nice comic book store but not worth the hassle to sell your pokemon cardsread more

Its a very nice comic book shop. They have a wide selection of Magic The Gathering business…read more I used to visit their Friday Night Magic club until I lost interest in the game. Their owner was very helpful with showing me around and their comics are can be quite cheep.

Wow. Just, wow! I decided to check this place out (due in now small part to the label "megastore"…read morein some directories). I was not disappointed. The location has two massive stories of wall-to-wall geeky joy. Books, action figures, art, video gaming goodness; it's got it all. I appreciated how everything was very well organized (largely by pop culture features/brands). It was so well organized that I didn't need to actually ask for any directions or help finding stuff.

Loved the selection of collectibles here! Loved that there are multiple locations for collectors.read more

What a great shop, lots of different spaces and places to sit. I wish more shops played radio…read morestations like BBC Radio 6 great to hear the variety instead of piped music. Tuesdays and Thursdays are my favourite days to shop there as they are open until 8pm and there is always a cuppa and a chance to browse and buy something completely different. You don't have to enjoy comics to love this place!

Unlike a lot of other Comic shops I've experienced you must go to this one with knowledge and be…read moreready on the defensive side. Entering it seems a rather normal set up, with the new comics lining the walls near the back, a set of walls with an array of well shown off product's most can enjoy. However if you are going to look for comics past brand new releases be prepared to search for a while. When visiting (For note, I've gone in roughly ten times in the last year or so) the rows of comics have overtime became rather mixed and well thumbed. Not only do many now live elsewhere such as that pesky Starwars taking a trip into Gotham territory they often don't have any rhythm to numbering either. Secondly with the many jostling about overtime I've seen many issues being damaged past simple corner damage. Bent pages, torn corners and heavy denting upon the front which need to be checked if you are aiming to collect past a one time read. Lastly the owner, who naturally is fine, hard to get a word or two out of him but not very welcoming to friends who have gone in inexperienced. When it comes to comics there's often a similar mindset which comes to owners, they can help those with experience find those specific issues or exclusives around, and to those newbies they suggest some great choices from their own experience. In most I've been to I've at some point found my friends being drawn by the owner giving helpful pointers on great graphic novels to start on. Here however most have been scared off by the bluntness of the owner, not offering any type of help to potential future customers but instead scoffing them off as if not worth the time of place. P.S. Don't tell him you are interested in something, he will try to sell you the kitchen sink. I said I was interested in Harley Quinn, he tried selling me a 1/25 Variant, I told him I already had the issue and was not interested, he then tries bartering, offering the low price of above twenty pound. After refusing further and stating once more, I practically got the cold eye as he let me buy what I was originally there for.

What was once a great little store has been taken over and ruined. This shop used to sell comics…read moreand an array of merchandise, all of which was well organised and tidy. Now, the owners seem to put selling records above comics. I went in not a week ago, and though the store seems to be doing well (it was very busy), the comics were terribly organised. There were random comics laying on top of the boxes which made it difficult to flick through the selections, and the selection of comic books and comic book-related merchandise is much smaller to accommodate (what I've heard are very poor quality) records.

This shop is just too cool, you have to go it is like an Alassin cave of stuff. Go in and your in…read moreanother world I could spend ages here. It's brilliant but careful not to spend too much money LOL

i love this store the staf are polite and allways happy to talk a huge selection of commics every…read moretime i go there i feel like a kid in a sweet shop and all ways look foward to my commic book thursday i would recomend this store to any avid commic book fan or sci fi fan :) my life would be incomplete if this store was not hear

going London to see a show rang on Friday to see if buyer would be in on Monday they didn't so rang…read moreSunday oh yes he will be in Monday so carted a back pack full of book guess what not in till Wednesday what a waste of my time will never go there again, as I was there though I buy a few books don't bother there to dear for second hand books. what a crap place

An amazing gem. They seem small and obscure but a visit is well worth it. An interesting collection…read moreof both mainstream and older more unknown comics. Staff are very helpful polite talkative and cheerful and the comics are super cheap and yet in good condition so it's saved me a lot of money. Also they have comics I haven't found anywhere else (and at great prices) so check it out.

There's no place better! Family friendly and fun for all!…read moreI love spending every Saturday I can down at the shop as the atmosphere is so welcoming. I've been lucky enough to have made some of my closest friends from Darkside and the owner is AMAZING when it comes to fixing you up with comics suited to You! Not forgetting the endless amounts of goodies I've got from there. Even if you can only make it for the spectacular events that are held at Darkside, I recommend you make your way down to the shop and support your local businesses!

From the owner: Our business specialises in comics, graphic novels and merchandise to heal the geeky soul! We've…read moregot something for everyone - from mini geeks to lifelong fans - along with regular event days, Ladies Nights and beginner D&D sessions. Plus, an all-inclusive, family-friendly atmosphere and excellent customer service. Come to the Dark Side!

This shop is perfect for comic book fans, when you walk past the store there is a life size Batman…read morefigurine outside the door to greet you. The shop sells comics, video games and comic book memorabilia. It also has little children's sweet machines just outside the door to shut them up before you go in/1 The staff really know there stuff and love comics and they also have signing days where you can meet writers on a regular basis. Some of the figurines are quite expensive though but its a really good store if you are buying a gift for an avid fan and its also nice to browse in.

Great comic shop - hard to find outside big cities! Great range of comics and graphic novels. They…read morealso sell a range a action figures, computer games and game cards. You've got to love the life sized Batman outside. They hold signings with comic artists/writers about once a year. We saw Simon Bisley and Mike Ploog here last year. Sister shop to one in Northampton.

I've been shopping at Calamity for a fair few years now, since the old location (although that…read moreseems like an age ago). I don't frequent it as much as I previously did, but I came back here as it was free comic book day (who can turn down free comics?). Because of those free comics, it was fairly busy today, but it was still tidy and well stocked despite this. The chaps behind the counter are always friendly and eager to help - and this was the same as always as even though someone couldn't find the Flash comics on display, one of them took the customer to the comics (rather than just point him at the "F"'s on display). It seemed a little emptier in the middle than I remember, but that might just be because they were expecting a crowd and cleared out some display tables to make it easier to move around. Credit to them if they thought of that. Calamity and Forbidden Planet are the only two comic shops in London as far as I'm concerned.

I was in the neighbourhood when I came across this store, and I hadn't been expecting to see a…read morecomic book store. They looked like they'd moved across the road recently or were about to as there was signage for the shop on both sides of the street. Inside is very much a no frills operation, but one done right. There's three things I've come to expect at comic shops, and that is the wall of new comics, longboxes of older comics and those rarer comics hung up higher. This had all three, was neat and tidy, wasn't too hot and had a series of discounted comics. That's enough to get four stars for this sort of establishment from me! Excelsior!

Now I have experienced many other comic book stores and they do present themselves better than A…read morePlace In Space. That said A Place In Space is primarily an online operation and the walk in traffic is probably a bound to them so they don't go overboard no the way the shop looks. They have a large variety of comic books form Marvel & DC. They have the current stuff you may like A vs X, current X-men and Spiderman books to name a few. They have an extensive stock of older comic books and the larger graphic novels which have become popular. Every time I go in they seems to have a discount on the price of both the comic books and graphic novels, which I am not going to complain about!! Where other shops of this nature also have a variety of models of comic book heroes this one does not have that many, but as I said the main focus of the shop is the comic book. They have a multitude of comics of which the staff know where they all are. The staff are knowledgable and will let you know they are always getting deliveries and it is possible that the comic you are after may come in soon you just have to check back to see. The big plus for me is that I don't have to go into town if I wish to look for a comic book which is a huge bonus to me. So if you are in the area and just want to peruse some comics this is as good a sang without the fancy displays, just comic books.