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Bear
Boom! Studios
Ben Queen, Joe Todd-Stanton
Bear is a guide dog for the blind, and he would do anything for his best friend and owner, Patrick. But when Bear suddenly loses his own vision, he worries that he has lost his purpose! Determined to protect Patrick at all costs, Bear sets out on a quest to regain his eyesight.
Along the way Bear will learn to tap into his other senses and begin to see the world from a new perspective that is at times more rich and colorful than the world he’s always known.
Writer Ben Queen (Disney / Pixar’s Cars 2 and Cars 3) draws inspiration from real life stories of how memory can influence how we recall our own surroundings, and artist Joe Todd-Stanton (A Mouse Called Julian) lovingly renders an unforgettable story of one dog’s grand adventure from the wooded countryside to the heart of Manhattan where he encounters new friends and discovers his true calling.
In Shops: Aug 12, 2020
Blackhand and Ironhead Vol.1
Image Comics
David Lopez
Alexia’s father is the head of a superpowered corporate empire and one of the greatest superheroes of all time, and she desperately wants to take up his mantle. However, upon his sudden death, a woefully unprepared Alexia is confronted with a wealth of well-kept family secrets – including a villainous sister she never knew existed.
Can the sisters work together to investigate their father’s mysterious death? Or will they destroy each other in the process?
Collects Blackhand and Ironhead #1-5 (originally published as Blackhand Ironhead on PanelSyndicate.com).
In Shops: Sep 02, 2020
Black Widow: Coldest War (Epic Collection)
Marvel Comics
Various
The Black Widow goes solo in adventures that defined her as one of Marvel’s greatest heroes!
In one of the most beloved Black Widow stories of all time, enter a web of intrigue as Natasha navigates a complex maze of international espionage orchestrated by an old foe!
Then, a revelation regarding the Red Guardian draws Black Widow back into a Russian spymaster’s crosshairs.
Plus: Natasha teams with the Punisher to take down a rogue former government agent, reunites with Daredevil to investigate the murder of S.H.I.E.L.D. psychics and returns to post-Soviet Russia with Nick Fury!
Collecting Black Widow: The Coldest War, Punisher / Black Widow: Spinning Doomsday’s Web, Daredevil / Black Widow: Abattoir, Fury / Black Widow: Death Duty and Journey Into Mystery (1952) #517-519, plus material from Bizarre Adventures #25, Marvel Fanfare (1982) #10-13, Solo Avengers #7, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #135 and Daredevil Annual #10.
In Shops: Jul 15, 2020
Clock Vol.1
Image Comics
Matt Hawkins, Colleen Doran
Within three weeks, hundreds of millions of healthy people worldwide contract various forms of aggressive cancer, and the proliferation, seemingly a viral outbreak, stumps the best scientific minds available. But after a leading cancer researcher loses his wife and watches his nine-year-old daughter begin to succumb to the same illness, he must race against the clock to end a global conspiracy that could propel the world straight into WWIII… or worse.
Collects The Clock #1-4.
In Shops: Jun 24, 2020
Corto Maltese: Mu – The Lost Continent
IDW Publishing
Hugo Pratt
In this final entry of Hugo Pratt’s epic series, the master graphic novelist returns to the theme he first explored in the initial episode – the search for the lost continent of Mu, the mythical Atlantis.
Featuring the return of most of the major characters seen throughout the long-running saga: Gold Mouth, Morgana, Tristan Bantam, Levi Colombia, Professor Steiner, “the Monk,” Cain Groovesnore, Soledad, and (of course) Rasputin… each with their own reason to find the mythical realm.
Thus, the circle closes.
In Shops: Aug 26, 2020
Five Years Vol.2 Stalemate
Abstract Studios
Terry Moore
Using their past criminal experience, Katchoo and Tambi lead an elite team of Rachel Rising and Echo heroes to take down the key players of a US vs Russia race to build an apocalyptic bomb. While global leaders scramble to negotiate a stalemate between the two nations, the Russian test quickly approaches and Katchoo fears they may be too late.
Is this how it ends? Find out in Stalemate!
In Shops: Jun 24, 2020
The Great Gatsby
Scribner
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aya Morton
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers and is now reimagined as a gorgeous graphic novel. Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, Tom, East and West Egg are all captured in lush, romantic illustrations by artist Aya Morton, and the crystalline text was adapted by Fred Fordham.
Lifetime Gatsby fans and new readers alike will be enchanted by the nostalgic beauty of this special edition.
Available in softcover and hardcover editions.
In Shops: Jun 03, 2020
Hawkeye: Freefall
Marvel Comics
Matthew Rosenberg, Otto Schmidt, Kim Jacinto
Who is Ronin?
When a mysterious and ruthless new Ronin starts tearing a destructive path through the city, suspicion immediately falls on Hawkeye – but Clint Barton has more to worry about than who’s wearing his old costume. After a clash with the Hood ends badly, Hawkeye takes on a new mission that places him in the crosshairs of one of New York’s most dangerous villains. But Clint and Ronin are on a collision course – and only one will walk away!
As things around him get ever more dangerous, Clint is pushed to make some tough – and probably really bad – decisions. With everything falling apart, can he find a way to get through this crisis with clean hands – or will he be forced to return to his criminal ways?
Featuring Spider-Man, Daredevil, Captain America and more of Hawkeye’s Avenging allies!
Collecting Hawkeye: Freefall #1-6.
In Shops: Jul 15, 2020
Joker: Killer Smile
DC Comics
Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino
The Eisner-nominated creative team of writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino (Green Arrow, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story that delves into the bottomless insanity of The Joker.
Everyone knows The Joker doesn’t have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one’s even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn’t matter to Dr. Ben Arnell; he’s determined to be the one to unravel this unknowable mind. And there’s no way The Joker could ever get through the therapeutic walls Ben has built around himself. Right? There’s no way The Joker’s been entering his house at night… right? There’s no way The Joker has stood over his son’s bed and put that book in his hands, the one with the, the, the…
Collects Joker: Killer Smile #1-3 and Batman: The Smile Killer #1.
In Shops: Jul 15, 2020
Killadelphia Vol.1: Sins of the Father
Image Comics
Rodney Barnes, Jason Shawn Alexander
Featuring the show-stopping talents of Spawn series artist Jason Shawn Alexander and the writer behind such hit shows as Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Marvel’s Runaways, and Starz’s American Gods – Rodney Barnes.
When small-town beat cop Jimmy Sangster returns to his Philadelphia roots to bury his murdered father, he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality… and vampires.
There’s a reason they say you can’t go home again. Welcome to Killadelphia.
Collects Killadelphia #1-6.
In Shops: Jun 24, 2020
Red Mother Vol.1
Boom! Studios
Jeremy Haun, Danny Luckert, Jae Lee
After losing her eye and the man she loves in a brutal mugging, Daisy McDonough is left trying to put the pieces of her life back together. Just when she begins to think she can heal, she starts to see strange things through her new prosthetic eye. And The Red Mother sees her in return.
Writer Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, The Realm) and artist Danny Luckert (Regression) present The Red Mother, a creeping horror series that examines the dangers that hide in plain sight – and the consequences of digging beneath the surface to find the truth underneath.
Collects issues #1-4.
In Shops: Jun 10, 2020
Shaolin Cowboy: Shemp Buffet
Dark Horse Comics
Geof Darrow
The saga of one man’s fight against the walking dead as you’ve never seen it before!
The action never lets up as a chainsaw of events pits the comic world’s favorite Shaolin Cowboy against a legion of gourmets from the fourth level of hell, intent on turning America’s finest youth into an endless shemp buffet.
Strap on your six-guns, gas up your chainsaw, and hang on, ‘cuz you aren’t in Downton Abbey anymore.
In Shops: Aug 26, 2020
Star Wars Vol.1: Destiny Path
Marvel Comics
Charles Soule, Jesus Saiz, R.B. Silva
It is a dark time for the galaxy in the wake of The Empire Strikes Back. The rebel fleet is scattered following a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Hoth. Han Solo is frozen in carbonite and lost to the bounty hunter Boba Fett. And Luke Skywalker is wounded and reeling from learning the horrible truth about his past. Darth Vader did not kill Luke’s father – he is Luke’s father!</p>Now Luke, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 must fight their way back to the rest of the Rebel Alliance. But this ragtag band of freedom fighters doesn’t realize they’ve only traded one imperial trap for another! They’re about to cross paths with the captain of the Tarkin’s Will: the cunning and vengeful Imperial Commander Zahra!
Collecting Star Wars (2020) #1-6.
In Shops: Jul 22, 2020
Stranger Things Vol.3: Into the Fire
Dark Horse Comics
Jody Houser, Ryan Kelly, Viktor Kalachev
Years after escaping Hawkins Lab, two of Dr. Brenner’s former subjects seek to live normal lives. When news reaches them that the lab was shutdown they go on a harrowing search for Nine, a powerful pyrokinetic whose shattered psyche threatens to burn them all to ashes if they can’t find her and free her from her own malevolent imagination.
Perfectly penned by writer Jody Houser (Critical Role, Star Wars: Tie Fighter) with pencils by Ryan Kelly (New York Four, Star Wars) and inks by Le Beau Underwood (Catwoman, Immortal Hulk) this third book in the Stranger Things comics line takes the story to brand new territory.
Collects issues #1-4 of the series.
In Shops: Aug 26, 2020
Strange Skies Over East Berlin
Boom! Studios
Jeff Loveness, Lisandro Estherren, Evan Cagle
When a mysterious alien probe lands outside East Berlin and into Soviet control, the Americans send their top spy in to investigate. Herring has spent the entire Cold War infiltrating the inner circles of East German intelligence for a cause he barely believes in anymore. But as he gets ever closer to the truth, he may find that the power he seeks is too dangerous for anyone to control or contain.
Writer Jeff Loveness (Judas) and artist Lisandro Estherren (Redneck) present a chilling and intense thriller about a terrifying inhuman threat at the heart of the Cold War – and the one American spy who can save the world… if he can save himself first.
Collects the complete 4-issue series.
In Shops: Aug 12, 2020
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn Vol.1: From the Ashes
IDW Publishing
Sophie Campbell
After the cataclysmic events of “City At War,” the Turtles find New York City drastically changed – new factions and enemies are on the rise, and allies are in short supply. The Turtles discover that in order to survive, they will need to work together like never before, but when they find themselves separated, Old Hob decides to fill the power vacuum with some very unusual mutants: Zanna, Mushroom, and Zink!
Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101-105.
In Shops: Aug 19, 2020
Thor by Donny Cates Vol.1: Devourer King
Marvel Comics
Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Olivier Coipel
A new legend begins!
The prince is now a king. All of Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder, and the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming – and to triumph over this new threat, Thor must be transformed in a most unexpected way!
Bursting with new power and set on a dangerous path, Thor will battle friend and foe alike. But can he convince Beta Ray Bill to let him continue his bloody mission to save all that is?
The Black Winter has the power to reveal the means of any person’s demise. Thor will glimpse his future – and if the vision is true, Asgard will soon need a new Odinson to take the throne!
Collecting Thor (2020) #1-6.
In Shops: Jul 15, 2020
Undiscovered Country Vol.1: Destiny
Image Comics
Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Daniele Orlandini, Matt Wilson, Giuseppe Camuncoli
The smash-hit series written by New York Times-bestselling writers Scott Snyder (Wytches, A.D.: After Death) and Charles Soule (Curse Words, Oracle Year, Anyone) with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer), Daniele Orlandini (Darth Vader), newcomer Leonardo Marcello Grassi, and Eisner Award-winning colorist Matt Wilson (The Wicked + The Divine, Paper Girls) gets its first collection!
Journey into an unknown region that was once the United States of America – a land that’s become shrouded in mystery and literally walled off from the rest of the world for well over a century. Two small expeditions enter the former US simultaneously – one from the east, one from the west – and travel inward, each seeking their own form of truth as they struggle to survive in this strange and deadly lost continent!
Collects Undiscovered Country #1-6.
In Shops: Jun 17, 2020