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Mayhem comics ames manages customer pull lists using league of comic geeks. Monday friday, 116pm, saturday, 106pm, sunday noon to 5pm central. Coronavirus threatens iowas comic stores already on. Comic book store moves to downtown news the ames tribune.
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