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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • August 4, 2009
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    Joe misses out on a limited hardcover and can't recover a copy for himself.

  • S01E02 Dead Man's Comics

    • August 31, 2009
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    In discovering a vintage comic, Joe discovers his co-workers' ignorance in Kurt Russell filmography.

  • S01E03 The Upsell

    • October 4, 2009
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    The crew gets into character in order to increase sales.

  • S01E04 Passholes

    • November 3, 2009
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    A movie pass giveaway forces the employees in the store overnight. Can they keep back the hordes and survive until dawn?

  • S01E05 The Signing

    • November 1, 2009
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    The gang hosts a comic book signing for guests Scott Kurtz and Dave Crosland, but they may be too much for the store to handle.

  • S01E06 The Heist

    • January 5, 2010
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    Joe accidentally sells a comic from a customer's pull box. Now Joe and Keli have to track down another copy at another store while Richard and Barry handle a comic convention solicitor.

  • S01E07 Tsunami

    • February 2, 2010
    • YouTube

    An upset customer leads to the staff changing job responsibilities.

  • S01E08 Manga Mia

    • March 2, 2010
    • YouTube

    Joe's keeping a secret and the rest of the store is determined to get to the bottom of it.

  • S01E09 Power Outage

    • April 6, 2010
    • YouTube

    The staff suspects losing sales to a street vendor while dealing with a loss of power and sanity.

  • S01E10 Serious Business

    • May 4, 2010
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    Richard brings comics artist superstar Ben Templesmith to Dallas to generate some revenue for the store in dire times. But just how dire are they? Only Keli seems to have a hint, and Richard is more distracted than usual. Joe and Barrys rivalry also heats up with the arrival of Templesmith. Who will he side with?

  • S01E11 Serious Business, Part 2

    • May 11, 2010
    • YouTube

    Plans are set in motion as Barry and Vlad try to undo Ben's influence, but the outcome reveals bigger consequences.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Think Bigger

    • May 3, 2011
    • YouTube

    The store is under the control of the IRS and Joe, Keli, Barry, Richard and Vlad are all struggling to make ends meet in horrible jobs.

  • S02E02 Think Bigger, part 2

    • June 1, 2011
    • YouTube

    Keli and Joe are on speaking terms again, and it couldn't come too soon. Richard's in jail, the IRS still has the store and Barry is trying to find satisfaction in the Vertical Smile.

  • S02E03 Man Jam

    • July 7, 2011
    • YouTube

    The gang’s back together and they’re all agreed: they need to get Zeus back from Agent Johnson of the IRS, but they need to raise $10,000, and fast. A bake sale might just be what they need: tarts, cupcakes and even some baked goods. But will it be enough?

  • S02E04 Roll for Initiative

    • August 4, 2011
    • YouTube

    We find our intrepid heroes on a dangerous quest to save their kingdom from the curse of the warble beast… and it’s not going well. The Variants are in incredible danger and may not make it out of this enchanted land alive. Who is behind it? Who is pulling the strings and setting events against their favor?

  • S02E05 Reboot

    • September 1, 2011
    • YouTube

    After a particularly memorable first date Keli returns to work to find that things have... changed. Richard's a womanizer. Barry's got a goatee. Vlad's helping at the counter. And Joe... hey, where IS Joe? Has the world changed forever, or will we find out things are not as different as advertised?

  • S02E06 Fat Pants

    • November 3, 2011
    • YouTube

    Keli slowly comes to realize the honeymoon is over in her new relationship, while Barry tries to teach an eager would-be self-publisher named Eddie the facts of the comic peddling life. And who better than Barry to teach Eddie what it takes to really make it in the business?

  • S02E07 Where There’s A Will, There’s A Waid

    • December 20, 2011
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    Richard's brother William(Mark Waid) visits Zeus with a confession! But the staff is in on the secret as the brothers devolve into juvenile antics.

  • S02E08 The Sellouts

    • January 31, 2012
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    A potential investor(Curt Franklin) and his attorney(Chris Haley) turn the store upside down. Can the Zeus employees handle their scrutiny, or will they throw each other under the idiot bus in pursuit of vacation days and dental?

Season 3

  • S03E01 Zeus Comics Worldwide Baby

    • September 5, 2012
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    Terry and Svenus are filming the first commercial for the Zeus Comics Worldwide initiative, and everybody's on board -- everybody except Keli and Barry, that is. But Terry and Svenus have ways of bringing them to heel.

  • S03E02 Con Game

    • September 12, 2012
    • YouTube

    To clear some dead stock, Svenus accompanies Keli and Richard to a convention. A booth babe and some seriously unfortunate cosplay pushes Keli to the edge.

  • S03E03 Dicks on Comics

    • September 19, 2012
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    Tension mounts in the store when Terry and Svenus recruit Alan Smithee, noted filmmaker and comic book nerd, to bring his new reality show to Zeus Comics.

  • S03E04 The Deceivers

    • September 26, 2012
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    The cold war between Keli and Zeus's new owners turns hot when she retaliates for the Alan Smithee debacle by bringing her OWN reality TV crew to Zeus.

  • S03E05 These Boots Are Made For Walking

    • October 3, 2012
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    Terry makes Keli pay for her insubordination, and then decides to take a shot at running the store himself.

  • S03E06 Occupy Zeus

    • October 10, 2012
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    Keli isn't taking her firing from Zeus lying down. She's rounded up sympathetic Zeus loyalists and protests the store's new direction under Terry and Svenus. But is her cause lost before she even begins.

  • S03E07 Girl Drink Drunk

    • October 17, 2012
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    Keli is still devastated about getting fired from Zeus, and to make it up to her, Richard and Barry take her out for a night on the town. What follows is an odyssey of drunkenness, princess dresses, bear bars and sexy cops.

  • S03E08 Breaking In

    • October 24, 2012
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    Yet another Zeus employee gets canned, and Keli decides enough is enough: something is rotten in Zeus... and it's not Vlad's jockstrap. Keli, Barry and Richard hatch a bold plan to expose Terry and Svenus for what they are. Will it work?

  • S03E09 I Love Money

    • October 31, 2012
    • YouTube

    It all comes to a head! Keli, Barry and Richard bring their evidence of wrongdoing to Terry and Svenus for one last titanic showdown! Will the rich boys from Europe flee, or will Zeus be taken away from the gang for all time? All will be revealed.

  • S03E10 Behind the Svenus

    • November 7, 2012
    • YouTube

    It's all over: Keli, Barry and Richard won Zeus Comics back. Terry and Svenus are gone. Or are they? In the season 3 epilogue, we learn what was really going on all this time...