Houston's Third Planet specialty store

The Houston Chronicle took a look at Third Planet Comics, a local specialty store that's been in business for about 5 decades:

There aren't many places left where you can walk in and be immediately met with old-school nerd culture. But at Houston's comic book stores, there are the latest offerings from Marvel, DC, and countless smaller independent companies; bins filled with older discounted comics to sift through; and rare comics worth lots of coin displayed like trophies on the wall. Even as they vary, comic book stores carry those familiar markers, creating a refuge for fans.

I'm sure there's worthwhile stuff to find, but when they say Marvel and DC's latest is what to find, that's where they hugely disappoint, even if it's not surprising they'd take such a superficial view of the Big Two in their modern incarnations. Although there is something interesting told in what follows:

Third Planet Comics, which has become a Houston landmark over its 50 years of operating, is huge; calling it a comic superstore is almost an understatement. The store seems to house everything nerd culture encompasses—comic books, manga, video games, Gundam build kits. You name it, Third Planet probably has it, or can get it for you. In the middle of a weekday, regulars and first-time customers ventured in and out, clearing out their boxes of comic subscriptions, browsing, bringing in old comics to see what they are worth, and parents passing on their own curiosities to their children. [...]

"We have something for everybody here," Johnson said. "I have people coming in saying they've been to other stores and they can't get things because that store doesn't like the product."

Now that's interesting what they tell. You could reasonably wonder if it alludes to independent comics and other creator-owned products that might be turned out by perceived right-wingers, and if the store in question despises them for that. That's not a good example for business, and this is what some possibly left-wing owned stores are relying heavily on modern Marvel/DC output for? So they don't have to rely too much on creator-owned products that might come from folks they don't agree with?

I sincerely hope Third Planet avoids any politically motivated decisions, because in the past decade, it certainly damaged business and its image. That's something that now needs to be mended. If the Houston store remains neutral, if anything, that'll be a good, responsible position.