Thanks to reader Gary Knight for sending me this photo of the magazine shelves of WH Smith in Selfridges, Oxford Street, London. Look at the back shelf, tucked away there in the darkness... copies of The Beezer, Valiant, and more!
Not reproductions. Genuine random issues of old comics, bagged. Clearly second hand, as they're somewhat yellowed and used. Somewhat overpriced at £8 or £9 each, but very interesting to see them there!
Gary tells me they're random old comics from the 1970s and 1980s. He noticed Topper and Warlord there too. Presumably this is unique to the Oxford Street branch because I haven't seen second hand comics in any other WH Smith in the UK.
How did they get there? Does a London comics dealer have an arrangement with the shop to share the profits of the comics? If any of you know more, please let me know, or just post your opinions below anyway.
Weird thing is... this is exactly like a dream I once had! Then again, it's probably a dream that most fans of UK comics have at some point!
Not reproductions. Genuine random issues of old comics, bagged. Clearly second hand, as they're somewhat yellowed and used. Somewhat overpriced at £8 or £9 each, but very interesting to see them there!
Gary tells me they're random old comics from the 1970s and 1980s. He noticed Topper and Warlord there too. Presumably this is unique to the Oxford Street branch because I haven't seen second hand comics in any other WH Smith in the UK.
How did they get there? Does a London comics dealer have an arrangement with the shop to share the profits of the comics? If any of you know more, please let me know, or just post your opinions below anyway.
Weird thing is... this is exactly like a dream I once had! Then again, it's probably a dream that most fans of UK comics have at some point!
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