Original Comic Book Guy
March 15, 2017 7:01 PM Subscribe
"Pop" Hollinger was arguably the first comic book store owner. In the late 1930's, he quit his full time job and concentrated on selling used comic books and used paperbacks. Part of his business plan included "rebuilding" the comics by gluing brown paper to the spines and edges of his comics. Pop ran a comic book mail order service, for 25 or 30 cents you could receive 5 to 10 golden age comics in the mail. Many of his comics still circulate among collectors. More information and pictures of his comics at the bottom of this page.
Wikipedia page.
Amateur YouTube video about Pop.
Wikipedia page.
Amateur YouTube video about Pop.
I was really hoping there would be a connection to the Hollinger boxes virtually every archive has a supply of!
posted by mostly vowels at 8:10 PM on March 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mostly vowels at 8:10 PM on March 15, 2017 [1 favorite]
Very interesting; thanks for the post!
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