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Golden Age and Silver Age Dealers - Where Did They Go
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I was planning to spend a few minutes this morning to add a few new sites to my comic book search engine (ComicSeeker.com) so I thought it would be a good exercise to go through the lists here on the board.

I went to the SA Dealer list in the SA forum and the GA Dealer list in the GA forum. I clicked on every link I could find. I excluded all Ebay links. That means I came up with 113 SA/GA dealer links. The results were disappointing.

Active = appears to be an active website

Inactive = the website loads, but does not appear to have any recent activity

Defunct = the website does not load

Caveat on “Active” dealer websites: Some that were active were legit dealers with nice backstock. Some are just a LCS that put their link in the thread and some just link to Ebay from their active website. Some I listed as active it was difficult to tell when they last updated their site, so it may need to be switched to Inactive. If I were to guess, I would say, roughly 20 of the 47 active SA/GA dealers are worth visiting their website. I'm just presenting the data, so you can make that call yourself.

I'll put the list in the next post. I'm happy to update my spreadsheet for the next couple of days. Thereafter, no more updates for a while.

Status Total Percent
Active 47 41.6%
Inactive 15 13.3%
Defunct 51 45.1%
Total 113 100.0%

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Status Name Homepage URL
Active Age of Comics https://ageofcomics.shop/
Inactive All Star Auctions http://www.allstarauc.com/
Active Amazing Comics http://www.amazingco.com/
Inactive Arch Angels https://www.archangels.com/
Defunct Art of Comics http://www.theartofcomics.net/
Active Bedrock City https://www.bedrockcity.com/
Defunct Best in Comics http://bestincomics.com
Defunct Big Guy Comics http://www.bigguyscomics.com/
Defunct BLB Comics http://www.blbcomics.com/
Active Blue Grass Comics http://www.bluegrasscomics.com/
Active Bunky Brothers http://www.bunkybrothers.com/
Defunct Buying and Selling Comics http://www.buyingandsellingcomics.com/
Defunct Capital Comics http://www.capitalcomics.com/
Defunct Century Comics http://www.centurycomics.com/
Active Cloud9 comics https://www.cloudninecomics.com/
Defunct Collectors Assemble http://www.collectorsassemble.com/
Defunct Collectors Cave http://www.thecollectorscave.com/
Defunct Collectors Ink http://www.collectorsink.com/
Defunct Colmore Comics http://www.colmorecomics.com/
Inactive Columbia Comics http://www.columbiacomics.com/
Inactive Comic Biz http://www.comic-biz.com/
Defunct Comic Book Goldmine http://www.comicbookgoldmine.com/
Defunct Comic Book Warehouse http://www.comicbook-warehouse.com/
Defunct Comic Cavalcade https://www.comcav.net/
Defunct Comic Collector Shop http://www.comiccollectorshop.com/
Defunct Comic Collectors https://www.www.comiccollectors.net/
Active Comic Heaven https://comicheaven.net/
Defunct Comic Supply http://www.comicsupply.com/
Defunct Comic Vendor http://comicvendor.com/
Defunct Comicana http://www.comicana.com/
Active Comicana Direct https://www.comicanadirect.com/
Active ComicConnect https://www.comicconnect.com/
Active ComicLink https://www.comiclink.com/
Defunct Comicopolis http://www.thecomicopolis.com/
Active Dale Roberts https://www.dalerobertscomics.com/
Active Dave & Adams https://www.dacardworld.com/comic-books/
Active Detective 27 / New Force http://www.detective27.com/
Defunct Diamond Galleries https://diamondgalleries.com/
Active Doug Sulipa's Comic World http://www.dougcomicworld.com/
Active DTA Collectibles http://www.dtacollectibles.com/
Active Ebay https://www.ebay.com/
Defunct Ed Kalb Comics http://www.edkalbcomics.com/
Inactive Esquire Comics http://www.esquirecomics.com/
Inactive Fantsy Comics http://www.fantasy-comics.com/
Defunct Five Star Collectiblese http://fivestarcollectibles.com/
Active Four Color Comics https://www.fourcolorcomics.com/
Defunct Funny Comics http://www.thefunnycomics.com/
Active Gary Dolgoff Comics https://www.gdcomics.com/
Active Go Antiques https://www.goantiques.com/books-paper-magazines
Defunct Goblins Den http://www.goblinsden.com/
Defunct Gold Comics http://www.goldcomics.com/
Defunct Gold Dust Comics http://www.goldustcomics.com/
Active Golden Age Comics http://www.goldenagecomics.com/
Defunct Golden Age Comix http://www.goldenagecomix.net/
Active Graham Crackers https://www.grahamcrackers.com/
Active Great Escape https://www.greatescapecomics.com/
Active Hakes https://www.hakes.com/
Active Harley Yee Rare Comics https://harleyyeerarecomics.com/
Active Heritage https://comics.ha.com/
Active High Grade Comics https://www.highgradecomics.com/
Defunct HooHah Collectibles http://www.hoohahcollectibles.com/
Active House of Comics https://www.houseofcomics.com/
Defunct House of Geek http://www.houseofgeek.biz/
Active Incognito Comics http://www.incognitocomics.co.uk/
Defunct Investment Collectibles http://www1.investmentcollectibles.com/
Active James Payette http://www.jamespayettecomics.com
Inactive Jason Bardyla http://jbardyla.ca/catalog.asp
Active Jeff Hindsd Comics https://jhcomics.com/
Defunct Jim Payette http://www.jimpayettecomics.com/
Defunct JK Comics http://jkcomics.homestead.com/
Inactive JMH John Hauser http://www.jmhcomics.com/
Active Krypton Comics https://www.kryptoncomicsonline.com/
Active Lee's Comics http://www.lcomics.com/
Defunct Mastro Auctions http://www.mastroauctions.com/
Active Metropolis Comics https://www.metropoliscomics.com/
Active Midtown Comics https://www.midtowncomics.com/
Active Mile High Comics https://www.milehighcomics.com/
Active Million Comics https://www.millioncomics.com/
Active My Comic Shop https://www.mycomicshop.com/
Active My Vintage Comics https://myvintagecomics.com/
Inactive New Force Comics https://www.newforcecomics.com/
Active Nostalgia Zone https://www.nostalgiazone.com/
Defunct Pacific Comic Exchange http://www.pcei.com/
Active Pedigree Comics https://www.pedigreecomics.com/
Inactive PGC Mint http://www.pgcmint.com/
Defunct Philadelphia Comic Company http://www.philadelphiacomicbookcompany.com/
Defunct Pop Culture Sales http://popculturesales.com/
Active Pristine Comics http://pristinecomics.com/
Defunct QA Comics http://qscomics.com/
Active Quality Comics https://www.qualitycomix.com/
Defunct Quasar Comics https://quasarcomics.com/
Defunct Quicksilver Comics http://www.qscomics.com/
Defunct Red Beards http://www.redbeardsbookden.com/
Active Reeces Rare Comics https://reececomics.com/
Inactive Reynold Jays Comics http://biccomix.com/
Defunct Silver Acre Comics http://www.silveracrecomics.com/
Defunct Silver Age Comic Books http://www.silver-age-comic-books.com/
Active Silver Age Comics https://www.silveragecomics.com/
Active Southern California Comics http://www.socalcomics.com/
Active Superworld Comics https://www.superworldcomics.com/
Active Terry's Comics http://www.terryscomics.com/
Defunct The Comic Guys http://www.thecomicguys.com/
Defunct The Yarner https://theyarner.com/
Active Timeless Icons https://www.timelessicons.com/
Defunct Tom Kalb Comics http://www.tomkalbcomics.com/
Active Tomorrow's Treasures https://www.tomorrowstreasures.com/
Defunct Tropic Comics http://www.tropiccomics.com/
Inactive TV Comics http://tvcomics.com/
Defunct Vault Auctions http://www.vaultauctions.com/
Inactive Vermont Comics http://vtcomics.itgo.com/
Inactive Vintage Collectiblese https://www.vintagecollectables.net/
Defunct Vintage Comics http://www.vintagecomics.com/
Defunct Vintage Stuff http://www.vintage-stuff.org/
Active Worldwide Comics http://www.wwcomics.com/
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Payette is not defunct >> http://www.jamespayettecomics.com/

I think in some cases the old website might be defunct/inactive but they are still present on social media and/or ebay. Just one example but I found Redbeard's facebook page >> https://www.facebook.com/people/Redbeards-Book-Den/100049945825883/

And his ebay >> https://www.ebay.com/str/redbeardsbookden

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Got it. The list in post 2 is updated with "James"

As noted in Post 1, I'm only going by the links directly to business websites that were listed in the SA and GA forums. I did not look anywhere else. So, I ignored Ebay stores. Facebook, instagram, etc also ignored. That would be a nice weekend project for someone.

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33 minutes ago, kaculler said:

Tom Kalb's got an eBay store with about 10,000 items listed.

 

https://www.ebay.com/str/tomkalbmasterofcomics

He website was listed in the SA forum. That's what I clicked and the site is now defunct. He can always restore the URL and just have it redirect to his ebay store.

Regarding his ebay store...with so many of them, I figured I would list ebay once and not individual ebay stores. After all, it's the comics we're looking for and ebay will show you everything.

If someone else wanted to individually list all the ebay stores that sell comics, it shouldn't take more than a weekend.

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4 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

comicana and comicanadirect are probably both Nick in England

Yep! @Flaming_Telepathis a great bloke... just don’t try to compete with him drinking Mexican 🍺.

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3 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:

comicana and comicanadirect are probably both Nick in England

That was my guess as well. But, both URLs were listed in the thread, several pages apart, so in the interest of being thorough, I put both on the list.

There were several sites from board members in various states, so I just listed everything I found. 

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