Brainstorm Comics Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Today's question centers around Deadpool (don't forget to check out the first appearance we have in the store--New Mutants 98). The character was created as a parody of what Teen Titans character, their names even rhyming?

Brainstorm Comics Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Today's question is Magic the Gathering related. During which block was the deck Astral Slide dominant?

Tomorrow night is Smash Up night!!! Swing by at 6:30 to take part in some base grabbing action. Will you be zombie pirates? Maybe some robot dinosaurs?? Wizard ninjas?!? You won't know until you smash them up!!

Brainstorm Comics Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Normally trying to steal the tires off the Batmobile would result in a trip to Gotham General Hospital. One character instead was afforded the opportunity (if that's what you would call it) to become Robin. Who was this character?

Brainstorm Comics Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Today's question is centered on the original Runaways (a must read by Brian K Vaughan) which was revived for the Secret Wars epic going on for Marvel (a review of which is coming later today). Teenagers have many problems with their parents but the original band of Runaways had a big and very real issue with theirs. Why did they run away from their homes?

Hey all! Tomorrows game day is going to be Heralds of Ruin Kill Team! 

Come on out and bring your army. If you need the rules/codex for Heralds of Ruin, they can all be found here http://heralds-of-ruin.blogspot.com/p/kill-team-rules.html

The Heralds of Ruin Painting and Gaming Blog: Kill Team Rules

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Share with your friends--don't miss out! The better we do with these sales, the more we can do them.

Brainstorm Comics Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Supreme Power, the Marvel Max offering of Squadron Supreme, was written by J Michael Straczynski. In it, DC's heroes are given person flaws and don't cooperate as cheerfully as the JLA counterparts do. In this version of Squadron Supreme, who raised Hyperion, the Superman analog?

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. This police officer, pre-Crisis, was corrupt, taking money from the mayor in exchange for sabotaging Commissioner Jim Gordon's cases. Who was this purposeful bungler?

Brainstorm Comics presents Six Degrees of Separation with Stan Lee. This week's challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to connect Stan Lee with the icon Lucille Ball. From the look on Lucy's face, it doesn't appear she thinks you can do it.

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. It's Friday so it must be a Magic the Gathering related question (also, don't forget about FNM--tonight it's standard, $5 to enter, 1.5 packs in prize support per entrant). Today's question, what is the green staple pictured in this post?

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Continuing the trend, today's question relates to a book that arrived this week, Ghost Racers. Below is the first appearance of Ghost Rider. Who was the guy under that flaming skull?

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Today Secret Wars: Marvel Zombies hits the stands so our question is about the original 5 part mini-series. (If you haven't read those, at the very least you need to look at Arthur Suydam's take on classic Marvel covers). What fan-favorite zombie aficionado wrote the original storyline?

Six Degrees of Separation with Stan Lee

Every week (or almost every week--I did forget to post one last week), we ask you to connect Stan Lee with another celebrity.  This week your challenge is simple.  Connect the Marvel legend with Spike Lee in the fewest number of moves possible?  Can you do it?

List of June Events Through the 21st

June 11th -- ULTIMATE WEREWOLF -- Starting at 6:30 pm



Back by popular demand!  The werewolves have returned, ravaging our fair village.  We must root them out, expose them.  But it won't be easy.  They're cunning and hide amongst us as common villagers.  We can do it, though.  I know we can.  You can trust me.

June 12th -- FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC STANDARD TOURNAMENT -- Starting at 6:30 pm


Standard! Standard! Standard!

$5 entry fee

We are an official FNM location and offer additional prize support in the form of 1.5 packs per person entered into the tournament.  The more people who play, the larger the prize pool.  So grab a friend and bring them to Brainstorm Comics in downtown Frederick this Friday.  All skill levels are welcomed.

June 13th -- DIXIT --Starting at 1 pm



This storytelling game is worth it just based on the art of the cards!  Will you be able to guess the storyteller's card?  More importantly, can you convince everyone else that your card represents that card better than everyone else's?

A great game for people of all ages.

June 14th -- MAGIC LEGACY TOURNAMENT -- Starting at 1 pm


15 Proxies are permitted in our Legacy tournament
$10 entry fee


Our prize pool is dependent on the number of people who participate.

June 18th -- DOMINION -- Starting at 6:30



Are you looking for an alternative to the collectible card games that dominate the marketplace?  Dominion may be the game for you.  As a monarch, you have decided to expand your kingdom--but others have the exact same idea.

Everyone has access to the same cards in this game, which puts the onus on strategy more than the dollar amount spend on a deck.  Come on by and explore the intricacies of the game.

June 19th -- FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC STANDARD TOURNAMENT -- Starting at 6:30 pm



STANDARD! STANDARD! STANDARD!

$5 ENTRY FEE

We are an official FNM location and offer additional prize support in the form of 1.5 packs per person entered into the tournament.  The more people who play, the larger the prize pool.  So grab a friend and bring them to Brainstorm Comics in downtown Frederick this Friday.  All skill levels are welcomed.

June 20th -- WARHAMMER 40K KILL TEAM -- Starting at 1 pm



Accessible to those who have small armies but want to play a variety of people.  We will post the rules for this game this week.

There will be no entry fee, but there will be prizes!  First place gets a $20 gift card and second place gets a $10 gift cards.  We have enough room for 8 players so please let us know in advance if you are interested.

June 21st -- MAGIC LEGACY TOURNAMENT -- Starting at 1 pm

15 Proxies are permitted in our Legacy tournament
$10 entry fee

Our prize pool is dependent on the number of people who participate.

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. This past Wednesday a new Omega Men series was launched by DC Comics (Kyle Rayner fans should check out that series), so this question pertains to the original series. That volume produced a fan favorite last Czarnian, not in the issue shown below (that would give away to much). What was that character's name?

MAGIC THE GATHERING

Brainstorm, in order to bring you guys what you want, wants to know--who would be interested in a Rochester Draft?

For those who don't know, a Rochester draft is a little different from a standard draft.  In this version, one person opens their pack and displays all 15 cards for everyone to see.  That person then selects one card from them.  The next person chooses a card until everyone has chosen their first card.  Then, the person who selected the last card chooses another card, with the draft going back around in reverse order.

Due to the time intensive nature of this format, we would do the draft on a Saturday and play the rounds the next day on Sunday.

Let us know if this is something you would like to do and we will make it happen!

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Today's question centers around a character who may be a major player in the Secret Wars saga (issue three came out yesterday--the larger picture starts coming into focus)--Doctor Strange. Before he was the Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange carried out a selfish and egotistical life. Then a car accident robbed him of his ability to continue his profession. What profession was Strange forced to leave as a result?

Brainstorm Comics Calendar of Events -- 1st Week of June

Thursday June 4th

TICKET TO RIDE

All aboard!  It's a race to see who can see more of the country than their opponents in seven days!  And off we go...But what fun would a race be if you couldn't block your opponents from achieving their goals?  Choose your destination cards and you're off on a mad dash.


Join Brainstorm Comics and Gaming at 6:30 for a fun night of board game action, brought you by Tyler Crone.

Friday June 5th

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC BOOSTER DRAFT


$12 gets you the necessary 3 packs for this booster draft.  We are an official Friday Night Magic location, so we do have official prize support.

But wait, there's more!

For each person in the tournament, we offer 1.5 packs of prize support from the store.  So don't miss out.  Stop by and bring a friend!

Saturday June 6th

FIRST SATURDAY SALE


SALE! SALE! SALE!

As always, Mike and John are thankful for all that our customers do for them and they like to return the favor.  First Saturday, you are in luck!  Everyone gets a deal.

25% OFF ON GRAPHIC NOVELS
10% OFF ON BOARD GAMES
10% OFF ON MAGIC SINGLES
5% OFF ON GAMES WORKSHOP (ON TOP OF THE ALREADY DISCOUNTED PRICES)
$3.50 PER PACK OF MAGIC (non-Modern Masters)/YU-GO-OH/POKEMON

All your favorite hobbies on sale this Saturday at Brainstorm Comics.

Sunday June 7th

MAGIC EVENT (TBD)

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. Bizarro is Superman's imperfect double, his opposite in many ways (and now starring in his own 6 issue mini-series). His home world was called Bizarro World. What was unique about this world?

Brainstorm Question of the Day: LIKE the post once you know the answer. Start sharing your answers at 6 pm. MODOK has a strange appearance and superhuman intelligence along with the ability to generate mental energy bolts and forcefields due to an experiment performed by a terrorist organization consisting of some of the world's smartest scientists. What terrorist group bestowed upon the planet the scourge known as MODOK? Also, if you like comedy, check out Secret Wars MODOK Assassin.