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ragnorakian
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 2:27 pm    Post subject: half priced books Reply with quote

does anyone have a half price books in there area
i have found alot of good trades for real cheap

i bought earth x for 8$
who killed retro gir 8$
lone wolf and cub vol 13 14 15 5$ a peice

they also have 6 issues of fantastic four :authorative action but is it worth buying

oh yeah has any one heard of eddie cambell
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 2:35 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

ragnorakian wrote:
does anyone have a half price books in there area
i have found alot of good trades for real cheap

i bought earth x for 8$
who killed retro gir 8$
lone wolf and cub vol 13 14 15 5$ a peice

they also have 6 issues of fantastic four :authorative action but is it worth buying

oh yeah has any one heard of eddie cambell
we have one here. they really dont take care of there comics or trades. not that i would want to buy a sonic the hedgehog trade though.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 2:38 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

Yes, Austin has 5 of them, and a 6th is opening in March.

Great store, I love used book stores and that chain is one of the best.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:23 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

ragnorakian wrote:
does anyone have a half price books in there area
i have found alot of good trades for real cheap

i bought earth x for 8$
who killed retro gir 8$
lone wolf and cub vol 13 14 15 5$ a peice

they also have 6 issues of fantastic four :authorative action but is it worth buying

oh yeah has any one heard of eddie cambell


Yeah, I've found tons of cool shit there:

Both Death HCs
Complete Frank Miller Batman ($15)
2 of the Frank Miller Daredevil Visionaries
the "phone book" reprint of the original TMNT
Crisis on Infinite Earths TPB
All the Stormwatch TPBs
Maus I & Maus II HCs
the Epic printing of Moebius' "Airtight Garage"
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:30 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

There is a great one around me.
Great book selection.

I've never got comics there, but that is where I sell a bunch of comics when I get too much. Or when I'm done with them.

Or if I have some Kabuki books that are damaged in shipping, just a crease or something, but not salable at a con or store, less than near-mint, I take a stack of them and sell them at half price so someone else can enjoy them for cheap.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:33 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

the one here has a great book selection but bad selection of comics, they need to get someone who knows what they are doing it that area.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:34 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

Back in the day they used to have a great selection of comics and trades. Most of them in houston have crap now. Stuff thats been sitting in the bins for almost a decade now. Then again I think its because there are a couple of shops in Houston that specialize in 50-cent bins only, so most of the people that would have sold their comics to Half Price Books sell them at those shops instead.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:34 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

i am not a collector so as long as i can read the story and enjoy the art i will buy damaged books

i also saw the 6 part authorative action from ff wondering if it is worth my time

oh yeah i think they have every copy of brigade there
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 5:51 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

HPB rock! there are a couple around my area that I go to. I've bought a lot of art books,comics, trades, movies etc.

one store has better prices for comics than the other. it's odd.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 6:10 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

I've bought so much shit form those guys here in Des Moines....One of the coolest was the Wolverine Origin DF signed & numbered for $40....I love my wife...she bought it for X-mas for me....
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 7:45 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

Taki Soma wrote:
HPB rock! there are a couple around my area that I go to. I've bought a lot of art books,comics, trades, movies etc.

one store has better prices for comics than the other. it's odd.


Yea, they let the individual managers set prices for stuff like that, so one store has comics all at half price, another might set the prices higher as 'collectables'. The closest to me sells all comics for 1.00.

The unfortunate thing is the ones in Austin don't think comics are an important part of the inventory, they pay almost nothing for them. Or they even turn people away. Kind of frustrating knowing they could have a great selection, but choose not to take the comics in.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

I go to the one in Kenwood, Ohio. Their prices are between .75 and 1 buck. I've picked up the Dark Knight Returns tpb and a ton of Daredevil, Green Lantern, and other stuff.
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 8:14 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

We have a couple and my last visit, I found a bunch of Doom Patrol by Morrison (Including the first appearance of Flex), early Sandman from Robinson's run, and some other random stuff. The one by my house doesn't have as many as Capitol Hill, but they have tons of Vertigo books
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 8:35 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

ragnorakian wrote:
does anyone have a half price books in there area
i have found alot of good trades for real cheap

i bought earth x for 8$
who killed retro gir 8$
lone wolf and cub vol 13 14 15 5$ a peice

they also have 6 issues of fantastic four :authorative action but is it worth buying

oh yeah has any one heard of eddie cambell


I dont know if you're serious, but Eddie Campbell is a classic illustrator who's done several personal projects called "Bacchus" and was also, among other things, the artist on the amazing "From Hell".
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PostPosted: Jan 30, 2005 8:36 pm    Post subject: Re: half priced books Reply with quote

ChrisCollins wrote:
Back in the day they used to have a great selection of comics and trades. Most of them in houston have crap now. Stuff thats been sitting in the bins for almost a decade now. Then again I think its because there are a couple of shops in Houston that specialize in 50-cent bins only, so most of the people that would have sold their comics to Half Price Books sell them at those shops instead.


What shops specialize in 50 cent bins? I know Third Planet has a big back-room of cheap comics, but I don't know of any others. I started checking out HPB for comics, but I pretty much stopped after I learned about Bedrock's big sale they have twice a year. With all their back issues half off, I know I'll find better stuff there than I would at HPB. I did make one really good find at HPB, though. I think it was actually the first time I was at a HPB with a huge selection of comics and I found almost a complete run of Box Office Poison.
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