Can I find replicas of old Marvel comics?
Octavarium – in the last ten years or so, the big thing in comics has been Trade Paperbacks – square bound volumes that collect usually 4, 6, 12, or more individual comics into a single book. These are extremely affordable and available, you can even find an aisle full of them at any Borders or Barnes and Noble, and they’re all over Amazon.com (usually with a nice 30% discount) Nearly ever individual comic that’s been published in the last ten years can has been collected in some form or another, and the majority of comics from the past 60 years have as well. If you’re mainly interested in comics from the 60s and 70s, there are two basic options: one is the Marvel Essential volumes, as well as DC’s Showcase volumes. These collect between 20-40 comics into one book for usually under $20 for people like yourself who want to read the old stories but don’t have the cash or the incliniation to track down the originals. The one downside is that these volumes are black and white, that’s why t
