This is my comic book shop of choice in the Salt Lake Valley. The store doesn't look like much from…read morethe outside, but inside you'll find incredibly happy and helpful staff... Not to mention the great selection of well-organized comics and merchandise. After having my fill of dishonest and abrasive comic shops, I took a chance on this newer shop and never looked back. My first visit was a delight, and they took the time to help me find the comics I was looking for. Their hold service is fantastic. They take the personal care to make sure you get exactly what you're looking for. Occasionally they'll send me a text if they discover something new they think I'll be interested in, or if they find a product they remember I've been looking for. You just don't get this kind of service from most shops. Dark Soldiers sincerely looks out for their customers. If you live in the area, stop by and give this shop a chance to impress you. You won't regret it.

Hours say 11 am they have a phone number on the side of the building says it's not a valid number…read morenobody responds trying to pick up my wish order Poor service There were four people waiting outside an hour after they supposed to open multiple people called the lady said oh I think I'll open at three today never ever coming back here

Came here based on location and reviews…read more Helpful staff. I wanted to find more graphic novel Options to offer my grandson to keep up his interest in reading. Great help and very knowledgeable and happy to know I wasn't the first Papa to walk in wanting to get my kids into comics. lol Great selection. Lots of peripheral items of interest. I spent $85 so I'm sure I did ok.

Walking around the Gateway District in downtown Salt Lake City when we came across this comic…read morebook/hobby store. We actually found this place unexpectedly right after parking the car in the nearby parking garage and my LTP, who enjoys collecting comic books, wanted to pop in and see what they had here. If you're a comic book nerd, then this is the place for you. They have a lot of awesome stuff in here. All their comic book selections that they have available are in boxes located in the back of the store and are listed in alphabetic order for easy browsing. They also have comic books that are permanently sealed and can't be opened. When I was little, I was a huge, huge fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog comics, and seeing some of those here brought me back to my childhood. Along with comic books, they also have puzzles, trading cards, board games, and a collection of the world's smallest things, like the world's smallest Godzilla and the world's smallest Barbie doll. They had the world's smallest Magic 8 ball as well and I tested one while it was in the package. It was so small that I couldn't read the text after I shook it. We love working on puzzles in our free time and we would've bought one if we weren't working on one back at home right now. This was a cool place to step into. Very spacious and lots to choose from, you could spend hours and hours in here.

Love this place the staff is very friendly and helpful the amount and variety are great. Lots of…read morefun to go to. Highly recommend

This is the most organized comic store I've ever been to in my life. More importantly, the pricing…read moreon back issues as well as new issue incentive variants is the lowest I've seen, especially visiting from Chicago. The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. They have a good accounting of their inventory and are able to fish out something if you ask quite efficiently. In my opinion, this is a MUST VISIT comic book store for collectors or comic enthusiasts who are visiting SLC.

Great board game/comic store with plenty of room for people to play games. I didn't realize they…read morehad a whole downstairs open to players. My brother needed to play a round of Star Wars Imperial Assault for a school class, and I had been wanting to try it out, so I came down and played it with him and a few other people. We went downstairs and had a nice big table and chairs available to us. It was nice to have space to play where it was nice and quiet and we could all easily hear each other. You can bring your own games to play or also borrow a game from their game library to play. It's a good idea and obviously brings in potential customers. After playing the game I felt like I should probably buy something to support the store that had let us use their room for 2 hours. I ended up picking up a Spider-man dice master set as well as some boosters. Prices on these items were good, slightly above Amazon. Buying small items is never an issue and usually worth the price. The issue at small local stores like these is the price on larger items. Star Wars Imperial Assault was $99 + tax here. I can get it on Amazon for $60. I know, I know, we need to support local businesses and all that, but for a $40 price difference I have to go to Amazon on things like this. I'll buy the expansions from my local shop. They've got a good amount of tournaments and game nights going on, definitely worth checking out if you're in the area and like playing games.

Staff is amazing! They really support the card game community in the local area and stand up for…read morethose who struggle to do so for themselves. Play what you want to play!

Incredible store with a huge selection of used and new items including books, records, DVDs, comic…read morebooks, instruments and more! This is an incredible spot that entertained a big group of people with different interests. I Highly recommend stopping by!

The selection is cool. Lots of fun stuff on sale. Do not sell anything to them. They will give you…read morenext to nothing. Sold a Lego Bouquet set that was never opened. They offered $2 cash or $5 store credit. What the crap?

Good selection of games, apparel, collectibles, comics and cards! This place is huge and they are…read morealso opening a Nerd cafe soon! Can't wait to see this when it's ready. The staff here are super nice and helpful. Great place to shop for all the nerdy things!

This store is a scalper store period. They sell damaged cards at a made up condition called "as-is"…read moreand try to charge mint condition prices on heavily damaged cards, the employees here suck as individuals and lie to you for no reason. The service is awful, go elsewhere.

Neat little newer store with a boatload of CGC graded books. The prices on these were about at…read moremarket value, which is great. The ungraded higher end books, however, were sort of scattered about the store, on various walls, or even stacked (unstoppable) in a glass case. The back room ha 25 or so long boxes to look through. A note on the prices of the raw books: WAY over market. I mean, astronomically so. Prime example, Daredevil #181 in NM is a $5-15 book all day. This store had it at $55. That's just one example. I've never Said to a store owner/employee "how on earth are you pricing these?!" But I did today. The owners wife? Was super sweet though, and took my complaining in stride. I bought all of two comics unfortunately, but I was looking to spend far far more. I would come back, if only to score a nice CGC book or three.

Kind of a dark store, on the smaller side and with some very odd hours, the selection of comics is…read moredecent and there is a lot of eclectic stuff in there as well, such as old video games. There is also a solid selection of action figures, including some older ones, so worth a look in that respect. Prices are also excellent, which gives it the push I was thinking from 3.5 stars, but this would be something I'd look into only occasionally, as it's debatable how worth the fight to get in during the limited hours is. For me, this will be something I'll check in maybe 2 or 3 times a year...

This is a fun place. I have been to hundreds of bookstores and can say I have never been in another…read moreone like this. They have books, some movies, newspapers, vintage toys, records, etc. I can spend hours in there. And have. Parking can be tricky. But we'll worth it.

Lotta lotta stuff to look at. Some things are organized and some aren't, but there's a lot of junk…read morehere. The entire time I was there, the store owners were yelling at each other and the woman would not stop cursing the man the entire time she walked around the store fixing stuff. After a while, I ended up finding a book that I wanted to give my niece when the woman came by, fixed some random book on the shelf behind me and said, "Don't touch the books if you aren't going to put them back correctly." Excuse me? I didn't even touch that book. I immediately put the book I was going to buy back and walked out the store. Incredibly rude to each other and their customers. Many shelves are bending and I wouldn't be surprised if they broke and books came crashing down on someone's head. Stay away from here!

In a nut shell, Game Haven is a phenomenal, local business and community…read more This store has just about everything a nerd could want. If you want to find people to play Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh with, every Saturday they have tournaments. You like magic cards, there is almost always someone in the store playing magic but every Friday they always have some magic event happening. You like painting figurines and playing war hammer, they have a section set up for you and every Monday is night where people come to paint there figurines. Outside of this they have a great cafe. They have your standard coffees but my favorite thing is they have a ever changing specialty drinks special that changes season to season or if their is a big nerdy event happening. On of my favorite drinks I had was when they made drinks inspired by and to celebrated "Detective Pikachu". The biggest item for me this store offers is their board games. They have a ton of demos you can play in the store and cafe or rent to take home. Every Tuesday night and Sunday their is a community that comes together to play some board games. If their is a game you want to play and not sure you want to buy it yet, come to these events. If you go often enough and I am sure someone will bring your game in and you will get to play it. For me, these events are like a midweek Christmas, always looking forward to them. As for their events, what I have said does not even scratch the surface. Game Have always seems to have something coming down the pipeline. They have Mini-Cons, Halloween events, psychic and fortune-telling events and so so much more. They support local vendors and artists and just as a ridiculously amazing community. Not to get to personal but Game Haven's community is very inviting and accepting. From their customers, to their employees, to the owner himself. I was very anti-social and depressed a few years ago but Game Havens community accepted me, and I have met some outstanding people and made some life long friendships. A lot of these events have been suspended due to the pandemic but once everything is over, I encourage you to come to this location if this is a community you want to be a part of. Come to one of the events, have a cup of coffee or tea, sit down and as long as you come with a positive outlook and are understanding and respectful, you will have a fun and outstanding time that you will not soon forget!

They charge scalper prices for Pokémon tcg items despite getting them from manufacturer and got rid…read moreof their comics section which was the only reason I visited

I am traveling a lot this Christmas season, and stopped into this cute store on my way home. I…read morehave been so stressed about what to buy people for Christmas because I have been traveling so much. I was able to buy 8 different gifts at this store and nearly got all my Christmas shopping done in one place!! The employee was SUPER helpful and had suggestion after suggestion for people on my list when I would tell them a bit about them and their interests. My only concern is I didn't have enough money for myself when I was done with my Christmas shopping!! I am going to have to come back next time I am up in Salt Lake. I would recommend this store to any fellow mothers who want to find some great gifts for their kids and family.

Very professional game store and have an online card system to purchase singles. Friendly and…read morehelpful