where to buy older Brittish Comics in London

[vark]

I have already posted this question on another board, but one's never too cautious.

Coming from France I will be in London in mid December and I will have some hours for one of my favorite things, shopping (physically) for comics (but not Marvel, DC or any American publisher).
I always go to the usual suspects (FP, Gosh!), but apart Orbital Comics perhaps, I always end up in stores where the British Comics section is only made of a few recent Rebellion reprint (at best). And when one's ask for some old 2000 AD or others newsstands comics, 9 time out of 10 one's obtains this response    .

So perhaps someone on this board can point out some nice comics or even book stores in London where I could find old copies of 2000 AD, old Titan Books GN, Battle, Misty etc.. Thanks in advance!

[zombemybabynow]

old copies of 2000 AD : orbital - but not many

old Titan Books GN : possibly forbidden planet?

[Colin YNWA]

There's this crazy ass shop that I visited a while back (be warned this was a few years ago now) that still seems to be open called Comic and Book Exchange.

http://www.mgeshops.com/book-comic-exchange/

It was chock full of absolute bargains and as I recall downstairs had a wide range of UK comics and magazines. Proper old school comic shop when I went, but as I say that was a while ago.

[maryanddavid]

I was in that shop too Colin, crazy ass is a good description for it, load of stuff if you can find it.

I went to the Book Palace in Crystal palace too, great shop, but has closed now as far as I know, the web site is still going, they may do by appointment visits
www.bookpalace.com/

A shop Ive never been in is 30th Century Comic but I have bought mail order and they do a great service
www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/

[SmallBlueThing]

Try The VINTAGE MAGAZINE AND CINEMA SHOP in soho- along the road from madame jojo's and round the corner from gosh. Downstairs you'll find thousands of old british mags- including a number of comics.
Warning: premium prices, but brilliant if you want old playboys, knaves, radio times, photoplays and time outs. Comics-wise it's not quite so hot, but you might be lucky. There were a number of old vulcans, eagles and lions there the last time i went, but for about a tenner each!

I remember a fantastic shop upstairs in tinpan alley when fp was in denmark street that had thousands of back issues of british titles mouldering in boxes, unloved and unsellable. Bought an entire run of captain britain there for about a fiver. Long gone i reckon. Some of the markets are good- but id ask someone who knows better than me about them.

SBT

[Dandontdare]

Try The VINTAGE MAGAZINE AND CINEMA SHOP in soho- along the road from madame jojo's and round the corner from gosh. Downstairs you'll find thousands of old british mags- including a number of comics.
Warning: premium prices, but brilliant if you want old playboys, knaves, radio times, photoplays and time outs. Comics-wise it's not quite so hot, but you might be lucky. There were a number of old vulcans, eagles and lions there the last time i went, but for about a tenner each!

I remember this place from 20+ years ago - before they spruced it up it was like a maze of teetering boxes and you had to really get down and root around under tables to find stuff. Popped in last year and it's much smarter and the stock is in better condition, but yes, the prices are a lot higher. Still a nice shop though.

[Grant Goggans]

Vintage Magazine blew my mind when I visited in 1993 and 1995.  And this was before their crazy price hikes.  They were steep then, and I turned down some TV21s priced at a tenner each.  Don't want to think what they charge for those these days.

[vark]

There's this crazy ass shop that I visited a while back (be warned this was a few years ago now) that still seems to be open called Comic and Book Exchange.

http://www.mgeshops.com/book-comic-exchange/

It was chock full of absolute bargains and as I recall downstairs had a wide range of UK comics and magazines. Proper old school comic shop when I went, but as I say that was a while ago.

Yes I visited that shop last year and find two or three copies of 2000 AD but like maryanddavid said it load of stuff if you can find it (and be ready to not expect magazine in good conditions).
I remember also a few years ago a book shop just outside an underground exit in that same area where I have found some toxic! but doesn't  remember where now, shame on me.

By the way thanks to all of you for responding so quickly!

[vark]

old copies of 2000 AD : orbital - but not many

old Titan Books GN : possibly forbidden planet?

I will go to these two. By the way I always go to the Shaftsbury FP but is there another?

[vark]

Try The VINTAGE MAGAZINE AND CINEMA SHOP in soho- along the road from madame jojo's and round the corner from gosh. Downstairs you'll find thousands of old british mags- including a number of comics.
Warning: premium prices, but brilliant if you want old playboys, knaves, radio times, photoplays and time outs. Comics-wise it's not quite so hot, but you might be lucky. There were a number of old vulcans, eagles and lions there the last time i went, but for about a tenner each!

I remember a fantastic shop upstairs in tinpan alley when fp was in denmark street that had thousands of back issues of british titles mouldering in boxes, unloved and unsellable. Bought an entire run of captain britain there for about a fiver. Long gone i reckon. Some of the markets are good- but id ask someone who knows better than me about them.

SBT

Will definitly visit that one! Thanks

[SmallBlueThing]

Will definitly visit that one! Thanks

Some help to find it: http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/vintage-magazine-shop-london

SBT

[oshii]

I remember a fantastic shop upstairs in tinpan alley when fp was in denmark street that had thousands of back issues of british titles mouldering in boxes, unloved and unsellable. Bought an entire run of captain britain there for about a fiver. Long gone i reckon.

I suspect that was LTS.  Amazing place.  Down a piss stinking alley off Denmark Street, into a random doorway and then up a flight of stairs into a single room piled high with dirt cheap back issues of everything imaginable.  You paid the astonishingly surly staff who were stationed sitting in the corner, on the stairs up to the next floor.  They really genuinely don't make them like that anymore.   Loved the place.

[vark]

I was in that shop too Colin, crazy ass is a good description for it, load of stuff if you can find it.

I went to the Book Palace in Crystal palace too, great shop, but has closed now as far as I know, the web site is still going, they may do by appointment visits
www.bookpalace.com/

A shop Ive never been in is 30th Century Comic but I have bought mail order and they do a great service
www.thirtiethcentury.free-online.co.uk/
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This shops seems very atractives, and I think I will go take a look at 30th Century Comic, thanks for the tip!

[SmallBlueThing]

LTS! Yes, christ, that rings a bell. What i cant believe is that me and my mate used to go from hastings to london victoria- then walk up to central hall in westminster for the comic mart (and random chats with alan moore, dave gibbons and others!) then mooch up to forbidden planet and forbidden planet 2 by way of LTS, then onto comic showcase and maybe out to some shop at elephant & castle, before going back to victoria for a train home. We did this spending only twenty quid on comics, came home with bags stuffed with loads (10p boxes- remember them?) and ON OUR OWN AT THE AGE OF TWELVE! This is two and a half years older than my son is now, and i very much doubt he'll even be allowed into town on his own by then.

SBT

[SuperSurfer]

I used to go to the London Comic Marts as well.

They are still going:
http://www.londoncomicmart.com
Unfortunately next one is 2 December. But not sure how many UK comics will be available there. 

Did anyone else go to Dark They Were and Golden Eyed in London back in the olden days?