Getting Clubhouse Back Issues?

[Bob]

Does anyone know any reliable way of purchasing back issues for Clubhouse magazine? Some of my old ones have been lost or damaged, and I'd love to be able to fill in gaps. Some of the features have made it into later compilations (like "Degrees of Kelvin", which is now in its own complete comic book), but a lot of them don't, or haven't yet.

[Polehaus53]

Great topic, Bob! This is actually a question which I have had in my mind for years. Some years ago I was receiving Clubhouse magazines, but am unfortunately no longer in possession of those magazines. I recently subscribed and started receiving them consistently again but I still find myself wanting to read the old issues. Seeing your topic here inspired me to reach out and ask about it, so I sent an email to questions@adventuresinodyssey.com about if it was possible to order back issues of Clubhouse.

I got the following response today:

Greetings from Focus on the Family and thank you for writing.

You asked if we could provide back issues of Clubhouse magazine dating between 2015-2018. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accommodate your request. To explain, we only keep 3-5 months of issues in inventory, and when our supply is gone, we can’t get more.

Thanks again for getting in touch. God bless you!

Quite unfortunate.
The only other option I can think of is to see if there are individuals out there selling old Clubhouse Magazines. I did some research and found that most of the major sellers of old magazines such as Pocketmag do not have Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazines available. Now, I didn't do as much research into this as I could have, so maybe there might be something else out there.

I did, however, find that a seller on eBay is selling five old magazines. The issues I can make out for sure in the picture are from 2012, 2020, and 2021. A bit expensive in my opinion, but this might be the only option if one is trying to find as many old issues as available.

But otherwise, unless you could make some arrangement/offer with Focus on the Family to purchase their inventory, it doesn't look like it'll be easy to find back issues of Clubhouse Magazine.