News & Promos

25% off ONLINE shop!

Have you checked out our online shop lately?  Purchase anything from the shop between now and  Wed. June 8th, at midnight and get 25% off your total order.  Just use PROMO code JUNESPECIAL and pay online with Paypal. Continue reading

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It Came From the Back Room #23

Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-year project. This week, we’re doing miscellaneous Marvel and DC “I” books, and, as always, discount copies are available on the rack near my corner by the west end of the store: Identity Crisis This was one of DC’s first attempts to make its mainstream superhero comics more “adult,” almost seven years ago now, and they got a lot … Continue reading

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Memorial Day $1.00 SALE!

$1.00 Memorial Day Comic SALE, this Monday, May 30th 10 am to 4 pm! Over 30,000 Marvel and DC comics from our warehouse, mostly in VF/NM, from the last 30 years, for only $1.00 each!  You will find some killer deals in these boxes, many of which haven’t seen the light of day in 20 to 30 years!  Come in for other specials and deals as well! Bring your list, and have fun perusing this incredible back stock for only $1.00 each! Continue reading

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It Came From the Back Room #22

Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-year project. This week, we’re breaking the regular alphabetical pattern, and time-traveling back to stuff I pulled a year ago (before I started doing these writeups). Why? Because it’s a comic character who’s hot right now, with a movie, a crossover event miniseries, and a new number-one issue all calling attention to him: The Mighty Thor We can pass … Continue reading

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FCBD 2011

Thank you to everyone who came out and made Free Comic Book Day 2011 a great success. We have posted a few pictures here but you can view all of the pictures on our FACEBOOK page here! A special thank you to all those who so generously gave donations to Hospice of the Valley. We raised over $500.00 for this very worthy charity. Continue reading

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