ADVENTURE FINDERS TP #1
(W) Rod Espinosa (A) Rod Espinosa (CA) Rod Espinosa
Fantasy master Rod Espinosa weaves an action-packed story of a small-town girl and her friends who want to make it big as renowned fighters! Clariette: part Barbie, part Xe NA, and all heart, out to make the world a better place. Ariarra: Pragmatic wandering cleric and healer, fiercely independent. Jolfe Endarion: Clari's cousin, an apprentice wizard with a love of adventure and good food. Together they set out in an age of constant warfare, across a world ruled by a monolithic empire, to battle enemies and monsters, make allies, save people in trouble, and find adventure!
ADVENTURE TIME BEGINNING OF END #2
(W) Ted Anderson (A) Mari NA Julia (CA) Victoria Mader NA
Having confronted his past selves, Finn must deal with the reflections of himself in the present: Fern, Farmworld Finn, Adventure Tim, and others to find a way out of the fourth dimension.
ADVENTURE TIME BEGINNING OF END #2
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(W) Ted Anderson (A) Mari NA Julia (CA) Diigii Dagu NA
Having confronted his past selves, Finn must deal with the reflections of himself in the present: Fern, Farmworld Finn, Adventure Tim, and others to find a way out of the fourth dimension.
AFTER HOURS GN #2
(W) Yuhta Nishio (A) Yuhta Nishio (CA) Yuhta Nishio
Emi Asahi NA is 24, unemployed and not really sure what she wants to do with her life. When a friend invites her to a dance club, Emi doesn't expect much. But what she finds will change her world! For older teen audiences.
AGAIN GN #3
(W) Mitsurou Kubo (A) Mitsurou Kubo (CA) Mitsurou Kubo
From the co-creator of Yuri!!! on Ice comes a dramatic, funny time-traveling high school story about what it means to cheer on a friend! What would you do if you had the chance to do everything... Again? Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his NArrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over!
AHO GIRL (CLUELESS GIRL) GN #7
(W) Hiroyuki (A) Hiroyuki (CA) Hiroyuki
Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is "rock." She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for ba NA NAs. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of ba NA NAs!
AIR GEAR GN #37
(W) Oh Great (A) Oh Great (CA) Oh Great
Fi NAl Volume! The fi NAl battle for the fate of the world of the Air Trecks is underway, pitting Ikki and Ringo against Sora and Rika! It's a white-knuckled, no-holds-barred race to the surface through the massive Tower of Trophaeum, and now that the best riders on the planet are fi NAlly facing off, victory will only come with great sacrifice. But when Sora reveals a stunning secret, Ikki realizes that the game has changed, and winning is more important than even he could have imagined.
ALL NEW WOLVERINE TP #6
OLD WOMAN LAURA
The past, present and future all spell trouble for Wolverine! First, Gabby makes a shocking discovery about earlier events and turns to the only person she can trust: Deadpool?! But will Wade Wilson help Gabby on her mission of vengeance, or will he only make matters worse? Then, the Orphans of X return - but why? And can Wolverine survive another run-in with her deadliest enemies? Fi NAlly, what will tomorrow bring for...Old Woman Laura? Years from now, Laura is living in a utopia where super heroes have ushered in worldwide peace. She is Wolverine no more - instead serving as Madripoor's benevolent queen! So what simmering evil could force her out of retirement and back in the blue-and-yellow for one fi NAl battle? Collecting ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #31-35. Rated T+
ALTERS TP #2
(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Leila Leiz (CA) Leila Leiz
With her nemesis, Matter Man, fi NAlly under control, Chalice begins a new chapter of her life as spokeswoman and primary recruiter for the Gateway Army. Sensing that time is running out on the safety of the world's newest Alter, Chalice expands her search. But as she closes in, new complications arise: Chalice finds herself juggling impossible responsibilities to her family, her Alters family, and an impoverished, now-homeless family she barely even knows. As past guilts intensify, she must stand fast against the pressure of her new responsibilities, or be consumed. From Paul Jenkins (Wolverine: Origin, Sentry) and Leila Leiz (NVRLND) comes the groundbreaking series that HAD to be told at AFTERSHOCK. "The visuals are beautiful and deserve attention, while the story looks to be addressing something avoided in American society. Overall grade: A." - Patrick Hayes of SciFi Pulse
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #801
(W) Dan Slott (A) Stuart Immonen (CA) Alex Ross
After ten years, Dan Slott's fi NAl issue of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is here, and he isn't pulling any punches. Joined by one of the best illustrators in the biz, Marcos Martin, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #801 is one of the most emotio NAl, heartfelt tales not only in Dan's run, but in all of Mighty Marveldom itself, and is one Marvel fans around the world won't want to miss. Rated T
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Rafael Albuquerque (CA) Rafael Albuquerque
In this volume collecting the series that first brought Scott Snyder to fans' attention, meet Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and then sets out on a path of revenge against the monsters who tortured and abused her - with the help of a gunslinger NAmed Skinner Sweet. Plus, in stories written by legendary novelist Stephen King, learn the origin of Skinner Sweet! Collects AMERICAN VAMPIRE #1-27, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #1-5 and AMERICAN VAMPIRE: LORD OF NIGHTMARES #1-5.
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 are NA 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 are NA full of much more experienced fighters . . . and a game full of secrets . . . ?
ANOTHER SUBURBAN ROMANCE COLOR ED TP
(W) Alan Moore (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Juan Jose Ryp
One of the semi NAl works from the writer who defined modern comics, Alan Moore, is re-mastered for the first time in breathtakingly vibrant color! Alan Moore's performance works making up the play Another Suburban Romance are translated into print and lavishly illustrated as full sequential stories. Comprised of three major pieces, adapted from Moore's origi NAl presentations by frequent collaborator Antony (Fashion Beast) Johnston, this origi NAl graphic novel is completely illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp. Running from the 1920's Chicago style killings in Old Gangsters Never Die, to the rumi NAtions on modern life in the NAmesake piece Another Suburban Romance, this powerful work is an essential piece of the Alan Moore graphic novel library that no fan will want to miss!
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #1 (OF 5)
A NEW SERIES FROM MARK WAID & JAVIER GARRON! Wasp was just trying to help Ant-Man get home to Earth to see his daughter...but a little problem got in the way. Very little. Subatomic, in fact, as Scott Lang was lost in the vast spaces between atoms! Now, NAdia is his only hope of rescue...if only he would listen long enough for her to save them! From master storyteller Mark Waid (CAPTAIN AMERICA, CHAMPIONS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Javier Garrón (SECRET WARRIORS, STAR-LORD) comes a story of a big journey getting smaller all the time! Rated T+
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #1 (OF 5)
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A NEW SERIES FROM MARK WAID & JAVIER GARRON! Wasp was just trying to help Ant-Man get home to Earth to see his daughter...but a little problem got in the way. Very little. Subatomic, in fact, as Scott Lang was lost in the vast spaces between atoms! Now, NAdia is his only hope of rescue...if only he would listen long enough for her to save them! From master storyteller Mark Waid (CAPTAIN AMERICA, CHAMPIONS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Javier Garrón (SECRET WARRIORS, STAR-LORD) comes a story of a big journey getting smaller all the time! Rated T+
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP #2 (OF 5)
A NEW SERIES FROM MARK WAID & JAVIER GARRON! Wasp was just trying to help Ant-Man get home to Earth to see his daughter...but a little problem got in the way. Very little. Subatomic, in fact, as Scott Lang was lost in the vast spaces between atoms! Now, NAdia is his only hope of rescue...if only he would listen long enough for her to save them! From master storyteller Mark Waid (CAPTAIN AMERICA, CHAMPIONS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Javier Garrón (SECRET WARRIORS, STAR-LORD) comes a story of a big journey getting smaller all the time! Rated T+
ANT-MAN AND WASP LIVING LEGENDS #1 #0
SCOTT LANG MUST PICK UP WHERE HANK PYM LEFT OFF! When the leader of an interdimensio NAl force is captured by a brutal dictator, they reach out to their old friends ANT-MAN & THE WASP! But...uh...you see, SCOTT LANG is not exactly the Ant-Man who helped them all those years ago...he's AN Ant-Man, but not THAT Ant-Man...but when the fate of freedom hangs in the balance, Scott Lang has no choice but to try and fill the shoes of his mentor, Hank Pym, as Ant-Man and the Wasp fly once again! Written and drawn by comics legends RALPH MACCHIO and ANDREA DI VITO, you won't want to miss the epic intergalactic conflict...or the return of the LIVING ERASER! Rated T+
ANT-MAN AND WASP TP GROWING PAINS
When the job's too big for Ant-Man to handle, it's time for Hank Pym to become...Giant-Man! But being a larger-than-life-size super hero comes with equally large problems - like when Hank rejoins the Avengers to free the Wasp from the Collector's clutches, but gets stuck as a 10-foot-tall Goliath! Or when his latest alter ego, Yellowjacket, must go large to stop archfoe the Whirlwind! Then, Hank and his fellow Goliath, the size-changing Bill Foster, have big plans - that's Project B.I.G. plans - to solve world hunger using Pym Particles! And fi NAlly, to save his Avengers Academy students from an overgrown Absorbing Man, Giant-Man must come out of super hero retirement! You'll love Hank "High-Pockets" Pym - he's a hero to look up to! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #28 and #139, MARVEL DOUBLE FEATURE: AVENGERS/GIANT-MAN #379-382, AVENGERS ACADEMY #7 and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #49. Rated T
AOHARU X MACHINEGUN GN #11
I lost everything...I don't have anything left in this world...'Toy Gun Gun and Star White team up for the counter battle against 11 DOGs. While fighting alongside Midori as a two-man cell, a glimpse up at the sky brings memories rushing back to Matsuoka.
APPLESEED HYPERNOTES TP
(W) Masamune Shirow (A) Masamune Shirow (CA) Masamune Shirow
World war Three is over, but for nomad soldier Deu NAn 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 visio NAry 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, culmi NAting 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 origi NAlly 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 exami NAtion and expla NAtion of his creations, and of his own creative process? Then take a browse through this book's beautiful color galleries, or follow Deu NAn and Briareos on a high-stakes adventure with the short story "Called Game." • Shirow is well-known and critically acclaimed inter NAtio NAlly, 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 origi NAlly published in Japan.
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Ricardo Federici (CA) Stejpan Sejic
"The Kingslayer" part three! With the King of Atlantis' resistance down for the count, a magically monstrous King Rath rampages to extinguish them once and for all! Aquaman and Dolphin must gather whoever's left standing for one fi NAl battle, but Rath finds bigger fishmen to fry as he prepares to sink Atlantis deeper into the abyss!
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(W) Dan Abnett (A) Ricardo Federici (CA) Joshua Middleton
"The Kingslayer" part three! With the King of Atlantis' resistance down for the count, a magically monstrous King Rath rampages to extinguish them once and for all! Aquaman and Dolphin must gather whoever's left standing for one fi NAl battle, but Rath finds bigger fishmen to fry as he prepares to sink Atlantis deeper into the abyss!
ARIFUTA COMMONPLACE TO WORLDS STRONGEST GN #2
(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) RoGa (CA) RoGa
The manga adaptation of the fan-favorite light novel series! When a classroom of students is transported to another world to act as its saviors, Hajime NAgumo finds himself the weakest link. As his friends and classmates are granted strong classes and impressive abilities due to their existing skills, he is given the weak title of Synergist. When a dungeon quest leaves him separated from his group, Hajime must discover his own talents or be left to rot in this world forever.
ASSASSINS CREED UPRISING TP #3
FI NALE
(W) Dan Watters (A) Jose Holder
The fi NAl chapter of the 'Uprising' story, which concludes the Phoenix Project Saga in epic fashion - the end of a ten-year storyline from the videogames! Featuring fan-favorite characters Juno, Otso Berg and Black Cross! Time has run out for our modern-day assassins! With a new world order on the horizon, Charlotte and her cell are faced with the biggest threat the brotherhood has ever encountered... and not all of them will survive!