Krismusic Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Badger said: Wish I could remember the name of the store but it was the mid-90s early 2000s if I remember right. I went in looking for Gold or Silver and the guy behind the counter says he might have some at the end of an isle, on the floor, which I thought was a really weird answer but kewl books. So, I go to the box he indicated, kneel down, and start flipping though. Its all porn comics; not even underground comics that might have some other redeeming social qualities, just porn comics. I look up and the guy is no where to be seen. I am alone in the store. I yell, "Hello?" The reply come quickly with dude yelling, "Sorry! I'll be back in a moment!" Creeped out, I leave. I read a few months later that the store was closed down and at least one employee (the owner?) is accused of showing porn comics to children. He would allow them to come into the store and "discover" the porn comics then he would sneak away and watch them through a hidden peep hole. woah wtf good thing you left. SkOw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Badger said: Wish I could remember the name of the store but it was the mid-90s early 2000s if I remember right. I went in looking for Gold or Silver and the guy behind the counter says he might have some at the end of an isle, on the floor, which I thought was a really weird answer but kewl books. So, I go to the box he indicated, kneel down, and start flipping though. Its all porn comics; not even underground comics that might have some other redeeming social qualities, just porn comics. I look up and the guy is no where to be seen. I am alone in the store. I yell, "Hello?" The reply come quickly with dude yelling, "Sorry! I'll be back in a moment!" Creeped out, I leave. I read a few months later that the store was closed down and at least one employee (the owner?) is accused of showing porn comics to children. He would allow them to come into the store and "discover" the porn comics then he would sneak away and watch them through a hidden peep hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, NoMan said: 1 hour ago, Badger said: Wish I could remember the name of the store but it was the mid-90s early 2000s if I remember right. I went in looking for Gold or Silver and the guy behind the counter says he might have some at the end of an isle, on the floor, which I thought was a really weird answer but kewl books. So, I go to the box he indicated, kneel down, and start flipping though. Its all porn comics; not even underground comics that might have some other redeeming social qualities, just porn comics. I look up and the guy is no where to be seen. I am alone in the store. I yell, "Hello?" The reply come quickly with dude yelling, "Sorry! I'll be back in a moment!" Creeped out, I leave. I read a few months later that the store was closed down and at least one employee (the owner?) is accused of showing porn comics to children. He would allow them to come into the store and "discover" the porn comics then he would sneak away and watch them through a hidden peep hole. Yup. Close down the thread, we found the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Lobo1969 said: ...Warp? yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 13 hours ago, Artboy99 said: I arrived at my LCS to pick up my file to find my copy of Captain America 25 ( death of Steve Rogers issue ) was missing. This particular book had made the national news as a story and became suddenly very in demand. I noticed the LCS had a copy of the book for sale on their wall behind the cash register for $100. I picked my file up every week and usually on new comic day Wednesday. So this was a book that had just released. After I finished browsing ( about 5 seconds because I really just wanted to know if I would get a copy of the book I ordered or not ) I asked for my file, EMPLOYEE: "will there be anything else?" ME: "Yes, I will take the Cap 25 hanging on the wall." Employee starts ringing all the books in and before he rings in the Cap 25... ME: "And I will pay cover price for that." EMPLOYEE: "Ummm...no it has $100 on it." ME: "it is supposed to be in my file, not on your wall." EMPLOYEE: "Well that was a copy we ordered for the store." ME: "You fill the store's order before your file customers?" EMPLOYEE: "Look, if you want the book it will be $100." ME: "Close my file please." The guy behind me was also supposed to get a copy of Captain America 25 in his file and he also didn't so another file closed. He and I talked about what had just happened outside in the parking lot. I guess their strategy worked because they soon after opened another location. I have never bought anything from them since then though. That happened to me multiple times at one shop. Their method was to stock the shelves Wednesday before opening, open, and then pull the subscriptions from the shelves throughout the day when they had time. Any time a hot issue was in your pull it would be missing. They’d then offer to order you one off eBay for whatever the going rate was, as if I didn’t know how to work eBay, as if I felt like paying $60 for something that came out today and I had preordered. I actually just stopped going in one day without closing my pull. Ken Aldred and SkOw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, KEY ISSUES Comics said: About 10 years ago I went through a $1 liquidation box of misc. junk consisting of comics, toys, and other random items that can be found in your LCS, and guess what I found? Batman #232 in mid grade. I was shocked to say the least. This was a box of real garbage; stuff that would likely NEVER sell, with the exception of this. I paid for it and then asked the employee, who I knew, why it was in there. His answer? "I don't like old books." No wonder sooo many LCS have a hard time staying open. Talk about losing an easy $100 or so. There used to be a shop by my hospital that looked to be a storage locker win. Ran by all women, I’m assuming a mother and two daughters. Everything was cover priced. Very little was bagged or boarded, nothing was in any sort of order. Shelves placed too close to easily browse, sometimes too close to walk down them. The store may have been a video depot before, the comics were on those kinds of shelves, just piled up I’m ramdom order. It was exciting because there was a real possibility you find something cool there, and even if you didn’t, lots of CA readers at cover price. I bought plenty of Groo and TMNT in there. They did have a counter, and they did have one thing behind the counter, an issue of TMNT #1, no clue if it was a first printing. I think they wanted like $1700, it wasn’t in great condition. KEY ISSUES Comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Nothing is weirder than a comic shop peephole with owner jerking off to kid’s looking at comics. Post closed. eddly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) I've mentioned this before, but I'd say the worst, most extreme criminal I've ever unknowingly met was an LCS proprietor. Superficially, he always had an air of calm, happy, content detachment from the world, while, conversely, he'd suddenly make a comment with a conflicting, confusing degree of anger, contempt and sarcasm. However, what none of us actually knew at the time was this, and it does explain his somewhat polarised behaviour... https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/article-ronald-castrees-murder-lesley-7831883 Quite appalling. Even to this day, thinking about the interaction I had feels quite weird. Edited May 31, 2019 by Ken Aldred SkOw and F For Fake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That's nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I met CAK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, wombat said: I met CAK. TMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Murderous child killers are weird, however, THE POST IS CLOSED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Once, I bought a fairly graded and fairly priced comic at my LCS. I have chills to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 37 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said: Once, I bought a fairly graded and fairly priced comic at my LCS. I have chills to this day. Holy what a tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krismusic Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 hours ago, Ken Aldred said: I've mentioned this before, but I'd say the worst, most extreme criminal I've ever unknowingly met was an LCS proprietor. Superficially, he always had an air of calm, happy, content detachment from the world, while, conversely, he'd suddenly make a comment with a conflicting, confusing degree of anger, contempt and sarcasm. However, what none of us actually knew at the time was this, and it does explain his somewhat polarised behaviour... https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/article-ronald-castrees-murder-lesley-7831883 Quite appalling. Even to this day, thinking about the interaction I had feels quite weird. Another WTF story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
