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AN INVITATION TO THE CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS OF ATLAS COMICS IN CHICAGO TO OUR
GOING AWAY PARTY JUNE 29th, 2013
After 30 years in the comic book business – the last 25 of those at Atlas Comics in Norridge, Illinois, I’m calling it quits. I have no regrets, recriminations or disappointments. On the contrary, comic books have been amazingly good to me. They have afforded me an opportunity to work with what I love, and without a boss sitting over my head. They purchased my home, and allowed me the freedom to travel around the world. Those travels proved to me the incredible power of comic books. I’ve seen massive pop culture stores in Barcelona, Spain; small children wearing Spider-Man T-shirts in the remote villages of Thailand; an Iron Man cap on the head of a middle aged farmer in rural Peru, and action figures at a tiny roadside stand in central Turkey. In the main shopping district of Shanghai, China, there is a store devoted solely to knock-off Superman memorabilia. In all these places and many others I met people who loved comics and envied my opportunity to enjoy so much fun and freedom in my job. For their envy, I thank you
Saturday, June 29th, 2013 will be our last day in business. It will be the final blow-out of our current, continuing liquidation sale, and a going away celebration for the sheer fun of 25 years of comics. I’d like to invite everyone, old and new, to come out and have some food, conversation and laughs from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm, at the venerable old institution at 4735 N. Cumberland Street in Norridge. Let’s try for the unalloyed enjoyment of those riotous, primary colored Captain America adventures of the Golden Age. Or the static electricity of Kirby Krackle hanging in the air. And maybe at the end of the night we’ll raise a toast to the people who actually made it all possible: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Jerry Seigel, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, Joe Simon, Max and Bill Gaines, Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, and all the others who created the joy we’ve immersed ourselves in lo, these many years.
Atlas Comics will continue to sell vintage comics into the future online. You can reach us at the same phone number (708) 453-2110 and email address (atlas@acomics.com), and you’ll find Atlas on Ebay under the name “atlascomics”. You don’t have to stop buying comics – you just can’t do it at 4735 N. Cumberland anymore. See you on the 29th.
LIQUIDATION SALE
From Saturday, June 1st until the end of business June 29th, we'll be holding a massive liquidation sale of every piece of product and fixture that we have. This will be the ultimate opportunity to get those items you've always wanted at prices reduced from 40-90%. More than half our inventory of 120,000 comics will be discounted to $1 or $2 each (including new inventory made available on a weekly basis), and most everything else will start at a 40% discount, escalating as we get closer to our final days. If you have friends who are interested in comics, toys or books, please pass this along via facebook, twitter, email or simply word of mouth!
Liquidation discounts include:
*OVER 60,000 BACK ISSUES REDUCED TO $1 - $2 (50% - 75% OFF)
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*ALL VINTAGE GOLDEN, SILVER AND BRONZE AGE COMICS 50% OFF!
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*ALL ISSUES ON OUR CURRENT RACKS OLDER THAN ONE MONTH - $1 each! (65% - 75% OFF)
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*ALL MARVEL MASTERWORKS AND DC ARCHIVES - $20 EACH (70% OFF)
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*MARVEL ESSENTIAL VOLUMES - $5 EACH
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*SELECT GRAPHIC NOVELS AND TRADE COLLECTIONS - $2 EACH (80% OFF)
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*ALL OTHER TRADES AND HARDCOVERS – 50% OFF
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*ALL REMAINING ACTION FIGURES - $2
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*STATUES – 50% OFF
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*COMIC BOOK SUPPLIES – 25% OFF
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE:
Although Atlas is still reasonably profitable and healthy, our landlord is demanding conditions in a new lease that make it difficult to continue. So - after 30 years as a comic shop owner, I'm moving on to a new career beyond the comic book industry that has been so good to me over the past 3 decades. Of course I have to thank each and every one of you - including those customers and friends long gone - for making it all possible. It's been a great run.
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