Nostaliga

Today I was reminded of a favorite childhood memory. There used to be a used book store near us which also sold comics. The thing was, these were all used comics and were put there in random orders.

Nowadays, when I go into comic book stores and finish getting all of the new issues, I look at the back issue boxes. They are all organized and the more I go, the more I know which issues they will have there.

I miss the fun of going through those used bins and finding comics for $0.25. I walked out with some good comics then that I normally would not have bought. And I never knew what I'd find.

I guess it's less fun when you go in with a list (albeit, a mental one) and get the issues you knew you were going to, with maybe one or two back issues you found.