Author Archives: Alan

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!

Return to the Past

As most of my regular customers know, I have this inate fascination with the SILVER AGE, comic books published between the years of 1956 and 1970. The wonders of owning this business is that I get to experience the thrill of purchasing and selling these little bits of American publishing history on a daily basis. Don’t get me wrong; I love the entire medium very much, but it’s that step through the past that stokes my engine. I get that same sense of awe when a childhood customer walks back into our store after a two decade absence. That “little … Continue reading

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Phil's Reviews — Stuff I Read and Put Back/Stuff I Bought #10

Spider-Man: Reign #4 (of 4) — Writer: Kaare Andrews; Artists: Andrews and Jose Villarrubia The finale’s actually the best issue of the series, with, finally, a few decent action scenes and some heroism (and no penises or radioactive bodily fluids). It has at least one cringe-worthy moment, though, as a nine-year-old street kid says “Let me tell you a thing about hope! Hope has three daughters: Anger at the state things have fallen into. Courage to fight to make things right. And the third daughter is truth,” a piece of dialogue that I’m pretty sure no one, in the history … Continue reading

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DARK TOWER released on Wednesday, Feb. 7th!

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Past employees of ALL ABOUT becoming famous!

Everyone loves a success story, and there aren’t enough of them in the world of comic books. �=Here’s one for you though, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer individual! ADAM BEECHEN, former employee of AABC in the early 1990’s, has lived for the last decade and a half in LA not as a beach bum, but a full time successful writer and director�=of television and film. He was the main writer for the anime series HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI; he has written numerous episodes of the animated BATMAN and TEEN TITANS series, and has also been a writer for … Continue reading

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X-Men #94 and up just purchased!

Hello All! Bronze Age (1970’s) UNCANNY X-MEN have really been on an upswing lately in the back issue collectibles market. Today we purchased a collection that was nearly complete from #94 to #148, including GIANT SIZE #1! Many of these issues are in affordable grades, i.e, VG to Fine. So if you’re looking to fill in holes in your collection and not break your wallet, check out this new collection we just acquired. Also, new additions to our “HIGH END” comics display wall will be added this week. In the last month, we’ve added to AABC’s stock another GIANT SIZE X-MEN … Continue reading

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