Trader J’s Cards & Comics

Definitely one of the better comic book stores around. Each individual comic book is in a plastic sleeve with a this cardboard backing, so each comic book is is perfect condition. This store is very clean and organized, making it an ease to find something you will enjoy. The customer service is great, I forgot his name but it’s a man usually wearing a hat that can help you with any questions you have, and if the store doesn’t have any comics you want on the rack he will order them ASAP and he will keep them in the back counter for you. Overall this is a very organized store with variety and great customer service! I will be coming back here for sure!

This place is neat. I like Talkin Baseball in Danville better but this place is a close second. Neat store, slightly pricey but not bad. Friendly service.

I like comic book stores but there is just nothing special about this place. Like others seem to echo it might be a great place for the card guys but for comics, not so much. The books behind other books aren’t even the same title more often than not so the place really is just a disorganized mess if you’re a comic fan. In the shadows of several great stores in the area this place is an easy pass. I found the owner to be rather standoffish as well.

Friendly owner, nice and clean store with a good selection for a shop of its kind. One of my friends got me into collecting autographed sports cards and the like. The bad: in my beginning hobbyist gullibility and naïveté, I didn’t know any better, and paid much more for certain cards that I will probably never make money on if I wanted to sell them. Yes, buyer beware and all that, but I probably got taken advantage of price wise. The single autographs are pricey and I’ve stopped coming. If I buy any cards, I take my chances on Ebay. Highly recommend you look online to see what people are paying for the cards you’re interested in before you buy. And if you do come here, be ready to haggle some.

The owner is really cool. He took about 20 minutes to update me on the current market on sports cards and gave me some helpful tips. 5 stars for sure.

Pretty small but decent comic shop. There is an other one down the street I prefer but this is closer to my house and on my way home from most places.
The owner is pretty nice. Little to no Toys or collectables other then the comics themselves

I went here once cuz I got sick of the service that the new ownership at comic ink was providing. and I was impressed with the service. Meeted and greeted. Very nice. Never hounded or pressured to by any thing. My new spot for comics.

I’m a big fan of this place! Trader J the owner is a nice guy and will go out of his way to help you find something. It’s also a great place to hang out and talk sports as he doesn’t give you pressure to buy anything, but prices are very fair so you’ll probably pick up something.

I have been buying cards from Jim for close to 15 years. He is a great guy and gets to know his customers on a first name basis. I am glad there are individually owned businesses like Jim’s still around. Highly recommend.

I’ve always wanted to check this place out, but for some reason I haven’t. So today after getting dinner I decided to drop by with my younger brother.
From the outside, this place looks really small and lonely, but the inside is actually quite spacious and nice.
The owner is really good. He greets you warmly when you enter and then gives you space to look around until you ask for help.
So, I’m actually more into animated movies and series and maquettes, but this place has some pretty interesting stuff. This store is very much focused on sports cards, which I had no idea were still so popular.
Overall, pretty awesome place. Great organization. The only minor letdown was that it doesn’t seem to carry superhero graphic novels. Not that I couldn’t buy them online or at book stores, but I’d rather support small businesses.

Trader J’s …Not as Comprehensive in Inventory as Fantasy Books and Games in Livermore, and Comics Ink, but… This is the Place to place your orders with if you are a saver, especially if you read lots of independent and adult titles. I’ve been going to this store, since when it used to be on San Ramon Valley Blvd, (Now on Amador and Village Parkway, behind the Jack in the Box and Arco Station). Jim the owner is a really friendly and honest guy and he’s always treated his customers with respect. His store is more focused on sports and movie cards, than comics and to this I Give Jim alot of credit for catering towards myself and others since im strictly a comic book collector. Check out his racks of books, some of them are 10 years old, and you just might find that key issue you’re looking for. A small store, but always loaded with surprises for the Collector, and I really Emphasize if you was a are frequent collector who gets alot of independent titles you want saved, THIS is the Place to come to! If you are into sports cards, This is the place to come to!. Nice convenient hours for us working folks and hey! it’s on the way from work for me!
Pro’s
–Great Saver Service (Just be sure to pick up your books regularly and not ruin it for the rest of us!)
–Great Searching Service Jim will try very hard to find what ever is out there if it’s been recently available, but difficult to locate, due to most stores under ordering, He is very diligent in pleasing his customers in this regard!
–Good «Modern Age Back Issue Selection on his Shelves and in the Consignment bins
–Friendly Store Owner, Sometimes it’s just fun to drop in and say hello, even if it’s not book day.
–Reasonably Priced, Books are Bagged and Boarded at Face Value, instead of for extra at other stores.
–If you Love Sports Cards, Come here first!!!

Great shop for comics and cards. The owner is pretty cool but some of his customers are a little out there. Jim is a cool guy who won’t be following you around the shop and let’s you roam at your own pace. Hours are a little funky Mon-​Sat, noon to 7ish but it works with my work schedule.

I’ve been to this place a lot. I’ve found issues of comics that I thought I would never see at good prices. Most comic book shops sell things for whatever price they want for whatever reasons they have. Jim’s shop is clean, simple and generously priced.
He also sells comic book trading cards, one of the few fads I was into in elementary school that I wish had never gone away. So now I’m slowly building that collection up again. With the trading cards, he sells them by packs of a few variety and sells sets of trading card series that range from ten dollars to fifteen dollars maybe more. Seeing the cards again brings back lots of memories.
Jim also has a small collection of toys for sale. I bought two Hot Wheels Batmobiles (1989) at a low price of only $ 3.00 each. A lot of the products in his store are things that interest my personality.
There are also boxes of comics that sell for a dollar each (the comics, not the whole box). I found Green Arrow comics written by Kevin Smith for a dollar.
For all you sports fans, he has glass displays for baseball, basketball and football cards. You can tell he is a home fan. A’s cards, Raiders and Niners. I’m planning on buying all the Joe Montana cards to give to my brother.
Jim doesn’t bother you either. He greets you and lets you keep to yourself unless you have a question. He runs a well formulated shop that has lasted for I believe he said fourteen years.
He’s having a sale that will end on December 31, 2008. Red Dot Sale. Everything with a red dot is fifty percent off. Check it out.

Nice and clean!
I was in Dublin for a couple of hours and I looked up this store to check it out while I was there and I was definitely pleased with what I had found!
The guy working there (don’t know if he was the owner or not) was really friendly. They had mostly new comics and a FEW back issues with a smattering of action figures and some cards of some sort. I was really kind of in and out of there fast so I did not get to really look closely at everything but it was definitely a nice little place that i will re-​visit if I get out there again.

You could drive right by this shopping center and miss this great little comic shop. The owner sells all his new comics bagged and boarded at no extra charge. He is also willing to do savers of not just the popular titles but independents too. He’s a really nice guy and a comicbook junkie like the rest of us. They sell some cards, figures and animé but I would say that this store is 80% comicbook focused. If you’re in Dublin and looking to purchase some new comics you can usually find the latest and greatest here and in pristine condition. This compact comic shop is worth your time.