As the founder of emerald city comic con and a lifelong comics fan, demonakos wanted to display his comics. You can also use clear thick plastic same size as a comic to put in front. As the founder of emerald city comic con and a lifelong comics fan, demonakos wanted to display his comics the oldfashioned way, reminiscent of the way he grew up seeing them in comic book stores, and hopes to bring the spinner racks into as many fans homes as possible through the classic spinner rack. A wide variety of spinner comic book display rack options are available to you, such as metal, wood, and paper. This is what little was left once the comic book witchhunts and the advent of the comics code sanitized the industry. In comic book stores, gas stations, and most notably 7elevens and pharmacies, the spinner rack was where young comic book readers were to find their monthly fix of batman, spiderman, archie, and countless other titles. The literature rack with revolving columns comes in a black powder coated finish with a square melamine covered top and base. Large pockets designed to hold comics that are silver age. As a nostalgic comic book collector, i bought this for displaying old comics and. A wide variety of comic book display rack options are available to you, such as light duty. Comic book spinner rack magazinenews display youtube. Weve modernized the comic book spinner rack that has been unavailable for decades and created a classy way to display your comics or graphic novels. I do remember the arrangement of the comics next to the magazine rack and that tile on the floor. Amazons choice for comic book rack safco products onyx mesh rotating magazine stand, 5577bl, black powder coat finish, durable steel mesh construction, rotates 360 degrees 4.
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Because of that idea, i made sure that the classic spinner rack has amazing features. Dustin goes over a simple easy way to make your own wall mount comic stands all bought from lowes or home depot. Additionally each rotating display features 4 sign toppers which can be used for product advertisement. Find great deals on ebay for comic book spinner and comic book spinner rack. That kind of display has nostalgic appeal for a lot of older readers who remember them displaying superhero titles at newsstands and other retailers, back when you didnt have to go to a comic shop to keep up with fourcolor adventures.
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