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LION FORGE

CELLIES #8

(W) Joe Flood (A) Joe Flood (CA) Joe Flood

It's noon at Jog Mobile, and everyone has plans . . . at the same time. Jerry makes the ultimate sacrifice to run the store alone, while Elena, Devin, and Christian have the best lunch break of all time! Well . . . that was the hope.

IMAGE COMICS

CEMETERY BEACH #7 (OF 7)

CVR A HOWARD

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Jason Howard (CA) Jason Howard

MINISERIES FINALE! Mike and Grace are almost at Cemetery Beach, close to making their escape back to Earth. If they make it, President Barrow's dream of a perfect world is over. So, Mike and Grace have to die on Cemetery Beach.

IMAGE COMICS

CEMETERY BEACH #7 (OF 7)

CVR B IMPACT VAR

(W) Warren Ellis (A) Jason Howard (CA) Jason Howard

MINISERIES FINALE! Mike and Grace are almost at Cemetery Beach, close to making their escape back to Earth. If they make it, President Barrow's dream of a perfect world is over. So, Mike and Grace have to die on Cemetery Beach.

MARVEL COMICS

CHAMPIONS #3

(W) Jim Zub (A) Steven Cummings (CA) Aaron Kim Jacinto

• The ultimate sacrifice or the ultimate betrayal? •  Ms. Marvel will find out the truth, even if it kills her... •  Jim Zub (AVENGERS, UNCANNY AVENGERS) and Steven Cummings (Wayward, Legends of the Dark Knight) take the Champions into new territory, and the team will never be the same. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CHAMPIONS #3

MCKONE SPIDER-MAN VILLAINS VAR

(W) Jim Zub (A) Steven Cummings (CA) Mike McKone

• The ultimate sacrifice or the ultimate betrayal? •  Ms. Marvel will find out the truth, even if it kills her... •  Jim Zub (AVENGERS, UNCANNY AVENGERS) and Steven Cummings (Wayward, Legends of the Dark Knight) take the Champions into new territory, and the team will never be the same. Rated T+

VIZ MEDIA LLC

CHILDREN OF WHALES GN #9

(W) Abi Umeda (A) Abi Umeda (CA) Abi Umeda

The Mud Whale has finally reached the shores of Amonlogia, but it quickly becomes clear that Sir Rochalízo wasn't entirely up-front when he said the people of the Mud Whale would all be welcome. His father the duke has placed harsh conditions on their citizenship, and they have only three days to agree...or face the consequences! For older teen audiences.

VERTICAL COMICS

CITY GN #5

(W) Keiichi Arawi (A) Keiichi Arawi (CA) Keiichi Arawi

From the creator of nichijou comes a new slapstick comedy series about a penniless college student who moves to a town filled with bizarre people. Nagumo is in a bit of a bind. She's a college student, and like many people in her situation, is struggling with money. She is in debt and her landlord is trying to shake her down for rent. Asking her friends no longer works! They know her deal and they do not have the cash to prop her up, even temporarily. So what is she supposed to do under these circumstances?

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

CLANKILLERS TP #1

(W) Sean Lewis (A) Antonio Fuso (CA) Antonio Fuso

coverFinola has a problem - her father, the king, is losing his mind. All he cares about is power...and Finola thinks power is stupid. Finola thinks her vicious older sisters are stupid. Finola thinks the royal court is stupid. And, above all, she thinks the clans across the country are stupid. So, Finola makes a plan with her good friend Cillian: Let's kill all the clans. And then, we go for Dad. From writer Sean Lewis (BETROTHED, The Few) and artist Antonio Fuso (James Bond, G.I.Joe) comes the collected CLANKILLERS, containing issues #1-5.

GRAPHIX

CLEOPATRA IN SPACE GN #5

FALLEN EMPIRES

(W) Mike Maihack (A) Mike Maihack (CA) Mike Maihack

Cleo goes into hiding after a mysterious death at Yasiro Academy, and she and her friends set out to uncover the spy who must be working within the school's ranks. Meanwhile, Xaius Octavian continues his assault on the galaxy as his complicated origin story, and how he went from being Cleo's best friend to a ruthless dictator, is revealed. In the end, a space battle and dramatic confrontation between Cleo and Octavian will change both of their lives forever. Available in softcover and hardcover editions.

GRAPHIX

CLEOPATRA IN SPACE HC GN #5

FALLEN EMPIRES

(W) Mike Maihack (A) Mike Maihack (CA) Mike Maihack

The penultimate installment in Mike Maihack's thrilling graphic novel series starring a young Cleopatra and her adventures in space! Cleo goes into hiding after a mysterious death at Yasiro Academy, and she and her friends set out to uncover the spy who must be working within the school's ranks. Meanwhile, Xaius Octavian continues his assault on the galaxy as his complicated origin story, and how he went from being Cleo's best friend to a ruthless dictator, is revealed. In the end, a space battle and dramatic confrontation between Cleo and Octavian will change both of their lives forever.

MARVEL COMICS

CLOAK AND DAGGER MPGN TP

NEGATIVE EXPOSURE

(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Francesco Manna (CA) Jamal Campbell

FIRST TIME IN PRINT! The light-and-darkness duo returns! Cloak and Dagger may be back together, working as super-powered police consultants, but Tandy and Tyrone are another story. With both involved in new relationships, will the tension of each watching their ex with someone new break apart their newly re-formed team? Meanwhile, something strange is happening in L.A.'s underground reservoir system - and when Dagger goes to investigate, she finds herself face-to-face with an old nemesis. Mister Negative has returned, and he plans to stretch Cloak's powers to their physical limits - and summon an eldritch Darkforce god to Earth! Can Cloak and Dagger protect L.A. from the Devourer? And can they admit their true feelings for one another before darkness consumes them both? Rated T+

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC

CLOCKWORK PLANET LIGHT NOVEL #4

(W) Yuu Kamiya (A) Shino (CA) Shino

The Earth has died, but the entire planet has been reconstructed using gears and clockwork. One thousand years later, a mysterious black box crashes into the house of a high school gearhead named Naoto Miura, a machine otaku who is obsessed with tinkering. The box contains the broken body of an automaton girl. When Naoto repairs the automaton and she becomes his clockwork companion, Naoto's world will never be the same again.

DRAWN & QUARTERLY

CLYDE FANS HC BOX SET SLIPCASE EDITION

(W) Seth (A) Seth (CA) Seth

Twenty years in the making, legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth's landmark series Clyde Fans shows the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a middle-class that has long ceased to exist in North America. Abe and Simon Matchcard are brothers, the second generation struggling to save their archaic family business. Much like the myth of an ever-growing economy, their family unit is a fraud-the patriarch has abandoned the business to mismatched sons, one who strives to keep the business afloat and the other who retreats into the arms of the remaining parent. Presented in a deluxe slipcase edition, Clyde Fans is an epic time capsule of a storyline that begs rereading.

BOOM! STUDIOS

CODA #10 (OF 12)

MAIN & MIX

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Matias Bergara (CA) Flaviano

As everyone reels from a shocking loss, they can't seem to shake the sense that their story together isn't yet over...

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

COLD BLOOD SAMURAI #1

(W) Massimo Rosi (A) Ludovica Ceregatti (CA) Ludovica Ceregatti

"We are the last warriors, the last pacifists of that school, and I leave her inheritance in your hands... you are a Gaijin." A feudal Japan with anthropomorphic and samurai animals inspired by Homer's poem on "War of Mice and Frogs," Batrachomyomachia. As in the classic poem, one tells of the futility of war and the desire for peace by Gaijin, a foreign salamander in a Japan of frogs invaded by lizards.

MARVEL COMICS

COLOR YOUR OWN AVENGERS 2 TP

(A) Various (CA) Arthur Adams

Earth's brightest heroes are back in black-and-white, waiting for you to assemble their colorful costumes! All your favorites are in need of your pens, pencils and crayons - whether it's the red-white-and-blues of Captain America, the green skin of the Hulk or the Golden Avenger himself, Iron Man! Can you hit the target and stay in the lines like Hawkeye? Are you worthy to wield the right hue for Thor's uru hammer, Mjolnir? Will you address the red in Black Widow's ledger? Plus: Scarlet Witch, a Vision in green and more boldly clad adventurers! Don't forget the detailed backgrounds - like Black Panther's home nation of Wakanda, or the intergalactic stomping ground of Captain Marvel! But save a few of your darker shades for villains like Loki, Ultron and Thanos! Go to War on artwork by Marvel Comics greats - your choices are Infinite! All Ages

ANTARCTIC PRESS

COLUMN TP #1

(W) Timothy Morris (A) Ben Harvey (CA) Ben Harvey

Tank your way through a manga-style adventure featuring lighthearted combat with loads of action and plenty of comedy-World War 3 with a twist!  (It's not zombies.) With long-range tech and automated weapons rendered useless by their top-secret Disruptor, the Mega-National Transitory Pact has held the upper hand in a worldwide conflict.  Now, in 2029, the U.S. and its allies are on the counterattack.  Jack and Hatch, two Civil Defense Corps members, are swept up in the mission of the Army's 10th Special Missions unit to locate and eliminate the Disruptor at all costs.  Will they survive their combat tour-or even their travel companions?

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #20

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) M Nodell G Kane; T Austin

"Not Your Average Joes" is the theme of Comic Book Creator, headlined by an exhaustive interview with Joseph Michael Linsner on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his signature creation Cry For Dawn, discussing his many years as a comics professional and current work on Vampirella. (We also talk with Joe's significant other, Kristina Deak-Linsner, about the distinction of being Vampi's first female artist!) Then CBC spends Sunday Brunch with the great Joe Sinnott, catching up with the legendary artist to discuss his years at Marvel, inking Jack Kirby's work, and his nearly forgotten masterworks produced for Treasure Chest. Plus Joe Jusko talks about the Marvel Age of Comics and his fabulous "Corner Box Collection," which honor the great '60s cover design element produced by the House of Ideas!

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP

COMICS OF RUTU MODAN SC

(W) Kevin Haworth (A) Rutu Modan (CA) Rutu Modan

The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics. The Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets conducts a close reading of her work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing upon archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning as 1930s cheap children's stories, through the counterculture movement of the 1970s, to the burst of creativity that began in the 1990s and continues full force today.

MANUSCRIPT PRESS

COMICS REVUE PRESENTS FEB 2018 #56

(W) Various (A) Various

America's longest-running magazine of classic comics now has twice as many pages of strips as the earlier version, on better paper, includes 8 pages of full-color comic strips, and features Flash Gordon by Mac Raboy, Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde, Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Tarzan by Russ Manning, Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, and Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts, plus stories in black and white including Krazy Kat by George Herriman, Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane, Sir Bagby by R&B Hackney, Steve Roper by Saunders and Overgard, and Garth by Peter O'Donnell.

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC #3

(W) Chester Gould (A) Chester Gould (CA) Chester Gould

Presenting the third volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Three once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1935 through June 1936. This special volume features an introduction from Consulting Editor and longtime Tracy writer Max Allan Collins. Each volume features book design from award-winning designer/artist Ashley Wood.

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC #5

(W) Chester Gould (A) Chester Gould (CA) Ashley Wood

Presenting the fifth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Five once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1938 through July 1939. Included in this collection are Tracy story arcs such as "Chief Shellberry," Karpse," "Scardol," and "Whip Chute," introducing such villains as  "Nails," Jojo Nidle, and Johnny Ramm. As always, this latest Tracy collection features cover and book design by the renowned Ashley Wood, an introduction by Associate Editor and former Tracy newspaper strip writer Max Allan Collins, and the first of a multi-part feature on Tracy merchandise by J.C. Vaughn. In Shops: Jan 16, 2019 SRP: $29.99 View All Items In This Series

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC #9

(W) Chester Gould (A) Chester Gould (CA) Chester Gould

Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, 'Dick Tracy in B-Flat,' starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945.

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC #10

(W) Chester Gould (A) Chester Gould (CA) Chester Gould

Calling all law-abiding citizens-witness the introduction of the famous Two-Way Wrist Radio, created by the aptly named Brilliant! Enjoy an ever-expanding cast that includes Diet Smith, Themesong, and Christmas Early, as well as the return of Vitamin Flintheart and Snowflake, while the two most unlikely characters get married! Thrill to the capers staged by the villains Influence, Shoulders, Itchy, Nilon Hose, and Gargles! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, with introductions by Max Allan Collins and Jeff Kersten. Containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September 20, 1945 through March 16, 1947.

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD DICK TRACY HC #14

(W) Chester Gould (A) Chester Gould (CA) Chester Gould

What does Crewy Lou do with Bonny Braids? Dick and Tess's baby isn't the only child in danger in Volume 14: wait 'til you meet Sparkle Plenty's new best friend, "Little Wings," and discover the ominous reason she appears to glow in the dark! Chester Gould also ramps up the violence and death traps, introduces more inventions (closed circuit surveillance, the first broadcast police line-up), and more cra-a-zy characters such as Tonsils, Dot View, Mr. Crime, Odds Zonn, Newsuit Nan, and Spinner ReCord, plus the touching story of the girl known as Model. Including all strips from September 16, 1951 - April 18, 1953.