(W/A/CA) Juzo Tokoro BACK IN PRINT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS! Experience SPAWN like never before in 600 pages of stunning manga by JUZO TOKORO! Encounter new Spawns and iconic villains as a vengeful Spawn battles gangsters while trying to protect his loved ones. Meet Ken Kurosawa, a former bodyguard whose life ends in a car bomb during a gang war, leading him to a fateful deal with MALEBOGIA. Now, he must confront his past in a gripping tale of manipulation and destiny. This is pure manga magic! Collects SHADOWS OF SPAWN #1-3

(W/A/CA) Various A FULLY ILLUSTRATED LOOK AT THE MAKING OF THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE PREQUEL TRILOGY!This hardcover volume features a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, from script development to concept art and costume designs, through to filming and eventual release. Lavishly illustrated with photography and art from the Lucasfilm Archives, this must-have collector’s edition also includes vintage interviews with stars Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, and Natalie Portman.

(W) Ryder Windham, Various (A) Nick Choles, Various (CA) Hugh Fleming The final fate of the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire! The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - and all the adventures in between! As the Rebellion struggles to recruit allies against the Empire, Han Solo and Chewbacca join Luke and Leia on a brazen heist to find a new source of power! When the Empire assaults the rebels' base on Hoth, Luke is sent in an unexpected new direction that leads him to Yoda - and a terrible truth about his father! Darth Vader hunts relentlessly for Luke, Boba Fett battles the galaxy's deadliest bounty hunters over the carbonite-frozen Han Solo and the rebels contend with notorious crime lords Prince Xizor and Jabba the Hutt! As the endgame looms, can Luke embrace his destiny, defeat Emperor Palpatine and save the galaxy? Plus: Alternate takes on the events of Episodes V and VI - and unexpected and hilarious tales from across the galaxy! Collecting STAR WARS: SHADOW STALKER #1, STAR WARS: REBEL HEIST #1-4, STAR WARS: A VALENTINE STORY #1, CLASSIC STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK #1-2, STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE #1-6, STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE MINICOMIC #1-2, STAR WARS: TALES FROM MOS EISLEY, STAR WARS: THE BOUNTY HUNTERS - SCOUNDREL'S WAGES, CLASSIC STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI #1-2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK ARE DEAD #2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK II, SERGIO ARAGONES STOMPS STAR WARS #1, STAR WARS INFINITIES: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK #1-4, STAR WARS INFINITIES: RETURN OF THE JEDI #1-4 and material from STAR WARS KIDS #12, STAR WARS VISIONARIES, STAR WARS GAMER #4 and STAR WARS TALES (1999) #2, #4-8, #10, #12, #15-17 and #20. Rated T

(W) Ryder Windham, Various (A) Nick Choles, Various (CA) Hugh Fleming The final fate of the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire! The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - and all the adventures in between! As the Rebellion struggles to recruit allies against the Empire, Han Solo and Chewbacca join Luke and Leia on a brazen heist to find a new source of power! When the Empire assaults the rebels' base on Hoth, Luke is sent in an unexpected new direction that leads him to Yoda - and a terrible truth about his father! Darth Vader hunts relentlessly for Luke, Boba Fett battles the galaxy's deadliest bounty hunters over the carbonite-frozen Han Solo and the rebels contend with notorious crime lords Prince Xizor and Jabba the Hutt! As the endgame looms, can Luke embrace his destiny, defeat Emperor Palpatine and save the galaxy? Plus: Alternate takes on the events of Episodes V and VI - and unexpected and hilarious tales from across the galaxy! Collecting STAR WARS: SHADOW STALKER #1, STAR WARS: REBEL HEIST #1-4, STAR WARS: A VALENTINE STORY #1, CLASSIC STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK #1-2, STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE #1-6, STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE MINICOMIC #1-2, STAR WARS: TALES FROM MOS EISLEY, STAR WARS: THE BOUNTY HUNTERS - SCOUNDREL'S WAGES, CLASSIC STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI #1-2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK ARE DEAD #2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK II, SERGIO ARAGONES STOMPS STAR WARS #1, STAR WARS INFINITIES: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK #1-4, STAR WARS INFINITIES: RETURN OF THE JEDI #1-4 and material from STAR WARS KIDS #12, STAR WARS VISIONARIES, STAR WARS GAMER #4 and STAR WARS TALES (1999) #2, #4-8, #10, #12, #15-17 and #20. Rated T

(W) Declan Shalvey (A) Luke Sparrow (CA) Declan Shalvey The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but the genocidal Skynet isn't out of options yet. There are still a few more avenues into the past that will allow it to destroy the human resistance that is poised to smash its processors into silicon shrapnel operations. it just needs to expand its theater of Opening a new front in the war, Terminators are dispatched across the globe and throughout time to target current resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else unlucky enough to be in the strike zones. And while none of these secondary assignments are as straightforward as the missions of the first T-800 and T-1000, time is literally on the machines' side. When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere and nowhen-is safe! Written by DECLAN SHALVEY and illustrated by LUKE SPARROW, DAVID O'SULLIVAN, LORENZO RE, and JOE MULVEY, The Terminator Vol. 1: Out of Time collects issues #1-5 of the acclaimed new series, and also includes the complete backup story 'Buried Alive' by writer SAL CRIVELLI and artist COLIN CRAKER as well as a comprehensive cover gallery!

(W) Declan Shalvey (A) Luke Sparrow (CA) Declan Shalvey The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but the genocidal Skynet isn't out of options yet. There are still a few more avenues into the past that will allow it to destroy the human resistance that is poised to smash its processors into silicon shrapnel operations. it just needs to expand its theater of Opening a new front in the war, Terminators are dispatched across the globe and throughout time to target current resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else unlucky enough to be in the strike zones. And while none of these secondary assignments are as straightforward as the missions of the first T-800 and T-1000, time is literally on the machines' side. When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere and nowhen-is safe! Written by DECLAN SHALVEY and illustrated by LUKE SPARROW, DAVID O'SULLIVAN, LORENZO RE, and JOE MULVEY, The Terminator Vol. 1: Out of Time collects issues #1-5 of the acclaimed new series, and also includes the complete backup story 'Buried Alive' by writer SAL CRIVELLI and artist COLIN CRAKER as well as a comprehensive cover gallery!

(W) Yomu Mishima (A) Jun Shiosato Thanks to some unfortunate gameplay, a young man named Leon has been reborn into the world of an alternate universe otome game. Facing an absurd scenario where males are no better than livestock who serve at the whim of women, Leon only has one weapon-his knowledge of the dating sim genre-to survive the challenges he faces and inspire a revolt against the system!

(W/A/CA) Yasuhiro Nightow Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun Maximum draws to a mind-warping conclusion! With Vash the Stampede's brother Knives's power growing exponentially, and the shattered wreckage of Earth's space fleet littering the planet Gunsmoke, Vash must lay everything on the line to prevent the apocalypse his crazed brother is determined to deliver! Holding nothing back, Vash goes toe-to-toe with Knives in a final cataclysmic confrontation, with the future of humanity and his home planet hanging in the balance. This edition collects Trigun Maximum volumes 13 and 14 in a deluxe hardcover format featuring nearly 600 pages of Nightow's signature creation at the original serialized size!

(W/A) Jyanome Second-years Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo make three promises: 1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend, 2) That Hisashi will never think of Mao 'in that way,' and 3) That they'll always knock before entering, in case someone is having some 'private time.' The two's ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but life is never as simple as it should be, and some things are not so easily promised… This collector's box set contains volumes 1-4 of the Twilight Out of Focus series and includes a special booklet with U.S.-edition-exclusive art, a never-before translated short story, and all-new full-color illustrations.

A youthful reimagining of Marvel's iconic quartet! When high-school genius Reed Richards enrolls at a secret, government-sponsored school for the world's most gifted minds, he unwittingly embarks on the journey of a lifetime! And the experience will be transformative for Reed and his friends: Ben Grimm, Susan Storm and Johnny Storm! But before they can even begin to get accustomed to their incredible new abilities, former classmate Victor Van Damme - forever altered by the same experiment - returns to exact his revenge! Plus: The nascent FF explore the N-Zone! Young Reed wants to duplicate the accident that changed the four and thereby reverse the process. But will his noble attempts at redress cause more harm than good? And can the quartet survive their encounter with Ultimate Annihilus?! Collecting ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #1-18. Rated T

(W/A) Yoshifumi Tozuka The Union members enjoy their school days as they try to divert the tragedy that comes with the manifestation of Chikara's negation abilities. When it appears that they have successfully managed to protect Chikara's peaceful days, a UMA crashes their graduation ceremony! As Fuuko and the others do battle with the UMA threat, Chikara faces two choices-lead a regular life or join the superpowered organization!

(W) Kyle Starks (A) Piotr Kowalski Come join us, friends, for it's time to visit another gated community for slashers and meet a new cast of horrible monsters as we return to the world of Where Monsters Lie. Connor Hayes, final girl turned apex monster hunter, has been brought to Site B and expected to be a good little killer, but will he cooperate? And what sort of bone-tingling secrets inhabit this new horror hamlet? Welcome to Site C! Home of hillbilly slashers, backwoods cannibals, and all the rural killers. I'm sure everything will be perfectly fine here. Collects Where Monsters Lie: CULL-DE-SAC #1-4.

(W) Ben Percy (A) Robert Gill & Various (CA) Joshua Cassara Fear of a green planet! As the Reign of X expands outwards, Beast plants the seeds - and X-Force pulls the weeds. But not if Man-Slaughter has anything to say about it! When the genetic makeup of the shambling soldier is used to infect and control an army of unwilling agents, X-Force must get to the root of the problem! Meanwhile, Beast's best-laid plans invite a threat close to the heart as the secret works of Mikhail Rasputin are at last revealed! If Black Tom can't stop this insidious invasion, the consequences go beyond mere death. Time for Colossus to step in! Plus: A sea change for Kid Omega and Phoebe Cuckoo! And Wolverine takes on the deadliest waves in the world, and it will take more than a healing factor to survive this thresher! Collecting X-FORCE (2019) #21-26. Rated T+

Continuing the most shocking X-Men event of all! The world groans under the Darwinian conqueror Apocalypse's rule. Under his thumb, America has become a dark and dangerous dystopia where mutants rule, humankind suffers, and survival of the fittest is all! But in the shadows, the freedom fighters known as the X-Men - following a tenuously thin thread of hope - continue their dangerous and multi-pronged plan to restore the true Marvel Universe. As the X-Men battle Holocaust and the Sentinels, Nightcrawler searches for the seer Destiny, Cyclops and Havok clash in the Dark Beast's slave pens, and young Nate Grey meets his maker...literally! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, AMAZING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, GAMBIT AND THE X-TERNALS #2, GENERATION NEXT #2, WEAPON X (1995) #2, X-CALIBRE #2-3, FACTOR X #2-3, X-MAN (1995) #2-3, X-UNIVERSE #1 and material from X-MEN: YEAR OF THE MUTANTS COLLECTORS PREVIEW. Rated T

The first exhilarating crossover of the From the Ashes era of X-Men! With one of their own incarcerated, the X-Men move on Graymalkin Prison to free their teammate. But it's not just one team: In Alaska, Cyclops' X-Men scramble a rescue mission - while in Louisiana, Rogue's X-Men strike out on their own sortie! Doctrinal rivals each with their own objective, will these two fractious teams find themselves at cross-purposes? Of course they will - after all, an 'X' is made by two lines crossing! Rogue and Cyclops come to blows as emotions come to a head, pitting the two groups of X-Men against one another in a place where their only chance for survival is to stand together. Xavier's dream lies shattered, and broken edges always draw blood! Collecting X-MEN (2024) #8-10 and UNCANNY X-MEN (2024) #7-8. Rated T+

(W) Kota Nozomi (A) Azuma Tesshin (CA) Giuniu Ever since her sister and brother-in-law died in an accident ten years ago, thirty-something-year-old Ayako Katsuragi has been raising her niece Miu as her own daughter. Now that she's in high school though, Ayako has begun to worry about the boys that might want to date Miu, especially their twenty-year-old neighbor Takumi Aterazawa. But when Takumi says he needs to talk to her, Ayako gets the shock of her life! It's not Miu he's got feelings for, it's her! Will Ayako be able to overcome her doubts and give his love a chance?

(W) Haro Aso (A) Kotaro Takata Doubling back from Kyushu, the group finds itself in Kagoshima, headquarters of Space W. Despite the zombie pandemic, Space W's president, Ukaji, is chasing his dreams of bringing humanity to the stars! With the company's first unmanned shuttle launch imminent, the gang can't help but get swept up in his dramatic stories about the possibilities that space holds...till zombies show up, that is! But that gives Akira and the gang an idea that is out of this world!

(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Eduardo Risso (CA) Dave Johnson JUDGE, JURY, EXECUTIONER. How far would you go for revenge? If you were given a chance at deadly retribution with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? That's the opportunity that a man called Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special briefcase containing an untraceable gun and one hundred rounds of ammunition. To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, the offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. But beyond the dilemma of whether or not to pull the trigger lies a deeper and even more troubling concern: Just who is making these actions possible--and why? This third of five volumes reprinting all 100 issues of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso's 100 BULLETS collects issues #37-58 of their acclaimed Vertigo series and also includes never-before-seen character sketches by Risso for an unproduced 100 Bullets video game.

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Tony S. Daniel, Ryan Wynn Written by Tony S. Daniel, John Layman and Joshua Williamson Art by Tony S. Daniel, Jason Fabok, Ed Benes, Andy Clarke, Scot Eaton, Joel Gomez and More Join Tony S. Daniel, Jason Fabok, John Layman, and others as they explore the darkest, most twisted corners of Gotham City in Batman: Detective Comics: The New 52 Omnibus Volume 1, collecting the first half of this explosive series, including DETECTIVE COMICS #0-24, DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #1-2, and PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE #1-5.

(W) Mark Waid (A) Dan Mora, Adrian Gutierrez, Gleb Melnikov (CA) Dan Mora The World's Finest duo of Mark Waid (Justice League Unlimited, Kingdom Come) and Dan Mora (Absolute Power, Justice League Unlimited) continue their romp through the DC Universe and into the fifth dimension in Batman/Superman: World's Finest: Impossible, collecting WORLD'S FINEST #26-30!

(W) Mark Waid (A) Dan Mora, Adrian Gutierrez, Gleb Melnikov (CA) Dan Mora The World's Finest duo of Mark Waid (Justice League Unlimited, Kingdom Come) and Dan Mora (Absolute Power, Justice League Unlimited) continue their romp through the DC Universe and into the fifth dimension in Batman/Superman: World's Finest: Impossible, collecting WORLD'S FINEST #26-30!

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Vasco Georgiev (CA) Mike Del Mundo The Wests are eager to explore Skartaris, the underground realm where dinosaurs are the least of their worries, and the legendary Warlord needs help against a Rogue! And there's something Wally's not telling his loved ones...a secret that lets him be in two very different places at once! Collects THE FLASH #14-19.

(W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin O Neill A rousing work of adventure by the esteemed author of From Hell and the acclaimed illustrator of Marshal Law. London, 1898. The Victorian era draws to a close, and the 20th century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions. Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Edward Hyde, and Mina Murray are those champions, and together they compose the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Leinil Francis Yu THE MAN OF TOMORROW REDEFINED FOR TODAY! Follow Clark Kent as he travels and defends his adopted world, forms relationships with future adversaries, and learns to balance his life as mild-mannered reporter and Superman.

(W) Mark Waid (A) Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan (CA) Bryan Hitch Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch reunite to tell a tale centered on their favorite super-hero. Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel to help him find the cure for whatever is causing his rapid decline. While the world wants to say good riddance to Luthor, Superman will go to the ends of the universe, through different dimensions, and across time to save his foe. But just why does he want to save the person who's spent his life trying to destroy him? And will he even be able to find the solution? Collects issues #1-3.

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Lee Weeks EXPERIENCE SUPERMAN BEYOND METROPOLIS! Written by Dan Jurgens, Jorge Jimenez, Satoshi Miyagawa, Stepan Kopriva, Dr. Ejob Gaius, Jefferson Costa Sylvian and More Art by Lee Weeks, Jorge Jimenez, Kai Kitago, Michal Suchanek, Jefferson Costa, Marcial and More The hero who inspired a generation, Superman, has always strived to protect not just Metropolis but the entire world. The Man of Tomorrow usually soars through the skies in Metropolis, but no matter where in the world a cry for help comes, Superman will always be there to save the day. Witness what makes Superman a global phenomenon as 15 countries tell tales that highlight what makes the Man of Steel the greatest superhero of all! Written by teams of top international talent, including Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks (U.S. storyline)!

(W) John Layman (A) Pete Woods, Serg Acuna (CA) Pete Woods THE TITANS GO ALL-IN! As the Titans forge ahead with a new team leader, Donna Troy, they grapple with the aftermath of their struggle and failure to control Amanda Waller. Just when they start to find their footing, they're hit with a barrage of their worst memories. Their minds are under siege, but for what purpose? Despite the mortal and mental dangers, the new leadership is determined to help those in need, a noble goal that faces fierce opposition. As the Titans struggle to define their place within the Justice League while staying true to their identities, Deathstroke starts forming a dangerous alliance with malicious intentions. Characters like Clock King, Killer Frost, Psycho Pirate, and others become embroiled in the conflict, resulting in explosive consequences. The road ahead is uncertain, marking a pivotal chapter in the Titans' legacy. Collects TITANS #16-21.

(W/A) Various (CA) VARIOUS : Celebrate Black History in Comics with this spotlight collected set from ABLAZE! Featuring two titles - Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips and Hendrix: Electric Requiem - that reflect significant moments and figures in Black American History. Friday Foster features the story of a former nightclub 'camera bunny' turned photographer's assistant turned fashion model. With an innate inclination to help others and a natural beauty that makes her a magnet for men, Friday often finds herself in some very sticky situations and world-class adventures. The strip is generally cited as the first mainstream (i.e. nationally syndicated) comic strip starring a Black woman in the title role and features a mixture of adventure and romance, often with social commentary thrown in for good measure. Hendrix: Electric Requiem is a compelling trip into the mind and world of Jimi Hendrix. Electric Requiem is an exhilarating ride, from Jimi's difficult beginnings in the South, plagued by racism, through his global stardom and triumph at Woodstock and the excessive lifestyle of a rockstar. A rockstar who, even with all his experiences, never forgot where he came from.

(W/A) Masaaki Ninomiya & Various (CA) Various : Get an introduction to ABLAZE's horror manga offering with this collected set of three first volumes at a special price! Gannibal Vol. 1 - When police officer Daigo Agawa is assigned to the small, rural village of Kuge, he expects a chance to start over with his family in an idyllic setting. However, the death of a local matriarch draws mysteries and tensions within the village to the surface. What became of Daigo's predecessor? And what is the prominent Goto family hiding? Happyland Vol. 1 - While on a day trip, the Komiya family is drawn to a mysterious amusement park, but decided to enter proves to be a dangerous mistake. Led by a rabbit-headed emcee, Happyland offers gruesome horrors for its guests and proclaims that the only escape is through absolute truths. Crueler Than Dead Vol. 1 - No one knows where it started...but when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late. When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters.

(W/A) Various (CA) VARIOUS ABLAZE is shining the spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our Spotlight on Kids' Stories includes three comic titles - Shepherdess Warriors Vol. 2, Wild Thing, Or: My Life as a Wolf, and Wakfu Vol. 1 - bundled together under a specially discounted price. In Shepherdess Warriors Vol. 1: It's been ten years since the men of Molly's village left to fight in the Great War, a mysterious conflict in a faraway land. For ten years, there's been no news of their fates and, in the meantime, the remaining women have formed a protective force to safeguard their lands and neighbors: The Order of the Shepherdess Warriors. Now ten years old, Molly and her friends are inducted into the Order and eagerly train to become the next generation of guardians. But the status quo is shifting once again, and a mysterious beast stalks the village… In Wild Thing, or: My Life as a Wolf: An affectionate and inquisitive Labrador named Silver, who grew up on a farm with his master and his hundreds of sheep, dreams of adventure. What is beyond the hills? Where does the river flow? Which animals live in the forest? So many questions without answers... One night, Silver meets a trio of hungry wolves. Attracted by their unhindered lifehe decides to follow them, and he learns to live the wild life with the pack. In Wakfu Vol. 1: The adventures of the Brotherhood of the Tofu continue! Yugo, Ruel, Percedal, Amalia and Evangelyne are now living their lives, each on their own. The adventurers reunite at Alibert's for Yugo and Adamai's birthday, launching this latest saga when a party pooper comes to interrupt the celebrations and force our friends to set off on the road once again for adventure!

(W/A) VARIOUS (CA) Various ABLAZE is shining the spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our second Spotlight on Euro-Comics includes three comic titles - The Library Mule of Cordoba, Rompepistas, and The King of the Moths - bundled together under a specially discounted price. In The Library Mule of Cordoba: The Caliphate of Al-Andalus, after a great period of peace and learning, faces a power struggle after the death of the Caliph al-Hakam II. In exchange for the support of radical clergymen, the vizier Amir seeks to burn the books of Cordoba's famed library to ash. The night before the biggest bonfire ever, the head librarian, a chubby eunuch named Tarid, gathers up all the books he can and loads them onto the back of a passing mule. He takes off in the hopes of saving what he can of universal knowledge. In Rompepistas: Rompepistas is seventeen years old. He's a punk, he lives on the outskirts of Barcelona, and he does everything for the music: Generation X, The Clash, The Jam, Las Duelistas... That last one's his own group, where he plays the guitar and bellows into the microphone. It's all about playing to keep the sadness at bay and to never cry again. When you start playing, everything changes. All the shit clears up. In The King of Moths: Ele and Tonya are celebrating their fourth anniversary, but what was going to be a romantic night will end up turning into the end of their relationship. They don't know it yet, but the nightmare has only just begun: SOMETHING WANTS TO FEED ON THEIR FEELINGS, savoring the good, and leaving only the bad... and it won't stop until there's nothing left.

(W) Saho Tenamachi (A) Sunsunsun Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou, nicknamed Alya, is a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and completely unapproachable. She's taken to reprimanding the slacker who sits next to her in class, Masachika Kuze - a geeky, unmotivated, and unexemplary student who couldn't care less about keeping up his grades. Secretly, Alisa holds a certain fondness for Masachika, only revealed by the occasional Russian muttered under her breath that no one in her class can understand... except Masachika! He eavesdrops on these embarrassing revelations, pretending to be clueless, all the while wondering what her flirtatious comments actually mean!

(W) Neil Gaiman, Bernadin, Marc (A) Shawn Martinbrough New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman joins forces with Eisner nominated writer Marc Bernardin and Thief of Thieves co-creator Shawn Martinbrough to adapt Gaiman's Locus and British Fantasy award-winning novel as a comic book series for the first time-and soon to be a television show on Amazon Prime! 'Fat' Charlie Nancy leads a boring life as a boring Londoner, until he discovers two things: That his recently deceased father was, in fact, Anansi the Spider, the trickster god of African folklore, and that he has a twin brother he's never met. Which kicks off a reality-spanning odyssey of sibling rivalry, jealous deities, and one poor soul who'll realize what it means to be a god. Collects #1-8.

(W/A/CA) Koei Tecmo Set in 184 AD, China, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a dramatic, action-packed story of a nameless militia soldier fighting for survival in a dark fantasy version of the Later Han Dynasty where demons plague the Three Kingdoms. Players fight off deadly creatures and enemy soldiers using swordplay based on the Chinese martial arts, attempting to overcome the odds by awakening the true power from within. THE ART OF WO LONG: FALLEN DYNASTY collects the fantastic visuals behind this dark fantasy action RPG from Team NINJA. Included are character and creature designs, weapon and armor concepts, detailed character profiles, world lore, and more!

(W/A) Mikanuji Every step we take changes our lives and our relationships, for good or ill. Sugimoto feels she was pushed away. Kujo-Sensei frets that she didn't express herself well enough. And as they slide apart, each spirals into reflection on their own past-the memories of failed relationships that burden them to this day and keep them from each other. But wisdom is found in strange places, and perhaps an unexpected third-party can help mend their rift...

(W/A) Hayate Kuku A Boys' Love sci-fi manga that pushes the boundaries on the meaning of love. Ethan, a battle-weary cyborg soldier, retreats to a tranquil planet in search of peace. There, he meets Mikhail, a gentle botanist whose warm smile and delicate touch seem almost fragile. Ethan finds himself inexplicably drawn to Mikhail, experiencing a restless unease whenever they're together. He longs to touch, to cherish-feelings that are undeniably human. Bewildered by the feelings stirring within him, Ethan begins to question if he truly has a heart after all.

(W/A) Yukino Sonoyama Under the tutelage of the best professional makeup artists, the pressure is on Aia as his every move is scrutinized by faculty and fellow students. When the instructors at MIRROR propose a challenge with a highly coveted career-making prize, friendly rivalry turns into cutthroat competition. Aia focuses on his own vision, avoiding the toxic environment around him. However, jealousy is impossible to ignore when the celebrity makeup artist Daiya is playing favorites. Can Aia and Jun's loyalty survive Daiya's mind games?

In the aftermath of BLOOD HUNT, Marvel's newest team takes to the streets! Dagger! Elsa Bloodstone! White Widow! Hallows' Eve! They're hunting down the remaining vampires who threaten to spill innocent blood - including the deadly super-vamps of the Bloodcoven! But when a vampirized Miles Morales, A.K.A. Spider-Man, gets caught in the crosshairs…need we say it?! There will be blood! With Dagger in their clutches, the members of the Bloodcoven launch their endgame. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, how far will the Blood Hunters go to rescue Dagger? Could this be the end for the team? Collecting BLOOD HUNTERS (2024B) #1-5. Rated T+

(W) Joe Casey (A) Paul Fry (CA) Sonia Harris, Paul Fry More secrets are revealed in this second volume of celebrity superheroic splendor! This one’s got it all: The tragic fate of Man of War! The very first Blood Con! The villainous new Gang of Four! Guest appearances by ERIK LARSEN’s SuperPatriot, JIM VALENTINO’s Shadowhawk, and much more! Collects BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN STRIKEFILE #1 and BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN #5-8

(W) Muneyuki Kaneshiro (A) Yusuke Nomura Unable to best Michael Kaiser during training, Isagi was relegated to the bench for Bastard München's first match against FC Barcha. Despite his frustration, Isagi resolves to analyze every second of the match so he can draw level with the evolved Bachira and Kunigami. But wait... Noel Noa's coming onto the field?! What follows is a truly epic clash of soccer gods and monsters-one that might even bring Isagi off the bench...