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IDW PUBLISHING

FIRST STRIKE #6

CVR B DUNBAR

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Max Dunbar (CA) Max Dunbar

War for the Core! Deep within Cybertron, the ultimate weapon to kill all Transformers is about to be activated! Meanwhile, Elita One plans to stop the weapon-by killing every human on Cybertron! Either way, looks like some species on Cybertron is going down unless Optimus Prime and Scarlett can save the day... Bullet points: * The Hasbro comic book crossover event of 2017 is here! * The wild ride ends here! Who will live? Who will die? What will happen to Cybertron? * Expect both a satisfying conclusion and the start of a whole new era!

IDW PUBLISHING

FIRST STRIKE #6

CVR C RONALD

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Max Dunbar (CA) Alex Ronald

War for the Core! Deep within Cybertron, the ultimate weapon to kill all Transformers is about to be activated! Meanwhile, Elita One plans to stop the weapon-by killing every human on Cybertron! Either way, looks like some species on Cybertron is going down unless Optimus Prime and Scarlett can save the day... Bullet points: * The Hasbro comic book crossover event of 2017 is here! * The wild ride ends here! Who will live? Who will die? What will happen to Cybertron? * Expect both a satisfying conclusion and the start of a whole new era!

IDW PUBLISHING

FIRST STRIKE #6

CVR D DUENAS

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Max Dunbar (CA) Rob Duenas

War for the Core! Deep within Cybertron, the ultimate weapon to kill all Transformers is about to be activated! Meanwhile, Elita One plans to stop the weapon-by killing every human on Cybertron! Either way, looks like some species on Cybertron is going down unless Optimus Prime and Scarlett can save the day... Bullet points: * The Hasbro comic book crossover event of 2017 is here! * The wild ride ends here! Who will live? Who will die? What will happen to Cybertron? * Expect both a satisfying conclusion and the start of a whole new era!

DC COMICS

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Neil Googe

"BLACK HOLE RISING"! While the Flash's negative Speed Force powers begin to take their deadly toll on Barry Allen's life, Black Hole begins its most audacious assault yet when the criminal outfit finally assumes control of S.T.A.R. Labs! RATED T

DC COMICS

VAR ED

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Howard Porter

"BLACK HOLE RISING"! While the Flash's negative Speed Force powers begin to take their deadly toll on Barry Allen's life, Black Hole begins its most audacious assault yet when the criminal outfit finally assumes control of S.T.A.R. Labs! RATED T

DC COMICS

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Neil Googe

"JUSTICE INSURGENCE" part one! After the harrowing events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3, the JUSTICE LEAGUE has scattered around the world to find the only artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse. The League thinks they know how to take back their world, but they are not prepared for who is standing in their way. The Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. All the brilliance of Batman, but none of the morals. Barry Allen, The Fastest Man Alive, is the first to get a taste of their plan, as BATMAN: THE RED DEATH takes him on at the Fortress of Solitude. RATED T

DC COMICS

VAR ED

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Howard Porter

"BATS OUT OF HELL" part one! After the harrowing events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3, the JUSTICE LEAGUE has scattered around the world to find the only artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse. The League thinks they know how to take back their world, but they are not prepared for who is standing in their way. The Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. All the brilliance of Batman, but none of the morals. Barry Allen, The Fastest Man Alive, is the first to get a taste of their plan, as BATMAN: THE RED DEATH takes him on at the Fortress of Solitude. RATED T

DC COMICS

(W) Geoff Johns (A) Angel Unzueta (CA) Brian Bolland

Geoff Johns's unforgettable run on THE FLASH begins when Wally West finds himself without super speed in a darker, mirror version of Keystone City. Can a powerless Flash defeat Captain Cold and Mirror Master and save the city he loves? Plus, The Flash is shocked to learn that a strange cult is killing all the people he's ever rescued. Collects THE FLASH #164-176 and THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS #1.

DC COMICS

(W) Geoff Johns (A) Alberto Dose (CA) Alberto Dose

The Fastest Man Alive clashes with his Rogues Gallery, including Zoom, Captain Cold, Mister Element, Mirror Master, Trickster and more! This new title collects THE FLASH #201-213!

DC COMICS

RUNNING SCARED (REBIRTH)

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Carmine Di Giandomenico (CA) Carmine Di Giandomenico

Barry Allen is at a crossroads. He's lied to the woman he loves about his life as the Flash, and a rift is growing between him and his heroic young partner. Now, his greatest enemy has threatened to strike down everyone close to him! It's time to make a tough choice that will launch the Flash into his most incredible mission yet: a siege on the 25th century stronghold of Eobard Thawne! Rising-star writer Joshua Williamson continues his smash-hit run on the Fastest Man Alive with THE FLASH VOL. 4! Collects issues #23-27.

AMULET BOOKS

FLASH YA NOVEL #1 (OF 3)

HOCUS POCUS

(W) Barry Lyga (A) Jillian Tamaki (CA) Cesar Moreno

Race into action in this all-new original adventure based on the hit CW TV series The Flash! The first in a 3 book middle-grade series, Hocus Pocus is an entirely original story which expands upon the world of the Flash and gives younger fans a new way to enjoy Central City.

ARCANA STUDIO

FLAYED GN

(W) Andrew Smith (A) Sid-H (CA) Sid-H

How far would you go to get the life you wanted? Would you steal someone else's? Chris didn't know how far he'd want to go, but he knew how far away from his life he wanted to get. In the cold dark nights of a remote mining town, where people disappear, strangers weave in and out of each other's lives and ancient rituals leash unholy powers to those willing to go far enough, he finds out.

VERTICAL COMICS

FLOWERS OF EVIL COMPLETE ED TP #1

(W) Shuzo Oshimi (A) Shuzo Oshimi (CA) Shuzo Oshimi

Edgy, intense, and romantic, The Flowers of Evil has been a reader favorite. This new combined edition will give fans a chance to reconnect with Kasuga, Saeki, and Nakamura as it explores the issues of bulling, loneliness, individualtiy, and identity. The routine of class and endless stupidity in a provincial town is taking a toll on middle-schooler Takao Kasuga. Though he gets along well enough with his peers, they'll never begin to dig any of that reading business that's his only true escape. What can he expect when he's in love with foreign stuff like the poems of Charles Baudelaire? Yet his life threatens to take a turn for the worse when, in a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes of pretty, sweet, and smart Nanaka Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Witness to the theft is the oddest girl in class, who seems to consider the whole world a pile of excrement and to nurse a terribly sadistic streak. Collects volumes 1-3 of the original publication.

VIZ MEDIA LLC

FOOD WARS SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA GN #20

(W) Yuto Tsukuda (A) Yuto Tsukuda (CA) Yuto Tsukuda

Soma challenges Eishi Tsukasa for his first seat on the Council of Ten! Up against Tsukasa's delicately refined technique, Soma highlights his own creativity with a brand-new take on traditional French cuisine. Will he win that coveted seat or lose big and join Central? Even if he does win, Soma won't be out of the woods-not when the surviving first-years have just received notice of their biggest challenge yet! For older teen audiences.

RED ANVIL INC

FORMIDABLES #1

(W) Chris Malgrain (A) Chris Malgrain

In 1959, a supervillain wearing a KKK inspired costume goes on a rampage in Archer City to protest the desegregation of schools. It is time for Pr Frank Foster and his young allies, who have been presumed dead for one year, to come out of hiding and face this menace.

RED ANVIL INC

FORMIDABLES #2

(W) Chris Malgrain (A) Chris Malgrain

After saving Archer City from the superpowered KKK rampager known as the Storm Fighter, the Formidables find they are not yet done with hate and prejudices, as the citizens turn against them when they learn who their new saviors are.

D. E.

FRANK THORNE RED SONJA ART ED HC #3

(W) Roy Thomas (A) Frank Thorne (CA) Frank Thorne

The third and final volume in Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja Art Edition line dedicated to fantasy illustration's shining star, Frank Thorne!  The defining She-Devil artist shares his original storyboards from the issue #7 through #11 of the acclaimed 1970s Red Sonja comic book series. Scanned in high-resolution color and printed at original size, this gorgeous hardcover collection preserves every detail of the artist's meticulous skill and hard work, while simultaneously presenting a complete storyline for all to enjoy.

CALIBER ENTERTAINMENT

FRANKENSTEIN OR MODERN PROMETHEUS GN

(W) Mary Shelley (A) Charles Yates (CA) Joshua Werner

Presenting a faithful adaptation of the classic novel from Mary Shelley. Based on the original story itself rather than the various cinematic films, this is a rendition of Frankenstein, the haunting and sophisticated tale that you may not have seen before. Shunned by his creator, the monster is forced to find acceptance in a world that is both confusing and frightening to him. The monster becomes enraged at the treatment that he receives and seeks revenge against mankind which has rejected him merely because he is different.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #1

SP ED

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Warren Ellis' hugely popular web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here, collected in print for the first time in this gorgeous, full-color trade paperback! The first arc of the ongoing, post-apocalyptic saga is a must-have for fans of the online series, or a perfect starting point for new readers! Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. This is the story of what happened next. So welcome to Whitechapel, some years from now, just barely above ground in a flooded England, where a clan of eleven strange people with purple eyes -- the Freakangels -- have carved out some sort of a life for themselves. A life that starts to show big cracks when a girl called Alice from Manchester turns up with a shotgun and a grievance, having met the lost, prodigal last Freakangel, who had very different ideas about what they should do with themselves and this flooded future England. Because the Freakangels have a big secret: Something very bad is their fault. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #2

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(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Volume Two of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, Freakangels, is here! his installment collects the entire second arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders - but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. Night has only just fallen, but strangers already creep through Whitechapel with the worst of intentions and the weapons to see them through. In Freakangels: Volume Two, we discover just how bad the situation in sunken England has become, and we meet the last of the eleven strange Freakangels. But the twelfth, sinister Mark, is still out there somewhere. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #3

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(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Volume Three of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here!  This installment collects the entire third arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous,  full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders--but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME THREE, the FreakAngels begin to address how to build their community while a serial killer stalks in their midst.  Everything almost comes crashing down around them as one of their own breaks their most valued rule. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #4

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(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Volume Four of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire fourth arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders - but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. In fact, there's a serial killer stalking in their midst, and one of their own has broken their most valued rule. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME FOUR, as the clan faces danger from nearly every direction, it's time to really take a look at what happened six years ago. Back when there were twelve FREAKANGELS. Back when they were all running for their lives.  Because a lot of things have changed, but maybe not as many as they thought...  Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #5

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(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Volume Five of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire fourth arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they've successfully defended their home from outside attackers, a ghost from the past, and threats from within. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME FIVE, everything you thought you knew about the 'Angels is wrong. In fact, much of what *they* thought was true simply hadn't been sufficiently examined. While Alice keeps watch over Whitechapel from the watchtower, the twelve Freakangels - that's right, *twelve* - down below are forced to re-examine their lives... and their deaths. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.

AVATAR PRESS INC

FREAKANGELS TP #6

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(W) Warren Ellis (A) Paul Duffield (CA) Paul Duffield

Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, they used their psychic powers in unison and accidentally flooded the world. Today, they live in and defend Whitechapel, perhaps the last real settlement in soggy London, from the evil machinations of one of their own - a "FreakAngel" gone rogue. But when Mark, the bad seed, returns and forces his old friends to expand their consciousness beyond all concepts of space and time, they discover there's something coming... something dark and terrible beyond the borders of Whitechapel, closing in for the kill. Writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield proudly present the last stand of the FreakAngels in this final, gorgeous sixth volume of the 2010 Eagle Award-winning online web comic!

D. E.

FRUIT NINJA #2

(W) Nathan Cosby (A) Ruairi Coleman (CA) Scott Brown

Based on the adorable BILLION-times-downloaded game! In this cram-packed issue: -MODERN FRUIT NINJAS go out on dates with date-loving cowboys who might be super-villains! -ANCIENT FRUIT NINJAS get their feelings hurt and decide to throw fruit at each other! (they're Fruit Ninjas, it's their thing) -...and JETPACK JOYRIDE tells the story of a machine that turns ocean water into cat hairballs for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON!