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Are any of these dealers still in business?

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Aces

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A most interesting ad page from a 1977 Peter Parker Marvel comic:

 

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I wonder if any of these people are still selling back issues. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I clearly remember ordering some from most of them as a 12 year old.

$5.00 could get you a lot old comics from the earlier 70s and late 60s back in 77.

 

Reading these old books brings back memories... cloud9.gif

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Aces

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That was old school! thumbsup2.gif

 

Eight different dealers all jammed into one ad page with a bunch of other stuff!

 

They weren't rich enough then to afford full page ads! 27_laughing.gif

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I bought from Howard ("Tape is not considered a defect") Rogofsky way back in the day. My VF GL #76 was acquired from Howard, probably around 1979.

 

Still uncovering some books originally bagged away in Robert Bell's pre-printed poly bags! shocked.gif

 

Other mail order names I remember--

-Camelot out of Texas

-Sparkle City (WTF was up with Hans the Herder, anyway?)

-BEA: bought everything at 25% OS; sold everything at 50% OS. (Wonder why that business model didn't last? 893scratchchin-thumb.gifsmirk.gif)

 

Anybody know whatever happened to all those guys? I seem to remember previous threads alluding to Sparkle City morphing into some current-day outfit?

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-Sparkle City (WTF was up with Hans the Herder, anyway?)

 

I seem to remember previous threads alluding to Sparkle City morphing into some current-day outfit?

 

Sparkle City = Joe V.?

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-Sparkle City (WTF was up with Hans the Herder, anyway?)

 

I seem to remember previous threads alluding to Sparkle City morphing into some current-day outfit?

 

Sparkle City = Joe V.?

 

Just did a forum search and according to odin88, Sparkle City was indeed Joe Verenault + a mysterious partner involved with Geppi in some sort of a falling-out. confused.gif (If ya tell us odin88 do ya hafta kill us?)

 

Verenault's name has also come up recently in Ian Levine's threads... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I've not come across Verenault post-Sparkle City. Time for a Google search!

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-Sparkle City (WTF was up with Hans the Herder, anyway?)

 

I seem to remember previous threads alluding to Sparkle City morphing into some current-day outfit?

 

Sparkle City = Joe V.?

 

Just did a forum search and according to odin88, Sparkle City was indeed Joe Verenault + a mysterious partner involved with Geppi in some sort of a falling-out. confused.gif (If ya tell us odin88 do ya hafta kill us?)

 

Verenault's name has also come up recently in Ian Levine's threads... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

I've not come across Verenault post-Sparkle City. Time for a Google search!

His partner was Jay Marbruck! Joe V. is back in the convention circuit. He's been at all of the last 3 SD conventions.
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American Comic Book Company (Terry Stroud) is still in business, and his parter David Alexander is on his own in Florida now and recently had an Action #1 on eBay.

 

Richard Alf was bought out by MIle High, and I believe Clint's Comics was also.

 

Rogofsky still deals though mainly in TV Guides now.

 

Robert Bell is also in Florida and part-time dealing as of a few years ago

(I remember at one of the first shows I went to, he had a stack of Daredevil #1's on the table about 35-40 tall in a pick which-ever one you want thing for $50 ea. - along with Iron Man #1s, Cap #100s, Surfer #1s, and other cool books - and old timers at that time told me that he used to do the same thing for Spidey #1, FF #1 and Fantasy #15).

 

*Select* Sparkle City assets (customer list and some inventory) were purchased by Geppi, and former Sparkle City partner Jay Maybrook was to stay working with Geppi, but they had a falling out. Joe Verenault remains on good terms with Geppi and is still dealing.

 

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Joe V. is back out on the circuit but does anyone else notice that his stock and his frequency of appearance isn't the same as it used to be.

 

I remember going to a Big Apple back in 98 or so and he had some truly awesome Marvels in HG... but I've looked through his books recently, and he doesn't seem to have a whole lot in the line of HG anymore.

 

Joe V. is one of the nicest dealers in the hobby, and I always try to look through his stuff... but doesn't seem to set up quite as much as he used to. I also don't think he has a website, and I don't know if he sells on ebay... anyone else have any info on Joe V?

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Is that Discount Comics any relation to... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

NO, IT'S NOT. cool.gif

 

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How about the "Discount Comics" that advertised in the Overstreet Comic Book Monthly around 1994?

 

BOX 1123 Dept E

El Cajon, Ca 92022

 

I ordered from them too.

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