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EMPTY MAN #8

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(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Jesus Hervas (CA) Vanesa Del Ray

FI NAL ISSUE! Jensen and the Kerry family make one last desperate attempt to stop the Empty Man's sig NAl before the world is completely lost.

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EMPTY MAN #8

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(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Jesus Hervas (CA) Jesus Hervas

FI NAL ISSUE! Jensen and the Kerry family make one last desperate attempt to stop the Empty Man's sig NAl before the world is completely lost.

DARK HORSE COMICS

EROMANGA SENSEI TP #1

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A) Rin

Writing light novels isn't all that easy, especially when you're in high school...and you have to do the cooking and the chores for your shut-in stepsister who's hardly come out of her room the past year! In the light novel business, it's crucial to have the right person illustrating your books to help them sell-and maybe get made into manga and anime! But in a world of online pen NAmes, the author and the illustrator may still not even know each other . . . until one day they realize they've been living in the same house all along! Now the home life of confident writer Masamune Izumi and his reclusive sister Sagiri-aka the artist "Eromanga Sensei"-will be a drama to compare with their rising careers, their restive fan base, and their rivals in the industry! o The Eromanga Sensei anime ran on Crunchyroll in 2017-a new anime is out this year! o Vol. 1 contains a bonus short story from origi NAl author Tsukasa Fushimi.

SUBLIME

ESCAPE JOURNEY GN #3

(W) Ogeretsu Ta NAka (A) Ogeretsu Ta NAka (CA) Ogeretsu Ta NAka

NAo is hurting over his relationship with Taichi, and his new friend Nishi NA wants to help-but he ends up confessing his own feelings in the process! When two men are in love, the world can be a very callous place, and even friends and family sometimes hurt the ones they love. Can a couple like Taichi and NAo ever find true happiness? For mature audiences.

IDW PUBLISHING

EVE STRANGER #3

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(W) David Barnett (A) Philip Bond (CA) Philip Bond

Eve's latest need-to-know mission takes her to Prague, the Bohemian capital, where a giant ape is terrorizing the historic city. But that's all right, because everyone's favorite amnesiac-for-hire has fi NAlly scored a jetpack. As Jimmy Mac, Eve's lovelorn clean-up crew, tries to get her attention, Eve learns that this monkey business might somehow give her answers about her forgotten past. Plus a backup feature starring Eve Stranger, social correspondent of The Convivial Times, by Liz Prince (Tomboy). High-Octane Romance! Doomed Science! Weird Thrills!

IMAGE COMICS

EVOLUTION #18

(W) James Asmus (A) Joe Infur NAri (CA) Joe Infur NAri

SERIES FI NALE! It's the end of the world as we know it, and everyone feels terrified. With nowhere left to run from the apocalypse all around them, hard choices will have to made, blood will have to be shed, and a species might have to die.

ALTERNA COMICS

EXILIUM #6 (OF 6)

(W) Ben Slabak (A) Salo Farias (CA) Salo Farias

The truth behind the Earth's oppressor is revealed in this giant-sized, action-packed fi NAle to the shock and dismay of our trio. They're forced to devise a desperate plan to try and save the human race, while Earth's dwindling defenses ready themselves to make their last stand.

KNOCKABOUT COMICS

FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROS COMPENDIUM TP

(W) Gilbert Shelton (A) Gilbert Shelton

An introduction sampler to The Freak Brothers for the new reader, containing a selection of the best classic strips."Gilbert Shelton is as near as comics have come to producing a NAtural comedic genius" Alan Moore "Wonderful, wonderful stuff. The Freak Brothers define all that is good and funny in underground comics, able to simultaneously criticize society and laugh at the counter culture" - The Alien Online.

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC

FAIRY TALE BATTLE ROYALE GN #3

(W) Soraho I NA (A) Soraho I NA (CA) Soraho I NA

Kuni NAka Aoba is the target of bullies at school and wishes for nothing more than to be on good terms with her classmates. Her wish is granted, but at what cost? Suddenly, she's thrust down a rabbit hole, into a strangely familiar world from children's stories, only this version comes with a dark and gruesome twist. It's kill or be killed, in a fairy tale fight to the finish!

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

FALLEN WORLD #2 (OF 5)

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(W) Dan Abnett (A) Adam Polli NA (CA) Sanford Greene

Get ready for the second thrilling chapter in Valiant's explosive event series! Rai's most dangerous foe has returned! The cyborg samurai faces an impossible challenge. Can he stop his greatest enemy from gaining even more power? How many more positronic dinosaurs will have to die for Rai to save the future?

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

FALLEN WORLD #2 (OF 5)

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(W) Dan Abnett (A) Adam Polli NA (CA) Declan Shalvey

Get ready for the second thrilling chapter in Valiant's explosive event series! Rai's most dangerous foe has returned! The cyborg samurai faces an impossible challenge. Can he stop his greatest enemy from gaining even more power? How many more positronic dinosaurs will have to die for Rai to save the future?

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

FALLEN WORLD #2 (OF 5)

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(W) Dan Abnett (A) Adam Polli NA (CA) Nik Virella

Get ready for the second thrilling chapter in Valiant's explosive event series! Rai's most dangerous foe has returned! The cyborg samurai faces an impossible challenge. Can he stop his greatest enemy from gaining even more power? How many more positronic dinosaurs will have to die for Rai to save the future?

MARVEL COMICS

FANTASTIC FOUR #11

(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medi NA (CA) Esad Ribic

LICENSE TO QUANTUM DRIVE! •  Franklin and Valeria are growing up fast...but not fast enough to legally operate Fantasti-Cars in NYC! •  But wouldn't you know it, the day of their big driving test is at the exact moment the entire Microverse might implode and take our reality with it! •  Get ready for a cosmic adventure with Marvel's first family...and two members of New York's Department of Motor Vehicles. •  Going to parallel worlds? Easy. Parallel parking? Kinda hard! Rated T

MARVEL COMICS

FANTASTIC FOUR #11

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(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medi NA

LICENSE TO QUANTUM DRIVE! •  Franklin and Valeria are growing up fast...but not fast enough to legally operate Fantasti-Cars in NYC! •  But wouldn't you know it, the day of their big driving test is at the exact moment the entire Microverse might implode and take our reality with it! •  Get ready for a cosmic adventure with Marvel's first family...and two members of New York's Department of Motor Vehicles. •  Going to parallel worlds? Easy. Parallel parking? Kinda hard! Rated T

MARVEL COMICS

FANTASTIC FOUR #11

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(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medi NA (CA) Nick Bradshaw

LICENSE TO QUANTUM DRIVE! •  Franklin and Valeria are growing up fast...but not fast enough to legally operate Fantasti-Cars in NYC! •  But wouldn't you know it, the day of their big driving test is at the exact moment the entire Microverse might implode and take our reality with it! •  Get ready for a cosmic adventure with Marvel's first family...and two members of New York's Department of Motor Vehicles. •  Going to parallel worlds? Easy. Parallel parking? Kinda hard! Rated T

TILBURY HOUSE PUBLISHERS

FAR SIDE OF THE MOON STORY OF APOLLO 11 3RD MAN SC

(W) Alex Irvine (A) Ben Bishop (CA) Ben Bishop

This graphic retelling of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission follows astro NAut Michael Collins, commander of the lu NAr orbiter, to the far side of the moon. When the Earth disappears behind the moon, Collins loses contact with his fellow astro NAuts on the moon's surface, with mission control at NASA, and with the entire human race, becoming more alone than any human being has ever been before. In total isolation for 21 hours, Collins awaits word that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have ma NAged to launch their moon lander successfully to return to the orbiter, a feat never accomplished before and rendered more problematic by the fuel burn of their difficult landing. In this singularly lonely and dramatic setting, Collins reviews the politics, science, and engineering that propelled the Apollo 11 mission across 239,000 miles of space to the moon.

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FATE ZERO TP #4

(W) Gen Urobuchi (A) Shinjiro (CA) Shinjiro

With the Fourth Holy Grail War underway, seven magi and their summoned heroes from history battle to the death to claim the Grail and have their wishes granted. Kiritsugu brings down a skyscraper to elimi NAte Kayneth and Lancer, but it does not go as planned . . . and Caster makes his move against Saber!

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FATE ZERO TP #5

(W) Shinjiro (A) Shinjiro (CA) Shinjiro

Two desperate hunts stalk the dark woods that shroud Einzbern Castle, as Lancer and Saber confront the hideous sorcery of Caster, incar NAtion of the fiendish Gilles de Rais, while Irisviel follows Maiya in search of the master magician Kirei. Is mage killer Kiritsugu risking both his wife and his mistress in a cold-blooded scheme to assassi NAte Kirei . . . ?

ASPEN MLT INC

FATHOM VOL 8 #2

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(W) Vince Her NAndez (A) Mauricio Camptella (CA) Mauricio Camptella

The world below is no longer a secret and everything has led to this... Wind-a new commander of The Blue, emerges to lead her people from the ashes of Anika's destructive attack on the capitol city of Muria. However, the city receives two new powerful visitors-Aspen and Kiani! Meanwhile, Anika continues her warpath deeper into the depths, as she arrives at the secret realm of the world's most deadly beings-The Black! Aspen's Vince Her NAndez (Michael Turner's Fathom: Kiani, Charismagic) marks his debut on Fathom's principal series alongside artist Mauricio Campetella (Jirni) and colorists Peter Steigerwald (Fathom, Superman/Batman) in a storyline that will define the Fathom universe for years to come!

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FATHOM VOL 8 #2

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(W) Vince Her NAndez (A) Mauricio Camptella (CA) Michael Turner

The world below is no longer a secret and everything has led to this... Wind-a new commander of The Blue, emerges to lead her people from the ashes of Anika's destructive attack on the capitol city of Muria. However, the city receives two new powerful visitors-Aspen and Kiani! Meanwhile, Anika continues her warpath deeper into the depths, as she arrives at the secret realm of the world's most deadly beings-The Black! Aspen's Vince Her NAndez (Michael Turner's Fathom: Kiani, Charismagic) marks his debut on Fathom's principal series alongside artist Mauricio Campetella (Jirni) and colorists Peter Steigerwald (Fathom, Superman/Batman) in a storyline that will define the Fathom universe for years to come!

ASPEN MLT INC

FATHOM VOL 8 #2

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(W) Vince Her NAndez (A) Mauricio Camptella (CA) Siya Oum

The world below is no longer a secret and everything has led to this... Wind-a new commander of The Blue, emerges to lead her people from the ashes of Anika's destructive attack on the capitol city of Muria. However, the city receives two new powerful visitors-Aspen and Kiani! Meanwhile, Anika continues her warpath deeper into the depths, as she arrives at the secret realm of the world's most deadly beings-The Black! Aspen's Vince Her NAndez (Michael Turner's Fathom: Kiani, Charismagic) marks his debut on Fathom's principal series alongside artist Mauricio Campetella (Jirni) and colorists Peter Steigerwald (Fathom, Superman/Batman) in a storyline that will define the Fathom universe for years to come!

DC COMICS

(W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Adria NA Melo (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco

Scott Free has escaped Apokolips, and now it's all-out war between that wretched planet and New Genesis. This is good news for the Furies, who now have a clear mission to fulfill: keep Scott Free from joining the other side. That's bad news for Big Barda, who has fallen in love with the future Mister Miracle. It's a race to Earth to see who can get to Scott first, and maybe Barda's last chance to convince her sisters that they don't have to do what Darkseid says anymore-which could be the only way she comes out of this alive herself. RATED T+

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FENCE TP #3

(W) C.S. Pacat (A) Johan NA the Mad (CA) Johan NA the Mad

Sparks fly white-hot on the pitch as Nicholas and Seiji fi NAlly face off once again in the halls of King's Row. It's a match that will change King's Row (and both of them!) forever, and set the stage as the team journeys to face their bitter rivals and prove themselves once and for all. The third volume of the breakneck series from writer C.S. Pacat (The Captive Prince) and fan-favorite artist Johan NA the Mad comes at you as fast as a parry and hits as hard as a strike. Collects issues #9-12.

DARK HORSE COMICS

FIGHT CLUB 2 HC

(W) Chuck Palahniuk (A) Cameron Stewart (CA) David Mack

Some imagi NAry friends never go away...  Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, he lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won't last long-the wife has seen to that. He's back where he started, but this go-round he's got more at stake than his own life. The time has arrived... Collects issues #1-#10 of the series.

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FIGHT CLUB 3 #6

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(W) Chuck Palahniuk (A) Cameron Stewart (CA) David Mack

NApoleonic soldiers, angels, and the history of art theft come together as a young man ventures through the looking glass in pursuit of Epistasis Theory and the one True Cross.