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Batman Vol. 1: Daylight
by Matt Fraction
The superstar team of writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez relaunch Batman for the current era, with a fresh take on the Caped Crusader and a perfect jumping-on point for fans! It's a new day in Gotham! For only the fourth time, DC is relaunching its flagship Batman series starting with issue #1--and this collection includes the first six issues of the must-read, superhero-forward take from writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez. This new era celebrates the Caped Crusader in every iteration of his 85-plus year history and promises something for every Batman fan, including a new blue-and-grey costume, a new Batmobile, and new villains and allies--along with plenty of classic ones too. Similar to Fraction's beloved and influential run on Marvel's Hawkeye, this Batman series features self-contained stories that progressively build out a larger narrative. Each installment is a new adventure and a new challenge for Fraction and Jiménez to put in front of the Caped Crusader, as they show all of the reasons why Batman is the coolest character in comic books. This volume collects Batman #1-6.
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Chainsaw Man, Vol. 21
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Broke young man + chainsaw demon = Chainsaw Man Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man In order to escape the Aging Devil, Denji begins eating everything around him. Does he actually have a plan or is he just hungry? Denji and Yoru will have to work together if they hope to get out alive
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Entangled States: A Life According to Quantum Physics
by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
A young queer millennial physicist unveils some of the most mind-bending physics concepts in the universe--and uses them to illuminate their own fascinating life story I see physics everywhere, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan writes. It offers itself to me when I try to make sense of all the paths my life did and did not take, it reassures me when I try to reconcile all the identities that I feel describe me. Born in Croatia in 1991, Karmela grew up against the backdrop of the Yugoslav wars. They grew to love science and hair metal, and they began longing to see more of the world. At age 16, they received an offer to study at a boarding school in New York, setting them on a path to a physics PhD. Now a science writer in New York, Karmela uses physics to meditate on building a life in a new country, on being nonbinary in a field dominated by cishet men, and on cause, effect, future, and destiny. Each chapter examines a moment in Karmela's life through the lens of a physics concept. Knot theory becomes a lens for the story of Karmela visiting a Croatian healer. Ultracold atom labs lead to a meditation on societal expectations that women be unfailingly warm and nurturing. And the workings of an electron microscope become a framework for Karmela's evolving relationship with cosmetics as they realized they are nonbinary. Taking us from Croatia to New York, from quantum computing to Queen, Entangled States offers readers a unique and unforgettable journey--and shows how the world of physics and the world of humanity illuminate one another.
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Infected for Science
by Sydney Halpern
They weren't willing to kill for their country, but they were willing to die for it. During World War II, religious pacifist David Miller and a group of conscientious objectors made an extraordinary choice: they signed up for government-sponsored medical experiments that intentionally infected them with hepatitis. Their goal was simple but dangerous--help scientists understand a disease that was sickening American soldiers fighting on the front lines. Infected for Science tells this remarkable true story through the striking artwork of Trygve Faste and Sydney Halpern's deeply researched narrative. Drawing on archival records and the sharp, humorous cartoons Miller himself sketched, the graphic novel follows the men through grueling medical tests and the looming fear of serious illness. What emerges is both a gripping, previously hidden history and a portrait of moral courage and conviction. The book reveals the heavy human costs of the experiments--and explores how the volunteers responded upon discovering that a group of individuals were being subjected to disease-inducing medical studies without their consent.
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Opioids and Organs
by Arizona O'Neill
A heartwrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industry Arizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero by way of organ donations. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she struggles to come to terms with her father's death and her role as next of kin in making his life's last decision, she uncovers inconvenient truths about the organ industry's own codependence on the opioid crisis. Her parents were bohemian wild kids of 90s Montreal. He was a talented skateboarder, charming guitarist, and visual artist. She was an aspiring writer and outcast. They lived with other teenagers in the Plateau in a messy apartment filled with drugs, alcohol, and black-market animals. The city's macabre history--McGill Medical School, the Mount Royal Cemetery, ancient cadavers at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum--takes center stage as Arizona sorts out fact from fiction. Opioids and Organs is a damning critique of an industry that takes advantage of society's outcasts. It is also the graphic novel debut of O'Neill herself, who weaves together a dramatic personal history with that of how humanity made its scientific advances. A muted yet striking pastel palette and a dolllike fantastical elegance belie both the gruesomeness of the book's topic and the rage of its author.
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The Roots of My Hair: A Graphic Novel
by Lou Lubie
The Roots of My Hair is an engrossing graphic novel about the history and marginalization of Black women's hairstyles. - Foreword (STARRED review) With all of the wonderful children's picture books being written about Black girls' hair, this is a welcome addition for adults. - Booklist (STARRED review)Publishers Weekly graphic novel Summer Pick 2026A bold, funny, and insightful graphic novel about hair, heritage, and identity.The Roots of My Hair follows the coming-of-age journey of Rose, a mixed-race woman from R union Island who struggles to love her kony (kinky) hair in a world that tells her to tame it. As she moves to mainland France to study and later to work--experimenting with different hair-straightening techniques, visiting beauty salons, and adopting social camouflage--Rose explores her Black identity by questioning the deeper issues behind her hair: race, beauty standards, colonialism, and belonging.With humor, honesty, and expressive illustrations, Lou Lubie's new graphic novel blends original research and fiction, not only to reveal what lies beneath the hair-care industry but also to speak to anyone who has ever felt pressure to fit in. It is a powerful reminder that identity starts at the roots.Winner of multiple French awards, now available in English for the first time.
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Strange Pictures Vol.1
by Uketsu
The chilling manga adaptation of Uketsu's bestselling horror phenomenon, brought to life by artist Kikou Aiba. For fans of Junji Ito: this eerie mystery unravels in chilling childlike sketches and obscure clues that will haunt you long after the last page. From Japan's breakout horror sensation comes a chilling new manga experience. Strange Pictures is the spine-tingling manga adaptation of Uketsu's bestselling novel, brought vividly to life by artist Kikou Aiba. Uketsu - the enigmatic masked writer who has become one of Japan's most talked-about authors - first captivated readers with a novel that sold in the millions. Now, the terror unfolds panel by panel. At its core lie nine childlike sketches. A pregnant woman's doodles on her blog conceal a dire warning. A boy's simple drawing of his home hides a message no child should know. A murder victim's final sketch becomes a clue that drags an amateur sleuth into a labyrinth of secrets. Each picture is innocent at first glance - yet when pieced together, they reveal a web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches. For fans of Junji Ito and modern psychological horror, Strange Pictures transforms the mundane into the macabre. Some images fade, but these horrors will be etched in your memory.
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We Are Pan
by Andre Frattino
Family or freedom? Discover the astonishing history of the mass evacuation of Cuban children, leaving communism--and their loved ones--behind. We Are Pan is based on the true story of Operaci n Pedro Pan, a joint effort between the U.S. government and the Catholic Welfare Bureau to evacuate 14,000 children from Cuba to the U.S. between 1960 and 1962. With the rise of communism following Fidel Castro's revolution, parents feared for their children's future and, through this secret operation, secured passage for them to America. These children (later referred to as Pedro Pans) would be distributed across the U.S., mostly living in foster homes. In many cases, these children never saw their families again, and their lives would be changed forever. This is their story. Including foreword by Alex Segura.
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