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| This was brought up in another thread and I thought it might be an interesting thread - What is the oldest, continuosly operated comic book store in the country? (Or World?) Kansas City has a store called Clint's Comics that opened in 1967. Does anybody know of an older store? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Donnied 10 oldest maybe!  I was just looking up all I could think of, but they're all closed except one.  |
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Clint’s was the store I grew up going to. Great shop. They had ads in almost all the Marvel comics in the 70s. Here’s one from the Spider-Man 101 facsimile. Their later ads have Spider-Man on each side. Those were the first ones I saw. Imagine my delight when I realized it was practically next door to my school! Perfect for after school visits. Jim Cavanaugh, who bought the place from Clint Murray, sadly died while trying to prevent a robbery back on 2017: https://www.thepitchkc.com/jim-cavanaugh-owner-of-clints-comics-has-died-following-an-altercation-outside-his-midtown-store/ His daughter is running the place now. Clint’s father had a newsstand and that’s what the comic business grew out of. |
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| I don’t know about in DFW area. Lone star was one of the bigger ones but they are gone now. The Duncanville comic shop has been around for awhile, but I don’t think it’s before the 80s. I miss a lot of my old stores, but I think I have more choices now than ever before. |
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| @bizy - 1961! That is way back there! I'd be curious about what the date was for the transition from a bookstore that had a comic section, to the time it became a comic store. But regardless, that was before the popular start of comic collecting (?). | ||
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