Comic Book
How many comic book stores are there in the United States?
I am working on a project and I'm having troubles finding statistics on Comic Book Stores. I know I'm doing something wrong, just not sure what.
Like others said, this will be a very difficult statistic to find, and probably not something posted anywhere on the net directly. However, there is probably a way to find out. One company distributes all the comics in the United States, called Diamond Comics. They run a service called comic store locate service:
http://csls.diamondcomics.com/
This is a searchable list by city of nearly every comic book shop in the country. However, because of the volume, you can not see a straight out list. I would recommend calling their customer service, and asking them, because they are going to be the only people with any sort of clue:
The number is:
Phone: (410) 560-7100
Good luck, and if you do find out, please post.
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