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DARK HORSE COMICS

BEST OF MILLIGAN & MCCARTHY HC

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Brendan McCarthy

One of comics' most fruitful collaborations gets its due in this deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Statix) and Brendan McCarthy (Judge Dredd, The Zaucer of Zilk There is still nothing else like Freakwave, Paradax!, Skin, and Rogan Gosh, and this volume is the ideal starting place for new readers! Collecting twenty years' worth of the pair's finest work from Vanguard Illustrated, Str ANGE Days, 2000 AD, and Vertigo.

KODANSHA COMICS

BEYOND CLOUDS GN #1

(W) Nicke (A) Nicke (CA) Nicke

A boy with a talent for machines and a the mysterious girl whose wings he's fixed will take you past the ordinary. In the tradition of the high-flying, resonant adventure stories of Studio Ghibli comes a gorgeous tale about the longing of young hearts for adventure and friendship! Young Theo works as a mechanic, putting his knack for machines to use in the industrialized city where he lives. But when he finds an injured, amnesiac a girl with wings, his life ch ANGEs forever. Her name is Mia, and although Theo's talents make quick work of repairing her injured wing, their quest to find her home will take them beyond the clouds and further than they would ever have imagined.

IMAGE COMICS

BITTER ROOT #6

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(W) David Walker (A) Sanford Greene (CA) Sanford Greene

NEW STORY ARC! The critically acclaimed series returns! Loved ones once thought lost forever have returned, though the bliss of this family reunion doesn't last for long. Cullen has ch ANGEd, and everyone is concerned. But they'll need all the help they can get, as a new threat has arrived on Earth...

BUD'S ART BOOKS

BLACK & WHITE IMAGES ANNUAL COLLECTION #2

(W) Jim Vadeboncoeur (A) Various (CA) Various

Special Price. Published at $20.00. This second b&w annual features 300 illustrations from 60 different artists and covers a wide r ANGE of techniques and media. Included is multi-page material on Norman Lindsay, A.B. Frost, Charles Dana Gibson, W.T. Benda, John D. Batten, Garth Jones, Blanche Greer, and W.R. Leigh. Also included are all 20 of T.S. Sullivant's rare 1896 series, Fables for the Times, and unpublished sections from a Sidney Sime sketchbook. Edited by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLACK HAMMER TP #1

SECRET ORIGINS

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

Once they were heroes. Now, banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City lead simple lives in a timeless farming town. But as they attempt to free themselves from this str ANGE purgatory, a mysterious str ANGEr works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! Collects issues #1-6 of the series.

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLACK HAMMER TP #2

THE EVENT

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

When a visitor from the outside world arrives on the Farm, looking for the Black Hammer and bringing news of Spiral City to its Golden Age heroes, everything ch ANGEs. Her arrival stirs up old memories and awakens new hope in the marooned heroes and they make a new attempt to escape their str ANGE prison.

VERTICAL COMICS

BLOOD ON TRACKS GN #1

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

From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes a new suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic parent. Dive into this latest thriller by master storyteller, Shuzo Oshimi! Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident ch ANGEs the family dynamic forever. This is a story of a mother's love that has gone too far...

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

BLOODSHOT (2019) #6

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(W) Tim Seeley (A) Brett Booth (CA) Declan Shalvey

The mysterious Eidolon's origin finally revealed! This issue will ch ANGE Bloodshot forever, and you'll never guess how it ends!

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

BLOODSHOT (2019) #6

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(W) Tim Seeley (A) Brett Booth (CA) Fritz Casas

The mysterious Eidolon's origin finally revealed! This issue will ch ANGE Bloodshot forever, and you'll never guess how it ends!

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC

BLOODSHOT (2019) #6

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(W) Tim Seeley (A) Brett Booth (CA) Miguel Sepulveda

The mysterious Eidolon's origin finally revealed! This issue will ch ANGE Bloodshot forever, and you'll never guess how it ends!

YEN ON

BUNGO STRAY DOGS NOVEL SC #3

UNTOLD ORIGINS AGENCY

(W) Kafka Asagiri (A) Sango Harukawa

Ten years before the events of the manga series, a fateful encounter brings a professional bodyguard named Yukichi Fukuzawa and an arrogant boy genius named Ranpo Edogawa together. The result: the establishment of the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on d ANGErous jobs even the police won't handle! For readers ages 13 and up.

DESIGN STUDIO PRESS

CALL OF CTHULHU ILLUSTRATED HC

(W) H. P. Lovecraft (A) Francois Bar ANGEr

H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, first published in 1928, is one of the greatest classics of American horror literature. Cthulhu himself, dreaming and waiting at the bottom of the sea, became a symbol for the entire mythology that Lovecraft created. François Bar ANGEr, an illustrator who has previously worked in film and games, was fascinated early on by Lovecraft's creatures and visions which populated the darkest recesses of fantasy. In this book, he has taken on the work of illustrating Lovecraft's most iconic novel.

SCOUT COMICS

CANOPUS #1

(W) Dave Chisholm (A) Dave Chisholm (CA) Dave Chisholm

Helen wakes up marooned on a lifeless alien planet 300 light years from Earth with no memories beyond a hazy sense of extinction-level urgency to return to Earth. Joined by Arther, her str ANGE robot companion, she explores the planet to find materials necessary to repair her ship. However, circumstances are not as straightforward as they seem. Along the way, Helen's most painful memories return as monstrous manifestations hell-bent on her destruction. Canopus is Castaway meets Annihilation, with a healthy dose of "Phillip K. Dick" thrown in for good measure!

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Lee Garbett (CA) Mark Brooks

"THE LAST AVENGER" PART 4: DESPERATE MEASURES Captain Marvel had 24 hours to kill five Avengers - and she's d ANGErously close to failing. Carol's plan was always flawed, but as she nears the endgame, those flaws are becoming fatal. As Vox Supreme's true plans for five dead Avengers emerge, it's more important than ever that Carol not fail today. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Lee Garbett (CA) In-Hyuk Lee

"THE LAST AVENGER" PART 4: DESPERATE MEASURES Captain Marvel had 24 hours to kill five Avengers - and she's d ANGErously close to failing. Carol's plan was always flawed, but as she nears the endgame, those flaws are becoming fatal. As Vox Supreme's true plans for five dead Avengers emerge, it's more important than ever that Carol not fail today. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Lee Garbett (CA) Emanuela Lupacchino

"THE LAST AVENGER" PART 4: DESPERATE MEASURES Captain Marvel had 24 hours to kill five Avengers - and she's d ANGErously close to failing. Carol's plan was always flawed, but as she nears the endgame, those flaws are becoming fatal. As Vox Supreme's true plans for five dead Avengers emerge, it's more important than ever that Carol not fail today. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

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(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Lee Garbett (CA) Zili Yu

"THE LAST AVENGER" PART 4: DESPERATE MEASURES Captain Marvel had 24 hours to kill five Avengers - and she's d ANGErously close to failing. Carol's plan was always flawed, but as she nears the endgame, those flaws are becoming fatal. As Vox Supreme's true plans for five dead Avengers emerge, it's more important than ever that Carol not fail today. Rated T+

STORM KING PRODUCTIONS, INC

CARPENTER TALES SCIFI REDHEAD #4

(W) Duane Swierczynski (A) Jason Felix (CA) Tim Bradstreet

It's Marnie's worst nightmare: trapped upside-down in a tube, the subject of a series of hellish experiments to uncover the cause of her str ANGE condition (i.e., instantly killing anyone who comes too close to her). If she's going to survive, Marnie is going to have learn how to harness her bizarre "power" and escape, even if that means heads will have to roll...  Join Duane Swierczynski (Deadpool, Birds of Prey) and Jason Felix (JC's Tales for a HalloweeNight, Conan) for what is seriously the most demented installment of Redhead yet! You have no idea. This shouldn't be legal. Somebody please stop them...

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS

CARSON OF VENUS EYE OF AMTOR #2

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(W) Mike Wolfer (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Vincenzo Carratu

The official comics prequel to Matt Betts' upcoming Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel "Carson of Venus: Edge of All Worlds" continues! With their friends held captive by a ruthless king, Carson and Duare have embarked upon a mission to collect the raw materials to build a telescope for the mad ruler... But those raw materials can only be found in the most d ANGErous locations across wild Amtor (Venus). It's an edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride as Carson and Duare race against the clock and face some of the most savage creatures imaginable in the opening story by Matt Betts and Mike Wolfer, gorgeously illustrated by Vincenzo Carratu. Then, the adventure of explorers Jason Gridley and Victory Harben at the Earth's core continues in the tale "Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun," by novelist Christopher Paul Carey and artist Mike Wolfer! Carson of Venus Eye of Amtor #2 is available with two covers - Main by Vincenzo Carratu and a limited edition 1 in 350 Pulp cover, also by Carratu.

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS

CARSON OF VENUS EYE OF AMTOR #2

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(W) Mike Wolfer (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Vincenzo Carratu

The official comics prequel to Matt Betts' upcoming Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel "Carson of Venus: Edge of All Worlds" continues! With their friends held captive by a ruthless king, Carson and Duare have embarked upon a mission to collect the raw materials to build a telescope for the mad ruler... But those raw materials can only be found in the most d ANGErous locations across wild Amtor (Venus). It's an edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride as Carson and Duare race against the clock and face some of the most savage creatures imaginable in the opening story by Matt Betts and Mike Wolfer, gorgeously illustrated by Vincenzo Carratu. Then, the adventure of explorers Jason Gridley and Victory Harben at the Earth's core continues in the tale "Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun," by novelist Christopher Paul Carey and artist Mike Wolfer! Carson of Venus Eye of Amtor #2 is available with two covers - Main by Vincenzo Carratu and a limited edition 1 in 350 Pulp cover, also by Carratu.

ANTARCTIC PRESS

CAT SHIT VOL 01 #2 (OF 3)

(W) Motofumi Kobayashi (A) Motofumi Kobayashi

Sergeants Perky, Rats and Botasky, the members of special forces Cat Shit One, continue to brave their way through multiple d ANGErous missions on the battlefields of Vietnam.  The stars of Motofumi Kobayashi's famous war manga may be "mere" rabbits on the outside, but they're beasts of battle through and through!

SCOUT COMICS

CATEGORY ZERO TP

(W) Adem Kiamil (A) Tom Lima

Earth's entire population has become infected with an airborne virus, but only one percent have the specific gene required to activate it and they become to be known as the "One Percenters". These individuals begin to develop unusual abilities due to the rare gene. In most cases these abilities are harmless but, in a few isolated cases, they become extremely d ANGErous. Because of this threat, all One Percenters are forced into isolated facilities run by a company called Sanaxus to undergo further testing. Under the guise of being a research company searching for a cure, Sanaxus carries out barbaric tests on the One Percenters with their own secret agenda in mind. That is, until a cataclysmic event at a minimum-security camp involving One Percenter Lenard Higgs, a former college professor, triggers the start of a war between government-backed Sanaxus and the One Percenters. Collecting all five issues of Category Zero.

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

COMICS JOURNAL #305

The Comics Journal #305 will shine a light on how the livelihood and artwork created by cartoonists is affected by chronic disease, disability, and our nation's health care system. This issue also features a hand-printed 'zine created in 1967 by the SNCC and the Black Panther Party reporting about a black community in Alabama that attempted to take back their voting rights in their local elections. There is also a profile on cartoonist Kevin Huizenga (G ANGEs) that asks the question: After you've finished your magnum opus, now what?

MARVEL COMICS

CONAN BATTLE FOR SERPENT CROWN #1 (OF 5)

(W) Saladin Ahmed (A) Luke Ross (CA) Mahmud A. Asrar

A DEADLY QUEST AND A DARING HEIST... IN THE AGE OF MARVELS! CONAN wanders the desert, and as he reaches the city, no Stygian temple nor Vendyhan fortress greets him.  No, something far str ANGEr: the lights of fabulous Las Vegas!  Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan's solo jaunt by Eisner award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN) and Luke Ross (STAR WARS: ALLEGIANCE, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN), as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis!  But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom, or doom him to a nefarious trap set forth by MEPHISTO?  Featuring a wide array of Marvel heroes and villains, this is an adventure you can't afford to miss! Parental Advisory

MARVEL COMICS

CONAN BATTLE FOR SERPENT CROWN #1 (OF 5)

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(W) Saladin Ahmed (A) Luke Ross (CA) Luke Ross

A DEADLY QUEST AND A DARING HEIST... IN THE AGE OF MARVELS! CONAN wanders the desert, and as he reaches the city, no Stygian temple nor Vendyhan fortress greets him.  No, something far str ANGEr: the lights of fabulous Las Vegas!  Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan's solo jaunt by Eisner award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN) and Luke Ross (STAR WARS: ALLEGIANCE, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN), as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis!  But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom, or doom him to a nefarious trap set forth by MEPHISTO?  Featuring a wide array of Marvel heroes and villains, this is an adventure you can't afford to miss! Parental Advisory