AVANT-GUARDS #8 (OF 12)
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(W) Carly Usdin (A) Noah Hayes (CA) Cara McGee
Tiffany and the Coven accidentally stumble onto a surprising discovery... resident cynic Nicole's secret life as an aspiring stand-up comic! Plus, the final regular game of the season is coming up, and with it, questions about the Avant-Guards' place in the playoffs...not to mention the future of the league itself!
AVANT-GUARDS TP #1
(W) Carly Usdin (A) Noah Hayes (CA) Veronica Fish
* As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. * When the school's barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie's adamant that she's left that life behind... until she's won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the ragtag crew she's managed to assemble. And while Charlie may have left the cut-throat world of competitive basketball in the dust, sinking these hoops may be exactly what she needs to find the person she truly wants to be. * From Carly Usdin, the writer behind the hit series Heavy Vinyl , and artist Noah Hayes (Wet Hot American Summer) comes an ensemble comedy series that understands that it's the person you are off the court that matters most. * Collects The Avant-Guards issues #1-4.
AVATAR TSU TEYS PATH TP #1
(W) Sherri Smith (A) Jan Duursema (CA) Shea Standerfer
From his first meeting with Jake Sully to his acceptance of the Last Shadow, Tsu'tey's life takes a path he could not anticipate, and which the film told only a part. Return to Pandora as the story of Avatar is told from the perspective of Tsu'tey, warrior of the Omatikaya tribe. Collects issues #1-#6 of the series, plus the short story "Brothers" from Free Comic Book Day 2017.
AVENGERS #23
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Stefano Caselli (CA) Stefano Caselli
AVENGERS MOUNTAIN: POSSESSED as CHALLENGE OF THE GHOST RIDERS continues! It's Ghost Rider vs. Ghost Rider in a wild race through hell, while the Avengers have to fight for their lives against their own Celestial headquarters, which is now possessed by a rather shocking, rather murderous hell-damned soul!
AVENGERS #23
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(W) Jason Aaron (A) Stefano Caselli (CA) Mike McKone
AVENGERS MOUNTAIN: POSSESSED as CHALLENGE OF THE GHOST RIDERS continues! It's Ghost Rider vs. Ghost Rider in a wild race through hell, while the Avengers have to fight for their lives against their own Celestial headquarters, which is now possessed by a rather shocking, rather murderous hell-damned soul!
AVENGERS WEST COAST EPIC COLLECTION TP LOST IN SPACE-TIME
(W) Steve Englehart (A) Al Milgrom (CA) Al Milgrom
The West Coast meets the Old West! Firebird finds herself in the middle of a fight between the Rangers and the Avengers - but will she become the sixth Whacko, or will the Thing? Menaces mount - including Master Pandemonium, Headlok, Griffin and Graviton - while Tigra and Hellcat team up against Tiger Shark! Meanwhile, Hank Pym battles his demons - but who will be his savior? Then, a time-warping terror leaves the West Coast Avengers trapped in the past! Hawkeye meets old friends Two-Gun Kid and Rawhide Kid, but another Western legend spells big trouble for Mockingbird! The sprawling space-time saga spreads to ancient Egypt as the Whackos travel ever further back in time - but what role will Moon Knight play? And will the team ever find its way home? Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #8-24 and ANNUAL #1, and AVENGERS ANNUAL #15
B & V FRIENDS JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #273
(W) Bill Golliher (A) Dan Parent (CA) Pat & Tim Kennedy
BRAND NEW STORY: "What if Betty and Veronica Had Magical Powers?" This "What If?" scenario sees B&V casting magical spells and making mystical mayhem!
BABYTEETH #15
(W) Donny Cates (A) Garry Brown (CA) Garry Brown
Clark's father has been revealed and he's...great? Wait, that can't be right. Right? Well, only one way to find out, friends! "Cradle" ends here with one of the biggest moments in BABYTEETH history! From Donny Cates, the writer of Buzzkill, Paybacks, Redneck and the breakout hit God Country, comes a pulse-pounding new series with art from THE REVISIONIST's Garry Brown!
BACCANO LIGHT NOVEL HC #11
(W) Ryohgo Narita (A) Katsumi Enami (CA) Katsumi Enami
The year 1705, in a town on the coast of Italy. All 15-year-old Huey Laforet feels towards his life is tedium and despair, and he dreams of the day when he can destroy the world he despises. Meanwhile, there are rumors of a strange string of murders performed by a figure in a white mask-and whoever witnesses the killing is doomed to be the next target. As the serial killer shakes the town of Lotto Valentino, Huey's life is about to change, too!
BACK ISSUE #116
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Rich Buckler; John Beatty
Back Issue #116 dukes it out with Superheroes vs. Monsters! Monsters in Metropolis, Batman and the Horror Genre, Doug Moench and Kelley Jones' Batman: Vampire, Marvel Scream-Up, Dracula and Godzilla vs. Marvel, DC/Dark Horse Hero/Monster crossovers, and a Baron Blood villain history. Featuring Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Chuck Dixon, Dave Gibbons, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Dan Jurgens, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, and more, under a Superman vs. Titano cover by Michael Golden! Edited by Michael Eury.
BAD LUCK CHUCK TP #1
(W) Lela Gwenn (A) Matthew Dow Smith (CA) Matthew Dow Smith
Cursed at birth with extraordinary bad luck, Charlene "Chuck" Manchester provides disaster where someone else can profit. Got a failing business? Contact Chuck, and before you know it, you're collecting that insurance policy without ever getting your own hands dirty. But after a crime boss hires her to take out an evangelical cult, the mob boss, the cult leader, and a dogged insurance-fraud investigator all come for her at once. Collects issues #1-#4 of the miniseries.
BAD RECEPTION #1
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(W) Juan Doe (A) Juan Doe (CA) Juan Doe
It's the celebrity wedding of the century, set in an undisclosed, remote location, with no access to wifi, cell phone reception or the outside world. But the dream wedding becomes a nightmare when, one by one, the guests are brutally slaugh-tered by a serial killer who brands his victims with a hashtag. BAD RECEPTION is a searing horror story that doubles as a topical, satirical critique on society's obsession with technology, social media and the cult of celebrity. Written and drawn by AfterShock's very own Juan Doe (DARK ARK, AMERICAN MON-STER, WORLD READER)!
BALTIMORE OMNIUBUS HC #1
(W) Christopher Golden (A) Ben Stenbeck (CA) Mike Mignola
Lord Baltimore's story returns in a deluxe omnibus edition! After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, submarine graveyards, and much more on the hunt for the creature who's become his obsession. Collects Baltimore hardcover volumes 1-4.
BANJAX #3
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(W) Rylend Grant (A) Fabio Alves (CA) Fabio Alves
"Chapter 3: A Mission From God." Hollywood screenwriter/Aberrant-scribe Rylend Grant's delightfully twisted deconstruction of the superhero genre kicks things up a notch. Abel Raines' gratuitously armed and armored Cerberus teams hunt crusader-turned-crazed-vigilante Laird Mason day and night. Just when it looks like all is lost, America's favorite malicious and malevolent masked lunatic gets a key assist from the unlikeliest of allies.
BANJAX #3
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(W) Rylend Grant (A) Fabio Alves (CA) Fabio Alves
: CHAPTER 3: A MISSION FROM GOD. Hollywood screenwriter/Aberrant-scribe Rylend Grant's delightfully twisted deconstruction of the superhero genre kicks things up a notch. Abel Raines' gratuitously armed and armored Cerberus teams hunt crusader-turned-crazed-vigilante Laird Mason day and night. Just when it looks like all is lost, America's favorite malicious and malevolent masked lunatic gets a key assist from the unlikeliest of allies.
BARB WIRE OMNIBUS TP #1
(W) John Arcudi (A) Andrew Robinson (CA) Chris Warner
Steel Harbor is a hell of a town, with the emphasis on hell, an urban wasteland of shuttered factories, decaying neighborhoods, and broken dreams. Crime and street violence are the soup of the day every day, but if you're a bounty hunter, every day in "Metal City" can be Christmas-assuming you survive, since the worst of the Harbor's most wanted can fly, summon up tornadoes, or tear cars in half with their bare hands. But a skip's a skip, and manhunter Barb Wire is the best tracker in the business, and no super-gangster is too tough-as long as there's a fat price on his, her, or its head. Beautiful as she is lethal, Barb Wire really puts the "drop dead" in drop-dead gorgeous. Her boots may be made for walking, but they kick butt real pretty too. • Barb Wire Omnibus collects all the original Dark Horse Barb Wire tales, including the never-before-collected Ace of Spades series.
BARB WIRE TP #1
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(W) Chris Warner (A) Pat Olliffe (CA) Adam Hughes
Hard as nails and hot as hell, badass bounty hunter Barb Wire rides the meanest streets of America's toughest town: Steel Harbor, USA. Barb tracks gangsters who can punch through walls and crush cars like beer cans, but it's a living. Call her a bitch-just don't call her babe! Collects Barb Wire #1-#4.
BARB WIRE TP #2
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(W) Chris Warner (A) Pat Olliffe (CA) Adam Hughes
Braced by shady federal agents, bounty hunter Barb Wire is forced to locate an old associate who the agents claim is the most dangerous man alive. With no choice but compliance, Barb learns that her former ally is not the man she remembers . . . if indeed he is a man at all! Collects Barb Wire #5-#8.
BARBARELLA DEJAH THORIS GN
(W) Leah Williams (A) German Garcia (CA) Laura Braga
From opposite ends of time, two heroines unite for an otherworldly adventure! Barbarella, the siren of space, meets Dejah Thoris, Princess of Barsoom, and together they must solve a murder mystery that spans time and space in order to find their way home. Leah Williams (Adventure Time Comics, Age of X-Man: X-Tremists) teams with German Garcia (Action Comics, X-men) for a fun, deadly, mind-bending epic!
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(W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Carmine Di Giandomenico (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli
New series writer Cecil Castellucci continues to take Batgirl in an exciting new direction! First up-the Terrible Trio is now a quartet?! After the reawakening of Oracle, the Trio has decided to team up with her and show Gotham City what they're really made of. Meanwhile, Batgirl has her hands full with a real pest problem...Killer Moth! Can our hero exterminate his evil plans before it's too late?
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(W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Carmine Di Giandomenico (CA) Joshua Middleton
New series writer Cecil Castellucci continues to take Batgirl in an exciting new direction! First up-the Terrible Trio is now a quartet?! After the reawakening of Oracle, the Trio has decided to team up with her and show Gotham City what they're really made of. Meanwhile, Batgirl has her hands full with a real pest problem...Killer Moth! Can our hero exterminate his evil plans before it's too late?
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(W) Tom King (A) Tony S. Daniel (CA) Tony S. Daniel
"City of Bane" continues! Bane has taken over Gotham City, and Batman is nowhere to be found. At least, not a Batman anyone recognizes. Flashpoint Batman is now patrolling the city, dispensing a violent brand of justice and taking out rogue villains who haven't yet signed on with Bane. It's all building to a rebellion among the bad guys who don't want to play along- and distrust in those who do! Meanwhile, a surprising ally has come to Bruce Wayne's aid, nursing him back to health so that he can get back to his city.
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(W) Tom King (A) Mikel Janin (CA) Gabriele Dell'Otto
"City of Bane" continues! Bane has taken over Gotham City, and Batman is nowhere to be found. At least, not a Batman anyone recognizes. Flashpoint Batman is now patrolling the city, dispensing a violent brand of justice and taking out rogue villains who haven't yet signed on with Bane. It's all building to a rebellion among the bad guys who don't want to play along- and distrust in those who do! Meanwhile, a surprising ally has come to Bruce Wayne's aid, nursing him back to health so that he can get back to his city.
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(W) Tom King (A) Tony S. Daniel (CA) Tony S. Daniel
"City of Bane" continues! The last of the independent villains are on the run, leaving Gotham City entirely to Bane and his cronies-including Flashpoint Batman and Gotham Girl! Though this means a semblance of peace on the streets, the iron grip of tyranny is squeezing all life out of Gotham. And with Bane's machinations keeping other heroes out, the city really needs the Batman to return. Is Bruce Wayne ready to face his toughest foes yet...his father and the man who broke his back?
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(W) Tom King (A) Tony S. Daniel (CA) Clayton Crain
"City of Bane" continues! The last of the independent villains are on the run, leaving Gotham City entirely to Bane and his cronies-including Flashpoint Batman and Gotham Girl! Though this means a semblance of peace on the streets, the iron grip of tyranny is squeezing all life out of Gotham. And with Bane's machinations keeping other heroes out, the city really needs the Batman to return. Is Bruce Wayne ready to face his toughest foes yet...his father and the man who broke his back?