(W) Mike Mignola (A) Ben Stenbeck & Various
The world above may be over, and Hellboy gone with it, but Koshchei is still in Hell content with his wine and his books-until an old face arrives and brings Koshchei a critical task. An old and powerful foe is returning, and Koshchei must take up his sword and defend the city from destruction. Mignola returns to Hell to reunite with one of his favorite collaborators, Ben Stenbeck. Collects Koshchei in Hell #1-4, Sir Edward Grey: Acheron one-shot, and bonus material.
(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji
Five spiritualist students at a Buddhist college in Japan realize the job market is tough these days . . . among the living, that is! But the dead need jobs done too, so the five form the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, carrying out the last wishes of their cadaverous clients, so their souls can move on. But the Kurosagi gang are magnets for weirdness-not just corpses-and every case gets them involved in disturbing personal obsessions, bizarre modern Tokyo fads, and strange rituals of old Japan! Collects The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volumes 1-3.
(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji
It's weird-enough work, just trying every day to turn corpses into cash when they're connected to mysterious UFO crashes, modern-day mummies, and stiffs turned to soap. But the secrets of the Kurosagi crew's past continue to haunt them as well as they meet the exorcist Reiji Akira from Mail, who photographs the familiar spirit haunting Karatsu, and a flashback story takes us to early twentieth-century Japan to meet the ancestors (?) of our cast. Collects The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volumes 4-6.
(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji
Some manga offer you stories about zombies . . . others, robots . . . others, otaku-but only The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service would offer you a story about a zombie-robot otaku! And that's just the first of ten cases the Kurosagi gang encounter in Book Three, as strange-but-true rituals and incidents from Japan's past reemerge as tales of bizarre modern horror! Marriages with the dead . . . human air-defense radar . . . the souls of babies in the bodies of yakuza! And even as a cabal of phantoms seeks to imprison Karatsu's familiar spirit Yaichi, the Delivery Service face perhaps their greatest challenge yet . . . convincing somebody else to join their club so they don't lose their meeting space on campus!
(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji
The Kurosagi gang encounter more bizarre horror as weird folktales of Japan reemerge with new faces in the modern day! The Corpse Delivery Service find they're being beaten to their clients by a bike-riding pilgrim with electrical means to reanimate the dead . . . a virtual gaming world may have some players online but no longer alive . . . a child convicted of murdering her family is paroled under a new identity to the very school where the crew have gotten part-time jobs. Plus five other strange stories! Collects The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volumes 10-12.
(W) Eiji Otsuka (A) Housui Yamazaki (CA) Bunpei Yorifuji
Book Five has the Kurosagi gang running into ever more bizarre incidents of modern horror, from mind-control mouse hats, to taxpayer-supported torture museums, to the most feared calamity of all . . . jury duty! Meanwhile, it seems a gang of corpse-clearing impostors is out to take away their meager business-and in America, someone's made a cartoon series based off them??! Plus, three previously unpublished stories: a client whose psychological syndrome makes her believe she's dead; the mad robot scientist trio invents a zombie biker gang, and fugitives from a deadly cult hide out in the radioactive ruins of Fukushima!
Follow the famed Neterus and the Neteru Guardian Team from the epic 12-novel Vampire Huntress Legend series as they take the fight against evil beyond the Armageddon. In the Dawn and Darkness graphic novel (collecting the four-issue series), the team is still searching for the wounded Anti-Christ while trying to avoid the wrath of Lucifer. Complicating matters, several members of the team are pregnant with the next generation of Warriors of Light, and the darkness wants them and their unborn wiped off the face of the planet. To make matters worse, a new predator is hunting humans - something not wholly vampire or werewolf or like any demon they've ever encountered... and this time the predator is out for more than just blood! * L. A. Banks is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Career Choice Award for Paranormal Fiction as well as the 2008 Essence Storyteller of the Year award. Ms. Banks has written over 42 novels and contributed to 12 novellas, in multiple genres under various pseudonyms. * The Vampire Huntress: Dawn And Darkness is an original story that takes
(W) Aaron Gillespie (A) Mirka Andolfo, Juan Antonio Ramirez (CA) Mike Mayhew
Lady Demon, the archduchess of Hell, is on the run! Hunted by Lucifer's war parties after a failed assassination plot, her only chance is to escape to Earth inside a living vessel. Selecting a recently murdered young woman named Violet Sparks, she takes flight from Perdition as a stowaway, only able to exert control of her host's body in times of extreme duress. But little could she suspect that Violet is the center of a dark conspiracy... an innocent wrongly condemned to Hell for the sins of her bloodline. Together, Lady Demon and Violet unravel the mystery of the woman's parentage while cutting a bloody, fiery swath through the Deep South!
(W) Erik Burnham (A) Zhengis Tasbolatov (CA) Geebo Vigonte
'LADY HEL IS BACK TO RECLAIM HER THRONE - NO MATTER WHO HAS TO PAY! She is the very personification of death - or at least she WAS. When we last saw Lady Hel, she was paying the price for messing with the half-demon, Purgatori. Now deposed, Lady Hel must find a way to seize back her throne. There's just one problem: she no longer has the power to do much more than exist. Meanwhile, what happens to the world when death is no longer a fact of life? It ain't pretty! Plus: where Lady Hel goes, can Lady Demon be far to follow?'
(W) Jamie S. Rich, Jo?lle Jones (A/CA) Jo?lle Jones
Josie Schuller is a picture-perfect homemaker, wife, and mother-but she's also a ruthless killer! She balances cheerful domestic bliss with coldly efficient assassinations. From the World's Fair in Seatlle to the beaches of Florida, Josie tries to keep her perfect family alive in a bloodstained new vision of the American Dream. This oversized hardcover collects the original series cowritten by Jones's longtime collaborator Jamie S. Rich, as well as the followup, which she both wrote and drew solo. Also included are the sketchbooks from both series and previously unpublished art.
(W) Jo?lle Jones, Jamie S. Rich (A) Jo?lle Jones (CA) Jo?lle Jones, Laura Allred
The killer housewife is back! The Schuller family has moved to Cocoa Beach, where life carries on as usual. Josie continues to juggle Tupperware parties, her kids, and a few heads-and things don't get any easier for the entrepreneur hit lady when her past comes back to haunt her. Collects issues #1-#5 of the series. 'One of the absolute best comics on the shelves today.' -Big Comic Page
(W) Shannon Eric Denton (A) Rey Villegas (CA) Mike Mayhew
Drawn together in a scheme to fake the legendary Zorro's death, the outlaws Lady Rawhide and Lady Zorro leap to action when they discover a far-reaching plot to abduct female villagers, children and adults alike, and sell them into bondage. To emancipate the girls from a fate worse than death, these masked women would ride into Hell itself... with such fury that the Devil would fear their coming! But with gangs of evil slavers, deadly natural elements, a cold-hearted madam, and a pack of frenzied wolves to contend with, will the valiant ladies survive the very worst that the lawless Californian wilderness has to offer?
Lady Rawhide, the masked heroine of the West, returns in an all-new adventure! This time, she faces not only the corrupt forces of the government - bent on cowing the populace through privation and cruelty - but also a new team of vigilantes: The Sisters of the White Rose. The Sisters, inspired by Lady Rawhide's actions, have taken up the struggle against tyranny. Although she supports the Sisters' aims, Lady Rawhide is forced to stand against their bloody methods! Collects issues #1-5 of Lady Rawhide.
(W) Alex De Campi (A) Rey Villegas (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner
Lady Zorro is called back to Alta California to recover a sacred Chumash war axe, stolen by mercenary soldiers. Only she can stop an all-out bloody war across the ranchos, and more deaths like those that consumed her family... if she can stay on mission! When an opportunity for ultimate vengeance presents itself, can she ignore it? Or will the fiery desire to put her greatest foe six feet underground consume Lady Zorro... and all of Alta California with it? A violent, sexy tale of intrigue and swashbuckling as the female Fox must use all her assets to get herself out of trouble.
(W) Nnedi Okorafor (A/CA) Tana Ford
Deluxe hardcover edition of the Hugo and Eisner Award winning graphic novel! Exclusive extras include a chapter of Okorafor's script, a new cover and never-before-seen art from Ford, a behind-the-scenes look at the creation process, an extensive process art section, and more! On a planet Earth bursting with integrated extraterrestrial life, pregnant doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka is fleeing Nigeria under mysterious conditions. Her fianc? doesn't know she's left, and she's smuggling an illegal, sentient plant into NYC. There, she'll be thrown into a vibrant immigrant community of humans and aliens, fighting for social justice and facing her past and her unexpected future. 'The best of Okorafor's prose-personal, political and deeply relatable.' -Newsarama
(W) Tom Parkinson-Morgan (A) Miguel Lopez
A Mud-and-Lasers Tabletop Roleplaying Game of Modular Mechs and the Pilots that crew them. Fifteen millennia into the future, humanity has survived near collapse and since expanded ever wider into the frontiers of space, organized by Union, the central hegemon of the populated galaxy. At Union's heart, the dream of human utopia has been realized; but Lancer is set at the trembling edges of the expansion where resistance to the ideals of the utopia grow. As a lancer, you pilot a mech as unique as yourself. You are, by training, luck, circumstance, or work, one of the best. In this era near the golden age, you have one question to answer above all: who do you fight for? Lancer features a deep, story-rich setting for players to engage with. Every choice they make, every ordnance they mount, every weapon they wield - all of it has lore attached, just waiting for a story to develop. Created in partnership with Massif Press.
(W/A/CA) Maria Medem
Seeped in flamenco rhythms, a hero?s journey of love and hope Antonia is the sole inhabitant of a deserted town, with only a roaming pack of dogs and her own worn out memories to keep her company. Nothing is new in this world, the ponds are so still they are dead, and her recollections feel more vivid than her surroundings. At times, the isolation is unbearable. Until she meets her flower. Her flower gives her purpose: a reason to get up each morning, to ring the bells of the town, to wake up the fields, and to feel alive. And yet a relentless thought eats away at her?what will happen once her flower dies? Her quest to save the flower begins alongside a charming traveler from the land of mirrors.The pair embark on a journey filled with music, swimming holes, and folk tales whispered late into the starry night. They march through the fields to the beat of turtledove calls, occasionally stopping to get drunk off the fruits of the strawberry tree. Slowly Antonia opens up to the world beyond her town, to the people who inhabit it?and to the endless possibilities of
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Stefano Simeone
From the critically acclaimed and Eisner-Award winning writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), along with artist Stefano Simeone (Good Luck) comes this essential prequel to the epic events of Black Hammer volume 1. The Last Days of Black Hammer details the heroics of Joe Weber-the original hero known as Black Hammer-at the height of his power, along with the rest of the main Black Hammer heroes like Golden Gail, Abraham Slam, and Barbalien in the final days leading up their cataclysmic battle with the cosmic villain Anti-God and their imprisonment on the limbo farm! Collects the original Substack series for the first time!
(W) Marc Guggenheim (A/CA) Eduardo Ferigato
With less than twenty four hours before the last ark leaves a dying Earth, Dr. Ben Caewood's daughter Sara has gone missing. Finally, the critically acclaimed series about a father and daughter trying to reconcile at the end of the world is collected into a single, unforgettable graphic novel from Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, X-Men) and Eduardo Ferigato (Radiant Black). Collect the six-issue miniseries. 'Fans of Ad Astra and Arrival will definitely want to give this series a read.' -But Why Tho? 'Last Flight Out contains all the action of a summer blockbuster and a message that is timely without being preachy. Backed by solid artwork, this is one flight you won't want to miss!' -Kaboooom
(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) 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) Mirion Malle
The League of Super Feminists is an energetic, fierce, and disruptive comic wherein cartoonist Mirion Malle guides young readers through some of the central tenets of feminism. Issues of consent, intersectionality, privilege, inclusivity, body image, and gender identity are demystified in the form of a witty, down-to-earth dialogue. Malle's insightful and humorous comics effectively transport lofty concepts from the ivory tower to the eternally safer space of open discussion. The League of Super Feminists is an asset to the classroom, library, and household alike.
When the caped heroes of the world's safest city inexplicably turn into homicidal maniacs, no one is safe. The only rational thing to do is to get the hell out of town. If only it were that easy. A small group of terrified survivors make a desperate run for the city limits, chased by unspeakable evil! o The Kickstarter phenomenon is finally available through Dark Horse Comics! o The team behind the critically acclaimed comic Secret Six, Jim Calafiore and Gail Simone, reteam in this relentless book.
(W) Gail Simone (A/CA) Jim Calafiore
Fan-favorite creators Gail Simone and J. Calafiore return to the city whose citizens are hunted-not by villains, but by heroes! The survivors of Leaving Megalopolis reluctantly return to the doomed city, still controlled by superheroes turned brutal killers, on a rescue mission straight into the heart of madness! Collects issues #1-#6.
Zoey Redbird was an average teenager worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts. But priorities change when you're marked as a vampyre. Zoey leaves her religious family to enroll in the vampyre academy House of Night, which mixes the all too familiar high school problems with elemental magic, as well as the physical changes that accompany a craving for human blood! Following the events of the first novel Marked, vampyre Zoey Redbird and her group of devoted friends turn to The Fledgling Handbook, a historical vampyre tome, to better understand their place this big, new supernatural world. Celebrate the 10th anniversary return to the House of Night following the bestselling 2017 novel Loved.
(W) Chuck Palahniuk (A) Steve Morris (CA) Duncan Fegredo
An amoral investment banker named Vincent receives an inheritance promising immortality. It also attracts a flame-retardant stripper, a ruthless stalker, and a horde of other aspiring immortals dead set and bloodthirsty in their desire to separate Vincent from his destiny. This biting riches-to-rags novella, which only the author of Fight Club and Beautiful You could deliver, is presented as a deluxe hardcover coloring book, beautifully illustrated by Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy) and Steve Morris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who worked with Palahniuk on his 2016 release Bait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color. Praise for Bait: 'Chuck Palahniuk brings his twisted vision to the humble coloring book.' -Playboy 'Chuck Palahniuk is pushing boundaries again.' -Comicbook.com 'Not content with displaying the underbelly of modern American society in projects like Fight Club, Survivor and Choke, author Chuck Palahniuk has turned his attention to an unexpected new medium: the coloring book.' -The Hollywood Reporter
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino, Bryan Konietzko (CA) Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book One: Air-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko-the smash-hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! Reprinted just in time for the anniversary of the series that stole our hearts, this handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's first season. Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought the mystical world of bending and a new generation of heroes to life! o The special deluxe-edition hardcover contains the same incredible art pieces and commentary as the standard edition book, but it also includes a brand-new slipcase, commemorative lithograph with portfolio, and a special front cover!
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino, Bryan Konietzko (CA) Bryan Konietzko, Joaquim Dos Santos
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book One: Air-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko-the smash-hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! Reprinted just in time for the anniversary of the series that stole our hearts, this handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's first season. Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought the mystical world of bending and a new generation of heroes to life! o The special deluxe-edition hardcover contains the same incredible art pieces and commentary as the standard edition book, but it also includes a brand-new slipcase, commemorative lithograph with portfolio, and a special front cover!
(W) Bryan Konietzko & Various (CA) Bryan Konietzko
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book Two - Spirits-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko-the smash hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! This handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's first season, along with new sketches from the original creative team! Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko and a brand-new foreword by Korra voice actor P.J. Byrne, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought a new generation of Avatar heroes to life!
(W) Bryan Konietzko & Various (CA) Bryan Konietzko, Lauren Montgomery
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book Three-- Change. It's the perfect way to explore the smash-hit sequel to the blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! Reprinted just in time for the anniversary of the series, this handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's third season. Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought the mystical world of bending and a new generation of heroes to life! A must-have for any Legend of Korra fan! o Deluxe edition features a slipcase with a commemorative lithograph, celebrating this timeless series and the legacy it continues!
(W) Bryan Konietzko & Various (CA) Bryan Konietzko
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book Two - Spirits- created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko-the smash hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! This handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's first season, along with new sketches from the original creative team! Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko and a brandnew foreword by Korra voice actor P.J. Byrne, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought a new generation of Avatar heroes to life!
(W) Bryan Konietzko & Various (CA) Bryan Konietzko, Lauren Montgomery
Go behind the scenes of the animated series Legend of Korra Book Three-- Change. It's the perfect way to explore the smash-hit sequel to the blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! Reprinted just in time for the anniversary of the series, this handsome hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show's third season. Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought the mystical world of bending and a new generation of heroes to life! A must-have for any Legend of Korra fan!
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino & Various (CA) Bryan Konietzko
Go behind the scenes of the last season of the animated series in The Legend of Korra Book Four-Balance-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko-the smash hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender! Featuring creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko, this is an intimate look inside the creative process that brought the mystical world of bending, and a new generation of heroes, to life!
(W) Kiku Hughes (A) Alex Monik, Diana Sousa
When a strange missing persons case falls into his lap, Mako is forced to choose between his job and doing what he feels is right! An upturned room and an unhelpful witness aren't promising starts to the investigation, but when his brother Bolin comes across a surprising clue that ties their own mother to the case, the pair embark on a journey to the small, rustic island of Penquan. The island's inhabitants seem to have things to hide, and the brothers are determined to get to the bottom of it-even if it means uncovering uncomfortable parts of their family's past.
(W/A) Various
Your favorite characters from Team Avatar and beyond are here in this collection of stories, from the heartwarming to the hilarious. Join Korra, Asami, Mako, Bolin, Tenzin, and more familiar faces from The Legend of Korra, featured in stories specially crafted by a bevy of talented comics creators! Be sure to add these all-new stories to your Avatar Legends library (STL216073) (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Dark Horse - about 25 countries allowed for Avatar and Korra comics and trades.
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino (A) Killian Ng, Michelle Wong (CA) Michelle Wong
The Earth Kingdom is at the dawn of a new age, but Korra and her team must learn to trust an unlikely ally to secure peace for the nation! Written by series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and drawn by Michelle Wong (Goosebumps: Download and Die), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the official continuation of the beloved television series! Collects The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire parts one, two, and three.
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino (A) Michelle Wong, Vivian Ng (CA) Vivian Ng
Korra must decide who to trust as the fate of the Earth Kingdom hangs in the balance! Written by series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and drawn by Michelle Wong (Goosebumps: Download and Die), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the official continuation of the beloved television series!
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino (A) Michelle Wong, Vivian Ng (CA) Vivian Ng
What will it take to stop a war? In a desperate attempt to save the Earth Kingdom from falling back into the dark days of conquest and war, Korra and Kuvira convince an old friend to return for the fight. But will it be enough? Written by series cocreator Michael Dante DiMartino and illustrated by Michelle Wong (Goosebumps: Download and Die), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the ultimate continuation of the beloved television series!
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino (A) Michelle Wong, Vivian Ng (CA) Vivian Ng
Thanks to Commander Guan and Doctor Sheng's brainwashing technology, all hope for a fair election in the Earth Kingdom is lost. Korra works with Toph, Su, and Kuvira to plan a means to rescue not just the brainwashed Mako, Bolin, and Asami, but everyone else caught up in Guan's plan! Written by series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and illustrated by Michelle Wong (Goosebumps: Download and Die), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko and Tim Hedrick, this is the ultimate continuation of the beloved television series!
(W) Michael Dante Dimartino (A) Irene Koh (CA) Irene Koh, Heather Campbell
Relishing their new relationship, Korra and Asami leave the spirit world . . . but find nothing in Republic City but political high jinks and human vs. spirit conflict! A pompous developer plans to turn the new spirit portal into an amusement park, potentially severing an already tumultuous connection with the spirits. What's more, the triads have realigned and are in a brutal all-out brawl at the city's borders-where hundreds of evacuees have relocated! Written by series cocreator Michael Dante DiMartino and drawn by Irene Koh (Secret Origins: Batgirl, Afrina and the Glass Coffin), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the official continuation of The Legend of Korra!