No joke, one day I decided to start collecting comics as a hobby. Walked into a Waldenbooks in the mall & bought all the Marvel titles. (DC books didn't catch my eye) It just happened to be the month they released the first Secret Wars & Encyclopedia of the Marvel universe.

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1. Scotchman's West, Watseka IL
2. Chicago-Con, Rosemont IL (1st big back issue, thanks Grandma/Grandpa!)
3. Scotchman's East, Watseka IL (so expensive!)
4. Waldenbooks, Danville IL
P.S. Looks like we grew up in the same general part of the world!

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The Hulk text adventure starts with you in Bruce Banner form tied to a chair. I'm guessing tons of people never got past this, I only figured out how to do this as a kid by reading a hint guide at the local Waldenbooks (you have to BITE LIP to Hulk out and escape)

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