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$1,700 in superhero T-shirts stolen from Zeus Comics
Zeus Comics and Collectibles
Through the wonder of Twitter, we learned that award-winning Dallas retailer Zeus Comics and Collectibles was burglarized overnight, with the culprit stealing the store’s entire inventory of T-shirts.
Owner Richard Neal tweeted this morning that he arrived to find a window smashed and more than $1,700 worth of shirts gone.
“Everything is fine,” he assured friends and customers. “Business as usual for us. It was a simple smash & grab. A loss is a loss is a loss but it could have been worse. No use in being over dramatic. I hope insurance covers it all.”
“There will certainly be a void of super-hero T-shirt gifts in Dallas this Christmas,” he later joked. “Christmas is ruined! … At least we were able [to] move that last Strangers in Paradise shirt, even if it was theft. Good luck trying to sell that at Traders Village!”
Opened in 2000, Zeus Comics and Collectibles won the 2006 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailing Award.
- November 24, 2009 @ 09:45 AM by Kevin Melrose
4 Comments
Matt Halteman
November 24, 2009 at 9:58 am
Crap! That sucks, Richard. You certainly have a better perspective than I would. If this had happened to me, the air would have turned dark blue with the force of my profanity and vitriol. Also, what an odd thing to steal. I guess they were the easiest thing to carry in bulk?
Squashua
November 24, 2009 at 11:11 am
How lucrative is the shirt portion of the business anyway? (Rhetorical question – no need to answer)
My local comic store was robbed a few years back. The burglars broke the window and robbed the cash register of about $200.
They didn’t take any of the rare comics displayed on the wall behind the register, some of which have price tags of over $200 each.
lolawesomejaime
November 24, 2009 at 2:33 pm
It was Vlad
ghettoManga
November 24, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Richard, you know it wasn’t me, cause Black Panther back issues are still there…
BTW, if somebody tries to sell me a SIP teeshirt, i will whup their @$$