1970 video about collecting comics.

[Extremo Man-migration]

http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/visual_arts/topics/2352-13716/

 

Not sure if this has been posted yet, I did a search and couldnt find anything.

 

It's a broadcast from a canadian station in 1970, where a comic book store owner talks about collecting. Pretty interesting.

 

Super man for a couple hundred bucks, no bid deal.

 

 

[Detroit MIke]

Wow, that was fun to watch! Was that thee George Olshevsky? It had to be! Thanks for posting.

[Shark]

http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/visual_arts/topics/2352-13716/

 

Not sure if this has been posted yet, I did a search and couldnt find anything.

 

It's a broadcast from a canadian station in 1970, where a comic book store owner talks about collecting. Pretty interesting.

 

Super man for a couple hundred bucks, no bid deal.

 

 

Thanks for posting this. (thumbs u

 

Wonder what those old Flash comics were selling for at that point? 10, 15 bucks maybe?

[Mr Mylar]

Very interesting, thanks. (thumbs u

[s-man]

Fascinating stuff..amazing to think that around the time I was born you could buy a Superman 1 for $100 to $300!

[Mr Mylar]

Fascinating stuff..amazing to think that around the time I was born you could buy a Superman 1 for $100 to $300!

 

 

So true!

 

What about the stand-up racks? All the X-Men early issues are there, amazing...

 

[thehumantorch]

So cool to watch. Don't sell them George, you will regret it!!!!!!

 

Notice that there were no bags or boards back then.

[Beau]

...I wish I could crawl into that video with about $10k in my pocket. I'd buy the whole store!

[s-man]

Now if you go into a really good comic store with $10k, you can walk out with just one book!

[osborn_fr]

Already posted in March 2008 but i forgive you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[oakman29]

wow! did you see all those x-men comics

[ninanina]

So, a book could go for $125 to $300 depending on whose selling and whose buying. Not a word about condition. My, how the hobbie has changed.

[MR.COMICBOOK]

Fascinating stuff..amazing to think that around the time I was born you could buy a Superman 1 for $100 to $300!

maybe a better investment then compound interest? any math majors want to take a crack at that?

[Korvac Saga]

Great video!! Conjures up that ol' urge for a time machine

[drewincanada]

Wow, that was fun to watch! Was that thee George Olshevsky? It had to be! Thanks for posting.

 

There have been a few posts in the past with the comics clips from CBC's archives, but it's always fun to see them again.

 

In the very late 1960s and early 1970s I used to regularly frequent Captain George's shop in Markham St. Village, around the corner from Honest Ed's -- the shop was called Memory Lane.

 

He was a real curmudgeon. Treated us kids with distain, because he'd actually have to get up off his chair and exert a little energy. And if you asked him a question his response was never more than 2 or 3 words.

 

He used to string his used comics up on clothes lines, using wooden clothes pins!

 

But he was very knowledgeable, and he was the only game in town in those days.

[Shark]

Thought I'd give this thread a .

 

I need a time machine so I can go back and buy all those Flash comics in high grade.

[snitzer]

This was a kick to watch. Thanks for the bump! Can't believe I missed this the first time around.

[Mr.Silvestri]

Why did that guy holding the comic give me the finger ??

 

What did I ever do to him, I like comic books too !!

[VintageComics]

I think I may have been to that store. There was a store on Markham St. in Markham (north of Toronto) where I bought my first Hulk #181 and ASM #129 for about $200 each.

 

I've seen that video before.

 

Very cool

 

[Bosco685]

wow! did you see all those x-men comics

No, was too distracted by your growing signature line of comic dreams come true.

 

Nicely done!