When you guys were kids did you ride your dinosaur the the comic shop?
Pretty close.
I began reading books off the newsstands in 1972 (my first DC comic was BATMAN 241, May 1972, although I read Casper and Richie Rich titles for a year or two before that.)
It was only later that someone had the bright idea to open a comic store.
What back issues I got before 1979 were all mail-order, from ads in comics (if I recall, Howard Rogofsky and Robert Bell. And later Moondance). I remember getting BATMAN 200 for like 4 bucks, plus a bunch of O'Neil/Novick Batman and Detective issues, that were barely above cover price. Glory days...
