Sunday is supposedly the quietest day of the week in the store. That and Monday. But since Monday is when the doors are closed, Sunday takes the roost by default. Given this stated notion, there certainly were a lot of people in the store yesterday. Just about ten minutes after the doors open and the place is seeing a churn rate of at least two people who are not regulars float around the store. This low buzz of movement and people goes on for over 90 minutes and probably close to two hours -- can't remember exactly, memories wash away every day.

Pulling out the standing order, the initial stack for the week hits eight titles -- A Bag of Anteaters #1, Amazing Spider-Man #517, Astonishing X-Men #8, Bride of the Freakshow, Captain America and The Falcon #13, Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #3, Tomb Raider #50, Ultimate Spider-Man #73 -- add to that Freedom Force #2, Futurama #1 and Trigger #3 off the shelves and it's a damaging blow of eleven in one go. This is what happens when the box isn't cleared every week for a couple of weeks. Others have it worse.

Running a cursory sum of the total haul, watching as the numbers get ever closer to and over $50, the summing up pauses on the sight of Spider-Man: India #4 in the mix.

Delvac, who was in the store taking a few photos of some items, cracks up laughing at the register. Stepping out for less than five seconds, picking up those three extra comics and in that time he manages to slip in a copy of India... what happened?

Even though there were more people than expected for a Sunday morning, it wasn't enough to cause that much of distraction.