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'''Strange Adventures''' is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in [[Canada]]'s [[Maritimes|Maritime Provinces]] (see [[#Locations|Locations]] below). All three are owned by Calum Johnston and named after a [[Strange Adventures|comics series]] published by DC from 1950 through 1973.

== Locations ==

=== Fredericton, New Brunswick ===
Opened: 1992

Address: 68 York St, Fredericton, NB E3B 3N4

=== Halifax, Nova Scotia ===
Opened: 1994

Address: 5110 Prince St, Halifax, NS B3J 1L3

=== Dartmouth, Nova Scotia ===
Opened: 2010

Address: 101 Portland St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 1H7

==Awards and Mentions==
*'''2006:''' Strange Adventures was presented with the Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer, as part of the [[Joe Shuster Awards]] in [[Toronto]].
*'''2005:''' Strange Adventures employee Mike Drake was chosen as "Halifax's Best Salesperson" by local weekly paper [[The Coast (newspaper)|The Coast]].
*'''2001:''' The store received a [[Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award]] as part of the [[Eisner Awards]].
*'''1996:''' Strange Adventures was named "The World's Greatest Comic Store," by Previews Magazine, and appeared in two [[Superman]] comics: [[Adventures of Superman (comic book)|Adventures of Superman]] #547 and [[Superman: The Man of Steel]] #74.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
*Strange Adventures (Halifax location), has been awarded "Best Comics Store" by [[The Coast (newspaper)|The Coast]] for 12 years in a row, from 2006 to 2017. It also won the award an additional 7 years running from 1998 to 2004. The winner of the 2005 year is unknown, due to there being no entry for that year on [[The Coast (newspaper)|The Coast]]'s website.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/best-comics-store/BestOf?oid=10345434|title=Best Comics Store|work=The Coast Halifax|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cape & Cowl]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.strangeadventures.com/ Strange Adventures on the web]

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[[Category:Comics retailers in Canada]]
[[Category:Harry Kremer Retailer Award winners]]
[[Category:Companies based in Fredericton]]

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