Richard Lake: Looking for Barack Obama keepsakes so you can celebrate today's (historic, we hear) inauguration as any good American will, with kitsch?
Go get yourself an Obama Pedicure. Or a Barack Thong. Heck, get a T-shirt or a baby bib with his mug shot pasted onto it.
But do not go looking for a first edition of The Amazing Spider-Man #583, released Jan. 14 — especially the one with Obama on the cover. Your quest will fail.
You will begin with Google, of course. You'll read about how the issue features a bonus story wherein Spidey saves the inauguration.
The words "collector's item" will be used. You'll hit eBay, scoff at $100-plus prices and vow to go get a copy yourself.
You'll compile a li…
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