Comic book shops in Bandung

Comic shops are community centres with long boxes. Bandung, West Java has 5 mapped right now. That's 5 comic shops mapped around Bandung. Back-issue depth varies enormously between shops, so the one with the best long boxes wins. Wednesday is new-comic day everywhere — that's when the regulars show up.

This guide covers every comic shop we could verify in and around Bandung (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Planet FUN and Jual Beli Komik Bandung, plus Toko Buku RAKA. If a comic shop's missing from Bandung's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Bandung comic lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about comic shops in Bandung

None of the 5 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Wednesday is new-comic day everywhere, so midweek visits are the safe bet.

Most of the comic shops in Bandung list a phone number. Handy for reserving new issues before they sell out.

The Bandung comic shop run

Making a day of it in Bandung? Work this order: Planet FUN on Jl. Permata Kopo II Blok A2 No 61B, Bandung, Jual Beli Komik Bandung on Jl. Tulip II No.4, Bandung, Toko Buku RAKA on Ps. Palasari, Jl. Palasari No.88, Bandung, Novarium Comics on Bandung, and Komik Sains Kuark on Komplek Citra Asri Permai C-19B Cimahi, Bandung. That's the comic shop run in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Comic shop tips for Bandung

A few things worth knowing before you work through Bandung's comic shops:

• Don't be embarrassed to start at Planet FUN. Everyone starts somewhere. 'I've never read comics, where do I begin?' is a question staff hear happily every week.
• Try digital for sampling at Jual Beli Komik Bandung. Digital issues are cheap for trying series. When you love one, buy the physical from your shop.
• Learn the grading basics. Mint, near mint, fine — condition drives price. Check for spine ticks, colour breaks, and sharp corners before you pay.
• Try the indie shelf. The big two dominate the wall, but the indie shelf is where the interesting work lives. Take a chance on the weird cover.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Bandung — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new comic shop in Bandung can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 5 that's closed, or a great comic shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't list stock — it turns over weekly. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 5 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.