Strange Adventures (comics retailer)

Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in the Maritimes (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^{[citation needed]}.

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 to 2017. It also won the award an additional 7 years running from 1998 to 2004. The winner of the 2005 year is unknown, due to there being no entry for that year on The Coast's website.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Strange Adventures on the web

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