(W/A/CA) Dave Roman In this all-new third installment of the middle-grade graphic novel series Astronaut Academy, Hakata Soy continues his studies at the ultimate space station school of the future! Heroes like Hakata Soy don't take vacation! It's summer vacation for the students of Astronaut Academy, and Maribelle Mellonbelly is throwing the best party ever on Beach Planet? Yes! But tensions heat up fast when Hakata Soy's arch rival, Rick Raven, arrives. And soon the whole planet is heating up-with a giant volcano threatening to blow its top! Unless they can work together to save the planet, the students of Astronaut Academy will be toast. But can they put aside their differences in time to turn the tides? Splashdown is at long last the highly-anticipated new volume in the enduring and beloved Astronaut Academy series-for which we are reissuing volumes 1 and 2 in stunning full color.

(W) Ty Templeton, Dan Slott, Scott Peterson (A) Rick Burchett, Tim Levins (CA) Bob Smith, Terry Beatty This all-ages collection of stories set in the world of Batman: The Animated Series stars one of Batman?s most vexing villains?the Riddler! His schemes are never easy to solve, and in these adventures, it?s no different! Riddler flips the script by leaving Batman clues?to other villains? crimes, and faces the music when he holds a rock star hostage! And when a copycat tries to steal the Riddler?s style, who will find them first?Batman or the Riddler? Collects Batman: Gotham Adventures #11, #28, #56-57, and Batman Adventures #11.

(W) Scott Peterson (A/CA) Kelley Jones Now available in paperback! In this collection of the six-issue miniseries, Batman?s been overseeing Gotham City for years now and isn?t sure how much of a difference he?s making. Doubt, fear, and insecurity are starting to take over. And as all those negative feelings set in, the Scarecrow orchestrates a riot at Arkham Asylum to give the Dark Knight one of his greatest challenges yet! Collects Batman: Kings of Fear #1-6.

(W) Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV (A) Jock, Eduardo Risso (CA) Jock Now available in softcover! The Batman Who Laughs is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse?something both terrifying and oddly familiar. When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman can?t ever break...the rule that created the Batman Who Laughs! As Bruce begins to realize that all the mistakes he?s made are somehow connected, the Batman Who Laughs unleashes a brand-new evil. Enter one of the most punishing Batmen of the Dark Multiverse: the Grim Knight! Collects The Batman Who Laughs #1-7 and The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1.

(W) Jirou Oimoto (A/CA) Koin When it comes to the VRMMO NewWorld Online, Kaede Honjou isn't your run-of-the-mill greenhorn gamer. Forgoing a typical stat allocation for her Great Shielder, Maple, she pumps all her points into defense from the get-go! Her reasoning? 'I don't want to get hurt.' With no magic, agility, or strength to speak of, this walking fortress will have to get creative to beat the baddies early on. But little does she know that her pure-stat build will propel her to chaotic new heights that even the game admins couldn't account for!

(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion Get ready for the reality-shattering encore?now in a new deluxe edition hardcover! Writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo, the legendary team behind Dark Nights: Metal and Batman: Last Knight on Earth, reunite for one last tour of DC?s Dark Multiverse. When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs?who is reborn as the Darkest Knight! Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond recognition, and Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman are trapped in nightmare worlds within the Dark Multiverse! It all comes down to the Darkest Knight versus Wonder Woman, in the most metal-est DC event of all time?paving the way for the future of the DC Universe! Collects Dark Nights: Death Metal #1-7.

(W) Michael Northrop (A/CA) Gustavo Duarte Peek inside the lives of DC?s infamous rogues in Dear DC Super-Villains, the sequel to Dear Justice League, in which curious kids write to notorious scoundrels, asking them about life on the dark side. How did Gorilla Grodd get so smart? Did Harley Quinn ever try a career in comedy? Why does Catwoman always lose to Batman? Each chapter highlights members of the Legion of Doom in a sympathetic way that is relatable to kids. But look closely and you may notice the baddies are up to something big! Will the Justice League show up in time to stop them? You?ll have to write in to the tip line of evil to find out!

(W) Roy Thomas & Various (A) Sal Buscema & Various (CA) Neal Adams Doctor Strange, the Hulk, the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer and Valkyrie! They are the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest 'non-team,' and they do not rely on bylaws and butlers. They join together in moments of utmost crisis - to face incomprehensible enemies like Dormammu, the Nameless One and the Enchantress! But when the Defenders encounter heroes of a more conventional stripe, it's war - the watershed hero vs. hero Avengers/Defenders War, no less! This massive omnibus also sees Hawkeye, the Black Knight, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Nighthawk and Daimon Hellstrom join the Defenders in classic adventures. It's a must-have edition collecting Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart and Len Wein's complete DEFENDERS runs in one beautifully restored volume! Collecting SUB-MARINER (1968) #34-35, MARVEL FEATURE (1971) #1-3, DEFENDERS (1972) #1-19, GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #1-2, and AVENGERS (1963) #115 (B STORY) and #116-118. Rated T

(W) Roy Thomas & Various (A) Sal Buscema, Ross Andru (CA) Gil Kane Doctor Strange, the Hulk, the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer and Valkyrie! They are the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest 'non-team,' and they do not rely on bylaws and butlers. They join together in moments of utmost crisis - to face incomprehensible enemies like Dormammu, the Nameless One and the Enchantress! But when the Defenders encounter heroes of a more conventional stripe, it's war - the watershed hero vs. hero Avengers/Defenders War, no less! This massive omnibus also sees Hawkeye, the Black Knight, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Nighthawk and Daimon Hellstrom join the Defenders in classic adventures. It's a must-have edition collecting Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart and Len Wein's complete DEFENDERS runs in one beautifully restored volume! Collecting SUB-MARINER (1968) #34-35, MARVEL FEATURE (1971) #1-3, DEFENDERS (1972) #1-19, GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #1-2, and AVENGERS (1963) #115 (B STORY) and #116-118. Rated T

(W) Roy Thomas & Various (A) Sal Buscema & Various Doctor Strange, the Hulk, the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer and Valkyrie! They are the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest 'non-team,' and they do not rely on bylaws and butlers. They join together in moments of utmost crisis - to face incomprehensible enemies like Dormammu, the Nameless One and the Enchantress! But when the Defenders encounter heroes of a more conventional stripe, it's war - the watershed hero vs. hero Avengers/Defenders War, no less! This massive omnibus also sees Hawkeye, the Black Knight, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Nighthawk and Daimon Hellstrom join the Defenders in classic adventures. It's a must-have edition collecting Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart and Len Wein's complete DEFENDERS runs in one beautifully restored volume! Collecting SUB-MARINER (1968) #34-35, MARVEL FEATURE (1971) #1-3, DEFENDERS (1972) #1-19, GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #1-2, and AVENGERS (1963) #115 (B STORY) and #116-118. Rated T

(W) Riichiro Inagaki (A) Boichi The battle between the Kingdom of Science and Petrification Kingdom is down to a mano-a-mano match between Senku and Ibara! With his petrified friends' spirits supporting him, can Senku finally get his hands on the all-powerful petrification weapon?! Later, a shocking revelation about the mysterious 'Why-Man' leads the Kingdom of Science on a new adventure! For teen audiences.

(W) Roy Thomas (A/CA) Esteban Maroto Dracula is one of the most well-known characters in the world. Now, read the story of the man who inspired the legend in this graphic novel available again for the first time in almost 30 years. A prince of Wallachia and son of Vlad Dracul (The Dragon), Vlad Dracul the Younger (Vlad Dracula) is taken hostage as a young man by Sultan Mehmed I to ensure his father's loyalty. When his father is killed at the hands of traitorous nobles in his own land, he assumes the crown and wages a cruel war to regain his lands and avenge his father. Throughout his life, he continued the fight to retain his kingdom, committing acts that would later lead to the formation of the famous character created by Bram Stoker. Originally published in the 1990s, it is now presented for the first time in black and white to showcase the beautiful art of Esteban Maroto.

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Alex Maleev Now available in paperback! The groundbreaking team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev reunite for a mystery thriller that transforms the landscape of the DC Universe! The world?s greatest detectives race to solve the mystery of Leviathan only to discover that this time, they?re already too late. Leviathan is in control. With startling ease, a dangerous and aggressive secret organization called Leviathan has returned and has systematically wiped out all its competition. The ways of the old world no longer work. Now Leviathan is turning its sights to molding the world into its own radical vision of order. Can this new threat be stopped? Join Lois Lane as she leads Batman, Green Arrow, Plastic Man, Manhunter, and the Question?plus a couple of surprise sleuths?in search of the man who sits behind the cloak of Leviathan. But will whoever find him first capture him...or join him? Collects content from Event Leviathan #1-6, Superman: Leviathan Rising #1, and DC?s Year of the Villain Special #1.

(W/A/CA) Atsushi Ohkubo Now a hit anime! The new action fantasy set in a steampunk Tokyo from the creator of the smash hit Soul Eater! The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous 'devil's footprints' (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?

(W/A) Wook Jin Clark Empathizing with others, understanding your feelings, learning to be selfless: these all sound like really hard things to do! Well, fear not: Come along with Gudetama, who'll guide your way to learning things and more. Living selflessly is something many struggle with. Don't worry, Gudetama does too, and wants to join you on your journey in finding the wonders of mindfulness. Mindfulness takes a lot of mental energy to wrap your brain around. Gudetama is here to help you become a better person...sort of.

(W) Kennoji (A/CA) KMKW Roland is the world's greatest assassin, he's a man who's taken a worthless skill and made it so powerful that he managed to kill the greatest demon lord that's ever lived. He could live out the rest of his days as a wealthy and famous man, but instead chooses...an exceedingly normal life working at an adventurer's guild?!

(W/A) Maki Enjoji Even when they're apart and lonely, they believe in their love. Our Valiant One and the Dark Lord have an incurable case of love! This is the grand finale! Nanase became a nurse to chase after Dr. Kairi Tendo. Before Kairi travels abroad to study, the two decide to do the things that lovers do. Their love deepens during their limited time together, but a problem arises concerning Kairi's succession in his family's business. What will happen to their romance? For mature audiences.

(W/A/CA) Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd ADVANCE SOLICITATION! A powerful sorceress must attempt to correct her greatest mistake - the creation of a magical cat that can travel through time, space, and the seven realms of reality. The cat threatens to unravel the fabric of the universe, doesn't care, and just won't listen! Collects INKBLOT #1-6.

(W) Emma Vieceli (A) Claudia Leonardi, Andrea Izzo (CA) Claudia Leonardi A NEW ERA, A NEW #1! The adventures of Max, Chloe, and Rachel, from the hit game Life is Strange, continue into a new era! Time-rewinding photographer Max has spent the last couple of years in a reality parallel to her own. Lately, she realised she was running from her responsibilities? and from the Chloe she left. Now? there may be a way for her to get home. With the universe against her, it's time for the coast-to-coast road trip of multiple lifetimes to find it - following the band The High Seas towards an uncertain destiny!

(W) Steve Gerber, More (A) Sal Buscema, More (CA) John Romita Watch out, Yancy Street! Benjamin Grimm - A.K.A. the Fantastic Four's Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing - is stomping his way into his own series, guest-starring the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe! In this inaugural MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE Epic Collection, the Thing battles the Incredible Hulk, the minions of Thanos and the giant monster Braggadoom - and even brings the Guardians of the Galaxy back into the firmament of Marvel stars! He also joins forces with icons like Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Daredevil and Luke Cage to battle all manner of fearsome foes! And to top it all off, the Thing travels to the pages of MARVEL TEAM-UP to join the amazing Spider-Man in a MTIO/MTU crossover classic! Collecting MARVEL FEATURE (1971) #11-12, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #1-19 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #47. Rated T

(W) Dan DiDio (A/CA) Shane Davis, Michelle Delecki The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus?s lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse?and will destroy anything that stands in the way of it trying to stay in our world! As Magnus, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Lead, and Mercury rush to Dr. Jenet Klyburn?s aid, one of them will meet their fate at the hands of the Nth Metal Man! Collects Metal Men #1-12.

(W) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ryosuke Takeuchi (A) Hikaru Miyoshi Just as everything appears to be going Sherlock Holmes's way, he finds himself arrested for a murder he did not commit! He soon escapes police custody and sets out to clear his name. The victim, Lord Drebber, wrote Sherlock's name in blood before he died, but why? Will Sherlock be able to solve this puzzle and save himself? For older teen audiences.

(W/A) Kouhei Horikoshi The confrontation between the heroes and the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front is about to kick off! With so much at stake, even the students of U.A. have joined the heroes to help in the coming battles. Within the PLF, Hawks continues to play a dangerous game as a double agent, but the villains have fearsome resources of their own, including whatever lurks in the doctor's lab. Plus, with every moment that passes, Tomura Shigaraki comes closer to his ultimate form... When everything goes down, there won't be any going back! For teen audiences.

(W/A) Yuki Midorikawa Nyanko sensei is missing, and the only clue to his whereabout is a shard of pottery painted with calico markings! Following the urgings of a dream seemingly sent by the shard, Natsume travels to a local kiln and finds far more than just answers about his lost friend. For teen audiences.

(W/A) Eiichiro Oda Oden's adventures continue as he travels the seas with the Whitebeard pirates. But how exactly did he meet Gold Roger? And what is going on back in Wano while he is away? For teen audiences.

(W/A) Yuichi Hiiragi The student council president, Takane Takemine, is a beauty beyond compare, and she would normally never associate with a friendless nobody like Koushi Shirota. After seeing her undressed, however, he's forced to become her walking 'closet' as she changes underwear throughout the day. But Takamine's stripping isn't merely to tease-it's the key to unleashing her time-bending powers!

(W) Ryan Ferrier (A) Moritat & Various (CA) Priscilla Petraites, Marco Lesko Titans, parasites, werewolves, oh my! In the absence of gods, Palisade has become a Pandora's box of the absolutely weird and definitely not wonderful. As Hannah struggles to level up her black magic skills, the Queens face a foe unlike ever before...the Void! Herald of anarchy or gatekeeper of freedom? Answers abound in the thrilling conclusion to 'THE GOD DILEMMA.' Collects RAT QUEENS #21-25.

(W/A) Naoshi Arakawa High-octane girls' soccer action mixes with the drama of high school in this cleats-out manga from the creator of Your Lie in April! Midori and Sumire are soccer stars at rival middle schools, destined to collide-one's a striker, the other a goalie. But the two girls end up in the same high school, with a lazy coach and a bizarre teammate, Nozomi, who brags that she's a genius but can't seem to stop kicking the ball into her own goal. To become champions, they'll have to get over their rivalry and work some magic on the field-not to mention the challenges of growing up.

***** ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR APRIL 2021***** * SEVEN SECRETS WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. * For centuries, the Order has trusted in Keepers and Holders to guard the Secrets in seven briefcases against all harm but when their stronghold is attacked and the secrets put in peril, the entire Order must face an enemy who knows too much... * Now, the Order's newest member, Caspar, must discover the truth of the Secrets before the enemy does, or risk losing everything. * Collects Seven Secrets #1-6.

(W) Benoit Peeters (A/CA) Francois Schuiten The fourth release in Alaxis Press' The Obscure Cities series to be published by IDW brings the award winning graphic novels to readers in English for the first time! Albert Chamisso, a newlywed of just a few weeks to Sarah, begins to have nightmares. Dr. Polydore Vincent helps him to get rid of the nightmares, but a strange side effect of the treatment is that his shadow is in color afterwards. He struggles with this, losing his wife and his job in the process. He moves to the outskirts of Blossfeldtstad where he meets the lovely Minna. Together, they create a light show that becomes very popular in this bittersweet romantic noir tale.

(W) Cavan Scott (A) Corin Howell (CA) Tim Daniel Worried your partner is cheating? Need a missing person found? Gina Meyers is the Private Investigator for you. Sure, she's a witch who worries that her powers make her more of a monster than the crooks she's trying to catch, but it's not like London's criminal underworld is literally going to hell? is it? Spy craft meets black magic in the shadowy world of MI666.

(W) Tom DeFalco, More (A) Pat Olliffe, More (CA) Pat Olliffe The adventures of May 'Mayday' Parker continue! Who will lead the New York underworld? Will the Green Goblin go good or give grief? What secret is Mary Jane keeping? And who is the mysterious new Spider-Man? There are plenty of questions to answer as a vicious gang war heats up and Spider-Girl struggles to keep order - but when a longtime foe is killed in the cross fire, May finds herself targeted by his family! Can the newest New Warriors help Spider-Girl win the war and survive two vengeance-crazed villains? Wall-crawling gets crowded when a new Scarlet Spider swings into action - and Peter Parker mulls a return to the webs! But even with her dad as backup, can May defeat Apox the Omega Skrull? Plus: Startling secrets of Mayday's past are revealed! Guest-starring the Fantastic Five! Collecting SPIDER-GIRL (1998) #33-50. Rated T

(W) Charles Soule (A) Ramon Rosanas, Jan Bazaldua (CA) R. B. Silva Eradicate all resistance! Commander Ellian Zahra has been tasked by the terrifying Darth Vader with the job of tracking down the remnants of the rebel fleet, scattered across the galaxy since the Battle of Hoth. But what is behind her bitter and personal quest for revenge against Leia Organa? When the powerful, dark secret is revealed, the rebels' Fourth and Seventh Divisions will pay the price! Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles and Shara Bey must fly into battle against an onslaught of TIE fighters in one of the greatest dogfights ever witnessed! Meanwhile, the Rebel Alliance's elite operations team, the Pathfinders, will take on a daring heist right under the nose of the Emperor - with Lando and Lobot along for the ride! Collecting STAR WARS (2020) #7-11. Rated T

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Gil Kane The greatest Superman team-up tales from the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths era of the late 1970s and 1980s are collected in hardcover for the first time! In these stories from the pages of DC Comics Presents, the Man of Tomorrow faces evil with the help of heroes including Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Mister Miracle, Batgirl, Black Canary, the Flash, and even Santa Claus and?Clark Kent? Collects DC Comics Presents #5, #9-10, #12, #14, #19, #28, #30, #35, #38-39, #45, #50, #58, #63, #67, #71, and #97.

(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai Presenting the complete saga of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning, in new, definitive color editions! Before his journey as a wandering, masterless samurai (ronin) began, Usagi underwent intense training under a mountain hermit, Katsuichi-Sensei, taking his first steps down the path of the warrior. Eventually, that path leads him to the pivotal battle of Adachigahara, which serves as the impetus for the host of amazing tales to come. Collected in full color as never before, discover-or rediscover-the critical origin of Stan Sakai's most beloved character as he tells his story, setting the stage for the decades-long epic that follows. Collects IDW's Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #1-7, which present 1987's 'Samurai' storyline in color for the first time.

(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Jacen Burrows (CA) Luke Ross The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics! In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Marneus Calgar, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, leads his elite Space Marines against humanity's greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, The Wicked + The Divine) spearheads a new publishing initiative with Marneus Calgar's never-before-told origin story - from his beginnings on Nova Thulium and his campaigns in the Black Crusades, to the unfolding mystery of the Black Altar, as a deadly threat from Calgar's past re-emerges to threaten the present of the Ultramar system! It's essential reading for 40K afficionados - and the perfect primer for those new to the universe of WARHAMMER 40,000! Be prepared! Collecting WARHAMMER 40,000: MARNEUS CALGAR (2020) #1-5 . Parental Advisory

(W) Thomas Day (A/CA) Oliver Ledroit IMMERSE YOURSELF IN OLIVIER LEDROIT'S LORD OF THE RINGS-ESQUE FANTASY WORLD! FROM THE ARTIST BEHIND PAT MILL'S BLACK MOON CHRONICLES & SHA AND AWARD WINNING WRITER THOMAS DAY! After narrowly escaping an uprising that claims the lives of her parents, Wika, the last of a royal line of fairies must evade the assassins on her trail long enough to discover the secret of her lineage.

(W/A) Mizuho Kusanagi The Kai Empire begins their plans to attack the Kingdom of Kohka, with North Kai leader Ying Kuelbo particularly interested in capturing the Dragon Warriors! When Yona and Jaeha are taken to Kai Empire against their will, Hak debates the unimaginable in order to save them-joining forces with the Kohka army! For teen audiences.