I love comics, super hero movies and super hero cartoons and this shop even sells a comic book for a web series/cartoon I watch, this shop even sells figurines and dolls. I really love this shop, I think it's one of the coolest shops in town but there is one problem. I've never read/brought a comic book.
I read web comics and manga but I feel that's different, when you read a comic online you can just start from the beginning and work your way through, manga is the same because you start at the first volume and work your way to the end but where do you start with a comic book?
maybe I'm just being nit-picky but most comic book characters have been around for years and I don't know where the best place to start is, I guess I could find the start of an interesting story arch but what arch do I start with?
I suppose I know enough back story on some super heroes like batman to not get confused but what about super hero's I'm not so familiar with?
Another thing is that I live in the UK and all the prices are in dollars and I have no idea how much they are going to cost in pounds.
I went there today and I saw a comic I wanted for $3.99, things should be cheaper in the uk and using the internet I worked out that should make it £2.49 but because the comics would need to be shipped in so that will bump up the prices and the other comics are priced differently and then there are comics in mint condition and they cost even more and I'm just over whelmed by it all.
I just feel really awkward, you'd think it would be hard to feel awkward in a comic book shop but it doesn't take a lot to make me feel awkward, it's just I walk in, look through comics, look at some figurines, consider things I could get for birthdays and and Christmas and then I leave, it's really embarrassing and people are going to think I'm a wannabe nerd.
I like nerdy things I guess but I wouldn't label myself a nerd, I like lots of different things for lots of different things and I'm not bothered about how people see my interests but I worry that the shop owner is getting annoyed at me for visiting so often and rarely ever buying anything. I just feel bad about it.
I keep thinking that someday I should go out with some money and just try and buy something I like the look of and just see if I have enough, but I still haven't actually got around to it yet.
If anyone has any suggestions like maybe a good comic book or a good place to start please let me know in the comments, I would be really grateful. Thank you.
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