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| Guy always has good inventory and Jim always spends a long time digging through it to find comics for himself and to sell on the CGC chat boards and ComicLink. |
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| Here is Guy with one of the more popular pre-Marvel “Monster” comics, the legendary Strange Tales #89, 1961 with Fin Fang Foom; comic fans have always appreciated the charm of an outer space alien posing as a Chinese dragon who wears short pants and speaks English. Thankfully I wasn't attempted to buy this one as I already have two high grade copies salted away in my safe.
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Bob Lewis, Julio Crespo, Guy Rose, Donald Jones, Brett Carreras.
The comic Guy is holding is More Fun from 1939 with a Santa Claus cover. Jim Frost bought it so you should be seeing on the CGC boards soon. Brett is holding the Strange Tales #89. He promotes the Virginia Comic Con.
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| Bob Lewis is the long time owner of the Richmond Book Shop and frequently sets up at this show. This time, he brought some nice Bettie Page posters.
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| Natasha Lewis & Bob Lewis |
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| Natalie and her dad holding a recent Dracula poster. |
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| Veteran dealer Harry Hopkins from Northern Virginia usually sets up at this show. Here he’s holding a Coke can and chatting up the customers. I’ve known Harry since the early 1980s when we were in the U.S. Air Force stationed in San Bernardino, California. I told him I missed going to Awesome Con in D.C. a few months ago because Gene Carpenter couldn’t get me a free pass in time. Harry said he would have an extra pass and let me have it for next year’s show. Thanks, Harry! |
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| Harry prefers to deal with less expensive books but he has some big books as well. Here is his Giant-Size X-Men #1,1975; always in demand and always expensive. Harry is wearing as always his also expensive Make Mine Marvel button that he refuses to sell to me. |
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| An informal Red Skull sans jacket with his Cosmic Cube. |
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| Here’s Aquaman’s wife and Queen of Atlantis, Mera, registering her displeasure at the Leader’s unwelcome advances. |
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| Jim Frost & Gene Carpenter |
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| Jim didn’t spend all his money on Guy Rose so he next spent a long time perusing Gene’s incredibly rich inventory of Golden Age and Silver Age comics. |
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| Jim Frost & Gene Carpenter |
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| Searching. Always searching for just the right books. For all true comic book fans, the thrill of the hunt never dies! |
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| Here’s Gene with a high grade copy of Showcase #16, 1958 featuring the second appearance of Space Ranger. Jim Frost bought this book from Gene at the last show three months ago for a possible customer but the deal fell through. So, Gene was kind enough to take it back and give Jim $900 in credit towards buying more books from Gene. Not many dealers would do that but Jim and Gene go back a long way together. |
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| Jim Frost, Lewis Forro, Gene Carpenter |
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| Late Saturday afternoon a few minutes before the show closed. In an hour or so Gene would be on his way back home to Northern Virginia and Jim and Lewis would be comfortably ensconced in their favorite Italian restaurant, Sal’s, in Williamsburg, Virginia. |
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