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47 Ronin

Mike Richardson · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 151
Format: Hardcover

Japan's enduring national legend comes to comics! The tale of the 47 Ronin and their epic mission to avenge their wronged master epitomizes the samurai code of honor, and creators Mike Richardson and Stan Sakai have done justice to their story! Meticulously researched and beautifully...
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Law of the Desert Born

Charles Santino · Bantam
Format: Hardcover

The first graphic novel adaptation of the work of master storyteller Louis L’Amour is a dynamic tale of the Old West that explores the borderlands of loyalty and betrayal with the emotional grittiness of a noir thriller.   New Mexico, 1887, a land in the midst of the worst drought...
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Outlaw Pete

Bruce Springsteen · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When Bruce Springsteen was a little boy, he learned the story of Brave Cowboy Bill, about a pure-hearted little cowboy. It was the first of Bruce’s Western loves, which now range from John Ford movies to Mexican music to Native American art. Each of these inspirations, plus what he’s...
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Black Widow Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread

Nathan Edmondson · Marvel

You've seen Black Widow as an Avenger and even an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. But on her own time she searches for atonement for her past as a KGB assassin - in ways of which those teams just wouldn't approve. The Black Widow goes undercover in Russia, but from its cold streets, the Hand...
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Ender's Game Graphic Novel

Chris Yost · Marvel

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is 6 years old, bullied, resented and alone. And he might be humanity's only hope. Ender is recruited to the International Fleet's child warriors in training, to fight in defense of the planet. His promise is high, and his teachers are sure he will...
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Snoopy's Thanksgiving

Charles M. Schulz · Fantagraphics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This is a gift-book-size collection of Snoopy/Thanksgiving-themed Peanuts strip story arcs. Sometimes getting together with friends and family for Thanksgiving isn't all that it's cracked up to be, as Snoopy learns when his brother Spike invites him to spend Thanksgiving in the desert,...
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Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination

Dan Mishkin · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Within days of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination. In its report, the Warren Commission determined that there was “no credible evidence” conflicting with its conclusion of a lone gunman....
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The Complete Peanuts 1995-1996

Charles M Schulz · Fantagraphics
Pages: 348
Format: Print book

This is the twenty-third (out of twenty-five) volume of the New York Times best-selling series that collects every single one of the 18,000-plus Peanuts comic strips; it will coincide with a new feature film. In The Complete Peanuts: 1995-1996 (Vol. 23) , Charlie Brown starts taking...
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The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains: A Tale of Travel and Darkness with Pictures of All Kinds

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow; Ill edition
Format: Hardcover

The text of The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection anthology Stories All New Tales edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio. This gorgeous full-color illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist...
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