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Old vs. New: Quarter Bins vs. New Comics Rack

This week was another where I managed to score some cool stuff from the quarter bin of my local comic shop. Sad thing is, it also continues to pound home just how EXPENSIVE current comics are. 2/3 of my final cost was the tiny stack of new issues, dwarfed by a huge stack of almost 60 issues that totaled roughly HALF the cost of the other 7 issues (one of which was a $1 comic).

Sharing the awesomeness…

Picked up where I left off a couple months ago, adding to my Silver Surfer run:

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And getting a great start on my early post-Crisis Flash run (no pun intended):

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Some early 1990s X-Men issues (two editions of Bishop’s first appearance…not sure if the one is the first print or 3rd or later; the gold cover is the 2nd print:

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The GI Joe/Transformers full 4-issue mini, and 4 of the first 5 issues of GI Joe Special Missions:

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Couple shiny issues, Infinity Gauntlet #1, and the first issue of the “new” X-Factor:

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The entire stack of quarter-bin awesomeness compared to the new issues:

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The new issues:

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Bargain-bin goodies

silversurferbargainbin20110119 Though I don’t get to go to many conventions, my local comic shop treats me remarkably well…and I’m quite spoiled, I think, when it comes to regular access to great stuff in a bargain bin.

Take this, for example.

This week, for less than the price of any one of many of Marvel’s current books…I scored Silver Surfer #s 1-12, 15, and Annual #1.

Not bad at all, I must say.

Photos From Home #7

Marvel Toys (misc.)
Magneto; Thanos; Warlock; X-Man/Nate Grey; Thor, Lord of Asgard; Thor Classic; Galactus; Apocalypse

What’s the plural of ‘Galactus’?

Going through more toys, and realized that Galactus has obviously been one of my favorite characters.  A friend suggested there may have been a Mini-Mates version, and something else I’m forgetting offhand–I might just have to check on that.
As it is, I have these four representations of Galactus, pictured below:

Clockwise from back left: Galactus from Marvel Legends, Heroclix, Silver Surfer Animated, and Mighty Muggs lines.