![]() Here a model train carried orders along the wall to each booth equipped with a silver jukebox. The store where I found the comics was close to a luncheonette - The Hamburger Depot. ![]() It was the best and the worst of times, and people were riding in horse-drawn carriages with feathers sticking out of their hats. They all took place before atomic bombs and rocket ships. The Man in the Iron Mask, The Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo proved to be good comic books. Along the back shelf, often buried underneath the current Green Lantern or the Justice League of America, were graphic versions of stories taken from European and American books, the Classic Illustrated comics. These narratives were colorful but predictable. The adventures of super heroes were issued every month, each one dressed in tights with lightning emanating from his fist and a grimace of rage wrapped around his face. Among the magazines were racks of comic books. There was candy, gum and soda along with newspapers and magazine. ![]() I first met him in a kind of general store where toys, paper and school supplies were sold, a place to stop between home and school and spend some pocket change. I had a sense that he came from a different part of our past than other heroes. ![]() Marco Polo was from a place called Venice, a town whose canals and bridges were reproduced on the walls of many Italian restaurants. ![]()
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