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$22.99 / HC / 144 pgs / FC / 6.5 x 9.25

An award winning international best-seller finally comes to America. 5,000 km Per Second tells the love story between Piero and Lucia, beginning with a casual glance exchanged by teenagers and ending with two older, sadder one-time lovers, 5,000 Kilometers Per Second is one of the most delicate graphic-novel masterpieces of the past decade, and certain to delight American readers.
THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1959-1960 (VOL. 5) PAPERBACK EDITION

by Charles M. Schulz; Introduction by Whoopi Goldberg

$22.99 / SC / 320 pgs / B&W whit spot color / 8.25 x 6.5

Fantagraphics award winning Peanuts series now reprinted in budget-friendly softcover! As the first decade of Peanuts closes, Snoopy begins to take up residence atop his doghouse, and his repertoire of impressions increases exponentially. Lucy offers her first five-cent psychiatric counsel. For the very first time, Linus spends all night in the pumpkin patch on his lonely vigil for the Great Pumpkin. Even more importantly, Charlie Brown’s sister Sally makes her appearance. All this, and one of the most famous Peanuts strips ever: “Happiness is a warm puppy.”
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THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1950-1952 (VOL. 1) PAPERBACK EDITION

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$34.99 / HC / 568 pgs / B&W

with 192 pages of color / 6 x 7.5

Dungeon Quest cartoonist Joe Daly has drawn his most ambitious standalone graphic novel yet. After moving into a new apartment, our hero Palmer plunges head-long into the mysterious and sinister world of sorcery, psychological operations, subterranean organizations, wild goose chases, and self-discovery! Drawn in a style that is a cross between Charles Burns and Herr Seele and told with Daly’s patented leisurely rhythms, Highbone Theater is a hilarious and poignant adventure epic.

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$29.99 / HC / 232 pgs / FC / 7.5 x 10.25

Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of outrageous hijinks, preposterous situations, bamboozlement, befuddlement, and all-around cartooning brilliance. Over 200 pages of stories, each meticulously restored and newly colored plus insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.
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WALT DISNEY’S DONALD DUCK: “THE OLD CASTLE’S SECRET” HC

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Every nation that invades the City gives it a new name. But before long, new invaders arrive and the City changes hands (and names) once again. The natives don't let themselves get caught up in the unending wars. To them, their home is the Nameless City, and those who try to name it are forever outsiders. Kaidu is one such outsider. He's a Dao born and bred--a member of the latest occupying nation. Rat is a native of the Nameless City. At first, she hates Kai for everything he stands for, but his love of his new home may be the one thing that can bring these two unlikely friends together. Let's hope so, because the fate of the Nameless City rests in their hands. Available in softcover and hardcover editions. (STL000514) (C: 0-1-0)

You wouldn't expect Nate and Charlie to be friends. Charlie's the laid-back captain of the basketball team, and Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. They are friends, until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders. After both parties are stripped of their funding on grounds of abominable misbehavior, Nate enrolls the club's robot in a battlebot competition in a desperate bid for prize money. Bad sportsmanship? Sure. Chainsaws? Why not. Running away from home on Thanksgiving to illicitly enter a televised robot death match? Of course! (STK528409) (MAR131156)

SC, 6x9, 288pgs, B&W $16.99
FAIRY TALE COMICS HC

(W) Chris Duffy (A) Jonathon London & Various

From favorites like "Puss in Boots" and "Goldilocks" to obscure gems like "The Boy Who Drew Cats," Fairy Tale Comics has something to offer every reader. Seventeen fairy tales are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by seventeen different cartoonists, including Raina Telgemeier ("Rapunzel"), Brett Helquist ("Rumpelstiltskin"), David Mazzucchelli ("Give Me the Shudders"), the Hernandez Brothers ("Hansel and Gretel" and "Snow White"), and more. (STK617752) (JUL131155)

HC, 7.5 x10, 128pgs, FC $19.99
NURSERY RHYME COMICS: FIFTY TIMELESS RHYMES HC

(W) Roz Chast, Gene Luen Yang (A) Roz Chast

Featuring 50 classic nursery rhymes illustrated and interpreted in comics form by fifty of today's preeminent cartoonists and illustrators! From New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's "There Was a Crooked Man" to Bad Kitty author Nick Bruel's "Three Little Kittens" to Gene Yang's "Pata-Cake," this collection will put a grin on your face and keep it there. Each rhyme is one to three pages long, and simply paneled and lettered to ensure that the experience is completely accessible for the youngest of readers. (STK450040) (AUG111068)

HC, 7.5 x10, 128pgs, FC $18.99
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EXMORTIS #5

(W) Andi Ewington, Williams Brothers (A/CA) Raymund Bermudez

When you're a Dreadnaught, a member of an elite team of monsters sent on a suicide mission to stop Hitler from raising an undead army, it becomes difficult to use certain figures of speech: In regular civilian life, if one works with the same co-workers long enough, one will "know where the bodies are buried," or if one wanted to be honest with a co-worker one might "pull some skeletons out of the closet." When your coworkers are immortal Frankenstein Monsters it becomes almost impossible to express hyperbole, skeletons and bodies are everywhere. (STL001044) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Germany.

40pgs, B&W (5 of 7) $3.99
HUMBUG #5

(W) A. J. Gentile (A/CA) Cosmo White

With the life and soul of Scrooge's infant grand nephew hanging on the razor's edge of eternal damnation, the Humbuggers are set for a spectral supernatural showdown against Marley and his malevolent minions. Can Scrooge and our team of paranormal investigators put together lessons from their past, present, and future for one last Christmas miracle? Find out that and more as the mystery of the Fourth Ghost of Christmas is unwrapped and revealed in the blazing and haunting conclusion. (STL001045)

32pgs, FC (5 of 5) $3.99
SIX #6

(W) George Pelecanos, Andrew Ewington (A) Mack Chater (CA) Ben Oliver

The calm before the storm has almost passed, the forecast for the sixth issue of Six is heavy bullets showers on the Mexican border. As the team gets one last chance to sort out their muddy past, their future catches up to them. This is what everything has been building towards, the showdown between the Six and the Cartel has begun, just as the truth about the Six comes to light. Hope McQuade kept his shovel from issue 1; it's time to dig a few more graves. (STL001046)

40pgs, FC (6 of 8) $3.99
G P PUTNAMS SONS BOOKS FOR YOU
ORIGINAL FAKE HC

(W) Kirstin Cronn-Mills (A/CA) E. Eero Johnson

Introvert Frankie Neumann hates his life, and understandably so. He’s got a weird, tutu-wearing sister, Lou, and even weirder parents, Bridget and Brett — Frank Sinatra and Dr. Frank-N-Furter impersonators, respectively. Though he has secret artistic aspirations of his own, his over-the-top family makes him want to stay in the background. After his shift at the pizzeria one night, Frankie meets David and Rory, cousins and errand runners for the mysterious Uncle Epic, a legendary anonymous street artist and Frankie’s absolute idol. Little could Frankie dream that his new adventures with Uncle Epic would lead to the perfect opportunity to strike back at his insufferable sister for a lifetime of torture — until things go haywire! (STL000415) (C: 0-1-0)

HC, 6x9, 352pgs $17.99
GEMSTONE PUBLISHING
STARS OF THE MONTH
THE BIG! BIG! OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOLUME 45

(W) Richard M. Overstreet (CA) Kevin Eastman

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman provides the cover for this oversized, spiral-bound limited edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Created for comic book dealers, serious collectors and historians, The Big, Big Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide that includes only the pricing sections and the lists of top comics. In other words, it has no ads and no articles, nothing but copious amounts of pricing and other data. Since 1970, the Guide has been the Bible of comic book collecting enthusiasts. (STK675549) (MAY151397)

SC, 8x11, 800pgs, B&W $47.50

For four and a half decades only one publication has brought collectors and dealers the prices of back issue comic books, market reports from the experts, and the history of our medium. This year, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide celebrates with new prices, new feature articles, new additions to the Overstreet Hall of Fame, and more. Anniversaries the Guide marks this year include Captain Marvel at 75, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 50, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents at 50, Wonder Girl at 50, and Captain Canuck at 40. Captain America & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. cover by Greg Land. (STK672007) (C: 0-1-0)

How do you collect comics? How do you care for them? Grade them? Sell them? How do you turn your comics hobby into a job in the industry? Who have been the greatest comic creators? The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics offers answers and insights into these questions and more facing new collectors and experienced enthusiasts alike. Available with a Spider-Man cover by Joe Jusko and a second printing Valiant cover with X-O Manowar, Ninjak, and Shadowman. (STK475729)

The market for original comic art has never been more compelling, and now a resurgent animation art market is commanding attention as well. If those areas of collecting seem daunting, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comic & Animation Art is a great place to start. The second book in Overstreet's new "How To" series offers the terminology you need to know along with the expertise of seasoned collectors and dealers who will help you get to know what to look for and how to look for it. Silver Surfer #1 recreation cover by renowned painter Joe Jusko. (STK619804) (AUG131333)

SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC $12.95
THE OVERSTREET GUIDE TO GRADING COMICS SC

(W) Robert M. Overstreet (A) Various

This third book in Overstreet's new "How To" line teaches you the importance of condition (a factor that is often the key to real collectability) and how to grade accurately. The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics includes the 10-point grading system, as well as exhaustive descriptions of Primary and Split Grades, examples of each grade with more than 200 full-color images in all, articles on storage, preservation, and restoration, a look at the independent, third-party grading companies, and much more! (STK653494) (SEP141457)

SC, 7x10, 360pgs, FC $24.95
THE OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING MOVIE POSTERS SC

Collectors have trusted the Overstreet name for 45 years, and now Gemstone Publishing's new "How To" series expands further with a trip to the cinema in The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Movie Posters. From beginner steps in purchasing, displaying, storing and grading your movie posters, to advanced insight in how to collect by stars, directors, series and genre, and from identifying different standard types of movie posters to evaluating the stars and film properties with long term mass appeal, the guide book also spotlights great poster artists from Drew Struzan and Jack Davis to Saul Bass and Robert McGinnis. (STK684073) (AUG151520)

SC, 7x10, 192pgs, FC $15.00
THE OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COSPLAY SC

(W) Missy Bowersox, Carrie Wood

Over the last few years, as comic book conventions have exploded into massively popular pop culture events, one of the biggest reasons for that has been the rise of cosplay. The Overstreet Guide to Cosplay takes an in-depth look at this vibrant hobby with "how to" articles on the various ways to get a costume together, things to expect at conventions, the issues facing cosplayers today, and a wide variety of topics that even the most seasoned seamstress will find thought-provoking. Cosplay newbies and veterans alike will find a lot to love in this book, particularly since it's packed cosplayer photos. Available with two photo covers. (STK684074)

Overstreet's Comic Book Marketplace Yearbook 2015-2016 features a special look Dean Mullaney's Eclipse Comics, their impact on creator ownership, manga, and more. Also in the spotlight are Valiant Entertainment's big Hollywood plans; the 75th anniversaries of Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Hawkman; the 25th anniversary of Cable; the incredible first year of Static; Marvel-ous self-promotion in F.O.O.M. and Marvel Age; interviews with Sal Buscema, Paul Ryan, Steve Epting, and the late Jerry Robinson; plus Corto Maltese, Dinosaurs for Hire, The Black Hood, Fireside books, market reports, and much more — all from the publishers of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide! (STK684072)

The great battle enters its third day as tensions rise in the Pandava Camp when brother turns against brother. Arrogant Bhima decides to take on the entire Kaurava army on his own while Arjuna's son Abhimanyu questions his role in this war. Meanwhile Duryodhana has a plan to stop Bhima in his tracks with the help of one of his secret weapons. (STL000721)

After he died, Raman Lamba's ordinary life ended and his adventure as the Reincarnation Man began! Gifted now with the ability to summon the heroes of past lives Raman now journeys to stop a demon priest from gaining control of a powerful artifact that will lead to an age of darkness across the universe! With a special cover by the amazing Luke Ross! (STL000723)

32pgs, FC (3 of 4) $2.99
SHIKARI FORCE: HUNTERS #3

(W) Sarwat Chadda (A/CA) Arjuna Susini

The epic saga of the Shikari Force: Hunters continues as the group journeys into the sewers under Varanasi to fight a nest of an evil serpent race called the Nagas. They also learn the secret of the mysterious Dakini and discover her role in the coming war between Humans and Nagas, a war it is up to the Shikari Force to stop! (STL000724)

32pgs, FC (3 of 4) $2.99
STAN LEE'S CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE #10

(W) Ashwin Pande & Various (A) Thiago Vale & Various (CA) Anderson Mahanski, Fernando Mendonca

The perfect jumping-on point for readers of all ages! The story of Mumbai's pint-sized protector continues in a series of short stories chronicling the super-heroic adventures of Chakra the Invincible. Created by the legendary Stan Lee, experience the adventures of this superhero sensation based on the animated shorts seen on Angry Birds ToonsTV. (STL000725)

32pgs, FC $2.99
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CLEOPATRA IN SPACE BOOK 3: SECRET OF THE TIME TABLETS GN

(W/A/CA) Mike Maihack

The third action-packed book in Mike Maihack's graphic novel series featuring a young Cleopatra and her adventures in the far, really far future! Cleo and her friends journey from Yasiro Academy to the city of Hykosis, where some of the most notorious thieves and assassins live. They're in search of information about the time tablets that could determine Cleo's fate, whether she wants them to or not. But the group is separated when Xaius Octavian's fleet attacks their ship, and Cleo and Akila are on their own until they run into an old nemesis. Will Cleo find the information she needs and get out of Hykosis alive? Available in softcover and hardcover editions. (STL000543) (C: 0-1-0)

When fifteen-year-old Cleopatra (yes, that Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the really far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages, and she learns what it takes to be a great leader and do everything else that comes with being the future queen of the universe! (STK635274)

After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids´ mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Together with a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves. (STK472203)

Copper is curious, Fred is fearful. Together, boy and dog are off on a series of adventures through marvelous worlds, powered by Copper's limitless enthusiasm and imagination. Each story in this collection is a complete vignette, filled with richly detailed settings and told with a wry sense of humor. This definitive collection of the popular webcomic includes all-new comics and stories, and a special section on the making of Copper. (STK406706) (NOV090804)

SC, 9x9, 96pgs, FC $12.99
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB GN'S

(W) Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier (A/CA) Raina Telgemeier

The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels adapted by the Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Raina Telgemeier, are now available in full color! Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up — cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls — you can count on them to save the day. But baby-sitting isn't always easy, and neither is dealing with strict parents, new families, fashion emergencies, and mysterious secrets. But no matter what, the BSC have what they need most: friendship. (STK666131)