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    Comic Book World

    3.9 (16 reviews)
    ModerateComic Books
    Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    The book that they were forcing me to pay $20 for instead of cover price today.

    I have been visiting and purchasing comics from Comic Book World for many, many years and never really had much negative to say to leave a bad review until now. Here recently the store has gone downhill ranging from the condition of the comics on a new comic day to the prices of the back issues that have been sitting for years waiting for a forever home. I understand that a business need to make a profit to stay open but most of these back issues are not selling for full value as they did 2-5 years ago or even longer. A couple of weeks ago I was making my normal purchases when at the counter I had left my wallet in the car. While I was getting my wallet the cashier took one of my variant covers (Power Girl One-Shot by Stanley Artgerm) out of my bag and gave it to the fella behind me just because he also loved that cover and didn't see any on the shelf. This was unbeknownst to me so not only did I realize I had a missing comic but I was also left with the worst of the 2 issues. My issue had spine tics. I am a collector first but I also buy and sell as well. I was going to sell the very fine copy to one of my many buyers on a third-party selling platform and keep the near-mint copy for personal collection. I called and the store owner told me that he knew all about the situation that had transpired, even though I didn't, and that the cashier had placed an order for another copy for me. Why didn't the cashier order the book for the gentleman that missed out? Why did I have to lose a book when I was there first? Now today I go to the store because it is new comic day and my comic that was ordered should be there. While the "same" cashier tried to figure out why my comic had not arrived I went ahead and started selecting my issues to buy from the comic walls for new comic day. I selected about 10 comics and went to the counter. The cashier explained that the comic had not arrived and he doesn't know why either. Wow! He begins scanning all of my new purchases and the total is over $16 more than what the cover prices stated. He goes on to tell me that the Amazing Spiderman #27 is actually a 1:25 variant by "Garbet" and is $20 instead of the cover price of $3.99. I let him know that all five of them are not bagged and boarded, nor priced at $20. Instead of giving me the book for cover price he takes the book off my total, bags, and boards those 5 and changes the price to $20. I go to EBAY and they are selling for cover price ($3.99) or ($6.99) at the most. Sheesh, what a rip-off!!!! I was going to start a pull list there but now I think I will find a new store to patron.

    Jess A.

    I am a comic book fan by association - because people I love happen to love comics, and because they are in a similar vein to the books of mythology I pored over as a kid. They are stories, creativity, lessons, entertainment, and a good way to drop thirty bucks on a whim. What I mean to say is - I'm not a hard core fan but I can hold my own in *most* conversations. Therefore - if I'm giving a comic book shop a 5 star review it's made an impression. Out of the gate- These guys are clean, well organized, and impressively in stock. I could steer my two year old toward the Power Puff Girls (thoughtfully placed on lower racks) while the boy checked out Batman (more adult themes well away from said PPG's). You knew new releases from the back copy bins, and theme from theme. Not overstocked, thoughtfully stocked. Deciding 5 star factor - customer service. The gentleman behind the counter talked with my two year old and noticed what she was into (no easy task). He found an extra copy of a free comic book day Strawberry Shortcake and gave it to her and she 'read' it the entire way home. That, my friends, is how you cultivate the next generation of comics fans. And of course when my DC loving boy child announced that it was the nicest shop he'd been to and he was considering moving in permanently - well - I'll miss him ;) Now that the boy has honed in on this place - will I ever be able to drive by without stopping again?

    Free comic book day 2015 with Shawn Harbin! So fun!!!
    Trisha L.

    I love Doug and Bill!! Always a great smile to greet you and a joke or 2 to add! Good selection of comics and back issues. The gaming section is as big as the comics side! If you're into that sort of games they probably have it!! I just wish they had a subscription list option. Maybe make it expire after 2 weeks and no notice or have a cc on file for all the books. I don't know. I just wanna make sure I get my walking dead, hellboy and batman regularly! And hellboy is a small order for them.

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    Amazing staff very helpful! I was looking for Joker comics & they went above and beyond!

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    Great selection of comics,mangas, dice and d&d books and minis as well as board games and card games like magic and Pokémon.

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    One of the best stores in Louisville. Doug is very knowledgeable and has an excellent back stock.

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    5.6 miAudubon, Preston
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    I'm from out of town and have been trying to do business with this store over the past two years…read morewhen I been coming to deal with family issues. I've had mixed to declining results and, with this last visit, I am done! The customer service has always been weak and now I'm at the breaking point. Because I have limited time each visit, I try to email a list of what I'm looking for in advance. Management either doesn't check their email or simply don't care. Last week, I called twice and unfortunately got the same person who thoroughly discouraged emailing in favor of coming in because "it would be easier" and "they don't have time to look." Easier for whom? Certainly not the returning costomer. Since they're close to the airport and I had time, I stopped in anyway on Fri. I spoke with who I believe to be the owner and he also wasn't too interested in making time to check books that he said he had in the back that were recently purchased. They were apparently getting ready for a sale the next day and possibly making a sale in the moment was clearly not that important. They made a copy of my list, took my name and number and said they would check. I made it clear that I was leaving Mon, today. As of 1:00, no call. So I called the store. The clerk who answered has no idea I'm talking about and was very dismissive, and the owner isn't there until tomorrow. They don't talk their employees anymore than their customers. So, that's it. I've had it with them and won't be going back even if they had the hardest to find book on my list. One of the worst shops I've ever been to for customer service. Shame on me for having given them multiple chances to do right.

    I'll give this place a three out of five stars and the only reason why I'm giving it three is…read morebecause they had all of the comic books that I wanted in the number one varients . But other than that, the Customer Service sucked I was looked at with suspicion. The energy was off. It's just not a place that I will go visit all the time not like the other comic book stores around here.

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