Top Shelf Coins and Comics

Top Shelf Coins and Comics is a comic shop at 115 Main St in Bangor, Maine, with a deep run of back issues, a weekly new-comics list and a mail-order service that ships beyond the city. Magic: The Gathering is the one game it carries, and the shop's strength is paper: comics from the 1940s to the present, plus trade paperbacks and graphic novels. It suits comic collectors hunting a specific issue and anyone who wants to order a title by phone or mail.

What's on the shelves

Back issues are the core of the stock. The back issue title finder covers comics from the 1940s to the present, organized alphabetically with separate sections for trade paperbacks and packs. The master comic list runs deep into odd corners of the hobby, including the whole run of Magic: The Gathering comic series such as Antiquities War, Arabian Nights, Ice Age and Homelands, alongside titles like Maine Zombie Lobstermen.

New comics arrive weekly. A tentative list of the coming week's arrivals is prepared ahead of time (the current one covers the shipment due 11/04/2026), and listings of new releases for the last 8 weeks are kept as well.

Graphic novels and trade paperbacks make up a changing selection, and customers looking for a particular title can ask the shop to look for it.

Ordering by phone or mail

The store takes orders from U.S. and Canadian customers by phone, on a toll-free line, and also fills mail orders for back issues. The order form works from the title directory: pick the issues you want, list them with a grade or comment, and the store follows up about availability and payment. Orders shipped to Maine may carry the 5% Maine sales tax, which the store confirms when it follows up.

Hours and getting there

The shop is in downtown Bangor at 115 Main St.

Tuesday is the late day, with doors open until 6 PM, and the closing time is early the rest of the week, so an after-work visit is easiest on Tuesdays.

The local scene

Several other collectible and comic stores sit within a mile. Top Shelf Comics is the closest at 0.2 miles, followed by Games Unlimited and Galactic Comics and Collectibles at 0.8 miles in Bangor, and Northeast Collectibles at 0.8 miles across the river in Brewer. For a bigger floor, The 207 Card & Collectibles Expo is about 43 miles away and next starts on November 8, 2026.