Morgan's Comics — Local services in Asheville

I want everybody to know how great this place is!

I’ll be honest. I stumbled across this place while reaching out to find somewhere to sell some of my comic items. I’m a transgender individual, and I needed to make some money to help me complete my expense goals. A lot of places couldn’t help, and I understood. I decided to shoot an email to Morgan’s comics. I didn’t want to give up my things, but they could be replaced, and I only got one shot at top surgery. I quickly received a response email the very next day from Matt. I sent him photos and a list of all the items, and he quickly worked up a deal. Like a good deal. Most places will take you for a chump, but they didn’t do it here. Morgan, thanks for that little extra today. I didn’t expect it nor asked for it, just mention. It means a lot. Thank you! I went by today and made the trade. Morgan was there, and she is one of the most absolute amazing people you’ll ever meet! I can’t wait to meet Matt in person. I’m sure he’s just as amazing as well.

They really helped me out when no one else could, and no one else would. I’m not mentioning them so you just go sell your items to them. I want you to know about them so you go and shop there! They did something good for me and I want to pay it forward. It has a great location and free, open parking in the back. When you walk in it’s definitely a safe space during Covid with plexiglass at the register and mask. I personally enjoyed seeing 1984 Wonder Woman cardboard cutout as I walked into the door! Also, the knowledge blows over with this one! We exchanged something new to each other which is rare. Normally only one of leaves with a new recommendation. Know it is the very 1st female run Comic book shop in all of Asheville. It’s so important for us to support women. This place is also an allie of the LBGTQ community. They really care about you. They did me and my transition. Upon meeting Morgan, by the time I left, we had shared very intimate stories, and that made me feel very special. I’m an open book with everyone, and for her to show her vulnerability to me on the first timr I met her, says a lot about who she is. I also was invited to a lot of the things that they do. She even said that I could shoot her a message, and make sure I had things to read while I’m laid up after surgery. They have all sorts of get together‘s and fun activities. I cannot wait to be a part of all of the things that they do!

If you want to support a local comic shop, I’m gonna tell you to come to Morgan’s comics. They genuinely care about you, they are supportive of our community, support local artists, and the shop is full of all sorts of different things! It’s not too big or small, it’s just right. Head over there and find something from the past, something from a local artist, or maybe just go and make a new friend when you go in to get your comics, a T-shirt, or action figures. Either way, once you go in you’re gonna want to return over and over again.

And of course yes, they do buy nerd stuff to rehome to other awesome nerd families! They take the word nerd and empower it. It feels like old Asheville. It feels like the Asheville I remember and love when I go in. Thank you guys for everything and I cannot wait to see you again! Your kindness to help me in a jam as well meant a lot. I was a complete stranger, but you helped and befriend me. Thanks for being apart...

So I want to start this post with an apology to all of the customers who read my recent post saying how great this place was, because that was definitely false. So long story kind of short, the store received a bad review by a customer talking about how they had brought there kids in for one of their birthdays and how they had a really bad experience and how one of the owners had made one of the children cry and so on… you can find the post on here I’m sure unless it was deleted. So when the owners read the review they personally messaged me and asked me if I would make a review basically claiming that their statement was false because I just so happened to be in the store at the very same time. So for some reason I did it. I made a false review saying that the lady was lying, and I apologize to her because she was not lying. He was very rude to her and the kids that day, everything she said, was true. And this store like to pretend like they are helping stop scalping of pokemon in the area but yet on the day of the prismatic SPC they wanted way over msrp for the product AND you had to open it in the store!?!?! Some ppl do have sealed collections ya know? That doesn’t make them a scalper at all. I’ve literally never sold any of my cards to make money unless I was using it to buy more Pokemon cards for my collection but yet almost every time they would make a comment alluding to the fact that I was a re-seller. I could go on and on but my main point of this review was to apologize for lying to all the people who have used my other review as a honest review when in reality this is the real review. They try to guilt trip you into buying things by constantly bringing up the flood, no one wants to hear that crap when shopping. Hopefully you guys will have better experiences than me and my friends have but no one I talk to likes this place anymore we have all switched to a way better card shop in the area and they don’t try to sale there free packs they receive from pokemon for the build a battle events. Y’all stay...

Oof, I hate to leave this review because we have been supporting Morgan's Comics for many years but we recently had an extremely poor experience. We came in to celebrate my son's birthday weekend kick off and he was so excited. As the kids were picking things out, he let me know he needed to use the restroom, which we have done many times in the shop. He went to ask Morgan's partner and was met with a "first of all, you need to say excuse me and second of all: the bathroom is only open during events." My son walked back in the back with tears in his eyes, we put down what we intended to buy and left. I cannot imagine ever speaking to a 6 year old in that manner, let alone refuse to let a child use the restroom, and especially one that is a part of a family who has spent who knows how much in the shop over the years. It breaks my heart to say this, but we won't be back. We will support places that treat children the way they should be treated: with kindness.

Edited to add: that siding with your partner on this rather than seeing it for what it is, is shameful. We are all indeed trying to recover from the hurricane, including that little boy who watched a dead body get lifted out of the woods. That little boy has had numerous things taken from him including feeling safe in our home. A little kindness would go a long way in everyone recovering, would it not? There is no reason to speak to a 6 year old in that manner nor refuse to let him use the restroom. Your merchandise was not aggressively handled in any way shape or form: we watch our children. Had we actually made it to check out, we would have purchased the comics that were in our folder. Instead: we left because I can't support someone being outright rude to children. Your partner made a child cry and this is your response? Wish you all the best in your ventures, but hopefully in the future you realize that how you treat your customers.....especially young...