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- 2012
- TV-PG
- AMC
- 2012
- TV-PG
- AMC
Summary Walt Flanagan, the store's manager, with employees Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen, and regular visitor Bryan Johnson--aka Steve-Dave Pulasti--discuss comics and pop culture in AMC's reality show set in Kevin Smith's comic book store named Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
- 2012
- TV-PG
- AMC
- 2012
- TV-PG
- AMC
Comic Book Men
7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 12, 2012
57
7.7
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Summary Walt Flanagan, the store's manager, with employees Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen, and regular visitor Bryan Johnson--aka Steve-Dave Pulasti--discuss comics and pop culture in AMC's reality show set in Kevin Smith's comic book store named Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Comic Book Men is a pleasant surprise and an overall splash of fragrant cologne on the smell test-flunking reality genre.
Given the characters who also turn up looking to sell comics and memorabilia, Smith's original idea--"Pawn Stars" with comics--might have been enough to win him a slot just about anywhere on cable. The podcast just makes it funnier.
Way too obscure for the average viewer, Comic Book Men is strictly for Smith groupies, and there are probably enough of those to keep this six-parter afloat over its short run.
The illustrated title sequence of Comic Book Men depicts these guys as musclemen in tights, but the scenes that follow are strictly mild-mannered.
Oddly enough, many viewers may not need to know DC Comics' Issue No. 1 chapter, verse and thought bubble to find Comic Book Men mildly amusing.
Comic Book Men's idle chit-chat about comics comes off as remedial and boring.
It's diverting, a little sad, a little boring, full of geeky macho posturing and ultimately pointless, much like a Wednesday afternoon in a comic-book shop.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 64 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
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11% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 64 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
9% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
11% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
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Production Company:
- American Movie Classics (AMC)
- SModcast Pictures
- Truly Original
Initial Release Date: Feb 12, 2012
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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