(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE NEW HIT SERIES From writer BRIAN AZZARELLO and artist, EDUARDO RISSO--the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind the crime classic, 100 Bullets--comes a brutal new series that puts a horror twist on a classic gangster tale! Set deep in Appalachia during Prohibition, MOONSHINE tells the story of Lou Pirlo, a city-slick 'torpedo' sent from New York City to negotiate a deal with the best moonshiner in West Virginia, Hiram Holt. Lou figures it a milk run, but what he doesn't figure is that Holt's just as cunning and ruthless as any NYC crime boss. Not only will Holt do anything for his illicit booze operation, he'll stop at nothing to protect a much darker, bloodier family secret. Collects Issues 1-6

(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso 'Torpedo' Lou Pirlo thought his troubles might be over when he and his new girl, Delia, hopped a boxcar headed to New Orleans-as far and fast as they could get away from the hillbillies in Appalachia and the Mafia killers in New York City. But trouble has a habit of sticking to Lou? and trouble ain't all that's stuck to Lou. See, Lou got bit by a werewolf, and now the most deadly monster hunter on Earth will stop at nothing to put this dog down. The hit horror/crime series that Nerdist called 'damn near perfect' is back from the creative team behind the seminal crime drama 100 Bullets! Also reprinting variant covers from GABRIEL B?, F?BIO MOON, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, GRAMP?, and JORGE ZAFFINO! Collects MOONSHINE #7-12

(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso Lou Pirlo escaped the zombie-filled bayou of New Orleans only to land down on his luck in Cleveland-living in a shanty town known as 'Kingsbury Run,' which just happens to be where the very first serial killer in the US is hunting, and none other than the great Eliot Ness is on his trail. Meanwhile, Tempest has finagled her way into the heart of Lou's old gang in NYC, searching for her lost father, Hiram. Werewolves, G-Men, serial killers, mobsters? what more can you ask for? Collects MOONSHINE #18-22.

(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Eduardo Risso Torpedo-turned-werewolf Lou Pirlo finally returns to NYC, and he's come at just about the worst possible time. With Prohibition on its last legs, happy days are here no longer for those in the rum-running business. As an all-out war brews between Joe the Boss and the Holts of Appalachia - AND Lou's lost love Delia returns - Lou's life is about to get a whole lot messier? or is it bloodier? Writer BRIAN AZZARELLO and artist EDUARDO RISSO, the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind the crime classic 100 Bullets, bring this brutal series to its sobering conclusion. COLLECTS MOONSHINE #23-28.

(W) Frederic Duval, Jean-Pierre Pecau (A/CA) Stevan Subic ILLUSTRATED BY STEVAN SUBRIC - ARTIST ON DC'S RIDDLER: YEAR ONE COMICS BY PAUL DANO! In an alternate history of the London you know and love, Holmes and Watson are on the case of evil card-playing clockwork automatons, the case of a monstrous beast killed in the smoky backroom of an opium den, and the strange alter ego of one Henry Jekyll? COLLECTS ISSUES #1-4.

(W) Ryosuke Takeuchi (A) Hikaru Miyoshi The true mastermind behind the Jack the Ripper murders is none other than Britain's media king, Charles Augustus Milverton. After the case comes to a close, Milverton digs into William Moriarty's past, and it doesn't take long for him to discover a certain court case where a boy from the slums took a noble to court. Once he's dragged all the skeletons out of the closet, will Milverton have uncovered the truth of that fateful night when the Moriarty manor burned down? For older teen audiences.

(W) Ryosuke Takeuchi (A) Hikaru Miyoshi Adam Whiteley, member of the House of Commons, is willing to put his life on the line to fight for equality for the common people of Great Britain. William Moriarty pegs him as a potential ally and gives Whiteley a powerful bargaining chip he can use against the House of Lords-evidence of their wrongdoings. Faced with threats on his life, what will Whiteley use the evidence for? Will his pure intentions lead him down the path of an angel?or a devil? For older teen audiences.

(W) Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon (A) Peter Bergting & Various A vampire-flipped Dracula in which mortality means life? and life means death. Vampires Jonathan Harker, Lucy Westenra, and Mina Murray live in underground London, trying to keep the undead city safe from the rumored mortals above who seek to give them life, only to kill them. But when the authorities refuse to believe mortals, let alone the mysterious Count Dracula, are anything more than myth, they are on their own to keep their city eternally dead. New York Times best-selling writers Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon team up with award-winning horror and fantasy artist Peter Bergting for this revamped twist on Dracula!

There's been a murder-Mr. Murder is found dead! Old Gould Kane, long into his retirement as a top cop, looks to be the #1 suspect with a motive so deep and intense even Gould's old partner suspects him. But the truth is Gould's the only cop worth a damn to solve the cryptic case. The clues could lead Gould to a new and perhaps even greater profession in his twilight? as a very bad man. Mr. Murder is Dead is a 'who didn't do it' set in the fading world of Golden Age comic strips. A criminal's lament to all things past, present and meaningless. Published in partnership with Zachary Quinto ('Star Trek,' 'Heroes') and Before the Door.

(W) Max Allan Collins (A) Terry Beatty (CA) Claudia Caranfa JOIN MICHAEL TREE, THE 6FT, 9MM CARRYING PRIVATE DETECTIVE ON HER THRILLING ADVENTURES. NO CASE IS TOO SMALL, NO VIOLENCE TOO EXTREME, JUST AS LONG AS IT GETS THE JOB DONE. REPRINTED IN A COLLECTED EDITION FOR THE FIRST TIME! Featuring the stories Dedline, Skin Deep, Runaway, Runaway II and Death, Danger and Diamonds.

(W) Max Allan Collins (A) Terry Beatty (CA) Claudia Caranfa The sixth sensational instalment in the Hard Case Crime books of Ms Tree! Join Michael Tree, the 6ft, 9mm carrying private detective on her thrilling adventures. No case is too small, no violence too extreme, just as long as it gets the job done. Fans of hard-boiled detective and crime fiction will get a thrill from these tales! 'Fallen Tree!' 'Like Father' 'Murder Cruise' 'New Years Evil' 'Coming of Rage' ?And more!

(W) Max Allan Collins (A) Terry Beatty (CA) Claudia Caranfa THE NEXT INCREDIBLE INSTALMENT IN THE CASE BOOKS OF MS TREE, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, FROM FAMED HARD CASE CRIME AUTHOR MAX ALLAN COLLINS (ROAD TO PERDITION)! Join Michael Tree, the 6ft, 9mm carrying private detective on her thrilling adventures. No case is too small, no violence too extreme, just as long as it gets the job done. Collects: Muerta Means Death Right To Die, Prisoner Cell Block Hell, Heroine Withdrawal, And The Other Cheek

(W/A/CA) Kana Yoshimura A mysterious killer called the 'Mask Collector' takes peoples faces along with their lives. This case is the police's number-one priority, and they've asked Kuroko for help!

(W/A/CA) Kana Yoshimura With an artistic style every bit as manic as the storyline, this manga will keep readers coming back for more! When Chiyo's friend joins a religious cult called 'The Virginal Rose,' ex-mass murderer Kuroko infiltrates their ranks for her favorite girlfriend. But could Kuroko actually be converted herself? Their mantra of 'no men allowed' might just do it!

(W/A/CA) Yoshimurakana When an inmate escapes from prison and declares war on the police, it's up to Kuroko to stop him. After several Diet members are slaughtered, Kuroko manAges to find the killer's hideout, but the terror continues?

(W/A/CA) Yoshimurakana Kuroko's battle against Higaki, the leader of the Sakura Pruning Group, Higaki, begins! Kuroko gets the feeling that Higaki's got an accomplice behind the scenes, but will she even be able to figure what his true goal is? Experience the 'Sakura' of Oblivion arc's thrilling conclusion!

(W/A/CA) Yoshimurakana After an outbreak of cases in which corpses drained of blood are left behind, it's up to Kuroko to track down the vampiric villain responsible!

(W/A/CA) Yoshimurakana With two seemingly unrelated cases to deal with, the police have their work cut out for them. People are finding themselves bound and dangling from advertising balloons, and in another incident, a knife was thrown into the eye of a circus troupe member. Yet it seems as though all involved in both incidents have had their memories erased, and that can't be a mere coincidence... For readers ages 18 and up.

(W/A/CA) Yoshimurakana Ten years ago, criminal mastermind 'Comedy Writer' disappeared without a trace, confounding police and leaving a trail of bewildered victims in his wake. Now, a string of peculiar crimes leads the police to suspect he may have resurfaced, and the man in charge of the original case has returned to the force to solve this mystery once and for all! But Kuroko's got her own idea of who the culprit is, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to expose him! For readers ages 18 and up.

(W/A) Yoshimurakana When a bridge becomes the site of a grisly murder of a man whose corpse was found with deep stab wounds, the police set their sights on an ex-fencer with underworld ties named Sendou. Meanwhile, an old member of Chiyo's yakuza family has finally been released from prison, but soon after she welcomes him back, Sendou appears, and he seems to want a word with him...

(W/A) Yoshimurakana Kuroko's group goes to a hot spring deep in the mountains, where the entirety of the land is owned by the wealthy Yamatsukami family. But right as the family is going to decide the next heir, the third son is found murdered... To make matters worse, the only road in and out of the area is suddenly destroyed! Cut off from the rest of the world, the family begins to whisper about a mysterious 'Ayako.' With little to go on, how will Kuroko solve this closed-room case?

(W/A) Yoshimurakana As the members of the wealthy Yamatsukami family are murdered one by one, Hinako, Chiyo, and Narumi stumble upon a crop of roses growing deep in the mountains. Flowers with the same cloying fragrance as those grown by the Virginal Rose cult? There, Narumi and company also find a collapsed woman?who turns her unusual powers against them! The Yamatsukami arc finally draws to a close!

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming Discover a world in which the families of organized crime never lost their stranglehold on the United States. Today is the day that Valentine Gallo becomes a made man, and it's also the day he learns the secrets behind the organization he has served since he was old enough to walk. But it is mysterious hitwoman Jagger Rose that will forever turn his life upside down. Be there when shocking secrets of this new world spill out onto the very first page. This bold new vision of crime fiction harkens back to Bendis's earliest work in crime comics, while also giving you everything you expect from the creators of Powers, one of the most successful and longest-lasting independent comics in history. Collects the United States of Murder. Inc #1-#6 along with a brand-new cover by Michael Avon Oeming!

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming Meet Jagger Rose. She is only twelve years old. Her father was just murdered. As family tradition would have it, she will be given an opportunity to exact revenge on her father's killer. The greatest assassin the world will ever know is born. Years ago, the five families of organized crime had such a stranglehold over the American public that the U.S. government found itself forced to give up part of the country or lose all of it. Now the unrest between America and the families has come to a boiling point. A war is about to come-a war no one is ready for. Newly-made man Valentine Gallo and mob hitwoman Jagger Rose find themselves torn over which side of the war they want to be on. Collects the United States vs Murder. Inc #1-#6 along with a brand-new cover by Michael Avon Oeming!

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming From the creators of the Eisner Award-winning, bestselling Powers comes this brand-new world of historical crime fiction like you've never seen before. Discover a world in which the five families of organized crime never lost their stranglehold on the United States. Now, half the country is a smorgasbord of sex and sin ruled by loyalty and 'family values' and the rest of the world looks on in awe, rage, or jealousy. Join us as newly 'made' Valentine Gallo and Jagger Rose rise through the ranks of the notorious Bonavese family. No spoilers, but Jagger has already proven herself one of the greatest assassins of all time. And, uh, the Pope would like a word. Yeah, that Pope. Huh. Collects Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose #1-6.

(W) Stefan Petrucha (A/CA) Sho Murase Teen detectives Frank and Joe Hardy have investigated many crimes in their lives, but nothing that hits this close to home. Their best friend died mysteriously after taking down a major crime organization. They must put together the clues to uncover the truth about this shocking crime, but the clues lead them to a stunningly unexpected direction! Includes issues #1-6 of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Death of Nancy Drew.

The Friend, an enigmatic cult leader who plans to destroy the world, declares, 'The cosmos has begun choosing those who are true friends.' Meanwhile, horrifying incidents are taking place: the emergence of a mysterious virus, the death of a detective, the revelations of a man on the run... Kenji tries to find out who this Friend is, but the answer is still far ahead. The footsteps of doom slowly creep closer and a shadow falls over the city...

Told in a darkly comic, noir style and based on a true story, Monte Schulz's new prose novel, Naughty, tells the tale of a beautiful murderess and her smitten patsy of a husband on the loose in 1950's California. Schulz combines the exquisitely wrought language of his recent Jazz-Age trilogy with a straight-for-thethroat pulpy narrative- fans of Don DeLillo and Jim Thompson will not be disappointed.

(W) Nick Santora (A) Lee Ferguson (CA) Francesco Francavilla This volume is on sale in SEPTEMBER 2022 I had a family once. A wife who loved me?a child we loved together. That's all gone now, been gone for hundreds of years. All because of that damn star. My name? It depends on where you live. Some call me Kris Kringle, others Papa No?l, but my real name is Nicholas Sinterklass, and this is the story of what happens when you steal my Naughty List. Up on the housetop CLICK, CLICK, CLICK! Down through the chimney with old Saint Nick! From the mind of Nick Santora (Reacher, The Sopranos, Law & Order, The Fugitive and Prison Break) and illustrated by Lee Ferguson (SYMPATHY FOR NO DEVILS, Sam and his Talking Gun) comes the Santa Claus origin story we're sure you've never heard before. This volume collects the entire series, issues #1-4

In this second collection of the series BRIAN K. VAUGHAN calls 'a killer crime book with a very sharp hook,' former hitman Markham has relocated to Los Angeles, where he continues his efforts to balance the scales by saving people instead of killing them. But try as he might, Markham can't outrun his dark past. If you like THIEF OF THIEVES and FATALE, you'll love NEAR DEATH. Collects NEAR DEATH #6-11

(W/A/CA) Tasuku Karasuma When a fellow Extended showed up in Inui's office-on the run from the Security Bureau with a kidnapped child in tow and asking for help-Inui should have just thrown the guy out. But Inui's loyalty to a brother Extended makes him take the job. Keeping the child safe won't be easy, since everyone seems to want to grab him, from street punks to the megacorporation Berühren, who have sent out a special agent that knows exactly how to deal with the Extended… For older teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Enrico Marini FROM BATMAN ARTIST ENRICO MARINI COMES AN ATMOSPHERIC, VIOLENT CRIME CAPER SET IN 1950S NEW YORK, WITH EVERYTHING FROM FEMME FATALES TO DOUBLE-CROSSES. A heist gone wrong forces Slick to do a job for his employer, Rex, to repay the debt he owes. But Slick is in love with Caprice, Rex's ex-call girl wife-turned-burlesque legend and Rex also has the only way for Slick to avenge his murdered father

(W) Brian Azzarello & Various (A) Jeff Lemire & Various Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics! In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you'll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft. Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and many more of crime comics' top talent! o The original collection, now presented at full comics size! o Thirteen crime stories in one collection, written and illustrated by masters of crime comics.

(W) Greg Burnham (A) Quinn McGowan, Marcus Williams (CA) Quinn McGowan Straight out of the pages of the NOIR IS THE NEW BLACK hit anthology! Detective Ousley's hands are full. Between the mysterious murder of teenager that everyone loved, the sudden irruption of a younger sister he did not know about and the dirty laundry of local politicians and businessmen, there's much on his plate. But Ousley has a thick skin. And he knows Little Rock like no one else. When Black Noir meets NoirKansas? No one is safe.

(W) Alison Gaylin, Megan Abbot (A) Steve Scott, Lovern Kindzierski When her younger sister is found at the center of a brutal murder case, tough-as-nails sheriff Normandy Gold is forced to dive headfirst into the seedy world of 1970s prostitution in Washington DC.

(W) David Hazan (A/CA) Shane Connery Volk

(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Elsa Charretier The lives of three women intersect in a dark criminal underground. As fire and violence tears through their city over the course of a single day and night, they find that their lives are bound together by one man-who seems to be the cause of it all. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER: the first in a sequence of three graphic novellas by MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) and ELSA CHARRETIER (Star Wars, Infinite Loop), with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and exquisitely crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY.

(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Elsa Charretier One phone call for help and all hell breaks loose for three strangers connected by bad luck, a twist of fate, and a gun in a puddle of rain. In the middle of a dense criminal underworld, these strangers' lives collide on one fateful and bloody night in this epic novelistic thriller by MATT FRACTION and ELSA CHARRETIER, with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and stunning hand-crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER.

(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Elsa Charretier Three strangers entangled by fate, coincidence, and cruelty find themselves at the end of the longest night of their lives, bound together against the dark forces of...well-fate, coincidence, and cruelty. Apart, none of them will see sunrise; together they might have a shot, in this thriller by MATT FRACTION & ELSA CHARRETIER, with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and stunning hand-crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER.

(W) Bastien Vives & Various Meet Alex, Carole, and Sam: the most notorious trio of cat burglars of the 21st century, starring in this graphic novel sequel. Alex, Carole, and Sam use technology, know-how, and some serious chutzpah bordering on hubris to reinvent a profession that has lost much of its fun and insolence since the early 20th century. After successfully stealing La Grande Odalisque by Ingr?s from the Louvre (in Fantagraphics' acclaimed 2021 graphic novel of the same name), the art thieves have a new mission: nab ?douard Manet's Olympia - plus two other masterpieces - from the Petit Palais in Paris. Naturally, complications ensue, and not just from the fact that Carole is nine months pregnant at the time of the heist! Forming a trio as formidable as their protagonists, Bastien Viv?s, J?r?me Mulot, and Florent Ruppert deliver an explosive, grand symphony of adventure, as well as a very touching and funny character study in this eagerly anticipated sequel to The Grande Odalisque. (STL204506) (C: 0-1-1)