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NON-SPORT UPDATE

NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 31 #4 #2916

Every issue of NON-Sport Update magazine brings trading card collectors news on the latest in NON-sport and entertainment cards. Feature stories are devoted to new releases and the classic trading cards of the 50s and 60s. NON-Sport Update's big 32-page price guide provides current values for thousands of the most popular NON-sport series. Departments focus on auction highlights, a list of upcoming releases, promotional cards, what's trending in NON-sports, collector interviews, and more. Each issue includes sample promotional cards.

DYNAMIC FORCES

NON-STOP SPIDER-MAN #2 BACHALO SGN #0

FINAL COVER MAY VARY. ALLOCATIONS MAY OCCUR. PREVIOUS ISSUE COVER ART SHOWN.

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC

ADACHI & SHIMAMURA NOVEL SC #2

(W) Hitoma Iruma (A) NON (CA) NON

Adachi and Shimamura, two young women who attend the same high school, are inseparable friends. Whether playing table tennis, chatting about favorite TV shows, or just relaxing together, they're happy to share their days. When Adachi's friendship turns into romantic attraction, the relationship begins to change, one day at a time. This beloved yuri series has been charming audiences in Japan for years, and now, for the first time ever, read the original Adachi and Shimamura light novels.

DARK HORSE COMICS

ALIEN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY #1 (OF 5)

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(W) Cristiano Seixas (A) Guilherme Balbi (CA) Guilherme Balbi

En route to back to Earth, the crew of the starship Snark intercepts an alien transmission. Their investigation leads them to a desolate planetoid, a crashed alien spacecraft, and a pyramidic structure of unknown origin. Then the terror begins . . . o Just in time for Alien Day (April 26, 2020) o Adapted from the original 1976 screenplay by Dan O'Ban NON (author of Moebius's The Long Tomorrow, cowriter of Total Recall, writer/director of The Return of the Living Dead). o Variant covers by Walter Simonson!

DARK HORSE COMICS

ALIEN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY #1 (OF 5)

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(W) Cristiano Seixas (A) Guilherme Balbi (CA) Walter Simonson

En route to back to Earth, the crew of the starship Snark intercepts an alien transmission. Their investigation leads them to a desolate planetoid, a crashed alien spacecraft, and a pyramidic structure of unknown origin. Then the terror begins . . . o Just in time for Alien Day (April 26, 2020) o Adapted from the original 1976 screenplay by Dan O'Ban NON (author of Moebius's The Long Tomorrow, cowriter of Total Recall, writer/director of The Return of the Living Dead). o Variant covers by Walter Simonson!

MC FARLAND & COMPANY INC.

ARCHIES RIVALS IN TEEN COMICS 1940S-1970S SC

(W) Michelle Nolan (A) Various (CA) Na

This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of NON-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Buzz Baxter and Wendy Parker from Marvel; Judy Foster, Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly from DC; Candy from Quality Comics; and Hap Hazard from Ace Comics. It covers the history of the characters, who drew them, why (or why not) they succeeded as rivals for the Archie Series, highlights of both unusual and typical stories and much more. The author provides major plotlines and a history of the development of each series.

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #285

(W) Bill Golliher (A) Various (CA) Pat & Tim Kennedy

BRAND NEW STORY:  "What If Betty & Veronica Were Guys?" Meet Beau and Ver NON-two very different best guy friends with something in common: their mutual love of the beautiful Archina! Who will win her heart-and be her date to the school dance?!

LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY

BILL & TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE GUIDE TO BODACIOUS LIFE HC

(W) Steve Behling (A) Chris Piascik

Party on, dudes! This excellent book of wit and wisdom celebrates the genius of the world-famous Wyld Stallyns and their time-traveling adventure. Once, Bill and Ted made history. Now, they're ready to share the knowledge they've gained traveling through time. This hardcover advice book features full-color film images and original illustrations and gives advice on how to live a NON-heinous life, how to start a band when you can't play any instruments, how to find the most-triumphant locations in any food court, and how to make friends with difficult dudes!

YEN ON

BOTTOM-TIER CHARACTER TOMOZAKI LIGHT NOVEL SC #4

(W) Yuki Yaku (A) Fly (CA) Fly

After finishing the busiest summer of his life, Tomozaki is ready to get back to school. His relationship with Hinami is changing, but he hasn't given up on trying to find the best strats to get through the game of life. His first challenge of the new semester: to help motivate NONe other than Erika Konno, one of the scariest girls in class! For readers ages 16 and up.

YEN PRESS

CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX GN #22

(W) Kazuma Kamachi (A) Chuya Kogino (CA) Chuya Kogino

As Academy City sends a moving armor to Avig NON in France, Touma struggles in a battle Terra of the Left and his Light's Execution spell. But has Tsuchimikado discovered Terra's weakness?! For readers ages 13 and up.

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP

COMIC ART IN MUSEUMS SC

(W) Bran NON Costello (Ed.) (A) N/A (CA) N/A

A comprehensive history of how comics and comic art gained recognition as art. Through essays and interviews, Kim A. Munson's anthology tells the story of the over-thirty-year history of the artists, art critics, collectors, curators, journalists, and academics who championed the serious study of comics, the trends and controversies that produced institutional interest in comics, and the wax and wane and then return of comic art in museums. With over eighty images and thoughtful essays, this anthology shows how exhibitions expanded the public dialogue about comic art and our expectation of "good art."

IRON CIRCUS COMICS

COMPLETE PENULTIMATE QUEST GN

(W) Lars Brown (A) Bex Glendining

Far across the Western Ocean on a mist-shrouded island guarded by giant sea monsters, heroes come to explore the mysterious dungeons that lie below the surface. NONe have yet to reach the bottom and return to tell the tale. Each party gathers daily for a new round of potion-making, sword-sharpening, armor-buying, and dungeon-crawling, and try again the next day when everything repeats. That is, until one adventurer stops to ask why. Is it endlessly exciting, or simply endless? In a witty, genre-defying tale brave warriors must learn the difference between diversion and escape as they try to break the cycle of a penultimate quest in which the final fantasy never arrives.

PAPERCUTZ

DANCE CLASS 3IN1 GN #2

(W) Beka (A) Crip

Three complete adventures filled with action, romance, humor, and plenty of dance numbers. Julie, Lucie, and Alia are best friends and share the same passion: dance! Practicing NONstop, they're training hard to get into the Nationals. These three will have to balance competition, relationships, classes, and practice without letting things get out of hand. Complicating matters is their fellow student Carla, who would do just about anything to steal the spotlight - if Julie, Lucie, and Alia let her, that is! Collects "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Paris...," "To Russia, With Love," and "A Merry Olde Christ-mas!"

YEN ON

DEMON SWORD MASTER EXCALIBUR ACADEMY NOVEL SC #1

(W) Yuu Shimizu (A) Asagi Tosaka (CA) Asagi Tosaka

As Academy City sends a moving armor to Avig NON in France, Touma struggles in a battle Terra of the Left and his Light's Execution spell. But has Tsuchimikado discovered Terra's weakness?! For readers ages 13 and up.

DC COMICS

JOKER WAR

(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Brad Walker (CA) Andrew Hennessy

"The Joker War" explodes with an assault on Wayne Enterprises! The Joker has taken control of Waynetech R&D-and with it, all the weapons hidden in its sublevels-plus Lucius Fox as a hostage! The Joker and his clown-masked henchmen are now using Wayne Enterprises as an armory, using sophisticated 3-D printers to produce weapons to rule Gotham City...but Batman and Batwoman might have something to say about that. It's all-out action in this NONstop issue! ON SALE 07.22.20

DC COMICS

CARD STOCK LEE BERMEJO VAR ED JOKER WAR

(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Brad Walker (CA) Lee Bermejo

"The Joker War" explodes with an assault on Wayne Enterprises! The Joker has taken control of Waynetech R&D-and with it, all the weapons hidden in its sublevels-plus Lucius Fox as a hostage! The Joker and his clown-masked henchmen are now using Wayne Enterprises as an armory, using sophisticated 3-D printers to produce weapons to rule Gotham City...but Batman and Batwoman might have something to say about that. It's all-out action in this NONstop issue! ON SALE 07.22.20

DARK HORSE COMICS

DRAGON AGE BLUE WRAITH HC

(W) Nunzio DeFillipis (A) Fernando Heinz Furukawa (CA) Sachin Teng

In this new chapter from BioWare's dark fantasy universe, a team of Inquisition agents attempt to recruit the deadly elven warrior Fenris in order to stop a devasting weapon from falling into the wrong hands. A ca NONical continuation of stories begun in the multiple game of the year award-winning Dragon Age: Inquisition! Collects issues #1-#3 of the series.

KODANSHA COMICS

FIRE FORCE GN #19

(W) Atsushi Ohkubo (A) Atsushi Ohkubo (CA) Atsushi Ohkubo

Now a hit anime! The new action fantasy set in a steampunk Tokyo from the creator of the smash hit Soul Eater! The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenome NON and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?

BOOM ENTERTAINMENT

JIM HENSON DARK CRYSTAL RESISTANCE BALLAD HUPP HC

(W) Adam Cesare (A) French Carlomagno (CA) Conor Nolan

Based on a story by Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series writers, Will Matthews and Jeffrey Addiss, Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield) and French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) present an official prequel to the next chapter of the pop culture phenome NON, now streaming on Netflix. Return to Thra in a time before the Age of Resistance to meet Hup-breakout star of Netflix's hit series; Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance, and a Podling cook who dreams of being a Paladin-and who discovers that sometimes it's not always good when your wishes come true! Collects issues #5-8 in this stand-alone adventure!

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC

KUMA KUMA KUMA BEAR NOVEL SC #2

(W) Hitoma Iruma (A) NON (CA) NON

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!

VIZ LLC

LEGEND OF ZELDA TWILIGHT PRINCESS GN #7

(W) Akira Himekawa (A) Akira Himekawa (CA) Akira Himekawa

Link's battle with his dark alter ego leaves him wounded and exhausted. With Midna gone and Link unable to harness the power of the Master Sword, his quest seems doomed. Visions of a grizzled warrior also haunt his dreams, but who is it? And what can this warrior teach Link that he will need to defeat Ga NONdorf? Certainly Link will need the Master Sword again, but only a true hero can wield the power of that legendary weapon... For teen audiences.

PAPERCUTZ

LOUD HOUSE 3IN1 GN #3

(W) Loud House Creative Team (A) Loud House Creative Team (CA) Loud House Creative Team

More LOUD adventures than Mr. Grouse can shake a stick at! Nickelodeon's hit show featuring Lincoln Loud and his ten siblings! Whether it's building tree houses, journeying on a role playing adventure, or trying to win Pop Pop's inheritance Lincoln Loud gets it done in Loud style. Plus, read Loud House "After Dark" and Loud House "Loud and Proud" as originally intended, as a 100-page, NONstop, con-tinuous adventure-the longest Loud House comic yet! All told by the creative team of Nickelodeon's hit show!

ABRAMS COMICARTS

MAGIC THE GATHERING LEGENDS VISUAL HISTORY HC

(W) Jay Annelli (A) VARIOUS

The world of Magic: The Gathering is home to many fantastical characters and creatures, but perhaps NONe so intriguing as its legendary creature cards, which include dragons, demons, angels, goblins, vampires, merfolk, wizards, and more. Magic: The Gathering: Legends showcases high-quality reproductions of the most iconic card art from across the game's history  along with accompanying creature and character histories written by Jay Annelli.

BOOM! STUDIOS

MEGA MAN FULLY CHARGED #1

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(W) AJ Marchisello (A) Stefano Simeone (CA) Toni Infante

It's a new beginning for the worldwide culture phenome NON featuring heroes like Mega Man, Rush and Dr. Light trying to save Silicon City from the villainous forces of the Robot Masters, set in the world of the Mega Man: Fully Charged TV series. After Mega Man's father Dr. Light is kidnapped, a shocking truth rocks Mega Man's world as it seems the Robot Masters know more about his secret history than he does. When Mega Man's forgotten memories of the brutal human/robot war are triggered, our hero is left to question just who he is and if he can trust anything or anyone-including the man he calls father. Don't miss a perfect jumping on point for long time fans and new readers as A.J. Marchisello & Marcus Rinehart, with artist Stefano Simeone examine the cost of being a hero, and what it truly means to be human.

BOOM! STUDIOS

MEGA MAN FULLY CHARGED #1

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(W) AJ Marchisello (A) Stefano Simeone (CA) Toni Infante

It's a new beginning for the worldwide culture phenome NON featuring heroes like Mega Man, Rush and Dr. Light trying to save Silicon City from the villainous forces of the Robot Masters, set in the world of the Mega Man: Fully Charged TV series. After Mega Man's father Dr. Light is kidnapped, a shocking truth rocks Mega Man's world as it seems the Robot Masters know more about his secret history than he does. When Mega Man's forgotten memories of the brutal human/robot war are triggered, our hero is left to question just who he is and if he can trust anything or anyone-including the man he calls father. Don't miss a perfect jumping on point for long time fans and new readers as A.J. Marchisello & Marcus Rinehart, with artist Stefano Simeone examine the cost of being a hero, and what it truly means to be human.