Hey kids! A comics rack!
Kind of like stumbling across Bigfoot out in the wild, here’s a photo of an actual comics rack — with new comics in it! — in situ at Nau’s Pharmacy in Austin, Texas. A big thanks to Doug Hackney for sending this along and helping us to keep the dream alive.
Note: Those top three comics are the new FF series. Highly recommended! Doug added that he was having a vanilla malt; my recommendation was that he try those comics.
September 22nd, 2011 at 4:44 pm
I won’t be happy until they get a spinner. One of my fondest memories is of the huge comic book spinner rack in a store where we vacationed, in Strathmere, NJ. One summer I was given ten bucks by some loving relative for my birthday. I took it there and TRIED to spend the entire amount on funny books. Had to stop at something like six dollars and seventy cents. And those were dime comics. Wish I still had that stack of prime reading material.
September 22nd, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Even the NOTION of having 67 dime-cover comics from that period leaves me shivering with excitement. Literally. I hope there were some great Ditko and Kirby monster comics in there!
September 23rd, 2011 at 7:07 am
Even the notion of those lunch counter stools is enough to quicken my heart, back to Ocean Ave. and the Boardwalk, for a Woolworth’s grilled cheese sandwich and a coke. But that was 1966.