Upon entering this Blackwood location within Gloucester Premium Outlets, you’re greeted with a bright green and blue colored sign with a Spiderman animation on top of where the store name is printed, “Adventureland Store.” Salvatore Fichera has been running the business since 1992, specializing in pop culture merchandise. Sal started out with Adventureland Stores at the Vorhees Town Center Mall (formerly the Echelon Mall) in Vorhees, NJ, but before that worked with a comic book store called Heroes World where his idea for his own store came to fruition. Something I found fascinating about the store compared to other comic book stores is that Fichera specifically searches out WWE wrestlers to do meet and greets at his shop, and it is something he’s specialized in at his store from the beginning. Sal also has worked with the creators of Funko, being one of the first distributors of their products in the South Jersey area.
Adventureland Store’s sign out front showcasing Spiderman in Blackwood, NJ. November 3, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Adventureland Store’s building within Gloucester Premium Outlets in Blackwood, NJ. November 3, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
The entrance of Adventureland Store showcasing apparel and a gum ball machine, Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Merchandise surrounds a life size Spiderman figure at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ. November 3, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Shoppers check out the merchandise at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ while Spiderman continues to greet guests by the entrance. November 3, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Adventureland Store’s manga wall (japanese type comic books) including the popular: “My Hero Academia” and “One Punch Man” in Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Matt McClellan checks out one of the comic book walls at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Matt McClellan browses through the Marvel section at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020. Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Matt McClellan observes the DC section at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020. Photo/ Julia Riffle. 
Matt McClellan flips through “Batman: Death of the Family” at Adventureland Store in Blackwood, NJ. November 2, 2020, Photo/ Julia Riffle.
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