ACTION COMICS #1000 CELEBRATION!!!

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EC Book Club: Monstress vol 1! is Wednesday, May 2nd in "The Hub" in the center of the store!

The EC Book Club meets the FIRST WEDNESDAY of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm to chat about the featured book.

We usually begin each meeting with a "Comics 101" slideshow giving some historical, artistic, or social background on the book, and then we dive right into discussion! Here's the Comics 101 slideshow for our previous ECBC meeting for Tom King's BATMAN VOL 1: I AM GOTHAM!EC Book Club\ is Wednesday, May 2nd in "The Hub" in the center of the store!

The EC Book Club meets the FIRST WEDNESDAY of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm to chat about the featured book.

We usually begin each meeting with a "Comics 101" slideshow giving some historical, artistic, or social background on the book, and then we dive right into discussion! Here's the Comics 101 slideshow for our previous ECBC meeting for Tom King's BATMAN VOL 1: I AM GOTHAM! ... See MoreSee Less

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DC Comics and Superman are celebrating the ONE THOUSANDTH ISSUE of Action Comics, which is on EC's New Comics wall starting tomorrow, April 18th at EC!!!

We celebrated with free Superman stickers, a raffle for an 80 Years of Superman hardcover book, plus, all of the Action #1,000 variant covers... and of course, free pics and autographs from the Man of Steel himself!!!

All Things Nerdy were also here, leading games in our Event Room!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to be part of our celebration!!! Thanks to you, we had a "SUPER" day!!!DC Comics and Superman are celebrating the ONE THOUSANDTH ISSUE of Action Comics, which is on EC's New Comics wall starting tomorrow, April 18th at EC!!!

We celebrated with free Superman stickers, a raffle for an 80 Years of Superman hardcover book, plus, all of the Action #1,000 variant covers... and of course, free pics and autographs from the Man of Steel himself!!!

All Things Nerdy were also here, leading games in our Event Room!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to be part of our celebration!!! Thanks to you, we had a "SUPER" day!!! ... See MoreSee Less

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ECBC: Comics recommendations by “Doctor Vince”! 4/17/18

“Doctor Vince” is a rocket scientist by day, and an EC Book Club (ECBC) moderator by night! EC Book Club: Monstress vol 1! is the featured book at our next ECBC meeting.

Here is the book that caught his attention in this month’s Previews (in addition to his usual pull list, and EC’s picks this month!). To ensure that you get this book when it arrives, please call the store at 727-398-2665 or email our Books & New Comics Merchant Frank at comics@emeraldcitycomics.com, to reserve a copy!

From the Previews Catalog #355, April 2018 (for books arriving mainly in June 2018)…
www.previewsworld.com/catalog

Valerian and Laureline - Shingouzlooz Inc. (page 369) - A new graphic novel starring those much beloved "agents spatio-temporel" — Valérian et Laureline. Before the dubious movie from 2017 came the amazing and charming comics adventures of two space/time agents at war both with the galactic empire which they serve and forces arrayed against it across the time-stream. Check it out! ($13.95)

Preview page by Mathiue Laffray shows the influence of American artists, such as comics legend John Buscema, on his artwork ... See MoreSee Less

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Celebrate 1000 issues of Action Comics with an all-star lineup of top talent as they pay tribute to the comic that started it all! From today's explosive action to a previously unpublished tale illustrated by the legendary Curt Swan to the Man of Tomorrow's future — this very special, oversized issue presents the best of the best in Superman stories!

Featuring all-new art and stories by a ton of great artists and writers — including the first DC Comics story from Marvel Comics superstar BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS!

In addition to the regular cover by fan-favorite JIM LEE, Action Comics #1000 will also feature these decades-spanning variant covers:

STEVE RUDE (1930s)
MICHAEL CHO (1940s)
DAVE GIBBONS (1950s)
MICHAEL ALLRED (1960s)
JIM STERANKO (1970s)
JOSHUA MIDDLETON (1980s)
DAN JURGENS (1990s)
LEE BERMEJO (2000s)
...PLUS A BLANK VARIANT COVER!

This comic will be available on Wednesday, April 18th at 11am, while supplies last!

* PLEASE NOTE: To ensure we are offering these comics to as many Guests as possible, all Guests will be limited to one copy of each cover. Thank you for your understanding! ... See MoreSee Less

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Ratland

This is a Kickstarter game that will only be avaliable while supplies last

Make your rat clan the most powerful gang of the sewer!

In Ratland, each player controls a rat clan and they will try to turn them into the most crowded one. To achieve such a task, you´ll have to outwit your opponents to get the most possible food you can, even if you have to snatch it from your neighbors! But beware, they will try to do the same to you.

Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War

Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War is a cooperative dice and card game for 2-4 players.

In the game, players recruit heroes and assemble a team to face off against Thanos and his villainous forces in an effort to thwart him from accomplishing his master plan: Collecting all six Infinity Stones to power the Infinity Gauntlet and wreak havoc on the very fabric of reality. Building upon the strengths of the characters on their team, as well as other players, winning requires critical thinking and communication to reach a common goal.

Halloween

It's Halloween — time to haunt poor unfortunate humans who think the holiday is all fun and games, but wait until you unleash ghosts upon this little town. Use your knowledge and wit to summon ghosts, move them around town, scare people, and even fight other ghosts because only one demon lord can boast of being the scariest demon lord of them all.

Halloween is a tactical game for 2 to 4 players in which you take on the role of a demon lord that controls the many ghosts on the board. Carefully plan your actions through a unique mechanism that allows you to manage multiple ghosts to try to outwit your opponents. Summon ghosts, move them round the board, fight other ghosts, or use one of the numerous action cards that can give you great tactical advantage.

Black Souls

Designer Inc's latest video game title Black Souls has achieved international success! Hailed as one of the toughest digital games ever, it has attracted millions of hardcore gamers. The secret behind this huge success lies not in just making an extremely difficult game. Anyone can do that. The true challenge lies in balancing it to be as difficult as possible, but still fair enough that the very best players can survive to the end. Alas, the game studio is heavily short staffed and the management is looking to hire one more Game Designer for developing more content in Black Souls.

You have been given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be hired by Designer Inc as a level designer, an integral part of Black Souls' development team! As one of the finalist candidates, you must prove your designing skills under the judging eyes of your future employers in an 'Early Beta Access' trial to create a level that best reflects the spirit of Black Souls - a very difficult, yet fair game. A group of seasoned playtesters will be sent to try out your carefully designed level, and provide feedback on whether they like or dislike it at the end of the run. If the level is too easy, they would not feel challenged at all. If it is too hard, they would all be killed and find it unfair. Who will be the final candidate to be inducted into the ranks of Designer Inc?

This is a uniquely themed game - A game about designing a game!

Monopoly Gamer (Standard and Collectors Edition)

It's the Monopoly game with a Nintendo twist as it joins forces with beloved Nintendo video game characters. Instead of standard Monopoly tokens, the game features Super Mario characters, each with their own special powers within gameplay. Play as Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, or Donkey Kong. Finish the game by defeating Bowser at the end! It's not just about money in this game; players earn points by buying Properties, collecting Coins, and beating Bosses. The player with the highest score wins the game.

Features Nintendo's Super Mario characters
Coins replace Monopoly money
Power-up die activates special abilities
Battle legendary Bosses ... See MoreSee Less

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Marvel's newest series "Venomized" brings back your favorite symbiote as he and "Venomized" versions of your favorite heroes burst into action, and EC was there to celebrate the launch with Venom and Spidey himself!!!

We gave out TWO free Venom comics, featuring Spider-Man, as well as some Venomized promos, a cool Funko raffel featuring the Spidey Marvel Collector Corps box, and of course, our friends form All Things Nerdy were here, along with Venom and Spidey for free pics and autographs!!!

It was also a "warm up" day for Free Comic Book Day, which will be here at EC on Sat., May 5th, so we were able to give away lots of extra free comics!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who "swung by" to see us!!!Marvel's newest series "Venomized" brings back your favorite symbiote as he and "Venomized" versions of your favorite heroes burst into action, and EC was there to celebrate the launch with Venom and Spidey himself!!!

We gave out TWO free Venom comics, featuring Spider-Man, as well as some Venomized promos, a cool Funko raffel featuring the Spidey Marvel Collector Corps box, and of course, our friends form All Things Nerdy were here, along with Venom and Spidey for free pics and autographs!!!

It was also a "warm up" day for Free Comic Book Day, which will be here at EC on Sat., May 5th, so we were able to give away lots of extra free comics!!!

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Here are the comics and graphic novels that caught our attention in this month’s Previews!

To ensure that you get these books when they arrive, please call the store at 727-398-2665, or email our Books & New Comics Merchant at comics@emeraldcitycomics.com, to reserve a copy!

From the Previews Catalog #355, APRIL 2018 (for books arriving mainly in JUNE 2018)…

www.previewsworld.com/catalog

LIKELY STORIES HC
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham (A/CA) Mark Buckingham
These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts.
From Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman and his longtime, Eisner award-winning collaborator Mark Buckingham (Fables) comes a graphic novel not to be missed!





MAN OF STEEL #1
DC COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Joe Prado, Ivan Reis (CA) Miguelanxo Prado, Ivan Reis
The highly anticipated six-issue weekly miniseries begins under the guiding hand of superstar writer Brian Michael Bendis!!!
A new era begins for Superman as a threat from his earliest origins reemerges to destroy the Last Son of Krypton. As Superman struggles to come to grips with what has happened to his wife and son, he must also face a new threat that's determined to burn down Metropolis!

UNEXPECTED #1
DC COMICS
(W) Steve Orlando (A) Ryan Sook, Cary Nord (CA) Ryan Sook
In the aftermath of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, the DC Universe has been forever changed as new heroes are called out of the shadows. Amid this all is Janet Fals...Firebrand! Once a paramedic dedicated to saving lives, she must now start a fight once every 24 hours to feed the Conflict Engine that's replaced her heart. But Janet's heart isn't just a curse-it's a beacon, drawing out both the mysterious Neon the Unknown and the seductive, malevolent Bad Samaritan. One of them wants to cut out her heart, the other wants to save it-but neither of them knows the true danger hidden within that will kick off a superhero manhunt ranging from Thanagar to the deepest heart of the Dark Multiverse!

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN TEMPEST #1
IDW - TOP SHELF
(W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin O'Neill
After an epic twenty-year journey through the entirety of human culture, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill conclude both their legendary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and their equally legendary comic-book careers with the series' spectacular fourth and final volume, "The Tempest." This six-issue miniseries is a celebration of everything comics were, are and could be. Opening simultaneously in the panic-stricken headquarters of British Military Intelligence, the fabled Ayesha's lost African city of Kor and the domed citadel of 'We' on the devastated Earth of the year 2996, the dense and yet furiously-paced narrative hurtles like an express locomotive across the fictional globe. This is literally, and literarily, the story to end all stories. Here's how it begins. This is literally, and literarily, the story to end all stories. Here's how it begins.

MAGIC ORDER #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Olivier Coipel
We live in a world where we've never seen a monster, and The Magic Order is the reason we sleep safely in our beds. Magic meets the mob in THE MAGIC ORDER, as five families of magicians-sworn to protect our world for generations-must battle an enemy who's picking them off one by one. By day, they live among us as our neighbors, friends, and co-workers, but by night, they are the sorcerers, magicians, and wizards that protect us from the forces of darkness...unless the darkness gets them first. MARK MILLAR's first NETFLIX comic book, drawn by the incredible OLIVIER COIPEL (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor).

THOR #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Michael Del Mundo
JASON AARON & MIKE DEL MUNDO TAKE THE PRINCE OF ASGARD IN A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION!
Thor Odinson has regained his mantle - and with it, a wild new world of trouble on his mighty hands! The artifacts of Asgard have been scattered across the earth, and to reclaim them, Thor will have to face some ugly truths. Like the production cost of hundreds of new hammers! And the Thunder God is going to need every last one of them if he's going to stop the unstoppable Juggernaut. Jason Aaron takes the Prince of Asgard in a whole new direction with YOUNG GUN artist Mike Del Mundo joining him at the helm! And don't miss the latest chapter of the King Thor saga with acclaimed BLACK BOLT artist Christian Ward, as the Thor of the far future encounters an old friend who's undergone some startling changes.





SENTRY #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Aaron Kim Jacinto (CA) Bryan Hitch
THE GOLDEN GUARDIAN IS BACK! FRESH FROM THE PAGES OF DOCTOR STRANGE...
...but is that really such a good thing?
The greatest hero that the Marvel Universe ever forgot has returned! The Sentry - shining sentinel with the power of a thousand exploding suns - is back from the dead, but his troubled mind is far from finding peace. By day, he trudges through a mundane life as Bob Reynolds; at night, the Sentry soars across a gleaming, perfect skyline. But how much of the Sentry's dual existence is real? And what of his dark other self, the Void?
Jeff Lemire (MOON KNIGHT, Black Hammer) returns to Marvel and unites with Kim Jacinto (AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER) for this mind-bending series that will shake the Sentry, and the Marvel Universe, to its foundations.





BY NIGHT #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) John Allison (A/CA) Christine Larsen
�Eisner-Award winning author John Allison (Giant Days) and artist Christine Larsen (Adventure Time) join forces for a story about coming home, discovering identity, and accidently smashing a hole to another dimension.
Aspiring documentarian (and actual Chemistry major) Jane has recently reunited with her former best friend Heather, amateur urban explorer. When a trip into an abandoned industrial building leads them to another world, their plan begins to unfold.create a documentary about the world and become filthy, filthy rich. The other side of the portal is filled with monsters, magic and a chance for a whole new life. All they have to do is step through�... ... See MoreSee Less

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We're all ready for our "PRE-Free Comic Book Day" tomorrow, Saturday April 7th at 11am!!!

Every Guest can choose THREE FREE COMICS from this selection in our Events Room!

Read more about the event here:
Venom Vs. Spider-Man Day and FCBD Warm-Up at EC!We're all ready for our "PRE-Free Comic Book Day" tomorrow, Saturday April 7th at 11am!!!

Every Guest can choose THREE FREE COMICS from this selection in our Events Room!

Read more about the event here:
Venom Vs. Spider-Man Day and FCBD Warm-Up at EC! ... See MoreSee Less

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RISE TO NOBILITY

Five years after the events of Cavern Tavern, where a fragile peace was brokered between The Five Realms, the High Queen Tabita Orestes has ordered a new city to be built. The city of Caveborn will be the capital of the Five Realms, a place where all the races will learn to live together in harmony, with the main purpose being to bring them closer and prevent another war.

The Queen needs to keep the alliance between the races and ensure that Caveborn is peaceful and prosperous. To that end, a Settlers Council has been formed with Berk the Town Clerk as its chairman — but Berk is getting old and needs a successor. Are you that person?

Rise to Nobility is a worker (dice) placement game set in the same fantasy world as Cavern Tavern. You each own a small piece of land in the newly built city, and your job is to rise from anonymity, make your way to the title of lord, and take over the head seat at the Stone Council.

You can achieve this by upgrading your land and increasing its value, satisfying the demands of the settlers' council, attracting and housing as many settlers as you can, accommodating their needs, finding them jobs, and helping them develop from apprentices to guild masters, thus insuring you have people in high places all around the city of Caveborn.

WEREBEASTS

You are a key player in the lucrative but dangerous business of collecting werebeasts. Armed with only your good looks and several cans of indescribably tasty werechow, you must bid for the werebeasts you need — and also for the ones you don't in hopes of throwing your opponents off track.

Your fellow collectors in Werebeasts are also collecting certain creatures that have the most value to them. If you can hide your intentions long enough, you'll be rewarded. If you can make it to the end of the game without getting caught, you just might win.

SABORDAGE

The famous pirate Blackbeard has summoned you to his deathbed and entrusts you with his dearest secret: the location of his hidden treasure! But the old rascal played one last trick on you by also revealing the location to every renowned pirate on the seven seas. The race is on, but in order to reach the treasure, you need a ship, sturdy and fast — except everyone has had the same idea and the battle is already raging in the harbor before the ships have even been completed!

Figure out how to finish your ship first in Sabordage, and you'll be on your way to treasure!

DISNEY'S A WRINKLE IN TIME

A Wrinkle In Time: Daring Adventure Game is a cooperative dice game that captures the journey of the 2018 theatrical adaptation of the Madeline L'Engle novel.

In the game, players take on the role of the story's main characters — Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin — and work together to solve mathematical puzzles, decode secret messages, and tesser to new locations to rescue Mr. Murry and get home. The engineering of a hexaflexagon is behind the "Flex Enfolders", which when used in conjunction with dice rolls must sum up to progress through five movie-based locations, or levels.

A coding portion of each round relies on players' abilities to communicate and lay out an "operation chain" that aims to generate a successful result, after which they will use the color filtration of Mrs. Who's "Quizzing Glasses" to reveal Mr. Murry's hidden whereabouts.

STRANGER THINGS MONOPOLY

Strange and terrible things have begun happening in Hawkins, Indiana… better huddle down and break out a nice board game with your pals!

-Monopoly game with a Stranger Things theme
-Features 80s-inspired tokens and tokens “ripped from the Upside Down”
-Walkie-Talkie and Blinking Lights cards as Community Chest and Chance cards ... See MoreSee Less

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