Strange Adventures (comics retailer)

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Strange Adventures
Type Private
Industry Retail
Headquarters
Number of locations
3
Area served
The Maritimes
Products Comics
OwnerCalum Johnston
Website http://www.strangeadventures.com/

Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in Canada's Maritime Provinces (see Locations below). All three are owned by Calum Johnston and named after a comics series published by DC from 1950 through 1973.

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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

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References

  1. "Best Comics Store". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2018-09-23.