LAUGHING UNDER THE CLOUDS #6
(W) Karakara Kemuri (A) Tokyopop
Under the curse of Orochi, the great demon serpent reborn every 300 years, Japan has been shrouded in clouds for as long as anyone can remember... The era of the samurai is at an end, and carrying swords has been outlawed. To combat the rising crime rates, an inescapable prison was built in the middle of Lake Biwa. When brothers Tenka, Soramaru and Chutaro Kumo are hired to capture and transport offenders to their final lodgings in this prison, they unexpectedly find themselves faced with a greater destiny than any of them could have imagined.
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY CORONA ONE SHOT #0
(W) Dave Sim (A) Gustave Dore (CA) Dave Sim
We bet you thought we had forgotten The League of Extraordinary Cerebi from October of 2018! Well, actually we had and then came the Weird Two Months of While Diamond Slept: 2020 when the entire Comic-Book Multiverse ceased to exist. Our automatic second response had been "This Calls for An Alan Moore Parody!" (our automatic first response had been "Must binge-watch Tiger King").
LEGEND & THE VANGUARD #1
(W) Tony Kittrell (A) Marcelo Mueller (CA) Allan Goldman
Formed to protect the planet from a threat nearly a century in the making comes... Legend & The Vanguard! The newest super team within the Advent Universe leads the way in their very own Cosmos tie-in title. Global defenders have gathered to aid the Advent Universe's original hero legend to right a wrong from his past that jeopardizes the entire planet.
LEGEND OF DORORO & HYAKKIMARU GN #4
(W) Osamu Tezuka (A) Satoshi Shiki (CA) Satoshi Shiki
During Japan's tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive prosthetics, Hyakkimaru survives. Together with the young thief Dororo, the now-grown Hyakkimaru embarks upon a quest to slay all the demons and retrieve the stolen pieces of his body. This classic story from Osamu Tezuka-the father of modern manga-is now reimagined in this gorgeous new adaptation by Satoshi Shiki.
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #7 CVR A KARL MOSTERT
(W) Brandon Easton (A) Karl Mostert (CA) Karl Mostert
In "Catechism," Batman heads to Rome to stop Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins from getting their hands on an ancient artifact that they want to use to increase the power of the Lazarus Pits. What Batman doesn’t know is that the artifact is already under the protection of the Order of St. Dumas, specifically Azrael! From the creative team of critically acclaimed writer Brandon Easton and rising-star artist Karl Mostert!
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #7 CVR B DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON & MIKE SPICER CARD STOCK VAR
(W) Brandon Easton (A) Karl Mostert (CA) Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer
In "Catechism," Batman heads to Rome to stop Ra’s al Ghul and the League of Assassins from getting their hands on an ancient artifact that they want to use to increase the power of the Lazarus Pits. What Batman doesn’t know is that the artifact is already under the protection of the Order of St. Dumas, specifically Azrael! From the creative team of critically acclaimed writer Brandon Easton and rising-star artist Karl Mostert!
LET THIS GRIEVING SOUL RETIRE GN #1
(W) Tsukikage (A) Rai Hebino
There's only one thing I'm aiming for-to be the world's strongest hero." Cri makes an oath with his friends to become the strongest hero in the world...but his hopes are quickly dashed when he realizes that his talents lie elsewhere. Despite the reality check, the expectations from the people around him seem to rising exponentially every day! Now Cri must deal with this huge misunderstanding as well as the outrageous consequences!
LEV GLEASON PRESENTS #8
(W) Dan Collins (A) Eduardo Mello (CA) Stefan Tosheff
"The Greatest Name in Comics" Daredevil: Season 1 Issue 4. The final showdown between Daredevil and the Deadly Dozen! Freelance: Season 2 Issue 4. Lance Valiant and Sabre in a final confrontation revealing the truths that can set each other free. West Coast Canuck: Season 1 Issue 2. An Unholy spectre makes itself known to the passengers of the cross-country train trek through killing passengers. Plus, a classic archives adventure featuring Young Robinhood.
LIFE IS STRANGE SETTLING DUST #3 (OF 4)
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(W) Emma Vieceli (A) Andrea Izzo (CA) Jess Taylor
THE HEART-WRENCHING CONCLUSION TO THE BEST-SELLING LIFE IS STRANGE COMIC SERIES. Max finally believes that she has found a way to cross the timelines and return to the woman she loves, Chloe Price. Features the comic debut of fan favorite characters Steph Gingrich and Victoria Chase from the original game. LIFE IS STRANGE FCBD LEADS INTO THIS NEW ARC!
LIFE IS STRANGE SETTLING DUST #3 (OF 4)
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(W) Emma Vieceli (A) Andrea Izzo (CA) Game Cover
THE HEART-WRENCHING CONCLUSION TO THE BEST-SELLING LIFE IS STRANGE COMIC SERIES. Max finally believes that she has found a way to cross the timelines and return to the woman she loves, Chloe Price. Features the comic debut of fan favorite characters Steph Gingrich and Victoria Chase from the original game. LIFE IS STRANGE FCBD LEADS INTO THIS NEW ARC!
LIFE IS STRANGE SETTLING DUST #3 (OF 4)
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(W) Emma Vieceli (A) Andrea Izzo (CA) Claudia Leonardi
THE HEART-WRENCHING CONCLUSION TO THE BEST-SELLING LIFE IS STRANGE COMIC SERIES. Max finally believes that she has found a way to cross the timelines and return to the woman she loves, Chloe Price. Features the comic debut of fan favorite characters Steph Gingrich and Victoria Chase from the original game. LIFE IS STRANGE FCBD LEADS INTO THIS NEW ARC!
LILY BLOOMS IN ANOTHER WORLD LIGHT NOVEL
(W) Ameiko Kaeruda (A) Shio Sakura
Miyako Florence isn't sad when her fiancé breaks off their engagement after two years. It's all according to plan! Whisked to the world of her favorite otome game, Miyako frees herself from a dull noble to pursue her true soulmate: the game's villainess Fuuka Hamilton. Proud Fuuka only has eyes for their mutual ex-fiancé! Miyako confesses her love to Fuuka and proposes that they run away together. Fuuka agrees on one condition: Miyako must make her say "I'm happy" in 14 days. With conniving nobles, strange diseases, and magical rituals pulling them apart, can Miyako win the villainess's heart?
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
LIVING COPSE RELICS #5
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(W) Buz Hasson (A) Buz Hasson
Celebrate the return of The Living Corpse with a special Relics Encore Edition! The reemergence of an ancient evil lures The Living Corpse out of his seclusion at the mysterious monastery in the mountains of Tibet and back into action. Meanwhile the vampire Lilith has found the clan of her fellow Nosferatu, but she may wish she hadn't! All this and the previous Gatekeeper- The Creep of Souls, makes our undead hero an offer he can't refuse! Horror maestros Ken Haeser and Buz Hasson deliver a heavy metal dose of one of the best indie horror comics being published!
LIVING ROOM MATSUNAGA SAN GN #8
(W) Keiko Iwashita (A) Keiko Iwashita
After her parents leave to care for her ailing grandmother, high schooler Miko "Meeko" Sonoda moves into her uncle's boarding house. There, she meets its rather unusual residents, including the oldest of the bunch: the grumpy mother hen Matsunaga-san. With the help of her housemates, Meeko begins to adjust to her new life away from her parents, but Meeko soon learns that no matter how far away from home she is, she's still a young girl at heart - especially when she finds herself falling for Matsunaga-san.
LONER LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD LIGHT NOVEL SC #2
(W) Shoji Goji (A) Booota (CA) Motoi Fuyukawa
When acerbic loner Haruka gets transported to another world with his class, he's not big on adventuring, but he wouldn't mind some cool magic of his own. Unfortunately, the magic powers are first-come-first-served, and by Haruka's turn, there's nothing good left to choose from. Now he'll have to take on this fantasy world the hard way, with a hodgepodge selection of bizarre skills... and with all the girls in class tagging along!
LOONEY TUNES #263
(W) Derek Fridolfs (A) Dave Alvarez (CA) Derek Fridolfs, Dave Alvarez
While commiserating over past failures, Ralph Wolf and Wile E. Coyote decide it’s time for a change of scenery—and a chance to best the other’s foe! Maybe they’ll have better luck attempting to capture each other’s rivals…?
LOVE ME LOVE ME NOT GN #11
(W) Io Sakisaka (A) Io Sakisaka
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Inui has told his parents that his future ambition is to make movies. Now he plans to confess his love to Akari, but she is being pressured by Ryosuke to get back together. How will Akari respond? For teen audiences.
LOVE MOM & 2 HIT MULTI TARGET ATTACKS LIGHT NOVEL SC #11
(W) Dachima Inaka (A) Pochi Iida
Thanks to the efforts of Masato and his party, the MMMMMORPG has begun its transition to an official launch. But in this moment of triumph, the Oosuki family's last trial stands in their way: Will Masato be able to defeat his father, the Demon Lord? This momcom role-playing adventure has reached its final act!
LOVE SEX GENDER & SUPERHEROES SC
(W) Jeffery A Brown
Impossibly muscular men and voluptuous women parade around in revealing, skintight outfits, and their romantic and sexual entanglements are a key part of the ongoing drama. Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes examines a full range of superhero media, from comics to films to television to merchandising. With a keen eye for the genre's complex and internally contradictory mythology, comics scholar Jeffrey A. Brown considers its mixed messages. With examples spanning from the Golden Ages of DC and Marvel comics up to recent works like the TV series The Boys, this study provides a comprehensive look at how superhero media shapes our perceptions of love, sex, and gender.
LUCKY DEVIL #4 (OF 4)
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Fran Galan (CA) Fran Galan
After an exorcism gone wrong, down-on-his-luck schlub Stanley finds he's retained all of the demon's supernatural powers and positions himself the leader of an insane worldwide cult-only to find himself pissing off the demons of hell. Now Stanley heads to Hell itself to determine whether or not he should keep these powers of the devil or remove them and go back to his boring life.
LUNAR LADIES #3 (OF 3)
(W) Omar Morales (A) Joel Cotejar (CA) Matt Harding
In the thrilling conclusion, the ultimate conflict unfolds. The mad scientist, Venus Verga, and her army of clones do battle against Queen Velouria's family and their rag-tag coalition of pre-historic Earth allies. An unexpected hero joins the fray to deal the final blow that brings resolution to this retro-sci-fi adventure.
LUNAR ROOM #1
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(W) Danny Lore (A) Giorgia Sposito (CA) Giorgia Sposito
Cynthia "Sin" Breaker used to be a lot of things. A werewolf. A mob enforcer for a powerful mage. A name feared on every street of Solar City. But now she's forcibly retired from all those things, trying to get over her past job and past loves. Zac Zero is a mage with their own agenda, and right now, item #1 is to hire some protection. Normally, Sin wouldn't look twice, but Zero may have the key to getting back the most important thing she ever lost: herself.
LUNAR ROOM #1
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(W) Danny Lore (A) Giorgia Sposito (CA) Martin Simmonds
Cynthia "Sin" Breaker used to be a lot of things. A werewolf. A mob enforcer for a powerful mage. A name feared on every street of Solar City. But now she's forcibly retired from all those things, trying to get over her past job and past loves. Zac Zero is a mage with their own agenda, and right now, item #1 is to hire some protection. Normally, Sin wouldn't look twice, but Zero may have the key to getting back the most important thing she ever lost: herself.
LUNAR ROOM #1
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(W) Danny Lore (A) Giorgia Sposito
Cynthia "Sin" Breaker used to be a lot of things. A werewolf. A mob enforcer for a powerful mage. A name feared on every street of Solar City. But now she's forcibly retired from all those things, trying to get over her past job and past loves. Zac Zero is a mage with their own agenda, and right now, item #1 is to hire some protection. Normally, Sin wouldn't look twice, but Zero may have the key to getting back the most important thing she ever lost: herself.