New Haven

205 Foxon Rd, North Branford, CT 06471

2nd Alarm Comics has served North Branford from Route 80's Foxon Road with new releases, a large back-issue selection, toys, Pokemon, and sports cards. The shop runs a weekly comic book club and pull-list program, and ships orders through its own online store.

1181 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06511

Alternate Universe has sold comics on Chapel Street in New Haven since 1996. It carries back issues, graphic novels, manga and small-press titles alongside Magic, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh boosters, with a sister store in Milford.

398 Bridgeport Ave, Milford, CT 06460

Alternate Universe's Milford location has traded from Bridgeport Avenue since 2005, a sister store to the original Alternate Universe in New Haven. It stocks new comics, back issues, CBCS-graded books, manga, trade paperbacks, and indie and small-press titles, plus Magic, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

1082 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510

Atticus Bookstore Cafe has traded in downtown New Haven since 1975, on the first floor of the Yale Center for British Art building. Alongside used books and puzzles, it serves coffee, food, and snacks made to order, and ships books by mail.

512 Boston Post Rd, Orange, CT 06477

Clockwork Comics has operated on Boston Post Road in Orange since 1996, one of the longer-running comic shops in the area. Beyond weekly comics, it carries tabletop and miniatures games including Warhammer 40,000, Warmachine, Dungeons & Dragons, HeroClix, and Magic: The Gathering.

116 N Plains Industrial Rd Suite C, Wallingford, CT 06492

D J's Comics & Cards has traded on North Plains Industrial Road in Wallingford for more than 20 years under owner Mike Cote. The shop carries vintage and new comics from DC, Marvel, Image, and Dark Horse, along with HeroClix and Games Workshop miniatures.

1 Lincoln St, North Haven, CT 06473

DJ's Cards and Comics has served comic and sports card collectors from North Haven's Lincoln Street since 1991. It carries new comics, back issues, graphic novels, trading card games, sports cards, Funko Pops, and statues, plus a subscription file service and card and comic supplies.

220 N Colony St Suite C, Wallingford, CT 06492

Dragon's Lair Wallingford, on North Colony Street, is one of two Connecticut locations in a small hobby chain alongside a Berlin store. It stocks trading card games, comics, miniatures paints, and modeling supplies, and runs a weekly Magic: The Gathering Commander League.

Rear of Building, 392 Boston Post Rd, Orange, CT 06477

Heroes in Action has traded from the rear of its Boston Post Road building in Orange for more than 20 years. The sci-fi and superhero specialist stocks comics, graphic novels, toys, statues, posters, apparel, and trading cards, buying and appraising vintage and modern collections.

318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven, CT 06511

Possible Futures is a community bookspace on Edgewood Avenue in New Haven, founded by former professor Lauren Anderson inside a former public-library branch. It curates books, graphic novels, and comics with a focus on historically underrepresented authors, alongside a reading area and community events.

350 Boston Post Rd, Orange, CT 06477

Retro Games Plus's Orange branch on Boston Post Road buys and sells used and retro video games and consoles, from Atari through PlayStation 5. It also trades collectibles, trading cards, comics, action figures, slabs, and vintage apparel, one of three Connecticut locations.

1008 Main St Unit F, Branford, CT 06405

What's The Issue? Comics & More has traded on the Green in Branford Center since opening in May 2024. Owner Dave Ellis stocks new comics, back issues, graphic novels, manga, and trading card games, offers a pull-and-hold subscription program, and buys collections.

20 Sperry Rd, Bethany, CT 06524

Whitlock Farm Booksellers sold used, rare and antiquarian books from two barns on Sperry Road in Bethany from 1948, alongside ephemera and records. Its own site announced the shop would close its doors on April 30, 2026, after seventy-eight years.