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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →