Retro Review

I am quite serious when I say that the back-issue bins feed my habit: I really enjoy searching through the boxes and trying to patch holes in my collection or discover series I missed or never tried. So, when I’m traveling, I keep an eye out for comic book stores, and, as you know if you read Rolling Traveler, I travel a lot. Of course, there are cities with no comic book stores, and I’ve been increasingly finding that stores don’t stock back issues to the extent they used to. However, there are still plenty of places to keep an eye out for. I’d like to take you on a tour of the comic book stores I’ve visited, one every Friday.

 Our first stop on this geekish tour of the cities I’ve vistied is Comix in Hannover. I drop in there every time I visit Hannover, if for no other reason than to say hi to the very friendly and helpful owners, who are as far removed from the stereotype Comic Book Guy as can be. Even on a delivery day, they’ll have time for a chat, and most of them do speak English. They are camera-shy, but were good enough to let me take a few shots, as you can see below. (more…)