Worlds Best Comics and Toys

Walking in this store was a shock! I had no idea it existed and it was like a kid in a candy store. They have tons of toys both new and old. A lot of them hanging from the ceiling. This totally brought me back to my youth and I just walked around checking everything out. I’m not a comic reader but I do collect action figures and older toys. I would love to give this place 5 stars and probably should just based on the store itself but I just can’t because of prices.
I will almost always pay more at a local store than I would online just because of customer service. I support the small business owner and love having these types of stores around. This store however was WAY overpriced. I looked at a Black Series Star Wars figure that was literally double the price of Walgreens. Yup, I even took a pic and compared last night to be sure I was correct. Double. I walked over to the Marvel section and same thing. A figure you could pick up at any Toys R Us or Target for 20 bucks was $ 40. The other thing that bothered me was that I was in the store for 15 minutes and no one said a word to me. The guy working behind the counter didn’t even look up. Felt odd.
So, the store is cool and fun but the prices are shockingly high and I just didn’t experience the customer service I would have expected.

My husband and I refer to this place as «World’s Worst.» It’s serious like they named it to be ironic.
Customer service here is some of the worst I’ve encountered at ANY business. If you go on a Wednesday, someone knowledgeable and helpful is there, you know, the day their regulars are there to pick up exactly what they want without question. Typically I’m not there on Wed, because I shop somewhere else. (surprise!) if you go on a weekend (you know, the days when potential new customers come in with questions) you’ll hear the staff say «I don’t know. I don’t really read comics.» a dozen times to customers and over the phone just while you’re in the store (If they answer the phone and aren’t sitting behind the counter talking on it.) The hours they keep are terrible, so if you have a real job, forget about coming here ever. If you come in within a ½ hour of them closing, they will remind you several times that they «ARE CLOSING IN _​_​_​MINUTES!» But at no point do they ask if they can help you find anything. Because, like, omg, can you leave already?! One time I came in to look at manga and they were letting a bum lay down in front of that shelf. After 20min, I decided that Amazon was a better choice. I WISH I was exaggerating. I’ve heard «I don’t know, I don’t really read these.» so many times, I’ve wanted to just seize control of the store and send that guy and girl home. How do they work there?! I’m not even disgusted with them so much as I am with management for letting this go on every single weekend. The store is cluttered and organized in a confusing way (alpha in sections by publisher and then a «new» wall mixed into the middle.) if you’re wondering, I come here for variants and back issues because they order insane volume. If a book has 4 reprints, they will all be on shelf. Consequently, you can get some cool extras in your bag sometimes because the store gets tons of promo material, but it’s not worth going there every week. NOTHING is worth having to endure that store. Go to Empire’s. Buy it on Midtown. Avoid this place if you can, but if you can’t, that’s the 1 thing the staff can help you with.

Has one of the best selection and availability for comic books in the area. I also like how they either don’t mark up variant covers or are much cheaper compared to online/​competitor prices. The Filipino girl that works there is pretty cute too.

I love this place so much. Everyone gets along and talks like everyone knows eachother. The selection is the best in town for sure. I come here monthly for my favs and also to get mangas for my daughter. They have specials all the time. Huge selection of toys from animé to comics to old to new. cups, statues, hard to find items, pop toys, posters, etc. Tons of new and old comics.

I came here for free comic book day and had so much fun. They had a spiderman and some lovely dressed up girls for the event. I picked up a lot of free comics they have suck a variety of choices. They also had a lot of comics for sale. Back issues were 50% off! But what I really want when I come here again are to pick up table top board games like Munchkin and cards games like magic the gathering. I bought a bunch of fables comics. I had a lot of fun.

The owner of this place is great. Love this shop. Been going hear for about 24 years now. Great inventory. Only thing I could say is the employees should be a little more professional in front of customers. They were bad mouthing customers after they left.

This is the only hobby store that sells mecha and Gundam stuffs. Just simply awesome! Very friendly staff too. I will come again for more!!!

Very awesome place… The atmosphere is great… very friendly staff… they have everything I was looking for. Some of the stuff I couldn’t find at other places I found here. I love the expansion!

Cool store! I always have fun looking at old comics. Wish they had more magic stuffs. The girl behind the counter is awesome! Prices are decent. :) I always pop in when I pass by.

Most random place to have a comic store, ehh i take it! Carrying almost anything and everything. Toys, new and old comics, etc
For some reason this place did not really catch my attention, although its pretty big.
The owner was nice and had great customer service. Gave me some advice on the Wizard Con coming up in March, which in fact I will be attending.
The prices here are fairly reasonable, but the toys are quite expensive.

Wow! What an improvement! A few weeks ago they expanded into the space next to them to solve the major problem of the store: the lack of space. Suddenly everything is given room to breathe and you can browse their stock at your leisure.
I’ve puzzled for a while at who their target audience is. On one hand, the thing that stands out the most is their nostalgia factor of old kitch and toys and magazines. But they also have tons of new toys and with this latest expansion, they seem to have a renewed focus on things for kids. But mostly comics and an interesting selection of them, new and old. Their prices are a little crazy but there are a lot of sales and other things that help mitigate the prices.
All in all, this place has really cleaned up and become a very cool place to get a comic or an old Tony the Tiger toy or 60s film mag.

Pretty good shop for figurines.

This is a great place to buy comics. Ive had a saver space for the last year and a half and go in almost every week. Dave and the rest of the staff are very helpful and nice. Ever since my kids discovered comics and I rediscovered them this has been our comic store. Highly recommend this place!

A Lackluster experience. The store is cluttered and very unorganized. The shop owner barley pays attention to you as he surfs the net. It look like he was packing things to ship, think his computer had ebay up. Instead if asking if i needed help, he walked pass me to grab a book of the shelf to ship. Hey, if these books are for ebay, make a sign! Or don’t have them out there. It is one or the other, do you want to sit at home and sell on ebay or run a shop? I do not know how he stays in business. I put my comics away on this trip and took the long drive to A-​1, which was worth it. Great service, full selection and very organized. Not to mention no workers were yanking things off the shelf to put on Ebay, I assume the Owner does that at home.
Stay away from this joke of a store.

My first time in here in search of Season 11 Smallville comics and I found exactly what I was looking for. The place is small but is filled with comics on all four corners. This place has the most up to date comic subscriptions! I was very impressed. As an avid comic collector and reader I had many questions. Dave Downey who owns the shop was very familiar and knowledgeable with the 90’s comics. Comic books have series and many times its difficult to compile all the issues together because they’re difficult to find. This place has a ton of graphic novels that combines those individual issues together. Its quite a library in there and well organized where if you wanted to find something he would be glad to help.
I also came across a unique comic book signed by the Generalissimo himself Stan Lee Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-​man at a fair but expensive price. I had to get it. I’m a big fan of Superman so I’ll definitely be coming back to continue my Smallville Season 11 collection as the next month’s issue comes out. This will definitely be my go-​to comic shop.
The place also has a ton of comic and character merchandise. Posters and action figures. Most 80’s and 90’s kids are fond of the action hero Ultra Man. This place has a ton of the action figure and toys of the Ultra Man’s villains. It definitely brings back many memories of my childhood. Not to mention, the Looney Toons show of Bug’s Bunny was on playing on the tele. If you’ve never been a comic reader, its not a bad time to start because this place will have something that will interest you. Everyone who comes in here has their own particular interest. You just have to speak up and ask the comic guy and he’ll be happy to answer.
And If you happen to go in there, he has a very friendly pup that’s absolutely adorable, you’ll just want to pet him. And of course, I did. The pup walks around the comic shop and just lays out. I wonder if the pup has a favorite super hero.

I’ve been a customer of Worlds Best Comics since the 80’s when they were in Midtown Sac. After today’s incident I wont be returning.
According to the Free Comic Book Day website —
«Free Comic Book Day is a single day — the first Saturday in May each year — when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local shop for their participation and rules.»
Today, my son and I went to Worlds Best Comics and Toys for «Free Comic Book Day», when I asked if they had any of the Free Comic Book Day Heroclix figures, the sales clerk stated that they did but we had to buy $ 10.00 worth of merchandise in order to get one for free.
I can understand a one per customer rule or a first come first served rule, but to make someone pay for the privilege of a free item seems to me a serious breach of the spirit of the entire event.
«The sales clerk said that the figure was «free», we just had to spend $ 10.00 in store to get it.
I put the comics I was going to purchase back on the shelf and my son and I left without the Heroclix. It wasn’t about the money, over the years I have spent hundreds of dollars there, it was the principle.

I had high hopes for a store with the name «World’s Best Comics and Toys,» and in all honestly, I really wanted to like this place. Tucked away in a shopping center next to Wendy’s and a bowling alley, the store itself is small but filled to the brim with — you guessed it — comics and toys. There seems to be a lot of great merchandise, and as the BF is into vinyl figures we were excited to see a few pieces from the POP Funko line that few other retailers carry. As for the one-​star rating? The guy in charge was on the phone the entire time with what appeared to be some kind of business-​related call, and did not acknowledge either of us whatsoever. Hell, I’m not asking you to drop everything you’re doing to cater to me, but I would appreciate something like, oh, I don’t know, a wave? A smile? A quick «hello»? For people who are planning on spending a few bucks to support YOUR business, it would be nice to feel welcomed, ya know? Instead, this guy continues talking and walks out for a smoke break. Niiiice. So long, «World’s Best» Comics & Toys — my loyalty remains to A-​1 Comics on Auburn — they treat me like family!

This is a great comic shop. I can find whatever I am looking for in here while I have had problems finding stuff at other comics. The store is awesome and has tons of stuff, from comics to graphic novels to common and rare action figures.
Go and meet Coco (the store pet)!

Well, I don’t know how a comic book store can be «cute», but this is one of my favorites! Amazing amount of stuff stuffed into this little store, and they always have what I am looking for, or will get it quickly. They also send out a weekly email with new releases and blog posts, good stuff!

This cute comic book store right next to the local bowling alley is pretty sweet. They have a good selection of comics and a good collection of cute action figures! They also have nice Japanese graphic novels and animé stuff. I have also picked up some great classic bootlegs here of Stan Lee’s Classic Hulk TV show. I usually go here when I can’t find what I’m looking for at A1 comics.
(1÷20÷07) Went there today and have to update my review. They expanded their manga section and their selection of fresh hot of the press comics. I also found the lastest American Splendor being produced my Marvel. I have to give this place another star however becuse of some of the rare funky collectors items they had behind the counter. The urkel’o’s cereal box really made me crack up. They also had some rare records and dvd’s. And are right next to a bowling alley open ²⁴⁄₇. Pretty sweet!