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I love comic books. ABC is a great place to pick up new and old comic books as well as old books, especially those you can't find anywhere else.The staff are friendly, knowledgeable, and nice. They have huge bins of old comics at $1 a piece as well as tons of old magazines. Comics are sold at par with US prices, which is a great deal.One problem is you probably would not go there as a comic... more
I've been following ABC through three different locations, now, and one thing has remained consistent: a truly breathtaking selection of science fiction and fantasy. In the current store, the entire West wall of the store is crammed, literally from floor to ceiling, with everything from 50s pulps to surprisingly recent editions. The shelves start at about waist height, there are overstocks... more
This is a great store if you're looking to buy a telephone directory of British Columbia from 1954. Small on the outside, the shelves go far back into the store, deep into the recesses of old magazines, decade old harlequins, and pulp crime so old the pages are literally turning to pulp. Every reader of trash has their own specific style of trash, and ABC caters to collectors and junkies from... more
Flip through fantasy. Peruse some prose. Pick apart poetry. Mull over mysteries. Used (but some as good as new) paperbacks, magazines, comics and hard cover books are here. The store specializes in fantasy, so if you're looking for something special or hard to find, this is the place to check out. More than one visit may be required to fully digest everything the store offers in its two-storey... more
The store specializes in fantasy, so if you're looking for something special or hard to find, this is the place to check out. More than one visit may be required to fully digest everything the store offers in its two-storey space. It buys, sells and trades.