g-man Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Looks like only 5 left now. Miss the days of The Vault in Brighton. Many good deals back in the day. Also at the old Quincy location. KCOComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drummy Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Was that the one right in Harvard Square? If so, I've been there many times. Bummer. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Is that New England Comics? They used to have ads all over the comics in the 80's, i think i ordered a bunch from them over 30 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Yep New England Comics…..wish they would close the dump in Norwood instead. toro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I visited there Quincy location every month or so for years. I picked up many great books from them, including an X-Men 1 and a bunch of EC books. It was also my regular Christmas stop to get Tick related merchandise for my brother. I only went to Cambridge a few times. It is sad they are closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I used to go to the Malden one regularly, and the Cambridge one occasionally. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 is Million Year Picnic still around? JTLarsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toro Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 They had one in my city, but sold it to the manager. He was the best part of the store. The old manager used to creep out the customers. He went to the Brockton store, but he quit after being with them for almost 20 years. I go to that one once in a blue moon and I'll go to the main store in Quincy. They have been having trouble getting people to work the stores. They would have rolling black outs of a few of the stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 That's a shame. I grew up in Philly, but visited the Cambridge store a few times. The first trip was important, as it allowed me to complete my Tick collection (the original 1-12) and pick up a # 1 signed by Edlund - this was back in the '90s, the pre-eBay era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) I used to visit the Quincy location all the time. Tom, the manager, was awesome and I picked up dozens of early silver age Marvels at great prices, along with an occasional page of original art. The store in Harvard Square was also pretty good and they would have a decent collection of Silver and Golden Age books every so often. I think Benn (yes, that’s not a typo) was the manager for a long time. I’d hop around the corner to the Million Year Picnic and chat with Tony (the owner) about selling me his silver and Bronze Age OA collection. It seemed as though he was on the verge of saying ‘yes’ every time I spoke with him, but then he’d always sell a significant comic book and pause on selling the OA. the store in Brookline (Coolidge corner) didn’t have a lot of decent silver or golden age books, but they did have the hot bronze and copper age books. I was fortunate to pick up ASM 129, Xmen 94, GS Xmen 1 and hulk 181 from that location. hope things turn around for them! Edited December 10, 2022 by jjonahjameson11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I bought an NEC Newsletter 14 from the Quincy store once upon a time. Wish I still had that. KCOComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
