All About Books & Comics...
You, I like.
Your staff is just helpful enough to say "Hey!" as I'm walking in the front door (or the back, as this godless Briton often does) but not so hell bent for sales that I can't get to the New Comics wall without a short, bushy-haired managerial figure latching himself to my leg and dry-humping with reckless abandon. (See: Atomic Comics in Mesa)
When you walk in the front door, it smells like comic books. Which is somehow appropriate, because AAB&C is one of those no-nonsense-type specialty retailers... like those stores you see in a strip mall in South Phoenix with the simple title of "GUNS". (What's next? A restaurant called "FOOD"? But I digest.)
At first glance, you might wonder what AAB&C has that other comic retailers don't. Frankly... as far as buying comics on a week-to-week basis goes... nothing, really. But when it comes to old comics, All About is all alone at the top of the heap.
You see, I haven't lived in AZ all my life... but someone was kind enough to inform me that in the 90's... All About wasn't just one store. They had a bajillion stores spread all across this absurdly large civic pitri dish we call Phoenix. But when the comic book crash happened in the late 90's or whatever... they narrowed down to just one location. So ALL of the old back issues from seven or so stores had to be put into one warehouse. Which is why if you ask for basically any old comic that isn't Action Comics #1... they'll have it.
The only complaint I can offer is the music selection. It's just so wimpy and non-committal. The classic rock station? REALLY? What's the matter? The Easy Listening station wasn't coming in clearly? What a bunch of girls. Not that I want to hear hardcore Gangsta Rap or Thrash Metal while I buy my X-Men comics or anything, but still...