The Comic Warehouse in Brooklyn is Closing 2 2

[shadroch]

I believe Joe turns 75 this year. I wonder if he's figured out what he will do with his life?

[the blob]

That's a real shame. It was fun rummaging there every few months. That place is nuts. The reality is that he prices most stuff around market, but there are treasures hiding in there. I found a VG or so copy of this hidden in the dollar boxes once: 

[the blob]

On 3/11/2024 at 4:32 PM, shadroch said:

I believe Joe turns 75 this year. I wonder if he's figured out what he will do with his life?

He was present there every time I have popped in a couple of times a year, but yeah, does he want to eventually drop dead there?  It is an enormous space and even if in a weird location it seemed odd that he could pay the rent there and even employ a few people in the process.

[shadroch]

That neighborhood was a ghost town in the mid-1980s when I first went there.  

[Gatsby77]

I remember the print ads back in the day where he had a seemingly endless supply of Comico Primer # 2. 

[greggy]

I used to love ordering from him in the early 90s through his CBG ads where you can get multiples for stuff cheap.

I always loved that you could get three of a certain item for less than buying two at the regular price. 

[greggy]

On 3/11/2024 at 2:54 PM, Gatsby77 said:

I remember the print ads back in the day where he had a seemingly endless supply of Comico Primer # 2. 

Yeah, I remembered those but never got any cuz I thought that they must be uber common and unpopular. 

[grendel013]

On 3/11/2024 at 5:54 PM, Gatsby77 said:

I remember the print ads back in the day where he had a seemingly endless supply of Comico Primer # 2. 

I remember obtaining my first copies of Primer 2 and Grendel 1-3 from Joe Koch. Been my favorite comics ever since.

[LazySundayComics]

On 3/11/2024 at 11:15 AM, Robot Man said:

I have heard about this legendary place for years. But what a mess. How would anyone find anything in there? Where be the “good stuff”? Or is there any at all?

How would anyone ever clean this out? It sure doesn’t sound like he is giving away anything…

You get a tour when you go in (if you like), where they tell you were Indies are, graded comics are, TPBs are, etc...

[LazySundayComics]

On 3/11/2024 at 4:32 PM, shadroch said:

I believe Joe turns 75 this year. I wonder if he's figured out what he will do with his life?

He's one of the owners/investors in Forbidden Planet in NYC so will still be involved in comics.