsh, unless there is something wrong inside.

On 3/25/2024 at 9:34 PM, Electron said:

FF 50  5.0  cr/ow pages.   $200.00

 

 

Wow!  I was about to ask why you didn’t have Galileo and K7 kits, but they were just vacationing in another cabinet.   Love those old AMT Star Trek models!  They were the gift of choice whenever my childhood friends had birthdays in the late 70s.

Does anyone know why DC was so reluctant to have Superman and Batman in the JLA or on the cover for the first 30 issues or so?

On 3/15/2024 at 12:48 PM, LudaToke said:

Has that ever happened to you at CapCan Comics or are you just speaking about comic shops in general?

I have found the people at CapCan to be quite helpful.

That happened to me once at the Comics Warehouse in Kitchener.

On 3/13/2024 at 8:31 PM, LudaToke said:

Toronto Comic Con is this weekend (not sure if that is why you are in the city) but there should be a good selection of books there.  The other place that I shop for good books is CapCan Comics.  It is about an hour away from Toronto in a place called Brantford but their selection is huge and they have everything from $1 books all the way up to big keys.  They also have a website so you can shop/browse their inventory prior to going to decide if they have what you are looking for and if the trip is worth your time - https://www.captcancomics.ca/

I HATE going to a comic store and the staff saying “ Oh, the boss is at a show this weekend with all the good stuff.”

My two Toronto go tos for Silver Age back issues are not on your map.  Google Silver Snail, and Paradise Comics.  And I am happy to hear from native Torontonians if there are other good sources for Silver Age books.

On 1/28/2024 at 11:24 AM, Real Frantic One said:

Detective Comics #478
1st Clayface III
9.0 VF/NM
$25

Take, per DM.