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This is a particularly fascinating place. It is only open by appointment or on its monthly sale weekends. There are stacks and aisles of comics, graphic novels, books, posters, portfolios, magazines, and then you will find yourself looking at records, toys, video tapes, and stuff that you may just wonder what it it.This is a warehouse, no doubt about it. It's sort of like the scene at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Organization is a little spotty, you may find yourself in an aisle that is clearly marked alphabetically, then in the next aisle will be shelves and shelves of unmarked boxes. Then you will stumble upon something you never knew you always wanted.
Joe makes purchases of large collections often, and sometimes the stock is organized according to such purchases. On his sale weekends you will find table displays with stacks of 20 or 30 year old graphic novels, magazines, and comics that have never been opened. You may see that comic you have been looking for since 1977 just laying there on a table or shelf somewhere. And if you are looking for that hardcover biography of Joe Bonomo, he's got a lot of copies.
The monthly sales have free snacks and drinks, and the prices are very affordable, and even a little flexible. It's like he actually wants you to leave with a lot of stuff to carry!
Tucked away in an industrial neighborhood of waterfront in Brooklyn, it's a little out of the way, and it sure isn't one of those pristine, well-lit comic book superstores with all the latest stuff. But you will find something you have never seen before, Joe does know his comics, and I hear tell Joe is planning some special events for the space in the very near future!