200 Comic Book Stores (In homage to Howyadoin)

[Nate C.]

I am in awe of Howyadoin's Barhopping. (But alas, apart from the occasional imbibing, I'm a teetotaler).

But I realized something- I'm doing this with comic book stores. I can't enter a new town without picking up a yellow pages book. I've been in a lot of comic book stores in MS, LA, GA, FL, TX, TN, etc. etc.

How about you?

Here's my list so far:

1. Comics Plus. Slidell, LA. (First comic book store I ever went in).
2. The Hobby Shop. Hattiesburg, MS.
3. Terry's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
4. Brendan's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
5. Gundogs. Hattiesburg, MS.
6. Gundogs. Starkeville, MS.
7. Warzone. Hattiesburg, MS.
8. Jim's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
9. Minnie's Comics. Picayune, MS.
10. ______, Slidell, LA. (went out of buisness quickly, but not before I bought a TMNT #2, 3, 4 first prints and an Amazing #50)
11. BSI #1. Metarie, LA. (Carl is an institution in the South)
12. BSI #2. Covington, LA.
13. Diversions. Biloxi, MS.
14. Gulf Coast Comics, Biloxi, MS.
15. Action Island #1. Ridgeland, MS.
16. Action Island #2, Biloxi, MS.
17. Van's Comics. Rifgeland, MS.
18. Star Store, Jackson, MS.
19. Double Play. Baton Rouge, LA.
20. Sincere Comics. Mobile, AL.
21. Stephen Barrington's Comics. Mobile, AL.
22. The Comic Zone. Waveland, MS.
23. Third Planet. Houston, TX.
24. Bedrock City #1. Houston, TX.
25. Bedrock City #2. Houston, TX.
26. Bedrock City #3. Houston, TX.
27. Bedrock City #4. Houston, TX.
28. Bedrock City #5. Houston, TX. (missed #6)
29. Nan's Games and Comics. Houston, TX.
30. __________ a hole in the wall place with nothing but quarter books, Houston, TX.
31. Heroes and Legends. Chalmette, LA.
32. Paper Heroes. Lake Charles, LA.
33. Crescent City Comics. New Orleans, LA.
34. Bookworm Comics. New Orleans, LA.
35. Comics Kingdom. Beaumont, TX.
36. Dominion Comics. Lynchburg, VA.
37. Eric's Baseball Cards and Comics. Titusville, FL.
38. GameZone. Ridgeland, MS.
39. More Fun Comics. New Orleans, LA.
40. Ground Zero. Mobile, AL.


There's more, but that's a start. How about you?

EDIT- Anyone know the names of comic book stores in Pensacola, FL, and Baton Rogue, LA, cause I hit every stinking one, and can't remember the names of any of them (and I wasn't even drunk.)

I also collect Comic Book store buisness cards if anybody wants to mail me some.

[howyadoin]

Wow. I bet I've been to less than 20 stores, all told.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Dave's Comics- Richmond , Va

Clint's Comics- first store in Overland Park,Ks

Clint's Comics- second store in Overland park,Ks(though further west from the old one)

Clint's Comics-third store in Kansas City, Mo.

Midland Comics- midtown Kansas City,Mo.

1,000,000 Comix- Overland Park,Ks, which changed to....

B Bop Comics- Overland Park, Ks.

And Friendly Frank's- Kansas City, Mo.

[Dom]

Astro Library - Montreal, Quebec www.astrolib.com


That's all I've ever known.

[howyadoin]

Astro Library - Montreal, Quebec www.astrolib.com (http://www.astrolib.com)


That's all I've ever known.You need to get out more.

[Dom]

You need to get out more.

In all fairness, I've been to every bar in Montreal.

But comics, once you find one that gives you a discount, you ride that sucker until it dies.

[Karl J. Barnes]

You need to get out more.


He can't. He's an accountant...I think that it's against the law. I think that he is regulated to one store for fear that he might want to do their books or give them an audit or something accountant like.

[Karl J. Barnes]

But comics, once you find one that gives you a discount, you ride that sucker until it dies.

Or this might be the reason, too.

[Dom]

He can't. He's an accountant...I think that it's against the law. I think that he is regulated to one store for fear that he might want to do their books or give them an audit or something accountant like.


I'll have you know accountants are fun, sociable, gorgeous people.

Yes, that was a lie, but it sounded good.

[Karl J. Barnes]

I'll have you know accountants are fun, sociable, gorgeous people.

Yes, that was a lie, but it sounded good.

You had me convinced....but I'm easy that way.

[Lone Ranger]

Toronto, Ontario
Queen's Comics (my childhood shop - RIP)
Paradise Comics (my fave)
The Beguiling
The Silver Snail
Dragon Lady
Pendragon Comics
Emerald Comics
Shining Knight (RIP)
Hair Tarantula
1,000,000 Comix
Excalibur Comics
Comic Post
Yesterday's Heroes

Hamilton, Ontario
Big B Comics

Montreal, Quebec
1,000,000 Comix

New York City
Midtown Comics

London
Forbidden Planet

Belfast
Dark Horizons

[Michael P]

Lessee. My list would include:

Two in Oklahoma.
Three in Arkansas.
Two in Kansas.
Six in Houston.
Five in Atlanta.
Four in New York.
One in Washington, D.C.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Lessee. My list would include:

Two in Oklahoma.
Three in Arkansas.
Two in Kansas.
Six in Houston.
Five in Atlanta.
Four in New York.
One in Washington, D.C.


Where in Kansas?

[Nate C.]

And only four in New York?

[howyadoin]

Okay, I'll take a quick stab at it:

2 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (Outlands and the Comic Hunter).

2 in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Maybe 4 in Halifax, Nova Scotia (including Strange Adventures).

1 in St. John's, Newfoundland (which I can't remember the name of, even though my cousin owned it).

Only 3 here in Vancouver, 'cause I found the best one (Golden Age Collectibles) first.

And 1 in L.A. that Punchy took me to.

[mattbib]

Yeah, I don't even know the names of most...

Delaware
1) Captain Blue Hen (Newark)
2) Captain Blue Hen (Wilmington, closed)
3) Captain Blue Hen (Dover, closed)
4) The Comic Shop
5) First State Comics
6) Comics & Robots (closed)
7) Heroes & Legends (closed)
8) Some small one that was in a local mall
9) one that was in Rehoboth Beach (closed)
10) another that opened in Rehoboth (closed)
11) some place in Bear, DE (closed)
12) Inbetween Books

Outside of Delaware
1) some place in Atlantic City, NJ
2) the comic shop on South Street in Philly
3) Forbidden Planet in NYC
4) Some place we went to in Boston
5) some place on McDade Blvd. near Ridley Park in PA

[beer_and_nascar]

I am in awe of Howyadoin's Barhopping. (But alas, apart from the occasional imbibing, I'm a teetotaler).

But I realized something- I'm doing this with comic book stores. I can't enter a new town without picking up a yellow pages book. I've been in a lot of comic book stores in MS, LA, GA, FL, TX, TN, etc. etc.

How about you?

Here's my list so far:

1. Comics Plus. Slidell, LA. (First comic book store I ever went in).
2. The Hobby Shop. Hattiesburg, MS.
3. Terry's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
4. Brendan's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
5. Gundogs. Hattiesburg, MS.
6. Gundogs. Starkeville, MS.
7. Warzone. Hattiesburg, MS.
8. Jim's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
9. Minnie's Comics. Picayune, MS.
10. ______, Slidell, LA. (went out of buisness quickly, but not before I bought a TMNT #2, 3, 4 first prints and an Amazing #50)
11. BSI #1. Metarie, LA. (Carl is an institution in the South)
12. BSI #2. Covington, LA.
13. Diversions. Biloxi, MS.
14. Gulf Coast Comics, Biloxi, MS.
15. Action Island #1. Ridgeland, MS.
16. Action Island #2, Biloxi, MS.
17. Van's Comics. Rifgeland, MS.
18. Star Store, Jackson, MS.
19. Double Play. Baton Rouge, LA.
20. Sincere Comics. Mobile, AL.
21. Stephen Barrington's Comics. Mobile, AL.
22. The Comic Zone. Waveland, MS.
23. Third Planet. Houston, TX.
24. Bedrock City #1. Houston, TX.
25. Bedrock City #2. Houston, TX.
26. Bedrock City #3. Houston, TX.
27. Bedrock City #4. Houston, TX.
28. Bedrock City #5. Houston, TX. (missed #6)
29. Nan's Games and Comics. Houston, TX.
30. __________ a hole in the wall place with nothing but quarter books, Houston, TX.
31. Heroes and Legends. Chalmette, LA.
32. Paper Heroes. Lake Charles, LA.
33. Crescent City Comics. New Orleans, LA.
34. Bookworm Comics. New Orleans, LA.
35. Comics Kingdom. Beaumont, TX.
36. Dominion Comics. Lynchburg, VA.
37. Eric's Baseball Cards and Comics. Titusville, FL.
38. GameZone. Ridgeland, MS.
39. More Fun Comics. New Orleans, LA.
40. Ground Zero. Mobile, AL.


There's more, but that's a start. How about you?

EDIT- Anyone know the names of comic book stores in Pensacola, FL, and Baton Rogue, LA, cause I hit every stinking one, and can't remember the names of any of them (and I wasn't even drunk.)

I also collect Comic Book store buisness cards if anybody wants to mail me some.

You forgot Dexter's Comics in Laurel, MS. (which by the way was the original in Hattiesburg and Laurel) It later became the Clubhouse 2 after being purchased by the owner of the original CH in Hattiesburg. Then the owner fired us all, and i was the youngest employee there at age 8-9.

[Donald M.]

My list consists of various New England Comics and Newbury Comics locations, The Million Year Picnic in Cambridge and a handful of other stores that no longer exist, whose names I can't remember.

[howyadoin]

You forgot Dexter's Comics in Laurel, MS.That's assuming he's actually been there, which seems like an... odd assumption at the very least.

[Athena Bast]

Lone Ranger - This might be of interest to you if you ever went there but Odyssey 2000 shut it doors late last year, early this year.

On another note, howy, there's a new store in Halifax called Quantum Frontier.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

My travels ...not as many shops as most. But been to a few.


Extreme Comics & Games , Roanoke VA . (Closed in Spring 2009)
B & D Comics , Roanoke VA
Perdue's Comics , Roanoke VA (Closed in 2005-2006)
Beholders Eye , Blacksburg VA
Comic Kings , Virginia Beach VA
Comic Chest , Virginia Beach VA
S & G Comics & Collectables , Sevierville TN
Vintage Comics & Collectables , Bristol VA
Comic Castle , Beckley WV
Lost Legion , Beckley WV
Ninth Life , Princeton WV
Galactic Comics , Princeton WV (Closed)
Hometown Comics , Princeton WV (Closed)
Com-X , Princeton WV (Closed)
Heroes World , Princeton WV (Closed)
Jeff's Comics , Athens WV (Closed)
Cheryl's Comics & Toys , Charleston WV
Comic Paradise Plus , Fairmont WV
Heroes Aren't Hard to Find , Charlotte NC
Independance Ave Comics , Charlotte NC (Closed I believe)


Thats about all my list of stores I have ever walked into.

[dupont2005]

the stores i remember going to:

the same guy owned a store that moved from cathedral city to palm desert. the sign jjust said "comics" on it. it's gone now

there was another store downtown palm springs that i HARDLY remember going to, and for sure don't remember it's name, but it was there. that one was gone by around 1990.

the first comic store i went to i believe was called "rialto comics $ coins" or something of that nature. downtown rialto. closed down maybe 5 years ago.

i went to 4 color fantasies on free comic book day, i would like to go again and check the place out when the crowds are gone, but it is so far out of the way. it's near my grandpa's house but every time i go to see him i get sidetracked. it's also by another work location of mine and i drove right past it several times while working but never made the time to stop

other than that i'm sure i have been to comic shops in san diego, in fact i'm sure of it, but can't remember. next time i'm out there i plan on hitting at least one though

oh yeah! there was one in texas i used to go to, can't even remember the name of the town. i spent 2 or 3 summers there when i was little. everything was overpriced except for their 'nam comics, which was all i bought there

[Ta2grrl]

Belfast
Dark Horizons...

We have a comic book store...?

I kid...I have been to 2 here in Northern Ireland...

I have been to most of the ones in Vancouver, if Forbidden Planet counts then I have been to most of those in the UK as well as a few smaller shops dotted about Great Britain...

I think I hit one in LA...and several in Calgary...

And I'll be going to the ComicCon in Toronto at the end of August so that kinda counts doesn't it...?

XXX

If you had said Japanese restaurants I would have kicked all your asses!

[Michael P]

Oh, jeez. This could take me a while.

* = store where I get/got my weekly books

Time Warp Comics in Bartlesville, OK*
Wizard's Asylum Comics & Games, Tulsa, OK
Store whose name I no longer remember and may no longer exist, Rogers, AR
Other store whose name I no longer remember and may no longer exist, Winfield, KS
Forbidden Planet, Washington, DC
Titan Comics & Cards, Houston, TX*
All The Fun Stuff, Katy, TX (this store really sucks, don't go here)
Midnight Comics, Houston, TX
Bedrock City Comics Store #1, Houston, TX
Third Planet, Houston, TX
Store I don't remember the name of and only went there once on FCBD, Houston, TX
Comics Company, Decatur, GA (now closed)*
Oxford Comics, Atlanta, GA
Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA (record store that also carries indie comics)
Titan Comics & Games, Atlanta area, GA (three different locations, I've been to 'em all)
Dragon's Horde, Atlanta, GA (terrible neckbeard hellhole, stay away)
Midtown Comics, New York, NY (two locations)*
Jim Hanley's Universe, New York, NY (33rd St. location only)
Cosmic Comics, New York, NY
St. Mark's Comics, New York, NY
Rocketship Comics, Brooklyn, NY
Silver Age Comics, Astoria, NY (terrible store, creepy employees)
Chameleon Comics & Cards, New York, NY

[LewMoxinsghost]

Hmm.

3 in Missouri
4 in Arkansas
1 in Tennesee
1 in Texas
3 in Georgia
Black Dog in Berlin, Germany
Terminal Entertainment and 1 other in Frankfurt, Germany
2 in London
1 in Brussels
...
Maybe more?

[sHayden]

Tim's Comics (defunct) Girard, PA
Sub-Atomic Comics (defunct) Erie,PA
Books Galore Erie, PA
Above and Beyond Erie, PA
One in Portage MI who's name I can't remember
Phantom of the Attic Pittsburgh PA
Midtown Comics Manhattan

wow..short list.

[vcassel]

melrose music and comics - los angeles ca
golden apple comics - los angeles ca
comic relief - berkeley ca
superheroes and more - hollywood fl
tropic comics - north miami fl
tate's - lauderhill fl
zaldiva - ft. lauderdale fl
crossroad comics - lauderhill fl

[Dan Felty]

One of the fun parts of being on the road is getting to see all the varieties of comic shop. From the indie paradise of Star Clipper in St. Louis to the very definition of hole in the wall seemingly everywhere else!

I recently got to go to Dirt Road Comics one town over from West Plains, MO, that serves as a sort of home base for Russ Cochran's endeavors--sometimes you hit a gem!

The folks who've been to Arkansas--any good shops around Forrest City? I'll be there next week.

[grphxkindaguy]

Silver Age Comics, Astoria, NY (terrible store, creepy employees)


Damn, I was actually intending to check that place out (for the first time) this weekend! :eek: Nevermind now...

Living in New York, I've been to most of the comic book stores on Long Island and the same for Manhattan.

I thought I was the only one who likes to hit comic book stores when I'm travelling! :biggrin:

I've been to stores in North & South Carolina's, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, California (San Fran), Michigan, Nevada (Vegas!) and two in Paris, France.

I've been lucky that the majority of the stores have been nice, clean places w/friendly staff who love to talk COMICS!

[Slam_Bradley]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman.

[Paul McEnery]

Balls.

I thought Nate was back.

Instead, it's someone making SuperECW look sophisticated.

[Slam_Bradley]

Balls.

I thought Nate was back.

Instead, it's someone making SuperECW look sophisticated.


I did too. I miss Nate. He was one of the good guys.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Balls.

I thought Nate was back.

Instead, it's someone making SuperECW look sophisticated.

Bah , the username screams class ! Beer and Nascar....baby. Makes me cry at how someone has that as username on CBR.

[Matthew E]

I didn't see this thread the first time around.

As Regular Customer:

Fantasy Realm Comics and Games (formerly Silver Dragon) (Cornwall, ON)
that little store above the Mr. Sub at Finch and Yonge; not there anymore (Toronto, ON)
the one that was mostly a sports-cards place on Kerr St. (Oakville, ON)
one of the ones on Bank St. (Ottawa, ON)
Planet X (Richmond Hill, ON)
Paradise Comics (Toronto, ON)
The Comic Book Shoppe (Ottawa, ON)

As Casual Customer:

that little store in the basement around the corner from the one above the Mr. Sub at Finch and Yonge; not there anymore (Toronto, ON)
Hairy Tarantula (Toronto, ON)
Grey Region (Toronto, ON)
1,000,000 Comics (Toronto, ON)
Silver Snail (downtown) (Toronto, ON)
Silver Snail (uptown) (Toronto, ON)
The Beguiling (Toronto, ON)
Wizard's Tower (Kanata, ON)
another store farther up Bank St. (Ottawa, ON)
I think there was a store in Vaughn Mills I tried once (Vaughn, ON)
Heroes (I think that's what it was called) (Markham, ON)

There have been others. Those are the ones I remember any specifics of.

[marvell2100]

I am in awe of Howyadoin's Barhopping. (But alas, apart from the occasional imbibing, I'm a teetotaler).

But I realized something- I'm doing this with comic book stores. I can't enter a new town without picking up a yellow pages book. I've been in a lot of comic book stores in MS, LA, GA, FL, TX, TN, etc. etc.

How about you?

Here's my list so far:

1. Comics Plus. Slidell, LA. (First comic book store I ever went in).
2. The Hobby Shop. Hattiesburg, MS.
3. Terry's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
4. Brendan's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
5. Gundogs. Hattiesburg, MS.
6. Gundogs. Starkeville, MS.
7. Warzone. Hattiesburg, MS.
8. Jim's Comics. Hattiesburg, MS.
9. Minnie's Comics. Picayune, MS.
10. ______, Slidell, LA. (went out of buisness quickly, but not before I bought a TMNT #2, 3, 4 first prints and an Amazing #50)
11. BSI #1. Metarie, LA. (Carl is an institution in the South)
12. BSI #2. Covington, LA.
13. Diversions. Biloxi, MS.
14. Gulf Coast Comics, Biloxi, MS.
15. Action Island #1. Ridgeland, MS.
16. Action Island #2, Biloxi, MS.
17. Van's Comics. Rifgeland, MS.
18. Star Store, Jackson, MS.
19. Double Play. Baton Rouge, LA.
20. Sincere Comics. Mobile, AL.
21. Stephen Barrington's Comics. Mobile, AL.
22. The Comic Zone. Waveland, MS.
23. Third Planet. Houston, TX.
24. Bedrock City #1. Houston, TX.
25. Bedrock City #2. Houston, TX.
26. Bedrock City #3. Houston, TX.
27. Bedrock City #4. Houston, TX.
28. Bedrock City #5. Houston, TX. (missed #6)
29. Nan's Games and Comics. Houston, TX.
30. __________ a hole in the wall place with nothing but quarter books, Houston, TX.
31. Heroes and Legends. Chalmette, LA.
32. Paper Heroes. Lake Charles, LA.
33. Crescent City Comics. New Orleans, LA.
34. Bookworm Comics. New Orleans, LA.
35. Comics Kingdom. Beaumont, TX.
36. Dominion Comics. Lynchburg, VA.
37. Eric's Baseball Cards and Comics. Titusville, FL.
38. GameZone. Ridgeland, MS.
39. More Fun Comics. New Orleans, LA.
40. Ground Zero. Mobile, AL.


There's more, but that's a start. How about you?

EDIT- Anyone know the names of comic book stores in Pensacola, FL, and Baton Rogue, LA, cause I hit every stinking one, and can't remember the names of any of them (and I wasn't even drunk.)

I also collect Comic Book store buisness cards if anybody wants to mail me some.

I don't see your GA stores listed.

I can't remember the names of the ones that I've visited out of state but I've been to ones in SC and FL

[Michael P]

Never mind. I didn't realize this was a zombie thread, and I'd posted in it more than once.