mine, like other peoples here was in Nashville, in the mid 80's , The Great Escape. it used to be over by the Vandy campus but has since moved over the West side b/c the lease was too high and the owners didn't want to renew it. the original location had been there since the 70's. it sold everything pop culture related and i remember my mom letting me a my bro walk to it from the children hospital b/c she was visiting a friends sick child at the time.
i loved the fact that it was old and had stuff everywhere, so you could search for hidden gems , unlike the new location where everything is neat and extremely organized. the old paper smell was awesome. my first comics were marvel team up 53 w/ hulk and spidey for $4 (took all my allowance and ASM annual #1 for a buck (g-vg). also bought the fireside books, bring on the bad guys, origins of marvel comics and marvel comics the women. these are what got me into comics and is the reason i love the bronze /silver age more than copper / modern even tho thats what i should have grown up on. i also found the 60's penguin paperbacks of the hulk and ff, for only a few bucks. i really loved digging through the bottom boxes and finding hidden gems . can't do that anymore , they know the price and everything now . also found some very early marvel masterworks at the time when that line had been discontinued in the 90's. i grew up in that place and now that it has moved and become super organized , i feel my childhood is gone with the old location.
i'm a filmmaker in l.a. now and would love to do a documentary based on everyones stories here.
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REMEMBERING THAT FIRST LCS...
