Strange Adventures (comics retailer)

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Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain consisting of one store in Fredericton, New Brunswick (opened 1992) and a second store in Halifax, Nova Scotia (opened 1994). Both are owned by Calum Johnston, and were named after a comics series published by DC from 1950 through 1973. The stores are generally considered to be the overall best in the Maritimes, and among the best in Canada.

[edit] Awards and Mentions

• 2006: Strange Adventures was presented with the Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer, as part of the Joe Shuster Awards in Toronto.
• 2005: Strange Adventures employee Mike Drake was chosen as "Halifax's Best Salesperson" by local weekly paper The Coast.
• 2001: The store received a Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, as part of the Eisner Awards.
• 1996: Strange Adventures was named "the world's greatest comic store" by Previews Magazine, and appeared in two Superman comics, Adventures of Superman #547 and Superman: The Man of Steel #74.

Strange Adventures (Halifax location) has also been awarded "Best Comic Book Retailer" by The Coast for eight years in a row.

[edit] External links

• Strange Adventures on the web