Comic Kingdom

I liked how they had a Manga section towards the back of they store. That was the main thing that I liked about it but it was cool see all the other stuff they had.

Probably the worst comic book store I’ve ever been to. It actually saddens me to write such a review but everytime I go in I feel like my time and my purchases don’t matter. I love collecting comics but it is in indeed the bizzaro kings comics. everything looks and feels dated inside :(

I’m not going to pretend that I’m some comic book geek with a superman collection stuffed under my bed… nor do i have first edition boxes of Wolverine figurines on my shelf… but even though I’m not an afficiendo, it doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate comics…
When I step into Comic Kingdom I feel like I’m entering into another world. I’m surrounded by heroes and villains and colours and stories and I simply fall in love. There is so much adventure in this one store… you find women who kick ass or men who save the world… traditional heroes like Hulk and Batman or unknown independent comics that may never become mainstream…
Whenever I enter the store I always feel the eyes of the shop attendant is sussing me out — what kind of comic person am I? Some lame girls whose gonna get Buffy the Vampire or some cool chic who appreciates dark animé…
Either way, I never quite feel like I’m part of the world… but I’m always happy to pop in just to be a tourist…

Comic Kingdom is the bizarro version of Kings Comics, the Ronde Barber to the other’s Tiki Barber. To speak the appropriate parlance, it is essentially the «Mirror, Mirror» episode of the original Star Trek series. With an almost identical name as its higher-​profile cousin, Comic Kingdom is a dusty cramped store, filled with all manner of comic and pop culture detritus. One glance at the front window reveals only a small cross-​section of the treasures contained within.
Spread over two floors, the ground floor is primarily dedicated to pop culture and cartoon items, vintage records, rare movies on VHS, a small selection of secondhand books, and a few collectables here and there. Head up the stairs and you are in the midst of the real comic store, with room divided into two sections: the first has all the latest comics, generally going about 4 weeks on a title, and across from these are the counter and a range of trade paperbacks. In a shadowy section to the back of this room is the true treasure, an astonishingly deep back-​issue section with rows and rows of titles sorted by publisher. My personal preference is to dive into the dollar comic boxes and pick up a few outcasts who might not be next on the Hollywood adaptation chopping block.
Comic Kingdom is a different store from the slicker presentation of Kings Comics or the beloved comic section of Books Kinokuniya, but don’t write it off. Digging through the crates for back-​issues of The Sensational She-​Hulk and having them wrapped in a brown paper bag is oddly satisfying.