Smash-and-grab burglary at Secret Identity Comics in Fresno

Secret Identity Comics has been unfastened astatine Alluvial Avenue and Fresno Street since the opening of the year. Owner Joey Martinez swooped successful to take implicit for Heroes Comics proprietor Dave Allread, who retired successful December.

Over the weekend, the caller store was breached into.

"We're inactive trying to get our footing. I'm inactive trying to wage backmost immoderate archetypal indebtedness and marque america profitable. This is simply a stroke that nary caller concern needs," said Martinez.

Early Sunday morning, a burglar smashed the solid window.

The brazen burglary was captured connected a information camera.

"We person a information movie connected there, truthful they couldn't get done determination immediately, but man. You tin spot successful the video helium didn't springiness up," said Martinez.

The thief stole astir 18 comic books worthy astir $1,000.

"He was lone wrong for astir 30 seconds, but that's capable clip to marque disconnected with rather a spot of stuff," said Martinez.

But superhero customers person stepped up to assistance their beloved comics shop.

"I had a mates of customers donate a mates of higher-value comics for maine to sell. One feline walked successful Monday greeting and was like, 'Here man, effort to merchantability this.' and it was similar a $300 X-Men comic," said Martinez.

Fresno constabulary are investigating the burglary.

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