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Spiral Bonds Of Reasoning TPB Vol. 03
 by Kyo Shirodaira, Eita Mizuno When one of Ayumu's teachers promises to give him a few clues about the Blade Children, the deceptively cute Rio, one of the Blade Children herself, ruthlessly murders the man in broad daylight. Faced with another brutal murder to solve and one step closer to finding out what the Blade Children really are, Ayumu and Hiyono find themselves the direct targets of Rio's malice. When her murderous plot backfires and Rio finds herself in the hospital, she challenges the visiting Ayumu to a life-and-death gamble, only to find herself face-to-face with Hiyono, who call's Rio's bet and raises her one!" |
Kieli TPB Vol. 01
 by Yukako Kabei & Shiori Teshirogi Kieli sees ghosts. It's an odd ability for a 14-year-old girl, and it makes her a bit of an outcast at her boarding school. Her only friend, in fact, is the semi-departed spirit of a girl who used to inhabit her room. That is until the two encounter a young man who appears to share Kieli's 'gift.' It doesn't take long to discover, though, that Harvey is an altogether different sort of creature - one of the infamous Undying, the reanimated corpse of a dead soldier. Could it be that in this cursed fellow Kieli has finally found a kindred spirit? Throwing in her lot with this strange, soulless man and his possessed radio, she means to find out!" |
Tiki Joe Mysteries TPB Vol. 01 High Stakes Patsy
 Las Vegas, 1959.. WWII veteran, Joe Halliday is enjoying the good life running Tiki Joe's Restaurant, courting a beautiful girl, and making time with steadfast friends. It's all good until the local mob moves in with demands for protection money. When the police are unable to help, Joe calls in a few old army friends. Together they decide to pay the mob off - in lead! Tiki Joe is an Ocean's Eleven-style graphic novel set in Las Vegas and using Polynesian pop-culture and Las Vegas kitsch as a background. Part murder mystery, part hard-boiled thriller by newcomer Mark Murphy! |
High Rollers #2 (of 4)
 Crime does pay! In this pulse-pounding issue, CQ moves up the ranks with a power maneuver that makes Tony Soprano's machinations look like child's play. Critically acclaimed mystery novelist Gary Phillips (High Hand, Bangers) shows you the L.A. underworld you only thought you knew! Snitch on your friend. Stay out of jail. And buy this book! A potent mix of American Gangster and The Wire for fans of Brubaker's Criminal! |
Mammoth Book Of Best Crime Comics TPB
 One of the only compilations of the crime comic genre, this volume contains 25 of the best graphic short stories, spanning all the nuances of noir, from classic American newspaper strip serials and notorious uncensored comic books to today's global graphic novel masterpieces. This collection includes work from Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Max Allan Collins, and Alex Toth - plus adaptations of and collaborations by famous crime writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Lesley Charteris, and Raymond Chandler. |
Two Guns TPB
 A pulp story about cops and thieves and the men that are something in between. Trench has targeted a local bank to rob, and asked Steadman in on the job. Trench figures it's a great way to score - considering it's a cover for mob money. They'll be thieves ripping off thieves. But what Steadman doesn't know is that Trench is a DEA agent. And what Trench doesn't know is that Steadman's a Naval Intelligence officer. They're both cops! And neither one knows that they're not robbing the mob, they've been set up to steal $50 million from the CIA! A light-hearted crime romp in the vein of Ocean's Thirteen and The Italian Job from comics legend, Steven Grant! |
Damned #1
 During the Prohibition Era, gangsters grew rich on our vices, and rivalries between criminal organizations resulted in open war. But unknown to the masses, a more sinister power controlled the crime cartels... using greed, gluttony, lust, and other deadly sins to fuel a much more lucrative trade: mortal souls! Three demon families - the Aligheris, the Roarkes, and the Verlochin - control soul-trafficking within the city, capitalizing on 'the rackets' to lead unfortunates into their grasp... and poor Eddie is caught in the middle! |
Jack The Ripper GN
 The shocking murder of five prostitutes in Victorian London ripped apart the society of the civilized world and led to incredible social changes. In this narrative of sequential comic pages, facsimiles of letters and notes, and pictures from the period, a survey of the social setting, the victims, the investigators, and possible suspects are explored. |
100 Bullets TPB Vol. 12 Dirty
 In this volume collecting issues #84-88 of the award-winning series, more members of The Trust fall, and one family head reaches out to a semi-retired Minuteman for help and protection. But with blood in the water and Graves and his soldiers making a final push for total control, will this old-timer be able to stop the massacre? |
High Rollers #3 (of 4)
 Award-winning mystery novelist Gary Phillips came to BOOM! with the best idea they'd heard yet. The Sopranos was about the soap opera of upper-class mob life. What do you get, Gary asked, when you transplant that tension to the African-American gangs of inner-city L.A.? Answer - you get the story of CQ, a young man who thought the mob was his family, until it turned on him, forcing him to fight against California's crime families to stay alive! A potent mix of American Gangster and The Wire for fans of Brubaker's Criminal! |
Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak #1 (of 3) Corroney Cover
 by Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno A Moonstone Crime Wave Event! Not a dream, not a hoax, not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery - 100 years apart from each other! The lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, the present day hell of Hollywood - there, and back again! Follow Sherlock Holmes' trail of a man who was wrongfully and willingly imprisoned, to shocking New World Order anarchy, to a beautiful woman who needs Kolchak to delve into the surreal past, to the shunned man who has the the key! Available with two covers, one from Joe Corroney (Doctor Who Classics), the other from Eddy Newell!" |
Cobb Off The Leash #1
 Beau Smith's latest creation explodes onto the scene! Aided and abetted by fellow comics legend Eduardo Barreto Smith creates a tough guy for the new millennium in the form of Frank Cobb. Cobb is a former Level One Secret Service agent who has been off the radar for the last few years. When his aimless actions land him in jail one of his former government contacts decides that it's time Cobb's special talents were put to a more productive use. In Part One of this debut Cobb story 'Off the Leash' Cobb's protective skills will be needed to save a very important witness from a sadistic Russian Mafia leader with connections to a terrorist cell. |
Se7en #4 Lust
 Visions of Lust are everywhere he turns. So many that they make him sick to his stomach. It seems that the world no longer has any shame. It is a cesspool of whores and adulterers who live their life in Sin. It's time to make one of the sinners an example the rest of the world can learn by. Follow John Doe as he hunts for another victim in his masterpiece of murder. His search brings him back to the sins of his own past and his will to overcome them. Follow John Doe into the world of LUST. |
Cross Bronx #4
 THE FINALE! The detectives face off with the killer as tragedy leads to horror in the stunning conclusion. Shots fired. Officer down. 'WOW! Just amazing, this is hands down the best thing Oeming has ever done... Folks, do yourselves a favor and advance order this from your retailers, don't miss it.' -Joe Quesada 'Crime comics are back in full force.' -Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Criminal) RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES" |
Pirates Of Coney Island #4
 The turf war between the Pirates and Cherries erupts into a big fat gang RUMBLE! It's a nasty fight, with the boys hitting hard and heavy and the girls stabbing with switchblades. Under it all, the teenage sexual frustration is thick and palpable, but Patch isn't out for kicks-he wants bloody REVENGE! |
Killing Girl TPB Vol. 1 - A Sisters Love
 What if the Mafia had its own Secret Service? Sara doesn't remember her name. What she does know is that she traded away mystery as a former prostitute and became a world-class killing machine. When a routine hit goes sour, Sara makes a shocking discovery. Suppressed memories, haunted her since childhood, are in fact true! And her real family, presumed dead, may actually be alive. The collection includes an 'Art of Killing Girl' section with unseen art from both of the book's illustrators. |
Pilot Season Alibi #1
 The perfect killer always has an airtight alibi. But can anyone be in two places at once? John Stephens can. He's always a suspect whenever a high-profile target is taken out, but he always gets off scot-free because he's off somewhere else, having the time of his life. How can he be responsible? The authorities may be fooled, but now someone knows his secret, and John is going to have to face the consequences. |
100 Bullets #95
 The countdown to the series finale blazes on! With five issues left to go, all Hell is breaking loose as Lono finally chooses a side and makes one key player wish they never got into the underworld business. |
High Rollers #4 (of 4)
 The Sopranos was about the soap opera of upper-class mob life. What do you get, Gary asked, when you transplant that tension to the African-American gangs of inner-city Los Angeles? Answer - You get the story of CQ, a young man who's set his sights on becoming the boss of the L.A. rackets - if he lives to see the dawn! A potent mix of American Gangster and The Wire for fans of Brubaker's Criminal! |
Violent Messiahs TPB Vol. 01 The Book Of Job
 Joshua D.M. Dysart (w) Tone Rodriguez (a & c) Long sold out, IDW is proud to present the newly formatted edition of Hurricane Entertainment's critically acclaimed Violent Messiahs: The Book of Job. Violent Messiahs can only be described as a genre bending, theological, sci-fi love story about criminal politics, the nature of violence and man's search for individuality. VM is a loose and fast urban retelling of the 'Frankenstein' story complete with conspiracy theories, indestructible clones, and a tragic love story. IGN.com calls it 'Jean Paul Sartre meets Frank Miller' and Jeph Loeb said 'Dynamic art and intriguing storytelling.' |
Spaghetti Bros HC Vol. 01
 This decades-spanning story of four young Italian immigrants starts in 1910 and follows them as they grow up to become a gangster, an actress, a Catholic priest, and police officer. Volume One captures the first stories of love and hate of this Italian American family. This thrilling story, presented in a deluxe hardcover edition and published in English for the first time, is like no other crime comic and will appeal to fans of the Godfather saga. |
MPD-Psycho Volume 7 TPB
 The uncensored, uncut manga event of the decade continues on its relentlessly bloody path, as MPD-Psycho Volume Seven shows that there's danger for our colorful cast on land, at sea, and in air. Our conflicted "multiple personality detective" Kazuhiko Amamiya, controlled by his murderous Shinji Nishizono personality, finds himself on a hijacked airplane, along with innocent Miwa and her schoolmates. Meanwhile, their hunt for the missing Amamiya leads Machi and bumbling police detective Sasayama to an ocean liner commandeered by several new, bizarre characters-key figures in both the twisted "barcoded eye conspiracy" and the deadly Gakuso Society! * Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. * "A bold and mature thriller that is already a modern horror classic in its home country, and will surely be in the West as well." -- ComicsVillage.com |
Darkness Behind HC
 In a bleak, violent future, Caleb Geko's girl runs off with a gangster, and Caleb earns the gangster's ire for trying to win her back. The next thing Caleb knows, most of his memory is gone and a bomb has been planted in his head. The bomb is a "gift" for one of the gangster's enemies, and Caleb is told that if he can deliver it, he stands a chance of getting back his past. But when the bomb also destroys the device storing Caleb's memories, he takes events into his own hands, serving up murder and revenge in the name of a woman he no longer remembers... Another European hardcover book from the Venture line. |
Rocco Vargas: The Dark Forest HC
 He's back! Rocco Vargas: writer, bon vivant, man of mystery, and fearless hero of the future! Created by international comics superstar Daniel Torres, Rocco Vargas' adventures blend heady science-fiction and ironic humor with avant-garde graphics and retro-modern design to form a one-of-a-kind treasure of graphic fiction as cool as the ultra-suave Vargas himself! Available for the first time in an English-language edition, The Dark Forest follows Rocco and his gal-pal, the brilliant Doctor Jill Covalsky, as they track a cryptic computer message that could well be the key to unlocking a shocking plan to turn the future evolution of mankind upside-down! Vargas is on the case, and a gang of bizarre adversaries are onto Vargas! Co-published with NORMA Editorial, Spain. |
Revelations TPB
 From Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos, the best-selling creative team behind Marvel's Spectacular Spider-Man , comes an occult murder mystery set in the unlikeliest of places-The Vatican. When the Cardinal next in line to succeed the ailing Pope turns up dead, Scotland Yard's finest detective, Charlie Northern, finds himself on a plane to Rome with little more than a full pack of cigarettes. With the help of a priest, a coroner, and one beautiful lawyer, Northern must uncover the facts in a place legendary for keeping its secrets. There are forces at work in The Holy See that would see the truth remain hidden-forces ancient and dark, with a power not seen in this world for millennia, and an agenda that will leave Northern's world more shattered than he could have ever foreseen. � Collecting the six-issue miniseries. � Don't miss out as one of the hottest creative teams in comics crafts a supernatural thriller in the tradition of The Exorcist and The Da Vinci Code ! |
Grendel: The Devil Inside TPB
 The spirit of Grendel seethes in the mind of everyone it encounters. A touch of death, of fear, of anger infects all, gripping at the soul, and wreaking havoc on the lives of those in its path. In this now-classic chapter of the Grendel saga, we return to Brian Li Sung, a once-successful Broadway stage manager who became Grendel after losing the love of his life--the granddaughter of the original Grendel, Hunter Rose. Now down and out, living in the slums of Brooklyn, Li Sung struggles as an off-off-off-Broadway stage manager by day; by night, he stews in the hatred and violence that is Grendel, and becomes a cold-blooded killer. When old friends can't help him, and the city can no longer cope with this scourge of destruction, it's up to one desperate cop to stop the murderous rampage, or die trying. Collecting the three-issue miniseries. * All-new cover painting by Grendel creator Matt Wagner. |