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DARK HORSE COMICS

300 HC

(W) Frank Miller (A) Frank Miller (CA) Frank Miller

The armies of Persia -- a vast horde greater than any the world has ever known -- are poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in a glorious hardcover volume in its intended format -- each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page.

ALIENS ESSENTIAL COMICS TP #1

(W) Mark Verheiden (A) Mark A. Nelson (CA) Denis Beauvais

These are the Aliens Essential Comics-stories which have stood the test of time . . . and kept readers awake at night. Complete in this first volume is the initial Aliens trilogy-Outbreak, Nightmare Asylum, and Earth War, in which Hicks and Newt-and eventually Ripley-join forces to battle an infestation of Aliens both on Earth and in the wider galaxy.

ANGEL CATBIRD HC #1

(W) Margaret Atwood (A) Johnnie Christmas (CA) Johnnie Christmas

  Internationally best-selling and respected novelist Margaret Atwood and acclaimed artist Johnnie Christmas collaborate for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events of 2016! A young genetic engineer is accidentally mutated by his own experiment when his DNA is merged with that of a cat and an owl. What follows is a humorous, action-driven, pulp-inspired superhero adventure-with a lot of cat puns.

ART OF TROLLHUNTERS HC

(W) Guillermo Del Toro (A) Guillermo Del Toro

Dark Horse Books and DreamWorks Animation are pleased to present the definitive chronicle of the making of Trollhunters. Including hundreds of pieces of concept art and creator commentary from Guillermo del Toro and the talented minds behind the Emmy® Award-winning animated series! o The art from the hit Netflix series! o Featuring over 200 pages of concept art and notes from the art team. o Includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, an introduction from Marc Guggenheim, and an afterword by Mark Hamill.

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #1

PROMISE PART 1

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

The wait is over! Ever since the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its millions of fans have been hungry for more-and it's finally here! This series of digests rejoins Aang and friends for exciting new adventures, beginning with a faceoff against the Fire Nation that threatens to throw the world into another war, testing all of Aang's powers and ingenuity! o The continuation of Airbender and the link to its upcoming sequel, Legend of Korra! o Written by Gene Yang, author of the National Book Award-nominated American Born Chinese.

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #2

PROMISE PART 2

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru

Aang and Katara are working tirelessly for peace when an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei over Fire Nation colonies within the borders of the Earth Nation threatens to plunge the world back into war! Meanwhile, Sokka must help Toph prepare her hapless first class of metalbending students to defend their school against a rival class of firebenders!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #3

PROMISE PART 3

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru

Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko bring The Promise to its explosive conclusion! The Harmony Restoration Movement has failed, and the four nations are plunged back into war! In the midst of the battle, can Aang and Fire Lord Zuko mend the rift between them, or will Aang be forced to take actions that can't be undone? Written by Eisner winner and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and drawn by Gurihiru (Thor and the Warriors Four), this is the adventure Avatar fans have been craving!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #4

SEARCH PART 1

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

For years, fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra have burned with one question-what happened to Fire Lord Zuko's mother? Finding a clue at last, Zuko enlists the aid of Team Avatar-and the most unlikely ally of all-to help uncover the biggest secret of his life.

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #5

SEARCH PART 2

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

In search of their long-lost mother, Fire Lord Zuko and his deadly and insane sister Azula have brought Avatar Aang and his friends into a mysterious forest, but what they discover within may be more than they can face. Will they too be lost in these woods forever?

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #6

SEARCH PART 3

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

Avatar Aang travels to the spirit world to parley with an ancient power, bringing Fire Lord Zuko ever closer to discovering the truth about his mother's fate-and his own past. Yet Zuko's sister Azula is becoming increasingly dangerous, threatening to ruin everything that Zuko, Aang, Katara, and Sokka have struggled to achieve on their search!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #7

RIFT PART 1

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

Avatar Aang asks his friends to help him honor Yangchen's Festival-one of the highest Air Nomad holidays, which hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years. But cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen herself lead Aang to discover a jointly owned Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom refinery-operating on land sacred to the Airbenders! Is this the cause of the pollution Aang finds there, or is a more mysterious menace afoot?

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #8

RIFT PART 2

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

Team Avatar find themselves up to their necks in trouble as mysterious forces threaten to destroy land once sacred to the Airbenders! While Aang journeys to the spirit world in search of clues, Toph faces off against her own past!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #9

RIFT PART 3

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

Written and drawn by the creative team behind the best-selling The Promise and The Search, in collaboration with the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, this is the ultimate continuation of Avatar and the perfect companion to Korra!  o The official continuation of Airbender from its creators!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #10

SMOKE & SHADOW PART 1

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

The Fire Nation is threatened by a prophecy told by the Kemurikage, mysterious figures thought only to exist in legend: remove Zuko from the throne, or the country will perish! Avatar Aang and his friends escort Zuko and his family back to the capital, completely unaware of the looming threat growing in the city. Unrest is brewing as the New Ozai Society prepares to make its move against the crown, and children begin to go missing from their homes under mysterious circumstances!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #11

SMOKE & SHADOW PART 2

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

With the disappearances of children in the Fire Nation capital, Avatar Aang and his friends are doing everything they can to find out who-or what-is responsible. Aang and Zuko must work together to keep the peace, but the emergence of the New Ozai Society, and the appearance of the mysterious Kemurikage of legend, may prove to be too much even for the Avatar when the true culprit of the kidnappings is revealed!

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #13

NORTH & SOUTH PART 1

(W) Gene Yuen Lang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

When Aang leaves to aid Zuko with the Kemurikage, Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe by themselves. Katara is shocked to find that her beloved village has become a bustling city, with none other than their father, Hakoda, in charge! A northerner named Malina seems to be behind this change, pushing the North and South to be more unified . . . but what are her true goals?

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP #14

NORTH & SOUTH PART 2

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Gurihiru (CA) Gurihiru

After attempting to kidnap Katara and Sokka, Southerner Gilak leaves a haunting note for Hakoda: "Soon you will see the truth, Chieftain." The vow leaves everyone on edge-including Katara, who remains wary of the two tribes' integration. As Northerner Malina announces a partnership with the company owned by Toph Beifong's father, her own brother comes forward with a revelation that shocks everyone. Have Katara's worst fears been confirmed?

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER IMBALANCE PART ONE TP

(W) Faith Erin Hicks (A) Peter Wartman (CA) Peter Wartman

When Team Avatar return to Earthen Fire Industries, the factory owned by Toph's father, they find that the once small town is now booming, yet a strange mood hangs over its residents. When Aang is asked to join a business council meeting, the reason becomes clear: a massive bender versus non-bender conflict is threatening to turn violent. Written by Faith Erin Hicks (The Nameless City) and drawn by Peter Wartman (Stonebreaker), in collaboration with Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this is the ultimate continuation of Avatar!

AW YEAH COMICS TP #3

MAKE WAY FOR AWESOME

(W) Art Baltazar (A) Art Baltazar (CA) Art Baltazar

HERE COMES THE AWESOME! Your favorite superheroes return, led by Action Cat! But what evil will threaten our heroes this time? No doubt Evil Cat will pounce again! And Parallel-O-Ham menaces beautiful downtown Skokie! Follow the continuing adventures of Art Baltazar and Franco's superhero creations! Collects Aw Yeah Comics #9-#12, with over thirty pages of new material!

BEASTS OF BURDEN #1 (OF 4)

WISE DOGS & ELDRITCH MEN

(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Benjamin (CA) Benjamin

A heroic pack of canines known as the Wise Dogs set off on a mission to clean up a Pennsylvania corridor plagued by seemingly unrelated occult disturbances that include a fire salamander and a horde of mutant lurkers. A link is found among the various disturbances, leading our heroes to a mountain village inhabited by a survivalist witch-cult who have discovered the existence of a "Blood Lure" attracting occult forces, creatures, and many more terrors to Burden Hill! o The eight time Eisner-winning series is back! o Variant Cover by Rafael Albuquerque! "Beasts of Burden balances humor, heart, and horror and fosters the contrast necessary to elevate a genre."-MTV

BEASTS OF BURDEN #1 (OF 4)

WISE DOGS & ELDRITCH MEN VAR CVR

(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Benjamin (CA) Rafael Albuquerque

A heroic pack of canines known as the Wise Dogs set off on a mission to clean up a Pennsylvania corridor plagued by seemingly unrelated occult disturbances that include a fire salamander and a horde of mutant lurkers. A link is found among the various disturbances, leading our heroes to a mountain village inhabited by a survivalist witch-cult who have discovered the existence of a "Blood Lure" attracting occult forces, creatures, and many more terrors to Burden Hill! o The eight time Eisner-winning series is back! o Variant Cover by Rafael Albuquerque! "Beasts of Burden balances humor, heart, and horror and fosters the contrast necessary to elevate a genre."-MTV

BEDTIME GAMES #3 (OF 4)

(W) Nick Keller (A) Conor Nolan (CA) Conor Nolan

After discovering a powerful game that can transform them into their worst nightmares, three friends plan ways to use it for themselves, not knowing that the monstrous creator of the game is coming to get it back-and destroy whoever gets in his way.

BIRD BOY TP #1

SWORD OF MALI MANI

(W) Anne Szabla (A) Anne Szabla (CA) Anne Szabla

Bird Boy follows the story of Bali, a ten-year-old boy desperate to prove his worth to his northern tribe despite his small stature. Banned from the ceremony that would make him an adult in the eyes of his people, he takes matters into his own hands. To prove that he is capable of taking care of himself, he sets out into the forbidden forest and stumbles upon a legendary weapon. Bali fights his way across a dangerous land of gods, men, and beasts to keep the sword of Mali Mani, the savior of the sun, from the hands of the terrifying Rooks.

BIRD BOY TP #2

LIMINAL WOOD

(W) Anne Szabla (A) Anne Szabla (CA) Anne Szabla

Bali is lost deep within the forbidden forest, hunted by the terrifying Rook Men, and must fight his way across a dangerous land of gods, men, and beasts to keep the sword of Mali Mani, the savior of the sun, from falling into the wrong hands. Finding his way out of the forest is Bali's only chance to prevent the beasts from roaming the land of people and feasting upon them-and to prove he is worthy of the Smokewalk.

BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #4

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

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with lots of revelations! All is revealed when Lucy makes her way back to the farm from Dreamland, confronting the mastermind of their current situation. The revelations here will alter the fate of the Black Hammer family forever!