The Longbox Closet |
Here's the start of the unpacking. As I began sorting my comics, it brought back a lot of memories of not only the stories within the pages, but the stories around where, when, and how I found some of them. For example, many of my early comics were bought after earning $0.25 per 10 minutes of massaging my dad's feet, including The Original Ghost Rider #1. Another favourite story came when I found out Superman's powers were changing to some sort of energy being. At the time, I was just collecting JLA. I was young and grabbing more than one title was costly, but I just had to follow the story leading to Superman Red/Superman Blue. I would ride my bike from the Husky to McGirr's, and sometimes to Abraham's or Paramart to find the next piece of the story until I came to an issue that was nowhere to be found. It was hard to figure out where the next issue would be because it seemed like a random crapshoot on where the Superman comic would be that week. I searched all around town to find the copy of Action Comics I was missing. I went to the usual spots, and then started just going to any business I could find that sold magazines or books. It wasn't at the Rexall, or Treasure Island. Then I went into the basement of Harper's Pharmacy, and there it was!!!! I could finally read how the battle between Superman and the Atomic Skull would turn out. (He won...Superman always wins!)
One box down! |
The series of photos below show my entire collection of comics. Totalling over 2830 in number. With comics from friends like Sol and Jon, auction finds from my father-in-law, some from Kelly's grandma's attic, and other old comics I've picked up along the way, it's well over the 3000 mark. That is a lot of reading time! That also doesn't count the hundreds of comics I've read digitally on my computer, and on my iPad!
I love comics, I love reading comics, I love talking about comics, but most of all, I love a good story.
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