Might Secret Headquarters be the coolest comic-book store in all the land? I wouldn't have guessed that a region of the nation that brought us the Avengers West Coast could win the title, and I haven't been, but nevertheless I'm impressed by the letterpressed gift certificates and the dapper look that this league of extraordinary comic dealers has cultivated. I was wowed by the size of Chicago Comics when I visited, but Tommy and I were both horrified when the comic book–store guy behind the counter actually used the comic book–store guy "best. x. evar." formulation. Yglesias is a Forbidden Planet booster. Never been there—I find myself more often near Midtown Comics, which is incidentally always out of everything.
I'm guessing there are legendary sites I'm excluding, but I'm informed by this chart that I'm a lesser, super hero–title reading nerd, so what do I know? I've always thought of myself as inclusive.
NB: This blog is the first search result for "talking to aliens while robotripping," if that helps to establish my bona fides in any way.
Posted by Kriston at October 26, 2006 1:50 PMI'm a big fan of Forbidden Planet. It's right by my office, has a good selection and I haven't had too many problems with sellouts. My only complaint is that they keep sticking "Demon" in my subscription bag, while leaving out Daredevil. I'm not sure what I did to deserve that.
Posted by: Kevin at October 26, 2006 5:50 PMStop snitchin, Kevin. Then you'll get better comics.
Posted by: Kriston at October 26, 2006 8:29 PMHrmf. Back in my day, Forbidden Planet was downtown, and was primarily an SF bookstore. Comics were in the basement.
Posted by: LizardBreath at October 27, 2006 1:35 PMHrmf. Back in my day, Forbidden Planet was downtown, and was primarily an SF bookstore. Comics were in the basement.
It's still downtown (albeit a block and a half from its old location) and it still stocks a lot of SF books. At the old location, it used to be that newish comic books were upstairs (with the books) and that downstairs there was a giant collection of old comic books. The internet's sharply reduced the retail market for old comic books (makes more sense to look for them on Ebay) so they moved to the smaller space.
Posted by: Matthew Yglesias at October 29, 2006 11:42 PM
