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.ps 10
sl called, asking for anything related to computers.  old manuals,
disks, peripherals, component level parts, warranty cards, trade
magazines, catalogues, notes, instructions, schematics, or program
listings\(emhe wanted them all.  étienne asked if he had any comics to
trade.
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.ps 10
it turned out he did.  amazing spider\-man #298\-299; cerebus #77;
twenty copies of x\-force #1 (several versions inclusive); ten copies
of spider\-man #1 (several versions inclusive); the uncanny x\-men and
the new teen titans; cosmic odyssey #1; wolverine limited series #1\-4;
marvel uk black and white reprint magazine featuring george pérez
avengers stories; conan the barbarian (misc.); alpha flight #10;
daredevil #168; random 1990s issues of the amazing spider\-man and
batman; ann nocenti daredevil (incomplete run); daredevil: the man
without fear #1\-5; video jack #4; silver surfer v3 #1\-3; justice
league america #34; thor #337; x\-factor #25\-27; groo (misc.); wizard
magazine (misc.); the death of superman tpb; dark horse presents
#34\-36; roachmill #1; uncanny x\-men #141\-143, 180; and a complete set
of tsr marvel super\-heroes role playing game pewter figurines.
étienne said he would take them all.
.PP
.ps 10
in return he surrendered a tandy color computer (coco) 2, its manual,
a collection of recently pirated software, and a joystick.
.PP
.ps 10
it was an okay trade.  some of the comics étienne already had, and a
lot of them were garbage, but there were also quite a few key issues
he could flip on the secondary (tertiary?) market to buy yet more
comics.  they shook hands and étienne loaded the new books into his
truck.
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.ps 10
the computer had already been old when dad had handed it down to him,
maybe twenty years ago, when he was around ten years old.  crucially,
the dual floppy disk drive hadn't been a part of étienne's deal with
sl.  he assumed sl would be back for it once he realized his mistake.
.PP
.ps 10
what other comics did he have to trade?