Heavy Ink is an online comic book store selling physical hold-in-your-hand comics, in all forms: comic books, graphic novels, manga, and more.

• Every comic and graphic novel is 20% off
• Optional upgrade to USPS Priority shipping, for extra speed
• Cheap shipping to Canada
• Cancel issues or subscriptions up to the last minute. Other stores lock you in for months, we let you cancel any subscription up to an hour before it ships.

...but it's more than that: we also have customer home pages, quizzes, friend lists, and a lot more features normally featured in social networking sites. Buy the comic books, and feel free to ignore the social side. Or use the social side, and buy your comic books elsewhere. Or use all our features. No matter what you do, have a good time!

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How does it work?

On the shopping side: Browse the site, find a comic you want to read, and click the subscribe button. You have a subscription! Once you give us your shipping and billing information we'll start sending the comics to your door. Add new subscriptions or cancel them at any time, no hassle. If you just want to buy some comics or graphic novels without subscribing, just add them to your basket, and then check out.

On the social side: as soon as you register, you've got an account. You can express your opinion of reviews, you can customize your home page, you can surf around to other people's home pages and leave comments, or invite them as friends, or just see what their favorite comics are. It's fun, and free!

When do you charge my credit card?

When your items ship. Not before.

If I order something, and change my mind, can I cancel the order?

Many comic book stores lock you in to orders. At HeavyInk, you can cancel an order at any time, right up to the moment it ships.

Are all comics in stock?

We do a really good job of knowing what's in stock, what's back-ordered, and what's out of stock, and we indicate this on the website. If something is sold out, we won't let you attempt to buy it. We do list items as soon as we know that they'll be published...which means that we often list items a month or two before they're in stock. We offer these items for sale, and let you check out with them, but we don't charge your credit card until they ship.

Do you sell comics from self-published artist / small presses / independent publishers ?

We want to! If you're a self-published artist, or a representative of a small press, please contact us.

Do you buy and sell used comics?

Yes!

Do you have digital / online comics?

Not yet.

Do you sell DVDs, toys, collectible cards, etc. ?

Not yet, although we plan to expand our selection.

Are you going to sell my email address to spammers?

We will never sell, trade, rent, share, disclose or make available personal information, including information identifying which merchandise you have ordered, to anyone without first receiving your permission.

How do I unsubscribe from emails?

Every email we send you should have an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Click that link. You can also manage your email preferences on your email preferences page.

I'm interested in the social networking feature on your site. What information about me is displayed if I use that feature?

HeavyInk.com offers an OPTIONAL social networking feature that allows people to create and maintain personal pages, and to link these pages to those of friends. Others, including non-customers, can view these personal pages, read and write comments, view and upload pictures, etc. To enrich these personal pages, we display some personal information which allows people to identify each other, and view their reading and buying habits. You can change your profile information at any time and/or remove or hide your personal page entirely.

If you choose to have a personal page at HeavyInk, displayed information will include nickname, uploaded photos, quiz results, recently purchased items, subscriptions, and list of friends.

If you choose not to have a personal page at HeavyInk, none of this information will be displayed, except in aggregate (e.g. "items recently purchased at this website", etc.).

How do I turn off my personal page at HeavyInk?

Go to your preferences page, unclick the checkbox that says "display my personal page".

I have a question about privacy not covered here; what do I do?

If ever you have a question about our privacy policy, please contact us.

We use encryption to protect credit card information. We only store your credit card in an encrypted form. If someone waltzed into our data center with a platoon of troops and a lot of guns and physically stole our servers, they still wouldn't have your credit card, because the data there is encrypted with a one-way key...and the other half of the key isn't in the data center.

During the shipping process, we decrypt the credit card information on a different machine in our secure, zombie proof facility, make a charge, and immediately destroy the decrypted information.

Please keep in mind that security can be increased on your end too. It is up to you to secure your computer against unauthorized uses and, in particular, use the "log out" link on our website before closing the browser.