Appreciation post: That one guy at the comic shop who actually knows what he's talking about vs the guy who just wants to sell you variants

Was at Golden Age Collectibles in Denver last Saturday and this older guy behind the counter spent 15 minutes helping me find a good starting point for the current Daredevil run. He even pulled out some back issues from his personal bin to lend me. Compare that to the new kid at the other shop who tried to push a $50 variant cover on me for a book I didn't even ask about. Night and day difference. Anyone else have a comic shop employee who actually saved you money or time?

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nathana481mo ago

Wait that shop in Denver isn't Golden Age Collectibles. It's Golden Age Comic Books on Colfax. Small distinction but the owner Dan is the older guy you're talking about. He's been there like 25 years. He hooked me up with Frank Miller's Man Without Fear run when I started Daredevil. Told me to skip the $40 first print and grabbed me a reprint for $5. The new guy at Mile High Comics on South Broadway tried selling me a virgin variant of something I never heard of. Dan actually reads the books he sells. That's the difference.

black.pat1mo ago

So does Dan mark stuff up when he knows it's hot?

wendy_jackson1mo ago

Two hundred bucks for a virgin variant is a joke and you know it. Dan can give you the $5 reprint because that book has been sitting in his back issue bins for ten years collecting dust. If that Miller run was actually selling for $40 in his shop, he'd put it on the shelf at $40 and tell you the reprint is fine. I've seen shops like Golden Age Comic Books do that same song and dance with Silver Age books all the time. The Mile High guy might be annoying but at least he's pricing stuff at what the market actually pays instead of pretending it's 1998.