Steve Geppi gets robbed...back in 1977 0

[jools&jim]

Interesting article in the WaPo from December of 1978.  Old-time Maryland collectors may also recognize the name of the other dealer in the story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/12/08/the-great-comic-caper/e5502788-912e-4e12-8920-f734676b92be/?utm_term=.2265e9b6916c

I remember the other robbery mentioned in passing at the end of the article.  IIRC, the books were stolen by one of Weimer's associates who worked for him part-time in his comic book store, which was my first LCS...

[TheGeneral]

Cool read, thanks for posting!

[NoMan]

3 hours ago, jools&jim said:

Interesting article in the WaPo from December of 1978.  Old-time Maryland collectors may also recognize the name of the other dealer in the story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/12/08/the-great-comic-caper/e5502788-912e-4e12-8920-f734676b92be/?utm_term=.2265e9b6916c

I remember the other robbery mentioned in passing at the end of the article.  IIRC, the books were stolen by one of Weimer's associates who worked for him part-time in his comic book store, which was my first LCS...

Thanks for posting that. Enjoyed the read. 

Curious if there’s ever been a mainstream story involving collectible comics that doesn’t include the “Golly-Gee Superman, Comics aren’t for kids anymore” kind of language? Really, really had to wade through a lot of that insipid purple- prose to find the basic skeleton of a fairly interesting story that could have been a phenomenally interesting story if the writer gave a f@&$s.

Edited April 5, 2018 by NoMan

[Ken Aldred]

I actually stopped reading the article part way through.

The writer is extremely condescending in tone.

Edited April 5, 2018 by Ken Aldred

[Bronty]

^ I can forgive that in an article from the 70s.    Articles from recent day are sometimes just as "biff bam pow"

[ThothAmon]

4 hours ago, NoMan said:

Thanks for posting that. Enjoyed the read. 

Curious if there’s ever been a mainstream story involving collectible comics that doesn’t include the “Golly-Gee Superman, Comics aren’t for kids anymore” kind of language? Really, really had to wade through a lot of that insipid purple- prose to find the basic skeleton of a fairly interesting story that could have been a phenomenally interesting story if the writer gave a f@&$s.

Washington Post. Lol. Writer wanted to show how witty he was. Comics and criminals have always gone hand in hand.