Alternate Universe

Category: Comic book store

Address: 1181 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

Phone: +12035620108

Opening hours

Sunday: 12–5PM

Monday: 11AM–7PM

Tuesday: 11AM–7PM

Wednesday: 11AM–7PM

Thursday: 11AM–7PM

Friday: 11AM–7PM

Saturday: 11AM–7PM

Reviews

Loaay Wattad

May 29, 2022

Very nice place. The store has a lot of bronze Era comics - which are my favorite.. loved it!

Darnell Dixon

May 9, 2022

Shops like this are the reason brick and mortar shops are going out of business. The biggest thing hurting physical comic book stores are the rude and condescending people who usually work there. During the pandemic I switched over to online only. I was feeling nostalgic for a real comic shop and stopped in. That's when I realized. The experience, I remembered so fondly, was never that great to begin with. Shop owners/ employees are usually not very nice or helpful. They always seem annoyed you're in the store. It's usually this backwards experience where I'm trying to be really nice and get the staff to like me when it should be the other way around. I don't understand how they stay in business. When you think about it every other store you go to the staff is looking to make sure you have a good experience to ensure your business in the future. Comic shop owners act like you need them more than they need you. I guess us comic geeks are usually shy and kind people so we just put up with it. I won't be anymore. From now on I'll do all my shopping online and I hope all mom and pop comic shops with rude staff go out of business.

O'Brien

Mar 2, 2022

Selection is great, but customer service needs improvement. Helpful + welcoming interactions can use some work. Note: The owner was not present during my visit. Typically customer experiences are top notch with most comic book stores in this case.

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Questions & Answers

What are the Covid safety practices like here?

Anonymous | Sep 12, 2022
Mariemaia | Sep 12, 2021

6ft, masks are mandatory. Standard safety. There are never many people in the store at any given time so the rules are pretty simple to follow and everyone gets hoped quite quickly!

Do they have any D&D stuff there? Modules or xanathar, or Tasha?

Rebecca Thomas | Sep 12, 2021
John Giaquinto | Sep 12, 2021

Not sure about those specific things you are asking about, but they have quite a bit of gaming supplies for the space they are in, and I believe they can order most things. Give them a call, everyone there is super helpful!

Do you buy comic books

Mark Masotta | Sep 13, 2018
Mads Socks (Mads) | Sep 13, 2018

No, they don't sell used comics.

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