(W) Muneyuki Kaneshiro (A) Yusuke Nomura A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker. Thanks to Barou's awakening, Isagi's team manages to defeat the trio of Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. And the one that Isagi chooses to steal is... The new four-man team sets out for a rematch against the Top Three and Bachira. Will the 'monster' that fuels Isagi's ego be enough to take down the prodigy striker Rin Itoshi?

(W/A/CA) Tsubasa Yamaguchi Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realizes he's just going through the motions to make other people happy and finds himself in a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling? Yatora studies hard and gets good grades, and he parties hard, staying out late drinking and watching soccer with his friends. He checks all the boxes he needs to be the perfect high school student. But it all starts to feel empty, and he begins to wonder what part of his life expresses who he is?or even if he has a unique voice at all. Then he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst-and he's about to learn how savage, unforgiving, and exhilirating creating art can be!

(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) Yousuke Kaneda The Romeo and Juliet high school rom-com that inspired the upcoming anime! Rival dorms on an extravagant island campus fight a schoolyard war, but can two star-crossed lovers keep their budding relationship a secret? On the fair island campus of Dahlia, the student body is split into two rival dorms: The Black Dog House of the eastern nation of Touwa, and the White Cats House of the West. Despite his doting childhood friend and a loyal posse, the first-year leader of the Black Dogs, Romeo Inuzuka, has one big teenage problem: He has a crush on Juliet Persia, the first-year leader of the White Cats! With her own brainiac right-hand man and a powerful crew behind her, the cutthroat Juliet thinks she has no time for misadventures with a hopeless romantic like Romeo. When Romeo meets Juliet one fateful twilight, he thinks he has a shot at love... but is this secret affair really worth dying for?

'ROYAL FLUSH, QUEEN HIGH' In the twisted town of New Port City, the only thing the population of criminals and murderers need is the cruel icon of injustice and amoral behavior: Bomb Queen! But political outsider, Robert Woods, believes the citizens need peace and equality, so he does the unthinkable - brings a Hero to town. Will the war over New Port City bring democracy, or violent destruction? Collects BOMB QUEEN #1-4, plus bonus material!

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE LOVELY'-The girls go wild as Bomb Queen faces the greatest challenge to her authority yet! With special guest stars Blacklight and Rebound - and enough jokes, innuendos and sight gags to make a sailor blush! Let's face it: It's another 128 pages of JUST PLAIN WRONG!

(W) Jeff Smith (A) Various (CA) Jeff Smith A colored, oversized (6? x 3?) update to the original flipbook released in 1994, features a short scene right out of?The Great Cow Race?animated by the great Disney animator and Director Tom Bancroft, with clean up drawings by famed?Monsters Beware?graphic novelist Raphael Rosado. The flipbook has now been colored for the first time by Tom Gaadt! Watch the Stupid Rat Creature chase Fone Bone over and over! Artists: Jeff Smith, Tom Bancroft, Rafael Rosado, Tom Gaadt, Steve Hamaker, Jason Piel

(W) Amy Chu & Various (A) Mike Norton Created in close collaboration with Gearbox Entertainment, Dark Horse Comics presents an exciting new graphic novel within the Borderlands universe! Former celebrity and current badass Siren Amara misses the fame and excitement of her glory days. Nowadays common stooges don't know who they're messing with-though they soon find out. In order to reclaim the highs of her former heroics, she needs a gig. Luckily, Moxxi needs help recovering a mysterious artifact... Collects issues #1-4.

(W) Mamoru Hosoda (A/CA) Renji Asai Kyuta has been spending more and more time back in the human world. He's about to take an exam that will let him go to college! But does this mean saying goodbye to his master and his life in Jutengai forever? Can he be a part of both worlds, or will he have to choose?

(W) Dan Abnett (A/CA) INJ Culbard In the late 21st century the remains of the human race are crammed into the Habitats: vast artificial space stations; hotbeds for crime and madness policed by private security firms. When a routine drug bust goes wrong, no-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis finds herself in a life or death struggle with a new sect of cultists. But evidence begins to point to something far more sinister going on behind the scenes... The first series of the new atmospheric, sci-fi thriller from Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard.

(W) Dan Abnett (A) I.N.J. Culbard (CA) I. N. J. Culbard The year is 2096 and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or 'Habitats.' Nolan Maslow, a journalist working for The Herald, is investigating the death of HSD agent Brinkmann and the sect that has infiltrated the maintenance workers of Ludmilla Habitat. He will find out that even his most outrageous theories cannot encompass what is actually happening behind the scenes of the habitat.

(W) Luciano Saracino (A) Ariel Olivetti A collection of masks offers the incredible power of mythical beasts to those who wear them, but power attracts corruption and there are those who can't resist its pull. As Spanish soldiers seek new lands and people to conquer, a warrior called Ich harnesses the ancient power of the masks in a battle that pits the indigenous people of Latin America against the encroaching Spanish empire. But can one man, even with this power, hope to beat back the massive forces of the conquering Spaniards? In the sequel, the scene shifts to a cold, shiny, and somehow even more ruthless future where a group seeks to use the power of the masks for personal gain. Will a new warrior emerge, one that can lead the people against the forces of oppression? Combines Brutal Nature and Brutal Nature: Concrete Fury by Luciano Saracino and Ariel Olivetti into one collection!

(W) Earl Mac Rauch A prose adventure as told by the Reno Kid to Buckaroo Banzai chronicler E.M. Rauch, this tale follows everyone's favorite scientist-surgeon-entertainer-daredevil as he sets off on a brand-new hair-raising adventure! The long-awaited sequel to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is finally here! o The cult classic receives its long-awaited official sequel! o Buckaroo Banzai is a treasured pop culture icon, lauded by 'nerd' luminaries like Kevin Smith! o This is the adventure that was teased at the end of the original Buckaroo Banzai film! o A new novel by the writer of the original screenplay!

(W) Mozuku Sora (A) Higoro Toumori Left for dead after a battle, Luca is saved by the mysterious Pontiff and learns he is not the only person with unusual powers. The Pontiff has formed a special team of Branchhexed individuals he plans to use to help him defeat rival empires, and Luca learns that his powers, rather than being an escape from the battlefield, now force him to be a muse of massacre.

(W) Roy, Ranran (A) Ririnra Troubles continue to plague Ryoma and his laundry business as shady customers and mystery assailants persist in targeting him. However, with the help from his friends at the Adventurer's Guild and the Merchant's Guild, the attacks are easily countered. With worries about the safety of his business and employees wrapped up, Ryoma heads to Renafe to open his first branch shop. New friends, a new shop, and fresh adventures await in Renafe!

(W) Steven T. Seagle (A/CA) Jason Adam Katzenstein After a long year among normals, Skye is eager to return to Camp Midnight as an older, more seasoned camper. But her parents have other ideas. They're putting her on a bus to the camp she was supposed to go to last summer-Camp Daybright! With a sinking feeling of déjà vu, Skye sets out for a summer of new friends in a new camp, complete with a creepily familiar new arch-frenemy. It all adds up to big adventures and even bigger scares at the camp with a happy name-and a monstrous secret just beyond its fences!

(W/A) Axelle Lenoir (CA) Cab Summer, 1994. With just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor. She doesn't know the first thing about nature, or sports, or kids for that matter, and isn't especially interested in learning? but now she's responsible for a foul-mouthed horde of girls who just might win her over. But just as Elodie starts getting used to her new environment-and close to one of the other counselors-a dark mystery lurking around the camp begins to haunt her dreams.

(W) David M. Booher (A/CA) Drew Zucker The tiny clockwork knight in search of a heart secured his people's freedom and saved them from the curse of the Shrouded Man, but is he ready to face his ultimate enemy on the battlefield? After making the ultimate sacrifice, Canto bears a weapon that could defeat the Shrouded Man and free all the inhabitants of the Unnamed World. Now, he races to find the hidden settlement of his former slavers to enlist them as allies in the coming war. That is, if the Shrouded Man doesn't find them first?

(W/A/CA) Jack Kirby It's the return of the King! In 1975, Jack 'King' Kirby returned to Marvel and his iconic co-creation Captain America. Serving as writer, artist and editor, it was Kirby unleashed! He created an intricate storyline that built month after month toward America's Bicentennial and CAPTAIN AMERICA #200. In the 'Madbomb' saga, an aristocratic faction seeks to wrest control of the country by possessing the American people's minds - and driving them to insane outbreaks of violence! Then, the Falcon is lost in an other-dimensional asylum - that's run by the inmates! The tale of the Night People and Agron the Unburied One is a tense, sci-fi/horror thriller. And Kirby tops it all off with 'The Swine,' an action-packed adventure featuring the debut of Arnim Zola - and the return of the Red Skull! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #193-214 and ANNUAL #3-4, MARVEL TREASURY SPECIAL: CAPTAIN AMERICA'S BICENTENNTIAL BATTLES and material from F.O.O.M. #11. Rated T

Bucky Barnes learned the deadly skills of warfare during WWII, only to have those tools exploited by the Soviets as a brainwashed Cold War assassin. And just when he thought he could break free of the chains of his history, he is thrust into a new nightmare: a Russian prison camp housing a handful of his most vicious and revenged-minded Cold War peers. For Bucky, each ponderous minute that ticks by in the gulag brings another new threat to his life. But for his friends - Steve Rogers, Sharon Carter and Black Widow - it is a race against time to undo the wicked conspiracy that has used Bucky's past as the Winter Soldier to trap him in a life of cruelty worse than any he's ever experienced. Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #616-619. Rated T+

Learn about Sam Wilson, Captain America, who fought alongside the first Cap as the Falcon, and wields the shield himself in this collection of timeless tales! Sam Wilson wields the shield! When Steve Rogers is transformed into an old man, his most trusted ally, Sam, picks up the mantle…as the new Captain America! But when Hydra infiltrates society, Sam and his partner, Nomad, are tested to their limits against Steve’s rogues’ gallery — including Sin and Baron Blood! Then, when Arnim Zola launches a catastrophic attack on New York, Sam and a rejuvenated Steve both suit up as Captain America — one the symbol of truth, and the other a sentinel of liberty! COLLECTING: Captain America (2012) 25, All-New Captain America (2014) 1-6, Captain America (2022) 0

The biggest event to hit the Chapterverse! After a global invasion by the extra-terrestrial Borealis, Tom Evans (aka Captain Canuck) leads a team of Canada's greatest super-heroes to save the world. But what's a bigger threat to their success: the aliens, or the schemes of Tom's reckless brother, Michael? And who will end up paying the ultimate price?

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Manuel Garcia, Miguel Angel Sepulveda (CA) Michael Broussard Captain Midnight faces the greatest threat this world has ever known . . . the Archon. But who is he, and what does he want? Midnight must rely on the unlikeliest of allies to acquire the knowledge necessary to fight this ageless malefactor. The time-displaced genius will need to reach down deep to confront this new world horror and become the greatest hero the world has ever seen. Collects Captain Midnight #20-#24.

(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Pere Perez, Ken Lashley (CA) Juan Ferreyra The symbiotic psychopath continues his reign of terror! Born anew in symbiote goo and blood, Cletus Kasady is more dangerous and violent than ever before - and he has his sights dead set on the unsuspecting Venom! Untested against the might of his symbiotic sibling without his father by his side, Dylan Brock must hold the sadistic serial killer at bay. But is Carnage's young symbiotic 'sibling' just bait for Eddie Brock, the King in Black himself? Time for some bloody brother bonding! Meanwhile, there's still one thing out there that can kill Carnage: Flash Thompson, A.K.A. Anti-Venom! Liz Allan makes a discovery that changes the symbiote balance of power! Flash and Cletus are both armed with surprising weapons! But while Carnage's followers fight in his name, Cletus begins to question his godliness! Collecting CARNAGE (2023) #5-8 and VENOM (2021) #31-32. Rated T+

(W) Rafael Medoff, Craig Yoe (A) Bill Mauldin, Vaughn Shoemaker The book showcases impactful anti-racism artwork from the era's preeminent cartoonists, including multiple Pulitzer Prize winners Bill Mauldin and Vaughn Shoemaker; New Yorker cartoonists Carl Rose, Mischa Richter, and Frank Hanley; famed antiwar cartoonist Robert Osborn; Dave Berg of Mad magazine; renowned sports cartoonist Willard Mullin; noted labor cartoonist Bernard Seaman; comics artist Mac Raboy (Flash Gordon, Captain Marvel Jr.); and Eric Godal, who escaped from Nazi Germany and became a leading cartoonist in the American press and acclaimed artist Dick Dorgan.

(W) Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (A) DanKe From the outside, He Yu seems to have everything going for him: he's handsome, rich, and smart. But beneath his perfect facade, he's hiding a dark secret-one that makes him a slumbering threat to the people around him. After spending years abroad, he enrolls in film school to pursue the girl of his dreams, Xie Xue... but that forces him to deal with her overprotective older brother, the man He Yu hoped he'd never see again. Xie Qingcheng, an icy man of subdued emotion, was once He Yu's doctor, and is the only person who knows He Yu's terrible secret. He Yu swears not to let his past with this man get in the way of his feelings for Xie Xue, but he soon finds himself drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and violence that involves both of the Xie siblings. As a sprawling conspiracy sucks in He Yu, he must confront his own grudges and face new truths-including his own feelings for Xie Qingcheng, which warp into a fixation much darker than what he feels for the man's sister.

(W) Kazuma Kamachi (A/CA) Chuuya Kogino Science and magic clash in the manga adaptation of the smash hit light novel series! (Volume 2)Index faces the biggest threat to her life thus far: the assassin Kaori Kanzaki--and Touma's right hand is useless against her! When Kaori reveals the truth behind Index's very existence, Touma realizes just how bad his unlucky streak has gotten in the conclusion of the Index arc!

(W) Brian Level, Andrew Eschenbach (A/CA) Kate Sherron The Old West springs to afterlife in otherworldly color! He may have died at high noon, but he'll be back in the saddle by midnight! Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, chained to the tombstone that marked his grave. It's a lawless time, a magical time, and the undead Roy soon finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place as he sets out in search of treasure. But Roy, trying to do right by the wife and children he left behind, soon finds out that everything is not always as it seems... A classic tale of gunslinging revenge with a supernatural twist, Chained to the Grave presents western horror with a wholly unique visual style for a tale as refreshing as a second first breath.

(W/A) Tatsuki Fujimoto Denji's career as a devil hunter is really taking off! And after he appears on TV, the whole world knows about the mysterious Chainsaw Man. But that's not all good news, considering assassins are now on their way to Japan to claim his heart! Can Denji's team keep him safe from the world's most dangerous killers? For older teen audiences.

W) Jack Kirby, Dave Wood (A) Various (CA) Jack Kirby Written by Jack Kirby and Dave Wood Art by Kirby, Bruno Premiani, Marvin Stein, and others Cover by Kirby Reoffered to coincide with JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 2! This volume reprints the original 1950s tales of four death defying adventurers and their impossible and unimaginable exploits.

(W) Miku (A) Kazoumi Minatogawa, Rein Kuwashima While exploring the Weald, Yuuya Tenjou happens upon a mysterious cave. Inside, he finds a document penned by a legendary sage that he uses to inherit their mana pathways, gaining exceptional skills and all-powerful magic. Now there's nothing that can stop Yuuya-not even the laws of nature!

(W) Miku (A/CA) Rein Kuwashima Right as Yuuya gets roped into the hunt for a traitorous Prince, he encounters a mysterious girl who aims to destroy the entire world! Yuuya will have to push his overpowered skills past the limit to stop her. Complicating everything else, Kaori accidentally opens the door on Earth and stumbles into the other world!

(W) John Layman (A/CA) Rob Guillory This gorgeous oversized edition collects the ninth and tenth storylines of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award series, as well as the beloved one-shot CHEW: WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO.

(W) Hiromu (A) Raemz If a girl tells you she's dying to go out with you, you'd probably take her at face value. Especially if she was as drop-dead gorgeous as Yuzuki Nanase. But there's always a catch-if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. And this story of false love between Yuzuki Nanase and Saku Chitose is no exception.

(W/A) Sui Ishida Tokio and his new choujin buddy Ely are now training to become superpowered protectors of the prefecture. But in addition to having to cram their noggins full of choujin rules and regulations, they have to deal with fledgling abilities that won't always do what they're supposed to?in ways both embarrassing and dangerous! For older teen audiences.

(W/A) Sui Ishida While Tokio and Ely work hard to become choujin protectors, Azuma is languishing in regular school as a normal student. It's not like he resents Tokio for getting to be a hero while he's stuck being a kid; it's just that Azuma really wants to be able to do more to help! He wants it more than anything?

(W) John Layman (A/CA) Dan Boultwood Felon. Parole violator. Fugitive. Cibopars. Food-powered master criminal Saffron Chu is back, staring down the barrel of the biggest-and strangest-score of her career. Return to the CHEW-niverse once again for Saffron's second blood-soaked adventure in an alcoholic art heist that spans the centuries. Collects CHU #6-10

(W) Syougo Kinugasa (A) Tomoseshunsaku The second winter vacation at the Advanced Nurturing High School has arrived at last! But Ayanokouji's Christmas plans with Karuizawa fall through when she comes down with the flu, leaving him to spend the holidays alone... Or so he thinks, but the other classes' leaders won't stop blowing up his phone! Meanwhile Ayanokouji himself seems to have become the subject of gossip and speculation, as his classmates wonder: is he hiding something?

(W) Syougo Kinugasa (A) Tomoseshunsaku 100 QUESTIONS, 100 ANSWERS The final special exam of the semester is on the horizon: a cooperative written test where students answer problems in turn. Horikita's class is up against Sakayanagi's, and everyone rushes to prepare. As this goes on, Nagumo poses a question of his own-who will be the next student council president? The candidates are Horikita and Ichinose...or are they? Does Ichinose have other plans? December may be the end of the year, but the school's new state of chaos is only beginning.

(W/A/CA) Tillie Walden ADVANCE SOLICIT From the world of ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching finale of CLEMENTINE.  Clementine finally has it all—a safe place to live, a girlfriend, even a cat...but nothing lasts forever. And when Clementine suffers a loss unlike anything she’s ever faced, a new mentor called the Gardener offers her a new family and a new way of living...but at what cost?   TILLIE WALDEN (On a Sunbeam, Spinning) doesn’t hold back in the epic conclusion of the Eisner Award-nominated CLEMENTINE. “CLEMENTINE is an absolute triumph in every way.” —**MICHAEL WALSH **(UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: FRANKENSTEIN, THE SILVER COIN)