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Where to sell comics

235 of the 2,530 comic shops in our directory (9.3%) are shown to buy comics: customers' reviews describe selling their comics there, or the shop's own website says it buys. These are the states and cities with the most of them.

235shops that buy

9.3%of all listed shops

36states with a buyer

25cities with 2+ buyers

States with the most shops that buy

#	State	Shops that buy	All listed shops	Share that buy	Per million residents
1	New York	27	163	16.6%	1.36
2	California	21	249	8.4%	0.53
3	Pennsylvania	17	129	13.2%	1.30
4	Illinois	16	122	13.1%	1.26
5	Massachusetts	14	65	21.5%	1.96
6	Texas	12	198	6.1%	0.38
7	Ohio	11	111	9.9%	0.93
8	New Jersey	10	72	13.9%	1.05
9	North Carolina	9	90	10.0%	0.81
10	Arizona	8	44	18.2%	1.06
11	Florida	8	152	5.3%	0.34
12	Georgia	7	68	10.3%	0.63
13	Maryland	6	34	17.6%	0.96
14	Washington	6	67	9.0%	0.75
15	South Carolina	5	32	15.6%	0.91
16	Oklahoma	5	37	13.5%	1.22
17	Tennessee	5	66	7.6%	0.69
18	Virginia	5	73	6.8%	0.57
19	Nevada	4	30	13.3%	1.22
20	Kentucky	4	39	10.3%	0.87
21	Michigan	4	88	4.5%	0.39
22	Maine	3	13	23.1%	2.14
23	Minnesota	3	35	8.6%	0.52
24	Colorado	3	45	6.7%	0.50
25	Missouri	3	65	4.6%	0.48
26	Indiana	3	67	4.5%	0.43
27	Kansas	2	15	13.3%	0.67
28	Louisiana	2	18	11.1%	0.43
29	Nebraska	2	19	10.5%	1.00
30	Alabama	2	28	7.1%	0.39
31	Oregon	2	33	6.1%	0.47
32	Wisconsin	2	34	5.9%	0.34
33	Delaware	1	8	12.5%	0.95
34	Rhode Island	1	12	8.3%	0.90
35	Arkansas	1	19	5.3%	0.32
36	Iowa	1	26	3.8%	0.31

Each state name links to its list of shops that buy, with the proof for each one. Download: where-to-sell-comics.csv

Cities with two or more shops that buy

More buyers in one city means you can get a second offer without a long drive. The number is shops that buy, out of all shops listed in the city.

177 more cities have one shop that buys. Find them on the sell comics pages.

Where the proof comes from

Shop's own website only	196
Customer reviews only	32
Both	7
Total	235

Before you sell

Shops buy what they can resell, and what they want changes. Call ahead, say roughly what you have (how many boxes, which decades, any key issues) and ask whether they are buying right now. A second offer from another shop is a fair way to check a price.

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How we count

A shop counts as a buyer only when customers' reviews describe selling their comics to it (for example, a fair offer on a collection) or its own website says it buys. Shops that may buy but say nothing in public are not counted, so these numbers are a floor. We show the proof next to each buyer on our sell comics pages. Data as of 2026-11-08. More on our method on the stats page.

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