(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Brent Eric Anderson (CA) Alex Ross
At long last, it's the origin of the Gentleman! Lord Saampa and his Serpent Cult strike in the U.S.... but are they here to serve their scaly god, or to save a soul? And either way, can the Gentleman stop them? Plus: Another incarnation of Astro City's counterculture champions - this time, one you've seen before!
ATOMIC ROBO TP #11
ATOMIC ROBO AND THE TEMPLE OF OD
(W) Brian Clevinger (A) Scott Wegener (CA) Scott Wegener
Occupied Manchuria, 1938. Atomic Robo is volunteered for a new secret mission to track down China's top quantum physicist, who has been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army to develop a super weapon powered by the theoretically unlimited "zero-point" energy source. Robo can't catch a break with these would-be conquerors and their bizarre energy sources, can he? Luckily, he's got some help from an unexpected but familiar face.
AVENGERS #5
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mike Del Mundo (CA) Alex Ross
"Kang War V" reaches its climax as the Avengers storm through time and space relentlessly to put an end to Kang's menace once and for all! Rated T+
AVENGERS #5.1 #0
THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION TO THE TALE OF THE ORIGINAL NEW AVENGERS! • Avenger X isn't who she's been pretending to be! Will the rest of the Avengers learn the truth about her in time to prevent disaster? • Don't count on it. Rated T+
AVENGERS BY JONATHAN HICKMAN OMNIBUS HC #1
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Dustin Weaver
Modern visionary Jonathan Hickman begins his Marvel magnum opus! As threats to Earth mount, the Avengers expand! But even the mightiest roster of all may be powerless in the face of what's coming! And while Iron Man and Captain America assemble their Avengers World and strive to decipher the meaning of the White Event, Tony Stark secretly tries to solve the biggest crisis of all along with his influential allies the Illuminati! While they seek to prevent the collapse of reality itself, the Avengers face a war on two fronts! Protecting Earth from the Builders may only hand it to...Thanos! Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #1-23, NEW AVENGERS (2013) #1-12, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013 (INFINITY) #1, INFINITY #1-6, INFINITY: AGAINST THE TIDE INFINITE COMIC #1-2, ASTONISHING TALES: MOJOWORLD #1-6 and material from SHANG-CHI: MASTER OF KUNG FU (2009) #1. Rated T+
AVENGERS COMPLETE CELESTIAL MADONNA SAGA TP
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Gil Kane
Follow the fateful saga of the Avenger named Mantis - a tale three decades in the telling! It begins with the revelations of the Star-Stalker, and soon drags Earth's Mightiest Heroes into a cosmic clash between Captain Marvel and the ever-mad Titan, Thanos! But when Kang comes to the present day in search of the Celestial Madonna, Mantis' life is forever altered! In one of the greatest Avengers epics ever told, the besotted Swordsman will go to great lengths to save the woman he loves. Wedding bells will chime, and Mantis will embrace her destiny! Then, years later, she sends a space-spanning S.O.S. to former allies Thor, Vision and Scarlet Witch for aid in a rematch with Thanos! This one is a classic! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #124-125 and #129-135, CAPTAIN MARVEL (1968) #33, GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #2-4 and AVENGERS: CELESTIAL QUEST #1-8. Rated T
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP MASTERS OF EVIL
(W) Roy Thomas (A) Various (CA) John Buscema
Earth's Mightiest Heroes are matched with two of comics' mightiest talents - Roy Thomas and John Buscema - for one of the most creative periods in Avengers history! There are cover-to-cover watershed moments: Hercules goes mano-a-mano with Dragon Man! Captain America mixes it up with the Russian Red Guardian! The mantle of the Black Knight is redeemed! Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch defect and rejoin Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Black Panther joins the team! The Avengers battle the X-Men! An all-new Masters of Evil makes the scene! Bucky Barnes' tragic death is recounted for the first time! A reality-bending battle pits the new Avengers against the original Avengers! And the sinister Ultron debuts! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #41-56 and ANNUAL #1-2, X-MEN (1963) #45, and material from NOT BRAND ECHH #5 and #8. All Ages
B & V FRIENDS COMICS ANNUAL DIGEST #253
(W) Dan Parent (A) Dan Parent (CA) Dan Parent
"Storybook Month" gains momentum! In "The Princesses and the Pea-brain," the girls are put to the test to see who will be a suitable wife for Prince Archie. But when their mattresses are out to the pea test, it's anybody's guess who will be lucky (or unlucky) enough to win over the prince!
BACK TO THE FUTURE #18
(W) Bob Gale (A) Marcelo Ferreira (CA) Marcelo Ferreira
TWO SECONDS! Doc Brown faces the gravest danger he's ever encountered-he forgot his anniversary! So, he tells Clara he'll be back in two seconds and cranks up the flux capacitor-after all, what could go wrong? Unfortunately for Doc... everything.
BACK TO THE FUTURE #18
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(W) Bob Gale (A) Marcelo Ferreira (CA) Alex Sanchez
TWO SECONDS! Doc Brown faces the gravest danger he's ever encountered-he forgot his anniversary! So, he tells Clara he'll be back in two seconds and cranks up the flux capacitor-after all, what could go wrong? Unfortunately for Doc... everything.
BACK TO THE FUTURE BIFF TO THE FUTURE #3 (OF 6)
(W) Bob Gale (A) Alan Robinson (CA) Alan Robinson
"Biff Goes To Town" They say you can never go home again, but no one told that to Biff Tannen. With a growing fortune and his eyes set on Hill Valley, Biff returns to claim the city and grow it in his toxic image with the creation of BIFFCO ENTERPRISES. As a result, the Hill Valley Civic Committee is formed to stop Biff by any means necessary. But will tragedy dissolve them before they get their chance?
BACK TO THE FUTURE BIFF TO THE FUTURE #3 (OF 6)
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(W) Bob Gale (A) Alan Robinson (CA) Derek Fridolfs
"Biff Goes To Town" They say you can never go home again, but no one told that to Biff Tannen. With a growing fortune and his eyes set on Hill Valley, Biff returns to claim the city and grow it in his toxic image with the creation of BIFFCO ENTERPRISES. As a result, the Hill Valley Civic Committee is formed to stop Biff by any means necessary. But will tragedy dissolve them before they get their chance?
BACKSTAGERS #8 (OF 8)
(W) James TynionIV (A) Rian Sygh (CA) Veronica Fish
Final issue! The crew has spent so much time in the backstage world that they haven't gotten around to preparing anything for the show!
BAD MACHINERY GN #7
THE CASE OF THE FORKED ROAD
(W) John Allison (A) John Allison (CA) John Allison
Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's a wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes. The Case of the Forked Road, the seventh book in John Allison's ( Giant Days) award-winning Bad Machinery series, finds our young sleuths facing the intricacies of time and space itself. What is their science teacher hiding? Who is the mysterious Calvin, why is he dressed like it's 1960, and why is he obsessed with Communists? And another thing: just what is going on with Jack, Sonny, and Linton?
BALTIMORE THE RED KINGDOM #2
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Peter Bergting (CA) Ben Stenbeck
Protected by his armies marching on Rome, the Red King seems invulnerable as he takes his place at the Vatican for his coronation. How can the resistance hope to get close enough to confront him in human form?
BARAKAMON GN #13
(W) Satsuki Yoshino (A) Satsuki Yoshino (CA) Satsuki Yoshino
Ya can't see the sunset from here. Tagging along on Handa-sensei's visit home, Naru finally arrives in Tokyo! Trains, tall buildings, the zoo - the big city's full of amazing first experiences! But what will Handa decide when his dad asks him to come back to Tokyo?
BARBIE GN #2
(W) Sarah Kuhn (A) Sarah Kuhn
Barbie is living her dream, designing outfits for a rock star's big tour! Everything's going great - until opening night of the show, when she arrives to discover that all of her designs have been destroyed. Is someone trying to get between her and her dreams, before they can even get off the ground? Barbie must don her most fashionable trench coat and jump into detective mode to navigate the glamorous, thrilling backstage world of fashion, music, and celebrity, before the curtain goes up and the show goes on-with or without her show-stopping designs. Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.
BARBIE HC #2
(W) Sarah Kuhn (A) Sarah Kuhn
Barbie is living her dream, designing outfits for a rock star's big tour! Everything's going great...until opening night of the show, when she arrives to discover that all of her designs have been destroyed. Is someone trying to get between her and her dreams, before they can even get off the ground? Barbie must don her most fashionable trench coat and jump into detective mode to navigate the glamorous, thrilling backstage world of fashion, music, and celebrity, before the curtain goes up and the show goes on-with or without her show-stopping designs.
BART SIMPSON GN SUCKERPUNCH
(W) Matt Groening (CA) Jason Ho
Don't mess with Bart Simpson, if you know what's good for you! First, Bart and Milhouse battle it out to be the Springfield Isotopes' new batboy, and when Sideshow Bob enacts a plan to humiliate Bart, it backfires on him in a big way! Then Bart gets his hands on Professor Frink's newest invention and he discovers the need for speed... and a formula for disaster! And when the school bullies suffer from a deficiency of delinquent ideas, they enlist Bart's help to pull off the ultimate prank on the people of Springfield. These stories and more will sock-it-to-you with a bellyful of laughs!
(W) Hope Larson (A) Chris Wildgoose (CA) Chris Wildgoose
"SON OF THE PENGUIN" part three! Meeting your boyfriend's parents is always stressful. But when by "parents" you mean "the Penguin" and by "meeting" you mean "punching in the face"... well then, you must be Batgirl! Babs gets to the bottom of Penguin's involvement in Burnside and decides once and for all if Ethan is a hero or a villain.
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(W) Hope Larson (A) Chris Wildgoose (CA) Francis Manapul
"SON OF THE PENGUIN" part three! Meeting your boyfriend's parents is always stressful. But when by "parents" you mean "the Penguin" and by "meeting" you mean "punching in the face"... well then, you must be Batgirl! Babs gets to the bottom of Penguin's involvement in Burnside and decides once and for all if Ethan is a hero or a villain.
WHO IS ORACLE (REBIRTH)
(W) Julie Benson (A) Claire Roe (CA) Yanick Paquette
In these tales from BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #1-6 and REBIRTH #1, a mysterious new criminal operative called Oracle has declared war on Gotham City! Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl-and a.k.a. super-cyber hero Oracle-in a previous guise, takes exception to someone smearing her legacy. Can she count on Black Canary and the volatile Huntress to help her get to the bottom of this mystery?
(W) Julie Benson (A) Roge Antonia (CA) Yanick Paquette
"Blackbird" part one! There's something strange afoot in Gotham City - someone's making promises to the world's deadliest killers, offering them things well beyond the powers of a mortal human to provide! Unfortunately, Nightwing's been caught in the crossfire and is badly hurt... good thing he's not the exact person whose presence is most likely to make things weird between Batgirl and Huntress, right?
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(W) Julie Benson (A) Roge Antonia (CA) Karmome Shirahama
"Blackbird" part one! There's something strange afoot in Gotham City - someone's making promises to the world's deadliest killers, offering them things well beyond the powers of a mortal human to provide! Unfortunately, Nightwing's been caught in the crossfire and is badly hurt... good thing he's not the exact person whose presence is most likely to make things weird between Batgirl and Huntress, right?
(W) Hope Larson (A) Inaki Miranda (CA) Bengal
Batgirl and Supergirl must team up to break into Arkham Asylum! In this all-new Rebirth annual Batgirl must seek Supergirl's help to solve a mystery that leads them to the heart of the most insane insane asylum there is! But what they discover - and who they discover - in Arkham will lead to a much, much bigger story!