This Saturday, go to your local comic book store (like this one, for example) and get your selection of staples absolutely free. NOTE: staples will more than likely be packaged with comic books.
Swing with Scooter #1 (June/July 1966).
YES, this comic book has staples.
Avengers #100 (June 1972).
YES, this comic book has staples.
Batman: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture #1 newsstand edition (1989).
NO, this comic book does not have staples. It is a squarebound comic book.
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle #1 (Gold Key, October 1965).
NO, this comic book does not have staples. It is a squarebound comic.
Floyd Farland Citizen of the Future (1987).
NO, this comic book does not have staples. It is a squarebound comic.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #18 (September 1990).
YES, this comic book has staples.
Green Lantern #85 (August-September 1971).
YES, this comic book has staples.
Open Space #4 (August 1990).
NO, this comic book does not have staples. It is a squarebound comic book.
NEWS AND VIEWS: The Case of the Missing Staples.
BobH presents his tragic discovery of a stapleless comic book that is meant to have staples.
“For a second I thought that someone had taken them out for some unknowable reason, but it was quickly evident that there had never been staples.”
(shudder)