Interesting discussion. When I was really young, all my earliest comics came from the grocery store or drug store. Archie and Disney Adventures are still there as digest size. One wonders if Marvel and DC could still be in grocery stores as well if they didn't abandon digests via the grocery stores in favour of the direct market.
http://twitter.com/GeoffJohns0/status/20128049433419776
http://twitter.com/GeoffJohns0/status/20128049433419776
Geoff Johns: Grocery stores could be a gateway to comic shops. It was for me. Anything to get people converted and come to the store!! 
Igle: It was for me too, that’s where I bought my first Alien Legion , my first Superman and Captain America.
Gallaher: Grocery Stores were my gateway drug to comics too. The more outlets the better. Having comics at the grocery store also made me WANT to go grocery shopping with my mom every week. Bob Layton’s HERCULES at Safeway in Mount Airy, Maryland was my first grocery store comic.
Gage: I got GODZILLA and SHOGUN WARRIORS at Hodes Food City in Grafton. Never looked back.
Igle: Grocery chains still sell comics, so you need to do a line that caters to what they know. Digest with all ages(not kiddie specifically) work in grocery stores.

Igle: It was for me too, that’s where I bought my first Alien Legion , my first Superman and Captain America.
Gallaher: Grocery Stores were my gateway drug to comics too. The more outlets the better. Having comics at the grocery store also made me WANT to go grocery shopping with my mom every week. Bob Layton’s HERCULES at Safeway in Mount Airy, Maryland was my first grocery store comic.
Gage: I got GODZILLA and SHOGUN WARRIORS at Hodes Food City in Grafton. Never looked back.
Igle: Grocery chains still sell comics, so you need to do a line that caters to what they know. Digest with all ages(not kiddie specifically) work in grocery stores.
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