I guess that would be me, but I just feel like I'm caught in this spiral of adversarial posting back and forth where everything is becoming more about one-upmanship than anything else. If I'm overreacting, I apologize. I'm not upset or annoyed in the least. It was simply starting to feel repetitive, and mostly due to my part in the discussion.
In general, the prices from 35 years ago, and newsstand vs. direct discussion, are fascinating as always. Just like I said last night, RMA always makes the thread a much better read.
As far as Copper newsstand is concerned, I remember visiting the local B. Dalton and Waldenbooks stores to grab books like Action Comics #662 and Silver Surfer #50 when they were unavailable for anything less than multiples of cover price everywhere else.
It's kind of a bummer that you can't catch up on any Marvels you miss at the newsstand these days.
I totally missed the boat on the Death of Robin. i thought it was dumb. I went to a downtown newsstand to get as many copies of Batman 429 as I could. They sold me one, and the guy really was kind of ticked off that I wanted to buy more than one.