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TIL that a guy at my local comic shop has been collecting every variant cover of Spider-Man since 1991
I was at Big Bang Comics in Portland last Saturday and this older guy was just chilling at the counter. He showed me his binder with 1,200 plus issues. He said he started because he liked the art on one random issue and just never stopped. I always thought variant covers were just a money grab but hearing him talk about tracking down specific artists and the history behind each cover was pretty cool. Has anyone else met a collector with a super focused niche like that?
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jade_jenkins1mo ago
Wonder if he's secretly charting how comic art styles changed over three decades without even realizing it.
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wyatt_mitchell261mo ago
Met a guy in Seattle who only collects Spider-Man covers with buildings reflected in his eyes.
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