History Series / ComicBookMen

* TheBigRace: Played with for laughs. Jason Mewes brings Creator/AdamWest to the Stash and the conversation turns to which would be faster: Series/{{Batman}}'s Batmobile or Series/TheGreenHornet's Black Beauty? Ming makes a few calls, gets two accurate replicas and the group prepare to race the cars in front of the Stash. Challenges are made, engines are revved, the handkerchief is dropped, and...the two cars set off at under ten miles per hour[[note]]both cars are so valuable that if either got the tiniest of scratches, the Stash would have been under new management[[/note]]. The Batmobile eventually wins a race that is so slow that Jason Mewes could outpace both cars at light jog.

* DeliciousFruitPies: Discussed in one episode, as the cast and Smith reminisce about the ads.

The series premiered on February 12, 2012, with its first season of six hour-long episodes. With season two, the show shifted to half-hour episodes. As of 2016, five seasons have aired, with a sixth in the works.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[TheHulk Lou Ferrigno]] was tasked with getting Bryan back into shape, they had a discussion about healthy eating. When Lou asked Bryan what's the first thing he eats in the morning, Bryan dryly answered "my girlfriend's boob".

* TheJerseyDevil: The guys go hunting for the Jersey Devil in one episode.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Byan usually scoffs at his friends' fanboy moments but he ended up enthusastically gushing over a UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel toy and buying it so he could introduce the daredevil to his young niece.
* ToiletHumor: Invoked by a set of Franchise/GarbagePailKids card Ming buys.

** On another episode, the guys got to go for a ride in the [[DukesofHazzard General Lee]].

''Comic Book Men'' is a [[RealityTV Reality TV]] show on Creator/{{AMC}} about Creator/KevinSmith's comic book shop, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. The show uses a combination of following the cast around with the going-ons in the store, and podcast style commentary about the going-ons with the cast, and host Kevin Smith. The shop itself is named after Jay and Silent Bob, two recurring characters in Smith's films set in [[TheViewAskewniverse The View Askewniverse]].

The first season premiered on February 12, 2012 and featured six hour-long episodes. The was following seasons shifted to half-hour episodes, with the fourth one currently airing.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Walt says that he respects Ming, his designated butt monkey, after Ming stepped up and took part in a rap battle against Darryl [=McDaniels=] of Music/RunDMC.
-->'''Kevin''': I noticed a pig flying by.

* ToiletHumor: Invoked by a set of trading cards Ming buys, called the [[Franchise/GarbagePailKids]].

** Kevin has gone on record many times saying Randall from Clerks is base heavily on Bryan. Watching this show, it's incredibly obvious.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Believe it or not, ''Bryan''! A scant six years prior to the series, Bryan reveals he was a svelte man at the top of his game. Though a serious [[AllThereInTheManual battle]] with depression lead to overeating

* ToiletHumour: Invoked by a set of trading cards Ming buys, called the Garbage Pail Kids.
* MassiveMultiplePlayerCrossover After just being referenced to on Bryan Johnson's shirts and stickers on the Stash's wall, Brian Quinn was able to get onto the show in an episode in Season 4. The reason for this was a relaxing of TruTV's policy with the Impractical Jokers star, and co-host of the Tell'Em Steve-Dave podcast that inspired the Comic Book Men series, making appearances on competing network show's. Kevin Smith even threw out a plug for {{Impractical Jokers}} and TruTV in the "podcast" segment of the episode. While not doing any sort of challenge or any other improvisational routine that he'd do with his troupe, the segments Quinn was on did surround him being a professional comedian.

[[caption-width-right:350:Main Cast L-R: Ming Chen, Bryan Johnson, host Kevin Smith, Mike Zapcic and Walt Flannigan]]

The show's main cast consist of Secret Stash manager and Kevin Smith's childhood friend, Walt Flannigan, his store assistant, Mike Zapcic, third employee, Ming Chen, and Kevin Smith's other childhood friend, Bryan Johnson.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[TheHulk Lou Feringo]] was tasked with getting Bryan back into shape, they had a discussion about healthy eating. When Lou asked Bryan what's the first thing he eats in the morning, Bryan dryly answered "my girlfriend's boob".

* MotorMouth: Discussed by the guys, in the first [[Auction]] episode, about auctioneers.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Bryan. Kevin owns the stash, Walter runs it, Mike and Cheng work there, and one might assume Bryan does too...but he doesn't. He's just ''there.'' In reality, he does not have a job beyond being on the show (and making funny quips, of course).

* [[Squee]]: A common reaction from the gang for some of the items that come into their store, particularly if it holds a lot of nostalgia from their childhood. Notably, Cheng was head over heels when someone brought in a complete ''USS Flagg'' from the Franchise/GIJoe 1980s toyline, or when the same guy brought in a complete Planet of the Apes playset the next season, Walter similarly gushed. Subverted with Bryan, who usually scoffs at most of it.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In a few episodes. The auction to help pay the medical bills of one of their long-time customers qualifies, as well as a recent episode where, after Hurricane Sandy wiped out Mike's comic collection, Walt and Ming got George Perez to create original artwork of Mike's favorite character, Wonder Man, and personally deliver it to an obviously surprised and very touched Mike as a kickstarter to rebuild his collection.
** Bryan shows his soft side when in the tattoo episode, he decides to get a tattoo dedicated to his niece. Her appearance on the show was the only time Bryan has been seen in a state other than sarcastic surliness, as he was obviously a very dedicated and caring uncle.