Revenge Of

The story

From the sidewalk on Eagle Rock Boulevard, Revenge Of looks like an unusually sleek comic and trading-card shop. Up front, you'll find organized single issues, graphic novels, wall-mounted collectibles, and a small food counter. But if you keep walking past the display racks toward the back wall, you'll slip into a hidden secondary chamber and step off the streets of Glassell Park directly onto the deck of a deep-space haul freighter.

The back room is custom-built to resemble the industrial sci-fi corridors of the Nostromo from Alien, complete with metal floor grates underfoot and ribbed wall paneling glowing under dim accent lights. Packed along these metallic walls is a tight lineup of pristine, heavily themed modern pinball machines. These aren't tired vintage cabinets with sticky flippers; they are state-of-the-art games loaded with custom sculpted 3D playfield art, themed plungers, LCD displays, and roaring multi-channel audio systems that vibrate through the metal floor.

What makes the hidden room work isn't just the Ridley Scott aesthetic—it's the distinct lack of barcade cynicism. Because the venue operates purely as an all-ages comic shop and community gathering space rather than a noisy tavern, you won't encounter sticky beer spills on the glass or drunk crowds slamming the cabinets. It is a dedicated sanctuary where comic collectors, casual neighborhood players, and serious pinball enthusiasts meet on equal footing.