Thread "Coolest thing you've ever found at a junk store? " in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 5:11PM, Nov. 20, 2008

When I was little I was a huge Popeye fanatic. I was at Cape Cod with my grandparents and I stumbled on this book of Popeye cartoons. Turns out it was a book of collected EC Segar Popeye comic strips put out by Kitchen Sink Press. It was a long, thick book and contained the complete "Eugene the Jeep" and "Poopdeck Pappy" storylines. I must have read that book nine hundred times and still have it today.

Of course when Fantagraphics reprinted the complete EC Segar Popeyes I bought those as well, but I still have the original one…all beat up and dog eared :)

Posted at 6:11PM, Nov. 22, 2008

A Zelda picture book, a super mario picture book, An old painting of Captain Cook, An old african battle stick, An Amish Buggy, and Chinese ivory-sculpted people.

I like that store.

Posted at 6:11PM, Nov. 22, 2008

Behold: The GRAIL!

I'm not drinking out of that…

Posted at 9:11PM, Nov. 23, 2008

For all you fans of the old british show 'The Young Ones' I found a copy of Neil's Heavy Concept Album on vinyl a year or so back… I love 2nd hand records

Posted at 11:11AM, Nov. 29, 2008

I found a Darth Vader helmet once at The Bins, (not the mask, just the helmet.) I ended up giving it to someone so he could make a costume of some kind.

Posted at 12:12PM, Dec. 2, 2008

Bes thing, hands down, I have ever found at a junk store were copies of a couple of issues of the Puma Blues, this super weird comic series from the 80's. Not rare in the high-monetary-value sense, but very rare and special nonetheless. I'd never read the series before – it was written by Stephen Murphy, who now works heavily with Ninja Turtles, and drawn by the amazing Michael Zulli, who many know from his work on Sandman.

Anyway, finding those issues ended up turning me into a huge Puma Blues fan. If you want proof, look the series up on Wikipedia and ask yourself who wrote that entry… ;)

Posted at 1:12PM, Dec. 2, 2008

A NES. AND THE ORIGINAL METROID.

FUDGE YES.

Posted at 11:12AM, Dec. 12, 2008

Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System - $5 (with unbroken sticker seal)

RAM expansion cartridge for Sega Saturn - $1.50

Box of 200 plus comics for about $10 (had a bunch of Uncle Scrooge comics!)

Panzer Dragoon Mini for the Sega Game Gear - $11 (rare as hell game even in japan)

Posted at 11:12PM, Dec. 13, 2008

A NES. AND THE ORIGINAL METROID.

FUDGE YES.

working as the manager of a goodwill store for 2 years i saw 15 copies of the original metroid. and 2 copies of metroid 2 for game boy. all of which were priced at $2.99. i NEVER came across super metroid………my personal copy was stolen 10 years ago, and i would have loved to get a "free" replacement copy!

Posted at 3:12PM, Dec. 19, 2008

A really, really soft and fuzzy tight black sweater. It goes great under a pinafore with tights.

Posted at 6:12PM, Dec. 22, 2008

the 1st greyhawk book, i think it was called saga of the old city. it was pretty good. it was written by gary cygax, may have spelled that wrong, anyway he went on to create D&D. That was the only book of the greyhawk stories i could ever find.