Comic Book Hideout

For insiders

Hideout Secrets

Every good comic shop has a few things you only learn after the second visit. Consider this your first.

Secret 01

The one-dollar wall is a trap (the good kind)

It looks like leftovers. It is not. Staff restock it constantly with back issues that are cooler than the price tag.

Secret 02

Wednesday runs late

New comics day stretches to 10:00pm. If you work a regular job, you can still walk in after dinner and catch the wall while it’s fresh.

Secret 03

Pull lists are actually free

No membership fee, no minimum titles, no surcharge on specials. Bags and boards come with the hold. Refer a friend and the shop thanks you in store credit.

Secret 04

Ask them to shop for you

Hunting a run from the ’80s or a variant that never hits the wall? Leave a list. The team will rummage an inventory that numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

Secret 05

There is a shop dog

Her name is Cura. She is friendly, she has opinions about who sits on the couch, and she is part of the reason first-timers come back.

Secret 06

Music lives here too

Piano, guitar, drums, voice, ukulele, songwriting — the studio is not a side quest. It’s the other half of the Hideout.

Ready for the least secret secret? Start a pull list and we’ll keep a stack with your name on it.