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| - I've had an increasingly bad experience with my comic shop of choice over the last several months (which you can read all about in my Atomic review, if you're that bored) and was told about this shop - which I'd never heard of before. It's in a comparatively small building, if some other valley comic chains are the standard, but what they lack in space, they make up for in good, knowledgable staff and a pretty decent amount of stuff. It's in sort of a bad neighborhood, sandwiched between the 'Gay' Denny's (Is there such a thing as a 'Straight' Denny's?) and a pretty good taco stand whose name escapes me.
If back issues are your thing, that's Samurai's achilles heel, and you may want to look elsewhere. Their back catalog just leaves a whole lot to be desired, but I've noticed that they frequently put their back issues on sale, so perhaps that is the culprit. I noticed that they have a few more graphic novels than other shops, too, and they sort them by publisher. (Barf)
I really like that they greet you when you come in, but don't hump your leg and try to hard-sell you things that you don't need or want like some of the other places in Phoenix. I recommend it to people who just want to pick up monthly titles or graphic novels, but definitely hit up All About or some such if you're looking for back issues.
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