Comic Books for Sale

PLAY THE GAME READ THE STORY is both an online store and a brick and mortar outlet located in Syracuse, NY. Offering great deals on new comic books and graphic novels, PLAYTHEGAMEREADTHESTORY.com is your online destination for discount comic books from all of the top publishers as well as some of the smaller presses. In addition to comic books for sale, we also carry supplies for comic book collectors and a number of gaming items, including supplemental packs and rulebooks for the Magic: The Gathering game. In one destination, you can buy Magic cards, comic books, games of all kinds and other collectibles.

Some of our best-selling items are collected comic book stories in graphic novel form from DC Comics and Marvel Comic Books. Both companies have had periods of time when they were the most cutting edge in the business, from the time that DC introduced two of the world's most popular and long lasting superheroes, Superman and Batman, to Marvel's creative peak with X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and many others. We carry the latest issues from both companies, available every Wednesday, and if you become a member of our Customer Rewards Program even more discounts and benefits are available to you.

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Superheroes are not all that is available in our selection of comic books for sale. As the storytelling behind them has become more diverse, comic books have grown up. Beginning with the more introspective nature of some superhero comics from Marvel Comics and breakthrough graphic novels like Alan Moore's seminal Watchmen and Frank Miller's epic, industry changing The Dark Knight Returns, to the underground comics boom of the 1960s and '70s leading to more personal and adult storytelling, comic books are no longer for kids. Graphic novels and more adult stories, sometimes referred to as sequential art or sequential storytelling art, are more the norm than ever before.

Take, for example, Art Spiegelman's Maus series. Dealing with the Holocaust and World War II, and the aftermath of those globe-changing events, in a new way helped to change the public and critical perception of comic books, while also telling a timeless story in a dramatically new way. No matter what you're looking for when it comes to comics and games, you'll surely find it at PLAY THE GAME READ THE STORY.