1. Few quick thoughts on Arlington's historical importance.He came out of EC fandom & early underground comics, a countercultural lineage
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2. EC comics Arlington grew up in were destroyed by skittish distribution system, underground comics couldn't be sold via regular stores
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3. Solution to distribution problem was creation of specialty comic book stores, which is what Arlington did in 1968.
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4. Arlington's solution was born of his particular tastes but became more general solution for comic book world in 1970s.
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5. Earliest comic book stores were mutant offspring of used book stores & head shops:
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6. After Gary Arlington, the next significant figure was Phil Seuling, who joined shops in a distribution network.
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7. Arlington & Seuling supplanted a distribution network that was collapsing. Without them, comics would've been in deep trouble in 1970s
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