New England Comics

Great customer service, everyone who works there is friendly and knowledgeable. Not a large selection of back issues but the store is very small. Very organized

Always a goodie. Fun chatchkis (think sloth socks) for me and the comic books for my bf.

(score 1 – 100) — 80. We are dressing up as superheroes for a charity run and needed some props for our superhero cart. We needed lots of comics and on the cheap. This place has all the contemporary issues of DC/​Marvel and the typical figurines but the real find is the basement. They have loads and loads of dollar comics! What can you get for a dollar now-​a-​days? Well, apparently you can get a Hulk issue # 256 or a Fantastic Four #304…the nerd in me says Wow! We bought a thicket of comics about the thickness of an old telephone book and were able to decorate our cart with them. The staff is super friendly and the location is easy to get to. Free Marvel Calendars at the Cash register!
Tip: Besides the cheap comics in the basement, park in the back, plenty of parking instead of trying to navigate street side!

Owner and staff are so nice! Great small comic store to check out.

No disrespect to my friend Adam who works at like all the various branches of New England Comics, but they’re not very good. At least, not if you’re interested in alternative or underground comics, or if you need back issues. Million Year Picnic is generally more reliable for those. Also, New England Comics in Brookline keeps rearranging their store, making it hard to find anything, and their organizational system goes by publishing company, which I find annoying (do I *KNOW* what publishing company produced what comic? do I *CARE*?)
Anyway, I go there cause it’s closes to my home now. But I’m often disappointed.

The selection was incredible at New England Comics! They had tons of indy titles, and lots of displays. Some comic book stores try to pretend to be cool by having some action figures displayed more prominently than comic books– well, guess what? I go into a comic book store to see the book selection, and New England Comics definitely delivered.
My boyfriend is a nerd, uh a big comic book fan… and he was in heaven when we entered this shop. Tons of comics that he hadn’t found elsewhere. And, the cashier included him in an all important conversation about Ninjax. I love it when you can go in and feel like a part of the store and not interlopers browsing; which, unfortunately, happens a lot in comic book stores.
Prices were more than decent, with many titles marked down. Selection was awesome, and you could spend hours just browsing the titles. Staff was great, and the entire atmosphere was fun. Definitely check this place out!

Laugh at me all you want. I like Archie comics and I am not afraid to admit it. I loved them since childhood and this place keeps em coming. I particularly like this location because they sometimes have older ones from the 60’s-90’s and they are like a buck or sometimes even less. They also have a 50% off sale twice a year. Can’t beat it.

In 1994 I started going to this comic book store when I was working at one of the many (now closed) furniture stores on Harvard Ave. The folks there are amazing, funny, do their job well, recommend great comics, and hold a positive attitude that only the best comic book stores in the world have; and those are few. They are #1.

Whenever I get a chance to go home, NEC/​Allston is always a mandatory stop for me. I remember a few things about NEC. First, when it was originally located on Brighton Ave, all the way in the back. I seem to remember that, when they moved to Harvard Ave, weren’t they at one time on the other side of the street, the same side as Daddy’s Junky? Then, they moved to where they are now. Is my memory correct? Man, I dropped one vice (comics) for another (booze), and I don’t think it was a good trade.
But seriously, one of the best comic book stores ever. Between the big three (when I was growing up, it was the Million Year Picnic, NEC and Newbury Comics), it was a toss up between MYP and NEC. Because it was more convenient for me to get to, NEC won out. But that doesn’t mean NEC was second best, just more convenient.
Went to the one in Harvard Sq a couple of times. For some reason, I didn’t get a good vibe from that place. I’m sure that it’s a fine store, I just didn’t feel comfortable there.

I find myself in this shop at least once a week. With helpful staff and a well stocked selection of comics, indies, and trades, the Allston New England Comics is a wonderful place to spend part of the afternoon. And there is a surprising selection of older, often out of print, comics for the more savvy comic collector missing an issue. Searching through the boxes on a whim, I found a series that’s been out of print for three years and was never able to finish.

When you walk into a store and you hear the squuuueeeeaak of packing tape unfurling, you expect to see a meek salesperson packing a box—
Oh its a different, superfied world in New England Comics.
I walked into the store on a fine autumn day and, when my eyes adjusted to its cave-​like light, I saw the über-​cool salesman using packing tape and a cellphone bag to create a backpack for an über-​cool customer. As he wrapped the tape around the customer’s torso making a body wrap, he genially explained that the customer would be biking and he needed a way to not let his literary goods flap in the wind.
It’s not everyday you walk into a store a man and you leave a store a super biker dude with a special packing tape-​cellophane bag super pack—
Talk about superhero customer service.
The staff’s skills go beyond just helping customers achieve their aerodynamic best. I had walked in with the vague notion of buying my sister graphic novels as a birthday present. The super sales guy took my description of her as an «uppity, too damn pretty for her own good, down with The Man, film student» and gave me ideas for two amazing titles. I was so stupefied with his skill of finding graphic novels, I special-​ordered two other titles. I even ordered a duplicate copy of one book to kick off my graphic novel collection.
When my sister received her package, she was thrilled. Whoopie! I moved up a notch from fuddy-​duddy dinosaur closer to cool thirty-​something hero.
Many speak of the teachers, parents and librarians who got them hooked on books. Wouldn’t you like to have a guru who will usher you into the world where pen and image collide? Go to NEC and I betcha (yes, they even have Conservative propaganda), you’ll come out a superhero.
I think next time I’ll have to take my bike over there so I can get a super backpack.

I love this place. I first discovered while living in Allston and even though I now live in Somerville, I still make the long ass trek all the way out here because this store is the shit. I just have to give it out to the staff. They are so awesome. Michelle espeically has always gone out of her way to help me pick out comics that I would like and is always suggesting things that I would like considering my usual crop of regular buys. You must come here!

This place would be my Heaven and Hell if I was still reading a lot of American comics — «Heaven» for the great selection, friendly staff, and sales, «Hell» because I’d be so deep in debt I’d be living in the parking lot behind the store in a shelter made of comic book boxes and bedding down on back issues of Flash and Elfquest.
The only reason NEC doesn’t utterly own me is the relative dearth of manga. Compared to the shelves upon shelves of Japanese comics at Comicpia and Million Year Picnic, the small area devoted to manga at NEC is unimpressive. If you’re interested in the week’s new books, NEC is as good a place as any to pick them up – they always seem to have the new stuff — but for back volumes you’ll likely need to look elsewhere.
What IS impressive is the diversity of their selection — there may not be a lot of it, but it’s also not just sure sellers like Naruto and Bleach. If you’re looking to pick up an issue of Blue Monday and Nosatsu Junkie vol. 2 in the same trip, you just might be able to do it at NEC. (Maybe.)
Bottom line: high marks for anything not-​manga, but if manga’s what you’re looking for, you’re probably better off trying to satisfy your jones elsewhere. Still, if if you’re in the neighborhood, drop in – you may not walk away empty handed.

I buy my comics there every week. The staff is great. I travel way out of my way to go there because its that good.

The one reason I live in Allston (aside from the fantastic food) is because of this store right here. I used to work in a small movie store in Plymouth Ma that had a great small shop feel. People knew your name when you walked in and always took pleasure in speaking with you.
This is a place just like that. You can go in simply to shoot the shit about (Insert your favorite comic, movie, or music) here. Every employee there is super nice and super awesome to talk with.
Aside from the people the store has amazing selection of all comics (and they can always order something if they don’t have it) as well as comic shirts and hoodies, and a sweet selection of dvd’s and imported dvd’s as well.
Erin who manages this store is amazingly nice and awesome. One of my favorite people. Aside from her vast comic and movie knowledge, Erin is a lover of our neighborhood and sells locally produced movies as well. Very cool.

This is the second New England Comics store I’ve been to, and I must say the nicer of the two. I fell off the comics wagon for about six months recently, and New England comics seems to have hauled me back on.
The store is large enough to accommodate a good amount of stock, but not so large that you lose that cozy comic book shop feeling. They have a massive amount of graphic novels along with single back issues. Something I’ve noticed is that they’ll offer sweet posters for free if you purchase a related comic book. There are also the requisite action figures as well, with the adorable Mouse Guard tempting me to take them home to battle my cat each week. My favorite section is the recommendations. They have great taste, and if I need a book to read desperately, I find it there.
The store seems to be staffed by intelligent folks, who are not afraid to tip you off to awesome events (Mike Mignola at the ICA in April? Sweet!). Also, they all seem to be tattooed. A definite plus in my book.

I recently got back into comic books after a long hiatus between now and 5^th grade. I first popped my head, prairie dog-​like, to get the «Buffy» series. Before long, the staff had me picking up the rest of Joss Whedon’s titles, and then I got into «Sandman,» and then, well… let’s just say I spend way too much money here. I’m not an expert, but this place seems fairly packed with what you need, plus tons of local and underground books. Best of all, they let me bring my dog with me. They even keep biscuits behind the counter.

Greatest comic book store out there. Well I’m sure anyone could argue with me differently here since I got out of comics about 12 years ago and then recently got hooked again thanks to the walking dead series and from there the staff has got me into 3 other series this month that I cant put down. Thanks new england comics for bringing out the nerd in me now that I’m single again.

I love this place, mostly because every time I go in there whoever is working is just super friendly and we end up talking about either the genius of Joss Whedon or how much he sucks (depending on if I’m looking at Astonishing X-​Men or Buffy-​related things). Beyond that, the selection is pretty good, there’s really something for everyone in terms of new and older stuff on the shelves. Also, as mentioned previously, I’m a big fan of their 50% off sale, where I’ve snagged more than a few action figures and other things I couldn’t resist.

One of my favorite, local establishments, always looking for ways to improve and appeal to customers. My comic book home!