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Ron Grant
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Went out to 7-11 that day to purchase 251.__________________________________________________ Sure miss seeing a spinner rack at a 7-11 or local drugstore those were the days
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John Byrne
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The thrill of the hunt! I would have to check out several different stores to find the new issues. Often missed several in a row.
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Jason K Fulton
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | 3
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Spinner Rack just posted that October 21, 1980 was UNCANNY #141.
We are all olds.
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | 4
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I would have to check out several different stores to find the new issues.
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That would’ve been nice. We only had the one store. If they didn’t get it,
neither did I.
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Doug Centers
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | 5
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I had 2 Drug Stores to choose from within bike riding distance.The problem was, my young self couldn't keep track well enough. Every Tuesday different titles appeared so a month would blow by and I wouldn't know I missed something until it was too late!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | 6
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As I have mentioned, I somehow completely failed to figure out there was a particular day each week when new comics arrived. Didn’t even occur to me!
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | 7
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I never knew that at all until I was driving and could frequent the LCS the
next town over.
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Paul Wills
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 7:33pm | IP Logged | 8
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I was always extra happy when one of my favorite comic issues were 'double-sized'. JB, how far in advance did you have to work to pull that off?
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Doug Centers
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| Posted: 21 October 2022 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | 9
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I stumbled upon which day new issues arrived.I showed up at the spinner rack one day and there laying next to it sat a bundle of comics wrapped with a wire and piece of brown paper on top. I didn't put it together for a few weeks I'm sure, but eventually realized that bundle was there on the same day, Tuesday.
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Mark Haslett
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This issue came to me through the blessed mail, wrapped in a piece of paper the color and texture of a grocery bag from the supermarket.
I was SO happy to have been gifted a subscription to the Fantastic Four for my birthday and it kept me up to date on JB's issues for a fun-filled year. Sometimes the comics arrived with a little damage which, to my young and frugal mind, felt like fate or something because one thing was for sure: I just wasn't going to go buy the same comic book again.
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John Cole
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Back in the good ln the good old days there were two carryouts and one supermarket near enough to ride my ten speed to looking for my favorite titles.
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Ted Downum
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Back on topic...Fantastic Four #250 was magnificent. Certainly doesn't seem like forty years since I bought it, but the story has remained vivid in my memory all that time. JB drawing all my favorite super-people in one issue, and Reed winning the day with brains over brawn. I could not have asked for more.
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