(W/A) Rod Espinosa
Having survived their first small encounter with the mountain torbulds, Clari and her friends finally reach the city of Bridge Town and find it in a state of war. Remembering her promise to her friend Mecomi, Clari prepares to escort the orphans back to the safety of the mountain village. They ride with a massive caravan of 20,000 sponsored by Lord Justinius Biverius, who is to take up a cushy post guarding Good River, Clari's hometown. Little do they know, the caravan is about to run into terrible danger!
(W) Rick Laprade, J. McClary (A/CA) J. McClary
The adventure begins here! When Miru crash lands on the world of Gaia, he inadvertently becomes the most wanted creature around. Along with a rag-tag band of allies, Miru begins his journey to save all existence from the devious Dr. Monopoly and his wicked master, the demon king, Samsura!
(W/A) Fred Chao
Alison has built Robot to simply help her have fun, but it's not so simple. It turns out she has to teach Robot about life, mainly from the point of a 7-year-old girl. Join the cast of Alison, Robot, five penguins and a monkey friend Andrew, an 80's music loving father, a serious mom that just wants a break, a cartoon Alton Brown and a cartoon Fred Chao. Filled with fun comics humor, first crushes, snowball fights, and reflections on life, this Alison and her Rock Awesome Robot collection is a year's worth of full-color daily and Sunday strips.
(W/A/CA) Steve Bryant
Collecting the fan-favorite pulp heroine's Action Lab debut miniseries! When her father gains possession of a supernatural artifact, Athena Voltaire sets off on an adventure that pits her against Nazis, deadly assassins, an old nemesis, and an angry fire goddess! Written and drawn by Eisner and Manning Award-nominated creator Steve Bryant.
(W) Susan Beneville (A/CA) Brian Hess
Young Regn travels the universe to wake and heal planets. On her first mission, she lands on the planet Gremon where she discovers an angry world tearing itself apart, an irresponsible big brother, and a greedy baron who stokes the chaos for his own benefit. Regn's photonic powers won't be enough when she comes face-to-face with the planet's consciousness. To win over Gremon, she'll need something more - courage, compassion, and a little bit of help from the last person she should trust. Collects Regn's first time planet-side in AWAKE #1-4.
(W) Susan Beneville (A/CA) Brian Hess
Having successfully completed her first mission to wake up and heal the planet Gremon, Chkarta Dola Regn should be celebrating, instead she is fleeing from the brutal and greedy Baron Korup. Meanwhile, her brother Picar and her mentor Operi attempt to rescue their friend Chay from the clutches of the duplicitous Gen and the conniving Gurk. This all-ages trade paperback collects Regn and Picar's further adventures on Gremon in AWAKE #5-8.
(W) Alex Kain (A/CA) Rachel Bennett
As conflict looms between ancient enemies, the fragile truce that held civilization together has begun to unravel. A small peace envoy travels north to prevent war, while a ragtag army of rebels marches south to create it. Experience the latest chapter of this all-ages fantasy saga in its second collected volume!
(W) Ram V. (A) Sumit Kumar, Rosh (CA) Sumit Kumar
Our Brigands taken off death-row have reached a foreign land to steal The Myros Pendulum. An act of necessity will spark a war and in the rasping sands of Rhool, pursued by fatal ambitions, our heroes must overcome their pasts and their mistrust of each other if they are to make it out alive. But, betrayal and unforeseen ends lie in wait around the corner, for the prize they seek may very well be The Ruin of Thieves.
(W) Shawn Pryor, Giulie Speziani (A) Marcus Kwame Anderson, Tressina Bowling (CA) Caroline Frumento
Cash & Carrie return in all-new adventures! It's all fun and games at Summer Camp Sobol until strange things start happening. Campers go missing, Bigfoot might exist, and does anyone know what's really in the coleslaw? With no Wi-Fi and the mosquito repellent not cutting it, our detective duo will have to stick together to solve these mysteries on their own. Will Cash & Carrie survive this spooky summer camp of supreme superstition? And who will win the Camp Sobol Summer Games? You'll have to read Summer Sleuths to find out!
(W) Giulie Speziani, Shawn Pryor (A) Various (CA) Nilah Magruder
Two junior high detectives, Dallas Cash and Inez Carrie, are on the case! Cash's tech savviness paired with Carrie's sensible approach makes them the perfect mystery-solving duo. Together, they investigate a missing mascot, make a few ghost friends and expose an undercover Voodoo cult. Baddies beware, these gumshoes won't easily scare!
The courageous Cougar is Megaville's friskiest superhero, tossing crooks left and right with her loyal sidekick, the cunning Cub. But when a slow night on the prowl leads to a one night stand, their perfect partnership is plunged into peril! Can our delicious duo mend their fractured friendship and defeat Megaville's roster of outrageous supervillains?!? Plus, visit Cougar and Cub in their natural habitat as we take you on a trip through comic book history with five frenzied flashbacks!
(W) Jason Martin & Various (A) Winston Young, Celor (CA) Celor
The popular Danger Zone team-up of Zombie Tramp, Vampblade, and DollFace returns, and this time they're forced into battle in space! When a new cosmic threat plucks the girls from Earth and places them into their galactic combat arena, can our lethal ladies measure up against the baddest gladiators from across the cosmos? Collects issues $1-4, the complete Zombie Tramp universe crossover event!
(W/A/CA) Ken Krekeler
Tom Ferris is a forgotten button-down man in a world of super-heroes who streaking across the sky and hurl themselves over rooftops at night. They are commonplace. Each night, he lies awake though, wishing to be the man he was. Today, Tom gets his wish. And the world will never forget him again! Collects the critically acclaimed engrossing four issue series.
Ehmm was doing just fine until the morning he woke up dead! Now, along with his talking kitten, Mr. Whispers, the two begin the wildest ride of their un-lives. Ehmm Theory Volume One collects the critically acclaimed mind-melting adventure that features all that plus pint-sized zombie clowns, giant cybernetic crustaceans, and a super-team of the bizarre! Collects the first four critically-acclaimed issues.
(W) David Pinckney (A/CA) Soo Lee
Standing before a jury of nine gods, Amarosa pleads for a chance to risk her life and gain entry to the Wishing Well where she will fight her way through nine trials to claim her prize: a single wish that will save her terminally ill brother. Though she has some help, what she learns about herself here in the first four trials may be her only chance of survival. Collects the first four issues of this critically acclaimed series.
(W) Shawn Pryor, B. Alex Thompson (A/CA) Jay Reed
Quarterback Terrance Wright is about to play in the biggest game of his life, Supreme Bowl XXVII. However, events leading up to the game could alter his fate. Will Terrance's health, finances, his scheming agent, a beloved rookie backup quarterback, and his personal relationship with the franchise operations manager take him to his breaking point before the game begins? Sometimes the battle off the field can be as tough as the battle on it. Welcome to the world of F.O.R.C.E. (Football Operations Rated Championship Elite), collecting issues #1-3 of the breakout sports drama.
In this exciting installment of Fracture, Jeff fights to assert control over his own mind in an increasingly complex world. With his control slipping and everyone around him in peril, Jeff is forced to seek help from an unlikely source - his evil side's former ally! At a mind-bending pace, this volume crashes towards a final confrontation, with all Jeff's 'marbles' on the line! Collects Fracture volume 2 #1-4.
(W) Steve Bryant (A) Jason Millet, Mark Stegbauer
A new menace strikes Full Moon Hollow, the Paranormal Capital of the World! Once again, it's up to the Ghoul Scouts to solve the mystery behind the werewolf sightings plauging Camp Lake Crystal. Be prepared. Be very prepared.
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(W) Brockton McKinney (A/CA) Sergio Rios
The soul of a serial killer in the body of a cookie! It's the Gingerdead Man, and this time he's facing off against Eebee the Evil Bong, a cursed artifact who wants to cast his crunchy body into the magical realm of BongWorld! Bloodshed and blunts collide for the hardest you'll ever laugh at being scared! Collects issues #1-3, the entire gruesome affair!
(W/A/CA) Katie Cook
The second collection of Katie Cook's popular webcomic! Gronk is a monster who is learning to adjust to OUR world through the teachings of Dale, a woman who probably shouldn't be teaching anyone how to adjust to the real world. Join Gronk, Dale, Harli and Kitty for another year of fun!
(W/A/CA) Katie Cook
The third volumes of Katie Cook's popular webcomic, Gronk: A Monster's Tale, is here! Full color and jam-packed with funny, follow Gronk and her peculiar clan through another year of misunderstandings, friendship and adorable mayhem.
(W/A/CA) Katie Cook
The latest, full-color volume of Katie Cook's popular webcomic, Gronk! This new installment has never been in print before and is coming to Action Lab as a brand-spankin' new book! Follow Gronk and her friends' adventures for another silly, fun, weird year. Like cats? This book has 'em. Like dogs? We have those too. Like tiny green monsters? Look no further, you've found your new favorite book!
(W) Kyle Puttkammer (A/CA) Omaka Schultz
Exploring the world they saved. From the dangers of the desert, to a remote jungle island, and finally the Far East, the Hero Cats are ready for anything.
(W) Kyle Puttkammer (A) Kyle Puttkammer & Various (CA) Jenny Parks
From the streets of Stellar City to the mountains of Mars, the Hero Cats prevail. This volume features a phenomenal tour of talented artists with new visions of familiar faces.
(W) Kyle Puttkammer (A/CA) Omaka Schultz
Bandit of Earth meets the Hero Cats of Skyworld for the first time! A perfect place for new readers to discover the exciting and dangerous realm ruled by Corvus the Crow King.
(W) Gary Turner (A/CA) Carlos E. Gomez, Mel Bontrager
A scientific mission to study a primitive world of magic encounters catastrophe. All aboard escape in life pods... all except one boy. With the protection of a robot, an apprentice, and her quirky mentor, Kai must survive the savagery of dragons, warriors, and the all-powerful Overq'sai long enough to return home. Collects I, Mage #0-2.
(W) Gary Turner (A/CA) Mel Bontrager
Adventure continues for a boy from a strange land. While under the protection of a wizard and his apprentice, Kai learns in a world of swords and sorcery there's no safe place. Follow events as they move from a sieged Dwarven town, a Kings vault, a monster threatened hamlet, to frozen wastes.
(W) Dave Dwonch (A/CA) Arturo Mesa
For centuries, a secret world government has employed the INFINITE SEVEN, the world's greatest assassins to do their dirty work. The only way to become one of their members is to prove your worth by killing one of their members. But what happens when Anthony Zane, a teenage boy from the suburbs does just that? Action hero archetypes are reimagined in what is sure to be the blockbuster series of the year! Collecting issues 1-4 of the ongoing monthly series. NOTE: Fans of the James Bond, G.I. Joe and '80s action films will LOVE Infinite Seven!
(W/A/CA) Dean Rankine
Take some time for an adventure to a magical world with two cute bunnies - two foul mouthed, drug using, butt-naked bunnies that go on adorably offensive, insultingly hilarious adventures! Your journey into off color fun begins here, with this mix of Adventure Time and underground comix!
(W/A/CA) Dean Rankine
The Itty Bitty Bunnies (Phil and Tyrone) make a deal with the Devil, awake the magic Bong Genie, start a food fight that turns homicidal, and do lots and LOTS of drugs. It's just another day in Rainbow Pixie Candy Land!
(W) Brandon Barrows (A/CA) Ionic
In Boston, powers are real, heroes are rare and Jack McGriskin is a private detective with a strong right arm and a nose for trouble. When a missing person he's been hired to find turns up dead, he stumbles into a network of corruption stretching from the streets of Boston to the halls of Congress and the clues lead him back to a world he'd left behind. And just as things are starting to get back to normal, a new shadow falls across his path in the form of the mysterious Usurper. Collects Jack Hammer #1-4 and Jack Hammer: Usurper #1-2.
(W) Justin Phillips (A/CA) Sean Miller
John Watson is nervous being the only dog at his new school, Baker Elementary. But when he takes an interest in fellow student, Sherlock Holmes, the two become unlikely, and sometimes contentious, friends. Together they deal with bullies, track down lost toys, investigate stolen playground equipment, and even face an unseen threat terrorizing the school halls. All the while Watson tries to help Sherlock make friends with his fellow students and Sherlock tries to help Watson become a better detective. Collects Kid Sherlock #1-4.
(W) Aaron J. Shelton, Robert Tinnell (A/CA) Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim
Twelve year-old Kevin and his friends are transported to a world of magic after finding King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur. Can these new Knights of the Round Table stop the evil witch Morgan le Fay from conquering both worlds? Collects issues 1-4 of the series.
(W) Shawn Pryor & Various (A) John bones Rodriguez (CA) Uko Smith
Sara Jackson is no common thief-for-hire. She uses her limited teleportation abilities to 'acquire' art and artifacts for clients. With the help of her older brother Max and their tech-savvy friend Claudette, Sara must gather a trio of ancient Egyptian relics, but these three apparently easy heists turn out to have both hidden dangers and cosmic consequences.
Ladybug and Cat Noir are back with two more thrilling adventures! First, their principle, Mr. Damocles, tries to become a superhero: Dark Owl! Unfortunately, he's constantly messing things up and accidentally gets humiliated by the two heroes. The evil Hawk Moth akumatizes Damocles, giving him high-grade technology to take down Ladybug and Cat Noir once and for all! In their second adventure, Ladybug and Cat Noir find themselves up against a gigantic baby that Hawk Moth has accidentally akumatized, Gigantitan! Will this giant crush Ladybug and Cat Noir? And will Marinette and Adrien finally go on a date?
(W/A/CA) Zag Entertainment
Enjoy two more tales from the second season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir! It's Marinette's birthday, and her grandmother pays her a surprise visit. But when she can't relate to her grown niece after being away for so long, Hawk Moth finds his prey. He turns Marinette's grandmother into Befana, a motorcycle riding villain with a candy-gun. Then, when Max's pet robot (and best friend) is confiscated at school, Hawk Moth turns his little friend into Robostus, a powerful machine with the ability to make inanimate objects come to life! How will Ladybug and Cat Noir deal with Hawk Moth's latest villains?
(W/A/CA) Zag Entertainment
The second season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir continues! After Chlo? gets everyone in trouble, she tries to be a bit nicer to everyone. But things don't turn out quite how she planned and someone ends up getting akumatized into Despair Bear! Then, a new fencer arrives at the school to challenge Adrien to be part of their elite team. However, when she loses, Hawk Moth takes advantage of the situation and turns her into Riposte, a powerful sword fighter who's ready to slash through Ladybug and Cat Noir.
(W) Jeremy Zag & Various (A/CA) Cheryl Black
The second season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is collected here! This volume features the episodes 'Zombizou' and 'Syren.' In 'Zombizou,' Marinette creates a lovely gift for her teacher, Miss Bustier, but then Chloé goes and ruins it! Distraught, Marinette is targeted by Hawk Moth, but Miss Bustier isn't about to let her student get akumatized! In 'Syren,' Marinette's classmate Kim is oblivious to his swim mate Ondine's feelings for him. Hawk Moth akumatizes Ondine into Syren, who plans on making all of Paris an underwater kingdom for him. Having troubles under the sea, Ladybug and Cat Noir may just have to use brand new powers in order to beat this latest villain!
(W) Jeremy Zag & Various (A/CA) Cheryl Black
Enjoy two more miraculous adventures with the super powered heroes of Paris, Ladybug and Cat Noir! In 'Frightningale,' Adrien and Marinette are picked to play Ladybug and Cat Noir in a music video. But the singer gets akumatized and uses her magic mike to turn Paris into a giant musical! Now, Ladybug and Cat Noir need to keep rhyming to win against her. Then, in 'Troublemaker,' Jagged Stone's assistant is always solving problems, until she becomes akumatized and starts causing them! It's up to Ladybug and Cat Noir to try and stop her… but how can they when she can literally make herself untouchable? It's time for our heroes to suit up and save the day!
(W) Jeremy Zag & Various (A/CA) Cheryl Black
The second season of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is collected here! In 'Reverser,' a shy writer feels betrayed by Marinette and Nathaniel, becoming akumatized by Hawk Moth. Now he's able to reverse people's traits, resulting in Ladybug becoming super clumsy and making Cat Noir into a scaredy cat. With their personalities all wonky, will our heroes learn to be heroes once again? In 'Frozer,' a figure skater is akumatized by Hawk Moth and turns Paris into a frozen wasteland. But while things in Paris are getting chilly, things seem to be heating up between Adrien and… Kagami? And what about Luka and Marinette?