(W) Jeff Lemire Dark Horse Books proudly presents this hardcover memoir collection showcasing the work of the legendary Eisner Award-winning comic book creator Jeff Lemire, who has created some of the most iconic stories in modern comics. Featuring work from Sweet Tooth, Essex County, Black Hammer, Descender, and so much more, Lemire takes the reader book-by-book, writing essays about the making of each project, showcasing artwork from all of them, details about his personal life during the creation of each book, sharing some never-before-seen process material on each book, and unpublished stories as well.

(W) Collin Kelly, Various (A) Michael Dowling, Various (CA) Ryan Stegman The ALIENS universe as only Marvel could imagine it - in thrilling black, white, red…and green! Marvel Comics and 20th Century Studios present a kill-fest of an anthology in chest-rending artistic detail! Superstar writers and fan-favorite artists combine to spin fresh tales of Alien terror - including a generations-spanning epic from Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Michael Dowling! The hunt begins in a story of guts, glory and the most exhilarating of games…and much more horror! Plus: Legendary writer Paul Jenkins (WOLVERINE: ORIGIN, INHUMANS) explores the chemistry of fear in a story that will leave you with a whole new and terrifying understanding of the Xenomorph species! COLLECTING: Alien: Black, White & Blood (2024) 1-4 Rated T+

(W) Paul Tobin (A) Colleen Coover A mysterious new villain known only as The Voice must be stopped, but they may be too much for Bandette alone... The mysterious villain known only as The Voice has long held the reins of criminal power, and now Bandette sets out sights to thwart him... once and for all! With The Voice always seeming one step ahead, Bandette calls friends and enemies alike to her aid! She and her and crew discover that the key to taking down The Voice is to be found on the other side of a marriage altar, so it's time to prepare for... the wedding of B.D. Belgique!

(W) Steven DeKnight (A/CA) Michael Gaydos Deputy Sheriff Jess Delgado is tasked with transporting the sole survivor of a mysterious attack along the Texas-Mexico border to CoreCivil, a for-profit immigration detention center closing down due to wide-spread protests. Housing only a handful remaining detainees and manned by a skeleton crew of disgruntled guards, the detention center becomes a desperate battle ground when something otherworldly emerges from deep below the earth. Something that only fears the light. Deputy Delgado must pull together the guards and detainees – two groups that hate and fear each other – to survive the night. Or fall to the vengeance of the things that live beneath.

(W/A) Tsuyoshi Yasuda Though a moneymaking scheme to pay for the Miburo uniforms ends up as more of a madcap misadventure than efficient fundraiser, the exercise brings the nascent group closer to their goal than ever before. And their teamwork will be put to the test soon, as the shadowy Blood Risshidan has a plot to bring disaster to Kyoto, and failing to stop them is not an option!

(W/A/CA) Jeff Smith Cartoon Books announces the next release of the deluxe library editions with: Part One: The Valley.This beautiful, oversized book, BONE Deluxe Edition Part One: The Valley, will be 352 pages comprising volumes 1 and 2 of the BONE graphic novels: Out from Boneville and The Great Cow Race. These deluxe collections will be 12.5 x 8.75 trade paperbacks housed in a full color slipcase. The interiors will be black and white as originally presented, but larger than they have ever been printed before! Bonus material includes all illustrated vignettes, photos, early scripts, drawings, articles, reviews and additional pages that appeared in the original graphic novels, as well as a color gallery of all the original covers of the issues contained in this first ultimate edition of BONE!Just like in our last Deluxe Library Edition titled THORN: The Complete Proto-BONE College Strips from 1982-1986, there will be a full color bonus section called Tales from the Inkwell, a behind the scenes look at the journey of this collection, BONE and Cartoon Books.BONE tells the story of three misfit cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, who are run out of Boneville and find themselves lost in a vast uncharted desert. They make their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures. With the help of the mysterious Thorn, her tough-as-nails Gran'ma Ben and the Great Red Dragon, the boys do their best to survive in the middle of brewing trouble between the valley's denizens. It will be the longest - but funniest - year of their lives!BONE Deluxe Edition Part One: The Valley, will be released July 2025.

(W/A/CA) Kago In 2018, manga artist Shintaro Kago made his English debut with Dementia 21, a collection of absurdist manga short stories. Readers found themselves delighted and disgusted by his penchant for body horror, black comedy and the surreal paired with his emphatic, kinetic art style. Kago returns at the height of his powers with Brain Damage, where he dials up the gore and absurdity to new heights.Brain Damage collects four new short manga stories, a tantalizing blend of the hilarious and the macabre. In “Labyrinth Quartet,” four identical young women trapped in an eerie building must solve the mystery of why they’ve been gathered there — while being hunted by a knife-wielding stalker. In “Curse Room,” a plucky health aide is tasked with keeping zombies peaceful, lest they go on a brain-eating rampage. In “Family Portrait,” people throughout town are strangely disappearing without a trace, and the key to it all is a senile and perverted old man. Finally, in “Blood Harvest” a series of gruesomely mangled bodies are found in pristine cars — and it appears something sinister lurks within these masses of glass and steel.

(W/A) itz A Boys' Love manga about just how complicated love is when opposites attract. Kanata is a handsome young man who can't help but be the center of attention, even when his mind is miles away. Akira is the perfect student who barely talks to anyone. They don't even know each other's names, but they can't forget each other's faces. And then one day, these two happen to meet on the stairwell near the rooftop and find comfort in each other's company. From then on, it becomes their secret rendezvous spot. Slowly they discover that while they might be completely different, they both have feelings for each other. Is this a case of opposites attract, or are the differences too great for them to ever truly connect?

(W/A/CA) Hajime Segawa TSUTSUKI FINALLY UNCOVERS THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LOST SISTER — CAN HE BOTH SAVE HER AND ESCAPE FROM THE NIGHTMARE HE’S BECOME ENTRAPPED IN? Lost after the devastating battle of Akihabara, Tsutsuki and his allies must push forward to finally save his sister. However, there are dark truths to be learned, about both himself and the mysterious sword known as the CORPSE BLADE.

(W) Peter David (A) Paolo Mottura, Claudio Sciarrone (CA) Paolo Mottura Dive into graphic novel retellings of the video game classics Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two—and the “Tales of Wasteland” miniseries that came first! Join Mickey Mouse for wild thrills in Wasteland, a parallel Disney world where Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Gremlin Gus are the big stars… and Donald Duck, Daisy, and Goofy are animatronics!Mickey unwittingly upends Oswald’s world by accidentally unleashing the Shadow Blot—a monstrous, magical version of Mouseton's Phantom Blot. Can Mickey join forces with Oswald to defeat this colossus and its minions… or will the shady Mad Doctor and an entire family of Peg Leg Petes drive them apart?Comics legend Peter David (The Incredible Hulk, X-Factor, The Little Mermaid, Star Trek novels) and Italian Disney artists Claudio Sciarrone (Duck Avenger), Paolo Mottura, and Fabrizio Petrossi bring us an amazing series of Wasteland adventures!

(W/A/CA) Luana Vecchio A twisted new entry in the LOVESICK universe from Russ Manning Award-winner LUANA VECCHIO. Twelve-year-old Madeleine dreads the idea of growing up. She fears becoming like the cruel older girls or facing the contempt of her devoutly religious mother. But most of all, she doesn’t want to become a target for the monsters that are out there, hiding in plain sight. However, a stomach-churning discovery forces Madeleine to confront the harsh reality that growing up isn’t a choice—it’s survival. LUANA VECCHIO, winner of the 2022 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, invites you back into the infernal world of LOVESICK to uncover the tragic origins of the dark web’s most infamous dominatrix. Part coming-of-age and part horror-thriller, DOLL PARTS is a must-read for both seasoned fans and newcomers to the twisted universe of LOVESICK, where youth and innocence are nothing more than meat for the cruel. Collects DOLL PARTS #1-4

(W) Hannah Rose May (A) Vanesa Del Rey The most famous address in the U.S. becomes the center of an epic struggle in this chilling supernatural-horror graphic novel! Kelly Doyle has just been elected the first female president of the United States of America, and boiling political tension could spill over at any second. Having to balance being a mother to two teenagers and navigating the shifting media landscape, all while preventing World War III, has Kelly spread thin, but she could never predict that the nation's hallowed halls would soon become a demonic battleground for good versus evil.

(W/A) Ammitsu What do you do when your best friend (and secret crush) becomes a national sweetheart? Chiaki is a pretty normal teenage girl. Since they were kids, she's had a thing for her best friend Subaru-who's fast becoming the hottest young actor in Japan! With Subaru threatening to slip away, Chiaki has a decision to make: Will she finally take her shot, or give Subaru up to his adoring public?

(W/A) Eric Powell To mark the 25th anniversary of The Goon, Eisner Award-winner Eric Powell returns with an all-new tale! A brand new black and white horror graphic novel filled with Powell's brand of humor. The return to Lonely Street hasn't been easy for the Goon and Franky. And just as they've finally got the various gangs of blood suckers and night stalkers back in line, a new threat appears. Or is it an old one? Mysteries (and backstabbing) abound on the deadly streets of Nameless Town. Bonus content includes a sketchbook and cover gallery! Collects The Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead! #1-4.

(W) Charles Ardai (A/CA) Ace Continuado FIERY HEROINE DAHLIA RACERS RETURNS IN THE HIGHLY DEMANDED SEQUEL TO THE ACCLAIMED GUN HONEY COMICS SPIN-OFF THAT FANS OF CRIME NOIR AND PULP FICTION WILL LOVE! The incredible creative team of the first graphic novel returns, written by awardwinning co-founder of Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai, with slick and sultry art by Ace Continuado. Collects Heat Seeker: Combustion #1-4

(W) Charles Ardai (A) Ace Continuado (CA) David Nakayama FIERY HEROINE DAHLIA RACERS RETURNS IN THE HIGHLY DEMANDED SEQUEL TO THE ACCLAIMED GUN HONEY COMICS SPIN-OFF THAT FANS OF CRIME NOIR AND PULP FICTION WILL LOVE! The incredible creative team of the first graphic novel returns, written by awardwinning co-founder of Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai, with slick and sultry art by Ace Continuado. Collects Heat Seeker: Combustion #1-4

(W) Charles Ardai (A) Ace Continuado (CA) Derrick Chew FIERY HEROINE DAHLIA RACERS RETURNS IN THE HIGHLY DEMANDED SEQUEL TO THE ACCLAIMED GUN HONEY COMICS SPIN-OFF THAT FANS OF CRIME NOIR AND PULP FICTION WILL LOVE! The incredible creative team of the first graphic novel returns, written by awardwinning co-founder of Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai, with slick and sultry art by Ace Continuado. Collects Heat Seeker: Combustion #1-4

(W) Garth Ennis, James Tynion Iv (A) Becky Cloonan Descend deeper into the darkness… but watch out! It's even more of the most frightening stories by today's top horror storytellers! The hot sun beats down on the desert, but when night falls, what lies waiting in the dust for an unsuspecting cowpoke? In a cabin after the end of the world, is the promise of company a comfort or a curse? When Something is Killing the Children, Erica Slaughter must piece together the events of many a story to tell what is real.From the past to the future to the uncomfortably now, Hello Darkness taps into our fears both primal and present! Featuring stories by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan; the Eisner Award-winning team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera; Sarah Andersen, R.L. Stine and Francesco Francavilla; and many more! Collects Hello Darkness #5-8. RATED T+

(W) Shoutarou Tokunou From the author of New Game! comes an exciting story about an idol competition to make the best group ever! Mimi and Ibuki have advanced to the evaluation stage of the new pop idol audition. The first evaluation is a ranking based on the candidates' assessments of each other, and with only two hours to complete the task, the pressure is on. The candidate with the lowest rank will be going home, so it's everyone for themselves! Will Mimi be able to stay unbiased when it comes to Ibuki?!

(W/A/CA) Koume Fujichika It's the start of summer vacation, and while Tasuku has started to understand the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the heart of his older neighbor, Shia, remains a mystery to him. He's determined to overcome their age gap by becoming more mature and broadening his horizons, but how can he possibly respond when she declares that spending time with him feels like work? Will he ever manage to capture the heart of his very own Mary Jane?

(W) Matt Fraction (A) Salvador Larroca & Various (CA) Salvador Larroca Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca's blockbuster INVINCIBLE IRON MAN run continues! Witness the life and times of Iron Man - past, present and future...and as seen through the eyes of his greatest foe! To defeat the Mandarin, the Armored Avenger will have to soar to never-before-seen heights, and he's not going alone. Three generations of Starks face their ultimate enemy, seventy-some years in the future - while in the present, Spider-Man joins Iron Man as he tries to fill in the blanks of his missing memory! Then, because it's not enough to remake one world with free and limitless energy, Stark Resilient takes on the challenge of remaking another: Asgard! But when Earth is gripped by FEAR ITSELF, and the avatars of the Serpent go on the rampage, prepare to find out: How resilient is Resilient? How strong is iron? Before it's all over, Tony's darkest secret is leaked to the world! COLLECTING: Invincible Iron Man (2008) 500 (A story), 500.1, 501-509; Invincible Iron Man Annual (2010) 1; Fear Itself (2011) 7.3: Iron Man Rated T+

(W/A) YURITARO Five-year-old Kaya-chan is a powerful psychic who defeats evil spirits by punching them with her fists. Thanks to Chie-sensei, Kaya-chan is gradually making more friends, but then the sad secret she is hiding is revealed... Find out what it is in the second volume of this horror-action story set in a kindergarten!

(W) Yoshie Kaoruhara Ichiro and Shiro's attempt to gather new intel about the Tetra Building incident inadvertently agitates the hornet's nest that is Satoshi Yamada, founder of the Shio crime family. Wary of the rats threatening to upend his retirement, Yamada takes the remaining witnesses hostage to tip the scales in his favor. With unknown dangers lurking, the help of an anxious father may be the key to a daring rescue…

(W/A) Sho Aimoto In a quiet rural village, livestock has been dying off in a strange manner. Inugami, a detective of the occult, is summoned from Tokyo to solve the mystery. He meets a boy scorned by the villagers, who call him Dorotabo after a yokai that dwells in the muddy fields. Inugami soon learns that there is more to the boy than meets the eye… and vice-versa.

(W) Mark Millar (A) Matteo Scalera, Ozgur Yildirim Regarded as Millar's comics masterpiece, King of Spies left jaws on the floor as he and artist Matteo Scalera took the classic tropes of the spy genre and subverted everything as Britain's greatest secret agent, now in his sixties, discovers he has six months to live. He has a choice between gentle decline or going after everyone he thinks deserves to die. His worldview has changed since he retired from the service and as he looks around at the mess the world's in, he has a long list of people he blames. Politicians, royalty, journalists and celebrities, Sir Roland King wants to root out as much of the corrupt status quo as he can before he goes, and a lifetime of experience makes him almost impossible to catch. Who is the one man who might be able to take him down? His estranged son, eager to destroy him after Roland abandoned both he and his mother many years ago. Collects #1-4.

(W/A) Jade Just as Sooha and Taesoo were about to go their separate ways forever, they finally confessed their feelings for one another. So now what? Sooha, who's never had an interest in romance before, has no idea what's involved in actually dating someone. Meanwhile, Taesoo can't help but interpret Sooha's anxiety and indecision as regret for getting involved with him. After all, he still hasn't managed to find a job on his own, and relies on Sooha for nearly everything. Despite living under the same roof, their communication is worse than ever before. What will it take for them to get on the same page in their relationship?

(W/A) Ran Kuze Mona Kawai may have just met her newest headache in pretty punk rocker Anri Shinagawa, a mold-breaker who literally crash-lands into Medaka's life and gives him a lesson he'll never forget. Not one to wait around, Mona rushes into emergency mode and kicks her charms up a very risqué notch! Meanwhile, Asahi's prepping for a big game with a first-time VIP guest-Medaka!! But will her skills on the court help her steal her way into his heart?

(W) J.M. Dematteis, Various (A) Mike Zeck, Various (CA) Mike Zeck The Falcon flies solo, and Captain America takes on a new sidekick! In this Marvel Masterworks edition, Captain America encounters two other soldiers from out of time - one from years past and one from our future. Jack Monroe, the troubled 1950s Bucky, seeks out Cap and finds someone who understands his plight and a new role as Nomad. Then, in a DeMatteis/Zeck classic, Deathlok - the reanimated cyborg super-soldier - enlists Cap in his future war. Also featuring Nick Fury and his Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the final days of a Golden Age icon, a resurgent Secret Empire and revelations about the Cosmic Cube. Finally, the Falcon takes center stage in a limited series that pits him against a malfunctioning Sentinel, Electro and a street gang that has kidnapped the president! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #281-289 and ANNUAL (1971) #7 and FALCON (1983) #1-4. Rated T

(W) J.M. Dematteis, Various (A) Mike Zeck, Various (CA) Mike Zeck The Falcon flies solo, and Captain America takes on a new sidekick! In this Marvel Masterworks edition, Captain America encounters two other soldiers from out of time - one from years past and one from our future. Jack Monroe, the troubled 1950s Bucky, seeks out Cap and finds someone who understands his plight and a new role as Nomad. Then, in a DeMatteis/Zeck classic, Deathlok - the reanimated cyborg super-soldier - enlists Cap in his future war. Also featuring Nick Fury and his Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the final days of a Golden Age icon, a resurgent Secret Empire and revelations about the Cosmic Cube. Finally, the Falcon takes center stage in a limited series that pits him against a malfunctioning Sentinel, Electro and a street gang that has kidnapped the president! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #281-289 and ANNUAL (1971) #7 and FALCON (1983) #1-4. Rated T

(W) Jaki (A) Yamorichan Young Noel is the grandson of the empire's mightiest hero, and promised his dying grandfather to become the world's greatest adventurer. But Noel has been assigned to the weakest class of adventurers: a Talker, whose only skill is to enhance the abilities of other heroes. How can he possibly find glory with only support skills? By being ruthless with them! Good, evil, it's all the same to Noel as he manipulates his allies, controls his friends, and outfoxes endless monsters from the deepest Abysses. Noel will stop at nothing to grow strong enough to save the world-and dominate it!

(W) Yu Sakurai (A) Kiduki Hoshikawa When Prince Leonhart suddenly sprouts a pair of lion ears, it exposes his secret to Bernard Gramwell, a noble from the rival Kingdom of Eltrea! Bernard offers a deal: He'll keep quiet about Leonhart's unusual condition… but only if Prince Leonhart agrees to a duel! As Cordelia learns that Leonhart's right to the throne-and their very engagement-depends on keeping his secret, she vows to secure their future, no matter what it takes. Their love is on the line in this grand finale of the count's daughter's tale and the beastly prince who stole her heart!

(W/A/CA) Declan Shalvey Mystique, one of Marvel's most mysterious and iconic mutants, gets her own ongoing series! How do you track a subject with a history that contradicts itself? How do you stop a force whose motives change like quicksilver? How do you stop a target who can be anyone? That's the question that confronts Nick Fury as he stumbles upon a web of lies and espionage leading back to Mystique. From the ashes of Krakoa, the shape-shifting mutant returns to remind the world exactly who she is! COLLECTING: Mystique (2024) 1-5 Rated T+

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Paul Davidson, Alex Lins (CA) Joshua Cassara Blockbuster writer Jason Aaron redefines Namor the Sub-Mariner and his undersea world! War rages beneath the waves, from the lost cities of the Secret Seas to the fathomless depths where the Elder Whales reign. Seven kings, old and new, fight to rule the watery realm. But where is Namor, the once mighty Sub-Mariner? He's sitting behind bars on the surface, with no intention of ever setting foot in the seas again. But barbarian hordes have gathered on the sunless plains of Attumacht Deep, 28,000 feet below the waves. They howl with bloodlust, ready to scour every inch of ocean to find the most hated traitor in all the seas. So begins an Atlantean event that will forever reshape the landscape of the undersea world - while at last laying bare the dark history of Atlantis and its fiercest, most infamous defender! COLLECTING: Namor (2024) 1-8 Rated T+

(W/A) Shinsuke Kondo One obstacle stands between Kiwami and the bomb threatening to explode in the Prime Minister's Residence-a washed-up ballerina turned Glass Children assassin. As the ninja and yakuza continue to battle, their usual tactics are clearly not effective. While Shinoha is down for the count, a new member of the ninja squad enters the scene flanked by an army of heartthrobs ready to dazzle everyone's heads off. Will this be the movement that finally ends the deadly standoff?

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz THE 19TH BOOK IN THE SERIES FEATURES 128 PAGES OF CLASSIC PEANUTS STRIPS FROM 1960-1962. Witness classic characters, including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Pig Pen, and many more. Join them as they navigate their way through school, first crushes, the complexities of baseball, and the world of the forever unseen grown-ups and their crazy rules.

(W/A/CA) Charles M Schulz Witness classic characters, including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Pig Pen, and many more. Join them as they navigate their way through school, first crushes, the complexities of baseball, and the world of the forever unseen grown-ups and their crazy rules.

(W/A/CA) Walt Kelly Walt Kelly's newspaper comic strip Pogo was a platform for Kelly to express political satire and commentary via a wildly entertaining, motley group of swamp critters. He tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century popular culture. It is such an all-time classic it is hard to believe that this series marks the first time that Pogo dailies and Sundays have been published in complete and in chronological order anywhere. Not only does each volume contain two full calendar years of restored black-and-white daily strips, it also includes all 104 Sundays from the same period. For the first time since their original appearance more than 50 years ago, the Sundays are in full, glorious color! Edited by comics legend Mark Evanier and Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds, each volume has a surprise foreword (Jake Tapper, Sergio Aragonés, and Neil Gaiman have contributed).

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Lorenzo Tammetta & Various (CA) Russell Dauterman Red-hot writer Steve Orlando continues his electric era of Scarlet Witch, with the return of Agatha Harkness! The Scarlet Witch takes on a mysterious new pupil - at the request of Agatha Harkness! But where did the young sorceress known as Amaranth come from? And what could have spooked Agatha into giving up the chance to mentor her? COLLECTING: Scarlet Witch (2024) 6-10 Rated T+

(W) Peter Maresca (A) R F Outcault, George McManus, Winsor McCay, George Herriman (CA) Rudolph Dirks “Mit Dose Kids, SOCIETY IS NIX!” So said The Inspector about the Katzenjammer Kids. But he could have been speaking of all comic strips in their formative years in the early 1900s. From the very first color Sunday supplement, comics were a driving force in newspaper sales, offering a wild parody of the world and the culture found in the surrounding pages. Society didn't stand a chance!These are the origins of the American comic strip, born at a time when there were no set styles or formats, when creators had the freedom to experiment, when artistic anarchy helped spawn a new medium. The genesis of comics is laid out in a dozen essays by the greatest in their field—historians like Thierry Smolderen, Brian Walker, Alfredo Castelli, Bill Kartalopoulos, Paul C. Tumey and others. And in the second, revised edition of this seminal collection: over 200 comic strips! The earliest comics by acknowledged greats like R. F. Outcault, George McManus, Winsor McCay, and George Herriman, along with creations of more than fifty other superb cartoonists, known and unknown.The classic strips, most not printed in over 100 years, are presented in their original colors at the incredible oversized format Sunday Press is known for: all the better to see the comics that would inspire the next century of comics to come!

(W) Revel Guts, Revel Guts (A) Revel Guts A world rising from the ashes of destruction. Human society thrives only through their complex alliance with the magical Satyr. After a shocking graduation day full of surprises, Philo and Atlas arrive at the palace to begin their new lives. Philo is quickly taken under the wing of the Arch Mage's flirtatious younger brother, Pallas, and is shown the ropes of daily royal life. Meanwhile Atlas begins his brutal apprenticeship and uncovers some unsettling truths about his future. All is not what it seems as shadowy figures continue to pull the strings behind the scenes... Will Philo and Atlas be able to navigate this twisted web and find their way back to one another? And just why is the Arch Mage so interested in Philo?