(W) Rosemary Mosco (A/CA) Jon Chad SYNOPSIS: Start with a Big Bang and learn about space in this volume of Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty- year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In this volume, go where no kid has gone before! You'll get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors-Venus with its acid rainstorms, Saturn and its rings of ice, and the heart of it all, the Sun. Join Sara, Jill, and their space-faring pets on a quest to learn more about the wonders of our solar system-and beyond!

(W) Robb Waters When a powerful artificial intelligence named SHODAN is liberated of her ethical constraints, the inhabitants of the Citadel space station are rapidly corrupted into bloodthirsty cyborgs and mutants and placed under her control. It's up to a resourceful rogue hacker to traverse the station level by level, battling the monstrous crew and computer-controlled robots before ultimately facing down with the AI herself! Now fans of the groundbreaking cyber-action shooter can explore the development of the lovingly recreated System Shock in intricate detail-including art of Citadel Station's mysterious interiors, vile enemies, clever props, and much more. Nightdive Studios and Dark Horse Books invite readers to relive the unforgettable experience of the classic game, remade with enormous care for a new generation. Celebrate the return to Citadel Station with The Art of System Shock.

(W) Rosemary Mosco (A/CA) Jon Chad We are made of star-stuff. Start with a Big Bang and learn about space in this volume of Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic. In this volume, go where no kid has gone before! You'll get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors - Venus with its acid rainstorms, Saturn and its rings of ice, and the heart of it all, the Sun. Join Sara, Jill, and their space-faring pets on a quest to learn more about the wonders of our solar system - and beyond!

(W) Jason Viola (A) Andrew Ristaino Chew on this! Science Comics: The Digestive System is the latest volume in First Second's action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! In this volume, visit the inside of your mouth, stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs that make up the gastrointestinal tract! Your guide to the gut is a friendly bacterium who will take you on a journey beyond imagination. Uncover how food is transformed into nutrients! Explore strange and dangerous glands! Behold the wonders of saliva, mucus, and vomit! This is a trip to the toilet you will never forget!

(W) Jason Viola (A) Andrew Ristaino Chew on this! In Science Comics: The Digestive System, visit the inside of your mouth, stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs that make up the gastrointestinal tract! Your guide to the gut is a friendly bacterium who will take you on a journey beyond imagination. Uncover how food is transformed into nutrients! Explore strange and dangerous glands! Behold the wonders of saliva, mucus, and vomit! This is a trip to the toilet you will never forget! Available in softcover and hardcover editions.

(W) Ryuto (A) Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, Shuinichi Matsui After discovering the beautiful elf princess Chris in a cold sleep pod, former corporate cog Hiro has promised to protect her... from her own uncle! In order to shake off Chris's pursuers, Hiro decides to hide... on yet another resort system?! Time to go have a blast! Beaches! Bikinis! Robot maids! After all, the vacation planet's automatic defense system will protect them... right?!

(W) Peter Milligan (A) Alberto Fouche (CA) Christian Ward For the first time in human history,?the Sol system is at peace and Dan Dare, pilot of the future, is bored out of his mind - and praying for something to break the monotony of peace. When an unknown alien vessel of biblical proportions arrives in the solar system and obliterates a moon of Saturn in a show of strength, Dare finds himself thrust back into a new adventure that threatens not just Earth - but all life in the entire universe!

(W) Eric Garcia (A) Javi Fernandez & Various (CA) Bernard Chang Writer Eric Garcia (Repo Men) introduces us to Ben Fischer, one of the key architects of Golden Shield-an invasive but advanced anti-crime surveillance system utilizing every security camera and internal system in San Francisco. Unfortunately, Shield's artificial intelligence is unable to distinguish real threats from harmless exchanges, and needs to be supplemented with a human element. Against his will, Ben becomes that 'mind in the machine,' with life-changing consequences for both himself and everyone around him.

When the Rocket Girls accidentally land in the yard of Yukari Morita's old school, it looks as though their experiment is ruined. Luckily, the geeky Akane is there to save the day. Fitting the profile-she's intelligent, enthusiastic, and petite-Akane is soon recruited by Solomon Space Association. Yukari and Akane are then given the biggest Rocket Girl mission yet: a voyage to the edge of the solar system and the minor planet of Pluto to save a NASA probe.

Story By Ninety years from now, a satellite detects a nearby black hole scientists dub Kali for the Hindu goddess of destruction. Humanity embarks on a generations-long project to tap the energy of the black hole and establish colonies on planets across the solar system. Earth and Mars and the moons Europa (Jupiter) and Titan (Uranus) develop radically different societies, with only Kali, that swirling vortex of destruction and creation, and the hated but crucial Artificial Accretion Disk Development association (AADD) in common.

Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the 'Flock' - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordinary kids - only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time! Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives.

Following the discovery of a mysterious hidden planet in our solar system a series of horrible deaths occur at an isolated observatory leading investigators to an alien plot that threatens all life on Earth by a guard of unstoppable ghostly alien creatures. Cinematic science-fiction/horror for fans of The Ring and The Sixth Sense by writer/artist powerhouse RAFFAELE IENCO.

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom-if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom-if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

Fifty years after a time traveler brings science and technology to the medieval ages, corporations have replaced kingdoms, and the future teeters on a bleak precipice. Agents and assassins, hired for their specialties by the rivaling companies, stem the flow of information with the flow of blood. But the current system can't hold, and the balance of power is shifting...

Rust Jigsaw is a strange entrant to the Hermes Cord Race, but when he openly attempts to sabotage the event using the Incarnate System, how will Silver Crow and the rest of Nega Nebulous respond?

(W) Axel Brechensbauer A visual guide to fascinating historical facts and philosophical musings on why and how the objects we buy, own, use, see and interact with - from tanks to iPhones - come into existence. We all live in a world of objects, yet we rarely stop to think about how and why they came to exist, why they look and feel the way they do, or what shapes our preferences and why we own and use the ones we do. In Things We Create, renowned concept designer, cartoonist, and sculptor Axel Brechensbauer pulls back the curtain and provides a visual guide to civilization's endless quest for the perfect human-made object. Told in eight chapters covering topics such as 'The Need of Objects,' 'Recreating Nature, 'Objects as Communication,' and 'Objects as Power,' Brechensbauer takes the reader on a rollicking tour through the history and creation of objects that comprise our world. He digs into the basics of design, discusses why certain some objects please us while others repel us, considers how the design of one object influences another, reveals how human curiosity keeps in step w

(W) Meguru Seto (A) Tomoyuki Hino (CA) Enoki Tomoyuki It's the final round of the Interschool Match with Gifted Institute and things are really starting to heat up! Noir may have been able to dominate his opponents before, but now he's up against a formidable foe-his friend and renowned treasure hunter, Mira! Will he have what it takes to takes to snag the victory? Then later, a ferocious A-ranker with some very unique... preferences... arrives at the Odin Adventurers' Guild and sets her sights immediately on fellow guild member Noir! Looks like Emma's got another rival for his affections and another battle on her hands!

(W) Maki Tomoi (A/CA) Kengoro Nishide He is the most dominant fighting game champion in the world. But before he was Japan's first pro gamer, Daigo was one of many players battling their way through Japanese arcades during the golden age of fighting games. Find out how the player became the legend in DAIGO THE BEAST: UMEHARA FIGHTING GAMERS! In Volume 3: An arrogant fighter with an unusual character preference unleashes his fangs at a Kawasaki arcade. With a big mouth and a penchant for ignoring game theory, he seems to win without trying. But is he the real deal?

(W) Van Burnham 'The long-awaited sequel to Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984, the first book to illustrate the videogame phenomenon... In the years since the original Supercade was first published, the next generation of gamers have come of age. Raised in the aftermath of the crash - the grand arcade palaces of the early 80s replaced by battered Neo Geo cabinets in laundromats and the few remaining game parlors begging for play - they are the children of the Nintendo Entertainment System, the home console that saved the US game industry after Atari effectively destroyed it. Over the past two decades they have expressed an intense love for the games of their youth including Super Mario, Space Harrier, and Street Fighter. This volume chronicles the next era of gaming history, beginning with the NES and including the release of the Sega Master System, SNES, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Amiga, Game Boy, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Xbox and more, as well as the companies, creators, and technologies that drove us into the digital future. Earnestly wri

(W) Tory Woollcott (A/CA) Alex Graudin Open up your mind and learn about what goes on in there in this volume of Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume offers a complete introduction to a particular topic: dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. In this volume, a young girl named Fahama needs to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to escape from the clutches of a mad scientist and his zombie assistant! How did the brain evolve? How do we remember things? What makes you, you? In The Brain, get an inside look at the most advanced operating system in the world, if you have the nerve! Available in softcover and hardcover editions.

(W) Philip Kennedy Johnson (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Bjorn Barends Man, machine and the most terrifying creature in the universe! It's an express elevator to hell, and you'll want to be on it! A small colony of synths has settled in secret on a backwater moon. When a company of United System soldiers comes to them for help retrieving biotechnology on a hostile planet that could be the key to saving humanity, the synths must decide whether the prospect of peace between man and machine is worth the risk of betrayal. Because 'Steel Team' - the legendary, unkillable Synthetic Special Operations team - is the United Systems' only hope as they navigate the hellscape that the once-idyllic Tobler-9 has become. Since its mysterious downfall years earlier, Tobler-9 is considered one of the most hostile environments in the known universe - a place where nothing organic could possibly have survived?or could it? Collecting ALIEN (2022) #1-6.

(W) Yuba Isukari (A) Tatsuyuki Tanaka This follow-up volume to the science fiction hit sheds light on the history of Yokohama Station and people all across Japan through a series of short stories. 'Kyoto' tells the tale of a struggle against the information warfare of the station monitoring systems. 'Gunma' details the collapse and reconstruction of Yokahama Station. In 'Kumamoto,' people tolerate violence and mistreatment in exchange for safety from the looming threat of the station. Finally, 'Iwate' follows a spy's escape to an unknown region of the north.

Battle for the broken land! Planet Arakko chose peace over war. Now war has chosen them. The monstrous arsenal of the Eternals is on the march. The Arakkii must defend their realm according to the ancient laws - but against an enemy even older than they are, can the old ways win? Then, the Great Ring declares that Isca the Unbeaten is no longer fit for the Seat of Victory. But if she won't step down, is there anyone who can make her? And when Cable springs his trap for Abigail Brand, could her plans be too big for even the Askani'son to handle alone? To foil a scheme stretching from the Sol System to the Shi'ar Empire and beyond, the Soldier of Tomorrow needs all the help he can get - from his very own X-Men Red! Collecting X-MEN RED (2022) #6-10.

Because the future is getting weirder everyday, we give you XINO?an intraocular lozenge of subversive, surrealist science fiction to cure your awful awareness of it all. Try not to worry?the insertion process will be guided by the megawatt brilliance of comics? brightest talents as they slowly tune your hopes, dreams, desires, paranoia, alienation, anxiety, and adrenaline to produce the desired results. Join Melissa Flores (The Dead Lucky, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Daniel Irizarri (Judge Dredd) as they surgically activate the hidden dimensions of the human senses; cult phenoms Christopher Condon (That Texas Blood) and Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade) debut the world's first intravenous video game system; underground radicals Jordan Thomas (Weird Work) and Shaky Kane (Bulletproof Coffin) surveil the suburbs for signs of covert infiltration; plus much, more from a startling cast of megawatt talents, includingPhil Hester (Gotham City: Year One), David Lapham (Stray Bullets) and Maria Lapham force our collective psyche into unrecognizable new dimensions; award-winning and bestsellin

THE REBIRTH OF WITCHBLADE CONTINUES! The upstart creative team of TIM SEELEY (HACK/SLASH, BLOODSTRIKE) and DIEGO BERNARD (The Man With No Name) continues their hot run on Top Cow's flagship title! Even as Sara Pezzini tries to settle into her new life in Chicago, the Witchblade's talent for seeking out weirdness pulls her into bizarre case after bizarre case. This volume sees Pezzini dealing with mercenary mana-hunters, spirit realms, fantastical steampunk warriors, and the most distilled embodiment of evil she's ever encountered. And that's before the local cops and corrupt political system complicates her life... Featuring a complete cover gallery alongside a host of bonus content and extras, this trade is a must for anyone curious about Top Cow's REBIRTH! Collects WITCHBLADE #156-#160.

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson FINAL STORY ARC! After five years, we reach the final volume. We do not go gentle into that good night, but go driving a converted tank, covered in glitter and spangles, with a sound system audible from Mars blaring nothing but bangers. Gods, pop stars, an ending. We'll miss you. Collects THE WICKED +THE DIVINE #40-45.

John Carter disappeared from Mars as mysteriously as he arrived. Days before he did, an unknown assassin murdered the guardian of the Red Planet's life support system. Carter himself is implicated in the horrific crime, and it's up to his princess, Dejah Thoris, to clear his name. That would be tough enough, but someone is trying to kill Dejah, too! With enemies all around her, both seen and unseen, she'll need all the help she can get. A murder mystery of Barsoomian proportions and more in the Warlord of Mars A murder mystery of Barsoomian proportions and more in the Warlord of Mars 2 Vol TP! Collecting issues 10-18 of the series, along with a complete cover gallery!

(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli, Andrew Griffith (CA) Andrew Griffith The COMBINER WARS are over, and OPTIMUS PRIME faces the aftermath. Meanwhile, ARCEE confronts GALVATRON; SOUNDWAVE and COSMOS come face to face; TRACKS and NEEDLENOSE meet up again; and JETFIRE and KUP lead a team to investigate the mysterious ONYX system. Collects issues #42-45.

(W/A/CA) Yoshitoki Oima In the distant future, Kaibara Cybernetics has the technology to make almost any wish a reality. They use this technology as leverage to keep the populace in line through a 'star' rating system that punishes antisocial behavior. But the Immortals are still beyond Kaibara's reach. They seek to keep from Kaibara the sphere that the Beholder wanted to entrust to Fushi, which possesses the power to remake the entire world. With them is a familiar-looking doll who wants only to become human.

(W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Sang-Il Jeong THE HONORVERSE EXPANDS TO COMICS! Based on the bestselling military science fiction novels by David Weber, this original comic book series introduces spaceship captain Honor Harrington on the eve of her execution. From prison, Honor relays her epic adventures, starting with a command outpost to a hellish backwater star system that ends up being the lynchpin of an interstellar crisis that will bring war to her home planet. Collects TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION #1-5

Read the novel that started it all! In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, 'game over' means certain death-both virtual and real...

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other, opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, 'game over' means certain death - both virtual and real!

After the harrowing events surrounding the death of journalist Hayley Harper, the Meta Legion and their families embark on a much-needed vacation. But when some heroes start mixing business with pleasure, will it threaten to put the whole team at risk? From rising star writer Grace Randolph (Marvel's NATION X, HER-OES) and hot new talent Russell Dauterman, GRACE RANDOLPH'S SUPURBIA is a unique new twist on the superhero genre that takes scandalous, TMZ-fueled look at what it's like to live with a superhero. Collecting the critically acclaimed third arc, join Eve, Batu, Jeremy, Zari, and Sara, as all hell breaks loose at the Galactic Protection & Systems Expo and Hector Hunt exacts his revenge on the Meta Legion from behind bars!

(W) Claudia Gray (A) Haruichi A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....On planet Crate, Leia met her father, Bail Organa, who was meeting with a mysterious armed group. After Leia learned the truth of her father's investigation mission, she decides to fight against the Empire herself. What awaits Leia in the next target, Naboo system?

A thrilling call to adventure on the very edge of the galaxy! Black Spire Outpost has long been frequented by smugglers, merchants and travelers from every system looking to make their score on the infamous black market - or experience exotic thrills only the remote world of Batuu has to offer. Beings like the infamous Dok-Ondar, proprietor of rare antiquities, thrive on the unique opportunities that abound on this lawless outpost at the edge of Wild Space. But the First Order has come to Batuu - and now its survival is at stake! The road to Black Spire's salvation begins in the past, with a job that Han Solo and Chewbacca once pulled for Dok-Ondar! The newest chapter of the growing Star Wars saga begins with this riveting tie-in to the themed land at Disneyland and opening later this year at Walt Disney World! Collecting STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE #1-5. Rated T

(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Chudakov, Oleg Join Admiral Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in this never-before-seen adventure spinning out of the original Motion Picture! When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target-a criminal mastermind-into their universe, it's up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume? for underneath their helmets are their doppelg?ngers-from an alternate reality!

(W) BitterSweet (A) Kei Under the SOTUS system, where freshmen undergo hazing from their seniors, Arthit continues his harsh instruction as the head hazer of the Engineering Department. But Kongpob is starting to figure out that it's all just Arthit's awkward way of showing kindness, and he's charmed by it. Meanwhile, the hazers' final task, 'The Scramble for the Flag,' is soon approaching?

(W) BitterSweet (A) Kei Under the SOTUS system, where freshmen undergo hazing from their seniors, Arthit continues his harsh instruction as the head hazer of the Engineering Department. But Kongpob is starting to figure out that it's all just Arthit's awkward way of showing kindness, and he's charmed by it. Meanwhile, the hazers' final task, 'The Scramble for the Flag,' is soon approaching?

(W) BitterSweet (A) Kei SOTUS is an educational system in which upperclassmen impose 'trials' upon underclassmen. Arthit, leader of the engineering seniors, plans to put his new juniors through a harsh training regimen to earn the symbol of their major-the gear. However, a first-year named Kongpob causes new headaches for Arthit when he declares he'll snatch the gear from him: 'I'll make you my wife!'