PAPERCUTZ CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE VOLUME 12: THE MONKEY GOD

Excerpted from "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature, comes the supernatural adventure story of the Monkey God. 500 years after being imprisoned by the Buddha, Sun Wukong, the Monkey God, has been freed. The Bodhisattva Guanyin is on a pilgrimage from China to India to retrieve an ancient Buddhist text, and has enlisted Sun Wukong to protect him on his journey in exchange for his freedom. Guanyin's safety on the journey will be under constant threat from bandits, demons, and other supernatural beings. The Monkey God will be difficult to control — he was imprisoned for rebelling against gods and emperors. How will Guanyin be able to make the Monkey God deliver his side of their agreement? And will the two be able to complete their journey to the West? (STK654726) (C: 0-0-1)

Two Christmas classics in a gorgeous graphic novel retelling! You may know the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens’s beloved tale, “A Christmas Carol,” but did you know this is not his only ghost story? This edition of Classics Illustrated Deluxe presents “A Christmas Carol” together with another Dickens treasure, “Mugby Junction,” which also features elements of the supernatural and a protagonist to whom his future is revealed. Estelle Meyrand’s expressionist artwork brings a rich palette and dynamism to these two classic Christmas tales by one of the world’s greatest authors. (STK471802)

When the ferry the intellectual Humphrey van Weyden is aboard sinks off of the San Francisco Bay, he drifts in the ocean until a seal-hunting schooner, under the command of hardened sailor Wolf Larsen, rescues him. Wolf Larsen is an incredibly strong brute and a hedonist who sees no value in life but is also educated— he likes that Humphrey (or “Hump”) is someone he can have meaningful conversations with, and decides to let him stay. This rescue comes with a catch, however— the boat is not returning to port soon. If van Weyden wants to stay onboard he must become a cabin boy and do chores on the ship, while he avoids angering the murderous crew. Furthermore, if he’s going to survive this trip, van Weyden must keep the crew from killing their captain, and the captain from tossing him overboard. (STK633322)

Mary must decide how to cast the roles for the ballet Snow White, which the school will perform for International Dance Day. Bruno has no competition for the role of Prince Charming. But who will play Snow White? Julie is fed up with her perpetual image as the sweet heroine, while Carla can totally picture herself in this starring role. So who, in the end, will bite the red apple and be kissed by Bruno? Julie? Carla? Lucie? Alia? In the world of dance, anything can happen! (STK654721) (C: 0-0-1)

HC, 7x9, 48pgs, FC $10.99
STARS OF THE MONTH
DANCE CLASS VOLUME 6: A MERRY OLDE CHRISTMAS HC

(W) Beka (A/CA) Crip

What could be better than Christmas? Christmas in London, that's what! Julie, Lucie, and Alia are excited to get a letter from their friend Prune, inviting them to visit her in England. This is going to be the vacation of a lifetime! The only problem is that Prune doesn't exactly have time off in mind; she wants the girls to help her pull off a Christmas musical, which wouldn't be too bad if rival Carla hadn't come along for the occasion, as well. The competition will be stiff, and the girls will have to use all their dance skills to make this a yuletide memory for the ages! (STK620379) (AUG131413)

HC, 6.5x9, 48pgs, FC $10.99
DANCE CLASS VOLUME 7: SCHOOL NIGHT FEVER HC

(W) Beka (A/CA) Crip

The national competition is coming up fast, and Julie, Lucie, and Alia will need all their skills, all their poise, and a lot of grit and determination to get their routine in perfect shape. The always jealous, ever-scheming Carla is trying to sabotage everything again, but the girls are used to that; what they weren't expecting was their teacher, Mary, falling sick at the worst possible moment! As they struggle to choreograph something on their own for the first time, it may be up to Lucie to step up and save the day! (STK630352) (DEC131228)

HC, 6.5x9, 48pgs, FC $10.99
MONSTER CHRISTMAS HC

(W/A/CA) Lewis Trondheim

Peter and Jean, two mischievous kids, love to draw monsters. They create Kriss, with three legs, four arms, and ten mouths, who escapes from the sheet of paper and becomes the family's new pet! For Christmas, Jean and Peter go on vacation to the mountains with their parents. Suddenly an avalanche blocks the road, caused by a monster in hot pursuit of Santa Claus! It's up to the kids and their pet monster to save Santa and Christmas! (STK447829) (JUL111182)

HC, 8x10, 32pgs, FC $9.99
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FOREVER SMURFETTE

(W/A/CA) Peyo

The Smurfette gets her own special volume! In "Little Red Smurfing Hood," life begins to imitate art after Smurfette dons a red cape and meets a sorcerer in wolf’s clothing — Gargamel! Plus, four more Smurf-tastic stories featuring everyone’s favorite blue bombshell. (STK654722) (C: 0-0-1)

There’s no peace on Earth when Christmas comes to the Smurfs Village, at least not while Gargamel is lurking about! In this special collection of frosty fun and frolic, before The Smurfs can stuff their stockings and open their presents, they have to deal with dragons, talking snowmen, grumpy bears, a kidnapped Santa Claus, and a reindeer chase through the starry night sky! It’s a race to save Christmas in this Smurfy Holiday treasure for the whole family. (STK620369) (C: 0-0-1)

“Legends,” part 3 of 4. “WHAT A RUSH!” In a battleground where no WWE Superstar trusts another, it helps to have a partner. Enter the Road Warriors Hawk and Animal — one of the greatest tag-teams in the history of the WWE — and they’re ready to inflict their vicious brand of violence on the WWE Superstars of the present and WWE Legends of the past. In the middle of the tag-team turmoil, Roddy Piper and Daniel Bryan attempt to discover the mystery behind it all but first they must get through the NWO reunion of Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash! (STK654730) (C: 0-0-1)

32pgs, FC $3.99
Perfect Square
LBX VOL. 1: New Dawn Raisers GN

(W/A) Hideaki Fujii

Van Yamano loves Little Battlers eXperience, also known as LBXs, the hot toy of the future in present day 2050. And it’s kind of cool that his dad invented them! But when the plane his dad is on goes down, everything goes wrong for Van. Until he starts getting hints that his dad may be still alive...and that a secret organization is coming after Van to procure the secrets that might be hidden inside his own LBX robot, Achilles! (Age Rating: A)

SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W $9.99
LBX Vol. 2: Artemis Begins GN

(W/A) Hideaki Fujii

Van enters the LBX World Tournament, Artemis, and begins to battle his opponents. He’s trained well, but he’s still a noob. Can he hold his own against the best of the best? His father’s true fate could hang in the balance. (Age Rating: A)

SC, 5x7, 184pgs, B&W $9.99
Hello Kitty: Work of Art SC

(W/A) Giovanni Castro, Jorge Monlongo, Ian McGinty, Maite Oz

(CA) Jacob Chabot

Picture this: Hello Kitty and her friends are making music, producing plays, snapping photos, solving mysteries and... playing with dragons? Art is all around, and Hello Kitty and her friends know exactly where to find it! And don't miss three lovely pieces by Maite Oz! (Age Rating: A)

SC, 6x8, 64pgs, FC $7.99
Pokémon Adventures Vol. 25 GN

(W) Hidenori Kusaka (A) Satoshi Yamamoto

One of Team Rocket’s Three Beasts turns against their leader Giovanni and seeks to usurp his power. Silver learns a shocking secret about his family. Red and Mewtwo hazard a daring escape. And—whoa! The Team Rocket airship is about to crash-land! Then, in a battle between powerful Mewtwo and Mythical Pokémon Deoxys, who will triumph...?! (Age Rating: A)

SC, 5x7, 272pgs, B&W $9.99
Pokémon Adventures: Black and White Vol. 5 GN

(W) Hidenori Kusaka (A) Satoshi Yamamoto

White tests out a Pokemon battleground prototype: the Battle Subway. Meanwhile, Black is happily reunited with an old friend...under unhappy circumstances. Then Gym Leader Clay reveals a dangerous secret. Now Black must prove himself to the other Unova Gym Leaders so he can join their team to fight a common enemy - an evil organization that might jeopardize the Pokemon League Championship itself! Will Black earn the trust of the Unova Gym Leaders in time... by ringing a bell?! (Age Rating: A)

SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W $9.99
Pokémon Adventures

STILL AVAILABLE
Pokémon Adventures Volumes 15-22: RUBY & SAPPPHIRE

(W) Hidenori Kusaka (A) Satoshi Yamamoto

Ruby’s father Norman is the new Gym Leader of Petalburg City. But Ruby doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps—he wants to win Pokémon Contests! Sapphire’s father Professor Birch is the local Pokémon researcher. But Sapphire is tired of gathering scientifi c data—she wants to win Pokémon Battles! When Ruby and Sapphire meet, they’re more likely to hit each other than hit it off. But then Sapphire challenges Ruby to a competition! Which of them will achieve their dreams in just eighty days?! (Age Rating: A)

Red doesn’t just want to train Pokémon, he wants to be their friend too. Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl seem game. But independent Pikachu won’t be so easy to win over! And watch out for Team Rocket, Red... They only want to be your enemy! (Age Rating: A)

More exciting Pokémon adventures starring Gold and his rival Silver! First someone steals Gold’s backpack full of Poké Balls (and Pokémon!). Then someone steals Prof. Elm’s Totodile. Can Gold catch the thief — or thieves?! Keep an eye on Team Rocket, Gold... Could they be behind this crime wave? (Age Rating: A)

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your local comic store, along comes the one-off Space Detective collection, the third volume in Avon's much loved SF anthology series featuring artwork by such top talents as Wallace Wood, Joe Kubert, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alvin C. Hollingsworth and Charles Sultan. This volume collects Space Detective issues #1-4, July 1951 to July 1952. Also featuring Attack on Planet Mars (1951), Rocket to the Moon (1951), and Robotmen of the Lost Planet (1952). (STK654130)

HC, 7x10, 288pgs, FC $64.99
ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: DICK BRIEFER'S FRANKENSTEIN: 1948-52 HC

(W) Roy Thomas, Dick Briefer (A/CA) Dick Briefer

Dick Briefer's Frankenstein is widely regarded as being America's first ongoing horror series. Indeed, it was Briefer's work that probably caused the creature to be actually named as Frankenstein instead of the nameless monstrosity from Shelley's novel. Splitting the stories between two stools-humor and horror-Briefer's tales are absorbing and unsettling in equal parts. Some of the humorous material has already been reprinted, though not necessarily in order nor in total. Until now, of course! Collects Frankenstein #16-21 (November/December 1948 to October/November 1952) (STK654133) (C: 0-1-0)

HC, 7x10, 240pgs, FC $47.99
ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: PLANET COMICS NOV 1942-MAY 1943 HC

(W) Mike W. Barr (A) Nick Cardy & Various

PS Artbooks is continuing its epic journey "out of this furshlugger world" with the sixth volume of the groundbreaking Planet Comics that appeared from Fiction House. They're all here — Flint Baker, Reef Ryan, The Space Rangers, Gale Allen, Star Pirate, Mysta of the Moon, Norge Benson, plus many more and a bevy of the most scantily-clad females you're likely to see! Collects issues #21-24 (November 1942 to May 1943) of the original titles from Fiction House. (STK654134) (C: 0-1-1)

HC, 7x10, 288pgs, FC $47.99
ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 3 SLIPCASE EDITION

(W) Roy Thomas (A) Robert Webb, Alex A. Blum

She may still be everyone's favourite yellow-tressed leopard-skin-clad Jungle Jane but, having made her first appearance almost 80 years ago (courtesy of Will Eisner and 'Jerry' Iger in the British mag Wags #1), Sheena, Queen of the Jungle could be forgiven for being somewhat less spritely swinging through the trees righting wrongs and wielding her knife. In 1938, she made it Stateside with her first showing in Jungle Comics #1 where she settled happily in every issue (plus a decade in her own title) until April 1953. There have been other incarnations, of course, but it's this classic material that strikes at the very heart of Good Girl Art! Collects Sheena: Queen of the Jungle issues #11-18 (Spring 1951 to Winter 1952). (STK654132) (C: 0-1-1)

HC, 312pgs, FC $64.99
REBELLION / 2000AD
2000 AD NOVEMBER 2014 PACK

Searing SF action from the Eisner-nominated UK anthology! The stellar line-up continues — Secret Service agent John Blake must take out his fellow Greysuits in "Prince of Darkness" by Pat Mills and John Higgins; The Hunter tracks down Ichabod Azrael in "One Last Bullet" by Rob Williams and Mike Dowling; there's chaos in the streets of London in Stickleback: The Thru'penny Opera by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli; Them pile on the pressure on Gene's pack in Kingdom: Aux Drift by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson; and Judge Dredd's in the middle of all-out gang war in "Block Jungle" by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra! (STK654379)

Magazine pack, 32pgs, PC $21.40
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #354

More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! Yodie's a wanted man in "Dead Zone" by John Wagner and Henry Flint; Colonel Marshal Metta Lawson realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew with Badrock in "Lawless" by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade; and the Dredd movie sequel "Uprise" by Arthur Wyatt and Paul Davidson comes to its explosive finale. Plus, in the bagged graphic novel this month, intergalactic thief Rose O'Rion gets into hot water, courtesy of Kek-W and Andy Clarke! (STK654380)

Magazine (w/ Graphic Novel), 128pgs, PC $12.40
JUDGE DREDD: THE DAILY DREDD'S HC

(W) John Wagner, Alan Grant (A/CA) Ronald Smith

From 1981 to 1986 the Daily Star ran a Judge Dredd comic strip written by John Wagner and Alan Grant, illustrated by Ron Smith. Appearing in collected form only haphazardly well over 20 years ago, this is the first time the entire collection has been reprinted and assembled in a single volume. This collection includes both the daily and weekend strips. (STK654463) (C: 0-0-1)

HC, 320pgs, B&W $52.99
DREDD: UPRISE #2

(W) Arthur Wyatt (A) Paul Davidson (CA) Boo Cook

The new Dredd movie sequel comic book concludes! Rundown Mega-City sector The Spit is on the verge of outright anarchy, the one man who could quell the riots has been assassinated, and the social justice group Uprise claim to have stolen explosives. Tensions are coming to the boil, and Dredd must find those that are deliberately stoking the flames of dissent! (STK654381)

32pgs, FC (2 of 2) $3.99
STICKLEBACK: THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST TP

(W) Ian Edginton (A) D'Israeli, I. N. J. Culbard (CA) D'Israeli

London, the end of the 19th-century. Stickleback, the Pope of Crime, rules the capital's criminal fraternity as the boss of a powerful gang made up of freaks, oddballs, and semi-supernatural entities. But this position is far from stable and now a mysterious figure stationed on an airship soaring high above the city is vying for power. A brutal encounter is inevitable, but one thing is certain — live or die, Stickleback's future is going to get a whole lot more complicated! (STK654515)

SC, 160pgs, B&W $26.99
RED 5 COMICS
STARS OF THE MONTH
ATOMIC ROBO TP'S

(W) Brian Clevinger (A/CA) Scott Wegener

In this Eisner-nominated series, Atomic Robo, the world's greatest steampunk hero, battles Nazis, giant ants, clockwork mummies, walking pyramids, Mars, cyborgs and his nemesis, and Baron von Helsingard. Volume 1 is back in print and reprints the sold-out first series of the smash hit with all-new cover. Volume 2, Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War, sees Atomic Robo battle the super-science of Nazi Germany. The third volume, Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time, has the steampunk hero battling an ancient evil throughout time and space. In Volume 4, Atomic Robo and Other Strangeness, Atomic Robo faces an invasion from the Vampire Dimension, finds a giant kaiju monster attack in the heart of Tokyo, and matches wits with Dr. Dinosaur. In Volume 5, Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science, Atomic Robo and Jack Tarot battle evils in 1930s Manhattan! Volume 6, Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X, takes Atomic Robo into the depths of space as horrors attack the space station! Finally, in Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific (Volume 7), Atomic Robo ventures into the South Pacific to deal with the ramifications of World War II. (STK405142)

The webcomic sensation explodes! As envisioned by its creator, Banzai Girl tells the tale of Jinky Coronado, an Asian schoolgirl whose nightmares of being a Princess and a Future Freedom Fighter foretell extraordinary events in her real life. Shadow Whisperers and Filipino monsters of myth such as the Snakeman and the Mananangagal are the Eastern "urban legends" that Jinky and her friends will face head on. Plus, bonus art by Mike Deodato, Dean Yeagle, Al Rio, and Will Conrad! (STK654516)

First time in print! ParaTech's Lisa Shannon and Shawna Diaz uncover a sinister secret involving ancient artifacts and rituals, multiple murders, a mysterious cult, and zombies! Insidious forces scheme to stop them, leading to betrayals and one of their very own becoming part of the fallen. What happens when the ParaTech team finds itself down a member? A journey of faith will be needed to fight a final battle — one of life, afterlife, and beyond! (STK654523)

A double comic! Tesla: Past and future collide as Nikola Tesla, history's greatest genius, confront arch-rival Thomas Edison on the grounds of the 1893 World's Fair. Only Tesla can thwart the industrial overlords out to twist his creations to their own selfish ends, and the struggle will determine the fate of mankind in the 20th-century! Wayward Sons: Long ago they visited our world and planted the seeds that became our heroes, gods, and legends. Now, they are back, their secrets revealed to an unbelieving world. Can the Wayward Sons survive the revelations, and can we? (STK654530)

72pgs, FC PI
GIANT SIZE ADVENTURE #1: AMPED/MAGIKA

(W) David Lawrence, Brian Augustyn (A) Wilson Tortosa, Pasquale Qualano

A double comic! Magika: Niko is a child of two worlds, our own and a wondrous land of enchantment known as Magika, a place where myths and monsters come alive. When those two realities suddenly collide it is up to Niko and his new friends to somehow protect both worlds from deadly consequences. AMPED: Project AMPED is the Android/Man Paired Ego Downlink! What begins as a government-sponsored program to give mobility to debilitated young patients results in six teen minds trapped in android bodies that nefarious forces are hellbent on acquiring. (STK654539)

72pgs, FC PI