My local comic shop,
Boscos, here in Anchorage, Alaska, recently had it's annual back issue sale. The sale starts off at the begining of the month with all books at $4, then the next week $3 and so on till the end of the month when all books are 50 cents and the managers special is you can fill a short box for $50 or a long box for $60. Last year I just filled a short box, this year I took advantage of the long box deal. I didn't do a count, but I'd estimate I'd got well over 300 or so comics. I was even encouraged to stuff more on the sides, so I did. By the time the price get down this low, the sales area is in complete chaos, any order that existed is gone, piles of comics are everywhere. Condition becomes a big issue, but if you dig and take your time there was still gold and deals to be had. I'll feature some of the other comics I picked up in future posts but the best book by far out of the deal was this one.
If you're wondering what the big deal was with a 90's Iron Man comic, well issue 304 just happens to be the first appearance of the Hulkbuster armor. Not a bad pick up for about 20 cents and to my surprise this book is in really good shape, no where near 9.8, but definately solid low 9's. I ended up picking up a huge stack of Iron Man for my collection lot's of Vol 1 fillers and a lot of Vol 3, with a bunch of variant covers, plus lots of modern mini-series and such. Anyone have any luck gold digging?
