GIANT SIZE FANTASY #1: DUEL IDENTITY/THE FIRST DAUGHTER

A double comic! The First Daughter: She's the President's daughter and a social media star. Yep, Tasha Tasker has it all, but there's more! She's a super-heroine and the spearhead of a secret project with roots in the earliest days of the American republic. Now she's not only navigating fame and adolescence, but suddenly the fate of the world is in her hands! Duel Identity: Andromeda is a heroic ideal, idol, and role model to millions across the globe. But behind that mask is a darker truth; her's is a manufactured identity, a cover story for the world's greatest spy. As her two faces come crashing together, can she complete her mission and preserve her secret? (STK654538)

72pgs, FC PI
GIANT SIZE THRILLS #1: PANDORA'S BLOGS/HERE THERE BE MONSTERS

(W) David Campiti, Larry Hama (A) Jinky Coronado, Larry Tuazon

A double comic! Here There Be Monsters: A secret place where all the monsters dwell. No means of escape, until it happens. And then the fun begins! Did we mention robots? Pandora's Blogs: Pandora Sargent has at last found the ideal home in the gated wonderland of Legends, Florida, and the turmoil of a turbulent childhood seems forgotten. But soon she discovers nothing in Legends is as it seems. Now, new dangers gather and only one thing seems certain — she's not the only one seeing monsters! (STK654540)

72pgs, FC PI
THE MIKE DEODATO, JR. SKETCHBOOK

There's never been a super-sized sketchbook of Marvel and DC superstar Mike Deodato, Jr.'s marvelous masterworks — until now! Combining sketches, layouts, designs, finished art, and tonal paintings at nearly original art size, this scintillating selection of amazing art spans Deodato's 25 year comics career depicting Batman, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, Wolverine, movie poster designs, his own characters, and much more, plus an all-new interview and photos! The deluxe hardcover contains 16 addition full-color pages not found in the softcover edition! (STK654526)

Poet Robbie Burns takes the wrong road and ends up at a witches' Sabbath. The hot-blooded poet is entranced by the dancing witches, but is saved from an eternity in hell by witch-hunters. So begins his witch-hunter training, as McKay and Meg struggle to keep him out of the clutches of demons, witches, and local farm girls. (STK654541)

SC, 7x10, 96pgs, FC $19.99
RUNNING PRESS
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF CULT COMICS SC

(W) Craig Thompson (A) Craig Thompson & Various

Brought together for the first time in a single volume, lost classics from recent decades of underground and independent British and American comic-strip art, including outrageous sex stories of trendsetting Vice.com founder Gavin MacInnes (PERVERT), the miraculous-in-the-mundane diary comics of John Welding (Goathland), and Paul O'Connell's chilling yet darkly funny cut-ups, The Sound of Drowning. Also Through the Habitrails, the little-known masterpiece by Jeff Nicholson, early work from publishing sensation Craig Thompson (creator of Blankets and Habibi). And mercilessly accurate parodies of bestselling graphic novels such as Art Spiegelman's Maus and Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library and Jimmy Corrigan. (STK653637) (C: 0-1-0)

MATURE THEMES

Kit (w/Figurine), SC, 5x8, 512pgs, B&W $17.95

Verloc Nim has traveled with his brother Conrad to the desert planet Ona(ji) to recover the mysterious biorobotic experiment aama. The planet is home to an abandoned group of scientists who have been left to their fate, and Conrad sets up an expedition to find the professor who has taken aama to another part of the planet. With the assistance of their robot-ape Churchill, Verloc and Conrad embark on a journey that brings spectacular discoveries and unsettling encounters. (STK652949) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available only within the United States and U.S. Territories.

MATURE THEMES

HC, 8x11, 88pgs, FC $19.95

The second volume of Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B.'s graphic novel history of US-Middle East relations begins in the 1950s with the Eisenhower Doctrine and ends with the Lebanese War of 1982. A perceptive and authoritative account of this turbulent historical period, Best of Enemies provides an overview of the Six-Day War between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria; the Iranian Revolution of 1979; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; and other Middle Eastern conflicts involving the United States. (STK652943) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available only in the United States and Canada.

HC, 7x10, 112pgs, B&W $24.95
H.P. LOVECRAFT'S THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH GN

(W) H. P. Lovecraft (A/CA) I. N. J. Culbard

Randolph Carter embarks on an epic quest across a world beyond the wall of sleep, in search of an opulent and mysterious sunset city. When he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the whereabouts of this magical city, they do not answer, and his dreams stop altogether. Undaunted, Carter resolves to go to Kadath, where the gods live, and beseech them in person. However, no one has ever been to Kadath, and no one even knows how to get there — but that won't stop Randolph Carter from trying. (STK648171) (C: 0-1-0)

RES. from Previews Vol. XXIV #7 (JUL141398)

SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $19.95

A three-book tale that focuses on Alice’s romance with the incubus of bad dreams! Alice has been living in the Clover Tower for a while now, and with the coming of April Season, she is able to see Julius again and has met with Joker. Nightmare isn’t very pleased, and comes up with ways to keep Alice distracted with all sorts of mini adventures. While Alice can’t get away from Nightmare’s penetrating gaze, she does not fear him; she may even love him. What will happen when Alice wakes up. (STK653518) (C: 0-1-1)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 192pgs, PC $13.99

MATURE THEMES

SC, 6x9, 180pgs, B&W $13.99
D-FRAG! VOLUME 3 GN

(W/A/CA) Tomoya Haruno

D-Frag! is a new ongoing manga series that parodies high school clubs, nerd culture, and the slice-of-life genre in a side-splittingly hilarious storyline. Kazama Kenji thinks he’s a delinquent. Deep down, however, Kazama is a good-hearted kid who finds himself and his loyal gang in over their heads when they stumble upon the Game Creation Club. The club’s formidable members, Chitose, Sakura, Minami, and Roka, are four girls to whom he might actually be attracted if they weren’t so freaking weird. Can Kazama resist the girls’ bizarre charms and return to some semblance of a normal, everyday life? (STK653519) (C: 0-1-0)

SC, 192pgs, B&W $12.99

MATURE THEMES

SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W $12.99
GIRLS UND PANZER: LITTLE ARMY VOLUME 1 GN

(W) Girls & Panzer Projekt (A/CA) Tsuchii

An all-new prequel to battle school sensation Girls und Panzer, which juxatoposes cute girls and their high school antics with dynamic tank battles and military tactics. This is the story of Miho Nishizumi in her elementary school days, six years prior to the events in Girls und Panzer. Having been raised in a prestigious household that adheres strictly to the values of tankery, life isn’t easy for young Miho. With an older sister who has already risen to great heights, Miho has some very large shoes to fill. Together with a group of new friends and a blossoming interest in tankery, Miho will set out on a road that may well change her future! (STK653524) (C: 0-1-0)

SC, 180pgs, B&W $12.99
HAGANAI: I DON'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS: CLUB MINUTES GN

(W) Kiurian (A/CA) Bomi

The plot thickens in this hilarious one-shot spin-off of New York Times-bestseller Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends! Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies. The two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbor’s Club” in order to make friends. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Club Minutes is a collection of hilarious short stories that each focus on a different cast member! (STK653525) (C: 0-1-0)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 192pgs, B&W $12.99

When Makoto, an unsuspecting Japanese teen, pulls a copy of Alice in Wonderland off a library bookshelf, his world will never be the same — literally. Suddenly, he is transported into the magical world of Wonderland, and even more shockingly, he is now stuck in Alice’s body! To make matters curiouser, the real Alice is stuck in Makoto’s body, and neither of them are happy about the situation. There’s only one way to reverse the body swap and return Makoto home, but it won’t be easy: They must journey together to Heart’s Castle and defeat the King of Hearts. (STK653520) (C: 0-1-0)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 180pgs, B&W $13.99

The hilarious witch busting saga continues! In a world where witches have declared war against humanity, an agency of professional witch hunters is formed. Tasha Godspell, also known as the “Magic Marksman,” is one of the best hunters there is. Along with his sword-wielding Jack-o’-Lantern partner known as Halloween, Tasha puts his magical training and special weaponry to good use as he tracks down his prey. And yet, he cannot bring himself to fully hate the very witches he is tasked to destroy. Collects volumes 13 and 14 in a single volume. (STK653521) (C: 0-1-1)

SC, 368pgs, B&W $17.99
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
THE GRAPHIC CANON OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TP

The original three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon presented the world's classic literature, from ancient times to the late twentieth century-as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visual forms. In this follow-up volume, young people's literature through the ages is given new life by the best comics artists and illustrators. Fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels, swashbuckling yarns, your favorite stories from childhood and your teenage years. They're all here, in all their original complexity and strangeness, before they were censored or sanitized. (STK637198) (C: 0-1-0)

RES. from Previews Vol. XXIV #3 (MAR141356)

SC, 7x10, 448pgs, FC $38.95

In a rare move, Shh! Productions is packaging all 13 issues (#0-11, plus the Holiday Special) of this funny, sexy series, featuring actual photos of pin-up queen Bettie Page in comic adventures, collected all in one box set, plus both DVDs featuring newly made short films using original footage from Bettie's striptease and fighting reels. Find out what may have caused the iconic pin-up queen's mysterious disappearance with every issue of this innovative photo-comic series, along with a limited edition postcard, poster and 3-D portfolio booklet that was originally only available with one DVD. Now get BOTH DVDs and ALL 13 comics in one Bettie-themed gift box perfect for keeping your collection together or giving to the ultimate Bettie fan and pin-up collector. This is an officially licensed product by the management of Bettie Page’s estate and every box set includes free limited edition 3-D glasses shaped like ladies legs. (STK655192)

MATURE THEMES

Box Set w/ DVDs, 504pgs, FC $59.99

Before he became Peter Pan, before his arrival to Neverland, there was a boy fighting for survival. Born into harsh Dickensian London suburbs, with an alcoholic mother leaving him an almost orphan, Peter's only retreat from reality were the fantastical stories given to him by a friendly neighbor, allowing him to escape temporarily from the darkness of his real world. An amazing reinterpretation of the J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan story for an adult audience, for the first time in English, collecting the entire 6-volume series. Loisel offers a unique, dark take on a well-known

tale. (STK653987) (C: 1-1-0) NOTE: Not Available in UK, Europe, and Australia.

MATURE THEMES

HC, 9x11, 336pgs, FC $49.95
STORM KING PRODUCTIONS, INC
JOHN CARPENTER'S ASYLUM #9

(W) Sandy King, Trent Olsen (A) Leonardo Manco

A peaceful, small town is ripped asunder as its children go missing and many are found wandering disoriented or dead. Someone — or something — is hunting them down one by one. Coming to a place where trust in anyone is non-existent and faith in a solution is fading fast, Beckett and Duran must team up with one victim's brother to track down the monster hunting the children and discover who's pulling his strings in part one of "Welcome to Arlington." (STK654551)

MATURE THEMES

28pgs, FC $3.99

There's a war coming to the City of Angels. In tunnels beneath the city, in the dark alleys among the homeless, demons lurk and Lucifer bides his time. One man knows. One man sees. One man walks those dark streets. Father Daniel Beckett's seen demons and he's spoken to the Devil, but he's never seen an angel and he's never spoken to God. Obsessed and driven as much by betrayal as righteousness and anger as redemption, he walks the smoke-filled encampments of lost souls like Dante's nine rings of the Inferno. He is God's warrior at war with God. With this step into the comic book world, John Carpenter brings it all to the serial world he's loved since childhood. Supernatural horror with that twist of fate that only flawed mankind can provide. (STK654920) (C: 0-1-0)

MATURE THEMES

HC, 7x10, 200pgs, FC $34.99

Tsuda likes Nakano and Nakano likes Tsuda, but somehow the two keep missing each other at the pass. Amused by the awkward relationship between the two, Tsuda’s coworker Saeki takes off with Nakano, leaving Tsuda to tear through the whole town in a panic to find them. But what happens when he finally does? Includes the end of Tsuda and Nakano’s story as well as a short story about a fateful meeting for Saeki, the “eternal teenager.” (Age Rating: M)

SC, 5x7, 202pgs, B&W $12.99
OFFERED AGAIN
False Memories Volume 1 GN

(W/A) Isaku Natsume

Although they were best friends in high school, Nakano and Tsuda haven’t talked in ten years. Which may have a little something to do with the fact that not only were they more than best friends, but also that Tsuda broke Nakano’s heart, leaving him to pick up the pieces. Now that they’ve been thrown back together thanks to a work project, Nakano is determined to put the past behind him, and both men decide to keep their relationship strictly professional. The question is, can they? (APR131236)

SC, 5x7, 202pgs, B&W $12.99
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SUNDAY PRESS BOOKS
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: SO MANY SPLENDID SUNDAYS HC (NEW PRINTING)

(W/A/CA) Winsor McCay

This limited new edition is completely revised with enhanced restoration and nine additional Little Nemo comics for greater continuity. This full 128-page limited-edition hardbound volume features Little Nemo's best stories from 1905-1910. It was the greatest comic strip of its day, perhaps the greatest of all time, acclaimed the world over for its unbounded imagination and ground-breaking techniques that helped define a new art form. (STK447084) (JUL111230)

HC, 16x21, 128pgs, FC $125.00
T PUB
TWISTED DARK VOLUME 2 GN

(W) Neil Gibson (A) Various (CA) Leonardo Gonzalez

Neil Gibson continues to prove that comic books are not just for kids. Through the book’s pages familiar characters begin to meet new, their stories connecting in sometimes rather unexpected ways to expand the TwistedUniverse. (STK654537)

SC, 7x10, 193pgs, B&W $14.99
TH3RD WORLD STUDIOS
THANATOS DIVER #1

(STK654172)

26pgs, FC $3.99
TITAN BOOKS
ASSASSIN'S CREED VOLUME 5: EL CAKR GN

(STK653982) (C: 0-1-0)

HC, 7x11, 48pgs, FC $9.99
JAMES BOND OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TP

(STK653981) (C: 0-1-0)

HC, 9x8, 304pgs, B&W $19.95
TITAN COMICS
ALIEN LEGION: UNCIVIL WAR HC

(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Larry Strohman, Carl Potts (CA) Larry Strohman

In a galaxy savaged by strife, torn by civil war, boiling with spilt blood, Alien Legion is a cosmic military force doing its damnedest to keep the peace by being always ready for war. At the tip of the Legion's multi-species spear is Force Nomad — the worst of the worst fashioned on the white-hot forge of battle into the best of the best. Now the squad's grizzled veterans are on what should be a boring milk run; shepherding refugees fleeing a civil war ripping apart their system. Could be a good chance to toughen the newbies of Nomad into soldiers, until straight-up peacekeeping descends into full-scale war! (STK654173)

HC, 7x10, 104pgs, FC $19.99
CAPTAIN STONE #1

(W) Liam Sharp, Christina McCormack (A/CA) Liam Sharp

The world's first and only superhero has disappeared after undergoing a cataclysmic fall from grace in the eyes of the world. Middle-aged and unable to support his operations he had made a preposterous claim that the world was in danger, a notion derided by the media and the public at large. But what if the claim is true? Outcast writer and infamous murderess Charlie Chance, AKA The Pet, finds herself searching for the one man who was able to bring her to justice — Captain Stone. (STK654174)

32pgs, FC (1 of 6) $3.99
THE CHIMERA BRIGADE VOLUME 2 HC

(W) Fabrice Colin, Serge Lehman (A/CA) Gess

A thrilling journey through pulp literature and alternate history! In the trenches of World War I, a new kind of superhuman was born. Formed by secret and illegal chemical weapons, this superpowered generation has risen to take control of the capital cities of Europe. Some fight against injustice, others spread terror. But now, in 1938, a new, even more powerful threat is looming, as Europe becomes a battle-ground for different political and ideological factions. It is a time that tests allegiances and forge new alliances. A stunning period cross between The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Planetary, and B.P.R.D! (STK654175)

HC, 7x10, 48pgs, FC (2 of 6) $9.99
THE CHRONICLES OF LEGION VOLUME 2: THE THREE LIVES OF DRACULA

(W) Fabien Nury (A) Tirso & Various

Three lives, three incarnations of Vlad Tepes Dracula. The same blood flows in the veins of all three, the blood of Dracula. They will all be forced to take part in a fratricidal feud between Vlad and Radu: a battle that has lasted for centuries and has claimed countless lives! South America, 1531. Doña Gabriella is surprised by her feelings for the bastard son of her future husband, the conquistador Hernan Torres. Russia, January 1812. Captain Armand Malachi continues his search for a legendary treasure! London, 1885. In the mansion of Lord Cavendish, Victor Thorpe faces a cruel dilemma: he stands as the only heir to Cavendish’s fortune, ready to inherit on one condition: he must drink the cup of blood that stands before him. (STK654176)

HC, 8x11, 56pgs, FC (2 of 4) $10.99
DOCTOR WHO: THE TENTH DOCTOR #8

(W) Robbie Morrison (A) Alex Sanchez (CA) Mariano Laclaustra

Trapped in a tunnel beneath No Man's Land, the Doctor and the surviving soldiers under his protection fight for their lives — with open eyes! With the TARDIS lost, the Weeping Angels on one side and the might of the German front lines on the other, how much will the Doctor sacrifice to keep Gabby safe? And in the endless dark, struggling not to blink, sparks are fanned between Gabby and Jamie Colquhoun. Is he just one more doomed soldier? (STK654178)

The Doctor thought he was done with new companions after Donna's tragic exit — but that was before he met Gabriella "Gabby" Gonzalez during an incursion of psychic parasites in Brooklyn, New York! Now she’s traveling the cosmos as the Doctor's latest companion — and life couldn’t be more exciting! Battling invisible creatures on the Day of the Dead, uncovering a galactic conspiracy in the universe’s most famous art gallery — the only downside is the constant threat of death! Collects Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #1-5. (STK654202)

HC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC $19.99
DOCTOR WHO: THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR #7

(W) Rob Williams (A) Simon Fraser (CA) Verity Glass

The day after tomorrow — and the Vrezian Confederacy and the J'arrodic Federation have brought their "honorable" air-war to Earth. They're not here to invade, and they're being exceptionally considerate about collateral damage, all things considered. But human air travel is at a standstill, our culture is collapsing, the skies are clogged with toxic smog. And UNIT can't do a thing, as the aliens vaporize the weapons stockpile of any country that dares interfere! The deadlock needs a peaceful and clever solution; let's hope the Doctor is up to the job! And in the middle of it all, Alice is given a shocking offer she dare not refuse! (STK654180)