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Not every issue of an ongoing comic needs to be a twelveissue story. Back issue is a comics magazine that focuses on comics from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today. We pride ourselves on our knowledge, customer service and extensive range of all things comic related, including back issues dating from the 1960s. We carry extensive comic book back issue collections of underground comics, romance comics, war comics, western comics, horror comics, tv and movie comics and much more. You can find our retail stores at 114 chapel street, windsor and level 1, 220 bourke street, melbourne.
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