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MATA HARI #5 (OF 5)

(W) Emma Beeby (A) Ariela Kristantina (CA) Ariela Kristantina

Final episode! As Margaretha's trial defense falls apart, she contemplates how Mata Hari the dancer became Mata Hari the spy-prepared to undertake a great mission for France to free her to be with the 'great love' of her life, away from war, poverty and memories of her past. But, her fate is set: she must die, and all that's left for her to decide is how she will face it and what legacy she will leave behind. o For mature readers.

MIND MGMT HC #1

MANAGER

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

Reporting on a commercial flight where everyone aboard lost their memories, a young journalist stumbles onto a much bigger story, the top-secret Mind Management program. Her ensuing journey involves weaponized psychics, hypnotic advertising, talking dolphins, and seemingly immortal pursuers, as she attempts to find the flight's missing passenger, the man who was MIND MGMT's greatest success-and its most devastating failure. But in a world where people can rewrite reality itself, can she trust anything she sees? Collects MIND MGMT #1-#6.

MIND MGMT HC #2

FUTURIST

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

We've learned some of the secrets of Henry Lyme; now get ready to meet the rest of Mind Management! With the remains of the Management attempting to reform and hot on Lyme's tail, the former spy is forced to seek help from other defectors around the globe, including the deadly Futurist, Duncan! Meanwhile, losing her memory has barely slowed journalist Meru down, as an attempt on her life puts her back on the hunt for Mind Management-and on a collision course with the terrible truths Lyme has hidden from her! Collecting MIND MGMT #7-#12, plus stories from Dark Horse Presents and i09!

MIND MGMT HC #3

HOME MAKER

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

With Meru and Lyme's partnership destroyed, the players go their separate ways in a series of interconnected one-shots revealing each character's hidden past! As the former team continue their investigations separately, the Eraser sets her sights on a valuable new recruit-Meru! Collects The Home Maker from MIND MGMT #13-#17 and The Zoo Keeper from #18. Foreword by Brian Michael Bendis (All-New X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy).

MIND MGMT HC #4

MAGICIAN

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

The mission to stop MIND MGMT is back on, but can Meru ever trust Lyme again? What role did the Magician play in the Management's history of the 1960s-'80s? And what is the secret of the Seven Immortals? Collects MIND MGMT #19-#24 and a story from DHP #31. •  Includes special "Life and Times of Henry Lyme" issue! •  Optioned for the big screen by Ridley Scott!

MIND MGMT HC #5

THE ERASER

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

The mission to stop Mind Management has fallen apart, and after nearly losing her mind at the hands of the Eraser, Meru finds herself alone in a world of rogue agents. To press on, she'll need to seek out a new mentor-the First Immortal! Collects MIND MGMT #25-#30!

MIND MGMT HC #6

THE IMMORTALS

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

Every sacrifice has led to this! Meru gathers her allies against the Eraser's new MIND MGMT regime, but the final fight can't be won with bullets or blades-this is a battle of minds! Collects MIND MGMT #31-#35 and NEW MGMT #1!

MODERN FANTASY #1

(W) Rafer Roberts (A) Kristen Gudsnuk (CA) Kristen Gudsnuk

A young Ranger woman who came to the city with dreams of adventure, her drug dealing reptilian wizard roommate, and her boisterous Dwarf maiden BFF embark on a modern day quest to save the world while struggling to keep their crappy day jobs and pay off their student loans. The roommates become embroiled in danger when one of their significant others finds himself taken by criminals, and the trio must save him. o From the creator of Henchgirl! o Rafer Roberts (A&A: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong) makes his Dark Horse debut!

MYSTICONS GN #1

(W) Kate Leth (A) Megan Levens (CA) Triona Farrell

Arkayna, Zarya, Emerald, and Piper-unexpected heroes who together become epic warriors-are drawn together by a prophecy to battle evil. Evil biker twins have been stealing and using magic to keep first place in a deadly drag racing circuit, causing mayhem on the streets of Drake City. It's up to the Mysticons to work together to save their city! o Tied to Mysticons, a cartoon series that launched on Nickelodeon in Fall 2017! o A contemporary urban fantasy about four girls from different walks of life who are transformed into the legendary Mysticons!

NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS HC #1

SHADOWS

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Scott Hampton (CA) Glenn Fabry

This supernatural American road trip fantasy tells the story of a war between the ancient and modern gods. Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard-thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent. Collecting the first nine issues of the American Gods comic book series, along with art process features, high res scans of original art, layouts, character designs, and variant covers by Becky Cloonan, Skottie Young, Fábio Moon, Dave MCKean, and more!

NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS MY AINSEL #4

MAIN CVR

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) P. Craig Russell (CA) Glenn Fabry

Wednesday takes Shadow to San Francisco to sway the goddess Easter to join their forces in the upcoming, devastating god war! The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series!

NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS MY AINSEL #4

VAR DAVID MACK CVR

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Scott Hampton (CA) David Mack

Wednesday takes Shadow to San Francisco to sway the goddess Easter to join their forces in the upcoming, devastating god war! The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series!

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION COMIC TRIBUTE TP

(W) Mine Yoshizaki (A) Mine Yoshizaki (CA) Mine Yoshizaki

From Dark Horse Comics! Wait until you see what happens when some of Japan's most unhinged manga artists get their ink-stained hands on the characters of Evangelion! Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute is a one-shot anthology of parody stories assaulting Evangelion from all directions. Inside, Mine Yoshizaki (Sgt. Frog) leads a band of manga pranksters that includes, among others, Yun Kouga (Loveless), Astroguy II (Queen's Blade Struggle), Kotaro Yamada (The Sacred Blacksmith), and many others!

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP #2

(W) Kazuo Koike (A) Hideki Mori (CA) Hideki Mori

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP #3

(W) Kazuo Koike (A) Hideki Mori (CA) Hideki Mori

Kazuo Koike returns to Lone Wolf and Cub with his twenty-first-century sequel, New Lone Wolf and Cub. Samurai Togo Shigekata has brought the dead Lone Wolf's son, Daigoro, to an oasis of safety, the warship of Togo's master, the lord of Satsuma. But when Togo is accused of treason, all hell breaks loose!

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB TP #5

(W) Kazuo Koike (A) Hideki Mori (CA) Hideki Mori

Rogue sword master T?g? Shigekata leads his young charge, Daigoro, deep into the winter mountains to continue his training in the secret arts of Jigen-ry? swordsmanship.  But wherever the fated pair goes, danger seems to follow, as ushikudonki ninja lay in wait near Mt. Fuji to spring a deadly trap!

NEXTWORLD TP #1

(W) Osamu Tezuka (A) Osamu Tezuka (CA) Osamu Tezuka

NEXTWORLD TP #2

(W) Osamu Tezuka (A) Osamu Tezuka (CA) Osamu Tezuka

NGE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT TP #18

(W) Osamu Takahashi (A) Osamu Takahashi (CA) Osamu Takahashi

To all the children, congratulations! In search of the vanished Rei, Asuka and Shinji at last confront the opponents of everything their parents have been working towards . . . the monolithic masterminds of SEELE! But when Rei's memories are wiped clean, will the two of them find the right place once more between love and friendship . . .? o The most famous anime franchise of the last 25 years. o The fourth Evangelion movie is currently in production in Japan and the first three movies are available in English from Funimation.

OH MY GODDESS COLORS TP

(W) Kosuke Fujishima (A) Kosuke Fujishima (CA) Kosuke Fujishima

What's inside? Let's start with what's outside: a metallic gold embossed cover with french flaps, featuring the Goddess sisters on the front, and Belldandy and her angel Holy Bell on the interior. Then the contents kick off with a wacky intro to the Oh My Goddess! saga, in the form of an eight-page "fan" manga by Neon Genesis Evangelion Angel designer Yoshitou Asari! Then, OMG! Colors's namesake: four classic Oh My Goddess! stories, each focusing on a different goddess, and colorized under Kosuke Fujishima's supervision. Finally, an exhaustive "Encyclopedia" section cross-references the people, places, and things of the first thirty volumes of OMG!, including the differences between the two English versions, and many in-jokes about the series never before revealed! © 2008 Kosuke Fujishima.  All rights reserved.  First published in Japan in 2001 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.  Publication rights for this English edition arranged through Kodansha Ltd.    

OH MY GODDESS FIRST END NOVEL

(W) Yumi Tohma (A) Kosuke Fujishima (CA) Na

Keiichi Morisato was a typical college student, a failure with women, struggling to get through his classes, and in general living a pretty nondescript life. That is, until he dialed the wrong number and accidentally summoned the Norse goddess Belldandy. Not believing Belldandy was a goddess and that she could grant his every wish, Keiichi wished for her to stay with him forever. As they say: Be careful what you wish for! Now bound to Earth and at Keiichi's side for life, the lives of this most un-normal goddess and most lucky human will never be the same again.

OH MY GODDESS OMNIBUS TP #2

(W) Kosuke Fujishima (A) Kosuke Fujishima (CA) Kosuke Fujishima

Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Book Two introduces the third of the goddess sisters-the youngest, Skuld. It seems Keiichi's life wasn't complicated enough with Belldandy's magic and Urd's potions, so now Skuld is here with her personal form of weirdness-engineering! No sooner has she arrived at Nekomi Tech than Skuld appoints Keiichi's own little sister Megumi to be her archrival and challenges her to a robot battle . . . to the death? Plus, as a special bonus, the universe will be destroyed when the superstring holding together existence is cut by a ten-dimensional scythe . . . unless the goddesses can stop it. But that's just another day on campus in this manga! Collects Oh My Goddess! Volumes 4-6.

OREIMO KURONEKO TP #1

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A) Sakura Ikeda (CA) Sakura Ikeda

In a shocking twist, Kyousuke's sister Kirino has decided to study abroad . . . and Ruri Gokou, a.k.a. Kuroneko, is transferring to Kyousuke's school! Is his homeroom prepared to have the dark Queen of Nightmare among them . . . and is the manga world prepared when Kuroneko makes her first pitch to a professional company? One thing's for sure-Kyousuke will be by her side, supporting her. But how close is "by her side" going to be . . . ?

OREIMO KURONEKO TP #2

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A) Sakura Ikeda (CA) Sakura Ikeda

Kirino seems far out of the way, studying in America . . . but is she really that far away from the thoughts of Kyousuke? That's the problem on Kuroneko's mind: She's glad to be by Kyousuke's side, but fears she may only be a substitute. Meanwhile, a new challenger appears when Kuroneko joins the Gaming Club: Sena Akagi, who has an overactive imagination and wishes to pair Kyousuke up with her brother!

PATH OF THE ASSASSIN TP #3

(W) Kazuo Koike (A) Goseki Kojima (CA) Goseki Kojima

Koike and Kojima's story of the famed ninja, Hanzo Hattori and his trials and tribulations protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two warrirors and the women they love. Path of the Assassin, printed in the same size format as Lone Wolf and Cub and Samurai Executioner, this title is a wonderful addition to the Koike and Kojima samurai collection. •  Published in the original Japanese format and  unretouched which keeps the art intact. •  This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hanzo Hattori. •  Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. • There are over one million copies of Koike-penned titles currently in print in English