Quotes overheard in a comic book store

[joepekula]

Share any random, terrible, false, and funny quotes you've heard someone say in a comic book store.

I overheard one kid in a corner reading the Return of Bruce Wayne books going on with such shock and awe..."No waaayyyyy... He's a.. a PILGRIM?! Bruce Wayne is a PILGRIM?!?! How can this even be possible? This is crazy! He's a freaking pilgrim!"

I thought it was hilarious that he was saying out loud what I was thinking too.

[winnr]

A friend of mine always goes on about this one time the manager of my old store, who we hated, thought no one was in the store and started singing the theme to Farscape (I think) while restocking shelves, until he realised my friend was in back issues, and it was awkward. I wish I was there.

[mitzlovesdazzler]

yikes, i reckon i could fill this up daily with the crap i hear in my shop. here's a recent one, a regular of ours (who we refer to as 'the four dark arts guy' - but that's a whole 'nother story) explaining deadpool to someone:

"if deadpool spat on an orange then the orange could like use the DNA of the spit and it would grow into another deadpool"

100% true story, no idea where the orange comes from

[joepekula]

(08-24-2011 02:06 AM)mitzlovesdazzler Wrote:  "if deadpool spat on an orange then the orange could like use the DNA of the spit and it would grow into another deadpool"

And this my friends, is the reason for this thread.

[Sluggo]

THIS is the best resource for crazy stuff overheard at comics shops.
A few I've heard:
You guys are still open? I'd thought you'd have gone out of business by now!
There was a frantic phone call last Thursday between one of the managers and a group of gamers who NEEDED to eat pizza while playing card games. They were freaking pleading!
Oh, then there's this guy who thinks that Zatanna should be punished for what she did to Batman during Identity Crisis. Like rape-y punished...

[MisterSmith]

Are bookstores fair game? About two years ago I was at Borders...

Two kids, neither of then older than 12 or so (probably younger), walk over to a shelf of trades in which V for Vendetta (among other comics) were spotlighted.

Kid 1: "OHHH! V FOR VENDETTA!"
The kids then pick up a copy a copy each and flips through it a bit
Kid 2: "Oh, it's just a stupid comic book."

I'm not sure if I got the quotes 100%, but the gist is there. I just found their excitement odd given that before they picked it up it clearly wasn't going to be like a movie or something (and I doubt they'd get excited over a novel or something else)

And then just this past month (when Borders started all of their going-out-of-business-sale discounts) I heard from someone looking at manga "I hate when they're wrapped in plastic because then I can't read them." Scavengers to the very end.

[joepekula]

When the issue of Fantastic Four that the Human Torch died in came out, I figured I'd try to pick it up for collector's sake (I don't read Fantastic Four). I asked the owner how come there were none on the shelf. At this point I figured they were sold out. She told me

Quote:Oh we didn't order any for customers. We ordered enough for our personal collections. Sorrrry.

Not that I was super pissed, because I'm not really a fan. It was enough for me to never go back into that comic bookstore ever again ---->Boooooo.

[Palmer]

(08-24-2011 03:14 AM)joepekula Wrote:  When the issue of Fantastic Four that the Human Torch died in came out, I figured I'd try to pick it up for collector's sake (I don't read Fantastic Four). I asked the owner how come there were none on the shelf. At this point I figured they were sold out. She told me

Quote:Oh we didn't order any for customers. We ordered enough for our personal collections. Sorrrry.

Not that I was super pissed, because I'm not really a fan. It was enough for me to never go back into that comic bookstore ever again ---->Boooooo.

What the hell kind of comic book store would do this?

[joepekula]

(08-24-2011 03:46 AM)Palmer Wrote:  

(08-24-2011 03:14 AM)joepekula Wrote:  When the issue of Fantastic Four that the Human Torch died in came out, I figured I'd try to pick it up for collector's sake (I don't read Fantastic Four). I asked the owner how come there were none on the shelf. At this point I figured they were sold out. She told me

Quote:Oh we didn't order any for customers. We ordered enough for our personal collections. Sorrrry.

Not that I was super pissed, because I'm not really a fan. It was enough for me to never go back into that comic bookstore ever again ---->Boooooo.

What the hell kind of comic book store would do this?

This kind:
TemDee Collectibles
5051 RT. 42
Turnersville, NJ 08012
856-228-8645
TemDee Collectibles

I haven't been back since that happened.

There were other occasions that made me upset with the place. I remember I had a stack of comics I picked up after shoveling through boxes for an hour. I got up to the cash register and wanted to swipe my debit card and the owner told me it was down and I needed to pay in cash. I told him I would need to run to the ATM across the street and asked if he could hold them up there for a few minutes until I came back. He told me no and started to put them back. I had been a customer for years. It took me a good 4 weeks to get over that before I had the nerve to go back in there for the Death Of Human Torch issue issue (hehe). After that, I never went back.

And an earthquake happened at my desk as I'm writing this.

[MoustachePants]

(08-24-2011 03:59 AM)joepekula Wrote:  

(08-24-2011 03:46 AM)Palmer Wrote:  

(08-24-2011 03:14 AM)joepekula Wrote:  When the issue of Fantastic Four that the Human Torch died in came out, I figured I'd try to pick it up for collector's sake (I don't read Fantastic Four). I asked the owner how come there were none on the shelf. At this point I figured they were sold out. She told me

Quote:Oh we didn't order any for customers. We ordered enough for our personal collections. Sorrrry.

Not that I was super pissed, because I'm not really a fan. It was enough for me to never go back into that comic bookstore ever again ---->Boooooo.

What the hell kind of comic book store would do this?

This kind:
TemDee Collectibles
5051 RT. 42
Turnersville, NJ 08012
856-228-8645
TemDee Collectibles

I haven't been back since that happened.

There were other occasions that made me upset with the place. I remember I had a stack of comics I picked up after shoveling through boxes for an hour. I got up to the cash register and wanted to swipe my debit card and the owner told me it was down and I needed to pay in cash. I told him I would need to run to the ATM across the street and asked if he could hold them up there for a few minutes until I came back. He told me no and started to put them back. I had been a customer for years. It took me a good 4 weeks to get over that before I had the nerve to go back in there for the Death Of Human Torch issue issue (hehe). After that, I never went back.

And an earthquake happened at my desk as I'm writing this.

I've actually been there too and it totally sucks. Maybe the shaker took them down a peg or two.