3. Mysterious Time Machine
8.3
418 Avenue of the Americas (at W 9th St), New York, NY
Comic Book Store · West Village · 18 tips and reviews
Tom Trombley: The best comic shop in NYC. Roger is awesome and gives you deals. Don't listen to the haters.
Vincent Iadevaia: A classic local comic book shop that you didn't think existed anymore. Roger runs the best comic book store in the city.
Pablo Martinez: If you're looking for a real comic book store that sells back issues from every era in comics, this place is for you. One of the few places where it's name seems very appropriate.
5. The Dead Rabbit
9.3
30 Water St (btwn Broad St & Coenties Slip), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Financial District · 487 tips and reviews
Vivian: The cocktails are described in the comic book in increasing order of intensity :)
Amanda Rella: Excellent bar. Three floors with different styles - first floor: bar style (always open late), second floor: cocktail bar with the cool Dead Rabbit comic book menu, third floor: bar with food.
Sabarish Raghupathy: Great cocktails, especially on the comic book menu upstairs! Be prepared to wait to get a table upstairs, though.
6. Books Kinokuniya
9.4
1073 Avenue of the Americas (btwn W 40th & W 41st St), New York, NY
Bookstore · Midtown East · 202 tips and reviews
Aileen P.: love the cute notebooks, plushies, stickers in the basement. they also have moleskines and nice japanese stationaty. for a full range of japanese comic books, check upstairs! sweets at zaya bakery...
Chenyu: Great spot for books (a lot of Japanese /Asian comic books) and cafe zaiya upstairs
Cynthia Lin: Great places for comic books and unique gifts!
Steve Giordano: Really friendly staff. The new location is smaller, but it's also cleaner and more organized. Great little shop.
Paul C.: Kind, helpful staff will move boxes and use their encyclopedic knowledge to find stuff for you. Don't be afraid to ask questions!
Adam Cunningham: Check out the Music of DC Comics 75th Anniv Collection! 31 tracks of themes from Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc! Many songs have never been available before now and the CD includes a DC poster! Read more.
9. Strand Bookstore
9.4
828 Broadway (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Bookstore · Greenwich Village · 592 tips and reviews
Nishant: Comic books upstairs
Kaitlin: One of the best bookstores I’ve ever been to. Great prices, friendly staff, lovely store with a huge selection.
Gossip Girl: Before you wrinkle your nose at this unconditioned used book store, take a look around. You just might find a literary loving intellectual like D (Don’t You Forget About Me) Read more.
11. Union Square Park
9.0
Union Sq E/W & Broadway (btwn E 14th & E 17th St), New York, NY
Park · 566 tips and reviews
Arah Cho: Check out the comic book store!
Sheena: Great lunch spot and the farmer's market is amazing. Also a lot of characters for better or worse
Gossip Girl: Meet at the Ghandi Statue, the one landmark in NYC, where the West side and the East side converge . . . and where D met his own Eastern-philosophy spouting pseudo-soul mate (Only in Your Dreams) Read more.