Strange Adventures (comics retailer)

Strange Adventures
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Headquarters	Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Number of locations	2
Area served	Maritime Provinces of Canada
Products	Comics
Owner	Calum Johnston
Website	http://www.strangeadventures.com/

Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain consisting of one store in Fredericton, New Brunswick (opened 1992) and a second store in Halifax, Nova Scotia (opened 1994). Both are owned by Calum Johnston, and were named after a comics series published by DC from 1950 through 1973. The stores are generally considered to be the overall best in the Maritimes, and among the best in Canada^{[citation needed]}.

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.