That time a comic shop in Portland made me rethink my whole stance on event books

I used to skip big crossover events, thinking they were just cash grabs. Then last Tuesday, the owner of Cosmic Reads pulled me aside after I grabbed my usual pull list. He said, 'Look, I know you hate these, but just read the first issue of this one. If you hate it, I'll buy it back from you.' I read it that night and ended up buying the whole six-issue run the next day. The way it wove through characters I already loved actually added to their stories instead of messing them up. Has a shop owner ever talked you into a book you were sure you'd dislike?

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kelly6381d ago

Oh man, that shop owner must have some kind of magic touch... mine talked me into that big vampire event last year and it was a total train wreck. Like, they turned my favorite street-level hero into a sparkly night creature for three months and then just... forgot about it. The next arc he was just back to normal, no explanation, like it was a bad dream. Guess I should have asked for that buy-back deal.

ninaowens1d ago

A shop owner once talked me into a crossover and it was still a mess. Maybe you just got lucky with that one?

ryan_shah381d ago

Honestly, a bad setup doesn't mean the idea itself is wrong. @ninaowens, maybe that shop just did a poor job with the install and tuning. Getting it right really depends on the skill of the person doing the work, not just the gear.