(W) James Tynion Iv, Tate Brombal (A) Isaac Goodhart From the New York Times-bestselling writers James Tynion IV and Tate Brombal and artist Isaac Goodhart comes this LGBTQ+ horror-hero coming-of-age story that's Invincible meets Doom Patrol. Meet teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos. For all his life he knew he was different. His brilliant mind works in ways that defy logic and enable him to do things that push him beyond his peers. Unfortunately, these abilities have also caused great pain in his personal life-leading others to fear him and leaving Christopher with profound loneliness and guilt. Then one day something cracked. When the cute boy at high school turns out to be a deadly creature, Christopher finds himself in a world of monsters, heroes, and a cult of hunters out to kill them all. Collects issues #1-6, plus bonus process material and a ten-page prologue story never before seen in print.

(W) James Tynion Iv, Tate Brombal (A) Isaac Goodhart Christopher discovers the history of Monsterkind, and through that learns that he isn't so alone in the world after all. That what he's experienced all his life is what many before him have also experienced. Maybe he's not going to cower and hide anymore. Maybe he needs to fight back! Not only for himself and his friends, but for all those who came before them and lost their lives. Collects The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #9-15 and the Halloween Special one-shot.

(W) Jesmeen Kaur Deo From James Tynion IV, the New York Times bestselling and multi-Eisner award-winning creator of Something is Killing the Children, and Batgirl’s Tate Brombal comes this terrifying new arc of the hit GLAAD Media award-nominated comics series! The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos is an LGBTQ+, horror-hero, coming-of-age comics series that’s Invincible meets Doom Patrol, that's a great jumping on point for new readers!A new school year begins for Christopher Chaos and his friends as he finds himself divided from his mentor, Adam Frankenstein, and searching for answers outside of any textbook. But when Dr. Henry Jekyll arrives in New Briar City with a mysterious hunter on his trail called Helbound, a strange case develops that only Christopher can solve! Will the Monster Club survive their latest foe or will they be torn apart—piece by bloody piece?Tiny Onion Studios and Dark Horse Comics present a line of upcoming creator-owned work from the mind of James Tynion IV across a broad spectrum of his interests, from non-fiction supernatur

(W/A/CA) Saito Nazuna Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her forties when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. Offshore Lightning collects Saito's early work as well as two recent graphic novellas 'In Captivity' (2012) and 'Solitary Death Building' (2015), both focused on aging and death.

(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima College student Keiichi Morisato thought it was a prank when a strange, beautiful young woman appeared in his dorm room one night. But his unexpected visitor is literally a goddess from heaven, Belldandy, come to grant him any single wish of his choosing. When Keiichi wishes for Belldandy to stay with him forever, it's the beginning of a complicated, cosmic saga of comedy and romance that makes for one of manga's greatest love stories!

(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima Strange, cute, and charming new characters are around every corner in Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Book Three! First, the blond-bombshell demoness Mara descends with a wicked plot to possess the body of Keiichi's little sister, Megumi . . . which leads Skuld to build a new character, Mini-Banpei RX, to combat their infernal rival! Then, at a mountain resort, the ghost of a long-dead lovely maid takes form to try to get Keiichi to honor a promise his grandfather made to her, and Mara strikes back by conjuring a trio of killer ninja masters . . . ninja masters only one foot tall! Collects Oh My Goddess! Volumes 7-9.

(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima The fourth goddess, Peorth, arrives in Keiichi's life . . . to make it more complicated than ever! Peorth, mistress of roses, is in the same business as Belldandy-granting wishes to mortals. Keiichi thinks there must be some mistake, as he already has Belldandy in his life . . . but Peorth is certain he can't really be satisfied, or else how was he able to contact her? Now she's determined to stick around until Keiichi admits to what he really wants . . . so she can grant it!

(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima The secrets of Belldandy's past will be revealed when a mysterious young boy shows up on the doorstep of Tarikihongan Temple! Who is he, why does he insist Belldandy should remember him . . . and why is a kid like him making Keiichi jealous all of a sudden? But the boy is here to disrupt more than just their domestic life . . . Up in Heaven, Skuld and Urd begin to notice that the very axis of time is beginning to slowly drift off course . . . and down on Earth, how many more ticks of the clock are left for existence itself . . . ? Collects chapters 90-104. o New cover art, never-before-published in North America!

(W/A/CA) Kosuke Fujishima The secrets of Belldandy's past will be revealed when a mysterious young boy shows up on the doorstep of Tarikihongan Temple! Who is he, why does he insist Belldandy should remember him . . . and why is a kid like him making Keiichi jealous all of a sudden? But the boy is here to disrupt more than just their domestic life . . . Up in Heaven, Skuld and Urd begin to notice that the very axis of time is beginning to slowly drift off course . . . and down on Earth, how many more ticks of the clock are left for existence itself . . . ? Collects chapters 90-104. o New cover art, never-before-published in North America!

(W/A) Kosuke Fujishima Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal young goddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi's residence, his personal life has been turned upside-down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! Domestic drama takes on a whole new scale-literally, as Skuld's attempt to solve their storage problems leaves Belldandy and Keiichi trapped in a living room that's now infinite square feet big! Once those household worries are wrapped up, the couple hit the road on a tandem bike for a late-night race to challenge the ghost?of a motorcycle, while back on campus the mad Dr. Koichi 'Moreau' Morizumi drafts Keiichi and Belldandy into being the lab assistants for his latest scheme to build a walking robot that proves four legs bad, two legs much, much worse! Collects Oh My Goddess! Chapters 105-123.

(W/A/CA) Valerie Plante, Delphie C?t?-Lacroix Val?rie Plante stood up to the patriarchal power system of her city, took down an incumbent, and became the first woman elected Mayor of Montr?al. This captivating graphic novel follows her journey from community organizer and volunteer to municipal candidate, and the phone call from the local social justice political party that changed her life forever. This origin story demystifies the path to success, simultaneously showing the Mayor's inextinguishable commitment to creating positive change in the world and educating about the vitality of political engagement.

(W) Garon Tsuchiya (A) Nobuaki Minegishi (CT) Kumar Sivasubramanian The manga that inspired the critically acclaimed 2003 film, Oldboy, from director Park Chan-wook!The intense, bare-knuckled noir manga thriller returns in a deluxe hardcover edition collecting the first four volumes of Old Boy in the original oversized format!Ten years ago they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. Suddenly, one day, his incarceration ends without explanation. Sedated and dumped in a park, he awakens free to reclaim what's left of his life and what's left is revenge.The Deluxe Edition features:New, noir-inspired cover made with metallic silver foil paperOversized 7 x 10 formatRibbon bookmarkFor mature audiences. Collects Old Boy Volume 1 4.

(W) Garon Tsuchiya (A) Nobuaki Minegishi (CT) Kumar Sivasubramanian The manga that inspired the critically acclaimed 2003 film, Oldboy, from director Park Chan-wook!The intense, bare-knuckled noir manga thriller returns in a deluxe hardcover edition collecting the last four volumes of Oldboy in the original oversized format!Goto relentlessly marches forward to uncover the identity of the man who seemingly without reason, imprisoned him for ten years. But Goto's nemesis wants Goto to find him. Is allowing Goto the opportunity to enact his revenge just another part of his twisted plan? As Goto struggles to find out the motive behind the punishment he endured, Goto receives clues suggesting a connection to a time long forgotten from his adolescence. Could all his torment have been the result of a schoolyard grudge? The cruel game has only just begun.The Deluxe Edition features:new, noir-inspired cover made with metallic silver foil paperOversized 7 x 10 formatRibbon bookmarkFor mature audiences. Collects Oldboy Volumes 5--8.

(W) Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva (A/CA) Emma Vieceli To save a boy she barely knows, teenage orphan Olivia Twist joins THE ESTHERS, a rag-tag girl gang of thieves running free in a dangerous future. Olivia's life in this imminent London of internment camps and strange technology gets even more complicated when she discovers that she has more power and wealth than she's ever dreamed of. But it comes with a great cost. This volume collects issues #1-#4 of Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva, and Emma Vieceli's Olivia.

(W) Roye Okupe (A) Toyin Ajetunmobi, Sunkanmi Akinboye Join the heroes from across YouNeek Studios' YouNeek YouNiverse as they unite for the first time in this epic graphic novel crossover event! When an unknown anarchist unleashes an army of extraterrestrial androids on the continent of Africa, Malika-legendary warrior queen of the 15th-century West African Empire, Azzaz-must put together a team of 'unlike-minded' heroes to respond before it's too late. Featuring appearances from other YouNeek YouNiverse heroes like E.X.O., Fury, and WindMaker, several YouNeek storylines finally converge.

(W) Takaya Imamura After awakening from a rejuvenating months-long stasis, bounty-hunting androids Thunder and Kyla are ready to spring back into action! With the aid of some peculiar magic fruits, the pair are able to enter a nearly invincible berserker state, but with a catch-once the effect wears off, they will age rapidly and become feeble until they can return to their recovery pods. Their current target, an assassin named Petrogaze, carries an appealing 300 million credit bounty on his head and the job seems like an easy task. The duo plans to power up, bag the bad guy, and be home before dinner?but Petrogaze is much tougher than anticipated and the fight goes awry. Forced to consume their fruits early, the bounty hunters are suddenly on a life-or-death timer. Looks like dinner's gonna have to wait! Including a cast of unique and colorful characters, OMEGA 6 is Nintendo veteran Takaya Imamura's debut manga based on his video game, OMEGA 6: The Triangle Stars.

(W) Seth Seth's acclaimed graphic novel George Sprott has now inspired a modern opera by artistic director and musician Mark Haney. Captured on a classic vinyl record with sumptuous and over-the-top design by Seth, Omnis Temporalis: A Visual Long-Playing Record is part chamber music, part song cycle, and part audio drama. Haney's unique project builds on Seth's original picture novella while standing alone as a musical triumph.

On Loving Women is an all-new collection of stories by Diane Obomsawin about coming out, first love, and sexual identity. With this work, Obomsawin brings her gaze to bear on subjects closer to home - her friends and lovers' personal accounts of first realizing they're gay or first finding love with another woman. Her stripped-down pages use the bare minimum of linework to expressively reveal heartbreak, joy, irritation, and fear. Within these pages, Obomsawin has forged a poignant, powerful narrative that speaks to the difficulties of coming out and the joys of being loved.

(W) Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride (A/CA) Nick Brokenshire It's out with the old myths and in with the new as a nineteen-year-old chess prodigy pulls Excalibur from the stone and becomes queen. Now magic, romance, Fae, Merlin, and more await her! Lend her your axe as the creators of Amelia Cole start a new age of adventure! Collects issues #1-#5. 'Fun, upbeat and wonderfully diverse, this modern twist on the legend of King Arthur looks set to be a massive hit.'-Big Comic Page 'Brokenshire, Kirkbride and Knave immerse readers in the duality of fantasy and everyday life with a thoughtful tone.' -Multiversity Comics

'Ancient' Greece: the year 3016 AD. And 4079 AD. And 6060 AD. From the trials of Heracles to the love songs of Orpheus, the myths of the past are reborn in wondrous and scarcely imaginable futures. Witness exciting new visions of the Greek tradition from the hands and minds of today's most inventive creators.

(W/A/CA) Lynda Barry Inspired by a 16th-century Zen monk's painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scroll, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry confronts various demons from her life in seventeen full-color vignettes. In Barry's hand, demons are the life moments that haunt you, form you and stay with you: your worst boyfriend; kickball games on a warm summer night; watching your baby brother dance; the smell of various houses in the neighborhood you grew up in; or the day you realize your childhood is long behind you and you are officially a teenager. As readers get to know Barry's demons, they realize that the actual truth no longer matters because the universality of Barry's comics, true or untrue, reigns supreme.

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Jacob Edgar From the writer who brought you Marvel's Illuminati, New Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, comes the next, best, awesome super team to end all super teams: The Ones! Every single person in every mythology that was told they were The One are brought together for the first time to defeat.... The One. The actual one. The real actual one.Watch as he brings explosive comics splendor to this big new world! Think Good Omens meets Ghostbusters meets The Adam Project meets The Goonies meets Everything Everywhere All at Once meets, um, anything else you've ever liked! This amazing new vision is brought to life by wunderkind artist and co-creator Jacob Edgar (Batman, Army of Darkness).

(W) Mack Flavelle, Kohei Nagamine (A) Tatsubi Set in Japan during the Sengoku or 'Warring States' period, Oni Ronin is a tale of cowardice, sacrifice, and redemption. Combining historically accurate characters and locations with mythical kitsune and malevolent demons from Japanese folklore, Oni Ronin is the redemption story of the cowardly Sarobei, a samurai messenger who meets feudal lords, brave warriors, and heroic ghosts on his journey of self-discovery. Written by Mack Flavelle and Kohei Nagamine, with art by Tatsubi, and creative assistance from Maldoror, Manabu Seko, and Keojimal!

(W) Bill Groshelle, Brendan Cahill (A) German Peralta (CA) Randy Gaul WWII. The Pacific. A mythic adventure unfolds as three American soldiers-a disgraced ex-cop, a mobster trying to escape his past, and an intelligence officer with mysterious motives-investigate a top-secret Japanese superweapon: a deadly force of trained dinosaurs! o WWII buffs will love the historical accuracy, everyone will love the dinosaurs!

(W) Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks (A) David Rubin From the bestselling hosts of the hit The Last Podcast on the Left and Black Hammer's David Rub?n comes this all-new humorous and action-packed horror comic book series that's Near Dark meets Ocean's Eleven. A group of young, alienated vampires known as 'bugs' plot to steal a magical object from ancient monstrous vampires to turn themselves back to human. Along the way they uncover a sprawling monster underground, a top-secret plot run by the elder creatures, elite militant vampire slayers, and madness beyond imagining blocking their path to humanity. Collects Operation Sunshine #1-#4 and additionally features a sketchbook section, and bonus pinups by David Aja, Kelley Jones, Eric Powell, James Stokoe, Ben Marra, and Malachi Ward.

(W) Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks (A) David Rubin From the hosts of the hit The Last Podcast on the Left and Black Hammer's David Rub?n comes this humorous and action-packed horror comic book series that's Near Dark meets Ocean's Eleven. Our ragtag group of young, alienated vampires head down to the swamps of Florida to disrupt a nasty ancient vampire party and to put into motion 'Operation Sunshine'-their plot to steal a magical object that can turn themselves back to human and put an end to the elder vampires once and for all. Collects the comic book series Operation Sunshine: Already Dead #1-4.

(W/A/CA) Arizona O'Neill A heartwrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industry Arizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she struggles to come to terms with her father?s death and her role as next of kin in making his life?s last decision, she uncovers inconvenient truths about the organ donation industry?s own codependence on the opioid crisis. Her parents were bohemian wild kids of 90s Montreal. He was a talented skateboarder, charming guitarist, and visual artist. She was an aspiring writer and outcast. They lived with other teenagers in the Plateau in a messy apartment filled with drugs, alcohol, and black-market animals. The city?s macabre history?McGill Medical School, the Mount Royal Cemetery, ancient cadavers at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum?takes center stage as Arizona sorts out fact from fiction. Op

(W) Jim Starlin (A/CA) Rags Morales Gene manipulation has always been solely for those who can afford the expensive prenatal treatments. Income determines status and, more importantly, survival. If your genes have not been optimized, the Order has no use for you. You are non-essential. Less than. To be eliminated. Everything is geared to keeping the ship of state sailing along smoothly, no matter the cost. But in every totalitarian system lies the seeds of rebellion, independence, and outrage.

(W) Victor Gischler (A) Tazio Bettin (CA) Juan Ferreyra Before he fathered a nation, young George Washington forged his legend in blood! Imbued with the mystical powers of America's original inhabitants, George-along with his friends Ben Franklin and Paul Revere-must stop an evil governor who wishes to rule an empire! Collects issues #1-#3.

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A) Sakura Ikeda (CA) Matsuryu Sakura Ikeda, artist of the regular Oreimo and Oreimo: Kuroneko manga series, joins twenty other artists in this collection of tribute stories to their favorite characters from Oreimo! Contributors include Shakugan no Shana's Ayato Sasakura, Spice and Wolf's Keito Koume, Sword Art Online's abec, Strike Witches' Shin Kyogoku, and many more!

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda To overcome the challenge of the Gaming Club, Sena Akagi must team up with Kuroneko . . . or is it going to be Kuroneko that's teaming up with Sena? Meanwhile, Kuroneko makes her move on Kyousuke at last . . . but with Kirino returning to Japan, has the Queen of Nightmare waited too long to cast her love spell?

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda It's summer in Japan, and Kirino is back, which can mean only one thing . . . everyone's second trip together to Comike, the world's largest fan convention. Kuroneko's got a stack of her doujinshi (self-published comics) to sell, but who should they all bump into there but the lovely, talented male model Kouki Mikagami . . . who's been in a photo shoot with Kirino . . . ?

(W) Tsukasa Fushimi (A/CA) Sakura Ikeda In the bright sparkle of summer, Ruri Gokou has descended to earth in her sundress as her divine persona, Kamineko! And wouldn't you know-now Kyousuke and Ruri have begun seeing each other! Will their date together bring to light the hitherto-unseen object of her desire-and will Kyousuke at last see as well that which only she has gazed upon . . . ?

(W/A/CA) S Craig Zahler A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl on Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. An alien spacecraft the size of a city materializes over the Pacific Ocean, and the nations of the world jointly engage this enigmatic and incommunicative visitor with force. This battle results in large-scale destruction on both sides, but does not answer any of the questions that will haunt humanity: What are these utterly inhuman creatures? Where did they come from? Why did they choose to visit our planet? And . . . most importantly . . . are more forces on the way? For the bereaved billionaire Carlton Land, renowned biologist Aimee O'Donnell, and the brilliant but blunt USAAF Chief Scientist Kenneth Yamazaki, these questions must be answered in order to safeguard the future of the human race. Collects the original graphic novel published as an oversized hardcover with black and white art; this story is a haunting odyssey that you will not want to miss. 'Like all of Zahle

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza An oversized hardcover chronicling six missions not seen in the episodes of Seth MacFarlane's beloved sci-fi TV show! Written by executive producer David A. Goodman and set in between the events of seasons one through three, this deluxe volume collects the stories from The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings, The Orville Season 2.5: Launch Day, and The Orville Season 2.5: Digressions. 'Brimming with plenty of the signature humor, wit, and sense of adventure that have made the show a hit, The Orville is ready to fly you to the stars and beyond!' -Infinite Earths

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza Picking up where season one of Seth MacFarlane's space adventure TV series leaves off, the crew of the Orville continue their space explorations, encountering new alien civilizations and confronting old enemies in these stories by Executive Producer David A. Goodman! Collects New Beginnings parts 1 and 2 and The Word of Avis parts 1 and 2.

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza Picking up where season one of Seth MacFarlane's space adventure TV series leaves off, the crew of the Orville continue their space explorations, encountering new alien civilizations and confronting old enemies in these stories by Executive Producer David A. Goodman! Collects New Beginnings parts 1 and 2 and The Word of Avis parts 1 and 2.

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza Join the starship Orville on these new missions set between seasons two and three of Seth MacFarlane's hit sci-fi TV show! Across space and time, Captain Ed Mercer and his crew explore some of the galaxy's greatest mysteries in these two thrilling adventures written by Executive Producer David A. Goodman. Collects Digressions parts 1-2 and Artifacts parts 1-2.

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) David Cabeza Board the starship Orville and adventure through space on these new missions set between seasons two and three of Seth MacFarlane's hit sci-fi TV show! Executive Producer David A. Goodman writes a double feature that has Captain Ed Mercer and crew investigating an enigmatic alien device and contemplating the consequences of intervention when a primitive civilization faces an off-world threat. Collects Launch Day parts 1 and 2 and Heroes parts 1 and 2.

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Christopher Mitten; Piky Hamilton; Frank Cvetkovic Upstairs-downstairs drama meets existential horror in this Edwardian-inspired comics tale of high society and creeping dread.In a world warped by a strange and corrosive force known as the Ruin, nothing is what it seems, and allies may become abominations in the blink of an eye.In “Horror at Crane Mansion,” investigator for hire Elizabeth Ranseur finds herself in deep when a simple job vetting a wealthy woman's suitors becomes a death trap. Who is a tragic victim, and who is the ruthless hunter?Created in collaboration with Studio Hermitage and in association with the TTRPG of the same name, Our Brilliant Ruin explores a gilded Edwardian setting where intricate social ties of allegiance and conflict are threatened by the presence of the Ruin—a mysterious force that turns creatures and people into horrific monsters.Featuring writing by Cullen Bunn, art by Christopher Mitten, colors by Piky Hamilton, letters by Frank Cvetkovic, and covers by Helen Mask.Collects Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at C