(W/A/CA) Enrico Marini When a young mother and her daughter appear on Bruce Wayne?s doorstep, the famously wealthy playboy is rocked by the news that they bring. Then, when the child is suddenly kidnapped by the Joker, Batman must plunge deep into Gotham City?s underworld to track her down and foil The Clown Prince of Crime?s twisted plan. But what is the secret that connects these archetypal antagonists to this strange and mysterious young girl--and why does her case seem so deeply personal to both of them? Acclaimed European comics creator Enrico Marini (Eagles of Rome, The Scorpion, Gypsy) makes his American comics debut with this stunning graphic novel showcasing his unique interpretations of Gotham City?s most famous heroes and villains. Collecting the lushly painted two-volume original series, this edition of Batman: The Dark Prince Charming features an introduction as well as a new sketchbook section by the artist. Collects Batman: The Dark Prince Charming #1-2.

(W) Erica Schultz (A) Maria Sanapo (CA) Joe Corroney Dynamite Entertainment is proud to continue the story of Phoebe, Piper, and Paige, television's fan-favorite witches, in all-new adventures set within the official continuity of Charmed! A dark force has set its sights on the art world of San Francisco, utilizing a gallery exhibit to feed souls to the underworld and unleash demons into our reality. Only the Power of Three, harnessed by the Halliwell sisters, can stop the madness!

(A/CA) Hiko Yamanaka A cross-dressing dramedy about a girl from a poor family who is thrust into Japanese high society as a rich classmate's body double. Atsuko's father is a drunk, and she's shunned by her classmates as 'the poor kid.' Walking the streets in a dark fog of despair, Atsuko cons perverts out of their money to survive. Then, one day, she meets Itaru, the heir to a wealthy family, who happens to look exactly like her. Itaru hatches a plan: Atsuko will live his tedious public life for him, and she will get a taste of the luxuries enjoyed by the 1%. Everybody's (finally) happy. Right?

(W) VARIOUS (A) Various (CA) Dan Parent You'll be CHARMED by this giant-sized collection of hilarious, heartwarming, and stories starring Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and all your favorites from Riverdale

We begin this volume with Prince Valiant going on his most daring, and perhaps most dangerous, quest yet: winning back the heart of Queen Aleta. Of course, things don't go as planned as Aleta's rival suitor organizes a deadly search party for the gallant Valiant. Back in Camelot, the troubled Zanedon reveals himself to be a runaway groom as the mischievous twins, Karen and Valeta, hide him in their stable. Prince Arn quenches a coup, Val ends a tyrant's reign with tough love, and domestic chaos runs amok when a poet with a wandering eye makes the Misty Isles his playground. This volume also includes and introduction by Mort Walker and Brian Walker, and a gallery of miscellaneous Foster Prince Valiant cartoons, including one that hasn't been reprinted since 1955, and one that has never been printed before. These are a rare glimpse into Foster's humorous side; they were done for a variety of venues, including the National Cartoonist's Society, Christmas cards, and private commissions-all funny, all Prince Valiant.

(W) Kenkyo (A/CA) Yosuke Kokuzawa Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince. In a previous life, he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges... including being barely 10 years old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?

As Hal Foster's Prince Valiant enters the 1950's, Val investigates reports of black magic, battles the Picts and even finds time to visit his young son, Arn. Shot from original printer's proofs, Volume 7 will also feature the usual wealth of supplements, including another brace of rarely-seen Foster art, and an introduction by the recently-anointed artist of the ongoing Prince Valiant strip, Thomas Yeates.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Traveling the North Atlantic Ocean leads Prince Arn and his crew to the New World. Arn's Vikings team up with the Algonquins, leading to the discovery of the St. Lawrence seaway. Meanwhile, Mordrid plots his revenge, Aleta suffers a case of mistaken identity and Prince Valiant goes on a mission to find a missing heir. This volume also includes a feature on Bob Fujitani's Prince Valiant stories in the Dell comic books, and a gallery of Valiant covers from books and comics.

FROM ROME TO VALHALLA WITH PRINCE VALIANT! In our ninth volume, Arn tries his hand at being a warrior, Merlin is bewitched by Nimue, and Tillicum and Boltar have a son named Hatha - the first interracial baby 'born' in comics. Most of the second half of this volume follows Gawain and Val's pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem and Queen Aleta's return to the Misty Isles, where treacherous nobles seek her throne? and her death. Also featuring a look at Prince Valiant's 1954 escapades on both the large and small screens by Foster scholar Brian M. Kane. As with all the previous volumes in this highly acclaimed series, these pages are reproduced for the first time from Foster's personal set of color engraver's proofs, the most impeccably produced Prince Valiant series ever produced.

(W) Katy Rex (A/CA) Jonathan Lau Charmed, the supernatural television sensation, returns in an all-new tale of magic and mystery... but this time, the adventures of the Halliwell Sisters are told as manga! Delia, a young girl with blossoming and uncontrollable supernatural powers, accidentally unleashes her powers in a school. A danger to herself and others, she draws the attention of Phoebe, Piper, and Paige - three witches with experience managing innate abilities! With their help, Delia begins to make a new life for herself... but magic has a way of getting out of control, and it's only a matter of time before this incredibly powerful novice draws the unwanted attention of sinister forces!

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A/CA) Bernard Chang After retrieving the legendary Ruyi Jingu Bang from the depths of Atlantis, the Monkey Prince now wields a golden staff that can expand as large as a building and shrink as small as a toothpick for safekeeping in his own ear! As awesome as that is, Monkey Prince's civilian counterpart is still just adopted kid Marcus Sun, whose secret-henchpeople parents are on the run yet again after being caught in their super-villainy, and they're headed to Metropolis...which is great news for Monkey Prince because of his crush on Supergirl! Monkey Prince Vol. 2: The Monkey King and I collects Monkey Prince #0, #7-12, and backup stories from Lazarus Planet: Alpha and Lazarus Planet: Omega!

(W) Kenkyo (A/CA) Yosuke Kokuzawa Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince. In a previous life, he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! What should have been another boisterous Advent Festival has instead become a festival of blood, with vile chimeras pouring from the depths to destroy Saloumall at the direction of Pope Guitane! The abominations created in Guitane's labs keep Grim and Lloyd's retainers busy on the ground, which means the only hope to defeat this evil plot is the duel in the air, between the prince and the pope himself!

(W) V.E Schwab (A) Andrea Olimpieri, Enrica Eren Angiolini (CA) Claudia SG Iannicello New York Times bestseller V. E. Schwab returns to the world of her award-winning fantasy novel series. Illustrated by hit art team Andrea Olimpieri (Dishonored) and Enrica Eren Angiolini (Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor)! Exiled from Red London, the arrogant Prince Maxim Maresh has overcome a pirate queen and the Night of Knives in the smuggler-city of Verose. With war on the horizon, the Prince must earn his name by ending the rebel army!

(W/A) Hal Foster The latest volume to collect the greatest adventure comic strip in history in full-color. Galan begins the journey to knighthood, bringing both shame and honor upon himself. Val is enslaved in the Berber salt mines while a death watch has begun for King Arthur, and Mordred plots to usurp the throne. Also: a tour of Prince Valiant's England by Cullen Murphy, son of John Cullen Murphy and Todd Goldberg further examines of the historical reality behind the Prince Valiant strip.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Hal Foster's Prince Valiant continues as one of the greatest adventure comics ever conceived and Fantagraphics' reprinting is the loveliest treatment of the strip in the history of publishing. In Volume 16, Prince Valiant tracks down a missing heir only to become a mentor to the reluctant leader. There is in-fighting amongst family members and knights in the Hall of Champions, young Arn goes berserk under the incantation of the feral forest people, Aleta plots against the greedy governors of the Misty Isles and the royal children discover romance.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Presenting two more years of Hal Foster's award-winning, and best-selling masterpiece printed from the artist's personal color engraver's proofs. This volume begins with Prince Valiant in search of Arn who has been abducted. Next, Val sets off for the Holy Land on a mission to find an overland trade route from Rome to Britain. But danger shadows the noble Prince of Thule and Val is wounded, his horse has gone feral, and Arn is kidnapped once more and held for ransom.

SWORD AND SORCERY AT ITS GRANDEST AS THE CLASSIC ADVENTURE STRIP CONTINUES IN SECOND VOLUME! For 35 years, Hal Foster created epic adventure and romantic fantasy in his legendary Sunday strip, Prince Valiant. Realistic in its visual execution and noble in its subject, depicting a time in which the fabled warriors of history and legends fought together for the greater good, it remains one of the great masterpieces of the medium. In this second volume, Prince Valiant helps his father reclaim his throne in kingdom of Thule, fights alongside King Arthur, and is made a knight of the Round Table in recompense for his bravery and wit. Bored by the peace he helped to create, Val decides to independently pull together the forces to battle the Huns' descent on Southern Europe. When Val's army breaches the Huns' stronghold, however, he discovers that corruption reigns still further west in Rome. Thus Val sets off with Sir Gawain and Tristam of Arthurian legend fame, and the familial kinship of the trio sees them through chivalrous escapades, false imprisonment and daring escapes. By the end of

(W) Toru Toba (A) fal_maro After narrowly dodging a marriage proposal (for the time being), Prince Wein is accosted by a messenger from the Kingdom of Cavarin, which can only mean bad news. Though he accepts their invitation to join their religious festivities, this treasonous prince's top priority is to not attract more fame.

(W/A/CA) Dina Norlund Syv is a snowcat and the youngest in a family of princes. When his father dies, Syv and his brothers are all in line for the throne. Eager to become kings themselves and wary of how well-liked Syv has become by the citizens, Syv?s brothers send him on a dangerous quest to find the long-lost magical crown that once belonged to their royal ancestor, the Eldking. Legend says that the snowcat who finds the crown will break the curse on their land and bring great honor to the family. But failure could mark Syv with three black stripes, and he?d be banished forever. Along his journey, Syv will face dangerous beasts, dark powers, and the ever-lurking sandfoxes?sworn enemies to the snowcats. But when Syv discovers the truth about the legend of the Eldking and his magical crown, he?ll have to learn the new meaning of honor and find another way to break the curse.? From Norwegian author Dina Norlund comes The Snowcat Prince, a beautifully illustrated tale of bravery and honor.?

(W) Cullen Murphy (A/CA) John Cullen Murphy Arn takes his wedding vows in a milestone Prince Valiant strip The most visually opulent comic strip in the history of the medium celebrates its 50th anniversary with the marriage of Prince Valiant's son. Val goes in search of a northern spice route, which leads him into adventures among the Balts, the Greeks, the Lapps, and the Chinese. A Trojan Horse deception in reverse nearly wipes out Val's expedition, and a dreamlike encounter north of Cathay involves Yeti and other strange creatures. Back in Britain, Arn's bride strikes a blow against chauvinism and liberates the women of the village of Orr to exercise their true potential. Our series of special slipcased gift sets continues with Vols. 13-15 (1961-1966). Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster (1892-1982) is still considered one of the greatest illustrators to ever grace the newspaper page. John Cullen Murphy (1919-2004) became Foster's hand-picked successor on the strip. Cullen Murphy, editor at Vanity Fair and The Atlantic, scripted the strips drawn by his father.

Oguna is an orphan with a secret even he doesn't know-he's a prince and heir to a terrible power. His best friend Toko is a member of the Tachibana clan and a potential high priestess able to tame that power...or destroy it.

(W) Kevin Panetta (A/CA) Paulina Ganucheau After defeating a former ZS member and her mean-girl minions the girls thought they'd get a break, but a new big-bad has come out to play and demons are overrunning the town! The UK team's secrets are causing a rift in the Zodiac alliance and divided they may fall! The series Comics Alliance calls 'your favorite new magical girl team' returns with even more laughs, crushes, and monsters in their latest adventure! Collects Zodiac Starforce: Cries of the Fire Prince #1-4.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Creator Hal Foster returns for the series' 2000th strip, recalling the high points of the Prince Valiant legend. Aleta is abducted by a wizard, but Val pursues them only to learn that Aleta is capable of rescuing herself. Aleta's younger sister Helene is gambled away by her husband, drawing Val and his Singing Sword into a deadly duel. And in between battles, romance has its way with kings, wizards and slaves. Also: a large gallery of Hal Foster's art for the 1930 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook. Plus, an interview with Mad artist Angelo Torres, who assisted Prince Valiant artist John Cullen Murphy on the Big Ben Bolt strip.

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A/CA) Bernard Chang Introducing the newest hero in the DCU, the great sage, equal to the heavens, better than his predecessor the legendary Monkey King, even better than the Justice League and definitely the Teen Titans (actually, all the heroes combined), everyone put your hands together for...the Monkey Prince! Marcus Sun moves around a lot because his adoptive parents are freelance henchpeople. This month he finds himself as the new kid at Gotham City High School, where a mysterious man with pig features asks Marcus to walk through a water curtain to reveal himself as who Marcus really is: someone who has adventured through the Journey to the West, can transform into 72 different formations, can clone himself using his hairs, and is called...the Monkey Prince!

(W) V.E Schwab (A) Andrea Olimpieri, Enrica Eren Angiolini (CA) Claudia SG Iannicello #1 New York Times bestseller V.E. Schwab tells a new story in the world of her hit fantasy series, Shades of Magic - perfect for fans of bloody, swashbuckling adventure and gritty fantasy! The arrogant prince Maxim is banished from Red London to the lawless Blood Coast, where he faces unruly soldiers, rogue magicians, and an intoxicatingly deadly pirate queen… Sumptuously illustrated by Andrea Olimpieri (Dishonored) and Enrica Angiolini (Warhammer 40,000)!

(W) Hal Foster & Various The action never lets up in the newest volume of Hal Foster's masterpiece as Val embarks upon a questin in Cathay, encounters a mechincal dragon, Mordred escapes imprisonment and Val wrestles with a tusked whale off the coast of Greenland! Plus an introduction by Turkish/German artist Ertugrul Edrine and scences of heavy-metal interpreation of Prince Valiant.

(W) Hal Foster & Various In Volume 24 (1983-1984), Val plays a game of life-or-death using people as chess pieces, Merlin gives Val a magic ring and Val joins a hunt for a cattle-killing man-beast. Plus, Mordred launches an attack on the defenseless kingdom and Arn's love for Maeve takes a turn toward heartbreak when the identity of her father is revealed. Hal Foster's Prince Valiant is the most illustrious heroic saga ever written and is presented here in full, glorious, restored color.

(W) Hal Foster (A/CA) John Cullen Murphy Scum and villainy have entered the ranks of the continent's troubadours, Prince Valiant travels to Jerusalem to recover stolen holy relics and Queen Aleta seeks refuge in a hidden city ruled by women. Plus more dazzling commercial illustration work by Hal Foster. All hail the original Game of Thrones!

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster This volume opens with Val being sent to thwart an attack by King Cidwick and closes with his returning to Thule to find a guerilla war being waged against King Aguar. This volume also includes an introduction by comics writer Roger Stern, who looks back at the artists inspired by Hal Foster. Hal Foster's Prince Valiant is the most magisterial strip ever conceived, and Fantagraphics Books' series is the loveliest production of this masterpiece ever published.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Volume twelve begins with Prince Valiant attempting to rescue Sir Gawain from prison. Val then sets out on a quest to find the legendary Holy Grail with the foundation of the Fellowship of the Table Round at stake. Bonus features include an introduction by legendary comics artist Neal Adams and a gallery of Foster's rare advertising art. Directly scanned from the engraver's proofs, this is the finest reproduction of one of the greatest and most influential adventure strips of all time. Full color throughout.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster In the eleventh volume of Fantagraphics award-winning series, Prince Valiant leaves Cornwall and returns to Aleta, after which the two are summoned to Camelot. Val then begins searching for Gawain, thus commencing another adventure. Presented in full, glorious, restored color and including Foster's rare advertising art from the 1920s, this is the finest reproduction of this enthralling, romantic adventure serial ever published.

(W) Keiko Ishihara, Keiko Ishihara The fate of Nacht hangs in the balance as Freya and Edda confront a cornered Queen Sophie. With the life of the infant crown prince at stake, the only weapon they have left is the truth. But will that be enough to wrest control from Sophie before the Sigurdian reinforcements reach the fort?! For older teen audiences.

(W) Toru Toba (A/CA) fal_maro Even as the heir to the throne, Prince Wein of Natra continues to plan out his scheme to cash in on his puny kingdom and retire in hiding for good. But when a princess from the Empire catches wind of his successive victories, she waltzes into his palace to ask for...his hand in marriage!? For readers ages 13 years and up.

(W/A) Ran Kuze Mona Kawai has finally made up her mind. It's Medaka her heart wants, and no matter what may stand in her way, it's Medaka she will get! Step one in this updated game plan: take the target out on a heart-stopping date. Step two, check off as many 'lovey-dovey couple' things as she can. But her rival, the talented Asahi, is not about to just sit back and let it happen. It's time for all-out war, and no amount of subterfuge is off the table!

(W/A) Ran Kuze Mona Kawai may be on the brink of a breakthrough. Out at the amusement park on a day trip planned to welcome her friend Tomo to Tokyo, she gets separated from the group and falls prey to some wannabe pickup artists who won't take no for an answer. But just as things start to get dicey, a certain someone steps in to save the day and sends Mona's heart on a ride so breathtaking, even she has to admit there's something seriously strange at work-something that might make her picture-perfect mask start to slip?

(W/A) Ran Kuze Mona Kawai may have made a huge mistake. Ticked off by Medaka's latest rejection, she let her sugary fa?ade slip enough for her secret inner sass to peek through and jab the stubborn holdout with a few sharp words. Now she's got to scramble to make sure she doesn't undo all the progress she's made sweetening Medaka up before her chief competitor takes him for a wild ride he'll not soon forget. As if that weren't enough, an old friend with a penchant for putting Mona in a tight spot comes to town and threatens to shake up the Queen Bee's picture-perfect persona-and force her to confront some feelings she may not be ready to face.

(W/A) Ran Kuze Mona is the cutest girl in school, and she knows it. In fact, she's worked hard to make her high school debut succcessful. But no matter what she does, she can't seem to catch the eye of stone-cold stoic Medaka Kuroiwa-but she's not about to give up that easy. Medaka, on the other hand, has been raised at a temple as a monk and was told to never become close to women. Who will win in this heated battle of wills?

(W) Scott Snyder & Various (A) Carmine Di Giandomenico & Various (CA) Jason Fabok The Batman Who Laughs: a lunatic driven mad by his world's Joker. The Red Death: a thief who stole his reality's Speed Force power. The Drowned: a female, amphibious Batman. The Dawnbreaker: a twisted Green Lantern. The Murder Machine: a deranged, deadly cyborg. The Merciless: a warrior who wears the helmet of Ares. The Devastator: a part-human, part-Doomsday monster. The evil Batmen - twisted mirror images of the Dark Knight - have been unleashed upon Earth and the Justice League with only one thing on their minds: total devastation. How can the World's Greatest Heroes stop a horde of deadly beings who appear to be powerful nightmare versions of familiar figures? Featuring stories from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Peter J. Tomasi, Grant Morrison, Joshua Williamson, Ethan Van Sciver, Philip Tan, Tyler Kirkham, Francis Manapul, Riley Rossmo, Tony S. Daniel, Howard Porter, Doug Mahnke and many more! Collects BATMAN: THE RED DEATH #1, BATMAN: THE DEVASTATOR #1, BATMAN: THE MERCILESS #1, BATMAN: THE M

(W) Harold Foster (A) John Cullen Murphy, Cullen Murphy Fantagraphics is proud to present the 25th volume of one of the most enduring comic strips, based on Arthurian legend, ever created. As this latest collection begins, Val and Arn are in Lappland, where they get involved with two twin brothers' struggle over succession. Arn consults a mystical hermit about whether his destiny intertwines with Maeve's, the daughter of an archenemy. With the sinister Mordred in control of Camelot, Val and Aleta seek to raise an army; this goal requires Val to capture a notorious outlaw, battle a troll, and find a hidden treasure. Arthur's forces come together at High Cross, and he wages an epic battle for the fate of Camelot, during which Arn becomes a knight of the round table. Also included, Prince Valiant writer Cullen Murphy and colorist Meg Murphy pay tribute to their mother, Joan, model for Aleta and other female characters for their father.

(W) Hal Foster (A) John Cullen Murphy, Cullen Murphy In this volume, there's death, birth, curses, quests, plots, magic, and war. Prince Valiant journeys to the bowels of the Earth on a quest for humanity involving a curse on the Kingdom, monstrous imps, and a mystical casket. Mordred leads an invasion across Britain, culminating in the siege of Camelot. Aleta's pregnancy promises to bring a new child into the family. Arn begins a courtship of Maeve and embarks on quests to obtain the Sacred Ring of India and to find his lost newborn brother. Renowned painter and graphic novelist George Pratt (Batman, Sandman) introduces the volume.