Books you bought that came with a (related) bonus 0

[kav]

whoever bought my kirby thor lot and got the 165 I accidentally included i hope you're happy!!!  

[Larryw7]

Bought a copy of Shazam, inside was a Welcome Back Kotter comic. Obviously a factory error. Every copy in the store had the same problem. I told the cranky owner of the store about the problem, and asked if I could pick another comic. He told me to hit the road. It was easy for store owners to bully nine year old kids, and they did it often.

[evilskip]

Don't recall the book, but the center two pages had lots of boogers. Nasty.

Hair, but it wasn't curly. Still an ick factor.

Got a sealed Superman hardcover that had some sort of gray, putty like mess that ruined the book. Got a replacement, but that was in upchuck territory.

[Robot Man]

On 7/16/2020 at 9:31 PM, Buzzetta said:

I mention this whenever someone starts threads like this so I apologize to the older board members.  As a kid I used to stash money in between comics and the boards.  Somewhere out there someone has either found or will find a $100 bill or two stashed in a comic book. 

My wife and I bought a hoarder estate. Not old pizza boxes or trash but a lifetime of just buying cool old stuff. Amazing house full of surprises. One room was full of books just stacked in piles. Figured on dumping most at the Goodwill until I started going through some. In addition to first editions of Wizard of Oz and other first editions, there was money inside many. We went through them all and ended up with about $3,200 in cash. In the old days, folks didn’t trust banks so some often stashed their money in books. 

[oldrover]

19 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

You had $100 bills as a kid? I think the most I ever got for a birthday was a lousy $20. Even worse, it was a Canadian $20. 

 

18 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Long story.

He could tell you...  but he'd have to kill you. 

[Hollywood1892]

7 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Bought a copy of Shazam, inside was a Welcome Back Kotter comic. Obviously a factory error. Every copy in the store had the same problem. I told the cranky owner of the store about the problem, and asked if I could pick another comic. He told me to hit the road. It was easy for store owners to bully nine year old kids, and they did it often.

I'm not a fan of bullies and a chunk of LCSs were renowned for it

[Black_Adam]

8 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Bought a copy of Shazam, inside was a Welcome Back Kotter comic. Obviously a factory error. Every copy in the store had the same problem. I told the cranky owner of the store about the problem, and asked if I could pick another comic. He told me to hit the road. It was easy for store owners to bully nine year old kids, and they did it often.

My pet peeve as a kid trying to collect comics was the stores with the signs everywhere saying "This is not a library!" There was one smokeshop/bookstore on Granville near Birks in the 1980s with those signs taped everywhere. If you even cracked open a comic to see who the artist was the store owner would appear behind you in a puff of smoke, pointing at the sign and screaming for you to get out! 

Edited July 18, 2020 by Black_Adam

[MR SigS]

3 hours ago, evilskip said:

Don't recall the book, but the center two pages had lots of boogers. Nasty.

Sounds like a younger sibling move.

[OtherEric]

This is Pulps, not comics, but I think it fits the topic perfectly.  I won a complete set of Arkham Samplers a few years ago.  Tucked into one of the issues was a postcard from one of the publisher's other imprints:

[Mercury Man]

9 hours ago, Robot Man said:

In the old days, folks didn’t trust banks so some often stashed their money in books. 

True.   When my Grandmother died, we found $12K in cash in a suitcase under her bed.   Today's pandemic economic downturn has got nothin' on the The Great Depression. 

[01TheDude]

19 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Bought a copy of Shazam, inside was a Welcome Back Kotter comic. Obviously a factory error. Every copy in the store had the same problem. I told the cranky owner of the store about the problem, and asked if I could pick another comic. He told me to hit the road. It was easy for store owners to bully nine year old kids, and they did it often.

I bet there are a bunch of people who would have bought out the stores error copies and been happy for it.

But when you are a kid-- you want what you paid for-- I get that. The store owner sounds like a real piece of work.

[01TheDude]

2 hours ago, Mercury Man said:

True.   When my Grandmother died, we found $12K in cash in a suitcase under her bed.   Today's pandemic economic downturn has got nothin' on the The Great Depression. 

It is early--- let's not get ahead of ourselves. It could be worse.

[lotemo]

I found this issue of Archie's Pals n Gals #23 with the first appearance of Josie on Etsy.  It was in decent shape at a fair price so I bought it.  When it arrived I found that the Josie story splash page was autographed by DeCarlo.

 

[Robot Man]

On 7/17/2020 at 8:28 AM, JazzMan said:

Related bonus?  You be the judge.

Found a HC Bring on The Bad Guys without a dust cover in an antique store for a dollar.  Perused through it when I got home and found this.

I once found a few seeds and some shake inside a couple of undergrounds..,

[archiecomicscollector]

On 7/19/2020 at 8:14 AM, lotemo said:

I found this issue of Archie's Pals n Gals #23 with the first appearance of Josie on Etsy.  It was in decent shape at a fair price so I bought it.  When it arrived I found that the Josie story splash page was autographed by DeCarlo.

WOW! 

[Raze]

As I thought more about this I remembered that a few years ago on ebay I bought a copy of Voodoo Heart written by my favorite Scott Snyder from a random seller.

When I got it I was surprised to see a written message!