There is a comic book store dangerously close to my house.
The major intersection near which I live divides two suburbs - "mine" and "not mine". I have purposefully avoided this comic book store because it wasn't on "my" side of the street. I'm a bit of a snob when spending my dollars -- I try to keep as many of them in my own suburb as possible.
As my luck would have it, the comic book store MOVED! And it moved to MY suburb! It moved right across the street from the previous location, and I couldn't be more happy!
My Eldest and I drive over and immediately go the Wonder Woman comics. We sit on the floor and flip through the pages. My Eldest asks questions -- good ones -- about why all the different styles of drawing Wonder Woman, who are all the names listed on the cover, etc. I was pretty surprised she noticed all those details, and even more surprised she was into it enough to ask (truth be told, it was a fleeting interest).
Then I realized how out-of-touch I'd become with the newer comics. I haven't actively collected comics in about 15 years. I've bought one or two here or there, but I certainly wouldn't call it collecting.
On *this* day, however, I am back to it! I'm back to collecting!
Now, there is much controversy on the new Wonder Woman. She's in pants and there's some other changes, but the pants seem to be the biggest issue. Controversy aside, the pants-wearing Wonder Woman is my gateway back into my comic nerdiness, and I'm going to have fun with it!
I decided to go ahead an purchase #601 and #602, and when I was paying, I asked the owner which issue was the premier of The All New Wonder Woman (pictured above). He answered that it was issue #600.
"Do you have any?" I asked calmly, but the inner comic nerd was rolling around like an excited dog. I didn't realize she was THAT new, and here I was with the two proceeding comics! If I could get my hands on the premier issue, I'd have them all!
MH: "Nah. I'm sold out. I might be able to call around to some other stores and see if I can work a trade or something, or I could order one, but it' likely to be a second printing -- not the first printing. I guess it depends on how serious of a collector you are as to how important it is to you to get that first issue in a first print."
Me: "Well, I haven't collected in a while. I'd take a second print just to have the collection from the beginning, but if I could get that first issue, first print, how much would it be?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Not sure, really. It all depends."
We talked back and forth and he walked over the to comic books from where I just was sitting on the floor.
Guess what?
He found a FIRST PRINT, PREMIER ISSUE of The All New Wonder Woman!
Oh! My! Golden! Lasso! Yessssssssss! Happy Jackie!!
Yes, I bought it -- I bought ALL of them!
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| Psst! Look how Issue 600 has a lasso written 600 on the cover |
Whoosh!
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