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New Super-Man Vol. 2: Coming to America

Gene Luen Yang · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang continues his first original series at DC with NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 2!To uncover the truth behind his mother's murder, the New Super-Man must reawaken his full power under the tutelage of the mysterious...
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Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

TOM KING · DC Comics
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

A part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Zero Year. 12 months in which Gotham City was left without power, without laws, without hope. 365 days in which the Riddler ruled the streets. But once again, Batman was victorious. In the aftermath of Zero Year? War. The Joker vs. The Riddler. They called...
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Plutona

Jeff Lemire · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Five kids discover the body of the world's greatest super hero, Plutona, in the woods after school one day. This discovery sends them on a dark journey that will threaten to tear apart their friendship and their lives.
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Lego Friends: Double Trouble

Jenne Simon · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A full-color comic reader based on LEGO(R) Friends--a buildable play world for girls!It's the start of a new school year, and the friends are all signing up for new activities! Andrea joins the chorus, and Stephanie makes the soccer team. But when Andrea's first concert is the same night...
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Wires and Nerve

Marissa Meyer · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover

The first graphic novel from #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Marissa Meyer! In her first graphic novel, bestselling author Marissa Meyer extends the world of the Lunar Chronicles with a brand-new,action-packed story about Iko, the android with a heart of (mechanized) gold.When...
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Superman Vol. 1: Son Of Superman

Peter J Tomasi · Dc Comics
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

After the stunning events of DC REBIRTH, the world is left without Superman! Luckily, there is another Man of Steel to fill his shoes: the pre-Flashpoint Kal-El! However, can this new Superman protect the world while raising a super-son with his wife, Lois Lane? And should they help their...
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Miracleman Book 1: A Dream of Flying

Alan Moore · Marvel
Format: Hardcover

KIMOTA! With one magic word, a long-forgotten legend lives again! Freelance reporter Michael Moran always knew he was meant for something more-now, an unexpected series of events leads him to reclaim his destiny as Miracleman! The groundbreaking graphic novel that heralded a literary revolution...
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Dark Night: A True Batman Story

Paul Dini · Vertigo
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

This is a Batman story like no other - the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of writer Paul Dini's courageous struggle to overcome a desperate situation. The Caped Crusader has been the all-abiding icon of justice and authority for generations. But in this surprising...
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In Real Life

Cory Doctorow · First Second
Format: Book

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely...
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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Emil Ferris · Fantagraphics
Pages: 386
Format: Paperback

In this debut, which takes the form of a fictional graphic diary, a 10-year-old girl tries to solve a murder. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings....
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Jerusalem

Alan Moore · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 1266
Format: Print book

Fierce in its imagining and stupefying in its scope, Jerusalem is the tale of everything, told from a vanished gutter.In the epic novel Jerusalem, Alan Moore channels both the ecstatic visions of William Blake and the theoretical physics of Albert Einstein through the hardscrabble streets...
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Monsters! and Other Stories

Gustavo Duarte · Dark Horse Books
Format: Print book

Newcomer Gustavo Duarte spins wordless tales brimming with humor, charm, and delightfully twisted horror! In Monsters!, oversized beasts wreak havoc on cities in the tradition of Godzilla and King Kong. In Có!, an alien abduction disarms a gentle farmer, and in Birds, two business partners...
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The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan

Bryan Doerries · Pantheon Books,
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

A bold and original graphic novelization of The Odyssey that is both a powerful story for our time - capturing its timeless lessons for returning veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq - as well as a vivid new way into Homer's classic for modern readers.Jack Brennan is a Marine Corps sergeant...
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Superman Vol. 2: Full House

Peter J Tomasi · Dc Comics
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

Superman and his super-son Jon are back in the second volume by best-selling author Peter J. Tomasi!With Jon becoming more and more powerful by the day, Superman's greatest foes are starting to take notice of the new super-kid on the block. When one of the most evil and ruthless of Superman's...
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