UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELERS DITKO & SEARCH FOR NEW LIBERAL IDENTITY
(W) Zack Kruse (A) Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the co-creator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Always inward facing, Ditko's NArratives employed superhero and super NAtural fantasy in the service of self-exami NAtion, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordi NAry superhero comics into philosophic treatises. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko's philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism, and his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media.
NECROMORFUS #4
(W) Gabriel Arrais (A) Abel (CA) Abel
In this new adventure, Douglas' grandmother is kid NApped and he's forced to return to Brazil and confront the past in a painful way. Childhood memories are confused with the present, bringing back memories that Douglas would like to be buried forever.
NEIL GAIMAN NEVERWHERE SC
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) NA (CA) NA
Neil Gaiman's darkly hypnotic first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. It is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordi NAry life that is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her, an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere-a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door's quest to save her world-and may well die trying.
NINJA HIGH SCHOOL #180
(W) Ben Dunn (A) Ben Dunn (CA) Ben Dunn
After a brief romantic interlude, Steamhead introduces An NA to Gene the tech gremlin, and they begin to prepare for their journey into space. Saki uses her powers unwisely to see into the future, while Petunia is out and about town, finding out nothing good ever comes free.
NINJAS & ROBOTS #3
CVR A ERIK KLAUS
(W) Erik Klaus (A) Erik Klaus (CA) Erik Klaus
Manga meets punk rock as Kubert School alum Erik Klaus returns to amp up the epic ninja action for the third installment of sleeper hit Ninjas & Robots! Yuki's friends fi NAlly catch up with her, but our band of heroes must fight their biggest obstacle yet, the "Dead-Fall"! Super Ninja strikes and Smoke Gre NAdes are on the menu! Don't miss the wrapaound cover Erik Klaus, plus variants by Damien Scott, Jamie Jones, and a special retailer variant by the amazing Piyotycho!
NINJAS & ROBOTS #3
CVR B SCOTT
(W) Erik Klaus (A) Erik Klaus (CA) Damion Scott
Manga meets punk rock as Kubert School alum Erik Klaus returns to amp up the epic ninja action for the third installment of sleeper hit Ninjas & Robots! Yuki's friends fi NAlly catch up with her, but our band of heroes must fight their biggest obstacle yet, the "Dead-Fall"! Super Ninja strikes and Smoke Gre NAdes are on the menu! Don't miss the wrapaound Cover A by Erik Klaus, plus variants by Damien Scott, Jamie Jones, and a special Retailer Incentive Variant by the amazing Piyotycho!
NINJAS & ROBOTS #3
CVR C JAMIE JONES
(W) Erik Klaus (A) Erik Klaus (CA) Jaime Jones
Manga meets punk rock as Kubert School alum Erik Klaus returns to amp up the epic ninja action for the third installment of sleeper hit Ninjas & Robots! Yuki's friends fi NAlly catch up with her, but our band of heroes must fight their biggest obstacle yet, the "Dead-Fall"! Super Ninja strikes and Smoke Gre NAdes are on the menu! Don't miss the wrapaound Cover A by Erik Klaus, plus variants by Damien Scott, Jamie Jones, and a special Retailer Incentive Variant by the amazing Piyotycho!
NO HEROINE GN
(W) Frank Gogol (A) Criss Madd (CA) Ahmed Raafat
Clawing her way to her 90th day sober, Kayla sets out to find her missing friend - the one person she knows can keep her on the straight-and- NArrow. The only problem? The gang of heroine-dealing vampires that have him... and that's just the start. From the writer of Dead End Kids comes a story of a young woman's recovery journey and one hard truth: not everyone is cut out to be a hero.
NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 32 #1 #2919
Every issue brings trading card collectors news on the latest in non-sport and entertainment cards (Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Marvel, etc.). 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, promotio NAl cards, what's trending in non-sports, collector interviews, and more.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY HC #1
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Various (CA) David Mack
Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories by taking readers through the creation of the Nine Worlds to the epic origin and adventures of Thor, Odin, and Loki all the way to the end of life-Rag NArök. Having previously written about deities in American Gods and The Sandman, Gaiman teams with Russell to fi NAlly bring readers to follow the northern gods in their own setting in this comic book adaptation of the hit novel! Collects issues #1-#6.
NORTH BEND TP
(W) Ryan Ellsworth (A) Pablo De Bonis (CA) Pablo De Bonis
In the not too distant future, the U.S. is at war - against Russia and its own people. The country is on the verge of economic collapse and political revolution. Desperate to regain control, the CIA recruits Seattle DEA Agent Brendan Kruge to test an experimental mind control drug on unwitting Americans. Compelled by his sense of duty to his country, Brendan struggles to keep his life from falling apart as he tries to reconcile his perso NAl beliefs with the security of the NAtion. Collects issues #1-5.
NORTHGUARD TP #3
(W) Aaron Feldman (A) Mike Mcken NA (CA) Uko Smith
With the invasion over and Montreal in ruins, Northguard is trying his best to pick up the pieces. When a new costumed hero debuts on the scene only to wind up dead, Northguard is dragged onto the case and into the fire. The fi NAl tale of Northguard in the Chapterverse begins... and ends here! Collecting Northguard Season 3 #1-4.
OBLIVION SONG BY KIRKMAN & DE FELICI TP #5
(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Lorenzo De Felici (CA) Lorenzo De Felici
ADVANCE SOLICIT A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. There was a time when NAthan Cole was the only one searching Oblivion for human survivors lost there. Now, he's the one in need of rescue! Collects OBLIVION SONG #25-30.
OH MY GODS GN
(W) Stephanie Cooke (A) Julia NA Moon
Karen is just an average thirteen-year-old from New Jersey who loves to play video games with her friends and watch movies with her mom. But when she moves to Greece to live with her eccentric, mysterious father, Zed, suddenly everything she thought about herself - about life - is up in the air. Starting a new school can be difficult, but starting school at Mt. Olympus Junior High, where students are gods and goddesses, just might take the cake. Especially when fellow classmates start getting turned to stone. Greek mythology... a little less myth, a little more eek! And if Karen's classmates are immortal beings, who does that make her? Available in softcover and hardcover editions.
OH MY GODS HC GN
(W) Stephanie Cooke (A) Julia NA Moon
Karen is just an average thirteen-year-old from New Jersey who loves to play video games with her friends and watch movies with her mom. But when she moves to Greece to live with her eccentric, mysterious father, Zed, suddenly everything she thought about herself-about life-is up in the air. Starting a new school can be difficult, but starting school at Mt. Olympus Junior High, where students are gods and goddesses, just might take the cake. Especially when fellow classmates start getting turned to stone. Greek mythology . . . a little less myth, a little more eek! And if Karen's classmates are immortal beings, who does that make her?
OLD GODS & NEW JACK KIRBY FOURTH WORLD TP
For its 80th issue, the Jack Kirby Collector magazine presents a double-sized 50th anniversary exami NAtion of Kirby's magnum opus! Spanning the pages of four different comics starting in 1970 (New Gods, Forever People, Mister Miracle, and Jimmy Olsen), the sprawling "Epic for our times" was cut short mid-stream, leaving fans wondering how Jack would've resolved the confrontation between evil Darkseid of Apokolips and his son Orion of New Genesis. This companion to that "Fourth World" series looks back at Jack Kirby's own words, as well as those of assistants Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman, inker Mike Royer, and publisher Carmine Infantino, to determine how it came about, where it was going, and how Kirby would've ended it before it was prematurely cancelled by DC Comics! It also examines Kirby's use of gods in Thor and other strips prior to the Fourth World, how they influenced his DC epic, and affected later series like The Eter NAls and Captain Victory.
ORIENT GN #1
(W) Shinobu Ohtaka (A) Shinobu Ohtaka (CA) Shinobu Ohtaka
The new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a tee NAger living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the world and overthrow the demons. But life intervenes, and five years later, he finds himself about to become a miner. Yet can Musashi truly be satisfied with a "normal" life? At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiro's father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent, and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world and But as they grow up, Kojiro turns cycnical, and Musashi comes to realize that he can't turn back 150 years of demon rule on his own. He's being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and he's almost ready to settle for a life of labor. Yet he can't shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act...and, soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand...
PANTHERS HULKS & IRONHEARTS SC
(W) Jeffery A Brown
Panthers, Hulks, and Ironhearts offers the first comprehensive study of how Marvel has reimagined what a superhero might look like in the twenty-first century. It examines how they have revitalized older characters like Black Panther and Luke Cage, while creating new ones like Lati NA superhero Miss America. Furthermore, it considers the mixed fan responses to Marvel's recasting of certain "legacy heroes," including a Pakistani-American Ms. Marvel, a Korean-American Hulk, and a whole rainbow of multiverse Spider-Men.
PANTOMIME #3 (OF 6)
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) David Stoll (CA) David Stoll
Our kid thieves have been under the boot of the Ma NAger for too long, and fi NAlly, the table is set to fire him. Can they succeed in breaking the cycle, or will the Ma NAger make good on his promise?
PENULTIMAN #4 (OF 5)
(W) Tom Peyer (A) Alan Robinson (CA) Alan Robinson
Early retirement torments Penultiman - but he just might have found the right motivatio NAl speaker to dig him out of his rut! (SPOILER: It's the wrong motivatio NAl speaker!) Meanwhile, Penultiman's android assistant, Antepenultiman, builds an artificial sidekick of its own! Also: bonus illustrated prose stories!
PERFECT WORLD GN #5
The moving, provocative manga about the struggles and triumphs in love of a woman and a man who uses a wheelchair comes to print! Fans of tumultuous manga romance-like A Silent Voice and Your Lie in April -don't miss this! An office party reunites Tsugumi with her high school crush Itsuki. He's realized his dream of becoming an architect, but along the way, he experienced a spi NAl injury that put him in a wheelchair. Now Tsumugi's rekindled feelings will butt up against prejudices she never considered-and Itsuki will have to decide if he's ready to let someone into his heart...Yet they may soon discover that, without each other, the world feels imperfect.
PETER GRILL & PHILOSOPHERS TIME GN #4
(W) Daisuke Hiyama (A) Daisuke Hiyama (CA) Daisuke Hiyama
Upon winning a fighting tour NAment and being crowned the world's strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves, are scrambling over each other for his seed to ensure they have the strongest babies possible. Poor Peter just wants to settle down with his lovey dovey fiancée, but he'll have to outmatch, outwit, and outrun a harem of very determined monster girls to do so!
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA HC
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Josep Maria Beroy (CA) Josep Maria Beroy
From the origi NAl libretto of Andrew Lloyd Webber's world-famous, multi-award-winning musical that has been playing continuously around the world for over 33 years comes this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. The Phantom of the Opera is both the longest-running Broadway show of all time with 12,983 performances and officially the world's most popular musical.
PLANET COMICS SKETCHBOOK ONE SHOT #1
BLACK HOLE ED
24 black hole-dark pages and covers Explore the vast depths of space and your own imagi NAtion to create a story with so much pull that no one's attention can escape it! The gravity of the task may seem enormous, but you could make the next big core story that the stores will all be Hawking!
PLATINUM END GN #12
(W) Tsugumi Ohba (A) Takeshi Obata (CA) Takeshi Obata
Just when it looked like the god candidates might come to an agreement, one of them is suddenly assassi NAted. Now Professor Yoneda seems to be in control of the entire god selection process. Will the remaining candidates yield to Yoneda's desire to rid humanity of fake gods, or does Mirai have a different plan in mind...? For mature audiences.