Strange Adventures (comics retailer)
| Private | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Headquarters | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Number of locations | 3 |
Area served | Maritime Provinces of Canada |
| Products | Comics |
| Owner | Calum Johnston |
| Website | http://www.strangeadventures.com/ |
Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in Atlantic Canada (see Locations below). All three are owned by Calum Johnston and named after a comics series published by DC from 1950 through 1973. The stores are generally considered to be the overall best comic book stores in the Maritimes, and among the best in Canada.
Locations
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Opened: 1992
Address: 68 York St, Fredericton, NB E3B 3N4
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Opened: 1994
Address: 5110 Prince St, Halifax, NS B3J 1L3
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Opened: 2010
Address: 101 Portland St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 1H7
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 been awarded "Best Comics Store" by The Coast for 12 years in a row, from 2006-2017. It also won the award an additional 7 years running from 1998-2004. The winner of the 2005 year is unknown, due to there being no entry for that year on The Coast's website.[1]
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- ↑ "Best Comics Store". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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