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ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

BIGFOOT FRANKENSTEIN #2

(W) Mark Bertolini (A) Vernon Smith (CA) Vernon Smith

When Jude Frankenstein and Big Frank, the patchwork Frankenstein's monster made out of dead Bigfeet, stopped in a small town, they didn't realize they would encounter n ONE other than the Boogeyman itself! Does Big Frank have what it takes to stop the evil that is tormenting children? Get set for monster-vs-monster action!

BLUE JUICE COMICS

BILLY THE KIT #1

(W) Justin Gray (A) Barry McClain (CA) Barry McClain

The Wild West has never been wilder! Introducing Billy the Kit, featuring a gunslinging rabbit seeking revenge against the Tornado God that killed his family. Why was this sickly, skinny rabbit spared such a gruesome fate? What makes him so special? With the help of Luther the Goat, a profanity-spewing martial arts master, Billy relies on faith, magical firearms, and Kung Fu to wage war against the pagan gods and monsters of a byg ONE era. Co-created by Ringo-Award winning writer Justin Gray and artist Barry McClain Jr., digital paints by Slamet Mujiono.

DC COMICS

BLACK MANTA #2 (OF 6) CVR A VALENTINE DE LANDRO

(W) Chuck Brown (A) Valentine De Landro (CA) Valentine De Landro

Black Manta and Gallous pursue a deadly metal, coveted across the seven seas...a metal that kills any ONE with Atlantean DNA! Is it this terrible treasure that summons Torrid, a woman from Black Manta’s past, who just literally broke out of Hell to attack him? And how does it connect to Devil Ray, the new bad boy of the oceans, looking to punish the surface world? From the writer of Bitter Root and the artist of Bitch Planet comes a wild new chapter in the story of ONE of DC’s most iconic villains!

REBELLION / 2000AD

BLACK MAX TP #2

(W) Frank Pepper (A) Alfonso Font (CA) Alfonso Font

Biplanes vs. giant vampire bats in this thrilling collection of war comics with a horror twist! Lieutenant Tom Wilson returns to battle Baron Maximilien Von Klorr and his attack force of giant vampire bats in a continuation of the popular series. The World War I-era story moves to England with a monstrous albino bat attacking London with each page beautifully drawn by Alfonso Font working on ONE of his very first comic series.

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP

BLACK PANTHER INTERROGATING A CULTURAL PHENOMENON SC

(W) Terence McSweeney

Black Panther is ONE of the most financially successful and culturally impactful films to emerge from the American film industry in recent years. When it was released in 2018 it broke numerous records and resonated with audiences all around the world in ways that transcended the dimensions of the superhero film. In Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon author Terence McSweeney explores the film from a diverse range of perspectives, seeing it not only as a comic book adaptation and a superhero film, but also a dynamic contribution to the discourse of both African and African American studies.

MARVEL COMICS

BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS #1 (OF 4)

(W) Tochi Onyebuchi (A) Setor Fiadzigbey (CA) Setor Fiadzigbey

Dive into the legend of the Black Panther in this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, perfect for middle grade readers!T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though - Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the thr ONE. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them. This new series, ideal for young fans and loyal readers alike, will explore the moments that make T'Challa who he is, from his adventurous upbringing to his walkabout as a teen where he meets the enchanting Ororo Munroe before she becomes the legendary Storm, to when he first invites the Fantastic Four into Wakanda! Son, Brother, Warrior, King - as each chapter unfolds, new pieces of T'Challa's character will be revealed and the Black Panther will emerge. RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS #1 (OF 4)

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(W) Tochi Onyebuchi (A) Setor Fiadzigbey (CA) Brian Stelfreeze

Dive into the legend of the Black Panther in this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, perfect for middle grade readers! T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though - Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the thr ONE. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them. This new series, ideal for young fans and loyal readers alike, will explore the moments that make T'Challa who he is, from his adventurous upbringing to his walkabout as a teen where he meets the enchanting Ororo Munroe before she becomes the legendary Storm, to when he first invites the Fantastic Four into Wakanda! Son, Brother, Warrior, King - as each chapter unfolds, new pieces of T'Challa's character will be revealed and the Black Panther will emerge. RATED T

MARVEL COMICS

BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS #1 (OF 4)

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(W) Tochi Onyebuchi (A) Setor Fiadzigbey

Dive into the legend of the Black Panther in this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, perfect for middle grade readers! T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though - Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the thr ONE. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them. This new series, ideal for young fans and loyal readers alike, will explore the moments that make T'Challa who he is, from his adventurous upbringing to his walkabout as a teen where he meets the enchanting Ororo Munroe before she becomes the legendary Storm, to when he first invites the Fantastic Four into Wakanda! Son, Brother, Warrior, King - as each chapter unfolds, new pieces of T'Challa's character will be revealed and the Black Panther will emerge. RATED T

MARVEL COMICS

BLACK WIDOW #12

(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Elena Casagrande (CA) Adam Hughes

THE BLACK WIDOW FEARS NO MAN... BUT HIM! Thanks to intel from an unexpected source, Black Widow and her team have stumbled into some high-society crime nonsense, which requires formal wear to investigate. Every ONE will be looking their best as they deal with the worst. But when a haunting figure from Natasha's past re-emerges... the game has officially been changed. RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

BLACK WIDOW #12

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Elena Casagrande (CA) Joe Jusko

THE BLACK WIDOW FEARS NO MAN... BUT HIM! Thanks to intel from an unexpected source, Black Widow and her team have stumbled into some high-society crime nonsense, which requires formal wear to investigate. Every ONE will be looking their best as they deal with the worst. But when a haunting figure from Natasha's past re-emerges... the game has officially been changed. RATED T+

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

BLOODSHOT BY TIM SEELEY DLX HC

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marc Laming (CA) Declan Shalvey

 An unstoppable soldier... A never ending war... Join New York Times bestselling writer Tim Seeley (Nightwing) and explosive artists Brett Booth (X-Men: Legends), Marc Laming (Planet Hulk), Pedro Andreo (Aartha, Chronicles of the No Lands) and more for the complete deluxe edition hardcover of the series Nerdist calls "a gorgeous orchestra of mayhem and insanity"! Once, he was the perfect living weapon, created to follow orders. Now, Bloodshot works al ONE, using his lethal skills to protect those who cannot protect themselves. But the mysterious and powerful organization known only as Black Bar is watching, and they're not about to let something as dangerous as Bloodshot remain free... Collecting BLOODSHOT (2019) #1-12, along with material from the VALIANT: BLOODSHOT FCBD 2019 SPECIAL and the VALIANT 2020: THE YEAR OF HEROES FCBD SPECIAL, as well as 20+ pages of rarely seen art and extras!

BINGE BOOKS

BLUE BARON #1

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

(W) Darin Henry (A) Ron Frenz (CA) Sal Buscema

Exploding from the pages of The Heroes Union, Binge Books proudly presents the sensational solo adventures of The Unbeatable Blue Baron! Since 1776, The Blue Baron has battled alien invaders, super-powered psychopaths and megalomaniacal mutants, but his greatest challenge awaits him inside this groundbreaking, extra-length, standal ONE epic from Darin Henry, Ron Frenz, and Sal Buscema and featuring a jaw-dropping jumping on point over 200 years in the making!

SECOND SIGHT PUBLISHING

BOOK OF LYAXIA #4 (OF 6)

(W) Aron Pohara (A) Andi Baquerizo (CA) Andi Baquerizo

War is here. As everything is starting to crumble around Chronos and Deimos the truth is revealed about the start of the war. The race against time has started as their father has laid siege to city of Rohull, where Deimos went to broker the peace! No ONE is ready for what comes next. Don't miss this cataclysmic chapter of Book of Lyaxia.

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT

BOY MEETS MARIA GN

(W) Peyo

An LGBT+ manga exploring love and gender at a high school drama club. Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy - but is that all there is to Maria's story? This beautifully illustrated ONE-volume tale, the debut work of creator PEYO before their untimely passing in 2020, explores the layered nature of personal expression and the fluidity of the power of love.

SOURCE POINT PRESS

BURIED BUT NOT DEAD LOST TALES TP

(W) Dirk Manning (A) Various (CA) Jan Apple

Out of print, never-before-published, or otherwise lost to the ages, these nine stories of doomed dalliances and other struggles in the dark written by Dirk Manning and  illustrated by an array of amazing artists including Riley Rossmo and Marianna Pescosta, are now collected and made available in ONE collection for the first time. These are stories that will linger with you long after you turn the last page!

J-NOVEL CLUB

BY THE GRACE OF GODS LIGHT NOVEL SC #6

(W) Roy (A) Ranran

Invited by the guildmaster, Ryoma attends a training meetup for new adventurers as ONE of the teachers. On the second day of the camping lesson at the Poison Bug Plains, he teaches unique ways of building bases and methods of telling the edible from the inedible in ways that are easy to understand, drawing every ONE's attention. Then, at the request of the students, a mock battle is held between the teachers, and Ryoma demonstrates how to use a bow in combat! And as usual, there are new slimes, revolutionary discoveries, and Ryoma himself obtains unexpected skills and levels up in more ways than ONE!

VIZ LLC

CALL OF THE NIGHT GN #4

(W) Kotoyama (A) Kotoyama

Nazuna can't let her guard down for a second now that a flock of hot vampire chicks are interested in Ko's hot blood! And when she takes a shift at a maid café where the customer is always right, it turns out the vampire is always wrong. Meanwhile, Akira meets the girl Ko rejected before meeting Nazuna, and Ko meets a private detective searching for some ONE he knows. Then, a late-night visit to Ko's school to ghostbust spooky legends leads to a new perspective on giving up your humanity... For older teen audiences.

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT

CALL TO ADV DEFEATING DUNGEONS WITH SKILL BOARD GN #2

(W) Aki Hagiu (A) Renji Kuriyama

It's been five years since strange dungeons opened up around the Earth, spilling monsters into our world. Average citizens everywhere have risen to the challenge to become adventurers, fighting these fantasy creatures and clearing out dungeons as best they can. Among them is Karaboshi Haruki, a 27-year-old rookie overlooked by every ONE and... less than successful at beating monsters and finding treasure. Unsure how he can compete with much more powerful adventurers, an opportunity is dropped into his lap - a dungeon suddenly appears right beneath his home! Could this be a place for him to train? The dungeon-diving adventures Haruki has always dreamed of are just getting started.

DK PUBLISHING CO

CAPTAIN AMERICA ULTIMATE GUIDE HC NEW ED

(W) Matt Forbeck

Super Hero. Leader. Avenger. ONE of Marvel Comics' most inspiring characters is all this and so much more. With a foreword by the equally legendary Stan Lee, Captain America: The Ultimate Guide: New Edition celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the iconic Captain America. Delve into the long and storied history of the First Avenger, from his service in World War II to the earth-shattering events of the Infinity Wars and Empyre. Expertly written and lavishly illustrated, no Marvel or Captain America fan will want to miss this indispensable guide.

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #33

(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Iban Coello

"THE LAST OF THE MARVELS" PART 2 The Marvels are under attack! First they came for the captain... now they're after the youngest to bear the title. Carol races to save Kamala Khan, but no ONE knows - least of all Carol - what the Dark Marvels are up to next...or who they'll target. And this time, not even the dead are off-limits. Kelly Thompson and Sergio Dávila deliver a shocking reveal - the first of many! RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #33

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Joe Jusko

"THE LAST OF THE MARVELS" PART 2 The Marvels are under attack! First they came for the captain... now they're after the youngest to bear the title. Carol races to save Kamala Khan, but no ONE knows - least of all Carol - what the Dark Marvels are up to next...or who they'll target. And this time, not even the dead are off-limits. Kelly Thompson and Sergio Dávila deliver a shocking reveal - the first of many! RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #33

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Gerald Parel

"THE LAST OF THE MARVELS" PART 2 The Marvels are under attack! First they came for the captain... now they're after the youngest to bear the title. Carol races to save Kamala Khan, but no ONE knows - least of all Carol - what the Dark Marvels are up to next...or who they'll target. And this time, not even the dead are off-limits. Kelly Thompson and Sergio Dávila deliver a shocking reveal - the first of many! RATED T+

PICTURE ESQUE PUBLISHING

CARTOONS MAGAZINE #35

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) D. Falc ONEr

In this issue, we are going "electric" and CARtoons is about to make it even more cooler! Special Guests to be announced. You will not be  disappointed as each issue of CARtoons becomes the new favorite to our readers around the world. Expect fresh new stories of Krass & Bernie, FNA Adventures, Nutz & Bolts, plus so much more! Plus our fifteenth "CARtist Spotlight" with Larry Williams, an artist you will get to know on a personal level. Come join the fun with 64 pages of pure automotive family-friendly humor.

VIZ LLC

CASE CLOSED GN #80

(W) Gosho Aoyama (A) Gosho Aoyama

Chasing a stray cat, the Junior Detective League stumbles upon a chilling crime. Before they know it, they're trapped in a refrigerated truck with a corpse, and Conan has to figure out how to escape before they become kid-sicles! Then a cooking show heats up when ONE of the judges is found dead in the secret ingredient, proving that revenge isn't always a dish best served cold. And Conan suspects a suicide case is really murder...but the chief suspect is Officer Yumi's ex-boyfriend! For older teen audiences.

ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS INC

CASUAL FLING TP

(W) Jason Starr (A) Dalibor Talajic (CA) Dani

Jennifer Ryan has the perfect life. A loving family. A high paying job in corporate law. A luxurious apartment in upper Manhattan. Then ONE day she steps out of her marriage...and finds that her new lover isn't the ONE night stand she expected. Stalked and threatened with exposure, Jennifer attempts to unravel the true identity of her tormentor, discovering valuable clues in the trail of destruction left in this mysterious man's wake.