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Went to a comic shop in Cleveland and the owner had a whole display case just for variant cover flippers.
It was a weirdly quiet corner of the store, just these pristine books in plastic with price tags that looked like misprints, and it made me miss when the back-issue bins felt like a treasure hunt anyone could afford.
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wood.john2d ago
It turns the whole hobby into a stock market. Takes the fun right out of it.
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iris_adams2d ago
Remember when people just collected things because they liked them? My uncle had a whole wall of old beer cans, not because they were worth money, but because he thought the designs were neat. That kind of simple joy feels pretty rare now. Everything has to be graded, flipped, and treated like an investment. Makes you wonder what the point of a hobby even is anymore if it's just about the money, right?
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