(W) Olivia Burton (A/CA) Mahi Grand Olivia had always heard stories about Algeria from her maternal grandmother, who had emigrated to France after the Algerian War of Independence. Years after her grandmother's death, Olivia decides to travel to Algeria and experience the country for herself; she arrives alone, with only a single phone number in her pocket of an Algerian, Djaffar, who will act as her guide. Olivia's quest to understand her origins will bring her to face questions about heritage, history, shame, friendship, nostalgia, and memory. * A combination travelogue and memoir exploring the rich heritage and tumultuous modern history of Algeria and its connections to Europe and colonialism. * An appealing story about a strong, modern woman and her desire to understand her family's origins, set within the urgent politics of the Middle East and the West.

(W) Jean-Marrie Omont, Charlotte Girard (A/CA) Golo Zhao 1937. In the chaos of the invasion of Shanghai by Japanese troops, a well bred little girl is separated from her parents and is left alone but for the help of a boy from the streets. Together, these unlikely and opposite children set off to find her parents and survive adventures across war torn China.

(W) Samuel Sattin (A/CA) Jennifer Hickman In the village of Bezkamp, laws, land, rituals, and warriors are sacred. The written word is banished. Nem, son of one of Bezkamp's strongest warriors, shows no signs of fire or strength. Forced to follow in his father's footsteps, Nem must venture beyond their village walls in order to save land from being corrupted by the dangerous and toxic Crig beasts. As Nem begins to see more of their planet, he'll begin to uncover the truth behind the village's lies and start to fight for truth.

(W/A/CA) John McNamee This new collection from The Onion and the New Yorker's John McNamee features his most incisive and hilarious comics on knowledge, how we obtain it, and how we distort it.

(W) Brian Smith, M. K. Reed (A/CA) Wyeth Yates Charris, Trinh, and Ursa have managed to work together long enough to defeat the evil Priestess and her hive-mind robot army, the Surrogate. However, a secret from Ursa's past threatens to break the fragile trust between the three mages, but they must overcome their differences and work together if they stand any chance of surviving the coming darkness.

(W) M. K. Reed, Brian Smith (A) Wyeth Yates, Kendra Wells (CA) Wyeth Yates Our intrepid heroes-mages Trinh, Charris, and Ursa-have made great strides in learning to work together as a team. But the darkness is coming, and a foe from their past has grown more formidable. Will their combined talents be enough to defeat the ever expanding Surrogate army? An army that has swallowed up so many mages more powerful than they are?

(W) M. K. Reed, Wyeth Yates (A) Wyeth Yates, Marissa Louise Ursa is reunited with her mother at last-but her mom is the Priestess, leading a massive Surrogate army that threatens to swallow Plumstead and then the world! She's got Charris and Trinh by her side, and a militia of mages and townsfolk at her back, but will that be enough?

(W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Damion Scott Daniel DosSantos is a young man living at the speed of life, with his job, girlfriend, and video games. After gaining powers from exposure to an extraterrestrial object, DosSantos becomes the rapid-action superhero called Accell, the first of a new public kind of crime fighter and bad guy smasher. Unfortunately, there are consequences to moving faster than sound. Every time Accell uses his super speed powers, the results of super speed activity on his body come back in the form of massive muscle-tearing and bone-shattering internal damage . . . and that's the least of his worries. The father of Accell's girlfriend wants him dead and is sending one mercenary after another to kill the young speedster. In the aftermath of a battle, Accell tries to test the limits of his power and finds out the true nature of traveling at super speed, and the other dimension beyond and parallel to our own. The return from that harrowing experience makes Accell reevaluate everything. The way he's living without responsibility, without serious thought, without knowing his

(W) Joe Casey (A) Damion Scott & Various (CA) ChrisCross, Paul Mounts Running faster than the speed of sound and beating up bad guys on the weekends sounded like the high life, right? That's what Daniel Dos Santos first thought when he put on the costume. Now Daniel is finding out things aren't so simple. With new faces showing up on the block offering both aid and harm, is Daniel ready for the next set of challenges that face him?

(W) Joe Casey (A) Robert Campanella & Various (CA) Damion Scott & Various aniel Dos Santos just wants everything to go back to normal. His life is way too chaotic, and life would be much simpler if it would slow down. Too bad slowing down is the last thing he can do. Danny Dos Santos may be tired of being the superhero speedster Accell, but the superhero life isn't easily ignored. When the criminal underworld is poised for a dramatic shakeup and military experiments rampage through the streets, you can't just turn a blind eye, can you? Or is donning the suit just putting a target on his back for more prepared players?

(W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Ramon Bachs Daniel Dos Santos is learning the hard way that not every problem can be left in the dust. When your own body starts attacking you, there's no avoiding it! Turns out there are unintended consequences when your body becomes capable of supersonic speeds. Will Daniel continue to push himself to his limits even if it means the end of life as he knows it? Or do even superheroes have to face their own mortality?

(W) Alex De Campi (A) Pop Mhan, Jessica Kholinne (CA) Pop Mahn Magnus Attarian, heir to the AtiSat Corp., tried to save the world and ended up a broken man. Now a celebrity joke suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, Magnus has the power to travel inside the minds of superpowered people, where he discovers nightmares threatening the entire human race.

(W) Alex De Campi (A/CA) Pop Mahn, Al Barrionuevo Magnus Attarian, heir to the AtiSat Corp., once tried to save the world but ended up with a bad case of post traumatic stress disorder instead. Then, after using his ability to travel inside the minds of meteor affected individuals, Magnus tried to become a superhero. Now Magnus has to deal with a different enemy altogether: his family . . . and superpowers only go so far.

(W) Priest, Ryan O'Sullivan (A) Matt Batt Banning, Al Barrionuevo Magnus Attarian, heir to the AtiSat corporate empire, has saved the world from his brother Drew's attempt to help the 'Red King' hack the minds of everyone on Earth, but at what cost? Now the past and present collide when a mysterious woman attacks Magnus and his family. But can Magnus save them, or will he unwittingly destroy their legacy and their lives with his selfishness?

(W) Alex Paknadel (A) Diego Galindo, Adam Guzowski (CA) Frazer Irving Alistair Meath now finds himself sleeping rough on the pitiless streets of West London, profoundly traumatized by his experiences in space and then Assante's lab. But it seems that another man has taken on the role of Alistair Meath while he was away-a man who is physically identical to him.

(W) Brandon Thomas (A/CA) Manuel Garcia Former astronaut David Powell is coming to grips with his incredible and increasingly powerful superhuman abilities, and the world around him is reacting to seeing a Black man wielding such enormous power-but not everyone is a fan. As tensions rise among some factions of society and Noble endeavors to do whatever it takes to continue the life saving work he is committed to, Astrid focuses her attention on the reemergence of a savage adversary. Foresight agents are dropping dead around them, hunted by a deadly assassin, and only Astrid and Lorena know the shocking truth behind the man responsible.

(W) Gail Simone (A) Jos? Luis (CA) Stjepan Sejic SEVEN DAYS: The meteors that fell to Earth two years ago and gifted people with enhanced abilities were only the beginning. Now the source of those meteors has returned to finish the job and finish humanity off for good. His name is Khrelan and he's given humanity seven days to make their peace before he terraforms the Earth to suit his needs killing all of humanity in the process. New and old heroes join forces to stop Khrelan, but even if he's defeated, what will be left in the aftermath? Seven days to live, what does humanity choose to do with them?

(W) Amy Chu (A) Jan Duursema & Various (CA) Jan Duursema It's a long, hard road toward recovery. In the aftermath of The Event, Valentina 'Val' Resnick Baker, the sole survivor of The Event space mission, is now haunted by the loss of her teammates and her girlfriend Kay. Val also discovers her survival had the shocking side effect of bestowing her with superpowers. While the rest of the world begins to move on, Val finds she still has a long road ahead of her.

(W) Amy Chu (A) Chris Sotomayor, Federico Dallocchio (CA) Valentine De Landro After beginning to recover from her experiences in space, losing her girlfriend Kay, and realizing she has superpowers, Valentina 'Val' Resnick-Baker has found herself in a better place surrounded by new friends and a new job. Unfortunately-because life can never be easy for Val-there's a new threat on the horizon. All Val may want is peace, but the world needs her to be a superhero.

(W) Amy Chu (A) Cresta, Marika, Jessica Kholinne (CA) Roberta Ingranata, Warina Sahadewa Val finds herself separated from her friends, on the run from a government agency seeking her out, and thrust into a full on alien conspiracy. All with no powers to help her and no team to guide her way.

(W/A/CA) Joe Flood Ever had to wake up and go to a dead-end job? The clerks of America's fourth most-trusted cellular carrier feel your pain. This Jog Mobile location just outside of Pittsburgh employs the lovable underachiever Devin, under-employed MBA Elena, privileged heiress Parker, sarcastic high schooler Rey, former journalist Jerry, and their oblivious dude-bro manager, Christian. (Before you ask: No, they can't put that new smartphone aside for you, it's against company policy.) Share in the misadventures, from break-room pranks to midnight phone launches gone awry; from awkward crushes to nightmare customers. Who will make it to assistant manager? Who will make it out of this town? Who knows-these barely-minimum-wage drones are just trying to survive to closing time.

(W/A/CA) Joe Flood Join the Jog Mobile team for another few dozen misadventures at America's best cellular provider-okay, fourth best. It might be the dead end job from retail hell, but hungry grad student Elena is determined to climb the corporate ladder, one misstep at a time.

(W) Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas (A/CA) Daniel Irizarri A lushly rendered supernatural fantasy that follows two girls and their mother who find themselves in the middle of a vast, supernatural exodus. On their journey Cloudia is bestowed the powers of hundreds of different gods, but even those don't help her come to terms with the death of her father.

(W) Melanie Hillario, Lauren Davis (A/CA) Kathryn Longua Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five book series in which middle grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding, algorithms, algebra, and logical problem solving

(W) Michael Uslan (A/CA) Andrew Pepoy Two terrifying groups of alien creatures have descended upon planet Earth-majestic beasts, both foreign and familiar-a race of dinosaur beings with enormous appetites for everything from meat to technology. One is a ruthless army of flesh eaters bent on making humanity its new food source; the other, fighters from an underground resistance that have banded together to save humanity-and themselves-from the murderous Tyranno king, Rex. As the Earth comes under attack, a worldwide network of young hackers become the first humans to learn of the impending invasion, and they must act quickly to spread the news before the first Dinosaucer lands!

(W) Richard Marazano (A/CA) Luo Yin Tutu is lost in a village where winter is eternal and the rabbits of the secret police find her guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable - being a little girl! The Emperor of this strange town holds the key to her redemption, but it will come at a price.

(W) Richard Marazano (A/CA) Luo Yin Tutu is trapped in a valley of eternal winter, populated by talking animals and ruled by an oil?sputtering robot Emperor. She's sick of toiling in the Emperor's factory, which only hurts the valley with its pollution. If she can band together with a grouchy cat, rabbit spies, and a masked daredevil known as the Flying Bandit, her dreams could have the power to shape the world!

(W) Jean-Francois Chabas (A/CA) David Sala Raised by a fisherman from the depths of the sea, an ornate chest soon attracts the attention of the greedy King, always searching for more treasure. But the King has a problem: nothing and nobody can open the chest. A thousand keys, a thousand tools, and a thousand swords were tried. He calls his most talented subjects to open it: the Locksmith, then the Strong Man, the Magician, and even the Alchemist-they all try their skills, and none can do it! Only the Lynx, whose magical eyes allow her to see through anything, can finally satisfy the King's curiosity. The story, like the chest, contains a beautiful and mysterious core for the intrepid reader to open, about how the treasures we crave may not be what we truly desire.

(W) Art Baltazar, Franco (A/CA) Chris Giarrusso A brand new series from the creators of Tiny Titans and Mini Marvels! Encounter is a new kind of hero; an alien escaped to Earth, who can take any form he chooses, and decides to become a hero! With help from his talking dog Barko, he fights crime on our planet. Collects issues 1-5.

(W/A/CA) Joel Christian Gill Bessie dreams of riding her bike with the boys after school, but they tell her she isn't fast enough. Fast Enough combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about Bessie, a true adventurer and the first African American woman to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle.

(W/A/CA) Joel Christian Gill Bessie dreams of riding her bike with the boys after school, but they tell her she isn't fast enough. Fast Enough combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about Bessie, a true adventurer and the first African American woman to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle.

(W/A/CA) James Otis Smith Aditya's got one week to come up with ten grand for rent. Diane needs a cool condo in a hot neighborhood to boost her Q rating. Paul simply cannot keep it in his pants. Ishmael's keeping a secret from his fellow dance hall revolutionaries. Laila's autobiographical porno has attrracted the Russian mob. And Mr. Chips hates you. Yes, yes he does. Lovers and losers aren't easy to tell apart here, and everyone's a member of their own Gang of Fools. A vivid look at our dystopian urban future by a rising new talent in comics, James Smith (Apollo), with equal parts contemporary street life and speculative cyberpunk-like techno-consequences in the vein of Black Mirror and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.

(W/A/CA) Maia Kobabe In Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe has crafted an intensely cathartic autobiography about eir path to identifying as nonbinary and asexual, and coming out to eir family and society. By addressing questions about gender identity-what it means and how to think about it-the story also doubles as a much needed, useful, and touching guide.

(W/A/CA) Flavia Bondi Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest and listen to parental threats of having to eat her dinner for breakfast. But normal behavior can soon turn into something sinister and deadly. This is a story of struggle, recovery, and a trip into the black heart of anorexia. It's an exposure of those who prey on the weak and an inspiration to anyone who believes in the power of human will to endure towards happiness.

(W) Samuel Sattin (A/CA) Ian McGinty Glint-the mineral resource that keeps the planet and people of Mora alive-is running low. Loon and all the other pit workers are confined to a life of glint mining to serve the greater good of Mora. But when Loon decides to leave the mines for the military, his hopes for wartime glory with the Temple of Sacred Defense are soon overshadowed by Mora's dark secrets.

(W/A/CA) John McNamee Goldilocks and the Infinite Bears is a print collection of carefully curated strips from popular webcomic, John McNamee's Pie Comics. John McNamee is a cartoonist, writer, and contributor The Onion, so, yeah, he's funny. His absurdist humor is on full display in this first print collection of his deceptively simple, stealthily clever Pie Comics. This collection takes a stab at answering some important questions about life, science, God, the creation of the world, love, and happiness. It also answers the REALLY important questions about stuff like zombie apocalypses, dinosaurs, fairytales, swag, Godzilla in existential crisis mode, Goldilocks with all that freaking porridge, and whatever else creator John McNamee might think up on any random day.

(W) Anaele Hermans (A/CA) Delphine Hermans A graphic novel of two sisters and their correspondence from Palestine to Belgium. Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine is a personal look into a complex reality, through the prism of the experience of a young woman writing letters to her sister about her feelings and adventures in the occupied territories.

(W) Norm Harper (A/CA) Louie Joyce After stepping on a crack and breaking her mother's back, ever superstitious Alex Mills must journey to Haphaven, the world where all of Earth's superstitions draw their power. On the search for the lucky rabbit's foot to save her mom, Alex learns that breaking with superstition might be the key to saving her mom, even if it means she could get jinxed along the way.

(W) Josh Tierney (A) Various Famed warrior Azarias has gathered a small army of varied adventurers on a quest to gather the dust of a distant island god in order to save the life of their king. Along the way, they encounter numerous beasts and monsters all in the process of gathering artifacts necessary to locate the island god before ultimately defeating it.