Strange Adventures is a comic book retail chain with three stores, all located in
Canada's
Maritime Provinces (see
Locations below). All three are owned by Calum Johnston and named after a
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.
Strange Adventures (Halifax location), has been awarded "Best Comics Store" by
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's website.[1]