One of the UK’s oldest comic book shops announces closure after ‘epic’ 43 years ahead of huge clearance sale

ONE of the UK's oldest comic publication shops has announced its immense closure merchantability arsenic an "epic" 43 years of concern comes to an end.

Mega City Comics was acceptable up by assemblage pupil Martin Kravetz successful 1981.

Martin is retiring aft 43 years successful business, 37 of which were successful the aforesaid Camden-based shop.

The last clearance merchantability volition driblet successful aboriginal January but customers volition request to beryllium speedy to container the champion bargains, an online connection revealed.

Dealers, bulk buyers and re-sellers person besides been advised to email successful beforehand if they are funny successful bulk orders of 1,000 to 10,000 items.

The store hoped to walk connected the mantle to a caller proprietor but unluckily couldn't find one.

Despite this, the squad astatine Magic City Comic accidental they are "happy to discuss" backing with imaginable last-minute buyers.

In fact, astatine slightest 1 different comic publication retailer successful London has shown involvement successful the store, Bleeding Cool reports.

Authors, editors and artists specified arsenic Alan Moore, Jamie Hewlett, Pat Mills, Simon Bisley, Brain Bolland, Gilbert Shelton, Craig Thompson and Matt Wagner person each made impermanent appearances.

And Martin adjacent taught The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln immoderate lessons astir the quality helium would extremity up playing - Rick Grimes.

With a caller owner, the store could adjacent anticipation to regain its King Of Camden honour of excellence successful section retailing title, which it archetypal earned successful 2010.

Posting to societal media the store said: "The extremity of an era!

"Mega City Comics was established successful 1981, and has been operating from our store successful Camden Town since 1987.

"After 43 years (and 37 years successful the aforesaid shop), Martin, the owner, is taking retirement, and the store volition beryllium closing astatine the extremity of Jan 2025.

"We had primitively hoped to walk connected the mantle to a caller owner, but a suitable campaigner has unfortunately, not been forthcoming (although bash work to the end!).

"It has been a joyous thrust (for Martin, each of his big life), and we person had immoderate large unit and immoderate large customers (a brainsick fig who person been present beauteous overmuch from the start, and stuck with america throughout).

"So it is simply a bitter saccharine lawsuit to beryllium closing the doors.

"The mail-order/standing bid work volition beryllium winding up astatine the extremity of the year, and last parcels volition beryllium going retired nary aboriginal than aboriginal Jan 25.

"We are not rather finished yet, and we volition beryllium going retired with an upbeat bang! So if you tin marque it into the store implicit the next 2 months, determination volition beryllium immoderate once-in-a-lifetime deals to beryllium had.

"The backmost country backmost contented stores are being opened up, and the store is bursting to the seams with comic goodness, ranging each the mode backmost to 1940's Golden Age, done classical Silver and Bronze, and close up to modern time books.

"We person ever offered up a immense range, but for the last run, determination is much connected amusement and disposable than ever before!

"Fine tune those wants lists, raid the piggy bank, and caput connected successful and capable your boots.

"The last clearance merchantability volition beryllium launched successful aboriginal Jan, but we urge you get successful earlier than that, and get your prime choice of everything we have, arsenic determination are deals to beryllium had NOW and negotiations to beryllium made!

"Dealers, bulk buyers and re-sellers – we volition person immoderate clearance offers connected excess banal disposable soon – driblet america an email if funny successful taking 1,000 positive to 10,000 items.

"Wholesale inquiries are by invitation lone – you can't conscionable driblet successful unannounced – but we invited you registering immoderate involvement now."