(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser (CA) Sean Phillips
Dylan has committed himself, but now trapped behind the walls of a mental institution, he finds the evil and corruption of the outside world have followed him there. Collects KILL OR BE KILLED #15-20.
(W) Rodney Barnes (A/CA) Jason Shawn Alexander
Finally, the acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated horror title is collected for the first time in a stunning hardcover featuring the first twelve issues plus bonus content! From RODNEY BARNES, the breakout star writer behind such hit shows as Marvel's Runaways, STARZ's American Gods, and HBO's Winning Time, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN for a new generation. When a small-town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered father, revered Philadelphia detective James Sangster Sr., he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality?and vampires. Now, it's up to Jimmy and an unexpected companion to stop long-thought-dead president of the United States John Adams from building an undead army and staging a bloody new American revolution. There's a reason they say you can't go home again. Welcome to Killadelphia. Collects KILLADELPHIA #1-12 and chap
(W) Rodney Barnes (A) Jason Shawn Alexander & Various (CA) Jason Shawn Alexander
A new, horrifying chapter of the Eisner Award-nominated series from RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel's Runaways and STARZ's American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN for a new generation. A new vampire king has entered the game, and his name is Thomas Jefferson! The third president of the United States plans to (literally) raise hell as he sets forth to craft a new America far more twisted than the one he sought to create two and a half centuries ago. Meanwhile, young Jimmy Sangster has been bitten and is quickly becoming a bloodthirsty creature of the night. Will SeeSaw and James Sangster Sr. be able to find a way to reverse his condition before his soul is lost forever, or will Jimmy's newborn instincts take over and put everyone he loves in harm's way? Collects KILLADELPHIA #13-18 and part two of werewolf tie-in story 'Elysium Gardens'
(W) Ollie Masters (A/CA) Eoin Marron
In 1970s Los Angeles, Jonny is one of the thousands of musicians trying to make it big while working a crummy bar job, and getting drunk with his whiskey soaked P.I. friend, Jackie. When Jonny gets tangled up with a local mob hitman, he not only finds a new and violent career, but maybe the inspiration for his music as well. From Ollie Masters (The Kitchen, Snow Blind) and Eoin Marron (HER INFERNAL DESCENT, Army of Darkness, James Bond) comes the next rock'n'roll crime sensation, with a beat that'll kill you dead. Collects issues #1-5. '…a gripping story with outstanding art from all involved. This comic is a must read for all fans of classic or modern crime stories.' - Darryll Robson, Monkeys Fighting Robots
(W) Matz (A/CA) Luc Jacamon
Writer: Matz Artist: Luc Jacamon Cover Artist: Luc Jacamon Synopsis: ' Archaia presents the fifth and final installment of Matz and Luc Jacamon's Eisner Award-nominated The Killer, a hardboiled, noir series following a hitman lost in a world without a moral compass. ' Get inside the mind of a professional assassin, a man of few scruples, nerves of steel, and a steady trigger finger. A man whose crimes might be catching up with him. A man on the verge of cracking? ' 'One of the best graphic novel series of the last 10 years.' - Brian Michael Bendis (Powers, Marvel's Jessica Jones) ' 'The art is crisp, clean, and the interior monologue seems spot-on.' - Omnivoracious
(W/A/CA) Soroush Barazesh
Bili is the son of a notorious gangster, but his lonesome demeanor makes him an easy target for local thugs. When a beating takes a ruthless turn, Bili is overcome with intense rage and trauma-transforming him into his chimera form-into that of an ape. With the aid of new comrades, he embarks on a life of purpose-a life of cold, unapologetic vengeance against each of those who have taken a piece of him. The debut graphic novel series written and illustrated by artist Soroush Barazesh, also known by his online moniker Koteri Ink!
(W/A/CA) Soroush Barazesh
In the northern city of T'Karanto, rival gang disputes are at an all-time high. A mechanic named Kyoshi and his grandson Dante stay vigilant amid increased crime, but their strength is wavering. When a customer, a beastie, walks in on a violent shakedown, he gives the thugs a swift beating-but his impulsive actions just put the largest gang target on his back-and it's the Kiyoshis who are caught in the middle! o Debut graphic novel series by comic artist and writer Soroush Barazesh (also known as Koteri Ink with over 511K Instagram followers). o Features black and white interiors!
(W) John Mahoney, Filip Sablik (A/CA) Thomas Nachlik
What's to Love: Would you want to live forever? What if you didn't have a choice? That's the premise behind Last Mortal, a story that also hammers home that every choice we make has its consequences. What It Is: Alec King is a born loser and a career failure. When he and his criminal partner get in over their heads with an attempted assassination of a mayoral candidate, Alec hits rock bottom and takes his own life...only to discover he cannot die! Recollecting the hard-hitting noir tale of revenge, this edition offers the complete four-issue series now fully colored along with a brand-new epilogue. '...taught, intense and well-paced?' - Weekly Comic Book Review
(W) James M. LaRossa Jr, Jonathan Vankin (A) Giorgio Pontrelli (CA) Butch Guice
"From the 1960s until the turn of the 21st century, New York City was the world's epicenter of organized and white-collar crime. During those four decades, the most feared Mafia chiefs, assassins, defrocked stockbrokers, Orthodox Jewish money-launderers, and Arab bankers sought the counsel of one man: my father, Jimmy LaRossa, a Kennedy-era prosecutor who became the defense lawyer of first resort."
- James M. LaRossa Jr.
James LaRossa was truly a larger-than-life figure - an attorney who was at the center of some of the most important criminal cases of the 20th century. He was also the father of four children: Susan, Nancy, Thomas - and James M. LaRossa Jr., who would spend the last five years of his father's life learning and recording the amazing history presented here.
Based on LaRossa Jr.'s acclaimed memoir of the same title, Last of the Gladiators tells the story of how he found his own identity and place in the world while growing up as the son of one of the most outsized and outrageously successful
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Kieron Dwyer
With an all-new introduction by comedian and author Patton Oswalt! A bank in the middle of nowhere. A crew with nothing to lose. And the haul of a lifetime too big to just disappear. What should've been a simple stick-up becomes infinitely more complex when a crew of robbers ends up with way more than they bargained for-literally. And when the mob they just accidentally robbed comes looking to even the score, there's only one way out for all involved... Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this busted-knuckles crime thriller by MATT FRACTION & KIERON DWYER is a character-driven desert noir that pits cowboys against mobsters in the muscular tradition of Charley Varrick, The Outfit, and The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
(W) Philip Kennedy Johnson (A) Matthew Dow Smith (CA) Tonci Zonjic
Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Artist: Matthew Dow Smith Cover Artist: Tonci Zonjic Synopsis: ' When a biological terrorist attack makes it impossible for anyone in America to conceive, those looking to start a family must rely on adoption of children from around the world. ' Brothers Jackie and Julian are adoption agents based in Nicaragua, securing deals with families willing to give their children up for adoption. The duo usually conducts their adoptions through legal means but it becomes more difficult when child kidnapping becomes the norm. ' Desperate and running out of options, Jackie snatches a young runaway, unaware that he's grabbed the daughter of a local crime lord. In over their heads and on the run, the two brothers fall into the mystery at the root of their world's status quo-a mystery much darker than they might be able to bear. ' Collects the complete limited series. ' 'Johnson and Smith have created a genuinely intriguing setting with much to say about what happens when humanity is broken down
(W) Paul Maybury (A) Sam Lotfi, John Rauch (CA) Sam Lotfi
Detective Migdalia Torres investigates a vicious strangling on a Boston subway car with no feasible leads. As potential evidence produces dead ends, Migdalia inadvertently takes in a vagrant named Yusef who may have a supernatural connection to the crime at hand. While Yusef's plagued by visions and seemingly false memories, both suspect and detective struggle to discover the identity of the phantom killer that stalks the Boston Metro. Collects issues #1-#4 of the miniseries.
(W/A/CA) Philippe Druillet
THREE PHILIPPE DRUILLET LONE SLOANE GRAPHIC NOVELS COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER IN THIS LUXURIOUS BOXED SET EDITION! INCLUDES ART CARDS! Collects The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane, Lone Sloane: Delirius and Lone Sloane: Gail.
(W/A) Shima Shinya
The truth about the murder of London's mayor has roots in the mayor's own secrets, and the real culprit has manipulated information to frame Al as suspect #1. Ellis continues his investigation in secret, and it doesn't look to be wrapping up any time soon...
(W) Shima Shinya
Al and Ellis continue their search for the true murderer of the mayor of London, but they still have no idea just how far the culprit's evil influence stretches...
(W/A) Fe
Assassins Ryang-ha Song and Chateau Dankworth have what could be called an uncommon relationship. He delivers her half-dead bounty targets, and she reluctantly accepts them. As their bond deepens, they're forced to come to grips with their pasts, and the truths that await them may be too painful for them to face?
(W/A) Fe
After boarding a luxury liner for work, Chateau is threatened by a mysterious group aiming to capture Ryang-Ha alive. In order to protect Chateau, Ryang-Ha heads off on his own to the enemy's hideout, where one who knows his secret awaits his arrival...
(W/A) Fe
A powerful, mysterious figure has captured Ryang-Ha, and it?s clear he knows more than most about his target. With no way of overcoming his captor, it?s up to Chateau to break in and come to his rescue, but when a fight breaks out between the two, things go from bad to worse... (STL211341) (C: 0-1-2)
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(W) Fe
Ryang-Ha, with a little help from Chateau's friends, infiltrates an overseas base to rescue her from Donny's clutches, but making it to her is going to be a tall order! The mystery of Chateau's origins deepens in the latest volume of Love of Kill!
(W/A) Fe
Ryang-Ha, hiding out with Lucy in Chinatown, may look as if he's bright and cheerful?but on the inside, he's still suffering the pain of old wounds. Meanwhile, Gintei appears with a knife in Lucy's Chinese restaurant?!
The world known as reality and a world of shadows, nightmares, and horror converge in this graphic novel adaptation of Jos? Antonio Cotrina's dark fantasy novel.
(W) Paul Tobin (A/CA) Arjuna Susini
When Jutte Shelley and her squad get gunned down in an alley, the chances for survival don't look good. And Jutte does join the rest of her squad in death-for a little while. But as a descendent of the Frankenstein family, it takes a lot more to kill Jutte than a couple rounds of bullets. Deciding to go back into the family business, Jutte takes a crack at resurrecting her crew, and if you don't look too closely, you'd probably never know they used to be dead. Which, incidentally, is the perfect cover for trying to find the lowlifes who did them in.
(W) Sunshine Barbito (A) Alessia Alfano, Debora Carita (CA) Jenny Frison
At the height of the roaring twenties, the daughter of a mafia boss is determined to rise to prominence in her family's business. Nicoletta has aspirations to join her brothers in the family business - an organized crime syndicate running the streets of Brooklyn. Though her father objects and a crisis ensues, Nicoletta takes it upon herself to prove she has what it takes, moving steadfastly into a world of brutality. New York has a new player in town, and they ain't seen nothing yet! Combining the romanticism of the roaring twenties and Nicoletta's journey into the brazen violence of mafia-dominated New York, Mafiosa sets the status quo ablaze - with style, class, and a smoking barrel.
(W) Yukari Umemoto (A) Sammon
When the skilled coroner Dr. Bunnakit is called to examine the body of his childhood friend after her 'suicide,' he soon determines that she was actually murdered. That night, a mysterious stranger threatens him, telling him to rule her death a suicide-and after he confides in his prosecutor friend about this incident, his friend suddenly goes missing. But all hope is not lost, as a young lecturer named Tan offers to help him get to the bottom of all this-which would be more reassuring if Tan weren't the prime suspect...
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Alex Maleev
Emma is a brilliant and driven 16-year-old. She has paid for school with her next level inventions and is well-known for her funny and honest webcomics. Then, one day, one of the most famous billionaires on the planet confronts her with the truth about her world. Emma discovers she is the only daughter of two of the greatest, most charismatic master criminals of all time. The suavest, most liked criminals ever. The criminal's criminal. The ones that wrote the rulebook. There are movies about them starring the biggest movie stars. Her parents were the authors of the greatest casino robbery of all time, the greatest museum heist of all time, And they took the world's most famous billionaire for a cool billion... before they disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. Collects the comic book series Masterpiece #1-6.
(W) Chuck Pires (A) Sunando C, Mark Dale
When an aged, terminally ill detective and a young burnout are partnered up and saddled with an unsolvable case, they begin to unravel a sprawling conspiracy that points to one thing: The most prolific serial killer in American history. As they further investigate the case, they make discoveries that will force them to question everything and everyone they know. True Detective meets Lethal Weapon with the prestige dramatic storytelling of a David Fincher film.
IDW Publishing and Jonas Publishing are proud to present Worthwhile Books, an all-new imprint focusing on children's picture books. The first Worthwhile Books title, Michael Recycle, is out just in time for Earth Day on April 22 and tells the adventures of a young superhero whose power allows him to teach people about recycling. After cleaning up a town, the people declare: 'To Michael Recycle! The green-caped crusader, our super-green hero, the planet's new savior!'
(W) Howard Chaykin (A) Howard Chaykin, Aburtov (CA) Aburtov, Howard Chaykin
Joel Breakstone, a GI liberator of Buchenwald and brutally damaged goods, follows a path of vengeance that leads to redemption in a violent journey into his own heart of darkness-in a spiritual adventure from comics' contemporary master of crime and punishment, HOWARD CHAYKIN. Collects MIDNIGHT OF THE SOUL #1-5
(W) B. Clay Moore (A/CA) Stephen Molnar
Amara Bishop is a newly single mother with a long-buried past. Raised by an alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, Amara was a child when she learned to kill. And she hasn't killed anyone since she was thirteen. When her aging mentor is murdered, and her daughter is threatened, that will soon change... An unlikely assassin in a deadly game of cat and mouse, brought to you by B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick, Battle Hymn) and Stephan Molnar (Imaginary Fiends, Star Trek). This volume contains the entire series, issues #1-5.
(W/A) Cynthia von Buhler
Unappreciated at her father's detective agency, the fabulous, rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes in order to uncover a magical mystery involving the world-famous escape artist, Harry Houdini. Created by acclaimed artist, author, director, and playwright Cynthia Von Buhler (Speakeasy Dollhouse, Evelyn Evelyn, Emily and the Strangers)!
(W/A) Hitsuji Gondaira
Taiyo Asano has been on his own ever since his aiyo Asano has been on his own ever since his parents died and the only one who seems to parents died and the only one who seems to care for him is his childhood friend and classmate, care for him is his childhood friend and classmate, Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret-she is Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret-she is the head of a family of spies! And on top of that, her the head of a family of spies! And on top of that, her brother Kyoichiro is dangerously protective of her! To brother Kyoichiro is dangerously protective of her! To stop Kyoichiro from killing him, Taiyo and Mutsumi stop Kyoichiro from killing him, Taiyo and Mutsumi must take the ultimate leap-marriage! Because in the must take the ultimate leap-marriage! Because in the Yozakura family, family cannot kill family.Yozakura family, family cannot kill family. For teen audiences.
(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) Denis Pendanx
Mr. Mammoth is the world's greatest detective and the kind of person you don't forget. Being a seven-foot-tall pacifist who's covered head to toe with an impressive collection of horrific scars makes quite the impression. But he might be losing his edge. He can't seem to solve his latest case and he's distracted with a strange obsession with a soap opera actress who doesn't even know he exists. His new case holds clues that might finally unlock the secret of his traumatic childhood. The question is: is he solving a crime-or planning one? Mr. Mammoth is the first-ever original graphic novel from Matt Kindt's all-new imprint, Flux House, which features crime, science fiction, and humor stories, all told in startling and untraditional ways. For Mr. Mammoth, Kindt is joined by internationally acclaimed artist Jean Denis Pendanx, who's making his U.S. debut! o Collects the orginal noir graphic novel Mister Mammoth for the first time.
(W) Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennett (A) Leila Leiz (CA) Jo Ratcliffe
GAME OF THRONES superstar EMILIA CLARKE's debut! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. DEADPOOL action and FLEABAG comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Bath time's at 7pm, bedtime's at 8pm, and crimefighting never sleeps when villains out of Maya's shadowy past come to collect. Mature readers only! Comedy and chaos await with co-writer MARGUERITE BENNETT (DC's BOMBSHELLS, ANIMOSITY) and the glamorous artist of HORDE, LEILA LEIZ! Collects the complete limited series, M.O.M.: MOTHER OF MADNESS #1 - #3
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa Dr.Tenma has fallen into a trap set by Johan and is now wanted by the police as a serial killer. While narrowly evading the police dragnet, Tenma pursues Johan in an attempt to prove his own innocence and prevent another murder, edging closer to the Monster by tracing his secret past. As the only person who knows what Johan is, Tenma searches for Nina, who has been captured by neo-Nazis. His investigation leads him to uncover a horrific fact: the ultra-rightists are conspiring to set Johan up as a second Adolf Hitler!
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
Could Johan have a dual personality, like Jekyll and Hyde? Tenma calls on Dr. Gillen, an authority on criminal psychology, to psychoanalyze Johan. But Dr. Gillen secretly concludes that it is not Johan but Tenma who has committed all the serial murders. Dr. Gillen then tries to lure Tenma into various traps, intending to use him in his own experiments. Karl, a student at Munich University, visits a blind billionaire every week to read books to him as a way to pay for school. One day he encounters another young man named Johan who once did the same job for the billionaire. From that point on, strange events continue to befall Karl. Who is this young man named Johan? Is he the Johan that we know?
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
By Naoki Urasawa Synopsis 'Once upon a time, there lived a monster without a name. He wanted a name very badly. So one day he made up his mind to set out on a journey to find a name.' How could this strange Czech children's story have upset Johan so much? Does the book hold any clues to the mystery of Johan's birth? One mystery leads to another as events unfold. The border police spot Tenma when he tries to smuggle himself into the Czech Republic to look for Johan's mother. With the help of Grimmer, a freelance journalist, Tenma manages a narrow escape. Though the two men part without discussing what brought them together, Grimmer is also deeply interested in the same thing Tenma is looking for—511 Kinderheim, which once existed in East Germany. The story moves to the streets of Prague?
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
Tenma learns that ten years ago, a woman lived in an old apartment house in downtown Prague with twin children, above a sign with three frogs. The neighbors also tell him about the Czech secret police and a questionable fire. Could the twins have been Johan and Anna? Meanwhile, Suk, a young detective in the Prague Police Department, meets a beautiful young woman named Anna in a bar. Suk also crosses paths with Tenma as a new terror looms over them. BKA chief inspector Lunge, now convinced of Johan's involvement in the serial murders, comes to Prague to find out what Johan really is. He learns that an agent of the Czech secret police created the strange picture book The Nameless Monster, which seems to have deeply affected Johan in his childhood. Lunge manages to locate the 'Red Rose Mansion' that inspired the author of the book. There, behind a thickly plastered wall, he discovers an old door and the true horrors that lay behind it! For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
Although Eva bears an unfathomable hatred for Tenma, she is the only person who can testify as a witness to prove his innocence. She stubbornly refuses to do so until a discussion with Dr. Reichwein brings back old memories of her time with Tenma. With those thoughts come memories of three gunshots, and that it was Johan who Eva saw that night! Meanwhile the evil hand of Robert inches steadily closer to Eva with the intent to kill?
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa
By Naoki Urasawa Synopsis 'Once upon a time, a monster in disguise lived in a peaceful little town in a peaceful little valley. The monster cut all ties to evil and began helping the people of the town. But one day, some devilish messengers came to visit. The town was suddenly enveloped in a miasma of fear, and the people began to kill each other. The messengers had come to the town with one goal in mind: to capture the monster named Franz Bonaparta! How can a real person become nothing more than fiction? By eliminating everyone who has ever known them, everyone who has ever known of their past-by becoming the only one in the world who knows of their existence. One man attempted to do this, trying to commit the perfect suicide. But he failed to wipe out all traces of his former life, and in this failure, he became the nameless Monster.' For older teen audiences.