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Aliens: Rescue

Dark Horse Comics

Brian Wood, Kieran McKeown, JL Straw, Rafael De Latorre

Colonial Marines are the elite military fighters of the future, battling alien threats across the galaxy. One hero has the chance to fight alongside Amanda Ripley and Zula Hendricks, who saved him from Xenomorphs so long ago.

Following the events of Aliens: Resistance, Alec Brand, the colonist rescued by Amanda Ripley and Zula Hendricks, has grown up into an elite Colonial Marine. A secret mission brings him back to the alien-infested moon where he was rescued… and face to face with the past.

Collects the four-issue miniseries.

Amazing Spider-Man: Cosmic Adventures (Epic Collection)

Marvel Comics

Various

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man #326-333 and Annual 24, Spectacular Spider-Man #158-160 and Annual #10 and Web of Spider-Man #59-61 and Annual #6.

Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol.4: War of the Realms

Marvel Comics

Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Stefano Caselli

As the War of the Realms comes to the nation’s capital, the greatest heroes of Washington, D.C., race into action! Who needs the Avengers when you’ve got the all-new Squadron Supreme of America? But who are they, and where did they come from? Only Agent Coulson knows!

Meanwhile, Avengers Mountain comes under siege by the forces of Malekith – and in the final battle for Midgard, Captain Marvel leads the War Avengers! Hulk battles Ulik! Blade takes on the Black Berserkers of Roxxon! And Daredevil, the God Without Fear, has a cryptic message that will decide the team’s future!

Then, in the aftermath of war, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are looking to celebrate. There’s a party at Avengers Mountain – but who invited the Squadron Supreme?

Collecting Avengers (2018) #18-21 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Avengers / Savage Avengers).

Blade Runner 2019 Vol.1: Welcome to Los Angeles

Titan Comics

Michael Green, Michael Johnson, Marco Lesko, Andres Guinaldo

The first original comic set in this iconic sci-fi world, from the Oscar-winning writer of Blade Runner 2049!

Blade Runner Ashina hunts down a Replicant conspiracy!

Collects Blade Runner 2019 #1-4.

Boys (Omnibus) Vol.5

Dynamite

Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson

All the pieces are falling into place, for the Boys as well as their most mortal enemies. The long-dreaded superhuman conflict is on its way. But first there are secrets still to be uncovered: like the story of the team’s first encounter with supergroup The Seven, and while shockwaves from that disastrous meeting that still reverberate today. Hughie, meanwhile, discovers his comrades’ hidden history, as their original leader Colonel Grey Mallory takes him through sixty years of the filthiest black operations imaginable. And finally, with good and bad guys teetering on the brink, a shadowy force sets events in motion that will push even Butcher over the edge.

Her could have been a very different man. Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys, once had a chance at another life entirely – when the love of a good woman pulled him aside from his dreadful path of violence and despair. This is the story of Billy and Becky, told by the man himself: from the backstreets of London’s East End to the carnage of the Falklands War, from the heights of love to the depths of tragedy. And when he’s done, he’ll be ready… to finish things once and for all.

Includes both volumes 9 and 10 of this acclaimed series in one volume.

British Ice

IDW Publishing

Owen D. Pomery

Working for the British High Commission, Harrison Fleet is posted to a remote arctic island which is still, inexplicably, under British rule. As he struggles to understand why, and what interests he is protecting, Harrison learns just how much of the land and its community lies in the shadow cast by the outpost’s founder. Caught between hostile locals, the British Government, and an unforgiving physical environment, he begins dragging dark secrets into the light, unaware of the tragic repercussions they will cause. And help is very, very far away. P

Part noir, part historical mystery, British Ice explores the consequences of colonialism and the legacy of empire.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 (Library Edition) Vol.1

Boom! Studios

Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon, Rebekah Isaacs, Cliff Richards, Karl Moline, Andy Owens, Scott Fischer

The complete Season 11 collected together for the first time!

Buffy and the Scoobies weren’t ready for this. When a tsunami and an enormous dragon devastate San Francisco, folks connected to the supernatural are blamed for causing the catastrophe and soon have restrictions placed on them in the name of safety. Buffy must choose sides, find a way for herself and her friends to survive, determine how the disaster happened, and not lose who she is in the process.

Writer Christos Gage (Amazing Spider-Man), along with artists Rebekah Isaacs, Georges Jeanty, and Megan Levens, present the next chapter in the official continuation of Joss Whedon’s award-winning television series.

Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 #1-12, along with bonus material.

Diana: Princess of the Amazons

DC Comics

Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Victoria Ying

Eleven-year-old Diana leads an idyllic life on the island of Themyscira. Cut off from the rest of the world, she’s beginning to feel a little alone. Though she has a loving mother and many “aunties,” she is an only child. In fact, she’s the only child on the entire island!

After an escapade goes wrong, Diana gets in trouble for not living up to the Amazonian standard. She just can’t seem to measure up no matter what she does. Every other person on the island is an adult proficient in their trade and mighty in body, while she is gangly, sometimes clumsy, and not particularly good at anything. She’s not Wonder Woman… yet, anyway. What Diana needs is a friend; someone her own age whom she can talk to. But when she decides to take matters into her own hands, she encounters the unexpected!

From New York Times bestselling authors Shannon Hale (Princess Academy) and Dean Hale and artist Victoria Ying comes a heartfelt story about making mistakes, learning the hard way, and growing up to become a hero.

Excellence Vol.1

Image Comics

Brandon Thomas, Emilio Lopez, Khary Randolph

Spencer Dales was born into a world of magic. His father belongs to the Aegis, a secret society of black magicians tasked with bettering the lives of others-with higher potential-but never themselves.

Now it’s time for Spencer to follow in his father’s footsteps, but all he sees is a broken system in need of someone with the wand and the will to change it. But who will stand beside him in this fight for a better future?

Khary Randolph and Brandon Thomas ignite a generational war in this action-fantasy series, made entirely by creators of color, and committed to one truth above all others – Excellence is Real.

Collects Excellence #1-6.

Fallen World

Valiant Comics

Dan Abnett, Adam Pollina, Doug Braithwaite

In the year 4002 AD, the cyborg samurai called Rai will face an impossible battle for the fate of humanity. In the wake of his rebellion against the tyrannical A.I. that created him, Rai has renounced the way of the sword and works to build a new life for the refugees of the fallen nation of New Japan on the surface of the shattered Earth they once dwelled so far above. But Rai will find his commitment to walking the path of peace tested like never before as new enemies arise from out of the wastelands and agents of the old order threaten his people from within…

Collecting the complete Fallen World five-issue miniseries.

Famous First Edition: New Fun #1

DC Comics

Various

In celebration of its 85th anniversary, DC Comics reprints for the very first time it’s first-ever published comic book, New Fun #1, the comic that transformed the fledgling industry by being the first ongoing title made up of new stories instead of reprints of newspaper comic strips.

First published in 1935, this landmark comic book carried a diverse set of original content features cowboys, spies, detectives, funny animals, space explorers, soldiers of fortune and more, including features that were written by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, the founder of the company that would become DC Comics.

This tabloid-size, black-and-white comic is reprinted as a commemorative hardcover and will include essays by comics historian Roy Thomas and Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, grand-daughter of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, and more.

Collects New Fun #1.

Ghosted in L.A. Vol.1

Boom! Studios

Sina Grace, Siobhan Keenan

In Los Angeles, finding an apartment is killer… unless you live with the dead.

Rycroft Manor may be old. It may be abandoned. It may even be haunted. But Daphne Walters doesn’t care about any of that… it has a pool and the rent is free.

New to LA, coming off of a bad breakup and having a pretty terrible week, Daphne might need to crash on this haunted couch for a while, but having undead roommates might be more than she bargained for!

Will the dead be able to help Daphne find the life she’s been missing in the big city?

From GLAAD Award-nominated Sina Grace (Iceman) and illustrator Siobhan Keenan (Clueless, Jem and the Holograms) comes a story about learning how to make friends, find love, and live to the fullest with a little help from some friends whose lives didn’t end at death.

Green Lantern: Legacy

DC Comics

Minh Le, Andie Tong

Twelve-year-old Tai Pham lives in the apartment above his grandmother’s store, where his bedroom is crammed with sketchpads and comic books. But not even his most imaginative drawings could compare to the colorful adventure he’s about to embark on.

When Tai inherits his grandmother’s jade ring, he soon finds out it’s more than it appears. Suddenly he’s being inducted into a group of space cops known as the Green Lanterns. Meanwhile, his neighborhood is being overrun by some racist bullies, and every time he puts pen to paper, he’s forced to realize that he might not be creative enough or strong enough to uphold the legacy of his ba.

Now Tai must decide what kind of hero he wants to be: Will he learn to soar above his insecurities, or will the past keep him grounded?

From award-winning author Minh Le (Drawn Together) and artist Andie Tong comes the tale of a brand-new hero, the latest in the Green Lantern lineage!

House of X / Powers of X

Marvel Comics

Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R. B. Silva, Mark Brooks

Face the future – and fear the future – as superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (Infinity, New Avengers, Fantastic Four) changes everything for the X-Men!

In House of X, Charles Xavier reveals his master plan for mutantkind – one that will bring mutants out of humankind’s shadow and into the light once more!

Meanwhile, Powers of X reveals mutantkind’s secret history, changing the way you will look at every X-Men story before and after. But as Xavier sows the seeds of the past, the X-Men’s future blossoms into trouble for all of mutantdom.

Stories intertwine on an epic scale as Jonathan Hickman reshapes the X-Men’s past, present and future!

Collecting House of X #1-6 and Powers of X #1-6.

Marvel Action – Black Panther Vol.2: Rise Together

IDW Publishing

Vita Ayala, Arianna Florean

Wakanda in these middle grade-friendly adventures!

Every 25 years, Wakanda’s ruler trades places with one of their subjects to gain perspective on their kingdom. T’Challa’s turn has come, and while working in a Vibranium refinery, he uncovers a plot to sell the priceless metal on the black market. Plus, when one of the Black Panther’s advisers suffers an injury during an attack, the adviser requests the aid of a traditional healer over modern medicine. Shuri scoffs at the idea, but soon a curse forces her on an epic quest.

Collects issues #4-6 of the Marvel Action: Black Panther series.

Matrix Comics (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Burlyman Entertainment

Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Neil Gaiman, Jim Krueger, Spencer Lamm, Geof Darrow, Dave Gibbons, Ted McKeever, Bill Sienkiewicz, Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Chadwick, Troy Nixey, Tim Sale, Greg Ruth, David Lapham, John Van Fleet, Peter Bagge, Kaare Andrews

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, we’re releasing the full original run of comics, and a great deal more, including stories and material never printed, in a single oversized deluxe hardcover edition.

First released at the official Matrix website and written by top comic-book creators, including the Wachowskis themselves, this oversized volume has everything from the bestselling The Matrix Comics: Volumes 1 and 2, plus more… stories by Neil Gaiman (Sandman), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Bill Sienkiewicz (Electra: Assassin), Michael Oeming (Powers), AND the Wachowskis (The Matrix).

Sharkey the Bounty Hunter

Image Comics

Mark Millar, Simone Bianchi

Set in a brilliant new sci-fi universe, Sharkey is a blue-collar bounty hunter tracking criminals across the galaxy in his converted, rocket-powered ice-cream truck. Aided and abetted by his ten-year-old partner, he’s out for the biggest bounty of his career.

Collects Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1-6.

Star Trek – Year Five Vol.1: Odyssey’s End

IDW Publishing

Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Jody Houser, Steve Thompson, Silvia Califano, Martin Coccolo, George Caltsoudas

The crew of the Enterprise left Earth four years ago. They’ve traveled to strange new worlds, defeated impossible foes, and made universe-changing decisions. But now, with the end in sight, they’ll have to face their biggest challenge yet.

Step aboard the Enterprise with Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, and Chekov as they begin the end of their original five-year mission and boldly go into an uncertain future in this new continuing Star Trek series!

Collects issues #1-6.

Tomb Raider (Omnibus) Vol.2

Dark Horse Comics

Gail Simone, Rhianna Pratchett, Derlis Santacruz, Nicolas Daniel Selma, Andrea Mutti, Juan Gedeon, Pierluigi Baldassini, Andy Owens, Dan Dos Santos

The second and final omnibus volume in this series, this collection is jam-packed with over 480 pages of material.

This omnibus collects issues #1-12 of Dark Horse’s 2016 Tomb Raider: Volume 2 series, as well as the most recent Tomb Raider: Survivor’s Crusade and Tomb Raider: Inferno complete story arcs.