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Avengers by Jason Aaron 3 : War of the Vampires
by Jason Aaron
As vampire civil war throws the world into chaos, the mysterious Shadow Colonel and his squad of undead revolutionaries have one burning question on their murderous minds: Where is Dracula? And if the Avengers find him fist, will the Lord of the Damned be friend or foe?
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Star Trek vs. Transformers
by John Barber
Four decades in the making, it's the crossover that fans have demanded! Kirk, Spock, and Autobots! Decepticons and Klingons! Optimus Prime and the Prime Directive! When Kirk, Spock, and the entire crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise investigate problems at a remote mine, they're met with an explosive battle between powerful warriors who change into vehicles from the 20th century! As the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rages, it's up to Kirk to decide--does he violate the Prime Directive and interfere in a war that's raged for millennia? And how will the Klingons complicate the issue? It's cartoony fun between two of the most popular science fiction franchises in the world!
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The structure is rotten, comrade
by Viken Berberian
In this graphic novel, more in love with the alluring properties of cement than he is with his girlfriend, Frunz's overriding ambition is to become the next legendary architect. If only life was that simple. His father, known as Mr. Cement, is a builder in bed with the autocrats who run Yerevan, the capital of post-Soviet Armenia. As father and son team up to transform the city into a post-modern mecca of Trumpian high-rises, outraged citizens rise up in Revolution against them and Yerevan's corrupt regime.
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Dead Man Logan 1 : Sins of the Father
by Ed Brisson
The writing's on the wall: Old Man Logan is dying. Sick from the Adamantium coating his skeleton, Logan's search for a cure has led to nothing but dead ends. But for once, he's actually trying to leave this world with some unfinished business. Can Logan take his last breath without slaughtering the X-Men again? Not if Mysterio has anything to say about it! The villain means to set in motion the mutant massacre at the crux of Old Man Logan's apocalyptic future timeline. But is someone pulling Mysterio's strings? The master of illusion's newest benefactors will surprise you... and Logan! Plus: The return of Logan's sharpshooting friend from the future, Hawkeye! And a special appearance by your least favorite X-Man!
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Uncanny X-men: X-Men Disassembled
by Ed Brisson
Investigating a mysterious and tragic disappearance, the X-Men are drawn into a much larger and deadlier situation involving the Four Horsemen of Salvation, Nate Grey, and the incredibly powerful mutant known as X-Man.
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Man-Eaters 1
by Chelsea Cain
Adolescent girls can be real monsters. Maude is twelve-which is just about that age when some girls turn into flesh-eating wildcats. As her detective dad investigates a series of strange mauling attacks, Maude begins to worry that she might be the killer.
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The Grave
by Dan Fraga
Three close friends embark on one final summer adventure before entering high school and discover... a great mystery... Inside are the forgotten remnants of days gone by, of mementos once cherished but long since adandoned, and until now, buried in... The Grave. The debut graphic novel ... is a story that spans decades--from a seedy, Depression-era travelling carnival to a quaint vision of small-town modern Americana--[this book] weaves a tale of triumph and tragedy of terrible despair and eternal optimism... and all the bonds that tie us so fragilely together
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I Was Their American Dream : A Graphic Memoir
by Malaka Gharib
Malaka's upbringing will look familiar to anyone who grew up in the pre-internet era, but her particular story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigates her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. I Was Their American Dream is at once a journal of growing up and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children.
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Die 1 : Fantasy Heartbreaker
by Kieron Gillen
In the nineties, six teenagers disappeared into a fantasy role-playing game. Only five returned. Nearly thirty years later, these broken adults are dragged back to discover the game isn't finished with them yet...
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Dream Daddy : A Dad Dating Simulator
by Leighton Gray
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator invites the player to Maple Bay, where they play as a single Dad new to town and eager to romance other hot Dads. The comic series tells five standalone stories, each focused on different Maple Bay Dads, their kids, and their relationships with one another. Dive into entirely new stories featuring the backstories and adventures of your favorite Dads, told by game co-creators Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw, along with the comic industry's top indie talent like C. Spike Trotman, Josh Trujillo, and Kris Anka!
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Farmhand 1
by Rob Guillory
Jedidiah Jenkins is a simple farmer. But his cash crop isn't corn or soy. He grows fast-healing, highly customizble human organs. For years, Jed's organic transplants have brought healing to many, but deep beneath the soil of the Jenkins Family Farm there is something sinister taking root. Today this dark seed will begin to sprout, and the Jenkins family will be the first to taste its bitter fruit.
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Euthanauts 1 : Ground Control
by Tini Howard
After a near-death experience, lonely funeral home receptionist Thalia Rosewood is recruited into the Euthanauts, a select group of psychonauts, sick folk, and other intrepid explorers who pass over willingly to determine what lies beyond.
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Good talk : a memoir in conversations
by Mira Jacob
Like many six-year-olds, Mira Jacob's half-Jewish, half-Indian son, Z, has questions about everything. At first they are innocuous enough, but as tensions from the 2016 election spread from the media into his own family, they become much, much more complicated. Trying to answer him honestly, Mira has to think back to where she's gotten her own answers: her most formative conversations about race, color, sexuality, and, of course, love.
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Daredevil : fearless origins
by Antony Johnston
Collects the early adventures of New York attorney Matt Murdock and his fearless, crime-fighter alter ego Daredevil, as he faces off against the Owl, Purple Man, and Mr. Fear
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The Follies of Richard Wadsworth
by Nick Maandag
The Follies of Richard Wadsworth showcases Nick Maandag's signature blend of deadpan satire and exceedingly unexpected plot twists. In "Night School," a Modern Managerial Business Administration and Operational Leadership class goes awry when a fire alarm brings the Chief to school and he decides to stick around to teach the students a thing or two about leadership--and discipline. "The Follies of Richard Wadsworth" follows the title character, a professor of philosophy, as he begins a contract instructor position at yet another university. When Wadsworth finds himself smoking reefer at his student's party and he discovers she works at a rub n' tug, an off-kilter plan is hatched. And in "The Disciple," a yarn about a co-ed Buddhist monastery, Brother Bananas, the resident gorilla, isn't the only one having difficulty keeping his lust tucked safely under his robe.
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Manfried Saves the Day
by Caitlin Major
With Manfried the Man as his muse, affable tomcat Steve Catson is finally realizing his dream of becoming a cartoonist. And he's dating Henrietta, a chat noir with a heart of gold. But when a literal fat cat threatens to close down the Catlanta Man Shelter, where stray men get adopted by loving cats, both Steve and Manfried are forced to leave their comfort zone. Steve has to turn lazy Manfried into a prize-winning champion to save the shelter, while Manfried must cope with his new roommate, a young stray man named Garfield.
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Old Souls
by Brian McDonald
From Brian McDonald and Les McClaine comes Old Souls, a supernatural graphic novel about addiction, obsession, and the things we do for family.
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Uncanny X-men - Cyclops and Wolverine
by Matthew Rosenberg
Cyclops and Wolverine have drawn together a new team of X-Men from the ashes of 'X-Men Disassembled,' and now they turn their eyes to setting their agenda. Cyclops has a list... a list of things the X-Men have to take care of... if it's the last thing they ever do.
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Shades of magic : The Steel Prince The steel prince
by Victoria Schwab
The thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the king of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead of A Darker Shade of Magic! The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape. There, he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, and the intoxicatingly deadly presence of the newly returned pirate queen, Arisa...
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The Dreaming 1 : Pathways and Emanations
by Simon Spurrier
One of four books expanding Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman Universe. There is a place where gods are born and stories are spun. Today its walls lie slashed and bleeding. Twenty-three years after he was anointed as its master, the lord of dreams has inexplicably abandoned his domain. Lord Daniel's absence triggers a series of crimes and calamities that consume the lives of those already tangled in his fate. Until he is found, his realm's residents must protect its broken borders alone. But the most senior storytellers are tormented by invasive secrets, the warden Lucien is doubting his own mind, and beyond the gates, something horrific awaits with tooth and talon. Only Dora, the monstrous, finds opportunity in madness, stealing dreams for the highest bidder. But she has no idea how deep the danger lies. Meanwhile, in Daniel's gallery, something new is growing...
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Star Wars - Doctor Aphra 5 : Worst Among Equals
by Si Spurrier
Stuck in a massive alien metropolis, Aphra has ten hours to cross the hostile megacity before the bomb implanted in her throat explodes. And don't forget the pack of bounty hunters and crazed cops that are on her tail. No big deal, right? But there's one more wrinkle: Aphra can't stray more than a few paces from her companion without activating the bomb's proximity alert and blowing both of them up. And that companion is Triple-Zero, a sadistic murderous droid who's more interested in Aphra's death than in playing nice! With undead hunters, monster trappers and the foulest divisions of the Imperial war machine between Aphra and salvation, is this the end for the galaxy's foremost amoral archaeologist?
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Guantánamo Kid : The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani
by Jérôme Tubiana
"Mohammed El-Gharani was no more than 14 when he left his native country, Saudi Arabia, in order to study English in Pakistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, he was arrested and transferred to the Guantánamo Bay U.S. military base in Cuba. He was one of the youngest prisoners in this notoriously illegal camp, and one of the few black detainees of African descent. It took eight years for his innocence to be finally recognized"
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Bitter Root 1 : Family Business
by David F. Walker
In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance is in full swing, and only the Sangerye Family, once known as the greatest monster hunters of all time, can save New York -- and the world -- from the supernatural forces threatening to destroy humanity. But those days are fading and the once-great family that specialized in curing the souls of those infected by racism and hate has been torn apart by tragedies and conflicting moral codes. A terrible tragedy has claimed most of the family, leaving the surviving cousins divided between by the desire to cure monsters or to kill them; they must heal the wounds of the past and move beyond their differences ... or sit back and watch a force of unimaginable evil ravage the human race.
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Cannonball
by Kelsey Wroten
"Kelsey Wroten's Cannonball fires the reader straight into the messy life of Caroline Bertram: aspiring writer, queer, art school graduate, near alcoholic, and self-proclaimed tortured genius. Wroten tells the story of an artist struggling with the arrival of adulthood and the Sisyphean task of artistic fulfillment. Stunningly drawn in a classic style, with big truths and biting wit, Wroten's debut graphic novel is Art School Confidential for the Tumblr generation"
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The adventures of Spider-Man : sinister intentions
by Nelson Yomtov
Spider-Man takes on some of his deadliest foes, including the Vulture, Rhino, and Punisher, and he joins the X-Men's Beast and Gambit in battle with Mister Sinister, to save the life of a young mutant, plus he has a run-in with the Fantastic Four
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