Hunting for Comics at NINE Flea Markets in ONE Day… but can I find ANYTHING Good?!
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- I head to the Flea Market Mile in southwestern New Hampshire, certain that I will find at least SOME comic books worth buying… but after checking 9 different places, do I find ANYTHING worth bringing home, or do I have to rely on the Local Comic Stores in the area to salvage my day?
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - 9 Flea Markets
09:32 - 2 Comic Book Stores
13:23 - Hunting Post Mortem
18:07 - Comic Books
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That was a fun video. Thanks again for the shout out recently as it really gave a great boost to my channel. I’d be keen to do another challenge video too. 👍
He asked for $1. I gave him $2. Love it
I’ve watched the Carol Burnett Annie like a 100 times growing up. My baby sitter would play that all the time.
This was more what my hunts were like when I used to go out.
That table is asking to be put out of its misery! Wowzers!!
The Thrill of the hunt! 'Nuff said!
Great definition of "value"!
Good grab on the Superman and Marvel Team-Up!
Yup, that’s usually my day hunting...the more specific the hunt the higher the failure rate
Location 5 @ 3:54 U.K. comic ‘Lion’ March 1965 price 6d. Not rare or valuable but features on the cover an iconic British character ‘Robot Archie’ much loved in my youth. Thanks for showing to camera 😃 Better luck next video.
That is definitely my experience at flea markets/antique shops. Also/ John Byrne is the 🐐!
Thrill of the hunt! I have used these words for years!
Took your advice - looked for comics in odd places. A local antique shop had a box of comics at the back of the shop. Thumbed the boxes and.... X-Men 4 and 5 - Omega Red!
Make sure you read Man of Steel miniseries first.
Those Nintendo Powers were paramount to my childhood friends and myself finding success in video games, plus the art was always amazing! Can't win them all Mike, this was a great example of how things don't always go as you'd hoped, OR, your secrets is out in the greater New England area lol. Awesome pick-ups regardless. I'm glad the Annie comics were shared with your daughter, I hope to have that experience in the future too. Fantastic video my friend!
I loved the Nintendo Powers for the same reason! Looking at those gave me huge nostalgia feels. Also I didn’t have success this time, but I have a follow up video coming out this Friday where I have the opposite experience and find something pretty awesome at a flea market… stay tuned!
@@lunchmoneycomics I still have my original Nintendo and play it regularly. I need the Nintendo Power with Zelda in it as it’s just not as fun googling walk-throughs as it is with a bowl of popcorn and Mountain Dew while flipping through the magazine and figuring out how to beat a level. And I’m always tuned in brother, can’t wait to see what you found!!
Yay!! We're Tshirt twins today!!!
It’s a good tshirt!
That nightcrawler at 11:25 was a cool cover
This is a typical day anytime I head out to search the local antique stores. If I do happen to find comics, they’re almost always overpriced.
Great music in your video and also a great selection of Tonka vehicles in the second store where you purchased the Annie books. 😃👍🐳
Man I love this show....great production, thank you for sharing with us .
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
I think you had the best of luck by finding those Annie’s to share with your daughter. Best find ever!
I promise I felt the exact same way as I read them to her!
Nice, pickup’s especially Strange Academy TPBs.
I think this is a great public service announcement. There will be times you'll hit something great, but there will also be many times you won't really find anything. It's a great way to tell people to temper expectations when you go out looking for these paper treasures - that way they'll be pleasantly surprised when they do find something nice. Nice hit on the MTU #53 - a very under-rated book in my opinion!
Thanks! Hopefully I don’t undo my friendly PSA with this Friday’s video… I found a pretty great book at a flea market!
You win some, you lose some. Just being out for the day and hunting is fun.
Ida grabbed Annie in a heartbeat...my little sister was obsessed with the movie!
Must be a little sister thing!
I probably would’ve grabbed those KnightQuest Batman’s and the Robin II. I recently started reading the 90’s Jean Paul Valley Azrael comics. Great vid keep collecting! 😊
100% agree. It's the thrill of the hunt. I have a number of antique stores in my area but frequently fail to find much of anything, but my wife and I were in a different part of the state this weekend. Found an antique store there where I made some solid finds: ASM 298 and 299, Booster Gold 1 and several (non-key) SA Flash issues, and still left some good stuff behind too. Going to keep that place in the back of my mind.
Love the thrill of the hunt! Great video!
Duuude…Swanzey mile got me too, so dissapointed, but I’m glad you hit Keene up!
Love those guys at Comic boom!
Thanks for the Annie story, I love watching my 7yr old daughter read comics- what a great joy.
Great channel, I started watching a few weeks ago, working my way through all your videos, watching from Adelaide, South Australia 😊, keep it up, love it
Wow, you’re about as far from me as possible on this planet, that’s very cool! Thank you so much for watching and I hope you enjoy!
I just took a trip to Chattanooga yesterday (4/3) to have a very similar experience to what you filmed for this video. There was an area in town with seven or eight shops (a few were closed) and I struck out at each one. Three of five shops did have comics, but two of the shops had junk, and the third had a stack locked up that looked to be far overpriced. I stopped at three additional locations, and only found some books at the last stop. The last stop was the Chattanooga location of McKay's, which is a local chain of used books, electronics, music, etc. I'm glad you and your son enjoyed Strange Academy, it is one of my favorite ongoing series. Excelsior!
It´s the thrill of the hunt! 👍👍 Also, there were a couple of stores I would have taken a closer look at.
Location 1: Shatter is worth having in the PC simply because it's the first computer-created comic, an oddity from a time when everything was still hand-drawn and inked.
The Byrne Superman run is great fun, well worth reading.
Your experience is very much my experience too, very few hits and lots of misses. However there are few outlets for old comics in Australia - there used to be a second-hand book store every few suburbs in the big cities but they're long gone now. The odd antiques store in country towns might have a few comics and paperbacks but they're often in poor condition. It's a bit of desert for comics now.
Congrats on 5k subs Mike! You put in alot of work on this trip 9 locations!! WOW! Strange academy has been a fun series!
Whoa no way! Thanks for letting me know, I was completely occupied working (my real job) today, what a pleasant surprise!
Spent many a weekend finding zip. Last weekend found a ton of good stuff. Got over 150 books. You passed up about 5 8-12 dollar books in that 1 stack of crap . I've hunted my local areas to death have to keep going farther to find new stuff. Good buy on the Annie's I miss those times all my children are grown used to watch digimom ever saterday with my son it came on at 6a.m. I'd set the clock so we didn't miss it.
Right on! I was hoping you were going to pick up that Superman number 1.
I don't have many LCS close to me. I used to have three but two of them shut down. I have two more LCS, but they are forty minutes away. I'll spend a couple of hours to make sure it wasn't a waste of a trip. You're lucky to have so many shops near you. I'm jealous.
Went to an antique store yesterday, Only a couple of people had comic books, and the ones found were dollar bin books, Did find a COYOTE #12 , Early McFarlane art.
My son goes to Keene State and I hit those shops every time I visit him.
Absolutley loved this one as well Mike! Even though you Kinda struck out 9 times at 9 different locations, you still kept going and you said something else that struck with me as well! And I finally realized why I am drawn to YOUR videos and probably why everyone else is as well..... You said: "It's the THRILL of the HUNT" that keeps you going and driving you to continue HUNTING for that next BEST comic!!! THAT is exactley what I tell peopel on why I buy and sell comics!!! It's the THRILL of the HUNT!!!
AND I completely appreaciate the vieo showing getting "skunked" because that is the reality of how it goes a lot of times! My luck here in MN & WI is about 40% Good and 60% bad, but I try to get out and HUNT at least 3-4 times each month (about once a week)!
Keep up the good work and continue "Hunting" for comics in Strange and Unsual places!!! Thank You
That’s exactly it! Even when you fail you have fun. That being said, I’m trying to get a video out for this Friday as a follow up video… let’s just say I had slightly more success at a flea market this past weekend!
I used to work in Keene years ago. So I don't venture up there much anymore but will have to make a trip of it and check out these shops.
Totally relate Brother 😊
I agree about Ramos' Strange Academy art in smaller format. It's tough to follow but so worth it!
Great video
I have sent the last 4 weekends going to association garage sales and antique shows. Nothing yet. Still going.
Love John Byrne. What made me a fan of his was his run on Fantastic Four.
I have been waiting for another Video! Keep it up with the great content! :) would love to see you upload even more frequently!
You’ll get your wish, I have so many videos in the works I’ll have to start doing at least 2 videos a week for a bit, maybe even 3!
@@lunchmoneycomicsI am really looking forward to it !
I went to these places last year and struck out as well. If I had a nickel for every Badger comic, Gen13, Bloodshot, Ninjak at antique shops I would have.....a lot of nickels. The fun truly is the hunt, and it's pretty much my primary method of looking for back issues (other than eBay) as I refuse to pay retail at comic shops. Good luck with the hunt....
Location 7 had a Homage Studios #1 the first art by both J. Scott Campbell and Brett Booth. Sneaky little key issue
80 bucks for ALF cards? The end is nigh... I hope!
Strange academy Tpb. That’s an excellent idea. I have read 1 issue. Can’t remember the issue nbr but it as a fun read
I have a friend who can't stand the movie Annie. When I saw it in your footage, I laughed at the thought of picking it up for her to be a jerk. But you telling us about your daughter loving the movie and being so excited about you buying it was really great. Not sure what the prices were at that one location, but I would have picked up all the Archie books if they were priced decently. I did notice a copy of Wolverine 50 at location 10. It's a minor key that has gone up in the last few years. Great video, Mike! I always feel that your worst day hunting comics is better than your best day at work.
Now you look like the rest of us on our hunts😂….nothing or empty handed. Like digging for gold. I still like the video clips of all the antique shops you come across. Most of us collect more than comics so l am looking very closely to the shelves and what are on them!
Thanks! I’m going to undo the whole message of this video in Friday’s upload!
Completely off the topic of comics, but I enjoyed seeing those sports pendants at shop #5.
Some days, you find some good stuff in antique shops; other days, you just keep your lunch money. That’s part of the fun! Also, did I see the first mention/cameo of Onslaught in that X-Men box?
I've been to Comic Boom a few times. The owner is a friendly guy. I've also bought a few comics from Enterprise Comics Etc at a few cons like Northeast Comic Con.
Yeah that’s a normal experience here in he Midwest. But always fun to look.
At 6:16 into the video I had to laugh. Someone really made a comic of Tonya Harding wtf haha. I would have had to skim through that one lol.
Believe it or not, I actually OWN that book! I bought it when it came out, no clue why!
Mike, despite the strikeout that day, you featured a couple of great shops that I need to visit! I'm in Nashua, NH, so despite being in southern NH, I'm over an hour from Keene but it looks worth the trip. I've definitely grabbed more than a few great books from Enterprize Comics at conventions in New England but never hit up the store. They have some great stuff. I definitely need to get over to "Comic Boom!" as well!
New England definitely is a spoil of riches for comic stores. In my neck of Southern NH, we have some great shops. My girlfriend is in the Metro-West area of MA and they also have some small but awesome store near her too. It can be hard for us not to just spend every weekend dropping insane amounts of cash for comics!
Definitely, we are very spoiled out here and have to have some serious wallet discipline!
Nice pick ups, definitely like the John Byrne stuff. I love your marvel T-shirt. Where did you get from?
I don’t remember, honestly it was probably like Target they have lots of shirts like that and I have bought many there in the past. I like this shirt because it’s a little more subdued than some of my other ones.
I like shopping at flea markets for Comics. The only problem is I usually find and bring home other things besides comics
Not necessarily a problem! I love the surprise non-comics find even more than the comics most times!
I'll be in your area this summer and might have to take a short road trip to check these shops -- but I'll avoid the flea markets. Your results were about like mined tend to be.
I do often have quite a bit of luck, I just don’t show all the failures. You just gotta keep at it, case in point a video I have coming out this Friday…
Good evening Michael
Great show us always, yep the frill of the hunt can't be beaten. Did you by chance find an nice antiques while coming up empty handed? I would gladly watch you doing videos on Antiques as well. But you are busy enough. Keep up the great work.
Cheers from The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownda!
There were a lot of antiques I was interested in as well but I don’t think I got anything else that day, which is rare. I promise if I do pick up some non-comics at these flea markets I’ll show them in the videos more, lots of people have been asking!
@@lunchmoneycomics I shouldn't distract you from your comics by talking antiques, but I did spot you lugging a great box of goodies that were not comics. No use just collecting one thing
Congratulations by the way 5 0000 subscribers"
I very much dislike coming home empty-handed when I go out to antique stores or flea market type places, too. I usually end up buying something! 😂
I'm surprised you didn't grab the Excaliburs, the cover with multiple Nightcrawlers, the grand Poobah hat, or at least a Deadpool chimichanga.
You know me well… all of those things I almost bought, especially the grand poobah hat.. it was just really expensive!
I was sooo thinking you were going to stumble on that controversial Alf Comic Cover with all of those issues you were going through. Also, there are some sought after Silver Age Archie Comics that have suggestive covers to be on the lookout for.
I wish I found any of those! This would’ve been a very different video (and probably would have contained some blurred-out covers!)
I have the same issue with my channel! It’s hard to find stuff especially for a good price!!!!!
I’m also a D&D fan. Do you have a favorite class and race to play as? I tend to play a bard. I like to incorporate my singing into my spell casting and inspiration. Also like the newer Dhampir race a lot, love the Blade vibes.
Rogue is probably my favorite class to play and I play them often. In 5e I like Warlocks too but only if you make an effort to not be an Eldritch Blast spammer. As for race I have no preference, I like Tieflings but have been known to play tough-as-nails dwarves too. Kenku characters are fun if you role play well and want to annoy everyone at the table!
@@lunchmoneycomics that’s awesome!! Rogues are for sure fun. I haven’t played a Warlock because it’s hard to not spam Eldritch Blast lol. I played a Kenku for a one shot and it was def fun annoying everyone lol
I want to disagree with you. I think you were very successful in being disciplined, and not just buying a book to buy a book. Sometimes the pressure of I have to buy something over takes us and we make mistakes. I think this is a very good video.
Hey Mike... what grade is your Daredevil #168? Glare is right on the book. Thanks
It’s a CGC 8.5. You can see it up close and hear about it this video: ua-cam.com/video/ayhPWleL_eI/v-deo.html
I'm getting back into it and like a lot of different types of comics and will take chances on things that look interesting and cheap, on top of it theres some pretty reasonable priced shops really close so I'm usually pretty happy. Not that I'm not interested in older rare books, but they are usually smelly, I feel like I shouldn't be opening or reading them, they are old, ratty and crusty most the time, and the worst is they are usually expensive. I like new comics too so I usually end up happy on my trips, I just avoid the expensive stuff. Under 10 bucks is my limit, I'll find some other way to enjoy the content if need be on the expensive ones.
I am finding there are more misses to hits where I am. But I'm not going to stop either.
Skipped RIGHT past the Jim Lee QUASAR Cover? And that's a classic Alan Davis Excalibur cover!
Yep, had both of them already!
@@lunchmoneycomics Ok, guess you're forgiven then. For some reason I bought that Excalibur when it first came out, but it's my only Excalibur book so I can't remember why I bought it, other than I must have just liked the cover. Unless it was some sort of minor key that I thought might be worth something by now...
And I was also lucky enough to find the Jim Lee & McFarlane back to back Quasar guest covers in dollar bins! Always like picking up some of the more obscure covers done by two of my favourite artists ;)
Marvel Teamup. Excellent reason for buying it
Rawhide is always good.
This one place i went to had absolutely nothing but thay did have a hluk 181 but it was 1000000 dollars not jokeing
Hahaha, that’s amazing
Some fun books. Are you going to take your son to the new Dungeons and Dragons movie?
Already did! We saw it on Saturday and loved it, pretty fun movie.
@@lunchmoneycomics awesome!
Annie? No. But i love the covers.
Sometimes I feel like you are going to run out of stores then you tell us how you area is loaded. I was not aware of that. Where I live comic shops are very scarce so I mostly get my stuff through online purchases which totally takes away from the experience. There is no thrill of the hunt.
I’m sorry to hear you don’t have places like this. I definitely live in a great area for this sort of stuff and I’ll probably never run out of places as long as I’m willing to travel and drive a bit (which I love doing). Hopefully you can find places like this when you travel, otherwise I’m happy to keep making videos and to give you and others a taste of New England comic hunting
Big 0 but next time you go out you will hit it big.
As a matter of fact, just wait for Friday’s follow up video!
"Nothing good in that place"? Did you not see the Lensman comic? And $20 for that whole stack in the seventh place? A handful in that stack would make the whole thing worthwhile.
I did see it but a better way to phrase it was there was nothing in the stack that I wanted. I seriously debated going back to get the whole stack but it just didn’t speak to me and I was being too picky for my own good at that point!
@@lunchmoneycomics It really makes me wish a place like that was near me. Closest place is a flea market about 40 minutes away from me. It's a pretty big place with like three different vendors selling comics though, so it's worth the trip. Sadly, I think I picked it clean of the books I want, I'll try again in a few months or so to see if anything's changed. Also, since you seem to like D&D as well, any chance of seeing your collection of that?
@@whiterabbit75 if I can find a good way to show off my D&D collection, I’ll throw it in a video! The problem is I have so many comic videos I’m currently editing I never have time to branch out into my other hobbies. Hopefully someday!
@@lunchmoneycomics I totally get that. Incidentally, what edition? My group is currently doing 1e Pathfinder (we call it DnD 3.75), but my favorite edition has to 2e.
@@whiterabbit75 I’ve played every edition except 4. Currently I play 5 with my son but spent years on 3.5