I had a great experience with Comicbreak, that I’d like to share with you. I bought myself some trade paperbacks as a Christmas present. Under NO circumstances would I buy them here in Finland!! A typical trade costs around 35€ ($48) here! So online was the way to go. There’s lots of comic book services out there. Probably the biggest, most popular being Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS for short 
) For guys like me on the other side of the globe, they’re a blessing. I was originally going to order some books from DCBS because the guys over at ComicgeekSpeak are always talking about it.
But then one of their podcast episodes was sponsored by a “newcomer” called Comicbreak. I went to check it out and was really happy with it. Like DCBS they also have lots of discounts and they have they’re site setup with things you see in a comic book store. Everything from a 99 cent bin to comic sets. You get 30% off pre-orders, up to 20% off subscriptions, free bags and boards!!, free shipping for orders over $75 and tons of other stuff.
But onto my happy experience… So I chose to go with Comicbreak because, though I absolutely have nothing against the guys at DCBS, I really want to encourage the “little man”, the “newcomers”, because a lot of you know how it is to make it out there. I ordered five trade paperbacks: The Death of Captain America: vol.1-3, Captain America: The Man With No Face and Wildcats: Street Smart. I calculated that they’d be here just in time for Christmas. But then I got an email from them saying that all of the comics had come in, but that one of the Cap tradebacks was damaged. I sent an email back saying that I understood and that it was unfortunate, because I was really looking forward to some Christmas reading since these books are hard to get here. But that’s the way things go sometimes. Thanked them for contacting me and went on with Cristmas preperation.
Then two days later I get another email telling me to hang on, they’ll send all of the books, damaged one too, so I can get started on my reading and then send the un-damaged book later! At first I didn’t know what to say. You DEFINATELY don’t get that kind of customer service here. All I could do was thank them from the bottom of my heart.
So it goes without saying, that I really suggest you check out Comicbreak. For people living in the US it’s great but for us living abroad it’s even better! If you’re worried about shipping, remember: Orders over $75 are shipped for free. Even to us guys N gals overseas. And for orders under $75 I think it’s possible to get a flat rate envelope, which costs a little over $12 (if I remember correctly)
Like I said at the beginning of this post: comics cost an arm and a leg here. I don’t know how it is in other countries, but there’s no way that I could have bought those books here. I did some searching to see what they would have cost. It would have cost me a whopping 175€ !! That’s around $243 for five trades! 
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? Well, now you know why I chose Comicbreak.
-Scott-
