Apr 9, 2011

Are You In The Market For A Unique Gift? Look To Star CollectiblesBy Mike FergusonMuscatineJournal.com

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Tom McCleary has turned his boyhood hobby into a new business. McCleary, 45, of Muscatine, opened Star Collectibles, at 1608 Grandview Ave., in late February. “I’ve collected comic books for 32 years now,” he said. “They’re kind of like reading Westerns: you know what’s coming, but still you want to read them and to know more about them.”

He said his elementary school teachers used to let him read a handful of comic books to complete required book reports, rather than the books he was hesitant to pick up. When a woman came to the store recently with the same story about her son, McCleary said he could relate – and he plans to fix the boy up with a few comic books next time she comes around.

McCleary keeps his own collection separate from the Popular Zombie, Superman, Flash Gordon and 160 other titles that he normally stocks. His aren’t for sale.

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