The most obvious place is a comic book store, but comic books are also found on newsstands, in major book stores, and in game stores that sell role-playing board games, strategy board games, and die. Book stores are likely to carry more graphic novels than they are thinner comics. For the greatest selection, your best bet is a comic book store.
Since most of the more popular comic books come out monthly, sometimes other consumers buy them from the store before you have a chance to purchase them. This is a pretty annoying problem for many readers. Fortunately, comic book store employees are very cooperative and offer to hold your favorite comic books for you if you ask.
The typical comic book store has new issues of comics displayed prominently on shelves along a wall. Older comic books are stored vertically in long cardboard boxes. These older comic books are called back issues, and some of them are more expensive because of their age. However, sometimes, when stores want to get rid of the load and free up some space, they will have back issue sales. Ask an employee about these if you’re curious, but keep in mind, some older comic books will never be sold for lower prices because they’re too valuable.
If you like to have your comics shipped to you, you can subscribe to them or buy them directly from the publishers or the Internet. Many comic books have subscription offers printed as advertisements in their pages. Most publishers have websites from which you can subscribe or purchase directly. You can also search for “comic books” or a specific publication or publisher on a search engine. Internet auctions like EBay also have comic books for sale or for bidding.