(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki The final volume of the Eisner-nominated history of Japan. Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan concludes Shigeru Mizuki's dazzling autobiographical and historical account of Showa period Japan, a portrait both intimate and ranging of a defining epoch. The final volume picks up in the wake of Japan's utter defeat in World War II, as a country reduced to rubble struggles to rise again. A former enemy becomes their greatest ally as the USA funnels money, jobs, and opportunity into Japan, hoping to establish the country as a bulwark against Soviet communist expansion. Japan reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. Events like the Tokyo Olympiad and the World's Fair introduce a new, friendly Japan to the world, but this period of peace and plenty conceals a populace still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of WWII. The original Japanese edition won the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award; the English translation has been nominated for an Eisner Award.

(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki The penultimate volume of the Showa series continues award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa period Japan. This volume recounts the events of the final years of the Pacific War, and the consequences of the war's devastation for Shigeru Mizuki and the Japanese populace at large. After the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan and the United States are officially at war. The two rival navies wage a series of micro-wars across the tiny Pacific islands, and from Guadalcanal to Okinawa Japan slowly loses ground. Finally, the United States unleashes the deathblow with a new and terrible weapon-the atomic bomb. Showa 1944-1953 is a searing condemnation of the personal toll of war from one of Japan's most famous cartoonists.

Showa 1938-1944: A History of Japan continues award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa Era Japan. This volume covers the final moments of the lead-up to World War Two and the first few years of the Pacific War; it is a chilling reminder of the harshness of life in Japan during this highly militarized epoch. Mizuki writes affectingly about the impact on the Japanese populace of world-changing moments. On a personal level, these years mark a dramatic transformation in Mizuki's life, too; his idyllic childhood in the countryside comes to a definitive end when he's drafted into the army.

(W) WARREN ELLIS (A) JOHN CASSADAY, PHIL JIMENEZ, JERRY ORDWAY, and ANDY LANNING The complete Planetary saga is collected in the Absolute format! In Warren Ellis and John Cassaday?s celebrated epic, the Archaeologists of the Unknown delve into secret places most beings fear to tread. Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and the Drummer take on their nemeses, the Four...then death itself! This new Absolute edition includes the entire genre-bending Planetary series, plus three crossovers introducing the trio to Batman, the Authority, and the JLA. Collects Planetary #1-27, Planetary/Batman: Night On Earth #1, Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World #1, Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta #1, the preview story from Gen 13 #33, and a pinup from WildStorm: A Celebration of 25 Years.

(W/A/CA) Michel Fiffe From the archives of Copra creator, Michel Fiffe, comes a body-horror romance of epic proportions. Panorama follows the adventures of teenage couple Kim & Augustus as they navigate their way through a shared, unwanted ability they can't control. Panorama blends chiaroscuro with a kinetic line that perfectly captures runaways trying to find love, define identity, and survive a metamorphosis unlike anything ever seen before. o From the creator of Copra and G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte!

(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean Phillips 'Sex, drugs, and murder in 1980s Los Angeles? And the best new twist on paperback pulp heroes since The Punisher or Jack Reacher. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the modern masters of crime noir, bring us the last thing anyone expected from them - a good guy. In a bold new series of original graphic novels, with three books releasing over the next year, each a full-length story that stands on its own. Meet Ethan Reckless: Your trouble is his business, for the right price. But when a fugitive from his student radical days reaches out for help, Ethan must face the only thing he fears? his own past. 'Imagine Redford at his peak, ambling through sun-drenched, eighties L.A. in a serpentine plot that is equal parts Long Goodbye and Point Break. No one does crime fic like Brubaker and Phillips and their collaboration has never felt more new. Explosive. Vital. And yes... reckless. I love this book.' - Damon Lindelof (Lost, HBO's Watchmen) ''Reckless is an absolute rush: on the same level as golden age Travis McG

(W) Jerry Frissen (A) Francesco Trifogli The true story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Everyone thinks they know Theseus, the great Hero of Athens. But what legend has retained is merely a web of lies, a fable to hide the truth-a truth that time was not ready to accept... It's time Her story was told.

(W/A/CA) Ethan Young After the bombs fall, the Imperial Japanese Army seized the Chinese capital of Nanjing. Now 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.

Good-Bye is the third volume of the collected short stories from legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan.

(W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Jason Howard For the first time ever, the complete ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN is collected in one volume! When Gary Hampton is mauled and left for dead, his life takes a drastic turn! When the moon is full, he transforms into a beast of the night-a werewolf! But this curse will not be used for evil. Witness the birth of the world's most unlikely new superhero-The Astounding Wolf-Man! Collects ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #1-25 and INVINCIBLE #57.

(W) Brian Wood (A) Garry Brown (CA) John Paul Leon In the pages of The Massive, the Ninth Wave was struggling to repair a broken world. But before that, they were the preeminent global environmental-rescue unit, taking on criminals, polluters, politicians, and rogue states. The Massive: Ninth Wave tells these stories in a stylish, high-action, done-in-one format, reuniting the entire creative team from the original series. Collects The Massive: Ninth Wave #1-#6. 'Wood definitely delivers across the board here, and he made out wonderfully once again with Garry Brown on board.'-The Fandom Post

(W/A/CA) Eddie Campbell Eddie Campbell's Bacchus is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In Bacchus, the visionary behind From Hell (with Alan Moore) and Alec: The Years Have Pants presents his version of 'an American-style comic book,' filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, Bacchus brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. Nearly 600 pages, this deluxe volume collects the second half of the Bacchus saga with new notes and commentary by the author.

(W/A/CA) Eddie Campbell Eddie Campbell's BACCHUS is a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. In BACCHUS, the visionary behind FROM HELL (with Alan Moore) and ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS presents his version of 'an American-style comic book,' filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story, BACCHUS brings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. Nearly 600 pages, this deluxe volume collects the first half of the BACCHUS saga (including Immortality Isn't Forever, The Gods of Business, Doing the Islands with Bacchus, The Eyeball Kid: One Man Show, and Earth, Water, Air & Fire) with new notes and commentary by the author.

(W) Mike Grell (A) Mike Grell & Various (CA) Mike Grell In the late 1980s, writer/artist Mike Grell took Green Arrow in a bold new direction, starting when Oliver Queen gives up his trick arrows and settles down in Seattle with Dinah Lance. But Ollie's world collides with one of unspeakable violence involving the beautiful and mysterious archer known as Shado. In these tales, Green Arrow hunts down a child killer, races to find a lost biological weapon before Chinese spies can find it, and much more! This omnibus collects Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3, Green Arrow #1-50, and a story from Secret Origins #38, plus an all-new introduction and cover by Mike Grell and an afterword by series editor Mike Gold.

(W/A) Kohta Hirano With supernatural horrors haunting the streets and preying upon humanity, the shadowy Hellsing Organization fights back against hell's minions. Hellsing's secret weapon: the vampire lord Alucard, whose terrifying powers are needed more than ever as an army of the undead marches on London beneath the banner of the swastika! Collects volumes 1-4. o Deluxe hardcover edition with embossed casing, sewn binding, and ribbon marker. o Available for the first time in Hellsing's original 7' x 10' serialized format.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) David Rubin, Max Fiumara (CA) Dean Ormston An expanded look at the world of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston's Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer universe, with two complete series drawn by David Rub?n and Max Fiumara. Sherlock Frankenstein lies at the heart of the mystery of what happened to Black Hammer, Spiral City's greatest hero, and Black Hammer's daughter is determined to uncover his role. Doctor Andromeda, an aged crime fighter, desperately struggles to reconnect with his estranged son as he takes on personal demons and interstellar battles. Collects Sherlock Frankenstein & the Legion of Evil: From the World of Black Hammer and Doctor Andromeda and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format with a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more!

(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips Newsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018 Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018 ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS-the bestselling creators of CRIMINAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, THE FADE OUT, and FATALE-present their first original graphic novel in paperback for the very first time! Teenage Ellie has always romanticized drug addicts, those tragic artistic souls drawn to needles and pills, ever since the death of her junkie mother ten years ago. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is as it appears to be, she'll find another-more dangerous-romance, and discover how easily drugs and murder go hand-in-hand. MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES is a seductive coming-of-age story, a pop and drug culture-fueled tale of a young girl seeking darkness… and what she finds there. 'Readers of postmodern pulp will enjoy this intense story and unapologetically cunning character.' -Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Provides plenty of truly twisted twists and wraps up with a pulpy punch of an ending that's satisfying-and heartbreaking… a fine addition to a staggering body of work.' -Library Journal (starred review) 'Like most CRIMINAL stories, there's a darkness, along with twists that cut to the core. Phillips' art utilizes a limited color palette that makes you feel the ideas that run through each scene, each of the narrator's thoughts and memories.' -LAist

(W/A/CA) Taiyo Matsumoto The fourth installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children travels their trajectory from painful yearning to bittersweet belonging.

What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It's the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo Matsumoto, one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed manga artists. Age Rating: T

(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa Urasawa's characters confront fantastical elements ranging from psychic powers, to alien visitors to planet Earth, to attacks by giant monsters. On the flip side, the author philosophizes about his real-world experiences with the wild and wacky international music scene. Plus, a classic, funny animal tale, in Urasawa's inimitable style! For older teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Naoki Urasawa The Friend has become the President of the World and rules with absolute power behind the giant wall of the city of Tokyo. Most of the world believes that the Friend is their savior, but below the surface, a resistance group led by 'The Queen of Ice' begins to make its move. The only one capable of ending this nightmare, she plans to rise in arms.

(W/A/CA) Rick Veitch Just as Moore's Watchmen dissected the notion of superheroes, this underground classic deconstructs the implausible comic book mainstay that is the kid sidekick. Both darkly comic and just plain dark, Rick Veitch's Brat Pack has been considered a must-read almost since the release of its first issue in 1990. Now, fifteen years after its last printing, it's back in a new hardcover edition. Subversively subtle yet completely over the top, Brat Pack is uncompromising, uncomfortable, and unforgettable. It's also an essential for every graphic novel collection. This black and white hardcover edition includes Neil Gaiman's introduction, as well as a new essay by Rick, extra art, and the original 23-page series proposal.

(W) Gail Simone (A) Walter Geovani, Jack Jadson (CA) Jenny Frison Collects all of Gail Simone's amazing work on Red Sonja in one beautiful oversized volume. Gail Simone (Batgirl, Birds of Prey) gives the iconic fantasy heroine a fresh new attitude! Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, intends to pay back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect... even if it means leading a doomed army to their certain deaths! Who is Dark Annisia, and how has this fearsome warrior accomplished what no god nor demon has been able to do: force Sonja to her knees in surrender? An epic tale of blood, lust, and vengeance, Queen of the Plagues takes Red Sonja from the depths of her own grave to the heights of battlefield glory. Contains issues 0-18 of Red Sonja (Volume 2).

(W) Jerry Frissen, Alejandro Jodorowsky (A) Valentin Secher, Niko Henrichon Alejandro Jodorowsky and Juan Gimenez's epic space opera about the galaxy's fiercest warrior continues in this all-new cycle! No-Name, the very last of the Metabarons, must save the galaxy from a new Techno regime that has risen to power by seizing control of a precious fuel known as Epyphite. But in order to face them, No Name must first face himself. Formidable new enemies and obstacles-from cyborgs, to transhumans, to love itself-will emerge, and the truth will unfold about the Metabarons' role in the survival of the universe.

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Nick Dragotta The oversized prestige collection of the First Year of The Apocalypse. Collects EAST OF WEST #1-15

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Nick Dragotta COLLECTS EAST OF WEST #30-45. The oversized prestige collection of the Third and FINAL Year of the Apocalypse.

(W/A/CA) Jesse Lonergan ADVANCE SOLICIT To survive after crash landing on an alien planet, a vacationer must battle against a hostile environment, killer lizards, corporate bureaucracy, and the pessimism of her sole companion, the drug-addled captain of the ship.

(W/A/CA) Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky ? French author Lo?c Locatelli-Kournwsky presents a modern-day retelling of the Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, in an exciting universe that blends high fantasy adventure with visuals reminiscent of Japanese anime and 1950s American-style comics. Persephone may be the adopted daughter of the famous magician Demeter, but she struggles to find her place alongside such a force of nature. Persephone's desire to find out where she belongs takes her on an epic adventure deep into the Underworld, where she'll discover who, or what, she is.

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Garry Brown Sadie Ritter is sixteen years old, nine months pregnant, and scared out of her sweet nerdy mind. Having a baby that young is tough, but with the support of her loving family behind her, everything should be okay. Oh yeah-and also her baby is the Antichrist and it's going to break open the barriers between the earthly and demonic planes and unleash eternal suffering to all of humankind. Plus there's a shady government organization and a Satanic cult both intent on kidnapping Sadie's baby for their own nefarious purposes. Other than that, though...should be fine. From Donny Cates, the writer of Venom, Thanos, Redneck and the break-out hit God Country comes a pulse-pounding new series with art from THE REVISIONIST's Garry Brown!

(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Juan Doe The wickedness of mankind has moved the Creator to destroy the world by way of the flood. Noah has been tasked with building an ark to save his family and the animals of the world. But this is not No-ah's story. For darker powers have commanded the sorcerer Shrae to build his own ark and save the unnatural creatures of the world - such as vampires, dragons, naga, and the manticore. But what will happen on a vessel crawling with monsters, where insidious intrigue and horrific violence are the rule of law? From writer Cullen Bunn (WITCH HAMMER, KNIGHTS TEMPORAL) and artist Juan Doe (AMERICAN MONSTER, WORLD READER, BAD RECEPTION) comes a sinister tale of biblical proportions. This hard-cover contains the first fifteen issues.

(W) Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver (A/CA) Rebecca Kirby New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay (World of Wakanda, Difficult Women) adapts her short story 'We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness' as a full-length graphic novel with writer Tracy Lynne Oliver (This Weekend), and artist Rebecca Kirby (Biopsy.) Expanding an unforgettable world where a tragic event forever bathes the world in darkness, The Sacrifice of Darkness follows one woman's powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. This young adult drama challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival in a graphic novel for fans of On A Sunbeam and Are You Listening?

(W) Joe Hill (A) Leomacs (CA) Reiko Murakami Joe Hill, the horror mastermind behind NOS4A2 and Locke & Key, arrives at DC with the twisted tale of June Branch?trapped with four cunning criminals who have snatched her boyfriend for deranged reasons of their own. Now she must fight for her life with the help of an impossible 8th-century Viking axe that can pass through a man?s neck in a single swipe?and leave the severed head still conscious and capable of supernatural speech. Each disembodied head has a malevolent story of its own to tell, and it isn?t long before June finds herself in a desperate struggle to hack through their lies and manipulations...racing to save the man she loves before time runs out. But is June Branch a woman fighting for her life?or a deranged axe murderer with a basketful of paranoid fantasies? The truth is even more horrifying than a basketful of heads. Collects Basketful of Heads #1-7.

(W) CARMEN MARIA MACHADO (A) DANI (CA) SAM WOLFE CONNELLY Shudder-To-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for years. The coal mines beneath it are long since abandoned. The woods are full of rabbits with human eyes, a deer woman who stalks hungry girls, and swaths of skinless men. And the people in Shudder-to-Think? Well, they?re not doing so well either. When El and Octavia wake up in a movie theater with no memory of the last few hours of their lives, the two teenage dirtbags begin a surreal and terrifying journey to discover the truth about the strange town that they call home. Like so many women in Shudder-to-Think before them, all they have is a void where the truth once was. But as time passes, El finds herself needing to know more about what has happened, while Octavia wants nothing more than to forget the forgetting. Can these two teens reconcile their differences before the horrible things lurking beneath their town emerge and swallow them whole? Collects The Low, Low Woods #1-6.

(W/A/CA) Terry Moore When a UFO crashes into Samantha's junkyard, she is happy to make repairs and send the little visitors on their way. But E.T. is smitten with the Marine veteran and now an industrial giant wants to buy the land to install their anti-UFO weapon. With the help of her buddy Mike, a 600lb. gorilla, Sam is always prepared to defend those who can't defend themselves, but who will save Sam from the PTSD and shrapnel that threaten her life? To survive, Sam must ultimately face the greatest battle of her life - reality. Available in softcover and hardcover editions.

(W/A/CA) Terry Moore The world's nuclear powers are in a five year race to build the Phi bomb, an apocalyptic weapon that can destroy the planet. Determined to stop them, Tambi sends Rachel and Zoe to Moscow to find and recruit their top physicist. But the pair are met with deadly force, leaving Tambi no choice but to convince Katchoo to leave her wife and children for one last job. All of Terry Moore's series unite as one epic saga in Five Years. At the center of it all is Katchoo, the haunted woman with a wild past who would do anything for the love of her life, Francine, including leave their island paradise to stop the doomsday device hailed as The Last Bomb.

Collected into one giant volume for the first time, Fantagraphics proudly presents Gary Panter's sci-fi/punk mash-up masterpiece Dal Tokyo. Panter imagines a Mars where Japanese and Texan culture have collided and the result is a dizzying and absorbing mix of more or less intelligible jokes, non-sequiturs and surreal eruptions that can engulf the entire panel in scribbles. Most of these strips were only published in Japan and are being published in the US for the first time!

(W) Juan Sasturain, Alberto Breccia (A) Alberto Breccia Fantagraphics presents Alberto Breccia's revolutionary (literally) graphic novel for the first time in English. Perramus follows a political dissident on the run from the skull-faced Death Squad as he encounters a variety of eccentric characters including a director of imaginary films, a troupe of guerilla circus folk, a tin-pot dictator, and Ronald Reagan... This highly anticipated collection was created while Argentina's military dictatorship was still in power and is a cartooning tour de force, with a revolutionary message that remains vital to this day.

(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean Phillips A gorgeous original graphic novel from the bestselling creators of KILL OR BE KILLED, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, and CRIMINAL. Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word-tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? One part thriller, one part meditation on a life of violence, PULP is unlike anything award-winning BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done before. This celebration of pulp fiction set in a world on the brink is another must-have hardcover from one of comics' most acclaimed teams.

(W) Adam Glass (A/CA) Pat Oliffe Led by a young Theodore Roosevelt, a motley crew of soon-to-be American legends must work together to solve a mystery that threatens all of existence. Harry Houdini - street magician and master of misdirection. Annie Oakley - a washed-up entertain-er, eager for a chance to prove herself in a real war. Jack Johnson - an undefeated brawler and the son of ex-slaves, determined to get his shot at the heavyweight championship... When a terrifying alien technology destroys the USS Maine, these unlikely allies set sail for bloody Cuba, into the heart of a brewing conflict, to wage a shadow war against the greatest threat mankind has ever known. Before they were famous, they were... ROUGH RIDERS. Created and written by Adam Glass (THE LOLLIPOP KIDS, MARY SHELLEY MONSTER HUNTER) with artwork by Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), this robust hardcover contains the entire series, ROUGH RIDERS (1-7), ROUGH RIDERS: RIDERS ON THE STORM (1-6) and ROUGH RIDERS: RIDE OR DIE (1-4).

(W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Tom Scioli THE BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! The final edition of the Eisner Award-nominated CELESTIAL EDITION hardcover series is here! This is how the universe ends! All of your favorites are back: Adam Archer! Basil Cronus! Friedrich Nickelhead! And the ultimate secret of Iboga! If you've never experienced the cosmic wonder of G?DLAND, this is your last chance! Also included: a galaxy full of quantum extras! Collects G?DLAND #25-36 & G?DLAND FINALE