Houston Comic Book Stores

8th Dimension Comics & Games (Jeremy and Annie Bulloch, with James Colson)

• opened June 2011 by 
• 8475 Texas 6 and West Road
• relocated to a larger store in August 2015 at 15210 West Road

All Star Comics (when did it start, when did it close?)

• League City Store: 110 Gulf Frwy
• Clear Lake Store: 536 El Dorado Blvd
• Texas City Store (opened Nov 1996): 907 20th Street (in the old location of Club House Cards & Comics)

Alpha Comics (closed around Dec, 1996)

• Galveston store, Martin Browning

Atomic Monkey Comics (what is the history of this store?)

• 11177 Katy Fry Suite B

B & D Trophy Shop (Bob & Doris Fitzhenry)

• 4402B N. Shepherd
• 1980s

Bedrock City Comics (Richard Evans)

• Opened March 1990 at 6521 Westheimer
• 1992, opened 2nd store on FM 1960
• 1998: Original store moved next door to a larger location
• 2000: Clear Lake store
• 2010: 4602 Washington Avenue store
• 2013 - Main Store moved to 6515 Westheimer (8,100 square feet facility)

Big Johns's Funny Farm (John & Burr McDonald)

• 1022 North Main, Cole's Flea Market in Pearland
• open at least 1977-1987

Camelot (Burrell Rowe, Bruce Hamilton, Russ Cochran)

• opened June 1977 at 012 Clay (downtown Houston)
• original partnership dissolved by 1979, leaving only Burrell Rowe
• Willie Patterson was manager
• 1980: Burrell Rowe left, and Willie Patterson became owner
• October 1982: Camelot moved to 2001 Southwest Freeway (former location of Roy's Memory Shop)
• 1984: Willie sells Camelot to JR Riley and Michael Betker
• Betker left
• 1987: Riley moves Camelot to 5539 Richmond
• 1989: Camelot closes

Cards & Comics Connection

• 1717 N Frazier St, Suite L, Conroe

Chandler's Nostalgia

• 1832 Westheimer Road
• (at least 1979)

Collector's Closet

2445 FM 1092, Missouri City

Comic Vault

Diabolical Collectibles and Games

Dimension Comics

• LaPorte

DNA Comics (Steve Mosher/SRM Collectibles)

• 1993-1995 in Deerbrook Mall in Humble
• 2005  - Woodlands Mall
• 2011 - moved to Deerbrook Corner

Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy (Robert & Christine Prohl)

• National Franchise, Houston store opened in 12016

Fat Ogre Games (Rob Meerscheidt)

• May 2007 Sawdust Road

Future Vision (Book Store that also sold comics)

• 1980s

Galaxy Comics & Cards (David & Christina)

• Opened October 1996
• 20710 Gulf Frwy at Nasa Rd 1

Genesis Comics

• 1947 N Gessner (Dec 1996)

Giant Robot

• 1540 Westheimer (Dec 1996)

Gulf Coast Cosmos Comics (Byron Canady)

• 2408 Wheeler Avenue
• opened in 2021

Happy Trails Bookstore (Glenn Kessler)

• Opened 1985: 9 Uvalde, Suite 4
• 1988: moved to Woodforest
• 2001: Glenn sold Happy Trails Terry Staats
• 2003: Terry closed Happy Trails
• became Eastside comics
• 2008 became R & R Comics

Heroes World 

• 2012, 2013

Houston Books & Comics - HBC (Peggy & John Lowsley, Jerry Wilhite)

• Opened in 1983 at 7653 Park Place Boulevard
• 1986 -  opened 2nd store  in Humble (1702 First Street)
• 1987 - opened 3rd store in Clear Lake (369 El Dorado)
• #4 Southwest Houston store (11654 S W Freeway)
• #5 Northwest Houston store (17776 FM 249, S 24 A)
• #6: Highway 6 store (north of Westheimer….too close to the Wilcrest store)
• #7: Huntsville
• went out of business in 1996

J. B. 's Comics & Cards

• 7651 Park Place Boulevard
• 1981, 1982

JC's Discount Cards

• 3910 Fairmont Parkway, Suite B, Pasadena, TX
• 1996

King Cole Comics & Cards

• 5010 Luella & Spencer, Deer Park 
• 1996

Knight Comics in Baytown (Randall Collincs)

• 1992

Larry's Comic Shop (Larry Taylor)

• 1986-187 - 4412 N Shepherd (inside Four Seasons Flea Market)

Legend Comics & Cards (Bruce & Bobby & ?)

• 3818 So Shepherd
• 3 locations

Let's Make a Deal Comics

• 5121 DeMilo

L King Collectibles

• 3001 Fondren, Suite E
• 1996

Marauder Book 

• 8418 Winkler

Metropolis Discount Books and Nostalgia (Larry Taylor)

• 811 Richmond
• 1982, 1983

Midnight Comics & Games

• 15156 Westheimer
• 1996-2007?

Nan's Comics & Games Too (Frank A Joines, Jr)

• 1970s - Gaming store in the Galleria
• 1980s - moved next to Camelot on SW Freeway
• 1985 - Phoenix started selling comics within Nan's
• 1986 - Nan's started selling comics

Northside Book Emporium

• 225 Tidwell
• Fred Van Cleave (1960s- 1989)
• Ken Donnell (1989-  )

Odyssey Comics

• 2007-2012

Old Ball Park

• 600 East South Street, Alvin (1996)

Other Worlds Science Fiction & Fantasy

• 2309 University Blvd

Outer Limit Comics & Cards

• 1033 Eldridge Rd, Sugar Land

Pasttimes

• The Woodlands

Phoenix Comics and Books (Cecilia Pearce Shorr)

• 2011 SW Freeway
• Opened 1985 inside Nans
• 1986, opened own store at the opposite end from Camelot
• Next, purchased Steve's Comics (1947 Gessner) and it became Phoenix II
• By 1988, Main store relocated to 3806 So Shepherd
• 1993: Cecilia sold store to Kim Toschlog and Sarah Durham
• 1997: Store relocated to 2424 Montrose

Pop Culture (Robert Quijano)

• 11313 Katy Freeway
• opened in 2011?
• Originally in a flea market
• closed by 2018?

Prime Comics (Allen DeLeon)

• opened in 1996 in Northwest Mall

R and R Comics

• 2012
• relocated to Woodforest in 2013

Rick's Sports Cards & Comics

• 2428 E Southmore, Pasadena
• Closed December 1996)

Roy's Memory Shop

• Opened October 1970 at 2312 Bissonet
• Original owners Roy Bonario, Marc Schooley, Mike Bunis, Dan Lubbock
• May 8, 1980 moved to 2001 Southwest Freeway
• October 30 1982, moved to 5614 La Branch as Roy's House of Memories
• 1985 - Moved to the clocktower in Westbury Square
• Early  1988 - Moved to a more visible store in Westbury Square
• Teamed up with Randy Franklin, name changed to Roy's Collectors Showcase
• 1991 - moved to 9641 Hillcroft near South Braeswood
• 1996 - Roy retired and sold store to partner, Randy Franklin
• store closed 6 months later

Silver Penny Comic Shop

• 2 locations
• 7110 Louetta, Suite F
• The Market Place, 10910 Old Katy Rd, booths 37 & 38
• 1986

Space City Comics

Space Cadets (Jen King)

• Shenandoah

Sportscard Shacks, Comics, Magic Cards & Tournament

• 12754 Woodforest (1996)

Squeezeplay

• 2803 Strawberry, Pasadena (1996)

Steve's Comics

• 1947 North Gessner
• opened 09/01/1986
• eventually purchased around 1986 by Phoenix

Third Planet Records & Nostalgia

• 1977 - opened as Lou Be's Nostalgia at 2339 Bissonet (Louis Lessley, Tom Lesley, BeBe Williams)
• 04/01/1979 - becomes Third Planet (Louis Lessley & Tom Lesley)
• 1980 - Tom becomes sole owner
• 04/1981 - the business was reorganized, and Tom took on partnersMary and Rebecca Crissman, and Marvin Charles Yoder.
• 1986 - Third Planet is purchased by TJ Johnson, Store moved next door to 2439 Bissonnet
• 1986-1987 - Another location opened at Memorial City (10001 K Long Point)
• 1993 - store moved to 2718 Southwest Freeway

Trading Fair Comics (inside Trading Fair II)

• 1986

Ultimate Dream

• 01/08/1983 opened in Pasadena Flea Market
• 1985 - moved to a full-time shop
• 1986