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I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaack!  That’s right folks; The Professor is on his spring break “I swear I’m grading papers” cruise, so you’re stuck with me all over again.  Prepare yourself for less professional and reasonable criticism and a whole lot more fart jokes and petty insults! Let’s do this!Justice League Rise and Fall Special Writer: J.T. Krul  Artist: Mike Mayhew, Diogenes Neves, Fabrizio Fiorentino. Gee thanks DC, for ruining one of the characters that got me to read comics.  Apparently it’s not enough for Green Arrow to just kill Prometheus in a way that doesn’t make any sense, now he’s gotta be … Continue reading →

Hello Everyone, We have another light shipment this week, so I figure it’s time to start pushing AABC’s incredible selection of back issues to you once again!  Yeah, I sound like a braggart, but if you’re one of our regular customers, you know how well stocked we are. Just this week alone I acquired a twenty year run of Batman and Detective!  I know some of you may think, “who cares?”, but if you’re a back issue completest, you know we are THE place you come to to fill in those missing issues for your collection!  This is one aspect … Continue reading →

Howdy Everybody! We’ve been doing some early spring cleaning at the shop, and, guess what? I’ve come across another 4,000 or so comic books stashed away in a corner, just waiting to be “bulked” out! And bulked out they will be. The boxes are now in one of the white bins on the west side of the store, with stickers that read, “10 for Ten Bucks!” Yep, they’re a buck a piece if you buy ten comics from the selection. They’re cover price if you don’t buy ten books, but how could you not find 10 copies out of the … Continue reading →

If you aren’t already on facebook you really, really should sign up and join our All About Books & Comics Fan page.  One of our fans just suggested that Phil should write a book on comics!  What a brilliant idea! If you are reading this blog I’m guessing that you read Phil’s incredibly insightful comic reviews. If not, you should.  Phil has been wondering who has been reading his reviews, so if you are, now is the time to let him know!  Just tell him you think he should write a book on comics:)  I know the perfect store to … Continue reading →

Hello everyone! As you’re well aware of, the store is acquiring some really great stuff lately, and the latest auction ending tomorrow night confirms it. Currently up for bid, we have such Golden Age items as DETECTIVE COMICS, BLACK HOOD, MORE FUN COMICS, and POPEYE #1, a VF 8.0 copy from 1948! In the Silver Age department, there is a copy of TALES OF SUSPENSE #10, SHOWCASE #34, featuring the 1st Silver Age appearance of THE ATOM, FLASH #113…and in nearly 29 years of business, finding ANY Silver Age Flash from #106 to #115 is incredibly hard to do, and … Continue reading →