I was one of those kids
Learned to play Magic there...I did spend cash...there...bought a Beta Lotus, Legends packs, and probably about a case or more worth of revisedI, also bought and played Spellfire and Illuminati......loved Jeff and Serge...great guys...there was a 3rd guy involved I think, but never met him...heard there was difference of opinions that caused the closings but I was young then....moved over to Comic Book Depot for my MTG needs after that...
I only shopped there to finish up my vintage Star Wars collection. If I remember right, one of the owners was a music teacher and I forget what the other guy did. After Collector's Comics closed they allowed one of the guys from Collector's to run the store so they could focus on other things. Shortly after the store shut down.
Back then I mostly shopped at another local comic store that is also long gone.
Trying to remember who was who from Collectors in Wantagh...
Owners moved out of state and sold the business.
Joey wound up working for Diamond and eventually passed away at a young age from an illness.
Zeb(?) wound up opening a store on Wantagh Avenue called Collector's 2000 that was short lived.
Unknown (Dave? Doug?) wound up running Powerhouse...