Mammoth Comics

Hands down the best comic book shop in the Midwest … Every book bagged and boarded, you don’t get that everywhere and it makes all the difference…
Owner Shawn Mears knows his stuff and makes every visit more like going to a comic book club than going to a comic book store.
Have been going here for nearly a decade, the longest I’ve been at any single comic book store.
Fantastic.

2stars due to complete mess and disorganization. Lots of boxes and shelves in the way.

EDIT: Since I wrote this review, Mammoth Comics has completely reorganized, and a lot of the problems I’ve mentioned have been corrected. I’ve upgraded my rating accordingly. It’s still not the best comic store in town, but not bad if you happen to be in the neighborhood.
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The first time I went in this store, almost none of the back issue comics were organized or priced. Boxes were stacked on top of other boxes, so you had to move things around to even look through things. I asked the guy working there about several titles, but he was absolutely clueless as to what I was talking about… I pieced together from a conversation he was having with someone else that he didn’t even really work there, but was just covering for someone else. I then asked him if I should come back the next day and he said, «Yeah, but that guy probably knows even less than I do.» WTF? I left the store shaking my head, wondering why on earth they were even open if nothing was organized or priced, and the guy working there didn’t know a danged thing about the store OR comic books in general.
Several weeks later I decided to give it another shot. I went in, and still NOTHING was organized or priced. Luckily there was someone there who actually knew something, so he helped me find a few things I was looking for. However, since nothing was priced, I had to wait like 10 minutes while he looked up the prices in a comic book price guide. The prices were fair, but I don’t want to have to go through that every time I buy some comics.
I went in a third time several weeks after that. You think things were priced and organized this time? Nope. EXACTLY the same mess as before. The guy from my second visit was there, and I asked him about some «What If» comics. He said he would have to check the storage unit because they don’t keep those in the normal stock. WTF? «What If» is a pretty major comic line spanning several decades. Why on earth they wouldn’t have at least a small selection on hand is beyond me.
I don’t know… maybe I caught them in the middle of a move or inventory or something? But it shouldn’t take 2 months to do that… and it didn’t even look like anything was changing. Or maybe their customer base isn’t really interested in back issues or something… who knows, but I would rather go to any other comic book store in town — Wizard’s Asylum, Star Base 21, World of Comics, Gardner’s — than Mammoth.
P. S. It’s also in kind of a sketchy part of town.

Small low-​key comic shop. Employers are nice. Get on the pull list and get a discount. Despite moving further south, I still remain loyal.