BLACK PANTHER VS DEADPOOL #1 (OF 5)
(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Ryan Benjamin
VIBRANIUM BULLETS AND REGROWING LIMBS - EVERYTHING YOU WANT FROM A COMIC IS HERE! Deadpool's teamed up with, taken down or taken a beating from just about every hero in the Marvel Universe. And no way is the Black Panther going to miss out on his turn. From Late Show writer Daniel Kibblesmith comes a hilarious romp through Wakanda as Deadpool goes on the hunt for the world's most valuable resource: Vibranium! When a beloved figure of the Marvel Universe becomes collateral damage in a fight between Deadpool and the Wrecker, the heroic Deadpool sets out to obtain a fragment of Vibranium that could save the victim's life. But his unconventional methods - ranging from poaching to dismemberment - don't sit well with the King of Wakanda, and Deadpool's about to learn that you don't bring a sword to a claw fight! Parental Advisory
BLACK PANTHER VS DEADPOOL #1 (OF 5)
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(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Cully Hamner
VIBRANIUM BULLETS AND REGROWING LIMBS - EVERYTHING YOU WANT FROM A COMIC IS HERE! Deadpool's teamed up with, taken down or taken a beating from just about every hero in the Marvel Universe. And no way is the Black Panther going to miss out on his turn. From Late Show writer Daniel Kibblesmith comes a hilarious romp through Wakanda as Deadpool goes on the hunt for the world's most valuable resource: Vibranium! When a beloved figure of the Marvel Universe becomes collateral damage in a fight between Deadpool and the Wrecker, the heroic Deadpool sets out to obtain a fragment of Vibranium that could save the victim's life. But his unconventional methods - ranging from poaching to dismemberment - don't sit well with the King of Wakanda, and Deadpool's about to learn that you don't bring a sword to a claw fight! Parental Advisory
BLACK SCIENCE TP #8
LATER THAN YOU THINK
(W) Rick Remender (A) Matteo Scalera (CA) Matteo Scalera
The Anarchist League of Scientists are scattered to the cosmic winds. Abuse of the Pillar's power has gnawed at the very foundation of reality, as all that ever is, was, and will be is falling in on itself. Beaten and dismayed, it falls to Grant McKay and what allies he has left to start a hail-Mary mission to the center of the Onion, and the chance of salvation that rests there. Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera set their sights on the End of the Eververse as the Dimensionauts begin their final journey into the Onion construct to fix everything that ever went wrong-or damn all of eternity to the void. Collects BLACK SCIENCE #35-38
BLACKBIRD #1
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(W) Sam Humphries (A) Jen Bartel (CA) Jen Bartel
An all-new ongoing series from fan-favorite writer SAM HUMPHRIES (Harley Quinn, Nightwing) and red-hot artist JEN BARTEL! In this neo-noir fantasy, Nina Rodriguez is positive that a secret magic world ruled by ruthless cabals is hiding just beneath the veneer of Los Angeles. The problem: everyone thinks she's crazy. The bigger problem: she's not crazy - she's right. Can she unravel the mystery before the Great Beast catches up with her?
BLACKBIRD #1
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(W) Sam Humphries (A) Jen Bartel (CA) Fiona Staples
An all-new ongoing series from fan-favorite writer SAM HUMPHRIES (Harley Quinn, Nightwing) and red-hot artist JEN BARTEL! In this neo-noir fantasy, Nina Rodriguez is positive that a secret magic world ruled by ruthless cabals is hiding just beneath the veneer of Los Angeles. The problem: everyone thinks she's crazy. The bigger problem: she's not crazy-she's right. Can she unravel the mystery before the Great Beast catches up with her?
BLACKENING #1 (OF 6)
(W) Massimo Rosi (A) Eduardo Mello (CA) Eduardo Mello
After The Plague, humanity was forced to regenerate itself, replacing the bodies with sophisticated machines. The new technology that saved humans from extinction seems to have nothing against their innate cruelty. Tony is one of the left humans that still enjoy feeling the simple pleasures of life... but everything goes to hell when his companion dies and his daughter is abducted.
BLACKWOOD TP
(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Veronica Fish
When four teenagers with haunted pasts enroll in Blackwood College-a school that trains students in the occult-their desire to enhance their supernatural abilities and bond with others is hampered by an undead dean's curse, ghosts in their dorm, a mischievous two-headed mummy-chimp, a plague of mutant insects, and the discovery of an ancient evil that forces our heroes to undergo a crash course in the occult for the sake of the world. Collects issues #1-#4 of the series, a bonus sketchbook section, pinups by Becky Cloonan, Tyler Crook, Stacey Lee, and Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire! "Blackwood is like Harry Potter mixed with Deadly Class. It keeps all the supernatural elements and ups the danger factor considerably." -Horror Talk
BLASTOSAURUS #3
(W) Richard Fairgray (A) Richard Fairgray (CA) Richard Fairgray
Dimensions collide as the fallout from an intergalactic fried chicken war hits our reality - and our heroes - square in the face. When Richard discovers the person his mother is dating is nothing more than a chicken wearing a hat, it's up to him, Tabby and their Sauropod friend to figure out just what on earth is going on. With a fast paced robot fight, exciting new hat technology and a planet where literally everything is chickens, this self-contained story delivers more complexity of flavor than any secret recipe could.
BLEACH 3IN1 TP #24
(W) Tite Kubo (A) Tite Kubo (CA) Tite Kubo
Yhwach's invasion of the Soul Society has led its defenders to make some strange alliances, with Ichigo and his friends finding common cause with some of the Arrancars. And Soul Reapers who would normally wouldn't have anything to do with each other now fight side by side as Kenpachi and Mayuri take on a truly monstrous Quincy. And because war brings changes to all, Mayuri's dutiful daughter Nemu is compelled to act in defiance her father-even if it becomes the last thing she ever does. For teen audiences.
BLOOD REALM #2 (OF 3)
(W) Robert Geronimo (A) Robert Geronimo (CA) Robert Geronimo
After narrowly escaping the deadly siege of Voragoth, the Sisters of Silence encounter a new companion as they fight for survival against ancient and powerful forces that threaten their perilous quest for the Black Heart.
BLOODBORNE #6
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(W) Ales Kot (A) Piotr Kowalski (CA) Morgan Jeske
Now an ongoing series, by popular demand - the horror and mystery continue in Bloodborne, the comic based on FromSoftware's critically acclaimed video game hit! The dreadful secrets of the Healing Church are laid bare by writer Aleš Kot (Zero, Wolf, Generation Gone, Days of Hate) with artist Piotr Kowalski (Dark Tower, Sex, Robocop)!
BLOODBORNE #6
HEALING THIRST CVR B KOWALSKI
(W) Ales Kot (A) Piotr Kowalski (CA) Piotr Kowalski
Now an ongoing series, by popular demand - the horror and mystery continue in Bloodborne, the comic based on FromSoftware's critically acclaimed video game hit! The dreadful secrets of the Healing Church are laid bare by writer Aleš Kot (Zero, Wolf, Generation Gone, Days of Hate) with artist Piotr Kowalski (Dark Tower, Sex, Robocop)!
BLOODBORNE #6
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(W) Ales Kot (A) Piotr Kowalski (CA) Videogame
Now an ongoing series, by popular demand - the horror and mystery continue in Bloodborne, the comic based on FromSoftware's critically acclaimed video game hit! The dreadful secrets of the Healing Church are laid bare by writer Aleš Kot (Zero, Wolf, Generation Gone, Days of Hate) with artist Piotr Kowalski (Dark Tower, Sex, Robocop)!
BLOODSTRIKE BRUTALISTS TP
(W) Michel Fiffe (A) Michel Fiffe (CA) Michel Fiffe
Whether it's the origin of an undead strikeforce or solving the trail of mysteries that plague them, this story shines a light on the classic Image series while introducing the concept to a brand new audience. As the creator of the indie hit Copra, MICHEL FIFFE celebrates Image's most extreme series as only a comics auteur can. Collects BLOODSTRIKE #0, 23, and 24.
BLUE EXORCIST GN #20
(W) Kazue Kato (A) Kazue Kato (CA) Kazue Kato
The holiday season falls upon True Cross Academy, and Rin and his friends kick things off with a combined birthday and Christmas party. More happy news comes as they are invited to Kyoto for the New Year's wedding of Shima's older brother. But underneath the festivities runs a feeling of great uneasiness-tension grows between Yukio and Rin as they question the truth of the circumstances of their birth and who their mother really was. Elsewhere, Lightning continues to press the suspects of his investigation of the Illuminati. Sooner or later, something's got to give... For older teen audiences.
BONE PARISH #4
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Jonas Scharf (CA) Lee Garbett
Following a devastating loss at the hands of the cartel, the Winters family is in turmoil. To defeat their foes, they might have to break the cardinal rule of dealing: never get high on your own supply...
BOOKS OF EARTHSEA COMP ILLUS ED HC
(W) Ursula K. Le Guin (A) Charles Vess (CA) Charles Vess
Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. For the first time ever, they're all together in one volume, including the early short stories, Le Guin's "Earthsea Revisioned" Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way.
(W) Kat Howard (A) Tom Fowler (CA) Kai Carpenter
From the SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1, it's the return of Neil Gaiman's magical morality fable in an all-new series written by Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) and drawn by Tom Fowler (DOOM PATROL)! Timothy Hunter may be destined tobecome the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It's not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim's trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him into becoming a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic...
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(W) Kat Howard (A) Tom Fowler (CA) Joshua Middleton
From the SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1, it's the return of Neil Gaiman's magical morality fable in an all-new series written by Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) and drawn by Tom Fowler (DOOM PATROL)! Timothy Hunter may be destined tobecome the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It's not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim's trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him into becoming a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic...
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(W) Kat Howard (A) Tom Fowler (CA) Blank Cover
From the SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1, it's the return of Neil Gaiman's magical morality fable in an all-new series written by Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) and drawn by Tom Fowler (DOOM PATROL)! Timothy Hunter may be destined tobecome the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It's not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim's trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him into becoming a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic...
(W) John Ney Rieber (A) Gary Amaro (CA) Charles Vess
Tim Hunter, destined to become Earth's greatest sorcerer, defends the realm of Faerie from the deadly manticore while trying to maintain a normal childhood. Is his real father the one-armed drunk in the front room, or is he the man who can turn into a hawk? Is his mother dead and buried, or is she Titania, Queen of Faerie? Plus, Death herself weighs in on the subject of identity. Collects a story from VERTIGO RAVE #1, BOOKS OF MAGIC #1-13 and ARCANA: THE BOOKS OF MAGIC ANNUAL #1. MATURE READERS
(W) Eric M Esquivel (A) Ramon Villalobos (CA) Ramon Villalobos
After barely surviving a supernatural showdown at Jack in the Box, the kids regroup over nachos to debate what to do when your town is overrun by monsters of myth. Frank's freaked and wants to go to the cops! Julietta can't because her family's undocumented. Aimi wants to know the secrets of the underworld! And Quinteh might just be hungry. Meanwhile, El Chupacabra crosses the border between worlds, bringing with him an unspeakably terrifying force to Devil's Fork.
BPRD HELL ON EARTH HC #1
(W) John Arcudi (A) Guy Davis (CA) Laurence Campbell
The plague of frogs has ended, but earth will never be the same, and the fractured B.P.R.D. struggles to battle dangerous monsters and humans alike, from a trailer-park cult to a Russian town ravaged by a zombie-like virus. Guy Davis's final B.P.R.D. story sets the stage for Tyler Crook's (Harrow County) backwoods-horror debut, as Liz Sherman hides from a world that she helped push toward armageddon, and Abe Sapien is shot down by a girl who's seen the world to come. This deluxe hardcover edition collects B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth volumes 1-3 plus an expanded sketchbook section.
BPRD HELL ON EARTH HC #4
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Laurence Campbell (CA) Laurence Campbell
The B.P.R.D. continues to lead the defense against the apocalyptic Ogdru Hem from Japan to America, as the team splits up and Kate is possessed. Howards and a team of agents find themselves attempting to liberate a small town that holds secrets from Howards' hyperborean past. Elsewhere, B.P.R.D. field agent Ashley Strode attempts to purge a demon from a 100-year-old exorcist, utilizing a deadly rite that sends both of them into a spiritual hell and setting her on a path to battling a demon who is kidnapping and eating children. This hardcover edition collects B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth volumes 10-11, and 14, plus bonus material.