(W) Kate Leth (A) Megan Levens, Andy Owens (CA) Jen Bartel Arkayna, Zarya, Emerald, and Piper-unexpected heroes who together become epic warriors-are drawn together by a prophecy to battle evil. In an effort to get Em out of the house, the Mysticons go to the mall, where Em is swept up in the world of a Battle-Bots style competition, 'Machinations.' When she and Piper team up and enter the competition, they not only find themselves battling with robots, but against new friends with scorned feelings.

(W/A) Tony Parker In this long-awaited graphic comedy from an esteemed illustrator and storyteller, three bohemians struggle to answer the question: 'Is it possible for an artist to survive in the 21st Century?' A young singer poses for a painter who has shifted from landscapes to nudes, and both of them learn a thing or two about the purpose of art and the meaning of success. The original graphic novel Naked City takes us inside the head of native New York artist, Eric Drooker (frequent cover artist for The New Yorker). His award-winning graphic novels-beginning with Flood-have charted new terrain for the form, and Blood Song is soon to be a major motion picture. Don't miss this epic meditation on art and life.

(W/A) Tony Parker In this long-awaited graphic comedy from an esteemed illustrator and storyteller, three bohemians struggle to answer the question: 'Is it possible for an artist to survive in the 21st Century?' A young singer poses for a painter who has shifted from landscapes to nudes, and both of them learn a thing or two about the purpose of art and the meaning of success. The original graphic novel Naked City takes us inside the head of native New York artist, Eric Drooker (frequent cover artist for The New Yorker). His award-winning graphic novels-beginning with Flood-have charted new terrain for the form, and Blood Song is soon to be a major motion picture. Don't miss this epic meditation on art and life.

(W/A/CA) Ethan Young After the bombs fell, the Imperial Japanese Army seized the Chinese capital of Nanjing. Screams echo off the rubble, as two abandoned Chinese soldiers- trapped and desperately outnumbered inside the walled city-try to escape. What they'll encounter will haunt them. But in the face of horror, they'll learn that resistance and bravery cannot be destroyed. Ethan Young (The Battles of Bridget Lee, Tales, Life Between Panels) delves into World War II's forgotten tragedy and tells a heart-wrenching tale of war, loss, and defiance. o Winner of the 2016 Reuben Award for Best Graphic Novel!

(W) John Bruno (A/CA) Jordi Armengol An alien navigator, captured in battle on Jupiter's fourth moon, Europa, seeks sanctuary. In return, the alien will provide his advanced technology to help defend mankind from the alien force that enslaved him and has come to destroy us. In this backdrop is a story of love and reconciliation between a young Marine officer-placed in command of Earth's forces-his estranged wife, and Amy . . . the daughter he's never met. o Visual effects mastermimd John Bruno creates a space adventure of epic proportions.

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton (CA) David Mack The new and old gods agree to meet in the center of America to exchange the body of the old gods' fallen leader-heading towards to the inevitable god war in this final arc to the bestselling comic series! The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by NEIL GAIMAN is adapted as a graphic novel! Collects the nine-issue miniseries. 'The beauty of the drawings and the perfect retelling of this old friend of a story means that each issue has that rare feeling of reading an actual novel rather than just a single issue.' -Big Comic Page The new and old gods agree to meet in the center of America to exchange the body of the old gods' fallen leader-heading towards to the inevitable god war in this final arc to the bestselling comic series! The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by NEIL GAIMAN is adapted as a graphic novel! Collects the nine-issue miniseries. 'The beauty o

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Michael Zulli & Various (CA) F?bio Moon In these four essential Gaiman tales, a group of friends search for a mysterious circus that is either a dream or nightmare, a string of bizarre occult events befall strangers from all walks of life, a woman is given the gift of a Harlequin's heart, and a young boy is followed by monsters and regrets that last a lifetime. Collects the full graphic novels The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, Likely Stories, Harlequin Valentine, and Troll Bridge in a single deluxe hardcover volume.

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Michael Zulli & Various (CA) F?bio Moon In these four essential Gaiman tales, a group of friends search for a mysterious circus that is either a dream or nightmare, a string of bizarre occult events befall strangers from all walks of life, a woman is given the gift of a Harlequin's heart, and a young boy is followed by monsters and regrets that last a lifetime. Collects the full graphic novels The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, Likely Stories, Harlequin Valentine, and Troll Bridge in a single deluxe hardcover volume.

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Michael Zulli & Various (CA) F?bio Moon A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom. Incarnations of the months of the year sit around a campfire sharing stories as a professor recounts a Narnian childhood and the apocalypse unfolds in two stories and two poems. An adjustor who sets up shop in Innsmouth only to discover that the world may be ending and that the instrument of destruction is a werewolf. And creatures of the night are not as they seem as they elude mysterious dangers. Collects the full graphic novels Snow Glass Apples, The Problem of Susan, Only the End of the World Again, and Creatures of the Night.

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) P. Craig Russell & Various (CA) P. Craig Russell From New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-award winning artist P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, and Paul Chadwick comes a fantasy graphic novel anthology of essential Gaiman stories. Two stories and two poems. All wondrous and imaginative about the tales we tell and experience. Where the incarnations of the months of the year sit around a campfire sharing stories, where an older college professor recounts a Narnian childhood, where the apocalypse unfolds, and where the importance of generational storytelling is seen through the Goldilocks fairytale. These four comic adaptations have something for everyone and are a must for Gaiman fans!

(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) Shane Oakley This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. This complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror! From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula Award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman comes this graphic novel adaptation with art by Eisner award winning artist Rafael Albuquerque!

(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) Shane Oakley A celebrated send-up of gothic literature, beautifully adapted into a dark, brooding, and oddly comical graphic novel. Somewhere in the night, a raven caws, an author's pen scratches, and thunder claps. The author wants to write nonfiction: stories about frail women in white nightgowns, mysterious bumps in the night, and the undead rising to collect old debts. But he keeps getting interrupted by the everyday annoyances of talking ravens, duels to the death, and his sinister butler. ? Shane Oakley beautifully illustrates New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's satirical tale. 'It's about what fantasy is, and why we write it, and what it would mean to write fantasy if you lived in a Gothic universe.'-Neil Gaiman

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Gabriel Ba, F?bio Moon Two teenage boys are in for a tremendous shock when they crash a party where the girls are far more than they appear! From Neil Gaiman-one of the most celebrated authors of our time-and award-winning artists F?bio Moon and Gabriel B?, this sumptuous graphic novel is not to be missed! ? Moon and B? adapt the Gaiman story they were born to draw! 'Gaiman, Moon, and B? have created a triolet of a book, lyrically powerful and utterly unforgettable.'-Junot D?az 'How can something so strange and so beautiful also be so sad? Like a poem, a pattern, and a people whose world was swallowed by the sea, How To Talk To Girls at Parties is three things at once.' - Kelly Sue DeConnick 'Had sneak peek at How to Talk to Girls at Parties. What boys fear! That girls are very smart aliens who will do frightful things to you in The Upper Room! Teenage angst. Lovely drawing/painting.' -from a Tweet by Margaret Atwood 'A haunting ode to the lyric of girls, who for our protagonists represent a vast, uncharted universe. An extraordinary comic from three extr

(W) Neil Gaiman, Colleen Doran (A/CA) Colleen Doran Young Jack's world was full of ghosts and ghouls, but one monster-a ravenous and hideous troll-would haunt him long into manhood. As the beast sups upon a lifetime of Jack's fear and regret, Jack must find the courage within himself to face the fiend once and for all!

Steve Flint was a crusading private detective-no crime was too small or too big for him to take on, and the criminal underworld quaked in fear at the very mention of his name. But when FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover asked Flint to investigate the Mafia's connections to sabotage in the race to the moon the crusading detective took on more than he expected and was murdered by the mob. For most men the story would end there . . . but Steve Flint is sent back from the great Unknown as a spirit empowered by the Grim Reaper, charged with capturing his killers and striking a blow for justice as the ghostly hero Nemesis!

(W) Mark Millar (A) Jorge Jimenez Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present this collection of Millar's dark superhero saga! The world's most evil comic book character is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping them? Isn't that how this is supposed to go? Trigger warning: Too violent and just too cool for some! Don't say we didn't warn you. Collecting the entire arc of the series Nemesis: Reloaded by superstar creative team Mark Millar and Jorge Jim?nez!

(W) Michael Conrad (A) Nathaniel Ooten Haunted by his past, Corey Harrison finds himself finally freed from incarceration after serving 17 years for a violent crime. Now, Corey seeks the truth surrounding the recent and mysterious death of his brother, only to discover a vast darkness surrounding his legacy. Neptune is a bleak examination of the capitalist machine, and those trapped in its gears. At once violent and beautiful, grounded and hallucinatory; Michael Conrad and breakout artist Nathan Ooten present a true tale of revenge and redemption.

Fighting crime isn't superhero Charles Baxter's main problem-it's fighting time! Trapped for decades in a superpowered body that never ages but is now driving him insane, Chuck's only hope for a 'permanent cure' is to team up with his archnemesis Archibald McCrae. He just needs the evil scientist to stop hitting him before a dark, devastating arrangement can be made! Collects the three-issue miniseries.

(W) Joe Corallo, Rachel Pollack (A) Eva Cabrera Twenty-five years after losing her lover Lulu in a cult ritual for Dionysus gone wrong, Mindy Morrow is trying to live her life and put the past behind her. Unfortunately for Mindy, the past won't let her go. While she's taking care of her friend Flavia, her frenemy Kate is trying to lure Mindy back into the old club scene, and something more ancient and terrifying awaits them all. Collects The Never-Ending Party #1-5 from the ComiXology original digital series, in print for the first time.

(W) Kazuo Koike (A/CA) Hideki Mori Fighting for survival, T?g? Shigekata is unaware that a warship sails north to ensure he will never reach Edo Castle. But T?g?'s charge, young Daigoro, has been trained by the sword master and will for the first time demonstrate his skills in combat . . . and draw his first blood!

(W) Kazuo Koike (A/CA) Hideki Mori Fighting for survival, T?g? Shigekata is unaware that a warship sails north to ensure he will never reach Edo Castle. But T?g?'s charge, young Daigoro, has been trained by the sword master and will for the first time demonstrate his skills in combat . . . and draw his first blood!

(W) Kazuo Koike (A/CA) Hideki Mori With his ninja assassins exterminated by T?g? Shigekata, Mamiya Rinz? plays his final card to stop the rogue swordsman's crusade for retribution: the ruthless Oroshiya Ushikudonki warriors Rinz? trained in Russia. But another foreign fighter has arrived in Japan-Rinz?'s abandoned daughter, on her own quest for vengeance!

(W) Mike Baron (A/CA) Rich Bonk Nexus hits an object in space, sending him crashing into the nearest planet. To make matters worse, the planet serves as a prison to a nearby world. With the wrong sun in the sky, Nexus is unable to use his powers-so he'll have to rely on his intelligence and survival skills if he wants to escape and see his family again. Nexus returns with a new graphic novel from the mind of Mike Baron, with art by Richard Bonk!

When dark forces push the current Nexus into his work with a brutal vengeance, classic Nexus Horatio Hellpop must step in before he goes too far! But as the Nexuses square off, an even greater threat looms on the cosmic horizon! Collects Nexus volume 2 #66-#80. o Don't miss original Nexus stories in Dark Horse Presents! o Over 400 pages!

(W/A/CA) Osamu Takahashi The most popular Evangelion spinoff ever returns to finish the story! While a school play starring Rei and Asuka as star-crossed lovers makes some ponder just where Shinji fits in, the question of whether he can make up his mind may become moot as SEELE makes their final bid to seize the Magi System with a ruthless scheme-taking Rei's own memories hostage! Collects volumes 16-18.

(W/A/CA) Osamu Takahashi Is it just an optical illusion, or are Rei and Shinji actually getting closer to one another? Asuka isn't too sure-but one thing you can be sure of is that she'll be giving this perception test a hard stare! And on that note, is Asuka falling victim to the same baka-tivity that afflicts her childhood friend, as she decides to use some of Shinji's 'techniques' to help bring Toji and Hikari closer together?

(W) Square Enix (A) Akihiko Yoshida Revisit the characters, combat, and environment that enchanted players with stunning action and profound adventure from video game director Yoko Taro. Discover the intricacies of the Flooded City, learn more about the characters and enemies with the Data Library, and master the Androids' arsenal! Also featuring concept art and commentary, this second volume of the NieR:Automata World Guide is a must-have item for fans of the game! Dark Horse Books and Square Enix come together again to present this adaptation of the original Japanese volume, officially offered in English for the first time! DIAP

(W/A) Xavier Saxon James Ransom is seventy-four, and a far cry from the tough young boxer he remembers from the eighties. Sick of growing increasingly powerless and reliant on others in his old age, James reconnects with a former trainer and hatches a possibly-fatal plan to regain the control he believes he's lost. But is he in over his head? James will quickly learn whether or not he lives up to the towering identity he's spent four decades constructing for himself.

(W) Mark Millar (A) Juanan Ramirez Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present the first arc of the bestselling horror series: Night Club. You're seventeen years old and you've been bitten by a vampire. Do you live in the shadows and drink human blood, or do you use your newfound gifts for the dream costumed-superhero life you've always wanted? You're bulletproof, you can crawl up walls, and you can turn to mist or bats. Why not have a little fun? Collects Night Club Volume 1 #1-#6.

(W) Mark Millar (A) Juanan Ramirez Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present the first arc of the bestselling horror series: Night Club. You're seventeen years old and you've been bitten by a vampire. Do you live in the shadows and drink human blood, or do you use your newfound gifts for the dream costumed-superhero life you've always wanted? You're bulletproof, you can crawl up walls, and you can turn to mist or bats. Why not have a little fun? Collects Night Club Volume 1 #1-#6.

(W) Mark Millar (A) Juanan Ramirez You're a teenager, you've been bitten by a vampire, what would you do? Danny Garcia loves his new life and bit his best friends so they could join him leaping around rooftops every night. But one certainty with teenagers is that they're going to fall out, and when Danny's best friend Sam brings the school jocks into their vampire cult, all Hell breaks loose. Collects Night Club 2 #1-6.

(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Francesco Francavilla A dazzling work of horror, intercutting between the present-day narrative and the story of a lost horror film. Filmmaker T.F. Merrit has spent decades confined in a retirement facility, which he claims is ran by the Order of the Fly, a cult organization from his very own movie. And as the night goes on, Forest Inmann and his son Orson find themselves falling deeper into his cinematic nightmare. The writer and artist behind Batman: The Black Mirror reunite to shed light on a celluloid artifact once thought forever missing, perhaps with good reason . . .

(W/A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming Michael Avon Oeming never prepared for any way to make a living other than drawing. Now the cocreator of Powers, United States of Murder Inc., Takio, Mice Templar, and more offers an in-depth look into his artistic archives, the creative process, and a career that has touched every corner of the comics industry over the last thirty years. This book also features an interview with John Siuntres of the Word Balloon podcast about long-term creative partnerships and explores the secrets of thriving through the ups and downs of the comics industry. Previously unpublished artwork includes whole pages from Powers, The Victories, and other series, as well as collaborations with Mike Mignola, Eric Powell, Kevin Smith, Douglas Rushkoff, Gerard Way, and video-game developer Valve.

(W/A/CA) Daniel Brereton The Nocturnals revolves around the mysterious quest of underworld enforcer and occult figure, Doc Horror; his supernaturally-gifted daughter Evening (aka Halloween Girl) who carries a pumpkin full of haunted toys; the Gunwitch, a silent, two-gun revenant with an itch to kill monsters; the lissome wraith Polychrome, and a host of hard-boiled inhuman players battling hidden evils lurking on the outskirts of human knowledge. Collects the previously published Nocturnals volumes: The Dark Forever, Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom, Spectres, and A Nocturnal Alphabet. (STL216071) (C: 0-1-2)

(W) Brian Azzarello & Various (A) Jeff Lemire & Various Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics! In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you'll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft. Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and many more of crime comics' top talent! o The original collection, now presented at full comics size! o Thirteen crime stories in one collection, written and illustrated by masters of crime comics.

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) Various (CA) David Mack Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories by taking readers through the creation of the Nine Worlds to the epic origin and adventures of Thor, Odin, and Loki all the way to the end of life-Ragnar?k. Having previously written about deities in American Gods and The Sandman, Gaiman teams with Russell to finally bring readers to follow the northern gods in their own setting in this comic book adaptation of the hit novel! Collects issues #1-#6.

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) Matt Horak & Various (CA) David Mack In this second volume, Gaiman and Russell once more team with a legendary collection of artists to bring more Norse myths to life, including the origins of poetry and a mead that many will die for, Thor and Loki's eventful trip into the land of giants, the gods' woeful bargain that might lose them eternal life, and the beloved god Frey's journey to Valhalla and beyond to find a certain missing something. Collects Norse Mythology II #1-#6, featuring art by Matt Horak, Mark Buckingham, Gabriel Hern?ndez Walta, and Sandy Jarrell! "The second volume of Norse Mythology is the equal of the first. This is a finely made comic and a worthy gift to the gods of Asgard." -Kabooooom! (STL216044) (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Available only in US and Canada. MATURE THEMES

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) David Rubin & Various (CA) P. Craig Russell In this third volume, Gaiman and Russell once more team with a legendary collection of artists to bring more Norse myths to life, including a wild quest where Thor and Tyr face a multiheaded giantess, fire-breathing sea serpents, and more bizarre mythological creatures; the journey of Odin to the end of the world, and finally we reach the end of the world Ragnarok: the final destiny of the gods. Collects Norse Mythology III #1-#6, featuring art by P. Craig Russell, David Rub?n, Colleen Doran, and Galen Showman.

(W/A/CA) Nicholas Gurewitch Death arrives in this darkly humorous and brilliantly illustrated tale created by Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack! Death becomes a patient of a recently bereaved psychoanalyst. The topic of discussion? His frolicsome child, who has no apparent interest in grim reaping! Featuring an unfathomable number of lines which have been hand chiseled into inked clay, this labor of love by Nicholas Gurewitch invokes the morbid humor of his comic strip (The Perry Bible Fellowship) and the spooky silent-film qualities of the late Edward Gorey.

Number 13, a young cybernetic amnesiac, wanders a postapocalyptic wasteland searching for a father he can't remember. He possesses powers coveted by irrational, feuding factions of the future, and he quickly becomes entangled in their deadly struggle for world dominance! A sci-fi adventure about one's search for identity in a grim, violent world! Collects Number 13 #0-#3.