Capital City Comics
4.2
(122 reviews)Online Store
Games Available
Opening Hours
Friday1:00 – 6:00 PM
Monday1:00 – 6:00 PM
SundayClosed
Tuesday1:00 – 6:00 PM
Saturday1:00 – 5:00 PM
Thursday1:00 – 6:00 PM
Wednesday1:00 – 6:00 PM
Customer Reviews
It's been a year since I bought a nice book. I moved farther away from Madison and haven't been there for awhile. I bought some really nice stuff in the past from here and happened to be in the neighborhood. I was aware of the owner's reputation of being condescending but he's been mostly nice to me in the past. I was going to buy something at the shop today, but I got tired of the little jabs he kept throwing while talking to me. They were completely unnecessary and turned me away from wanting to find a good book. My experience was ruined and I won't be back. I'll go to Milwaukee for future books or buy them online.
I travel a lot and have been to hundreds of comic book stores across the country. This was one of the oddest experiences I've ever had trying to buy a book. The owner knows comics, they seem to have great stuff, and I'm ok with disorganized and even the 'look up the price' at the register (super lame, but not unprecedented), but the owner's condescending attitude was just too much. I was ready to spend a few hundred bucks and even found a book I'd been looking for for years. The owner took it from me, noted it was out of print, and told me to come back later that day. He knew I was just passing through town, and I totally got a vibe he was doing it like some kind of power move. He complained multiple times that it was rude for people to just expect him to manifest books out of thin air without staff to help him when I told him what I was looking for (he asked), and he kept commenting about how amazing his collection was and how he knows more than anyone. I did end up buying a different book as a small token purchase but regret it as it was overpriced. By then, it was just awkward with how rude and unhelpful he was, so I just paid and left. Not sure how this place stays in business. I certainly won't be back.
When I was a kid in Madison years and years ago Bruce helped me collect a 60s Marvel series called Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders. It had some tie ins with Sergeant Fury and his Howling Commandos. He was so helpful to me in finding every single back issue of a minor Marvel series. To this day I still remember seeing the expression of delight on his face when I walked in the store and he had somehow obtained the last issue which completed my set. Over the years I always went back to the store and I'm so happy it's still around.
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