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BLACK BETTY #5

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(W) Shawn Gabborin (A) Michela Da Sacco (CA) Trevor Grace

What kind of creature would stalk an idyllic, quiet, small town? None, as far as Betty can tell. But there's one little boy in town who is convinced something is wrong. He's willing to put up his dead grandfather's money if Betty can find the killer... and Betty never turns down a bounty.

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BLACK BETTY #5

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(W) Shawn Gabborin (A) Michela Da Sacco (CA) Trevor Grace

What kind of creature would stalk an idyllic, quiet, small town? None, as far as Betty can tell. But there's one little boy in town who is convinced something is wrong. He's willing to put up his dead grandfather's money if Betty can find the killer... and Betty never turns down a bounty.

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BLACK BETTY #5

CVR E WINSTON YOUNG

(W) Shawn Gabborin (A) Michela Da Sacco (CA) Winston Young

What kind of creature would stalk an idyllic, quiet, small town? None, as far as Betty can tell. But there's one little boy in town who is convinced something is wrong. He's willing to put up his dead grandfather's money if Betty can find the killer... and Betty never turns down a bounty.

ACTION LAB - DANGER ZONE

BLACK BETTY #5

CVR F WINSTON YOUNG TATTERED & TORN

(W) Shawn Gabborin (A) Michela Da Sacco (CA) Winston Young

What kind of creature would stalk an idyllic, quiet, small town? None, as far as Betty can tell. But there's one little boy in town who is convinced something is wrong. He's willing to put up his dead grandfather's money if Betty can find the killer... and Betty never turns down a bounty.

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BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #3

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(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with lots of revelations! Lucy Weber, a.k.a. Black Hammer, continues her journey in Dreamland back to the farm, leading to a confrontation with the mysterious Bereaver. At the same time, both Abe and Barbie give one last shot at salvaging their love lives.

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BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #3

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(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Michael Cho

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with lots of revelations! Lucy Weber, a.k.a. Black Hammer, continues her journey in Dreamland back to the farm, leading to a confrontation with the mysterious Bereaver. At the same time, both Abe and Barbie give one last shot at salvaging their love lives.

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BLACK HAMMER TP #1

SECRET ORIGINS

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

Once they were heroes. Now, banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City lead simple lives in a timeless farming town. But as they attempt to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! Collects issues #1-6 of the series.

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BLACK HAMMER TP #2

THE EVENT

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

When a visitor from the outside world arrives on the Farm, looking for the Black Hammer and bringing news of Spiral City to its Golden Age heroes, everything changes. Her arrival stirs up old memories and awakens new hope in the marooned heroes and they make a new attempt to escape their strange prison.

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(W) Bryan Hill (A) Denys Cowan (CA) Denys Cowan

Back from Viet Nam, kung fu master Hong Kong Phooey has set up his own detective agency in the inner city. Meanwhile, Jefferson Pierce (a.k.a. Black Lightning) has uncovered a plot by three assassins to collect the components of a sacred text revealing the darkest secrets of Martial Arts magic, and they'll kill anyone who owns them - including the dog who holds the last chapter of the book, Hong Kong Phooey. Plus, a tale of the Funky Phantom as he goes toe-to-toe with the Spectre in a tale by Jeff Parker and Scott Kolins.

DC COMICS

(W) Bryan Hill (A) Denys Cowan (CA) ChrisCross

Back from Viet Nam, kung fu master Hong Kong Phooey has set up his own detective agency in the inner city. Meanwhile, Jefferson Pierce (a.k.a. Black Lightning) has uncovered a plot by three assassins to collect the components of a sacred text revealing the darkest secrets of Martial Arts magic, and they'll kill anyone who owns them-including the dog who holds the last chapter of the book, Hong Kong Phooey. Plus, a tale of the Funky Phantom as he goes toe-to-toe with the Spectre in a tale by Jeff Parker and Scott Kolins.

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BLACK MAGIC 2ND ED TP

(W) Shirow Masamune (A) Shirow Masamune (CA) Shirow Masamune

Today, the planet Venus is a literal hell of furnace-like temperatures and dense, poisonous atmosphere. But millions of years in its past, Venus teemed with life and with a civilization far advanced to our own. The Nemisis supercomputer controls government functions, with bioroid "executors" created to carry out the system's utopian edicts. But trouble brews even in paradise, as different executors vie for control of Nemesis, forcing the governing system to secretly create Duna Typhon, a super-bioroid "sleeper," raised among the human populace, ready to use her awesome powers should Nemesis be co-opted to turn paradise into paradise last. From the imagination of Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masamune comes his first published series, Black Magic, a sweeping science-fiction epic that introduces many of the themes and ideas that inform all of Shirow's work: the merging of man and machine, the limitless possibilities and potential misuses of technology, the blurring line between human and computer consiousness.  Now available in right-to-left reading format!

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BLACK PANTHER #2

MANY THOUSANDS GONE PART 2 FROM TA-NEHISI COATES & DANIEL ACUNA! T'Challa is a stranger in a strange land. With no memory of his past, there is only the suffering of the present - in the Vibranium mines of an unfamiliar empire. But all hope is not lost. A rebellion is growing--and they have a plan. But who will lead these lost citizens? Where is the Black Panther? Rated T

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BLACK ROAD HOLY NORTH HC

(W) Brian Wood (A) Garry Brown (CA) Garry Brown

Magnus the Black, a pagan fixer during the Christian conversion of the Viking lands, uncovers a secret that threatens the balance of religious power across Europe. With a young archer in tow and a vindictive blacksmith in pursuit, he tracks a band of rogues and killers north along the infamous "Black Road." Collects BLACK ROAD #1-10.

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BLACK SCIENCE #36

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(W) Rick Remender (A) Matteo Scalera (CA) Matteo Scalera

"LATER THAN YOU THINK," Part Two-Grant and Sara McKay take the first of what might be their last steps. The fate of everything rests on the cooperation of a shattered marriage.

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BLACK SCIENCE #36

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(W) Rick Remender (A) Matteo Scalera (CA) Brian Level

"LATER THAN YOU THINK," Part Two-Grant and Sara McKay take the first of what might be their last steps. The fate of everything rests on the cooperation of a shattered marriage.

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BLACKWOOD #2 (OF 4)

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(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Veronica Fish

From the multi-Eisner award-winning creator of Beasts of Burden and the artist of Archie and Slam comes this supernatural fantasy about a magical murder in a sorcery school. After the vicious mausoleum attack by a zombie dean, our student heroes learn the true supernatural origins of Blackwood College, why they were enrolled, and their own potential occult powers. Meanwhile havoc continues at the school as the students are plagued with monster insect attacks and a run-in with a two-headed mummified chimpanzee.

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BLACKWOOD #2 (OF 4)

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(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Becky Cloonan

From the multi-Eisner award-winning creator of Beasts of Burden and the artist of Archie and Slam comes this supernatural fantasy about a magical murder in a sorcery school. After the vicious mausoleum attack by a zombie dean, our student heroes learn the true supernatural origins of Blackwood College, why they were enrolled, and their own potential occult powers. Meanwhile havoc continues at the school as the students are plagued with monster insect attacks and a run-in with a two-headed mummified chimpanzee.

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BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL NOVEL #1

SWORD DEMON

(W) Junichi Ohsako (A) Hiroaki Samura (CA) Na

Rendered immortal by an infusion of mystical worms that can repair any wound, the masterless samurai Manji wanders the hillsides of feudal Japan, his quest to slay one thousand evil people to atone for his past sins. By his side is the young woman Rin, an orphan who seeks vengeance for the murders of her parents. Driven in a quest for absolution, the two have faced many deadly challenges, both natural and supernatural. But can they survive their greatest battle, against the all-powerful Inugami?

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BLEEN TP

(W) Jon A Colunga (A) Landon Huber (CA) Landon Huber

In Mayber Hills Sanitarium secrets haunt the hallways and words must not be spoken. After being committed to the institute, 15 year old Obleena Grunkel, aka "Bleen," finds herself trapped within this hellish place while twisted staff members watch her every move, ultimately forcing her to try and escape. But she must play their perverted games first before earning her freedom. Will she end up another victim of these secret games? Or will her own dark secret come to life in the form of a hideous creature from underneath her bed to claim its own victims? For there will be hell to pay for those who make a deal with the devil within.

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BLOOD C GN #1

(W) Clamp (A) Ranmaru Kotone

Saya Kisaragi is a kindhearted, if somewhat clumsy, student who trains by day to perform standard religious duties at her father's shrine-but she becomes an unstoppable, monster-slaying swordswoman by night! The saga that began in Blood: The Last Vampire and the Blood+ anime series continues here!

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BLOOD C GN #2

(W) Clamp (A) Ranmaru Kotone (CA) Ranmaru Kotone

Saya promised to use her sword fighting skills to protect her classmates. When man-eating monsters start snatching away her friends, though, can she persevere? This manga series is based on an anime collaboration between CLAMP and Production I.G and continues the story line that began in the Blood+ anime and manga worlds!

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BLOOD C GN #3

(W) Clamp (A) Ranmaru Kotone (CA) Ranmaru Kotone

As the ruse of her small-town life comes crashing down around her, Saya Kisaragi uncovers the mastermind behind a huge plan to deceive and test her! Katanas clash in CLAMP and Production I.G's vampire-battling saga, taking the story right up to events in the feature-length anime film Blood-C: The Last Dark!

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BLOOD PLUS ADAGIO GN #1

(W) Kumiko Suekane (A) Kumiko Suekane (CA) Kumiko Suekane

On the eve of the Russian Revolution, our favorite Chiropteran-hunting duo masquerades as members of Tsar Nicholas Romanov's royal chamber orchestra. Saya begins to uncover some of the strange secrets of the Romanov royal family and-of course-finds some hideous Chiropteran beasts that are doing a little masquerading of their own. Despite being one of the Chiropteran "originals," Saya's devoted her life to eradicating the wilder, more vicious Chiropteran spawn who prey on humanity, and this short series embraces the same mix of action, humor, and horror.

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BLOOD PLUS GN #1

(W) Asuka Katsura (A) Asuka Katsura (CA) Asuka Katsura

Set several decades after the events in the popular Blood: The Last Vampire anime film, an amnesiac Saya Otonashi lives as a seemingly normal high school student with her adoptive family in Okinawa. Horrible nightmares are the only hints at the violent life she once led, but her past is about to catch up with her and awaken the merciless warrior within. Chiropterans - powerful shape-changing creatures who need and crave blood-threaten humanity once more, and a mysterious organization called the Red Shield needs Saya's deadly sword skills and mysterious powers to aid in the fight against these beasts. As her submerged abilities begin to reawaken and as she seeks to regain her memories, Chiropteran warriors are guided by a mysterious leader to threaten Saya and her loved ones. Asuka Katsura's manga series successfully expands upon the original Production I.G./Aniplex feature, delivering moments of jarring violence and thrilling action in a tale that spans several centuries.

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BLOOD PLUS GN #2

(W) Asuka Katsura (A) Asuka Katsura (CA) Asuka Katsura

Following the traces of Diva, the leader of the Chiroptera, Saya and her group make their way to Russia. But awaiting their arrival are Diva's powerful protector Chiroptera, " Chevalier." In the middle of the battle against this new threat, Saya is told a horrible truth - "It is because you are one of us." Is Saya a human, or something more sinister...? Contains 16 black and white illustrations from Blood¬+ animated series designer Chizu Hashii.