Strange Adventures (comics retailer)

Strange Adventures
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Headquarters	Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Number of locations	3
Area served	Maritime Provinces of Canada
Products	Comics
Owner	Calum Johnston
Website	http://www.strangeadventures.com/

Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in Atlantic Canada (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 2006-2017. It also won the award an additional 7 years running from 1998-2004. The winner of the 2005 year is unknown, due to there being no entry for that year on The Coast's website.^[1]