Born - Again Comics

Leo pulled a tattered copy from under the counter—his own, from 1986. The one Vinny had given him when Leo’s own father left.

The woman smiled. It was a sad, sideways thing. “Because I stole it. Thirty years ago. From a spinner rack at a 7-Eleven. I was nine. My brother Danny was reading it over my shoulder. He died two weeks later. Leukemia.” She touched the cover gently. “This was the last good thing we shared.”

It looked like it was rising.

“I’m not a thief anymore,” she said. “And I thought maybe… if I brought it back into the world… he’d get born again. Somewhere.”

Leo stopped him. “You ever read issue #227?” he asked. “Born Again. ‘And I shall have to live with that.’ One of the best.” Born Again Comics

Marcus shrugged. “Can’t afford it.”

Every story deserves a second issue.

“It’s on the house,” Leo said. “But you have to promise me one thing.”