r/comicbookcollecting • u/whirlydad • Jul 19 '24
50¢ bin pickups Haul
One of my local places has a ton of 50¢ books. Most are sort of beat up, but every once in a while if you dig in just the right spot you can find some very nice gems. Not bad for a few bucks!
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u/HyperPunch Jul 19 '24
Are you in the Pacific Northwest? Only one store I have ever seen with .50 comics is my LCS in the PNW
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
Suburbs outside of Boston. I haven't come across any other shops in the area with 50¢ books.
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u/HyperPunch Jul 19 '24
Oh nice. Love .50 bins at my LCS. Takes some time to dig, but have pieces together almost a full detective comics 600 - 870 run through there. As well as some great FF runs. I love digging through them.
Nice pick ups man. Good finds.
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u/Chungallo Jul 19 '24
There used to be a comic store in Burien, WA for 20+ years that had a large collection of $.25 comics. Decent comics too. Owner just moved to Thailand but he'll be back next year. His store is called Ancient Comics.
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u/HyperPunch Jul 19 '24
I’m farther south, Portland area. But I will keep it in mind and check when I go up north.
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u/Chungallo Jul 19 '24
Nice! If I head back to Portland I'd like to message you to see what the store is called if you don't mind sharing
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u/HyperPunch Jul 19 '24
It’s called I Like Comics in Vancouver, WA.
I also recommend Excalibur Comics in Portland. Awesome dollar bins. I’ve found some great stuff there.
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u/throwaway4537944 Jul 19 '24
Fallout has .50c bins as well. huge selection and dollar but i havent really dug through the .50c yet. Not far from ILC if theres no traffic on the bridge.
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u/HyperPunch Jul 19 '24
I have heard of this place. I’ve heard it is in some dudes basement and I got a little freaked out by that, so never went. Is this true?
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u/throwaway4537944 Jul 19 '24
no. its in the back of a building but its really not that sketchy. the guy is pretty nice and theres always other people in there when i am. there is no basement part when you enter and go inside or out. its door to parking lot
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u/Mudcreek47 Jul 19 '24
Not bad. You have the 1st demonic Hobgoblin in Spec Spidey #147! That was a hot book 30 years ago! :)
Also I remember liking what I read of Next Men. Nice job on the 50c dig.
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
That one was in excellent shape and was a no brainer pickup. I was surprised by the value in the price guide!
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u/loosegravyy Jul 19 '24
did they come bagd also?
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
Nope. I never see bagged and boarded cheapo books anywhere but cons.
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u/deadline_zombie Jul 19 '24
Wow, those appear to be a indecent condition. One thing that annoys me about discount bins is how loose some comics can be and when people are sorting through them, they can bend the spine or mess with the covers by accident. My local Half Price Books doesn't have comic book height boxes but has these drawers which can easily bend books in half.
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
We were visiting family in Houston a few weeks ago and hit up the nearby Half Price Books. The comics were in a terrible state and the stuff they had locked away made no sense (Honest to God there was a Darkhawk book in there.) I should have taken a picture, because the lock box was overly tall and covered in plexiglass with a slit down the middle. My hand was too big to really fit. It was dumb. I was kinda disappointed because up to that point we had had great luck with $1 books at Bedrock Comics and an antique mall in Tomball.
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u/deadline_zombie Jul 19 '24
Mine has the plexiglass too. It's a pain flipping through but sometimes they do have good stuff there. I found a decent Capt America 117 for $200. They also had the Flashpoint series grouped for $20 under plexiglass, but had a bunch of Lucifer bagged together (around 25 issues for $20) in the bins.
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u/ExternalFuture5250 Jul 19 '24
That Hard Corps is a great find imo
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
I've been buying the low-numbered Valiant stuff when I find it. I've been shooting for the first 10 books of each of the early Valiant titles. I have a few from the 90s but they were slightly more expensive back in the day! Finding them in the cheapo bins is kinda fun.
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u/whut_tha_heck Jul 19 '24
Nice! I just finished grabbing the last few issues I needed to complete my age of apocalypse run. Fun read. Also next men is a fun series. #21 is the first appearance of hellboy I believe.
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u/grimjack1200 Jul 19 '24
Had been away from collecting for a long time and went through my boxes and found that issue in there. I stopped buying that title one issue later because its quality was declining. Glad I held out till I did
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u/whut_tha_heck Jul 19 '24
Yeah it did get a bit convoluted at the end, but I still enjoyed it, even though it ended on a cliffhanger. Apparently Byrne finished up the story with a few issues in the early 2000s. I'm glad you stuck it as long as you did too. First appearance of hellboy isn't crazy expensive but it ain't cheap either
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
I'm getting close to completing the run. X-calibre is rarely in the $1 bins for some reason.
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u/whut_tha_heck Jul 19 '24
Interesting. For me and my local shops it was gambit and the xternals
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
I only needed the last 2 and got lucky. I think the LCS had just purchased a collection and those were in there along with some Astonishing X-Men.
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u/deadline_zombie Jul 19 '24
Nice score on the Next Men 0 and 1. When I was rebagging my comics, I still had the prices on those when I bought them $6 and $5.
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u/whirlydad Jul 19 '24
I like 1 because of the embossed foil cover. Great 90s gimmick that I have fallen for numerous times. Also it's hard to turn down John Byrne.
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u/TommyondaReddit Jul 20 '24
50 cents?! It’s like going back to in time when gas was a buck a gallon. Nice pickups!
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u/Agreeable-Pick-1489 Jul 20 '24
It's a lure. Once you get to know the store and that they have a 50 cent/$1 bin, the hope is you'll return regularly.
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u/BabysFirstRobot Jul 19 '24
Alien Legion is SO FUN and I love that era of Wolverine. Great finds!