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Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

Joe Hill · IDW
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover

Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them.... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all...! Acclaimed suspense...
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Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1: The Parker Luck

Dan Slott · Marvel
Format: Book

The greatest super hero of all time returns! The world may have changed since Spidey's been gone, but so has Peter Parker. This is a man with a second chance at life, and he's not wasting a moment of it. But his old foes are back as well - re-energized, out of control and madder...
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 4: The Wrath

John Layman · DC Comics; 52nd edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Caped Crusader is challenged by the mystery of the 900 in a special tale celebrating the 900th issue published of Detective Comics! Plus, Batman faces against two new foes Emperor Penguin and the deadly vigilante known as the Wrath, a dark counterpart to the Dark Knight.Collects issues...
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Mara TP

Brian Wood · Image Comics; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Acclaimed creator Brian Wood The Massive, DMZ, X-Men and brilliant newcomer Ming Doyle Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four, Girl Comics bring you Mara, the story of an especially gifted woman in a sports- and war-obsessed future. When she starts manifesting strange superpowers, the world...
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Romeo and Juliet

Gareth Hinds · Candlewick
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Gareth Hinds's stylish graphic adaptation of the Bard's romantic tragedy offers modern touches - including a diverse cast that underscores the story's universality.She's a Capulet. He's a Montague. But when Romeo and Juliet first meet, they don't know they're from rival families - and when...
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob · One World
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing."By turns hilarious and heart-rending, it's exactly the book America needs at this moment."...
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Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon, and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus

Amanda Brack · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Meet the Greek gods as you have never seen themin LEGO form! Enjoy these fascinating myths, reimagined through elaborate scenes and colorful LEGO bricks in one thousand color photographs! This book shares a unique retelling of some of the most widely known and loved Greek myths, from the stories...
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The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded

Jim Ottaviani · Harry N Abrams, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) is credited with many of the foundational...
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Geis: A Matter of Life and Death

Alexis Deacon · Nobrow Pr
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

As the great chief matriarch lay dying, she gave one final decree: Upon her death there would be a contest. Having no heir of her own blood she called on the Gods. Let fate decide the one truly worthy to rule in her place. The rich, the strong, the wise, the powerful; many put forward their...
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Poppies of Iraq

Guy Delisle · Drawn and Quarterly
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

A personal account of an Iraqi childhoodPoppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly's nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle...
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Misfits of Avalon Volume 1: The Queen of Air and Delinquency

Kel McDonald · Dark Horse Books
Format: Print book

Four modern-day misfit teens are reluctant recruits to save the mystical isle of Avalon. Magically empowered--and chained to the task--by a set of rings, and directed in their mission by a tight-lipped talking dog, they must stop the rise of King Arthur. But as they struggle to get used...
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Boundless

Jillian Tamaki · Drawn & Quarterly
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

The cartoonist of This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academy explores the virtual and IRL world of contemporary women via a lens both surreal and wryA woman post-breakup becomes obsessed with the mirror Facebook of herself seeing a life that could be hers. Another woman, besieged by bed bugs,...
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The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins

Clint McElroy · First Second
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Adventure Zone! SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure! READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters! MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story...
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Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition

Jerry Siegel · DC Comics
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Superman's debut in ACTION COMICS #1 -- and DC is celebrating this date with the publication of the new hardcover ACTION COMICS: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN! It's an extraordinary party as we revisit stories from across the decades, featuring key character...
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Omaha Beach on D-Day: June 6, 1944 with One of the World's Iconic Photographers

Jean David Morvan · First Second, 2015.
Pages: 97
Format: Print book

The first volume of a new series dedicated to exploring iconic moments in World War II history, Omaha Beach on D-Day is a fresh and captivating new take on one of the most important moments in World War II: the Allied forces storming the beach at Normandy.The photograph at the heart of this...
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