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ALTERNA COMICS

ICYMI #18

(W) Hank Tucker (A) Hank Tucker (CA) Hank Tucker

In Case You Missed It... Here It Is Again! Hit with cosmic rays and endowed with the ability to hover, basketball-loving nine-year-old Roger Beaman is for CED to become the unwanted sidekick of super-jerk Magnanimo. Created, written, and illustrated by Hank Tucker (the producer/director of The Tick animated series.

IDW PUBLISHING

INVISIBLE MEN TRAILBLAZING BLACK ARTISTS OF COMIC BOOKS HC

(W) Ken Quattro (A) Matt Baker

Read about the riveting stories of Black artists who drew, mostly behind the scenes, superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only by white artists. Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this compelling book profiles pioneers like E.C. Stoner, a descendant of one of George Washington's slaves. Stoner became a renowned fine artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Perhaps more fascinating is Owen Middleton who was senten CED to life in Sing Sing. Then there is Matt Baker, the most revered of the Black artists, whose exquisite art spotlights stunning women and men, and who drew the first groundbreaking Black comic book hero, Vooda! Gorgeously illustrated with rare examples of each artist's work, including full stories from mainstream comic books to rare titles like All-Negro Comics and Negro Heroes, plus unpublished artist's photos and art. Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books features Ken Quattro's over 20 years of impeccable research and writing. The social and cultural environments that formed these extraordinary artists are deftly detailed by Quattro in this must-have book!

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

KILL A MAN OGN

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Alec Morgan (CA) Alec Morgan

As a child, James Bellyi watched his father die in the ring as payback for slurs thrown at the other fighter. Today, he's a Mixed Martial Arts star at the top of his game, and one of the most popular fighters in the world...until he's outed as gay in his title shot press con-ference. Abandoned overnight by his training camp, his endorsements, his fans and his sport, to regain his title shot Bellyi is for CED to turn to the last person he ever wants to see again: Xavier Mayne, a gay, once-great fighter in his own right...and the man James once watched kill his father. A singular achievement from writers Steve Orlando (Martian Manhunter, DEAD KINGS) and Phillip K. Johnson (Aquaman, Adventure Time, The Last Time) with art from Alec Morgan (Midnighter, Daredevil, Battlestar Galactica).

DARK HORSE COMICS

LONE WOLF & CUB OMNIBUS TP #7

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

Yagyu Retsudo will stop at nothing to kill Itto Ogami-even sending his last child to kill the Lone Wolf. And if his daughter can't finish the job, Retsudo is prepared to offer a reward for Itto that should have every bounty hunter, ronin, and peasant out for Itto's head! Collects Four stories from volumes 15, all of volume 16, and two stories from from volume 17. •   The acclaimed classic by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. •   Over 700 pages, value pri CED.

CANDLEWICK PRESS

LOST SOUL BE AT PEACE GRAPHIC MEMOIR SC

(W) Maggie Thrash (A) Maggie Thrash (CA) Maggie Thrash

A year and a half after the summer that changed her life, Maggie Thrash wishes she could change it all back. She's trapped in a dark depression and flunking eleventh grade, befuddling her patrician mother while going unnoti CED by her father, a workaholic federal judge. The only thing Maggie cares about is her cat, Tommi... who then disappears somewhere in the walls of her cavernous house. So her search begins - but Maggie's not even really sure what she's lost, and she has no idea what she'll find.

BOOM! STUDIOS

MAGICIANS NEW CLASS TP

(W) Lev Grossman (A) Pius Bak (CA) Qistina Khalidah

* New York Times bestselling series creator Lev Grossman returns with an all-new story in the world of The Magicians with award-winning writer Lilah Sturges and rising star artist Pius Bak that features the first appearance of the next generation of heroes and villains. * Long after Quentin Coldwater has graduated from Brakebills, Dean Fogg welcomes the first class in Brakebills history to include hedge magicians, who are known for being dangerous practitioners of unsanctioned magic. As these two student bodies clash, everyone at Brakebills is for CED to take a side - not realizing a new threat has targeted them all! ? The malevolence behind the threat at Brakebills will rock everyone to their cores - and even shock longtime fans of The Magicians!

MANGA CLASSICS, INC.

MANGA CLASSICS JUNGLE BOOK GN

(W) Rudyard Kipling (A) Julien Choy (CA) Julien Choy

Heavily influen CED by his childhood in British-ruled India, Rudyard Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture. Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late 1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish the classic The Jungle Book in 1894. Manga Classics brings this collection of Kipling's brilliant fables to a new audience with their faithful, unabridged adaptation of stories like Mowgli's tales, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Toomai of the Elephants, The White Seal, and more.

MANGA CLASSICS, INC.

MANGA CLASSICS JUNGLE BOOK HC

(W) Rudyard Kipling (A) Crystal S. Chan (CA) Julien Choy

Heavily influen CED by his childhood in British-ruled India, Rudyard Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture. Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late 1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish the classic The Jungle Book in 1894. Manga Classics brings this collection of Kipling's brilliant fables to a new audience with their faithful, unabridged adaptation of stories like Mowgli's tales, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Toomai of the Elephants, The White Seal, and more.

MARVEL COMICS

MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #35 JUNE 2020 EXTRAS #203

Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel's upcoming releases - it's your #1 source for advan CED information on Marvel Comics! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2020 and beyond.

SCOUT COMICS

METALSHARK BRO 2 #1

ASSAULT ON HAMZIG ISLAND

(W) Bob Frantz (A) Walt Ostlie (CA) Walt Ostlie

The last we saw of Metalshark Bro, dude was transformed back into a regular shark that swam off into the sunset. It was a classic revenge mission: he killed A LOT of people, got the giant floating eyeball, ate a lot of grub, and defeated Satan's nephew. Unfortunately, this victory was short-lived. A demon hamster kidnapped his bestie, so now he's for CED out of his sharky-sabbatical to fight off Cthulhu dudes, mutant alligators, magic demons, and his own aggression.

MARVEL COMICS

MMW MARVEL TWO IN ONE HC #5

(W) Mark Gruenwald (A) John Byrne (CA) George Perez

Benjamin J. Grimm - the world's one and only Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing - doesn't shy away from any fight. And in this Marvel Masterworks edition, he'll have to plow through the Machinesmith, the hated Yancy Street Gang, Graviton, Crossfire and even his younger self! But he's not fighting alone: The Thing will battle alongside Jack of Hearts, Doctor Strange, the Inhumans, Moon Knight and the Human Torch - as well as the Marvel Universe's greatest poker club! But all this action is just a prelude to Gruenwald, Macchio, Byrne and Pérez's all-time classic: the PROJECT PEGASUS SAGA! The Project is part advan CED energy research facility and part super villain prison - and that makes for one dangerous (and exciting!) combination when the inmates break out! Plus: Don't miss the incorrigible Impossible Man's attack on the Marvel Bullpen! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #47-60 and ANNUAL #4.

MARVEL COMICS

MMW MARVEL TWO IN ONE HC #5

DM VAR ED 296

(W) Mark Gruenwald (A) John Byrne

Benjamin J. Grimm - the world's one and only Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing - doesn't shy away from any fight. And in this Marvel Masterworks edition, he'll have to plow through the Machinesmith, the hated Yancy Street Gang, Graviton, Crossfire and even his younger self! But he's not fighting alone: The Thing will battle alongside Jack of Hearts, Doctor Strange, the Inhumans, Moon Knight and the Human Torch - as well as the Marvel Universe's greatest poker club! But all this action is just a prelude to Gruenwald, Macchio, Byrne and Pérez's all-time classic: the PROJECT PEGASUS SAGA! The Project is part advan CED energy research facility and part super villain prison - and that makes for one dangerous (and exciting!) combination when the inmates break out! Plus: Don't miss the incorrigible Impossible Man's attack on the Marvel Bullpen! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #47-60 and ANNUAL #4.

DARK HORSE COMICS

MOB PSYCHO 100 TP #1

(W) One (A) One (CA) One

From the creator of One-Punch Man! Do you or someone you know need an exorcist who works cheap? Reigen's your guy! What's his secret to busting ghosts while keeping prices low? Well, first, he's a fraud, and second, he pays the guy who's got the real psychic power-his student assistant Shigeo-less than minimum wage. Shigeo is an awkward but kind boy whose urge to help others and get along with them is bound up with the mental safety locks he's pla CED on his own emotions. Reigen knows he needs to exploit Shigeo to stay in business, yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor. And he also knows whenever the normally repressed kid's emotions reach level 100, it may unleash more psychic energy than either of them can handle!

VAN RYDER GAMES, LLC

MYSTERY GRAPHIC NOVEL ADV HC

(W) Stivo (A) CED (CA) CED

In this Graphic Novel Adventure, you are joining the Legion of Champions to fight crime as your ideal superhero! How you dispatch justice is up to you as you'll encounter foes, puzzles, traps, riddles, and more as your choices guide you through to victory or defeat. A new way, in graphic novel form, to experience the kind of gamebooks popularized years ago. It's your choices, your adventure, and your story.

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

MYTHS & LEGENDS QUARTERLY ARIES #1

CVR A VITORINO

(W) Raven Gregory (A) Renzo Rodriguez (CA) Igor Vitorino

Spinning directly out of the events in the Grimm Universe Presents 2020 special.  After suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly resurrected Hades, Ares ,The God of War, is teleported to realm of Myst with no memory of who or what he truly is.   Now with a second chance at a life of happiness and contentment among the innocent people of the town Alexander will Ares find the peace he has always desired before his turn to evil or will his true nature come back to haunt him when fa CED with an all new deadly enemy intent on destroying them all...the Warmonger.  This oversized 72 page extravaganza is brought to you by Wonderland/Helsing writer Raven Gregory with art by Renzo Rodriguez and Fran Gamboa! This is one story not to be missed!

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

MYTHS & LEGENDS QUARTERLY ARIES #1

CVR B TOLIBAO

(W) Raven Gregory (A) Renzo Rodriguez (CA) Harvey Tolibao

Spinning directly out of the events in the Grimm Universe Presents 2020 special.  After suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly resurrected Hades, Ares ,The God of War, is teleported to realm of Myst with no memory of who or what he truly is.   Now with a second chance at a life of happiness and contentment among the innocent people of the town Alexander will Ares find the peace he has always desired before his turn to evil or will his true nature come back to haunt him when fa CED with an all new deadly enemy intent on destroying them all...the Warmonger.  This oversized 72 page extravaganza is brought to you by Wonderland/Helsing writer Raven Gregory with art by Renzo Rodriguez and Fran Gamboa! This is one story not to be missed!

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

MYTHS & LEGENDS QUARTERLY ARIES #1

CVR C GARVEY

(W) Raven Gregory (A) Renzo Rodriguez (CA) Keith Garvey

Spinning directly out of the events in the Grimm Universe Presents 2020 special.  After suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly resurrected Hades, Ares ,The God of War, is teleported to realm of Myst with no memory of who or what he truly is.   Now with a second chance at a life of happiness and contentment among the innocent people of the town Alexander will Ares find the peace he has always desired before his turn to evil or will his true nature come back to haunt him when fa CED with an all new deadly enemy intent on destroying them all...the Warmonger.  This oversized 72 page extravaganza is brought to you by Wonderland/Helsing writer Raven Gregory with art by Renzo Rodriguez and Fran Gamboa! This is one story not to be missed!

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC

MYTHS & LEGENDS QUARTERLY ARIES #1

CVR D ROYLE

(W) Raven Gregory (A) Renzo Rodriguez (CA) John Royle

Spinning directly out of the events in the Grimm Universe Presents 2020 special.  After suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly resurrected Hades, Ares ,The God of War, is teleported to realm of Myst with no memory of who or what he truly is.   Now with a second chance at a life of happiness and contentment among the innocent people of the town Alexander will Ares find the peace he has always desired before his turn to evil or will his true nature come back to haunt him when fa CED with an all new deadly enemy intent on destroying them all...the Warmonger.  This oversized 72 page extravaganza is brought to you by Wonderland/Helsing writer Raven Gregory with art by Renzo Rodriguez and Fran Gamboa! This is one story not to be missed!

DARK HORSE COMICS

NEIL GAIMAN NORSE MYTHOLOGY #2

CVR A RUSSELL

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

Loki is for CED to atone for his latest prank by pitting two groups of dwarfs against each other in a contest that will either bring the gods greater treasures than they could dream of, or cost him his head... or both.

DARK HORSE COMICS

NEIL GAIMAN NORSE MYTHOLOGY #2

CVR B MACK

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) P. Craig Russell (CA) David Mack

Loki is for CED to atone for his latest prank by pitting two groups of dwarfs against each other in a contest that will either bring the gods greater treasures than they could dream of, or cost him his head... or both.

SOURCE POINT PRESS

NORAH VOL 2 #1

(W) Kasey Pierce (CA) Kelly O'Hara

Norah fans rejoice! This second volume of Norah kicks off with the mangainspired painterly stylings illustrator Kelly O'Hara! This issue's story, titled Devour, dives headfirst into the rabbit hole of the tragedy and biowarfare-indu CED trauma that ever haunts Norah. Her unbeknown mutation makes her a threat to herself and others as the CIA, to whom she once sword allegiance, savagely turns against her!

KODANSHA COMICS

PERFECT WORLD GN #2

(W) Rie Aruga (A) Rie Aruga (CA) Rie Aruga

The moving, provocative manga about the struggles and triumphs in love of a woman and a man who uses a wheelchair comes to print! Fans of tumultuous manga romance-like A Silent Voice and Your Lie in April -don't miss this! An office party reunites Tsugumi with her high school crush Itsuki. He's realized his dream of becoming an architect, but along the way, he experien CED a spinal injury that put him in a wheelchair. Now Tsumugi's rekindled feelings will butt up against prejudices she never considered-and Itsuki will have to decide if he's ready to let someone into his heart...Yet they may soon discover that, without each other, the world feels imperfect.

MARVEL COMICS

PUNISHER VS BARRACUDA #3 (OF 5)

(W) Ed Brisson (A) Declan Shalvey (CA) Ryan Stegman

GATOR BAIT! •  Punisher brings hell to the Miami Mafia, but they already have more than enough to worry about. •  Barracuda is armed to the teeth and has for CED a crew of angry backwoods bigots to help him in his mission of vengeance, but he still feels like something is missing. What could it be? •  Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the swamp...meet Trixie, a fun-loving Florida gal with a heck of a smile.

MARVEL COMICS

PUNISHER VS BARRACUDA #3 (OF 5)

SHALVEY VAR

(W) Ed Brisson (A) Declan Shalvey (CA) Declan Shalvey

GATOR BAIT! •  Punisher brings hell to the Miami Mafia, but they already have more than enough to worry about. •  Barracuda is armed to the teeth and has for CED a crew of angry backwoods bigots to help him in his mission of vengeance, but he still feels like something is missing. What could it be? •  Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the swamp...meet Trixie, a fun-loving Florida gal with a heck of a smile.

WALKER BOOKS US

QUEEN OF THE SEA SC GN

(W) Dylan Meconis (A) Dylan Meconis (CA) Dylan Meconis

When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past. When Eleanor's life is threatened, Margaret is fa CED with a perilous choice between helping Eleanor and protecting herself. In a hybrid novel of fictionalized history, Dylan Meconis paints Margaret's world in soft greens, grays, and reds, transporting readers to a quiet, windswept island at the heart of a treasonous royal plot.