Same here! Mike was a great guy, very sad that he passed away so young. George Perez lived in the neighborhood and was friends with the owner, and was in the store often. Got him to sign my Infinity Gauntlet #1 there.
Btw, I still have a bag from Mike's.
I never got a chance to be there when George was. It was quite a ways from my house, so, only got there on my way home from school. Wish I still had one of those bags. There was another version that was also done by Perez.
There is a Facebook page dedicated to Mike's Comic Hut. George posted a few times on there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/83701524860/
Here are couple others that George did for the Mike.
Great stuff! For some reason, the 2 things I remember most about his store was the amazing wall books, and that wonderful smell of old paper. Pre-internet, being able to see silver age keys like FF #1 up close and personal was a rare thing for me. My ten year old self was in heaven.
My main stores after Mike's closed down was Reeni's (spelling?) in Bay Terrace shopping center, and Chameleon Comics in Flushing. Chameleon is still around, they moved to downtown Manhattan near the WTC.