This blog was inspired by Sara's "Comic Vine Loves Your Comic Shop" Thread. 
 
Part of the reason I love living in Toronto is because of the rich history it has in comics.  Canada in general, but Toronto has to be one of the best places in the world when it comes to comics.  I have spoken to a few people who come across the boarder during Fan Expo and they all seem to love what Toronto offers.  I was once told that Toronto has the most Comicbook stores for its population.   This doesn't shock me at all since I will share with you all my favorite places to pick up Comics in the Greater Toronto Area and why.
 
I will list the stores in alphabetical order to avoid visual bias:

• The Beguiling.

   Located at 601 Markham Street - Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Behind Honest Ed's.  Toronto's premier comic book retailer, and possibly Canada's premier graphic storytelling retail store. I have found many great gems there and the staff all know what they are talking about.
  

• BMV.

  There are three locations: 2289 Yonge Street, 10 Edward Street and 471 Bloor Street - all Toronto, Ontario, Canada. BMV deals mostly in used and overage books and movies.  Because they do not directly work with diamond, but other sources, they can get huge varieties of books at very low costs.  Their prices reflect the product and what they paid for it, so if a used comic was purchased for like $2, it may sell for $6.  Some trades I've seen go for $2, such as the Andy Diggle Swamp Thing trade.

• Comics and More

  1325 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.  This has become Jeff Lemire's local comic shop. If you are lucky you may bump into him there, I have during a signing.  This store has been around for over 20 years and the owner still seems to enjoy comics.  There is a pretty good selection.  His back-issue situation is randomly addressed so on a good day you can get great deals.  Besides the Jeff Lemire signing, I have found a bunch of good stuff there too.  I rarely go there because its out of the way of my Wednesday root.
  

• Dragon Lady.

  Located at 609 College st  - Toronto, Ontario, Canada .  This store at one time was Darwyn Cooke's local store.  This comic has a great fairly untapped back-issue section.  Me telling you that is a big secret.  I found Peter Milligan Batman issues from long past as well as Brian Azzarello's OOP Marvel Max CAGE there.
  

• The Labyrinth.

  Located at 386 Bloor Street west - Toronto, Ontario, Canada .  This store I has a special place in my heart for many reasons. This store I feel is the premier comic art store in Toronto and maybe Canada.  The owner supports local talent by selling their work when he can.  This store also carries a great selection of Sketch books from famous artist, as well as art books (both how to and pretty pictures kind).  Another nice thing about The Labyrinth is the rewards program, where roughly if you by 10 trades you get the 11th free and if you buy 10 comics you roughly get two free.* Confirm in store for details.  Another reason I love The Labyrinth is that the staff knows me as "Kevin the Hellblazer guy".  I pick up my Hellblazer stuff there, like monthlies and trades.

• The HAIRY TARANTULA
  

  Three locations: (Main location) 354 Yonge Street, 2nd floor.  - This is the best location for indie and odd ball stuff.
  HAIRY T NORTH 6979 Yonge St. (647)430-1263 - This is the warehouse with the back-issues
  HAIRY T WEST 2949 Dundas St. W - The smallest location, not bad.  I got lucky there with a few random stuff.
  

• Seekers.

  Located at 509 Bloor St. West (Downstairs) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada .  This is my OCCULT shop.  They have limited selection of trades, but like BMV they deal mostly in used and overage stock.  This store has been good to me and is a place of synchronicity and if you ever stop in, never know I may be besides you. This is the place I picked up a lot of sweet deals. Such Superboy: Boy of Steel for $12 CAD and Absolute Sandman's $40-60 CAD each.  I mentioned this is my occult shop because if I want anything in the occult, from Tarot cards to magic books, this is where I would look.  I trust the staff there.
  

• She Said Boom!

   372 College Street - Toronto, Ontario, Canada .  This is more of a random store, since it is mostly records and used books.  But the trade paperback section is not bad and the prices are pretty good since like BMV and Seekers they deal with used books and overages.

• Stadium Comics

  499 Main St S #104 - Brampton, ON.  This is an unconventional selection, but it is a secret I have to share.  Stadium Comics is a young store, ran by some very nice guys.  They still have the love for comics which is lost by a lot of the older stores where the owners are just sick of comics.  Free Comic Book day, this is the place to go.  They invite many comic creators and acutally make it a community event.  The last few years Francis Manapul and his girlfriend Agnes Garbowska both have made promises to do Free Comic Book day there.  Francis and Marcus To missed this year, because DC kept them busy, but if they were free that was the store they would be at.  Another nice thing about Stadium is they have a trade paperback reward program, by 10 get 11th free for up to the value of $20 or use that $20 towards a more expensive trade. 
  

my bastard of a comic book store owner has yet to put up his Comic Vine sticker so the heck with him and his store

" @danhimself:  I know a few stores like that :( I guess they are in it for the wrong reasons. "

Both of the Comic shops I gave stickers to haven't put theirs up, the one store in my area  I con't normally go to is the only one I didn't recommend  and someone else recommended them. Guess what? They put theirs up.

  ... 
 
   I only have Books a Million near me to buy comics.

When I travel for work, I like to pop into the local comic book store and check things out.  I frequent my local shop and they take pretty good care of me.  Can't complain on that front.  They do their best to find comics I need.