Going down the metal staircase into Future Dreams feels like stumbling upon a hoard of treasure in a subterranean cavern. The quirky comic book shop is located in the basement of an unassuming East Burnside warehouse in the Buckman neighborhood. It currently shares the building with a few other specialty craftspeople, including a Jazzercise fitness center and the Hipbone Art Studio. To find Future Dreams, just follow the superhero posters. They get more abundant the closer you get. The walls leading down the corridor are filled with life-size posters of the Hulk, Spawn and other friendly faces. Looking out, you’ll see a vast ocean of comic books ready to be dug through.

The bountiful shelving is only enough to house a portion of Future Dreams’ stock, as many of its most exciting treasures

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