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 edit 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 also been awarded best comic book retailer by the coast for eight years in a row . external links edit strange adventures on the web v t e canadian comics quebec comics english comic books captain canuck cerebus champions of hell chiaroscuro clockwork girl ed the happy clown ezra glamourpuss kade louis riel neil the horse northguard palookaville scott pilgrim thieves and kings underwater yummy fur strips the avridge farm backbench ben betty between friends capitalist piglet the chosen family cornered deflocked doc and raider fisher for better or for worse galaxion glitch herman it happened in canada the mice squad nightschool the other coast pooch caf space moose weltschmerz french magazines croc mensuhell safarir series les aventures de timoth e the bellybuttons les nombrils on sime publishers aardvark vanaheim aircel comics arcana studio bell features black eye productions class comics coscom entertainment dragon lady press drawn and quarterly dreamwave productions hillborough studios koyama press new reliable press les 400 coups maple leaf publishing m canique g n rale mille les la past que red 5 comics strawberry jam comics vortex comics awards canadian comic book creator awards association joe shuster award doug wright award canadian cartoonist hall of fame conventions central canada comic con fan expo canada montreal comiccon otakuthon paradise comics toronto comicon toronto comicon toronto comic arts festival ottawa comiccon hal con east coast comic expo calgary comic and entertainment expo people list of canadian comics creators mark askwith john bell deni loubert chris oliveros diana schutz shops the beguiling dragon lady comics happy harbor comics heroes comics paradise comics strange adventures now & then books books about the great canadian comic books invaders from the north tv the anti gravity room prisoners of gravity other association of canadian editorial cartoonists comic book confidential comic legends legal defense fund this canadian comics and cartooning related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title strange adventures comics retailer & oldid 647217046 categories comics retailers in canadaharry kremer retailer award winnerscanadian comics stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2011all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view