Okay so here’s the thing, I’ve kept up with my promise to visit new comics shops, at least one per month. However, I have failed at posting these visiting in a timely manner, thus my title above. See I visited a new shop for February, but forgot to post it in that month. I tried to recover by posting it in March; but then I forgot to post March’s visit and well, notice a pattern? That’s fine though, cause here I am, posting in April and man have I had some fun visiting new comic book stores. New York, you are a brilliant mecca for pop culture goodness physically embodied in some of the coolest comic shops this collector has had the privilege of visiting. So shall we begin?

I’ve been using Google to randomly select comic shops based on reviews, pics and web presence. And so far it really has worked out. First up is Silver Age Comics and man does this store not disappoint. If assessing this shop from the street, you may be a little confused (I know I was) cause the GPS did not lead me to a comic store front, but rather a subway staircase. Not put off though, I traversed the stairs to find this fantastic comic shop just off the N or the Q line in Astoria.

What a great store run by Gus Poulakas, a super friendly shop owner willing to bargain on just about any comic in he has in stock. And many what stock he has, so many books, I didn’t have time to get through half of his inventory. Too, he has a healthy supply of graded comics as well, mostly high-grade depending on the age. I could have spent days looking through the various books at this location. It didn’t hurt that I didn’t feel rushed to buy something or pressured to talk.

I plan to visit this shop again in the months to come, so I can preruse more of the back issues I saw there. Plus, Gus gave me a great deal on this lovelies?