NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR 26th AUG

NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR 26th AUG



Graphic Novels / Trades

Dark Horse Comics
USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 04 Dark Horse Comics (W/A/CA) Stan Sakai Miyamoto Usagi's past returns as he fights alongside his former teacher and struggles with the knowledge that his traveling companion Jotaro is his son! The Neko ninja and fan-favorite character Sasuké the Demon Queller reappear, and a manga classic is paid tribute in "Lone Goat and Kid"! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #53-#75!
DC Comics
EFFIGY TP VOL 01 IDLE WORSHIP DC Comics (W) Tim Seeley (A) Marley Zarcone & Various (CA) W. Scott Forbes Former child star Chondra Jackson returns to her hometown of Effigy Mound, OH, to find a seemingly impossible crime: a fresh corpse in an ancient Indian burial site. Even weirder, the murder resembles a scene from an episode of her old TV show, Star Cop, a live-action children's show about a kid detective. Collects the first seven issues of the new series.	JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK TP VOL 06 LOST IN FOREVER DC Comics (W) J. M. DeMatteis (A) Andres Guinaldo & Various (CA) Guillem March In these stories from issues #35-40 and ANNUAL #2, Zatanna assumes leadership of the team and prepares to rebuild. With team members angry and confused by John Constantine's methods during their recent battles, how will Constantine fit into this new team, if at all?
SCALPED HC BOOK 02 DELUXE EDITION - DC Comics (W) Jason Aaron (A) R. M. Guera & Various (CA) R. M. Guera In these stories from SCALPED #12-24, on the morning after the opening of the Crazy Horse Casino, Dashiell Bad Horse learns that two women were murdered during the night. It's up to Dash to find the killers and, in the process, come to grips with his relationship with his own mother. Plus, Chief Red Crow is trying to walk the straight and narrow, but how far will he let Mr. Brass push him?
IDW Comics
MY LITTLE PONY PAGEANTS & PONIES TP IDW Comics (W/A/CA) Various Revisit the habitants of Equestria and learn about the magic that friendship brings in this adaptation of the television series episodes "Family Appreciation Day" and "Hearth's Warming Eve."
Image Comics
COWL TP VOL 02 THE GREATER GOOD Image Comics (W) Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel (A) Rod Reis (CA) Trevor McCarthy With super villain threats a problem of the past, a strike on his hands, and scandal on the horizon, Geoffrey Warner has taken drastic steps to breathe life back into the Chicago Organized Workers League. But how far will his false-flag operation reach? Is there any line he won't cross for "the greater good?" Collects C.O.W.L. #7-11	FIVE GHOSTS TP VOL 03 MONSTERS & MEN Image Comics (W) Frank Barbiere (A/CA) Chris Mooneyham The critically acclaimed literary pulp adventure continues!  Fabian Gray journeys to Eastern Europe on a quest to save his closest ally while battling his own inner-demons. Collects FIVE GHOSTS #13-17 and & FIVE GHOSTS: SPECIAL #1
IMAGE GIANT SIZED ARTISTS PROOF ED WALKING DEAD #1 Image Comics (W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Tony Moore The all-new IMAGE GIANT-SIZED ARTIST'S PROOF EDITION series presents special artist achievements in their raw form in an oversized format. TONY MOORE's gritty line work from THE WALKING DEAD #1 is presented here in glorious black and white inks, free of grey tones, at 11x17.	INVISIBLE REPUBLIC TP VOL 01 Image Comics (W) Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko (A/CA) Gabriel Hardman SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE When a reporter unearths the secret history of the recently deposed dictator of a remote colonized moon, he discovers exposing secrets can deadly. Collects INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #1-5
IXTH GENERATION TP VOL 01 Image Comics (W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Stjepan Sejic In the future there is no more natural death, no needs unfilled and everything you could ever want is yours...as long as you're one of the chosen ones to live in this new Utopia and you're willing to subjugate yourself to these new self-proclaimed gods with IX's emblazoned on them. Do the ends truly justify the means?  Is a utopia built on genocide worth the price?  Aphrodite, Velocity, Hades and the other Nines establish fiefdoms in this new world and attempt to rule.  Their internal clashes have escalated, but they are forced to put that aside as they face off against the relentless hordes of the Darkness.  The sins of the past have come to claim those who would pretend to be Gods. Collects IXTH GENERATION #1-4 and IXTH GENERATION: HIDDEN FILES #1	RUNLOVEKILL TP VOL 01 Image Comics (W) Jonathan Tsuei (A) Eric Canete (CA) Manu Fernandez The Origami, a mysterious military organization, is on the hunt for one of their former assassins, Rain Oshiro. Their grasp over the city of Prygat is tightening and Rain has less than twenty-four hours to get out before she's trapped forever. Rain must face the decisions of her past while using everything at her disposal to avoid capture or even worse, death. Collects RUNLOVEKILL #1-4
SUNSTONE OGN VOL 03 Image Comics (W) Stejpan Sejic (CA) Stjepan Sejic STJEPAN SEJIC continues the critically acclaimed SUNSTONE series with volume three. A classy, sexy, fun, and emotional look at two women and the alternative lifestyle they live. It's all fun and games until someone falls in love! But the fun and games carry on!	TITHE TP VOL 01 Image Comics (W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Rahsan Ekedal A heist story unlike any before! Mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem more worthy. This modern day "Robin Hood" is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their quarry but want to stop the theft before it escalates. Collects THE TITHE #1-4
Marvel Comics
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 GRAVEYARD SHIFT Marvel Comics (W) Various (A) Humberto Ramos & Various (CA) Humberto Ramos FItThe cross-dimensional craziness of Spider-Verse is over, and Peter Parker has returned home, but that doesn't mean Spider-Man is safe - not even at his own company! Parker Industries' security systems can keep out any living thing - but what about a Ghost? That's right, the infamous super-powered saboteur has invaded Parker Industries and is targeting its staff! But why? One thing is certain: No secret is safe from the Ghost - and no person is safe, either! A huge chapter in the Amazing Spider-Man's history comes to a close right here, as Peter's choices as CEO of Parker Industries come home to roost! Plus: two special Spider-Man stories by Marvel's newest rising stars that will have everyone talking - and a fan-favorite supporting character takes a turn in the spotlight! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #16-18 and ANNUAL (2015) #1.	IRON FIST LIVING WEAPON TP VOL 02 REDEMPTION Marvel Comics (W/A/CA) Kaare Andrews THE WOLVES ARE AT THE DOOR! Danny Rand's climb to redemption brings him to the one person he is most unprepared to face. Are Danny's recuperating fists able to save him from the demons of his past? And see what happens when Brenda and Detective Li get closer to the sinister truth behind the revamped Rand Tower. Collecting IRON FIST: THE LIVING WEAPON #7-12.
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP Marvel Comics (W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Stuart Immonen RRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) put NEXTWAVE together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NEXTWAVE discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond© are terrorist cells themselves, and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry. So they make things explode. Lots of things. Starring Monica Rambeau (formerly Captain Marvel and Photon), Aaron Stack (Machine Man), Tabitha Smith (X-Force's Meltdown), monster-hunter Elsa Bloodstone and The Captain! If you like anything, you will LOVE NEXTWAVE! BOOM! Included on the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for 2007 by the Youth Adult Library Services Association, Nextwave is a pure extraction of comic-book action and adventure, with plenty of kicks, punches and explosions along the way! Collecting NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. #1-12.	RETURN OF LIVING DEADPOOL TP Marvel Comics (W) Cullen Bunn (A) Nicole Virella (CA) Jay Shaw NIGHT OF THE LIVING Deadpool brought you the tale of the Merc with the Mouth trapped in a zombie apocalypse. Our hero eventually found a "cure" to the outbreak - any zombie that ate Deadpool transformed...into another Deadpool. Happily ever after? Not so fast! Because wandering hordes of Deadpools might just be worse than flesh-hungry walking corpses! Now, the world is overrun by zillions of Deadpools AND zillions of zombies, and a girl named Liz just wants to live through the night. But did she really just find a good Deadpool among the chaotic hordes? Plus: Wait, what's the actual danger of a planet overrun with Deadpools? Tummy sore from laughing? Overdose of awesomesauce? Or just too much of a good thing? I have no idea how this is going to end. Collecting RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL #1-4.
STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION RISE OF SITH TP Marvel Comics (W/A) Various (CA) Davide Fabri The road to Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace begins here! While trying to prevent a war, young Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn has a close encounter with the Dark Side! Years later, Qui-Gon and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, face danger again: an out-of-control cloud cruiser and the lawless world of Ord Mantell, where everyone holds a grudge - and a blaster! And Mace Windu's Jedi Knights clash with the Yinchorri - a race more deadly than they ever imagined! Collecting STAR WARS: JEDI - THE DARK SIDE #1-5, STAR WARS: QUI-GON & OBI-WAN - THE AURORIENT EXPRESS #1-2, STAR WARS: QUI-GON & OBI-WAN - LAST STAND ON ORD MANTELL #1-3, and STAR WARS: JEDI COUNCIL - ACTS OF WAR #1-4 - plus material from STAR WARS (1998) #4-6; and STAR WARS TALES #1, #3-5, #7, #9-10, #13-14 and #24.	UNCANNY AVENGERS TP VOL 01 COUNTER EVOLUTIONARY Marvel Comics (W) Rick Remender (A) Daniel Acuña (CA) TBD From the ashes of AXIS an all-new, all different Avengers assemble! The tragedy at the end of AXIS has left the Uncanny Avengers vulnerable, and someone is taking advantage of it. One of the Avengers oldest foes returns with a terrible secret that will, all hyperbole aside, shatter the lives of two members of the squad. What is Counter-Earth? What terrible secrets does it house? Collecting UNCANNY AVENGERS #1-5.
WOLVERINES TP VOL 04 DESTINY Marvel Comics (W) Charles Soule, Ray Fawkes (A) Various (CA) Juan Doe Mister Sinister was robbed of his prize - the Adamantium-covered body of Wolverine - when the X-Men stole it from his Finland fortress. But they left something behind - another piece of the puzzle, something else that was taken from our team. Now, Sinister has his revenge! And in the aftermath of his brutal attack, which heroes will remain standing - and who will not survive?! As the dust settles, the final pieces of the puzzle fall into place, and Mystique's endgame stands fully revealed. But she's not just trying to resurrect her long-lost love Destiny. Where does this leave the Wolverines? Find out how it all ends as everything comes crashing down! Collecting WOLVERINES #16-20. - Parental Advisory
Other publishers
24 BY 7 HC Fanfare (W/A) Various & Various At 3pm on Thursday, October 16, 2014 in the small market town of Kendal in England, 7 artists entered a room and started to draw. By 9pm the following day 7 comic books were being collected from the printer to form part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. The artists worked around the clock on coffee and smiles to produce "a spread of seven comics as diverse as they are witty as they are beautiful to behold." From witches to scribbles, paperclips to salty tales, hand-me-downs to chance encounters and doomed love, all were created in 24 hours by quality artists (in order of appearance) Sarah McIntyre, Joe Decie, Kristyna Baczynski, Fumio Obata, Jack Teagle, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and finally curator and editor Dan Berry.	ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL VOLUME 5 GN KODANSHA COMICS (W) Isayama Hajime, Ryo Suzukaze (A/CA) Satoshi Shiki Saved from exile, Kuklo and Cardina meet the hero Jorge Pikale, the first man ever to defeat a Titan in combat, and they learn how he did it: a mysterious gas-powered grappling machine known only as "the device." Jorge believes Kuklo might just have the agility and reflexes to master this startling weapon and take the Survey Corps to a new level. But Kuklo has his doubts, and what will Sharle think?
ATTACK ON TITAN VOLUME 16 GN KODANSHA COMICS (W/A/CA) Isayama Hajime What was his father's sin? Captured by Rod Reiss, the rightful king, Krista and Eren finally have their memories back. What exactly happened to Eren, and what was the crime his father committed? Meanwhile, the Survey Corps desperately hunts for Eren, while at the same time seeking to legitimize their military coup. As the situation inside the walls comes to a head, the mysteries of the world of the Titans seem on the cusp of being solved at last!	ATTACK ON TITAN VOLUME 16 GN (PLAYING CARD SPECIAL EDITION) KODANSHA COMICS (W/A/CA) Isayama Hajime This new premium gift version of Attack on Titan comes with exclusive art dust jacket by a popular American comics artist and full-color playing cards, each with a different piece of art from the manga series, printed by US Playing Card Company on the same stock and press as their world-famous Bicycle cards.
CITY OFCROCODILES Fanfare (W/A/CA) Knut Larsson A post-apocalyptic surreal fantasy by one of Sweden's brightest talents. A mystic and mythical tale of one man's search for something he wasn't aware he needed. In a flooded city, between the houses, crocodiles swim. The crocodile hunter sells his catch to the butcher; his payment is gas and booze. They sit and play games of Croco-chess and drink glasses of crocodile wine. At home, crocodile soup simmers on the stove while the hunter sleeps in his armchair. At dawn he gets a strange catch in his nets. This wordless drama draws you in and keeps hold of you, protecting you from the cold and slimy embrace of this world of crocodiles.	CRIMSON HC VOL 01 Boom Studios (W) Brian Augustyn (A/CA) Humberto Ramos Crimson, the beloved series by Humberto Ramos (Amazing Spider-Man) and Brian Augustyn (Batman: Gotham By Gaslight), returns! For the first time ever in the prestigious hardcover format, experience Alex Elder's ascension from vampire victim to "The Chosen One," destined to bring about the end of all vampires! Collects the first 12 issues of the series.
INUYASHIKI VOLUME 1 GN KODANSHA COMICS (W/A/CA) Hiroya Oku From Hiroya Oku, bestselling creator of the cult favorite manga series, Gantz. Ichiro Inuyashiki is an upstanding citizen and family man who has worked tirelessly for many years to purchase a home for his family, but because he looks closer to 80 instead of his actual age of 58, everyone treats him like a useless old man. It seems that the only person who will miss him is his newly acquired canine companion, Hanako. One day, while walking Hanako, a blinding light burns through the night sky and Inuyashiki is hit by an extraterrestrial object. Inuyashiki finds himself oddly unscathed, but as time goes by, he discovers his body has been rebuilt by an as of yet unknown alien entity and his new cybernetic body has been endowed with amazing new powers. Inuyashiki takes it upon himself to become a defender of those who have been subjugated and bullied in our modern society!