{"id":192,"date":"2008-08-17T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T19:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifico.org\/sfsn\/?p=192"},"modified":"2008-08-17T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T19:05:15","slug":"remember-back-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"Remember… back issues?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, I’d like everybody reading this to go to your nearest comic store that actually sells silver and bronze-age back issues.\u00a0 I’m not asking you to break the bank on this, just find an old back issue that looks fun; something you’ve always wanted to try out.\u00a0 Maybe a tattered copy of Superman Family; maybe one of Marvel’s Godzilla books.\u00a0 It doesn’t have to be mint; hell, it doesn’t have to be “good” (and oh, the comments I’m sure that straight line caused).\u00a0 Just treat yourself to an unknown gem that’s slipped between the cracks, and see what comes of it.\u00a0 Don’t spend more than five dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So many people these days are buying their back issues via trade paperbacks.\u00a0 Now, I have nothing against trades; they’ve allowed me to buy\u00a0complete runs of series that I’d otherwise never be able to afford.\u00a0 But lots of you are waiting for the trade when you’re denying yourself the collector’s joy of hunting down that last rare issue of Whatever Man #247, valuable or not.\u00a0 And collecting starts by actually building a collection.\u00a0 So go out there and find yourself a forgotten four-color treasure.<\/p>\n

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