Make your wishes come true at the Emerald City!

Who is the mysterious bride of DEADPOOL?!?!? Well, if you play your cards right, it could be YOU!!!

Come in this Saturday, April 12th from 12-2pm and 4-6pm and take your own wedding photo with Deadpool, who will appear LIVE (or as live as he gets)!!!

Once you’ve taken your photo, you can submit it to Emerald City’s Facebook page for a chance to win a $25 Emerald City gift certificate!! (2nd place gets a $10 gc, and 3rd gets a $5 gc!!!)

Official details and rules are posted in the store!

Fine Print: In-store marriages to Deadpool are not valid. Nor are these Deadpool marriages a good idea in the first place (we give it a day, tops.)

HULK!

The incredible, rampaging, indestructible HULK is now a super-sweet statue from Kotobukiya’s ARTFX+ line! It is crazy awesome, and only $64.99! Come get one!

DEADPOOL!

Who is the mysterious bride of DEADPOOL?!
Well, if you play your cards right, it could be YOU!!!

Come in this Saturday, April 12th from 12-2pm and 4-6pm and take your own wedding photo with Deadpool, who will appear LIVE (or as live as he gets)!!!

Once you’ve taken your photo, you can submit it to Emerald City’s Facebook page for a chance to win a $25 Emerald City gift certificate! (2nd place gets a $10 gc, and 3rd gets a $5 gc)

Official details and rules are posted in the store!

Fine Print: In-store marriages to Deadpool are not valid. Nor are these Deadpool marriages a good idea in the first place (we give it a day, tops.)

SINESTRO!

After losing everything, Thaal Sinestro battles his frenemy Lyssa Drak to take back what’s his… including the Yellow Lantern Corps!

DC’s sure-to-be-epic series captures the fight of Sinestro’s life!

Get in on all the action when Issue #1 goes on sale at EC April 16th!

CULTURE!

Emerald City will be participating in not just one – but TWO – museum events in April!

On April 17th, join the Museum of Fine Arts in downtown St. Pete where Emerald City will join fan-favorites Sergio Cariello (Dynamite’s The Lone Ranger), Jimmy Palmiotti (Harley Quinn, All-Star Western) and Amanda Conner (Power Girl) in their “Random Acts of Culture” event; part of their UNCHartED: Graphic Novel Panel!!  You can find out more by visiting the MFA’s site at www.fine-arts.org!

On April 25th through September 13th, the Dunedin Museum will be presenting an exhibit on comic book history featuring donations from Emerald City!
You’ll find full details about the event at www.dunedinmuseum.org!

EASTER!

We are closed Easter Sunday, the 20th — but we’re having an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday the 19th!

It is an all-ages event starting at 11 am. Come on by and hunt for colorful eggs filled with little prizes and discounts!

EARTH!

Emerald City truly cares about the environment. We use paper bags when possible, and even more importantly, each week we receive – and recycle – dozens and dozens (seriously, DOZENS) of product shipping containers.

Our employees cut these boxes down and take them to the local recycling center, rather than just toss them into the dumpster. Emerald City encourages everyone to do their part to conserve resources. After all, there are 66 recycling facilities in Pinellas County! Find out where they are by visiting:

www.pinellascounty.org/utilities/recycle.htm

Every little bit helps!

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Featured Comic Books:

ALL NEW DOOP #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Peter Milligan (A) David Lafuente, Laura Allred (CA) Michael Allred
Living in the margins of the X-Men, Doop has freaked out X-Men and readers alike. However, when he gets deeply involved in X-Men business (and in the personal life of Kitty Pryde!), Doop will be thrust into the spotlight. This adventure will prove that Doop is, in fact, the most powerful X-Man! Written by co-creator Peter Milligan (X-FORCE), covers by co-creator Mike Allred (X-FORCE, FF) and innovative interior art by David Lafuente (AVENGERS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN)!

BATMAN ETERNAL #1
DC COMICS
(W) Scott Snyder & Various (A/CA) Jason Fabok
Don’t dare miss the start of the Bat-story so big it’s going to take every week of the month to tell! A massive cast of Gotham City’s best (and worst) examines the relationship between Batman, his allies and his city. In this debut issue, Commissioner James Gordon is caught on the wrong side of the law!

DEADPOOL #27
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) Scott Koblish
That’s right-the day you never dreamed would come has finally arrived…Deadpool is getting MARRIED!
First up in this ENORMOUSLY OVERSIZED ISSUE is our the main feature-the biggest wedding since that one guy married that other guy as Deadpool and his mysterious bride tie the knot in a tale by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, & Mike Hawthorne!
THEN, we’ve rounded up EVERY writer to ever pen Wade’s series to celebrate this magical occasion! No self-respecting Poolophile can miss this one!
It’s the most important issue 27 in the history of comics!

IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A/CA) Kaare Andrews
High above the city, in a multi-million dollar penthouse, Danny Rand, a.k.a. Iron Fist, “The Living Weapon,” is haunted by the consequences of choosing death over life. A message from Iron Fist’s mystical homeland of K’un-Lun brings Danny back to his blood soaked origin of betrayal and vengeance! Revenge is a weapon that cuts both ways…. Will Danny survive the bloodletting? A one-of-a-kind kung fu action epic directed by the inimitable Kaare Andrews

NIGHTCRAWLER #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Chris Claremont (A) Todd Nauck (CA) Chris Samnee
NIGHTCRAWLER IS BACK!
Newly-returned from the afterlife, veteran X-Man Kurt Wagner finds himself in a world that’s a far cry from the one he left: Professor Xavier is dead, Cyclops is on the run, and the X-Men are divided. But determined not to let his new lease on life go to waste, Nightcrawler hits the road alongside Wolverine, eager to right some wrongs and safeguard the future mutantkind…and he’s going to do it by the means he loves most: swashbuckling, lady-charming and-of course-BAMFing!

SHUTTER #1 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Joe Keatinge (A) Leila Del (CA) Emma Rios
INDIANA JONES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY!
Marvel Knights: Hulk and GLORY writer JOE KEATINGE teams up with artist extraordinaire LEILA DEL DUCA for her Image Comics debut in an all-new ongoing series combining the urban fantasy of Fables and the globe-spanning adventure of Y: The Last Man. Kate Kristopher, once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know, is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting

Featured Graphic Novels:

100 BULLETS BROTHER LONO TP (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Eduardo Risso (CA) Dave Johnson
The Eisner Award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS reunites to tell the story of the baddest Minuteman of all. When last we saw Lono in 100 BULLETS, Dizzy Cordova had shot him in the chest … but Lono always was too tough to die. Now, Lono finds himself in Mexico working on the side of the angels. Collects the entire eight-issue miniseries.

EAST OF WEST TP VOL 02 WE ARE ALL ONE
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Nick Dragotta
The second volume of the most exciting new book in the industry is here! “We Are All One” follows our cast around the fractured future-scape of America as we learn more about a world that’s rapidly coming to a end.

THREE TP (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Ryan Kelly, Jordie Bellaire (CA) Jordie Bellaire, Ryan Kelly
In ancient Sparta, three Helot slaves run for lives. Pursuing them are three hundred of their Spartan masters. KIERON GILLEN (PHONOGRAM, Iron Man), RYAN KELLY (Local, Saucer Country), and JORDIE BELLAIRE (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, NOWHERE MEN) join forces to tell a legend for our times. Includes cover gallery, making of material, and annotations.

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FAIRY TALE
Shadow threatens the world of Dragons, Fairies, and Knights. But this time you are in control as you draft cards from one or more factions. By choosing your forces wisely and anticipating your opponent’s picks, it is within your power to affect the outcome of this…fairy tale.
Fairy Tale is a card game where players draft cards in order to get combos off their other cards or to grab cards they see their opponents might need. After four rounds, 12 cards will be sitting in front of players and the one with the highest score will win.
Fairy Tale provides a great introduction to the concept of drafting that, with a quick playing time of 30 minutes and a fantasy theme, makes it an ideal game for all types of gamers.

MASCARADE
When “unmasked”- who will you be?
Attend a Masquerade of the renaissance and try to discover the identity of your opponents. Who is telling the truth? Who is bluffing? Reveal the truth all while hiding your own true identity!
The goal of the game is for players to gain the most gold pieces that they will amass either by telling the truth, or alternatively, bluffing. Players each receive a Character card, that they will switch, or not, with their opponents throughout the game play. At each turn, players have the option to either announce who they are, and therefore are able to activate the power of that Character, as long as none of the other players challenge them; to secretly look at their card; or to swap their card with another player.

cHANNEL A
In Channel A, players compete at presenting anime TV show ideas.
Shows are based on two premises selected by one player from a set of five randomly chosen premises. Each player selects up to four title word cards from their hand of ten cards and makes a pitch to the other players about their show with that title. Players then vote by secret ballot on who had the best show pitch.
Premise and Title cards are all drawn from the vast ocean of anime shows.

WE DIDN’T PLAYTEST THIS PASTED ON THEME AT ALL!
We Didn’t Playtest This Pasted-On Theme at All! brings theme to the Playtest universe – as much theme as can be added to black-and-white cards anyway. Zombies, Time Travel, Elves, Spaceships – each has its own special Thematic Conclusion event cards. This game contains all the same wacky fun as Playtest and is compatible with all of the previous expansions in addition to being playable on its own.
On your turn, you draw a card and play a card, and you’ll keep going until someone wins or everyone loses – or until the trigger condition of your Thematic Conclusion is met! Games last 1-5 minutes, and any number can play.

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AVP PREDATOR WOLF S.H.MONSTER ARTS AF
From Tamashii Nations! The second figure in the Alien vs. Predator series has been revealed! The Predator Wolf from the 2007 sequel film Alien vs. Predator: Requiem joins the S.H.MonsterArts line in stunning detail. A portion of his armor has been recreated in diecast metal, while the weaponry is molded in highly detailed ABS plastic. The Predator stands 7 1/8″ tall. Window box packaging.

DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS POWER RING, SUPERWOMAN, ULTRAMAN ACTION FIGURES
DC COMICS
From their Earth to ours, the villainous members of the Crime Syndicate-Ultraman, Superwoman, Power Ring, and more-invade your home with all-new action figures based on designs by superstar artist David Finch!

MARVEL COMICS AVENGERS NOW HULK ARTFX+ STATUE
From Kotobukiya!  Marvel Comics is the next great property to get Kotobukiya’s ARTFX+ statue treatment, and so of course the first series is none other than the Avengers, specifically the characters as they appear in Marvel Now.  In 2012 the comic book company relaunched several titles, shifting some characters into different books and updating some for a modern audience.  More than anything, it provided a perfect jumping on point for new readers.  Now the characters are brought to life as never before based on concept artwork by superstar artist Adi Granov.  For the very first Avengers ARTFX+ release… well, he’s big, he’s green, and he’s always angry… it’s the HULK!
Bruce Banner was a scientist studying the effects of gamma radiation when he was caught in an explosion.  Rather than destroy him the energies transformed him into the massive green-skinned Hulk!  The Avenger stands in a classic comic book pose, angled to the side and leaning forward with his arms outstretched.  The Hulk has his leading hand open as though to taunt his enemies, though his right hand behind him is balled into a fist to deliver a mighty blow!  The Hulk is fantastically detailed with intricate musculature down to his sinews and veins, and the harsh grimace on his face shows off the rage he can’t keep bottled up in battle.  Banner’s alter ego wears his traditional tattered purple pants (no Hulk would be complete without them), and his skin is expertly painted with varying shades of green.
The massive Hulk stands just barely under 10 inches tall (in the ARTFX+ 1/10th scale) on his included magnetic display base.  Hulk will be joined by his fellow Avengers with upcoming releases Hawkeye, Black Widow, Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor, so get him to begin your collection!

We are hitting the ground SPRINTING in April! Look at what we’ve got going on — and this is just the next couple weeks!

…and then FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is just around the corner!!!

Read on, true believers…

TABLETOP DAY — SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH!
This Saturday is Emerald City’s International Tabletop Day event from 11am -7pm! We’ll have games to demo, miniatures to paint and lots of fun that you can take part in all day long!
At Emerald City, we provide you with the best games we can find, including Alliance Distribution (Cryptozoic, Mayfair, WizKids and Z-Man), ACD Distribution’s Queen Games (Alahambra, Fresco) and Game Salute (Compounded, Pixel Lincoln, Puzzle Strike).
We’re the ONLY store in the Tampa Bay area that carries the Game Salute line of games. Game Salute is an exclusive distributor of independent games, and we’ve got ‘em!
Saturday is the event, but every day is Tabletop Day at Emerald City!!!

GAME OF THRONES SEASON 4!
The HBO hit returns for its 4th season on April 6th!!
Emerald City is your source for games, comics, graphic novels, t-shirts, toys, and more featuring your favorite GoT characters!!

DEADPOOL!
PERSONAL APPEARANCE – April 12th*
Deadpool’s taking the plunge and getting hitched in his comic on Wednesday, April 9th. Who is the mysterious bride?
Well, it could be YOU!
Come out on Saturday, April 12th from 12 – 2pm and 4-6pm, and take a wedding photo of your own with the romantic (?!) Merc with a Not-So-Kissable Mouth!!

AMANDA CONNER‘S BIRTHDAY!
One of Emerald City’s all-time favorite artists, the amazing Amanda Conner, celebrates her birthday on 4/12!!
We wish her a very happy Amanda Conner Day, and all the best for her new year ahead, too!!

REMINDER!
We will be closed Easter Sunday, 4/20. We will be open our usual 11 am to 7 pm the rest of the week before and after (we are usually open from noon to 6 pm on Sundays).

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY IS A MONTH AWAY!!!
Free Comic Book Day is a single day — the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores.
Each year, publishers apply to provide special Free Comic Book Day comic books at cost to retailers, who in turn give them away for free.
At the Emerald City, each guest can choose three different free comics!
Here’s a list of this year’s comics: LINK!

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Featured Comic Books:

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #200
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Various (CA) Mark Bagley
• The world mourns on the anniversary of Peter Parker’s death
•  A gathering of Spidey’s friends and foes reveal some shocking truths about Peter and his world
•  One of the biggest surprise endings of the year!

WHAT IF AGE OF ULTRON #1 (OF 5)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Joe Keatinge (A) Raffaele Ienco (CA) Chris Stevens
THE ENDLESS AGE OF ULTRON!
•  In Age of Ultron, a time-travelling Wolverine killed Hank Pym before he could create the world-conquering Ultron.
•  What would the Marvel Universe look like if another founding Avenger had been killed instead?
•  A world without the Wasp brings a world where Hank Pym created an Ultron even more heinous than the one we know!

DEADPOOL VS CARNAGE #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Salva Espin (CA) Glenn Fabry
• Two red-suited madmen for the price of one!
•  That’s right-good crazy vs. bad crazy, once and for all!
•  And you can bet it’s gonna be a bloody one!

AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #1
DC COMICS
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Lan Medina, Edgar Tadeo (CA) Ivan Reis, Joe Prado
A “FUTURES END” prelude! Spinning out of AQUAMAN, the King of Atlantis and his teammates find themselves targeted by an unknown foe that wants their Atlantean artifacts! Don’t miss the start of this all-new series!

INHUMAN #1 (RES) ANMN
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Joe Madureira
The newest super heroes of the Marvel Universe are born! A cloud of Terrigen mist is moving around the world turning regular people into Inhumans with amazing powers. But not everyone thinks this is a good thing. Discover the secret history of the Marvel Universe and get in at the ground floor of the next big Marvel franchise!

Featured Graphic Novels:

JIM HENSONS LABYRINTH HC NOVEL
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT
(W) Jim Henson, A.C.H. Smith (A/CA) Brian Froud
WHY WE LOVE IT:  Finally back in print and for the first time in hardcover, the novelization of Labyrinth written by A.C.H. Smith and personally overseen by Jim Henson, is the first in a series of novels from the Jim Henson Archives.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT:  This beautiful hardcover features unpublished goblin illustrations by Brian Froud and an exclusive peek into Jim Henson’s creative process with 50 neverpages from Jim’s personal journal, detailing the initial conception of his ideas for Labyrinth.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT:  The story of the classic Jim Henson film Labyrinth, wonderfully adapted for prose by author and playwright A.C.H. Smith.

MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN TP FIGHT NIGHT
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) Marco Rudy
From the haunted heights of a mysterious castle to the dizzying depths of the deep seas, the Amazing Spider-Man must take on not one, not six, not twelve – but ninety-nine of the Marvel Universe’s deadliest villains to save the lives of countless innocents! Trapped aboard a submarine, Spider-Man finds himself in a race against time – but things get worse when Spidey’s ninety-nine problems give way to one big one: Kraven the Hunter! With innocent lives on the line, can Peter Parker outfox his mysterious captors to win his freedom? Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Marco Rudy (Swamp Thing) bring you a defining hour in the life of the webbed wonder! Collecting MARVEL KNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN (2013) #1-5

BATMAN 66 HC VOL 01
DC COMICS
(W) Jeff Parker (A) Jonathan Case & Various (CA) Michael Allred
Put on your go-go boots and get ready to “Batusi” back to the Swingin’ 60s as DC Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV show! In this hardcover collecting issues #1-5 of the hit series, The Dynamic Duo takes on The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, The Penguin, The Mad Hatter, The Joker, and more of the world’s most colorful Bat-villains!

HINTERKIND TP VOL 01 (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Ian Edginton (A) Francesco Trifogli (CA) Greg Tocchini
Fifty-seven years after a biological event has all but wiped out the human race, the Hinterkind have returned. They come from the lost corners of the world: centaurs, elves, dwarves, trolls and worse. But these aren’t fairy tale creatures. They are flesh and blood, and they have a long-simmering hatred of humanity. Collects HINTERKIND #1-6.

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 01 COSMIC AVENGERS
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Various (CA) Steve McNiven
There’s a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! But why has Earth suddenly become the most important planet in the galaxy? That’s what the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to find out! Join Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and – wait for it – the Invincible Iron Man as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening chapters of Marvel NOW! The secrets these galactic Avengers discover will rattle Marvel readers for years to come! But while London deals with a brutal invasion by the Badoon, the fate of the Guardians may have already been decided millions of miles away! Why wait for the movie? It all starts here! Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #0.1 and #1-3, and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: TOMORROW’S AVENGERS #1

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THE DOOM THAT CAME TO ATLANTIC CITY
You’re one of the Great Old Ones – beings of ancient and eldritch power. Cosmic forces have held you at bay for untold aeons, but at last the stars are right and your maniacal cult has called you to this benighted place. Once you regain your full powers, you will unleash your Doom upon the world!
There’s only one problem: You’re not alone. The other Great Old Ones are here as well, and your rivals are determined to steal your cultists and snatch victory from your flabby claws! It’s a race to the ultimate finish as you crush houses, smash holes in reality, and fight to call down The Doom That Came To Atlantic City!

THE WALKING DEAD BOARD GAME: THE BEST DEFENSE – WOODBURY EXPANSION
The Woodbury Expansion for The Walking Dead Board Game: The Best Defense brings a whole new challenge to an already desperate group of Survivors. The Survivors may now visit the Woodbury Location and take their chances with the Resource Deck there, but must also avoid The Governor or he’ll gun down anything in his path! The Woodbury Expansion now allows up to five players to play at once and offers an alternate win condition.

Back in Stock!

LORDS OF WATERDEEP
Waterdeep, the City of Splendors – the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game, the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking, and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!
In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.

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DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS BIZARRO AF
DC COMICS
FROM THE PAGES OF FOREVER EVIL! The Crime Syndicate’s molecular-manipulating madman, Deathstorm, and Superman’s infamous backwards-speaking bad guy, Bizarro, are the latest figures taking over your shelves.
•  BIZARRO – 6.75″

DC COMICS SUPER VILLAINS DEATHSTORM AF
DC COMICS
FROM THE PAGES OF FOREVER EVIL! The Crime Syndicate’s molecular-manipulating madman, Deathstorm, and Superman’s infamous backwards-speaking bad guy, Bizarro, are the latest figures taking over your shelves.
DEATHSTORM – 7.5″ (TO TOP OF FLAME)

MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURE ASSORTMENT
The heroes and villains from the pages of Marvel Comics do battle in Hasbro’s latest series of Marvel Univere Action Figures! These 3 3/4″ tall figures feature multiple articulation points and accessories. Wage a war for the fate of the universe with Rhino, Mysterio, Thanos, Nova, the Incredible Hulk, Cloak and Dagger, Abomination, Colossus, Black Knight, and Alpha Flight! Blister card packaging.

WALKING DEAD MINIMATES SER 5 ASSORTMENT
A Diamond Select Toys Release! The Walking Dead Minimates are still kicking! For their fifth series, DST is bringing more fan-favorite survivors into the fold, as well as new versions of old favorites and another great zombie! Two-packs include Riot Gear Glenn with Maggie, Tyreese with Prison Michonne, Survivor Morgan with Geek Zombie and a rare one-per-case variant set of Martinez with Geek Zombie. Each Minimate mini-figure stands 2 inches tall, with 14 points of articulation and a variety of interchangeable parts and accessories. Designed and Sculpted by Art Asylum!

WALKING DEAD TV DARYL DIXON MINI-BUST
A Gentle Giant Release! One of the most popular new characters on television today, Daryl Dixon is a survivor. An expert hunter, tracker and scavenger, he and his brother Merle initially join Rick Grimes’ band of survivors in order to rob them of their supplies. However, circumstances keep Daryl in the group, and over time he transforms from a loner to a “go-to” leader, taking responsibility for the safety of his new-found family with his crossbow. Straight from the screen to your shelf, Gentle Giant proudly brings you the roguish Daryl Mini Bust. This beautiful and intricate bust is digitally sculpted and cold cast using only the highest quality synthetic polystone. From Daryl’s signature sleeveless tee shirt to his deadly hunting crossbow, no detail has been overlooked. A limited edition collectable, each hand-painted bust comes individually numbered and includes a matching Certificate of Authenticity.

* Scheduled to appear. Personal appearances and events may change without notice.
Contact Emerald City for updates.

We are so excited that you can all finally catch up and start reading RAT QUEENS! The trade paperback just arrived this week, and it’s the first five issues for only $9.99! I don’t think we need to say much more than this, from the description of the series: “A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire!”  Enjoy!

Upcoming events:

TABLETOP DAY
Saturday, April 5th, from 11 am to 7 pm

This is a day where gaming fans around the world unite for the common purpose of enjoying a good game together! This FREE all-day event will feature tabletop games and demos from a library of games so you can start playing right away! Also, while supplies last, you can paint Warhammer models and take them home! There will also be a raffle, a special appearance by Star Wars droid R2-D2, and more! There will even be a food truck on site so you can spend the day here! Bring a friend and join in on the fun!

Gamers On The Edge will be here to support the event and will be taking donations for All Children’s Hospital and Boys & Girls Clubs of America! We appreciate your support of these great organizations throughout the day. You can learn more about Gamers On The Edge by visiting their website at www.gamersontheedge.com

CAPTAIN AMERICA APPEARANCE

To help celebrate the launch of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (on April 4th), come meet Cap himself, live and in person on Saturday, April 5th from 12-2 pm and 4-6 pm!

While you’re here, save 10-50% on select Captain America merchandise, ALL DAY April 5th!

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Featured Comic Books:

SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) J. H. Williams
The Sandman’s epic origin story continues in the second issue of the new miniseries by the superstar team of writer Neil Gaiman and artist J.H. Williams III!
In which Daniel enters Mad Hettie’s dream and Morpheus discovers why he has been summoned and what he has been summoned to do.

REAL HEROES #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A) Bryan Hitch (CA) David Finch
They are the six most famous actors in the world and together they play The Olympians, the biggest superhero movie franchise in history. Would you ask them to save the world? They may be our only hope…

ALL NEW GHOST RIDER #1 ANMN
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Felipe Smith (A/CA) Tradd Moore
“ENGINES OF VENGEANCE” PART 1
A street race leads a young man on the FAST and FURIOUS road of destiny. Amid an East Los Angeles neighborhood running wild with gang violence and drug trafficking, a war brews in the criminal underworld! With four on the floor, Marvel’s newest GHOST RIDER puts vengeance in overdrive!!!

SILVER SURFER #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Slott (A) Michael Allred, Michael Allred
“NEW DAWN”
The universe is big. Bigger than you could ever imagine. And the SILVER SURFER, the lone sentinel of the skyways, is about to discover that the best way to see it… is with someone else.
Meet the Earth Girl who’s challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known Marvel U– into the strange, the new, and the utterly fantastic!
Anywhere and Everywhere… Hang On! THE SILVER SURFER

SURVIVE
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Joe Quinones (CA) Olivier Coipel
Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds descended upon the Ultimate Universe with an insatiable hunger. Though he was defeated by the bravery of a small band of heroes – the cost was devastatingly high. New York City lays a smoldering ruin, and not everyone made it back alive. Many of the Ultimates are dead – and the remaining heroes are all beaten, broken, and emotionally drained.
Witness the birth of a new team of Ultimates! Who survived the fury of Galactus? Who didn’t make it out alive? What will become of S.H.I.E.L.D? The future of the Ultimate Universe is happening now!

Featured Graphic Novels:

DAREDEVIL TP END OF DAYS
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack (A) Various (CA) Alex Maleev
Brian Bendis heads a team of Daredevil legends to tell the last tale of the Man Without Fear. Years after the world last set eyes on him, Daredevil finally returned to Hell’s Kitchen, only to be brutally slain by his deadliest foe in a very public battle. But Matt’s enigmatic last word leads Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich to take on one final story: the truth behind what happened to his old friend. Where did Matt go – and what brought him back, only to die? But while Urich hunts down answers from Daredevil’s array of allies, enemies and former lovers, he is being watched from the shadows – by a mysterious figure with a strikingly familiar silhouette. Matt Murdock is dead. But is that the end for Daredevil? Collecting DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS #1-8.

JANS ATOMIC HEART AND OTHER STORIES TP (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Simon Roy
From the mind of Simon Roy, co-writer and artist of the Eisner Award-nominated series PROPHET, comes a collection of tales that span time, space, and species.

RAT QUEENS TP VOL 01 SASS & SORCERY (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Roc Upchurch (CA) Fiona Staples
Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they’re in the business of killing all god’s creatures for profit. It’s also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack!
Collecting the first 5 issues of the sold out hit series at the special introductory price of $9.99!
Collects RAT QUEENS #1-5

SAILOR TWAIN GN
ST. MARTINS PRESS
(W/A/CA) Mark Siegel
One hundred years ago, on the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United States. A wildly popular – and notoriously reclusive – author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens.

UBER TP VOL 01 (MR)
AVATAR PRESS INC
(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Canaan White
The first collection of KIERON GILLEN’s breakout hit reinvention of the alternative history genre is finally here!  April 24, 1945, the world holds its breath as the war is only days away from ending.  Russian troops move through Germany to the final objective… Hitler himself.  As those around the mad dictator crumble, the much ridiculed threats of the “Wunderwafen” finally materialize.  A new weapon is delivered, one with unstoppable power – a weapon like no other and with a madman pulling the trigger.  The Ubers change the direction of World War II providing a dark and uncompromising alternative history in a way that you’ve never seen.  Kieron Gillen and Caanan White deliver one of the best new series of 2013 collected in a 176 page trade paperback.  Uber Vol 1 collects issues #0 – 5 the startling first chapter of this new horror series that reimagines the super soldier in a stark new bloody vision.

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LEWIS AND CLARK
On November 30, 1803, the United States purchased Louisiana from Napoleon. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson decided to send two explorers – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark – to discover this huge terra incognita.
Lewis & Clark is a board game in which the players manage an expedition intended to cross the North American continent. Their goal is to be the first to reach the Pacific. Each one has his own Corps of Discovery that will be completed by the Native Americans and the trappers met during the journey. He has to cleverly manage his characters and also the resources he finds along the way. Beware, sometimes frugality is better than abundance.
Lewis & Clark features dual use cards. To be activated, one card must be combined with another one, which becomes unavailable for a while. Thus, players are faced with a constant dilemma: play a card or sacrifice it. During the game, each player acquires character cards that enlarge his hand, building a crew that gives him more options but it needs to be optimized as he will recycle his cards more slowly. This new “handbuilding” mechanism fits strongly the historical background.
Since the aim of the game is to be the first on the Pacific coast, the timing and the opportunistic use of the other players’ positions are crucial.

SEASONS: PATH OF DESTINY
Seasons: Path of Destiny is the second expansion for the board game ‘Seasons’.
Come, Mage, and see your destiny!
Deep in the Forest of Argos, the struggle rages on between the Kingdom’s most powerful sorcerers, each convinced of their glorious destiny.
Making their burning desire a reality will require bravery and determination. However, destiny is a fickle mistress…
Play with 20 new Power cards (2 copies of each card) like the dangerous Argosian Tangleweed, the powerful Chalice of Eternity or the mysterious Sepulchral Amulet!
Discover 10 new Enchantment cards and create new strategies. Use the die of Destiny to win the game…if you make the right choice!
6 new Special Ability tokens are added for more power!

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AVENGERS INFINITE SERIES ACTION FIGURE ASSORTMENT 201401
Marvel Comics’ Avengers are ready for action with Hasbro’s new 3 3/4″ Avengers Infinite Series Action Figures! These larger scale figures feature extensive articulation and detailing, and they come with accessories ready for battle. Choose from Captain America, Heroic Age Iron Man, Platinum Wasp, Platinum Hyperion, Platinum Hulk, or Platinum Grim Reaper. Blister card packaging.

GODZILLA 1989 VINYL FIGURAL BANK
A Diamond Select Release! This vinyl bank of the city-destroying and alien-fighting lizard called Godzilla is based on his appearance in the 1989 movie Godzilla vs. Biollante! Cast in sturdy vinyl, the bank features a coin slot hidden between the fins on his back, as well as an access door hidden inside his removable tail! Stands 12 inches tall and measures 18 inches to the tip of his tail! Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios!

STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG COLL MAG #11 USS RELIANT MIRANDA CLASS
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD
This incredible new collection of STAR TREK models includes all the most significant ships from the five STAR TREK television series. Every ship has been painstakingly recreated in die-cast and high quality ABS materials then hand painted with an incredible level of detail. The collection features a full range of Federation and alien vessels including seven incarnations of the Enterprise, all the major Klingon vessels including the Bird-of-Prey, Dominion, Borg and Romulan ships.

March 22 marks the twentieth anniversary of Mike Mignola’s career-defining release of Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1. After the character’s somewhat humble beginnings in an eight-page feature in Dark Horse’s San Diego Comic-Con Comics special, Seed of Destruction would begin the long life of the beloved “beast of the apocalypse.”
Dark Horse has produced an all-new sampler comic featuring two classic Mignola tales, “The Ghoul” and “Another Day at the Office,” as well as two new stories by Mignola, Fábio Moon, and R. Sikoryak!

Look for the Hellboy: The First 20 Years hardcover collection, on sale now! This deluxe oversized hardcover presents Mignola’s favorite covers and illustrations in gallery style, from his first drawing of Hellboy through twenty years of publishing.

Also this week: Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’s SAGA VOLUME 3!

Thank you for making SAGA VOLUME 1 our #1 best-selling graphic novel by far since our big move in October! This is one of the Emerald City team’s favorite comic book series, and it’s so great to see that it is one of yours, too!

Once you’re caught up on your SAGA with this new volume, and want to start reading the individual issues so you don’t have to wait another eight months, the next chapter is expected May 21st.

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Featured Comic Books:

ANNE BONNIE #1
BLUE JUICE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Tim Yates
Set sail on the Great Sea, a world full of magic, danger, and excitement! Join Ariana, a most unlikely heroine, aboard an enchanted ship as she discovers what it truly means to be a pirate, on a journey that will change the world forever.

RUSH CLOCKWORK ANGELS #1
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT
(W) Neil Peart, Kevin J. Anderson (A) Nick Robles (CA) Hugh Syme
WHY WE LOVE IT
Rush’s Clockwork Angels is a testament to the band’s creative
versatility, successful as a concept album, novel and international
tour. Now Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart and New York Times
bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson are bringing the story of
Clockwork Angels to comics, where newcomer artist Nick Robles
will bring the journey of Owen Hardy to visual life!
WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT
Die-hard Rush fans have longed for Peart’s narrative songwriting to
be adapted into comic book form for decades, but fans of steampunk
fantasy will enjoy journeying into the world Albion thanks to
Anderson’s skilled storytelling.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
Owen Hardy, like all the people of Albion, has lived his whole life under
the rule of The Watchmaker. His entire life has been planned down to
the exact second. But what happens when a young boy decides that
things should not always goes as planned?

WITCHER #1 (OF 5)
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Paul Tobin (A) Joe Querio (CA) Dan Panosian, Dave Johnson
Traveling near the edge of the Black Forest, monster hunter Geralt meets a widowed
fisherman whose dead and murderous wife resides in an eerie mansion known as the
House of Glass-which seems to have endless rooms, nothing to fill them with, and
horror around every corner.
•  Written by Eisner winner Paul Tobin!
•  The Witcher games have collectively won over 250 awards and sold more then 5.5
million copies worldwide.
•  There are currently two games available across multiple platforms, and a third is slated for release in 2014.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE SECOND CYCLE #1 (MR)
DC COMICS
(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Rafael Albuquerque
The Eisner Award-winning, critically acclaimed series is back! #1 New York Times best-selling writer Scott Snyder (BATMAN, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED, THE WAKE) and acclaimed artist Rafael Albuquerque (ANIMAL MAN) bring their bloodsoaked opus into the 1960s!
The story so far…
Pearl Jones is a new kind of vampire, one of an American breed that can walk in the sun and has rattlesnake fangs. She’s beautiful and powerful – and she’s hiding from a tragic past…
Skinner Sweet is an American vamp too – the kind you love to hate. He’s good when he wants to be, but most of the time he’s downright bad. He’s Pearl’s maker, but he’s off in Mexico with an agenda of his own…
Will their two stories collide, or are they separated forever? And who is this new villain on the horizon, someone bloodier and more evil than anything seen in AMERICAN VAMPIRE before? Who is THE GRAY TRADER and what does his arrival mean for Skinner and Pearl?
Whether you’re already a fan or interested in checking out this series, the extra-sized AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #1 is the perfect jumping-on point!

SOVEREIGN #1 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Chris Roberson (A/CA) Paul Maybury
An epic fantasy in the tradition of Game of Thrones, SOVEREIGN is set in a world which once knew gods, demons, and magic, and to which all three are returning. New York Times bestselling author CHRIS ROBERSON (credits TBA) joins artist PAUL MAYBURY (credits TBA) to tell the story of masked undertakers facing the undead with swords, of civil wars and cultures in collision, of ancient threats emerging from the ashes of history to menace the future…

DAREDEVIL #1 ANMN
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Chris Samnee
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT!
Join Marvel’s fearless hero as he begins his most awe-inspiring adventure yet in the sunny city of San Francisco! Gifted with an imperceptible radar sense and a passion for justice, blind lawyer Matt Murdock-a.k.a. DAREDEVIL-protects the Golden City’s streets from all manner of evil. But big changes are in store for Matt Murdock as old haunts and familiar faces rise to give the devil his due. Hold on tight, because here comes Daredevil…the Man Without Fear!

Featured Graphic Novels:

HELLBOY FIRST 20 YEARS HC
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W/A) Mike Mignola (CA) Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart
Mignola has expanded Hellboy into the most exciting group of books since the early Marvel universe, and his style has influenced art and illustration far beyond the world of comics. Selected finished pieces are shown alongside sketches and raw scans from the last twenty years.

NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC (MR)
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
(W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin O’Neill
From The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and continuing in the thrilling tradition of Heart of Ice, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill rampage through twentieth-century culture in a blazing new adventure. It’s now 1941, and with her daughter strategically married into the family of aerial warlord Jean Robur, Janni’s raiders have only limited contact with the military might of the clownish German-Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel. But when the pirate queen learns that her loved ones are held hostage in the nightmarish Berlin, she has no choice save to intervene directly, travelling with her ageing lover Broad Arrow Jack into the belly of the beastly metropolis. Within that alienated city await monsters, criminals and legends, including the remaining vestiges of Germany’s notorious ‘Twilight Heroes’, a dark Teutonic counterpart to Mina Murray’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And waiting at the far end of this gauntlet of alarming adversaries there is something much, much worse.

NOAH HC (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel (A) Niko Henrichon
From acclaimed filmmaker DARREN ARONOFSKY (Black Swan, The Wrestler) and artist NIKO HENRICHON (Pride of Baghdad), NOAH is a fresh take on the biblical epic for the 21st Century. A fantastical world is about to be destroyed and one man is chosen to start a new one. As wicked forces try to take his Ark, Noah must hold his family together while they watch the annihilation of all they know. Infusing the Book of Genesis with fantasy and science-fiction, NOAH both reinvents the elements of the Flood story everyone knows and simultaneously takes the reader beyond them and into the unexpected.

SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A/CA) Fiona Staples
The Eisner, Harvey, and Hugo Award-winning phenomenon continues, as new parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family’s pursuers finally close in on their targets.
Collects SAGA #13-18

WOLVERINE JAPANS MOST WANTED HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron, Jason Latour (A) Yves Bigerel, Paco Diaz (CA) Ed McGuinness
It’s the first print edition of the story previously available only in Marvel’s innovative Infinite Comics format as superstar writer Jason Aaron pits Wolverine against a threat unlike any he has ever faced! Wolverine is Public Enemy No. 1 in Japan, on the run from the authorities – and it’s all Sabretooth’s doing! As Wolverine clashes with the new Silver Samurai, the secret Book of the Hand stands revealed. But who is Osen, and what is her connection to both Wolverine and the Hand? As Sunfire joins the fray, Wolverine and Osen seek out the Hand’s First Clan. But can they put their differences aside long enough to fight their mutual foe? When Silver Samurai and his Iron Hand attack, Wolverine goes to war! It’s ninja vs. ninja, with a nation’s fate in the balance! Collecting WOLVERINE: JAPAN’S MOST WANTED INFINITE COMIC #1-13.

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ARROW OLIVER QUEEN DEATHSTROKE AF 2 PACK
DC COMICS
Wearing the dark hood of a vigilante archer, Oliver faces off against the deadly mercenary, Deathstroke, and you’re in control of the battle with this special action figure 2-pack set!

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY TWO FACE ACTION FIGURE
DC COMICS
From inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City comes Two-Face, the latest villain to add to your collection! Based on the blockbuster video game published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, developed by Rocksteady Studios and licensed by DC Entertainment.

STAR TREK BATTLE DAMAGED ENTERPRISE B SHIP
A Diamond Select Release! Designed by Art Asylum! Red alert! Red alert! The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B has taken a direct hit from the Nexus Wave, and all decks have suffered major damage! The Excelsior-class starship is back with all-new paint deco to replicate its on-screen damage from Star Trek: Generations! Packaged in a “Try Me” window box so customers can test its movie-accurate lights and sounds, the Enterprise B measures 16 inches long and comes with an adjustable display stand.