There may be hope for the future of this hobby .....

[Flee-Marquette]

I was in our local Family Dollar store this afternoon at the checkout counter when

I noticed comic books right up there next to the register. They were Marvel 3-packs

and contained reprints of some of the more popular issues. I bought one

out of curiosity and the one I chose had an Iron Man, Spider-Man and a Hulk issue.

Besides the location of the comics I was also surprised to see that they had labeled them

as "ALL AGES". Perhaps, because of the popularity of recent Marvel movies, they are putting comics

in an area where a kid would see it and get their Mom to throw it in the basket.

At $2.50 for a 3-pack it could easily become an impulse buy.

I think I will go back tomorrow and pick up a few more just to help support the

idea. They were in a Marvel cardboard display box....maybe they will let me

buy that too.

 

Has anyone else seen these?

 

 

[rob_allan]

Wow that's freaking cool. I'm a 3-pack junkie too. Miss being able to pick those up at Toys R Us like when I was a kid.

 

'Gratz on the find. I'd buy the whole thing out just to have them!

 

-Rob-

[SolitaireOne]

Nope, I haven't yet spotted those... what were the Iron Man and Spider-Man books, Flee?

[Flee-Marquette]

Nope, I haven't yet spotted those... what were the Iron Man and Spider-Man books, Flee?

 

This is the IronMan book. I can't tell what Spider-Man issue it is without opening

up the 3-pack. There were different comics in the other 3-packs so I may report

back here tomorrow when I pick up a few more.

 

[dekeuk]

 

 

 

 

 

 

wow, a "rare" variant of this key issue

 

I expect to see some 9.8 slabs of this variant issue on ebay next week

 

 

[Ogami]

Flee,

 

Could you offer some of these on the boards? I'd be interested in the very pack that you list.

 

 

[BaltimoreLauren]

I've seen them around stores such as 5 Below, but not yet in dollar stores.

[Flee-Marquette]

Flee,

 

Could you offer some of these on the boards? I'd be interested in the very pack that you list.

 

I'll see what I can do.

[Subliminal]

What is the total of the cover prices of the books in these packs?

Is it a substantial discount to the cover price and are they all old, old stock?

[Green]

Flee,

 

Could you offer some of these on the boards? I'd be interested in the very pack that you list.

 

+1

[skinnys_pal_tubby]

What is the total of the cover prices of the books in these packs?

Is it a substantial discount to the cover price and are they all old, old stock?

 

 

I believe he said that they were all reprints. That's what they look like, what with the now standard "black boarder" Marvel reprints shown.

 

 

 

[Norrin_Radd]

Checked the local Family Dollar. No luck.

[gorgoguy]

Great find and thanks for sharing.

 

I still think new comic fans are out there. My brother in law has 2 boys, and they freakin love Iron Man, Hulk and X-Men. I showed up one day with about 60 90s copies of those three titles. I think the pages are about to turn to dust now they have torn through them so many times.

[Flee-Marquette]

Finally got out and checked back on these 3-packs. There are 5 Family Dollar

stores within 10 miles of me. It appears they each got in one box of 25 3-packs.

There are only 2 versions available. The one I posted previously and this one.

 

 

Once again it looks like a Spider-Man comic in the middle. I guess if there is

enough interest I can open one up and see how much the reprints differ from the

originals.