67. HALL OF JUSTICE COMICS

This dingy store is the only comic and games store in the Zone, and one of the only book stores at all.  It was around long before the walls went up and by an older collector, Jerry Baldwin.  The store wasn’t much but it remained well stocked, and even managed to get new books in after the walls went up.  2 years ago, Baldwin was killed and the store was taken over by two men.  Loathsome individuals, one was a member of the Star Trek Poser gang, the other was a friend from their rivals, the Star Warriors.   They killed Baldwin and made it look like another gang had done it.  It would have worked to, if they hadn’t tried pinning the crime on Maelstrom.  Fox, from Bushido, who was a regular at the store was suspicious right off the bat.  And had Bushido watch the store.  Fox confronted Razorfist at Maelstrom, and learned that the booster leader was also a regular customer at the store, and was as upset as he was that Baldwin had died, and somehow these two greasy punks had taken over the store.  Fox went looking for D-Roc, Baldwin’s best customer, and found him in a hospital just outside the Zone, recovering from a gunshot wound he got while trying to help Baldwin.  24 hours later, the 2 greasy punks had vanished, and a will had turned up leaving the store to D-Roc.

D-Roc hired Fox’s nephew Double Dip, and the two have been running the store ever since.  Unfortunately, the most valuable items in the store had been looted by the punks, but there are still a lot of back issues, and D-roc has even managed to start getting new stock in.  For their help, the store is very friendly with Bushido and Maelstrom, and offers them steep discounts.

The store itself sits in the middle of a shopping center, just across from the eastern wall.  It is a dirty and dark little place, but it sells a wide variety of comics, used RPG’s and board games, records, and toys.  It also has a large collection of used paperback books.

Written By Deric Bernier,

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