Just met a guy at my local shop who could name every X-Men issue from the 80s off the top of his head

I was at Cosmic Comics over on 3rd Street yesterday flipping through the dollar bin when this older dude next to me pointed out a beat-up copy of Uncanny X-Men 210. He didn't just know the cover or the artist. He told me the exact page where Wolverine says that one line about the beer. Then he rattled off the whole story arc from 209 to 211 without pausing. I asked how he remembered all that and he said he read them as a kid at his grandpa's house every Tuesday afternoon. It kind of made me wonder how many other fans out there are sitting on crazy deep knowledge like that. Has anyone else met a comic fan who just blew your mind with their recall?

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reese_garcia17h ago

Reading them at his grandpa's house every Tuesday" is the sweetest thing I've heard all week.

logan64816h ago

Got my kids reading comic books with their grandpa too.