News & Promos

30% off Online Thanksgiving Sale!

Our way of giving thanks to our loyal customers is to offer you this Thanksgiving Special. Avoid the Black Friday crowds and get 30% OFF EVERYTHING on our online shop.  Use PROMO code THANKSGIVING at check out and you will get 30% off your entire order. Want to purchase online and pick up at the store? No problem,  just click on the local pick up option and save on shipping. This offer is valid when paying online only.  Purchases can be paid via paypal or credit card.  This offer is now valid  so you don’t have to wait for Black … Continue reading

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Complete Run of Classics Illustrated!

We just acquired a COMPLETE run of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED from a long time collector! This includes #’s 1-169…a very difficult run to complete, as most CI aficionado’s are aware of! The overall general condition of the collection is in the Very Good range. Here are some key notables from the lot: #14 in Good- to Good (one of the rarer CI’s to find…Overstreet even in this grade is close to $200.00!),  #21 in VG+, #33 in VG, #43 in Fair, #66 in Fine, #74 in VG-, #117 in F/VF, #159 in Fine+, #167 and #168 in F/VF. About 25% of … Continue reading

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Veteran’s Day Parade/Sale Thurs. 11/11/10

Come out and show support for our Veterans at the Annual Veteran’s Day Parade on Central Ave tomorrow, Thurs. November 11th.  Park at the store and get front row seats in front of our store!  Parade starts at 11 am.  Get 20% off any purchase before and during the parade (until 2pm) by mentioning that you saw it online.  Central is restricted as are many of the incoming streets until 2pm.  After that, traffic is back to normal. If you want to get here before or during the parade please use Thomas from the South or Glendale from the North and … Continue reading

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$25.00 OFF! Get your Coupon now!

Get $25.00 off a $125.00 Purchase!  Email us here with a coupon request and we will email you the coupon to print out.  Valid Sat. 11/6/10 through Tues. 11/9/10.  Not valid with any other discount, coupon or bucks. Valid in store only and only with the coupon. Continue reading

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It Came From the Back Room #8

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 (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Two-In-One This is Marvel’s ’70s/’80s Thing team-up book, which lasted exactly 100 issues. Like all such books , it’s mostly done-in-one stories, and the pattern (Thing and guest-star meet, socialize … Continue reading

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