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Where Do I Find Comic Back Issues?

In this edition of Adventures of a Comic Book Newbie, Swapna discusses where you can find back issues of comics.

Swapna Krishna

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Swapna is the Comics Editor at Book Riot. She's a Space Columnist for Paste Magazine and writes for Syfy Wire—Fangrrls, Tor.com, Bustle, and other sites. She co-hosts a podcast called Desi Geek Girls. You can find her incessant ramblings on Twitter at @skrishna. She lives outside Philadelphia.

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Swapna’s answering your newbie questions in the series Adventures of a Comic Book Newbie. This week, it’s all about back issues—let’s say you read the first trade of a series and the second isn’t out yet. You want to catch up in issues, but you can only find the most recent issue at your store. Where do you turn?