BURGLARY at Brave New World in Santa Clarita, CA

[lighthouse]

***I apologize for any weird formatting... The version I got was even harder to read... I cleaned it up as best I could...***

 

 

 

Whitehall California retailer Brave New World suffered a burglary on

Jan. 17th. If someone offers these items for sale or you see them for

sale on the internet, please contact Atom at (661) 259-4745 or

mail@bravenewworldcomics.com

 

Among the items stolen on Saturday:

Amazing Spider-Man #2 - Fair to Good (missing a piece of the upper

right-hand cover)

X-men #94 - VF+

Conan #1 - Fine+

Fantastic Four #2 - Fine+

Batman #67 - Fine

Sandman Snowglobe

 

Details of the break-in are below.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1/22/04

 

AWARD-WINNING COMICS RETAILER SUFFERS BURGLARY

 

Santa Clarita, CA-

In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 17th, unknown burglars

smashed their way into the storefront of Brave New World Comics on Lyons

Avenue in Santa Clarita. The burglars then smashed open the glass-front

case in the back of the store and stole over $1700 worth of Gold and Silver

Age comics and statues.

 

"Unlike break-ins in the past," commented Atom!, the proprietor of Brave

New World, "this was done by people who knew what they were looking

for."

 

The cash register and computers were left alone, and the only items

stolen were high priced comics and collectable statues.

Atom! asks that if you, or your store, approached by anyone trying to sell

these items, please contact him immediately with any information.

 

Loss of high-priced comic books was not the worst of the damage

done by the burglars on Saturday morning. In their efforts to break-in, an exterior

glass door was shattered, sending glass flying throughout the store. The

Kids book and graphic novel display was covered with glass, rendering

the entire inventory dangerous and unsaleable. To gain access to the lighted

showcase that housed the statues and comics, the glass doors were

smashed, breaking or damaging two-thirds of the merchandise in that case.

 

"The worst part about all of this has been the loss of our Kids

Book section. That won't be easy to rebuild," continued Atom!. Though,

several publishers have already contributed to the rebuilding effort, Brave New

World estimates that it will take several months to restock the

children's books that were damaged.

 

Brave New World has been has been providing comics and fun for

the entire family since 1990, and is very active in their neighborhood and the

greater comics community. Atom!, Portlyn and the entire staff of Brave New World

are determined to not let this event slow down their plans for 2004. Says

Atom! "It'll take more than some insufficiently_thoughtful_person with a bat to keep us from our greatest

year, yet!"

 

If you have any information that may help police find and prosecute the

parties responsible for this crime, please contact Atom!, at Brave New

World, 661-259-4745, mail@bravenewworldcomics.com

[deathlok]

That's where I buy most of my new issues. Kinda weird, I haven't been there this year though. The case that they mention did have a lot of statuettes. There were about 7-8 comics though. There was a GS X-men #1, a Conan #1, an X-men #94. I think there was also an Amazing Spider-man, although I can't remember the issue. Although BNW is not really known for back issues or HG issues, it's a shame greed would drive some to commit such a criminal act. I thought about consigning some issues there in that same case, although there lack of security was the reason I chose not too.

 

[Mephisto]

The guys name there is really Atom?

[Joanna]

The guys name there is really Atom?

 

No, it appears to be "Atom!".

[deathlok]

That's the name he goes by.

 

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[Aces]

[Calamerica]

Sorry to see that bad news....very sad situation.

[Calamerica]

Been almost 2 weeks - any updates on this???

[Calamerica]

Now over a month. Any word??