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Alpha Centauri
Death in Metropolis
 Gender: Unspecified
Location: Ground Zero. |
Back when I was only young and started getting into comics, my comic store was too far to go to alone so I'd have to get my cousin to go for me. When I got older he moved and phoned me. He said "I have a load of comics in the garage you might want." Behold, there were HUNDREDS of comics. Marvel, DC and 2000AD ones. I added the Surfers to my Surfer collection and marvelled (N.P.I) at all the other comics. I guess the depressing part is he left them unwrapped on the floor. Surprisingly some are in Mint-Very Fine condition. My 30th Anniversary Captain America has cover wear though  . I guess that's the depressing part.
-AC
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ScarletSpider
Ben Reilly
 Gender: Male
Location: United States |
My father had a giant collection of comics. At one point he had bought 2 X-Men #1's. And his mother threw them out a second story window when she was cleaning his and his brohters' rooms, other crap was thrown out the window and the comics were ruined. Similar stuff happened to Daredevil #1, early Spider-Man comics and most of his stuff from the 60's.
He managad to salvage and keep much of his collection, and when he and my mom moved up to Maine an aunt or someone offered to keep some of their stuff for awhile, so he put several boxes of comics in their basement, a few days after something happened and the basement was flooded. He lost over half of his collection. Although to this day a few hundred remain, and I have those in my collection now, with a couple notable issues, but none of the really early 60's stuff that he once had.
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SnakeEyes
Connoisseur
 Gender: Male
Location: Bruges |
JEEZ!
ScarletSpider that is the most depressing comic story i have ever heard.
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Jul 12th, 2004 06:21 PM |
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ScarletSpider
Ben Reilly
Gender: Male
Location: United States |
Yes...it is very sad. :'(
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Jul 12th, 2004 06:58 PM |
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Mr. Sandman
Sintastic
 Gender: Male
Location: New York City |
I had one special crate full of only special comic books, comics with chrome covers, rare variant covers, special editions, #1s(Xmen and Thor to name a couple). I went to summer camp, and when I got back the crate was gone. Either my dad sold them in his store for very cheap($1 apiece) or my mom threw them out. I'm still angry at them.
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Jul 12th, 2004 09:37 PM |
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Manowar
Restricted
 Gender: Male
Location: Account Restricted |
that sucks
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Jul 12th, 2004 10:01 PM |
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vu_Quang
Senior Member
Gender:
Location: United States |
MOM'S JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ok i go to camp and i have my comics neatly stacked in a nice and neat plastic bag in the place in my room THAT IS PERFECT.
after a week or two i come back and WHAT!!!!??!??!
my comics are thrown into a bin with the bag removed from them AND GET THIS. OTHER BOOKS WERE THROWN ON TOP OF THEM..
i just dont think i'll ever forget that day. it felt like m stomach dropped from a mile high.
oh well most of them still are in fair condition. i use this as a good excuse to actually read them now.
but *sigh*
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Jul 12th, 2004 10:29 PM |
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Darth Jello
Cheese Spelunker
 Gender: Male
Location: Denver Metro, CO |
I owned a mint condition daredevil #181. then in a period of doubt, i gave it to ARC thriftstores.
I should stick my dick in a pencil sharpner for that one.
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Depressing comic stories.
and changes the subject. Oh well thats life. 
