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Firefighter Daigo Of Fire Company M Vol 19 TPB
 by Masahito Soda A deadly forest fire rages in the jungles of Sumatra, a blaze so intense that a coalition of Japan's best firefighters will be dispatched to help the relief effort. In yet another act of disregard for departmental procedures, Daigo heads to Sumatra himself. But time is running out for Ms. Ochiai, Daigo's former high school teacher, who's visiting Sumatra and is fighting for her life inside the tropical inferno. Can Daigo save her before tragedy strikes? Rating: T" |
Doc Savage Double Novel Vol 8
 The pulps' greatest superman returns in two of his most fantastic adventures. In 'The Sea Magician,' the ghost of the legendary King John is terrorizing the English marsh country, in an epic 1934 adventure by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. Then, in a 1937 thriller by Harold A. Davis, the blazing death of government agent Z-2 sets Doc Savage and his Iron Crew on the trail of 'The Living-Fire Menace,' a terrifying threat that transforms men into living human torches. These thrilling pulp adventures are reproduced with the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Baumhofer, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and new historical articles by Will Murray (author of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels). " |
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe TPB Vol. 3
 Living legend Stan Lee--the co-creator of the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the Marvel Universe--imagines original characters based on the names of classic DC characters! Aquaman! Catwoman! Sandman! The Crisis! And The Man gets to collaborate with some of comics' biggest names: Scott McDaniel! Chris Bachalo! Walter Simonson! John Cassaday! These four titanic tales are supplemented with indelible backups by Michael Uslan, himself paired with Darwyn Cooke, Ramona Fradon, and Richard Corben. Plus profile pages, artist commentary, and the proverbial more round out this must-have collection. |
Justice Society Of America #7
 Meet the newest member of the Justice Society of America: Citizen Steel! What happens when Nathan Heywood, the grandson of Commander Steel, awakens to find himself completely and utterly alone in a way he never thought possible? Changed into something far more bizarre than Dr. Mid-Nite could ever imagine? Plus, the secrets of 52 begin to make themselves known in the world of the Justice Society! |
Chemist
 story JAY BOOSE art & cover JAY BOOSE 32 PAGES, FC JULY 25 * $3.50 Vance Larroche is not your typical drug dealer. He's a manufacturer - a chemist, to be exact. He doesn't waste time making street drugs like Heroin. He's looking to the future. The real money is in prescription drugs. Lately, it seems everyone wants him dead. Will he be able to survive when a mysterious woman further complicates his life? FEATURES ARTWORK BY PIXAR ANIMATOR JAY BOOSE!" |
Full Color GN
 story MARK HAVEN BRITT art & cover MARK HAVEN BRITT SC, 176 PAGES, B&W JULY 18 * $15.99 TELL YOUR BOSS EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK. A lifetime marked with Napoleonic bosses has generated a rage in Boom that she can't contain anymore - only aim. Her target? Her boss. That same day, Boom comes home to find an old friend standing on her fire escape. David's double-crossed a drug dealer and he's looking for help. Boom tells him, 'I can't. I've given myself one day to make it all right or I'm just going to kill myself. What do you think of that?' David smiles, 'Chaos it is then. We'll need coffee.' FULL COLOR is an action-packed odyssey through New York. Fast-paced and thoughtful, compelling and funny, FULL COLOR is a revenge-fueled morality tale for a post-September 11th world. BY XERIC AWARD-WINNING ARTIST MARK HAVEN BRITT!" |
Madman Atomic Comics #4
 Has Frank 'Madman' Einstein found his way out of his multi-dimensional funk? Can he hope to find his way back to the original reality? Will he be able to program his universal remote so he can find all his favorite TV shows? Some of these questions just may be answered in this groundbreaking (and dimension-breaking) issue! |
Spawn Godslayer #3
 'THE WINTER KING,' Part Three - The saga of the Winter King continues... The Godslayer has traveled across the world to reach the hall of Urshrek, a cannibalistic deity who feeds on the souls of children. Now he comes face to face at last with the brutal tyrant God and his horde of shadow warriors. Let the battle begin! |
Walking Dead #41
 Death surrounds them .... |
Criminal #8
 "Lawless" part 3 Join Tracy Lawless in his quest for the truth about his brother's murder. Operating under a false name, and now having joined the former crew his brother Rick worked with as their new getaway driver, Tracy is getting deeper into the world of crime he once gave up everything to escape. |
Jack Kirbys Galactic Bounty Hunters #6
 Special extra-sized finale! Mainframe's quest to recover his son leads to a blow-out battle in Dangerland! |
Cromartie High School Manga Vol. 11 TPB
 written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka Takashi Kamiyama is an average high school student who wouldn't hurt a fly. But after becoming friends with a motley crew of thugs, a gorilla, and a trashcan-shaped robot, Takashi won't just learn his ABC's-he'll learn everything there is to know about being a juvenile delinquent!" |
Gd Sourcebook Off Handbook To The Gd Universe #7
 by Fred Perry & Doug Dlin The ultimate GD information guide continues! This indispensable handbook series will tell you exactly who's who and what's what in the GD-verse! Get glorious character stats (perfect for GD role-play gaming!), histories, aliases, allegiances and more! Issue two keeps the ball rolling, bursting with info on everything from Jetta to the Lich King, from the Kryn to the Leprechauns! It's GD A to Z! Don't miss a single issue!" |
Ninja High School #152
 by Ben Dunn & Various Celebrating 20 years of Ninja High School! Rhonda was an ordinary student until she discovered the Departure Memo, a notebook dropped by the Grim Reaper which sadly lacks anything useful within it. The memo granted Rhonda an oversized sword and forced her to use its inane powers to fight injustice. Now she must battle spirits no one else can see, worry about a persistent detective who is certain she is a criminal, and deal with an invisible, perverted demon that follows her everywhere, even in the shower! " |
Station #2
 by Johanna Stokes & Leno Jefferson A crew member has died. And now the crew knows it isn't sabotage. Questions follow, as suspicions build. Paranoia runs deep. But the death of the crew member complicates the situation further - he was repairing the station, and now the repair's not been made. Things go from bad to worse in this thriller from Johanna Stokes, staff writer on the hit Sci-Fi Network series EUREKA!" |
Snk Vs Capcom Vol 6 Svc Chaos TPB
 (by Chi Wan Shum) Akuma has been defeated by Athena and must now work for Cosmos. Ryu, having been elevated by Akuma, must how fight his martial arts brother, the newly enhanced Ken. And an all new Chun Li explodes on the scene!" |
Super Bad James Dynomite TPB
 Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Xavier Cook, Mitchell Marchand (w), Robert Reed, Darren Huang, Ming Chi Cheng (a) Take a trip into the imagination of Marlon Wayans-the comedic giant behind White Chicks, the Scary Movie franchise and more-with Super Bad Jame Dynomite! Part Shaft, Black Belt Jones and Superfly all rolled into one� minus the cool and the black belt, Dynomite is the hapless hero who finds himself locked in an ongoing struggle against a nasty, one-handed pimp named Kane who has kidnapped his girl, gotten him locked up, and has a real flair for the dramatic. Will Dynomite ever rescue his lady, or at least get some much-needed sexual healing? Find out in this collection presented by IDW Publishing and 5-D Comics including bonus materials straight from the Wayans Bros.!" |
Lupin III TPB Vol. 14
 When Lupin gets stuck in a magic bottle, he may need a woman's touch to pop his cork. But don't break out the champagne glasses just yet - Zenigata is about to unmask Lupin's true identity! To top it off, Lupin's having a hard time penetrating a seemingly impregnable apartment. Let's hope out macho man of mystery doesn't suffer from performance anxiety as this zany series comes to a climax! |
Initial D Vol 27 GN (of 32)
 An 'accidental' oil slick has left K.T. with a car that can't be fixed. Sliding into the driver's seat of Kyoko's car, K.T. is focused on drifting to victory. Meanwhile, Tak is battling a Lancer Evo, whose goons are set to unleash some road rage if Tak wins! |
Walk-in Vol 1 TPB
 Do you experience missing time? Predict strangers' dreams? Do twins seem to follow you wherever you go? And do you sometimes see cephalopods attached to other people without their knowledge? Don't worry, you're not going mad…yet. You're simply a WALK-IN. Ian Dormouse is losing time - literally. He wakes up in cities across the world, and has no recollection of how he got there or what occurred in the preceding weeks and months. Awaking from one of these blackouts, Ian finds himself in Moscow and stumbles into the burlesque club Déjà Vu, bluffing his way into a job as a dream interpreter. It wasn't all bull, Ian actually does have visions - octopuses on people's shoulders, auras emanating around strangers, to name a few. Ian doesn't know it yet, but he has some crazy mental abilities and it's about to make life a whole lot weirder… |
Bleach Vol 20 TPB
 The shocking truth behind the collapse of the Soul Society is finally revealed! The magnitude of the conspiracy is far-reaching, and the perpetrators wield staggering power. Is this the end of the Soul Society? |
Dragon Drive Vol 3 TPB
 by Ken-ichi Sakura Reiji and friends are off to a big city hosting a major tournament. Not long after they arrive they notice Chibi is missing. After hearing of a white dragon being spotted at the port, Reiji runs straight there, only to find Chibi being used as bait. He tries to save his dragon, but finds himself pitted against the heirs of the powerful house of Darius Alga Winright! Can Reiji free Chibi? Rating: A" |
Claymore Vol 9 TPB
 by Norihiro Yagi Clare and her fellow Claymores Galatea and Jean must battle the Awakened Beings that are holding them captive. In the process, they find their captors' true motive: by torturing the warriors, they want to force them to awaken, and join them in a gathering of Yoma. Will Clare and her comrades be able to defeat the Awakened Beings without becoming one themselves? Rating: T+" |
Godchild Vol. 6 TPB
 by Kaori Yuki Cain stumbles on a secret that will change his life forever. It's not only the Hargreaves who harbor skeletons in their closet. To whom can you turn when the only person you ever trusted betrays you beyond your worst nightmares? Rating: T+" |
Kaze Hikaru Vol 6 GN
 by Taeko Watanabe Rumors emerge that the Choshu clans are gathering in Kyoto, conspiring to set fire to the capital and make off with the Emperor. In a skirmish with the plotters, Soji is badly wounded, and now Sei finds herself surrounded and outnumbered. Will she find the strength she needs to survive? Rating: T+" |
Kekkaishi Vol 10 GN
 by Yellow Tanabe The Kokuboro ayakashi launch a major assault on the Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. When our friends' mysterious new ally Gen pulls out every last stop to battle them, they make him an offer he can't refuse - join their demon alliance or perish! Rating: T" |