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Weaver, owner of Benders in Phoebus, Virginia, offers a ground-level retail perspective on the 1984 market. His best sellers are X-Men titles and New Teen Titans; independents like American Flagg and Jon Sable do well, while Archie titles languish. He notes that Japanese animation comics (*Astro Boy*, Captain Harlock) sell surprisingly well. He criticizes Marvel's "Special Edition Reprints" for undercutting back-issue sales on which specialty shops depend, and expresses hope that diverse subject matter from publishers like Eclipse will broaden comics' audience beyond superhero readers.