Thank you for your recommendations! Also thanks to Nateallen30 for the Cosmic Comics recommendation; I'll be sure to check it out!
Since we are namechecking stores in this thread---anybody got a good recommendation for Chicago? Interested in a large tpb or hardcover stock. TIA
trying to be nicer
I do want to encourage everyone looking for rare oop's not to overlook the obvious. I find a lot of OOP books sitting collecting dust as whats left of the "big box" bookstores.
Check used book stores too! I recently visited a shop that used to carry new comics and graphic novels and is now strictly used books/records. Mixed into the boxes of back issue comics I found first printing copies of the FLASH Terminal Velocity and Return of Barry Allan trades. Both in like new/VF condition, $5 each. They were bagged so their were no stickers on the books, not even remainder marks. It never hurts to dig around.
The Wicked + The Divine. TMNT. Uncanny Avengers. Midnighter. IXth Generation. Daredevil. Morning Glories. Street Fighter. Fables. Uncanny X-Men. Bloodshot. Invincible. Ninjak. Mockingbird.
I really feel like omnibus collecting has dragges out the ocd side of me. I can't relax with those hefty Ultimate Spider-Man and New X-Men omnibus collections sitting on my shelf waiting to sag/collapse.
I've actually bought second copies of each only to sell them off. Now I sit here debating whether or not to re-order backup copies.
I need some new piece of mind that will stick. Either that or backup copies .
Its a lot easier collecting in America. Here is the UK, we have hardly anywhere for hidden gems to hide.
Which sucks.
I will raise my throne above the Stars of God
It's impossible living in Australia. The currency and shipping are a killer Plus no comic shops.