Pittsburgh-Area Comic Pull Lists: Pickup, Shipping and Order Cutoffs

A comic subscription is a recurring order arrangement, and its practical details matter as much as the series name. Three Pittsburgh-area shops publish routes into that process: Pittsburgh Comics in McMurray, South Side Comics in Pleasant Hills and Phantom of the Attic in Monroeville. Their information does not describe identical programs.

This guide was checked November 8, 2026. It compares what the operators actually publish rather than supplying missing discounts, minimum purchases or cancellation terms. Before enrolling, identify the series, issue or starting point, desired cover or edition, and whether you need pickup or shipping. An enquiry with those details is more useful than a request to save everything from a publisher.

Pittsburgh Comics: start with the shop’s own subscription route

Pittsburgh Comics’ shopping page links to a pull-list and subscription route through ComicHub. It also separates new comics, back issues, collected books and other merchandise. A graphic novel collecting a story and the individual issues that make up that story are different products; make the format explicit when asking the shop to set something aside.

The store-information page lists 113 East McMurray Road, McMurray. Use that location when planning collection rather than assuming every shop with Pittsburgh in its name is inside the city. The linked subscription service does not, by itself, establish a store-specific discount, cancellation deadline or automatic reservation of every special cover. Ask the shop for those terms before creating recurring expectations.

South Side Comics: distinguish local pickup from mailed orders

South Side Comics’ subscription portal describes Manage Comics ordering for series and special covers. Its instructions call for regular local pickup and weekly invoicing to keep a local account active. For mailed orders, the published choices include weekly or monthly shipping, with monthly orders handled in the fourth week.

The portal also says orders placed after the final order cutoff must be paid to continue service. That makes timing part of the request. A customer asking for a future issue before its cutoff and a customer trying to add a special cover afterward should not assume the same handling. Contact the shop when changing between pickup and shipping or between shipping schedules, as its portal directs.

Despite its name, the shop’s current location information points to 314½ Curry Hollow Road in Pleasant Hills, with a Pittsburgh postal address. Its shipping policy also says an order containing preorders ships when the last preorder is released. Keep that rule in mind when combining available items with a future release; a single checkout does not necessarily mean immediate dispatch of the available portion.

Phantom of the Attic Monroeville: a published no-minimum option

The Monroeville shop’s about page describes a new-comic subscription service without a minimum. Its location page lists 3766 William Penn Highway. That no-minimum statement is useful information, but it does not answer every question about pickup intervals, special orders or payment. Confirm those details for the actual order.

Use the Monroeville shop’s own contact route. Other shops have used the Phantom of the Attic name, and a shared historical name is not evidence that they operate the same subscription account or policies. Include the location when asking about an existing order so the enquiry reaches the business holding it.

Keep the order and the delivery plan together

Before committing, ask how additions, missed issues and changes are handled, and record the collection or shipping schedule you agree to. Do not treat a release announcement as proof that an individual copy has arrived and been reserved. The retail directory provides further local shopping routes, while the used-game and rental guide covers a separate kind of recurring tabletop purchase decision.