COMIC SHOP OF THE MONTH

By Sidra Roberts *

For this installment, we feature:

Bedrock City Comic Company
2204-D FM 1960 W.
Houston, Texas
281-444-9763
http://www.BedrockCity.com

C. Times author Leann works the counter.

Bedrock City can truly be described as a collectibles shop. There are so many different things in the store that you have to walk around five or six times to make sure you havent missed anything. Aside from the variety of merchandise available, the people working there are always glad to help you.

Bedrock City has an immense diversity of comic books alone. There is everything from trade paperbacks of popular titles to small press and underground books. Boxes of back issues fill the islands in the middle of the store. Comic T-shirts are generally found in a select style and quantity, but at Bedrock City there is a fine variety of comic T-shirts. Bedrock City has a delightful selection of comic posters. Bedrock City also sells comic, X-files, Babylon 5, Xena, and Magic cards. They also try to hold bi-monthly Magic tournaments. Make sure to call them and get information on the tournaments if you are interested.

Figurines and action figures of all types can be found in abundance at Bedrock City. All along one large portion of the wall are figurines of many sorts. The figurines range from comicbook heroes to fantasy wizards and beyond. The action figure collection is also very extensive. It contains things like X-men, X-files, Kiss, Spawn, Lady Death, etc.

For the Star Wars fans, Bedrock City offers a great selection of Star Wars merchandise. Things from Star Wars figurines to Star Wars mini-helmets. For X-files fans, there is an impressive array of X-files magazines and comics on one big display rack and aforementioned cards and figures.

Bedrock City has a great collection of videos for sale. They have anime in grand variety. Unlike most comic store they have more than just anime. They also have a diverse collection of kung fu movies. You all remember the old Godzilla movies? Well, you guessed it! You can get those at Bedrock City too.

No matter what you collect you can find it and it's necessary storage components at Bedrock City. If you are a collector, who wants to go to a comic shop where there is true diversity in merchandise and where the staff is eager to help you find what you are looking for, Bedrock City is definitely the place.

* Editor's Note:

Sidra is a national Silver Key winner in the Scholastic Writing competition.

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