I also bought TALES OF SUSPENSE #66 during that trip to the Batcave comic book shop, and I did so for the most obvious reason: the copy I picked up was cheap. I bought it despite the fact that I already owned copies of the two stories that were published in it, in an issue … Continue reading BHOC: TALES OF SUSPENSE #66
One of the things that I was very obsessed with as a young comic book reader was age. Specifically, how old the comics that I was purchasing were. As much as anything, that's what led me to pick up this copy of STRANGE TALES #87 on my trip to the Batcave comic book store that … Continue reading BHOC: STRANGE TALES #87
One of the things that the Batcave comic book shop was notable for during this late 1970s period was in having affordable copies of relatively old and key comics. These were typically more well-read copies, but for my purposes, i didn't care. there was some elusive magic in holding an actual vintage book from a … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #19
This was another comic book that my younger brother Ken also picked up a copy of after I had bought one. To this day, i really don't quite understand why he would do that, but it was a pattern that repeated again and again. Sadly, what he got was a bit of a dud--Green Lantern … Continue reading BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #120
The one real immediate benefit of finding my new Stationery Store source for new comic book purchases is that suddenly all of the thicker books that my 7-11 had quietly stopped carrying at some point in the past were now readily available to me. Case in point: ADVENTURE COMICS. I would have been interested in … Continue reading BHOC: ADVENTURE COMICS #465
Here's another book that I picked up on my post-grade school graduation trip to Bush's Hobbies in Ronkonkoma. I had been slowly filling in a complete run of MARVEL COLLECTORS' ITEM CLASSICS, the title that eventually changed its name to MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS and in which the earliest FANTASTIC FOUR stories were reprinted. I wanted … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL COLLECTORS’ ITEM CLASSICS #19
On that selfsame trip to Bush's Hobbies following my graduation from grade school, I indulged in my interest in golden age comics by picking up this issue of FANTASY MASTERPIECES, which reprinted the first battle between the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, a story I had read about previously in Jim Steranko's HISTORY OF COMICS. … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASY MASTERPIECES #8
Not being satisfied with my haul from Ed's Coins and Stamps and still having a bit of grade school graduation in my pocket, later on that week I embarked on a long bike ride into Ronkonkoma, to Bush's Hobbies, another back issue outlet that was within riding distance from my home. As it turned out, … Continue reading BHOC: TALES TO ASTONISH #54
One of the other benefits of my new Stationery Store comic book purchasing location was the fact that I could reliably get comics that I'd only been able to follow ad hoc up to that point. I'd been a mostly regular reader of SUPERMAN FAMILY for some time, but I'm not quite sure how, as … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #197
This issue of DETECTIVE COMICS was another that I borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims to read. I wasn't a big Batman reader particularly, but something about this issue evidently made me want to take a closer look at it. I had no idea that it was significant, containing the first appearance of … Continue reading BC: DETECTIVE COMICS #411
The Tom Brevoort Experience 