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- Midtown Comics is a New York City comic book retailer with three shops in Manhattan and an e-commerce website. The largest comic book store in the United States, the company opened its first store in the Times Square area in 1997. Its second was opened on Lexington Avenue in 2004, and is known as the Grand Central store for its proximity to Grand Central Terminal. Its downtown store was opened on Fulton Street in the Financial District in November 2010, and its Astoria, Queens outlet store opened in March 2020. It also used to operate a boutique inside Manhattan's Times Square Toys R Us. The store is noted for appearances by celebrities known outside the comic book industry, for its friendly and energetic staff, and for being the most media-friendly comic store in the United States. It was named by The Village Voice in 2012 as the Best Comic Book Store in New York, and has been hailed by CBR.com as "the industry’s leading retailer of comic books, graphic novels and manga." On July 13, 2012, the National Geographic Channel premiered Comic Store Heroes, a reality television program set at Midtown Comics. In 2013, it was ranked number 44 on Bleeding Cool magazine's Top 100 Power List of Comic Books, due to its geographic proximity to the then-headquarters of "Big Two" of the American comic book publishing industry, Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and the relationship between the store and industry professionals. (en)
- Midtown Comics — это самый большой магазин комиксов в Соединённых Штатах. Свой самый первый магазин компания открыла в районе Таймс-сквер в 1997 году. Второй магазин был открыт на Лексингтон-авеню в 2004 году, он известен как Grand Central store из-за его близости к Grand Central Terminal. Downtown store города был открыт на Фултон-стрит в ноябре 2010 года. Магазин известен даже за пределами индустрии комиксов своим дружелюбным и энергичным персоналом и является самым популярным магазином комиксов в Соединенных Штатах. В 2012 году был признан The Village Voice как Лучший магазин комиксов в Нью-Йорке. 13 июля 2012 года на канале National Geographic состоялась премьера Comic Store Heroes телевизионной программы от Midtown Comics. (ru)
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