A major new player has landed in the Pasadena comics scene, and its name is Comics Factory. Love The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, X-Men 2 and want to learn more about the stories that inspired this big-screen masterpieces? Head over to Comics Factory and see one of the helpful sales associates. They know their stuff. With their expansive collection of back issues and trade paperbacks, you'll get you caught up on your (newfound) favorite hero's historic and modern adventures in no time. Enjoy!

This little neato shop is located right next to ZankouChicken and is likely kept alive both by the PCC gamer crowd as well as the CalTech trekkie bunch. It has neato figurines and games in addition to their staggeringly huge comics selection. As a chick who gets dragged in to places like this and usually is bored out of her mind, I gotta tell you-- I even bought something here!