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Covid Crazy Canadian Comic shop boots UK Tourists

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Worst Comicbook Store Ever Is Bad For Business

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Aug 19, 2022
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From the 1937 Streamline Model 5 Remington typewriter of AD Washbro

Captain Bill Agnew loves masked comicbook characters, but this summer the British naval hero found himself fighting back against the villains of Strange Adventures—a Halifax comicbook shop in Nova Scotia, Canada—after an employee attempted to force Agnew and his family into wearing masks, despite Public Health removing provincial mask mandates more than 100 days ago.

An avid comicbook and toy collector, Agnew had heard great things about the store Strange Adventures and was looking forward to visiting the east coast’s biggest comicbook and collectables store in person. Agnew, a highly decorated retired Royal Navy Captain from the UK, was on vacation with his wife and three children this August for the first time since the global health pandemic shuddered travel and tourism more than two years ago. 

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