DARK HORSE COMICS
3 STORY SECRET HISTORY OF GIANT MAN EXPANDED GN
(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt
From New York Times bestselling and Harvey award-winning Mind MGMT graphic novelist Matt Kindt comes a decades-spanning tale of love, secrets, aging, espionage, and family. Told during three eras by three different women with unique relationships with nearly three story tall Craig, 3 Story follows his sad life from his birth to the present. Collects 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, the 3 Story: Secret Files of the Giant Man one shot, concept art, and more bonus material! "Matt Kindt is the man. Superb series."-Junot DÃaz
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(W) Frank Miller (A) Frank Miller (CA) Frank Miller
ALIENS DUST TO DUST #3 (OF 4)
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(W) Gabriel Hardman (A) Gabriel Hardman (CA) Gabriel Hardman
A boy faces threats and decisions that would reduce a grown man to tears. A terrifying coming of age story featuring the most frightening creatures in the galaxy!
ALIENS DUST TO DUST #3 (OF 4)
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(W) Gabriel Hardman (A) Gabriel Hardman (CA) Carlos D'Anda
A boy faces threats and decisions that would reduce a grown man to tears. A terrifying coming of age story featuring the most frightening creatures in the galaxy!
ANGELIC LAYER TP #1
(W) Clamp (A) Clamp (CA) Clamp
Junior-high student Misaki Suzuhara has just arrived in Tokyo to live with her glamorous TV news star aunt and to attend the prestigious Eriol Academy. But what excites her above everything is Angelic Layer, the arena game where you control an Angel-a miniature robot fighter whose moves depend on your mind! Misaki's small, just like her Angel, Hikaru (named after her favorite manga, Magic Knight Rayearth), but her natural battle skills have been recognized by a very odd scientist, Ichiro "Icchan" Mihara. Before she knows it, Misaki is an up-and-coming contender in Angelic Layer . . . and in way over her not-very-tall head! How far can enthusiasm take her in an arena full of much more experienced fighters . . . and a game full of secrets . . . ?
APPLESEED HYPERNOTES TP
(W) Masamune Shirow (A) Masamune Shirow (CA) Masamune Shirow
World war Three is over, but for nomad soldier Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover, Briareos, the greatest challenge lies ahead, not in the abandoned cities and DMZs of a post-war battlefield, but on the streets of a new "utopia." Shirow Masamune's visionary Appleseed is widely regarded not only as one of the linchpin works of graphic fiction, but one of the most influential science-fiction stories in recent memory, culminating in the astonishing 2005 animated adaptation. Appleseed Hypernotes, never before collected in America, features an over 80-plus-page Appleseed tale, plus reams of detailed information and art of the characters, machines, and weapons of Appleseed, presented in a non-Westernized, right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • Contains Appleseed stories from Super Manga Blast! #25-39.
APPLESEED ID TP
(W) Shirow Masamune (A) Shirow Masamune (CA) Shirow Masamune
A collection of sketches, studies, and schematics, Appleseed ID is a must-have companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga Appleseed and its legendary creator, Shirow Masamune, the manga mastermind behind such classics as Appleseed, Dominion, and Ghost in the Shell. Sit back and relax as Shirow takes you on a guided tour of one of his most beloved worlds, exploring the people, places, organizations and, of course, technology that make the universe of Appleseed the sci-fi hotspot that it is. Feel like taking a break from Shirow's examination and explanation of his creations, and of his own creative process? Then take a browse through this book's beautiful color galleries, or follow Deunan and Briareos on a high-stakes adventure with the short story "Called Game." • Shirow is well-known and critically acclaimed internationally, and is responsible for numerous classic anime/manga titles, such as Appleseed, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, Orion, and Black Magic. • Produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan.
BEDTIME GAMES #0
(W) Nick Keller (A) Conor Nolan (CA) Kelly Fitzpatrick
As summer comes to an end, three friends start senior year with a bang by exploring the mysterious past of their school. But before the night is over, their adventure turns into trouble when the kids set loose an evil that seeks to prey on their worst nightmares. Brand-new horror from Nick Keller (Death Head), Conor Nolan (Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Giants), and Kelly Fitzpatrick (Shade the Changing Girl).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
BLOOD PLUS GN #4
(W) Asuka Katsura (A) Asuka Katsura (CA) Asuka Katsura
In this volume, the dreadful Diva sends her Chevalier to kidnap Riku, Saya's adoptive brother, from the Red Shield's ocean-liner headquarters. New secrets from Saya's and Hagi's past lives are revealed, as their present situation gets more complicated. Finding a way to make Saya go berserk and turn into a nearly unstoppable killing machine, Diva intends to pit her against her own friends and those she seeks shelter with . . . and this is just the first step in Diva's ultimate plan to turn all humans into Chiropteran monsters! With Kai and Hagi at her side, Saya fights Diva's forces as well as her own bloodlust. While the mysteries surrounding the Red Shield have come to light, more questions and villains arise when the Cinq Fléche organization unleashes its disturbing Corpse Corps. Dark Horse Manga's Blood+ series heads into its violent, pulse-pounding home stretch!
BLOOD PLUS GN #5
(W) Asuka Katsura (A) Asuka Katsura (CA) Asuka Katsura
Chiropterans run wild-and Saya comes into her own as a single-minded killing machine! Three months after the demolition of Red Shield headquarters, Saya is more intent than ever to rid the globe of all Chiropterans, and she travels to New York for a bloody showdown with Diva. When Diva sings, her supernatural sounds turn humans into hellish, bloodthirsty beasts . . . and what better place to start a Chiropteran apocalypse than Carnegie Hall? Desperate to kill these monsters and put a stop to the Chiropteran threat once and for all, Saya's willing to kill her loved ones and herself to achieve this goal, and her rage will not be quenched by Hagi's presence or Kai's pleas-or by a strange declaration of love.
BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #7
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Sebastian Fiumara (CA) Max Fiumara
Hellboy reunites with Abe Sapien as demons gather in New York to enslave all that remains of mankind. o Hellboy rejoins the B.P.R.D. after 17 years away!