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About Alan

Alan Giroux, co-owner and founder of AABC is the heart and soul of All About Books and Comics! Alan is the master of acquiring our massive back issue inventory (over one million comics in stock). With 40 years of comic retailing Alan's expertise in back issue comics is unmatched. Alan handles all eBay sales. Got something to sell? Contact Alan!

New Stuff in the Store

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My Son and his "Comic" life !

As with just about every one this time of year, life has been at warp speed with our two children’s graduations. One has finished college, and the other is just beginning. For our long time customers and for those who are new who care, our son Ben just finished his Theatre and Film degree from USC in LA, and has just lined up a couple of gigs which is a great jump start to his career. He’ll be playing something of a boyfriend to Rashida Jones (lucky him) in a new Fox comedy series called, “Rules for Starting Over.” It’s a funny short bit … Continue reading

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Cool Stuff in the Store!

Hello all! Just a heads up to let you know we’ve picked up some cool sets of books lately, which we’ll be selling as runs or sets, starting this week! The beauty of this collection is that it’s a “one owner’ collection, read once and stashed in a closet the last two decades! In the glass case near the Central Ave side, we’re featuring a FULL RUN of Marvel’s STAR WARS, #’s 1-107, a tough run to complete, with 95% of the run in VF to NM shape! There’s also an entire run of PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACUAR SPIDER-MAN…both of … Continue reading

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Here to Drive Home a Message

I’ll be bugging you guys for the next three weeks to get you all to come into the store for this year’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! It will be on Sat. May 5th, from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Our theme this year is Family, Friends, and Community! Bring in as many people as you can, and everyone gets a Free Comic! For every comic given away, ALL ABOUT BOOKS AND COMICS will donate an additional comic to PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL for each person that attends! Also, you’ll receive 25% OFF ANY ITEM in the store if, when you come … Continue reading

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My Bronze Age hero died

Back in 1970’s, I was at a college friend’s house when his roommate walked in and plopped down a brown bag of what I thought was a stack of magazines on the kitchen table. I peeked in the bag and noticed that it wasn’t a stash of magazines at all, but COMIC BOOKS! Not just any comics, mind you, but THE comic, the one that drew me back to the hobby as an adult, DETECTIVE COMICS #471! One of the greatest Bat comics of the Bronze Age era, this book featured the creative work of artist MARSHALL ROGERS and scripter … Continue reading

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