(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi As the third Squad Jam begins to wind down, the 'special rule' takes effect! 'Your former comrades are now your enemies.' Team LPFM, one of the favorites to win the competition, has been torn apart, and Pitohui couldn't be more delighted! Not looking forward to her rematch with the trigger-happy Pito, Llenn and her new teammates are escorted to the mysterious UNKNOWN area at the center of the sinking map, surrounded by a thick fog. As bullets of betrayal fly past former allies, the fog finally clears to reveal...a luxury cruise ship?! For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Reki Kawahara The Taboo Index and the Law of Power have both been breached by a single murder. The shadowy culprit's intentions are clear as day: the human realm and the dark territory must go to war again. With the help of Iskahn, commander of the Dark Army, Kirito seeks to bring the criminal to justice. But as they conduct an investigation with Asuna's help, disaster strikes again! Ronie and Tiese have been poisoned!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki It's been just two months since they were trapped in the game of death that is Sword Art Online, and Kirito and Asuna continue their struggle at the vanguard of progress through the game. The fifth floor of Aincrad is a mazelike ruin, and the two dare to take pleasure in raiding it for the treasure it contains. Upon returning to the fourth floor, it's time to do some questing on behalf of the Elf Lord Yofilis - but here begins Asuna's discontent, for in doing so they will have to face her least favorite monster ever!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The runaway best-selling fantasy light novel franchise that topped the charts in 2012! One month after Akihiko Kayaba's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night. This volume contains three stories, including 'Aria of a Starless Night,' which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and 'Rondo of a Fragile Blade,' the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The runaway best-selling fantasy light novel franchise that topped the charts in 2012! Having cleared the first and second levels of Aincrad at great cost, Kirito, Asuna, and the rest of the players ascend to Level Three. New challenges await them even as tenuous new allies appear, in the vast forest that encompasses the entire level. Meanwhile, the first player-wide strategy meeting on the new level forces Asuna and Kirito to make a difficult choice.

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki Having reached the second floor of Aincrad, Asuna decides to have a player-controlled blacksmith upgrade her beloved sword, a rare Wind Fleuret - but when the unimaginable happens and the sword is shattered in the attempt, Kirito suspects foul play. Did the blacksmith really just happen to destroy an incredibly valuable item? And if not, is there any way to get it back? If there is a conspiracy of thieves, how can they be stopped before they spread too much mistrust? The game of death is bad enough already!

(W) Reki Kawahara At long last, Kirito and Asuna have reunited with Kizmel the dark elf. But the happy reunion doesn't last for long. With remaining keys to collect, the appearance of AI that seem a little too lifelike, and a 'secret quest' to deal with, Kirito and Asuna will have their hands full as they attempt to clear the sixth floor in one piece! Age 13 and Up.

(W) Reki Kawahara After getting separated, Kirito and Eugeo have continued their struggle to reach the 100th floor of Central Cathedral -- Eugeo in hopes of restoring Alice to her true self, and Kirito for the sake of the Underworld. But on the 99th floor, Kirito must first face a heartrendingly familiar Integrity Knight.

Adminstrator's defeat has come at a heavy cost: The death of Eugeo as well as the mental decline of Kirito. Six months after the epic battle, Kirito spends his days in the Underworld wheelchair-bound; bereft of emotion or a will to live. Although Alice and Bercouli do what they can to help him, it isn't long before the armies of the dark territory start to move in earnest.

(W/A/CA) Reki Kawahara The second day of the Final Stress Test rages on. Having defeated Sinon and Leafa--even with the added might of their godly super-accounts--Gabriel drives Alice into a corner. Meanwhile, in another corner of the battlefield, Asuna is pushed to her limits as she defends Kirito from the army of Darkness. But just when all seems lost, a voice cries out in Kirito's heart, urging him back into the world. Grabbing hold of that light in the darkness, the black swordsman awakens... For readers ages 13 years and up.

(W/A/CA) Reki Kawahara After three-hundred years of turmoil, a new era begins for the Underworld. A lost child of Vecta, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, has defeated the Dark God and cemented peace for all the realm. But at the heart of human lands, atop Central Cathedral, Ronie Arabel, newly promoted to Integrity Knight apprentice, receives foreboding words from Kirito. 'War will come again.'

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki Kirito and Sinon's battle with Death Gun is over, but mere weeks later, something strange is afoot in the next-generation VRMMO ALfheim Online. A new dualist with a custom sword skill is defeating all comers, including Kirito! But when Asuna goes to face this dualist, she receives something she never expected: An invitation to an exclusive guild! But what is their aim? The 'Mother's Rosario' arc begins!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki The saga of Sword Art Online continues with three side stories set during the Aincrad and Alfheim eras. The game of death took its toll on every player in a different way--when one turns up dead on the fifty-seventh floor, the game's afoot, and it's up to Asuna and Kirito to crack the case. There's also the story of how Kirito got his Excalibur sword in Alfheim (with a little help from his friends). And when the game of death first began, Kirito learned a difficult lesson - one he would never forget!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten - Alice.

Kirito has wound up in another mysterious fantasy world again. In this VRMMO-ish place, the first person he meets is the young boy Eugeo. Kirito can hardly believe Eugeo's an NPC when seeing his rich emotions and thoughts and ends up heading to the capital, Centria. Two years later, Kirito and Eugeo have become First Order initiates of the North Centria Imperial Discipline Sword Academy and have been taken under the wing of their seniors, Soltirina and Golgoth. Aiming to reach the center of the Axiom Church that controls the capital, the two break past numerous obstacles to try and become one of the elite Greater Master Swordsmen, a title that only twelve people lay claim to in the whole academy!

(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki It's been two years since Kirito entered another mysterious fantasy world and met the boy named Eugeo. At the Northern Centoria Master Swordsmanship Academy, the two of them have advanced to become upper rank trainee swordsmen. Now they spend their days training, aiming to one day earn the rank of Integrity Knight, the greatest peacekeepers in the human world. Soon, appropriate for their new ranks, both Kirito and Eugeo are assigned apprentices and they all deepen their bonds while perfecting their bodies and minds. But suddenly, an evil rears its head and threatens their peaceful lives. Eugeo tries to draw his sword to fight but he finds himself helpless as a message appears in words he can't read. They say--SYSTEM ALERT.

(W/A/CA) Shouji Sato Mikoto's savior has been left behind in the city!? The most devastating Tag goes on a rampage! She awakens in a hospital. From the corner of her eye, Mikoto spots a mysterious figure in a nearby collapsed building just as they disappear. Having received the whereabouts of her comrades, she goes on the hunt but runs into more than a little trouble along the way. The shocking identity of her savior is finally revealed!

(W) Shouji Sato Black Label and their allies's infiltration continues as the various teams hold strong against the forces of Syringe. But what will Arashi and Mikoto to do when they lose sight of Oriha?

(W) Akira Kareno (A) Ue She came home to the place she was meant to be. She saw the man she wanted to see so dearly. She had done everything she wanted to. And so-she was out of promises. The end that had been quietly shadowing her silently placed its hand on her shoulder. 'I'm sorry. I will never be able to be happier than this. Because I finally realized that I have always-'

(W) Kelly Sue DeConnick & Various (A) Maria Frohlich & Various (CA) Valentine De Landro DeCONNICK & DE LANDRO PRESENT: THE TRIPLE FEATURE! Ripped directly from the world of BITCH PLANET, a crack team of creators spin 15 teeth-clenching tales of rage, revolution, and ridicule. Patriarchy beware?this sci-fi kidney punch can't be stopped?! 100% Grade-A satire. Accept no substitutes. Collects BITCH PLANET: TRIPLE FEATURE #1-5

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Matteo Scalera, Moreno DiNisio The Anarchist League of Scientists are scattered to the cosmic winds. Abuse of the Pillar's power has gnawed at the very foundation of reality, as all that ever is, was, and will be is falling in on itself. Beaten and dismayed, it falls to Grant McKay and what allies he has left to start a hail-Mary mission to the center of the Onion, and the chance of salvation that rests there. Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera set their sights on the End of the Eververse as the Dimensionauts begin their final journey into the Onion construct to fix everything that ever went wrong-or damn all of eternity to the void. Collects BLACK SCIENCE #35-38

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Matteo Scalera, Moreno DiNisio Sometimes our lives are boiled down to one moment, one choice. This is that moment for Grant McKay. The Anarchist League of Scientists charges forward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA bring their seminal pulp science fiction epic to a mind-shattering finale. Collects BLACK SCIENCE #39-43

(W/A/CA) Linda Sejic Finally secure in the knowledge that her eccentric boss (the unfortunately named Dr. Vlad Stein) isn't actually a mad scientist, scatterbrained chemist Elliot Torres seeks to prove herself as a competent lab assistant. But in the laboratory's dark depths, she's not exactly standing on solid ground...literally, in some instances.

(W) Dennis Culver (A) Geoffo, Chris Burnham A group of teenagers must fight off an attack on their town by a secret alien invasion to save their friends and families? but they can only see the aliens if they're completely wasted! The Burnouts are saving the world one puff at a time! Collects BURNOUTS #1-5.

(W) Jay Faerber (A) Drew Moss, Ron Riley (CA) Scott Godlewski, Ron Riley The acclaimed sci-fi western continues as shocking revelations about Sheriff Clara Bronson's tragic past finally come to light during her fight to save her son. Meanwhile, Mayor Boo risks his life when he investigates Hickory's shady dealings. Collects COPPERHEAD #15-18

(W) Matt Hawkins & Various (A) Francesca Aureli & Various (CA) Khoi Pham Granted superhuman abilities via cybernetic implants, they were created to be the pawns of a corrupt and evil corporation. Free and united against their creators, they are known as Cyberforce.

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Wes Craig, Jordan Boyd The crew returns to Kings Dominion to discover things have changed in their absence. The program has changed. Master Lin's schemes revealed. Betrayal. Mystery. The secret of the catacombs beneath the school. A reckoning for the corrupt. Our friends try to hold everything together as Freshman Finals loom ever closer… RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG's darkly humorous look at the 1980s underground comes full circle. Collects DEADLY CLASS #36-39, FCBD 2019 DEADLY CLASS KILLER SET (ONE-SHOT).

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Bengal Glory is back-and barreling toward the Mexican border in the hopes of delivering the liver transplant to save her father's life. Time, fuel, and hope are running out, but no one outruns Glory! Don't miss the concluding chapter of RICK REMENDER & BENGAL's runaway smash hit! Collects DEATH OR GLORY #6-11

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen Tim-21, Telsa, and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile Andy and his ragtag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revelations. A new chapter of the heartfelt sci-fi epic by superstar creators JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN begins here. Collects DESCENDER #17-21

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen The first major DESCENDER event is here. This is what it has all been building to. The Robot Resistance rises up and tightens its iron grip in the universe as the origins of the Harvesters are finally revealed and the galaxy is thrown into all-out war! A new chapter of the sci-fi epic begins here by superstar creators JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN. Collects DESCENDER #22-26

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen The climactic chapter of DESCENDER is here! All the various factions who have been hunting Tim-21 finally converge around the ocean planet Mata, just as the robots launch their galaxy-wide revolution? But nothing can prepare the young android Tim-or the readers-for what happens next. The DESCENDER saga comes to a startling climax and sets the stage for the next mind-bending adventure. Collects DESCENDER #27-32

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Nick Dragotta The final year of the apocalypse begins! Armies rage! Nations at War! A family fights to be reunited. Collects EAST OF WEST #30-34

(W) Zack Kaplan (A/CA) Giovanni Timpano In a world where sunlight burns people alive, Cielo Brandt, heiress of the city's most powerful company, and her savior David Baxter, have both survived a killer who didn't burn in the sunlight. Now, both want answers about his origins; Cielo investigates the city's underground and her father's company, while Bax braves the post-apocalyptic wasteland and the discovery of another who is immune to the sun's rays. Collects ECLIPSE #5-8

(W) James Asmus & Various (A/CA) Joe Infurnari, Jordan Boyd Human evolution has taken millions of years to get to this stage. But next week, we become something new. Around the world, humanity is undergoing rapid and unpredictable changes, and only three individuals seem to notice that their world is being reborn. But what can they do about it? Skybound unites writers JAMES ASMUS, JOSEPH KEATINGE, CHRISTOPHER SEBELA & JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and artists JOE INFURNARI & JORDAN BOYD to create a new global phenomenon. Collects EVOLUTION #1-6.

(W) Chrissy Williams (A) Lauren Knight, Sofie Dodgson (CA) Lauren Knight Older women have been deemed useless to society and abandoned on a remote island, where they must fight to the death, whilst making friends and dessert. Welcome to GOLDEN RAGE: a not-too-distant dystopia where Battle Royale meets The Golden Girls. Perfect for readers who enjoyed Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age and Helene Tursten's An Elderly Woman Is Up to No Good. Collects GOLDEN RAGE #1-5

(W) Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill (A) Yuki Saeki (CA) Raffaele Ienco In the near future, a group of scientists and military operatives are sent on an interplanetary mission to develop Earth's first off-world colony. While the crew of the Golgotha hibernates for travel, technology on Earth continues to advance, and when they land on the planet, the crew finds it already inhabited...by another team from Earth that arrived years before they have. Now the crew of the Golgotha find themselves relics of their own time, unwanted by the colony that's been expecting them for a generation...and this planet holds its own secrets-secrets that could change the nature of mankind itself.

(W) Brandon Thomas (A) Juan Gedeon, Mike Spicer (CA) Jason Howard Zhia Malen has delivered the first crippling blow to Earth. Now, Chicago braces for a super storm as she kicks off the next phase of her invasion. But the connection between her world and Earth runs deeper than she imagined, making this planet hostile to EVERY species in the galaxy. Collects HORIZON #7-12

(W) Brandon Thomas (A) Juan Gedeon, Frank Martin (CA) Jason Howard Zhia Malen thought she'd killed Kepler's top agent-Lincoln. But now he reemerges, ready for a second round with the alien invader. Meanwhile, on Valius, no one is to be trusted. Collects HORIZON #13-18

(W) Ryan Cady (A/CA) Andrea Mutti The universe ended, but humanity survived. And for years, the passengers and crew of the vessel Orpheus found the endless void between realities to be a surprisingly peaceful home. Then they found a body-bloodied, brutalized, and surrounded by inscrutable runes. As Security Director Deva Karrell investigates the Orpheus' first murder, she'll come face-to-face with a horror from beyond the confines of time itself… Collects INFINITE DARK #1-4.

(W) Ryan Cady (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) Nick Robles Aboard the void ship Orpheus, the last remnants of humanity escaped the end of the universe, thwarted a conspiracy to destroy their home, and-thanks to Security Director Deva Karrell-outwitted a cosmic entity determined to devour them all. Now, alone in the black nothingness beyond reality, they'll face a more familiar monster… each other. Collects INFINITE DARK #5-8