Mile High Comics
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Mile High Comics is an online retailer and a chain of 4 Colorado
comic book
stores founded by Chuck Rozanski
in 1969 from his parents' basement in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Mile High Comics frequently placed ads in Marvel
comics in the 1980s listing back issues of comic books that could be purchased through the mail, and expanded to sell via the internet in the late 1990s.
At one time, Mile High Comics had 13 stores in Colorado as well as a 'megastore' in Orange County, California but has since closed most of the retail locations in favor of internet sales.
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
stores founded by Chuck Rozanski
Chuck Rozanski
Charles Rozanski is a German-American retailer and columnist, known as the President and CEO of the Denver, Colorado-based Mile High Comics Inc., and a columnist for the Comics Buyer's Guide.-Early life:...
in 1969 from his parents' basement in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
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Mile High Comics frequently placed ads in Marvel
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
comics in the 1980s listing back issues of comic books that could be purchased through the mail, and expanded to sell via the internet in the late 1990s.
At one time, Mile High Comics had 13 stores in Colorado as well as a 'megastore' in Orange County, California but has since closed most of the retail locations in favor of internet sales.