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Mark shows Johnny and Wendy the comic shop he used to visit during the Vegas days, Velvet Underground!!

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00:00Hey guys, Mark Rodriguez here and with me is
00:02Johnny Mike Rodriguez
00:04And of course, behind the camera
00:06Wendy, hey guys
00:08So we're here, the comic store that I used to go to
00:10every Wednesday to get my comics
00:12way back in the day
00:14the New 52 and Ninja Turtles
00:16IEW comics and stuff like that
00:18and I think the very very first
00:20three comics of day video
00:22was here
00:24The new location is different
00:26so you guys can go inside the outside
00:28Let's go inside
00:30Let's check it out
00:32Let's get some comics
00:34Alright, ready guys? Alright
00:36Okay
00:38Alright guys, so the first thing we know is different
00:40is that now there's like this little, I guess kind of
00:42Hall of Fame little place before we even get
00:44into the store proper
00:46So that's kind of cool
00:48You got all this stuff, oh this is the old Ninja Turtles stuff
00:50Like the older, the IEW issues
00:52and things like that
00:54and it's pretty cool
00:56We got one in the house
00:58over there
00:59and all that
01:00and let's see what else is over here
01:04Oh, I think this was the original
01:06sign from the older location
01:08and we got all these
01:10other classic issues and stuff like that
01:14that's pretty cool
01:16Oh God, the Batman Damned
01:18where Batman was
01:20having a panel where he has
01:22his little Batman
01:24his little Caped Crusader
01:25before it got like pulled
01:26and censored
01:27and everything else
01:28Oh, that's the one
01:29Yeah, that's the one
01:30What you find there, Johnny?
01:32You scored some badge for me
01:34Oh, cool
01:36Okay, alright
01:37So anyways, we're going to the
01:38actual store now
01:39and check it out
01:40Here's like the actual
01:41door here
01:42Alright
01:43Pull
01:44Yeah, you got pulled Johnny
01:46Yeah
01:48Alright guys
01:50We got a long
01:52thing here
01:53This is cool
01:54It's kind of built like a maze
01:55almost
01:56With all these different
01:58stacks and things
01:59and
02:00My God
02:02This is kind of like a comic book store
02:04but also like a comic book museum almost
02:06Classic Batman here
02:08Classic Batman here
02:10and everything
02:11and
02:12There's just so much to see
02:14so much here
02:15We got we got these cool
02:16posters here
02:18and
02:19even more comics
02:21and I'm assuming
02:23What do you call it?
02:25Long boxes and stuff like that
02:29Yeah
02:30Blade Runner
02:31Black Lotus
02:32These are all the newer comics
02:34but the newer comics that aren't like Marvel and DC
02:37So it's kind of interesting here
02:42Thundercats loss
02:43Oh, Chitaura has their series
02:45I already got the blood throne here
02:47Let's see
02:48It's got number one
02:49Cause I missed out number one
02:51There's number three
02:52Yep, there's number one there
02:57Wow
03:01And all that
03:02But man, this place is like a maze
03:03It's like a maze
03:05Oh, we got the crow here
03:06We got Ninja Turtles
03:14Oh, goodness
03:17Oh, lots of like Red Sonja stuff
03:19From all the different types
03:20and different
03:21Cause he's had, you know
03:22Tons of different runs
03:23and everything
03:24Here we got Vampirella
03:26Like a whole section dedicated to Vampirella
03:28to Vampirella
03:29and everything
03:33Yeah, I mean
03:34You're right
03:35It's like, where do we even start?
03:37Oh God, Toxic Avenger
03:38has his own
03:39comic recently
03:40Oh my God, there's still
03:42beside you
03:43beside you
03:44beside you
03:45no Jimbo
03:46Yeah
03:48Wait a minute
03:49I forgot where I left off with this
03:51With which one?
03:52I don't know if I
03:54I have one, two, and three
03:55I don't know if I have four or five
03:57Mmm
03:59Oh man
04:01Alright, so here we got like
04:02Batman from the Dark Knight Returns
04:03but this is part two
04:04where Robin Girl became like
04:06the new, I don't know
04:07the Capgirl or something
04:08I think
04:09and then we got like the Flash
04:10and all these things
04:13and
04:14My God, everything is so amazing
04:15I mean, the store's always been
04:17amazing
04:18but I think it expanded over the years
04:19there's a lot more changes
04:21I
04:22believe it was more of a
04:23straightforward comic book shop
04:24in the past
04:25but now, like I said
04:26it's like a museum
04:27it's like a museum
04:28almost
04:30of everything
04:31of, you know
04:32old, modern
04:33and
04:34you know, all the other comic
04:35things
04:36not just Marvel DC
04:37you know what I mean?
04:38like all the other types and things
04:39so that's pretty cool
04:44Alright guys, so we're back home now
04:46and that was Velvet Underground
04:47currently located on South Decatur Boulevard
04:49and
04:50like I said before
04:51this is my comic book store
04:52that I used to go to
04:53when I first moved to Vegas
04:54and you know
04:55we got stuff like the New 52
04:56Nightingale
04:57and Turtle comics were starting up
04:58we were still checking out
04:59like Tales of the TMNT Volume 2
05:01and the
05:02Power Girl Run
05:03stuff like that
05:04so pretty much
05:05that was like
05:06the comic book store
05:07I would go to every Wednesday
05:08that's how nowadays
05:09we would go to like
05:10Third Eye Comics
05:11every Wednesday
05:12stuff like that
05:13and unfortunately
05:14the owner was not available
05:15Mr. Riddle
05:16I forgot his first name
05:17but Mr. Riddle
05:18owns the store
05:19and
05:20at least back then
05:21he was there all the time
05:22now
05:23because you know
05:24years have passed
05:25he's busy and stuff
05:26now he's there
05:27like whenever
05:28he wants to be there
05:29at sporadic times
05:30so unfortunately
05:31we weren't lucky enough
05:32to like see him this time
05:33maybe next time
05:34we go visit
05:35maybe we'll see him then
05:36we'll see what happens
05:37but yeah
05:38was Baradream signing off
05:39there from behind the camera?
05:40this is Doobie Chan
05:41I'm still his name
05:42Doobie
05:43call me Wendy
05:44bye guys
05:45see ya later
05:46thank you
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