BETTY & VERONICA #5 (OF 5)
CVR C MARLIN
(W) Jamie L Rotante (A) Sandra Lanz (CA) Lissy Marlin
"SUMMER," pt. 5: Graduation day is here! Betty and Veronica have finally made peace with their decisions and vow to make this a summer to remember. What lies in the future for the BFFs? You may be surprised to find out!
BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #273
(W) Bill Golliher (A) Dan Parent (CA) Jeff Schultz
BRAND NEW STORY: "Ghost of a Chance!" Meet Betty and Veronica: Ghost Hunters! Find out what happens when the dynamic duo spends a night in an allegedly haunted house recently purchased by Mr. Lodge!
BEYONDERS TP #1
(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Wesley St. Claire (CA) Wesley St. Claire
A young boy obsessed with crop circles and cryptography finds his boring life turned upside-down when he discovers that all of his conspiracy theories are true, sending him on the ultimate treasure hunt for an ancient secret spanning thousands of years. What is the connection between a lost mountaineer, an indecipherable manuscript, and the lost library of Alexandria? How is this connected to a one-eyed, flatulent Welsh Corgi and endless plates of corned beef sandwiches? Find out in... BEYONDERS! From Paul Jenkins (ALTERS, Wolverine: Origin, Sentry) and Wesley St. Claire (FU JITSU, Teen Titans) comes the mystery series that can be summed up in one word of its own - AfterShock!
BEZIMENA HC
(W) Nina Bunjevac (A) Nina Bunjevac (CA) Nina Bunjevac
A piercing psychological exploration of the delusional mind of a sexual predator. Drawing on her own traumatic memories of sexual assault, Ninja Bunjevac explores the warped psyche of a sexual predator. Told through a noirish lens, Bezimena is the story of a man who develops a disturbing sexual obsession with a former classmate, steadily losing his grasp on reality. As his fantasies become increasingly lurid, the book's imagery grows ever more surreal; in her masterfully lush, stippled technique, Bunjevac conjures mesmerizing dreamscapes and eerie allusions to the Greek myth of Artemis and Siproites. Refusing to shy away from the morally grotesque, Bezimena seeks to discover what compels people to commit acts of evil.
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.
BITTER ROOT TP #1
FAMILY BUSINESS
(W) David Walker (A) Sanford Greene (CA) Sanford Greene
Once known as the greatest monster hunters of all time, the Sangerye family specialized in curing the souls of those infected by hate. But those days are fading. A terrible tragedy has claimed most of the family, leaving the surviving cousins divided between by the desire to cure monsters or to kill them. Now, though, there's a new breed of monster loose on the streets of Harlem, and the Sangerye family must either come together or watch the human race fall to untold evil. Collects BITTER ROOT #1-5.
BLACK BADGE #10
MAIN & MIX
(W) Matt Kindt (A) Tyler Jenkins (CA) Matt Kindt
The Badges continue to unravel the mysterious history of the program, learning the secret history of their parents... and their role in the threats the Badges must now face!
BLACK CLOVER GN #15
(W) Yuki Tabata (A) Yuki Tabata (CA) Yuki Tabata
As the Royal Knights selection test enters its final stage, a surprising team is still in contention! Can Asta or Yuno take the crown? And after the test is over, the real battle begins when the members of the Royal Knights are decided! What will be their first mission...? For teen audiences.
BLACK HAMMER 45 FROM WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER #3
CVR A KINDT
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt
The Black Hammer Squadron, with the aid of a familiar hero, continue on their perilous mission to save acclaimed scientist Herman Greenbaum and his family from the Nazis. However, with a battle between Nazarova's Soviet mechs and the fabled Ghost Hunter raging above the Greenbaum's heads, time may be running out!
BLACK HAMMER 45 FROM WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER #3
CVR B COWAN HUDSON GIDDINGS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Denys Cowan
The Black Hammer Squadron, with the aid of a familiar hero, continue on their perilous mission to save acclaimed scientist Herman Greenbaum and his family from the Nazis. However, with a battle between Nazarova's Soviet mechs and the fabled Ghost Hunter raging above the Greenbaum's heads, time may be running out!
BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #11
CVR A ORMSTON
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston
Lucy comes face to face with someone she would never expect, as the only solution to the ongoing fight against Anti-God is revealed!
BLACK HAMMER AGE OF DOOM #11
CVR B RIVERA
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Paolo Rivera
Lucy comes face to face with someone she would never expect, as the only solution to the ongoing fight against Anti-God is revealed!
BLACK HAMMER TP #1
SECRET ORIGINS
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston
Once they were heroes. Now, banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City lead simple lives in a timeless farming town. But as they attempt to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! Collects issues #1-6 of the series.
BLACK HAMMER TP #2
THE EVENT
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston
When a visitor from the outside world arrives on the Farm, looking for the Black Hammer and bringing news of Spiral City to its Golden Age heroes, everything changes. Her arrival stirs up old memories and awakens new hope in the marooned heroes and they make a new attempt to escape their strange prison.
BLACK HAMMER TP #3
AGE OF DOOM PART I
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston
The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with this two-part mystery with lots of revelations! Picking up immediately where we left off-Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm and can escape she vanishes. Now our new Black Hammer finds herself trapped in a gritty world filled with punk rock detectives, emo gods, anthropomorphic humans, absurdist heroes, and many more weirdos, in mad world in which there is no escape! Collects Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1-5. "Age of Doom takes everything that was great about the first Black Hammer series and turns it up to eleven. The story gets even weirder, more emotional, and more interesting than fans are probably expecting." -Monkeys Fighting Robots
BLACK KNIGHT TP #1
(W) Terry Kavanagh (A) Sergio Arino (CA) Sergio Arino
Spinning out Grimm Fairy Tales! Defense attorney, Peyton Parks' life is anything from normal or average. After being given the powers of The Black Knight from the book of fables, she has been riding the line of the legal system between attorney and vigilante. Now with her life finally slowing down some a new threat has emerged from the shadows and Peyton may be the only one with the power to stop it. Collects The Black Knight #1 - 5.
BLACK PANTHER #12
(W) Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) Jen Bartel (CA) Daniel Acuna
THE "GATHERING OF MY NAME" REACHES A TURNING POINT! The can't-miss issue! Rising star Jen Bartel returns for the end of the second groundbreaking arc. Years ago, the Black Panther departed Earth for the stars - and discovered an empire bigger than he could have dreamed. Learn at last how the King of Wakanda found himself a slave in the Vibranium mines of a half-familiar world. T'Challa's lost past is revealed here! Rated T
BLACK PANTHER #12
HEYJIN IM MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR
(W) Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) Jen Bartel (CA) Heyjin Im
THE "GATHERING OF MY NAME" REACHES A TURNING POINT! The can't-miss issue! Rising star Jen Bartel returns for the end of the second groundbreaking arc. Years ago, the Black Panther departed Earth for the stars - and discovered an empire bigger than he could have dreamed. Learn at last how the King of Wakanda found himself a slave in the Vibranium mines of a half-familiar world. T'Challa's lost past is revealed here! Rated T
BLACK TORCH GN #4
(W) Tsuyoshi Takaki (A) Tsuyoshi Takaki (CA) Tsuyoshi Takaki
In order to save Jiro's life, Rago pledges loyalty to Amagi, his sworn enemy! But Rago has no intention of letting his power be used by evil forces, and so when he joins Amagi, he leaves all his power behind in Jiro. Outraged at the unexpected betrayal, Amagi unleashes his wrath upon Rago! For older teen audiences.
BLACK WIDOW #5
(W) Jen Soska (A) Flaviano (CA) Clayton Crain
ENDGAME! • No Restraints Play isn't playing anymore. • As the field of play shifts underneath Black Widow's feet, the true enemy is revealed. • Lines are crossed. There is no turning back. Rated T+
BLACK WIDOW #5
K LEE MARVEL BATTLE LINES VAR
(W) Jen Soska (A) Flaviano (CA) Keunwoo Lee
ENDGAME! • No Restraints Play isn't playing anymore. • As the field of play shifts underneath Black Widow's feet, the true enemy is revealed. • Lines are crossed. There is no turning back. Rated T+
BLACKWOOD TP
(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Veronica Fish
When four teenagers with haunted pasts enroll in Blackwood College-a school that trains students in the occult-their desire to enhance their supernatural abilities and bond with others is hampered by an undead dean's curse, ghosts in their dorm, a mischievous two-headed mummy-chimp, a plague of mutant insects, and the discovery of an ancient evil that forces our heroes to undergo a crash course in the occult for the sake of the world. Collects issues #1-#4 of the series, a bonus sketchbook section, pinups by Becky Cloonan, Tyler Crook, Stacey Lee, and Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire! "Blackwood is like Harry Potter mixed with Deadly Class. It keeps all the supernatural elements and ups the danger factor considerably." -Horror Talk
BLADE OF IMMORTAL OMNIBUS TP #1
(CURR PTG)
(W) Hiroaki Samura (A) Hiroaki Samura (CA) Hiroaki Samura
A cursed, seemingly immortal warrior aids a young girl in her quest for revenge. Samuramassive manga series spawned an anime run, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Intense and audacious, Blade takes period samurai action and deftly combines it with a modernist street idiom to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction! Collects volumes 1-3.
BLADE OF IMMORTAL OMNIBUS TP #3
(W) Hiroaki Samura (A) Hiroaki Samura (CA) Hiroaki Samura
Over 650 pages of samurai battles and bitter rivalries! Rin's seemingly immortal protector, Manji, is helping her destroy the eccentric, bloodthirsty Itt?-ry? sword school. While Manji has his hands full with a trio of devious assassins, Rin decides to make her way across Edo in a solo search for the murderous Anotsu Kagehisa!
BLADE OF IMMORTAL OMNIBUS TP #5
(W) Hiroaki Samura (A) Hiroaki Samura (CA) Hiroaki Samura
Over 700 pages of samurai swordplay and grudge matches! Collecting Hiroaki Samura's fast-paced "Mirror of the Soul," "Last Blood," and "Trickster" story arcs! Kidnapped and bound by three Itto-ryu warriors, Rin is unable to warn her bodyguard Manji, the immortal swordsman, that he's heading into a trap! Collects volumes 13, 14, and 15. o Now a live-action film from Takashi Miike!