Top Dog Comics

Top Dog Comics is a comic book and collectibles store at 4480 Columbia Rd in Augusta, Georgia, with a card side built mostly around sports cards. It carries new comics, back issues and graded books, along with toys, statues and tabletop games, and it buys collections as readily as it sells. It suits comic readers, toy collectors and sports card hobbyists who want a single stop with a family-friendly atmosphere.

What's on the shelves

Comics are the core of the store, and the stock covers several kinds:

• New comics, with pull boxes available for regular readers
• Back issues
• Graded comics, along with comic book grading
• Manga
• Trade paperbacks, from standard collections of 5 to 10 issues to compacts, Epic Collections, DC Finest Collections, and hardcover omnibuses and compendiums that gather 30 to 60 issues
• Comic supplies

The card section carries sports cards and non-sports cards, plus autographed memorabilia. Collectibles include statues and premium figures, with lines for Star Wars, Transformers, Marvel Legends and Lego. The gaming shelves stock Games Workshop, Flames of War, Kings of War, Marvel Crisis Protocol and Dungeons & Dragons.

Gift cards are available, and the store also sells online around the clock.

Buying and selling

Buying is a large part of the business. The store makes cash offers on comics from all years, vintage toys (Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, MASK, He-Man and more, loose or in package), modern toys in package, statues and sports cards. Sellers drop collections off for 24 to 48 hours so they can be appraised, and larger collections can be arranged with a pickup at the seller's location.

The store is selective about cards. It buys cards made before 1975 of Hall of Fame players, along with current graded, short print and autographed cards valued over $75. Because cards were mass produced in later decades, it takes only select rookies and graded cards from those years.

Store policies

A Readers Club Card gives savings on trade paperbacks and books, and staff can explain how it works. The pull box service holds new releases for regular readers. The store runs as a family-friendly space.

Hours and getting there

The store is in Suite 3 at 4480 Columbia Rd, in the same shopping center as Harbor Freight.

The local scene

Several other game and comic stores sit within a short drive. 4GS Games is about 0.2 miles away in Augusta, and ABX - Comics & Games is about 0.8 miles away, also in Augusta. Hobbytown in Martinez is 2.5 miles off, Cavalry Comics in Evans is 2.9 miles away, and Cardboard Castle Games in Augusta is 3 miles away.