Silver Age comic shops Providence RI/Boston New England 0

[Pokemon92]

I am going to be going through Naval ODS in Newport Rhode Island this summer.  After I finish I will be stationed in Bethesda, MD before being stationed in North Carolina.  Does anyone know if are there any comic shops in these aresa that would have great silver age walls - CGC comics?  I would love to go in a shop that might deal in the bigger books.  My dad talks about the good old days when he'd go in comic shops and they would have runs of early Spidey on the walls etc ... he was referring to some shops he went to in Cincinnati and the suburbs of Washington, DC.  He talks about going in a shop as a boy near Silver Spring, MD and they had X 1-3, Spidey 1-3, Avengers 1-3 and so on.  He also talks about a shop he went to in South Florida 30 years ago - and they had all sorts of golden age books - Timely's and so on. I'm not even sure comic shops exist anymore that stock or display that kind of stuff. There are not a lot of comic shops in my home area of South Georgia - but I have never seen any comic shop with vintage/CGC inventory ... they primarily just have modern stuff and maybe a few CGC silver/bronze books.  Anyway - I would love to go in a shop that deals in the bigger vintage key books and am thinking maybe there is a shop like that in the New Englad area.  I know stores like these in the age of internet have probably gone the way of Blockbuster/Sears/K-Mart/ and Circuit City, but I know these sorts of stores are still out there - for example A-1 comics out in California would appear to have that sort of inventory in stock and display.  So if you know anything about a shop that would be offer me that sort of experience - in the Newport Rhode Island area or Washington, DC area - I would love to know about it - so I could visit.  I see there are many shops in New England, but I am looking for the silver/golden age experience.  Thanks for any replies.  PS I posted this in general - but here on the Silver Board - if you know of some shops like this anywhere in the country - chime in - because I would like to put visiting them on my bucket list, so I could perhaps visit them one day. 

[Timeless icons]

On 5/20/2022 at 1:33 PM, Pokemon92 said:

I am going to be going through Naval ODS in Newport Rhode Island this summer.  After I finish I will be stationed in Bethesda, MD before being stationed in North Carolina.  Does anyone know if are there any comic shops in these aresa that would have great silver age walls - CGC comics?  I would love to go in a shop that might deal in the bigger books.  My dad talks about the good old days when he'd go in comic shops and they would have runs of early Spidey on the walls etc ... he was referring to some shops he went to in Cincinnati and the suburbs of Washington, DC.  He talks about going in a shop as a boy near Silver Spring, MD and they had X 1-3, Spidey 1-3, Avengers 1-3 and so on.  He also talks about a shop he went to in South Florida 30 years ago - and they had all sorts of golden age books - Timely's and so on. I'm not even sure comic shops exist anymore that stock or display that kind of stuff. There are not a lot of comic shops in my home area of South Georgia - but I have never seen any comic shop with vintage/CGC inventory ... they primarily just have modern stuff and maybe a few CGC silver/bronze books.  Anyway - I would love to go in a shop that deals in the bigger vintage key books and am thinking maybe there is a shop like that in the New Englad area.  I know stores like these in the age of internet have probably gone the way of Blockbuster/Sears/K-Mart/ and Circuit City, but I know these sorts of stores are still out there - for example A-1 comics out in California would appear to have that sort of inventory in stock and display.  So if you know anything about a shop that would be offer me that sort of experience - in the Newport Rhode Island area or Washington, DC area - I would love to know about it - so I could visit.  I see there are many shops in New England, but I am looking for the silver/golden age experience.  Thanks for any replies.  PS I posted this in general - but here on the Silver Board - if you know of some shops like this anywhere in the country - chime in - because I would like to put visiting them on my bucket list, so I could perhaps visit them one day. 

Not much out here in Newport RI as far as good silver age back issues. About an hour or so away though, Superworldcomics has quite a bit of bronze/silver/gold and they are well kept. I do believe you need to call Teddy V for an appointment first. Most of the LCS around here are usually stocked with bronze to current. 

[Comic-Fan]

Having grown up in the Boston area I would recommend stoping by New England Comics, they are spread out in NE.  They carried a good selection of Silver/Golden comics.  

[Kevin76]

Stop by New England Comics in Quincy, MA  

[Comic-Fan]

@Kevin76 My old stomping ground back in the early 80s. 

Edited June 6, 2022 by Comic-Fan

[comicartfan]

Comically Speaking in Reading, Mass is terrific. They have a huge inventory of Silver through Modern keys and a room downstairs full of toys and action figures that is a must see. 

I was stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1988-1989.....It was a lot different back then. 

Edited June 7, 2022 by comicartfan

[KCOComics]

On 6/7/2022 at 3:30 PM, comicartfan said:

Comically Speaking in Reading, Mass is terrific. They have a huge inventory of Silver through Modern keys and a room downstairs full of toys and action figures that is a must see. 

I was stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1988-1989.....It was a lot different back then. 

I lived on the North Shore for 12 years and we were in there pretty regularly. I went back a few weekends ago and they opened a cool toy shop downstairs. Still tons of SA and BA. 

I'll echo New England Comics in Quincy.   They usually have a good selection of wall books. 

Edited June 9, 2022 by KCOComics