"He was such a little dweeb, it’s hard to imagine him doing anything interesting — certainly not killing someone."
“COMIC BOOK KILLER! – Rabid fan murders pal for prize collection.”
“Cops in Sydney, Australia, say that rabid comic-book fan [Simon] Edison, 31, became ‘obsessed’ with buddy Joel Hoagland’s collection, which was worth an estimated $450,000 and included a rare Captain America No 1., valued at $115,000, as well as vintage editions of such classics as Superman, Green Lantern and Detective Comics No. 27.”
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“Those who know soft-spoken Edison were stunned to hear of his arrest.
“‘He was such a little dweeb, it’s hard to imagine him doing anything interesting — certainly not killing someone,’ says a high-school classmate.”
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“Yet the green-eyed monster, jealousy, was always present. Hoagland’s job as a computer scientist allowed him to invest and trade in comics at a level that Edison could never match. Acquaintances say the video-store clerk ‘drooled’ whenever his buddy granted him a sneak peak at a rare comic.”
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“‘Simon got this weird, hungry look in his eyes. And he said, “Boy, I’d kill to have this.” I never thought he meant it literally.'”
