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DC Comics DC Finest Justice League of America The Bridge
Book SynopsisA major new line of DC collected editions begins with the earliest stories starring the Justice League!
£28.80
Little, Brown & Company Higurashi When They Cry Massacre Arc Vol. 3
Book SynopsisWatching the people of Hinamizawa rally together to liberate her friend Satoko - once shunned by the village, now defended by it - gave Rika hope that she too could defy fate and curb her tragic demise. But when the bodies of Takano and Tomitake are discovered, Rika begins to see that chance slipping away. Not knowing who to trust, but not wanting to put anyone else in danger, Rika pulls away from her friends. But as her experiences in this world continue to diverge from the norm, Rika clings to the hope that the events that lead to her murder might also change. She has the will to change her destiny, but will that be enough to defeat whoever - or whatever - wants her dead?
£15.19
Vertigo Lucifer Omnibus Volume 1
Book SynopsisStepping out of the pages of Neil Gaiman''s The Sandman, the Fallen One begins his own epic journey in this first of two oversize omnibus collections featuring Mike Carey''s acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated seriesHis omniscience only works because there are no alternatives. But I have conceived of a revolution that may surprise even Him.Stepping out of the pages of Neil Gaiman''s The Sandman, the Fallen One begins his own epic journey in this first of two oversize omnibus collections featuring Mike Carey''s acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated series. Since resigning his throne and abandoning his kingdom, Lucifer Morningstar has filled his days supervising a considerably reduced staff at Lux, Los Angeles'' most elite piano bar. The arrival of a once-in-an-eternity job offer, however, is about to put an end to his quiet retirement. The contract comes straight from the Creator Himself, and if Lucifer successfully completes his task, the former lord of H
£85.50
Idea & Design Works Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 40th Anniversary
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£16.19
Penguin Random House Group Gilt Frame
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£22.49
DC Comics The Witching Hour New Edition
Book SynopsisFrom the writer of BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN and BATMAN: HUSH
£15.29
Myriad Editions A Thousand Coloured Castles
Book SynopsisMyriam is seeing things, and so can we, but her husband Fred is adamant it's all a lot of nonsense. In A Thousand Coloured Castles Brookes once again twitches the net curtains of the suburban south in this gloriously crayoned follow-up to the prize-winning The Black Project.
£16.19
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. The Art of Carlos Ezquerra
Book SynopsisAn often unsung titan of the industry, Carlos Ezquerra's influence has been as broad as his artwork was inimitable. His co-creation of Judge Dredd and powerful work on Strontium Dog alone helped establish 2000 AD as a powerhouse and him as a comics master. When he passed away unexpectedly in 2018, comics was robbed of one of its most vibrant, dynamic and powerful talents, yet his legacy is almost unparalleled in the industry. Publishing as part of 2000 AD's 45th anniversary celebrations, this 240-page hardcover collection spans half a century of his comic work and is ideal for both long-time fans and those looking to discover his work for themselves. Beginning with samples from his early art on romance titles as Valentine and Mirabelle, this book also collects never-before-reprinted short war comics from the groundbreaking 1970s war comic, Battle. It also showcases his sumptuous colour work on Strontium Dog, and culminates with selection of his 2000 AD work and his greatest creation, Judge Dredd.
£21.24
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Ayakashi Triangle Vol. 12
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£11.69
Kodansha America, Inc Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister 6
Book SynopsisOne self-made med student, three shrine maidens, and one devious marriage plot. If you loved The Quintessential Quintuplets, you''ve found your new obsession!Atheist Uryu Kamihate just wants to get into medical school but his foster father runs a shrine and expects him to marry one of the three priestesses! The buxom Yae, the diligent Yuna, and the sporty Asahi all have their charms...if they weren''t miko! The Amagami Shrine is preparing to hold its annual festival, and the three sisters are all eagerly preparing! But when debtors come calling and the shrine faces bankruptcy, can an atheist and three shrine maidens set aside their differences long enough to weather the storm?!
£11.69
Fantagraphics Thimble Theatre the PrePopeye Comics of E.C.
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£67.49
Marvel Comics Star Wars Legends Epic Collection The Menace
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£32.79
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Best of 2000 AD Volume 5: The Essential Gateway
Book SynopsisBest of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. Every Best of 2000 AD contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you'll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case. In this volume: Judge Dredd raises only the law when Mega City One's super-rich consider themselves above it all in Elevator Pitch; crash-land on a Death Planet as Al Ewing (The Immortal Hulk) and Henry Flint (Eerie) introduce the monstrous, weaponized (but dead polite) Zombo; go Swimming in Blood with occult detective Devlin Waugh as he investigates a vampire outbreak in an underwater prison by John Smith (Hellblazer) and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Night Fever); ride out into the Godless wasteland of the Cursed Earth and witness Gordon Rennie (Doctor Who) and Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman) preach faith through firepower in Missionary Man. Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Annie Wu (Hawkeye, Black Canary) and Evan Cagle (Dune, Detective Comics) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic..Trade Review"From start to finish, this book is an absolute gem" * Multiversity Comics *"An excellent entry pointy for trepidatious new readers... a carefully curated selection of stories and strips that showcase both the thematic heart and the decades of genre reinvention that have made the Galaxy's Greatest Comic a UK pop cultural national treasure" * Broken Frontier *"Stacked to the brim with some of the absolute best stories from the history of the magazine, in full color" * Nerdist *"A perfect entry point into the high-concept and well-done world of 2000 AD comics, which for me has been an intimitating mountain to climb for many years. But no longer!" * Comics Bookcase *"A Masterclass for pulling in new readers" * The Comics Beat *
£13.49
Penguin Random House Group Empowered Volume 12
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£16.19
Alternative Comics Buzzelli Collected Works Vol. 2
Book SynopsisAfter creating the first independent graphic novel in Italy, the award-winning illustrator reinvents the genre comic.The second of three volumes collecting Guido Buzzelli''s stories in English for the first time, this volume showcases two science fiction tales that turn the canon upside down, penetrating myth and tearing it apart. HP is a hallucinatory, Lovecraftian locomotive, an acrid parody of Italian westerns; while the alchemical retro-future of Morganna performs an autopsy of modern life''s horrors.These fantastic and grotesque stories demonstrate why Buzzelli was called "the Goya of comics". One of Europe''s most praised comics auteurs, Buzzelli Collected Works are the perfect introduction to his masterful skill and subversive art.
£25.19
Titan Books Ltd But We Love You Charlie Brown
Book SynopsisAmerica''s most beloved comic strip, Peanuts, is now a major motion picture produced by Blue Sky Studios. Now you can collect the first ten original comic strip collections, published by Titan Comics! This book is a facsimile edition of the seventh Peanuts collection originally published back in 1959 by the Clarke, Irwin & Company, Ltd of Toronto, Canada. This collection of 248 daily Peanuts newspaper strips that appeared between 1957 -1959 and includes the strips where Charlie Brown revealed that his father was a barber and his mother was a housewife.
£6.23
Fantagraphics Books The Devils Grin
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£26.24
Andrews McMeel Publishing Sunday Funday Wallace
Book SynopsisA visual celebration of one of the most dynamic and imaginative comics since Calvin and Hobbes, this deluxe hardcover treasury celebrates includes every Wallace the Brave Sunday comic strip from 2018-2024, featuring original watercolors, character art, maps, and an introduction by the author.
£14.99
Boom! Studios Hit Complete Collection
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£14.24
Image Comics Kaya Book Four
Book SynopsisA deadly new threat emerges from the Robot Empire, and following their disastrous last mission, Kaya and Jin are forced totravel a road of thieves, assassins, and worse in KAYA and THE DRAGON ROAD.Collects KAYA # 19-24
£13.29
Cinebook Ltd Emilies Inheritance 4 The Dreamer
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£8.54
Panini Comics Doctor Who The Monster Makers
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£16.99
DC Comics DC Finest Justice Society of America For America
Book SynopsisA major new line of DC collected editions begins with the earliest storiesstarring the Justice Society of America!Welcome to DC Finest, a major new publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!DC Finest: Justice Society of America: For America and Democracy is a must-have for any superhero fan!CollectsAll-Star Comics #3-12
£28.80
Scb Wholesale The Skin Youre In
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£30.39
Penguin Random House Group Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 1
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£23.99
Little, Brown & Company Spice And Wolf Vol 5 Novel
Book SynopsisLawrence Craft has been walking the lonely path of the itinerant merchant for seven years. His life changes forever when he meets Horo, the Wolf-God of the harvest, and the two begin travelling together.
£12.34
Little, Brown & Company Spice And Wolf Vol 2 Novel
Book SynopsisLawrence Craft has been walking the lonely path of the itinerant merchant for seven years. His life changes forever when he meets Horo, the Wolf-God of the harvest, and the two begin travelling together.
£10.44
Signum Books (Imprint of Flashpoint Media Ltd) Century 21
Book SynopsisEstablished in 2009, the highly successful Century 21 series of books soon acquired a reputation for presenting some of the best-loved comic strips of the 1960s in breathtaking quality. Each page is painstakingly restored from the best archive materials, including original artwork unseen for over 40 years. Menace From Space is the fifth volum
£21.24
Last Gasp,U.S. Barefoot Gen 4 Out Of The Ashes
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£15.26
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Roy of the Rovers: The Best of the 1980s - Who
Book SynopsisMELCHESTER MELTDOWN! Relive the best Roy of the Rovers stories from the 1990s in this exciting anthology of reprinted classic strips, celebrating over 65 years of the iconic football comic.The dawn of this new decade was one that Melchester Rovers would want to forget. The 80/81 season was far from their finest hour with the threat of relegation snapping at their heels all throughout the season and exits from the F.A. Cup and the European Cup leaving the trophy cabinet bare. For star striker Roy Race it couldn't be worse. His obsession with the team had caused a strain on his marriage and fractured his relationship with teammates like the hot-headed Vic Guthrie. And then there was an attempt on his life...After being shot in December 1981, Roy lay in a coma for several weeks while Sir Alf Ramsey stepped into the dugout for Melchester. Life in a lower division beckons, but at least the Rovers will be the most stylish team on the pitch with their new Gola sponsored kits!
£16.99
Drawn and Quarterly Puke Force
Book SynopsisChippendale''s . . . obsessively detailed [comics] feel like [they''ve] been shot straight from his brain onto the page. -Village VoicePuke Force is social satire written dark and dense across Brian Chippendale''s deconstructed multiverse of walking, talking M&Ms, hamsters, and cycloptic-yet-glamorous trivia hosts. In scathingly funny single-page strips that build and build, he takes on social media narcissism, governmental propaganda, racism, and a culture of violence, skewering the malice of the right and the hypocrisies of the left.A bomb explodes in a coffee shop: the incident is played out over and over again from the perspective of each table in the shop, revisiting moments from ten and twenty years before. We see the inevitable as the characters bicker or celebrate, unaware of what''s coming. Throughout this dystopic graphic novel, Chippendale uses humor and a frantic drawing style to show how the insidious nature of corporate greed and
£17.09
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Dan Dare: The 2000 AD Years, Volume Two
Book SynopsisTHE VETERAN BRITISH SPACE PILOT, DAN DAREcontinues his 2000 AD adventures through a hostile universe. Together with his hardened crew, Dan pilots the mighty Space Fortress into battle against the most dangerous entities the galaxy has to offer including giant water worms, an evil doppelganger and the terrifying menace of the Mekon!Known amongst 2000 AD fans for its controversial ‘non-ending’, this volume features the iconic artwork of Britain’s first Comics Laureate, Dave Gibbons.
£24.00
Little, Brown & Company Spice and Wolf Vol. 14 Novel
Book SynopsisMerchant meets spicy wolf! A disgruntled goddess joins a traveling merchant in this second novel from Yen Press
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Spice and Wolf Vol 7 Novel
Book SynopsisIn a break from Lawrence and Holo''s ongoing adventures, author Isuna Hasekura presents Side Colors, a series of short vignettes focusing on the fans'' favorite characters.
£10.44
WW Norton & Co The Name of the Game
Book SynopsisFour extraordinary autobiographical stories from a legend in American comics.
£13.29
Marvel Comics Star Wars Darth Vader Vol. 2 Shadows and Secrets
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£15.19
Humanoids, Inc Deconstructing The Metabarons
Book SynopsisThe second reference guide to the Jodoverse, focused on unveiling the secrets of the Universe's fiercest warrior clan: the Metabarons.Deconstructing the Metabarons sheds light on the secrets surrounding the celestial clan of warriors, first introduced in the the seminal science-fiction graphic novel, which has become the cornerstone of the Jodoverse, The Incal. This encyclopedic reference book is packed with fascinating insights from the Metabaron''s original creators, Jodorowsky and Mœbius, alongside revealing text, and rare and unseen preliminary illustrations from Juan Gimenez. Discover the complexities of the Metabarons'' sacred bloodline, traveling all the way their inception, through the tales of the intricacies of the expanded Universe and into the recent relaunch, The Metabaron.
£16.99
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Natsumes Book of Friends Vol. 25
Book SynopsisTakashi Natsume has always been aware of the supernatural world, but after he inherits a magical book from his grandmother, the supernatural world is aware of him!Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he is a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko.Nyanko Sensei is missing, and the only clue to his whereabouts is a shard of pottery painted with calico markings! Following the urgings of a dream sent by the shard, Natsume travels to a local kiln and finds that there''s far more going on than just a lost kitty yokai.
£7.99
Yen Press So Im a Spider So What Vol. 1 light novel
Book SynopsisI used to be a normal high school girl but in the blink of an eye, I woke up in a place I''ve never seen before and-and I was reborn as a spider?! How could something that''s nothing more than a tiny spider (that''s me) possibly survive in literally the worst dungeon ever? Are there no rules? There should be some rules! Who the hell is responsible for this? SHOW YOUR FACE!
£12.34
Fantagraphics Petar Liza
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£999.99
Uncivilized Books Evil Eyes Sea
Book SynopsisA feminist political mystery set in Istanbul during the 1995 elections tells the story of two broke students who witnessed an unusual death on a scuba diving expedition. As the case deepens, they become increasingly entangled with political corruption, religious pressure, and possibly murder.They try to return to their every day, but their lives are increasingly entangled with the political corruption, religious pressure, and economic instability that results from their experience. Samanci says, "The autobiographically-inspired story I tell in Evil Eyes Sea emerged from my college years in Istanbul, my quirky friends, and my struggles with being a young woman in Turkey''s male-centric culture. In this book, I share a window into a country where narrow political views limit personal power -- a place that can be beautiful, but also cruel."
£21.56
Vault Comics Godfell The Complete Series
Book SynopsisXENA Warrior Princess meets The Lord of the Rings in GODFELL: The Complete Series, where the sudden appearance of a dead god who falls to Earth sets off a chain reaction of events for control of the world in this woman warrior-led, high fantasy adventure.God is dead. Who’s next? One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God''s body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God''s corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage. GODFELL: The Complete Series tells the story of a fierce warrior w
£15.29
Marvel Comics Star Wars Bounty Hunters Vol. 6 Bedlam On
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£15.29
Marvel Comics Star Wars Vol. 6 Quests of The Force
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£15.29
SelfMadeHero Edifice
Book SynopsisA graphic Grand Hotel of our dreams, desires, and nightmares?and a Christmas Carol like no other At the heart of the dream city of Engelstadt stand the tall storys of an ancient apartment block, home to a nightmare labyrinth of corridors and secrets. Christmas is coming, but the mysterious disappearance of one of its tenants causes a cast of characters (or suspects?) to be assembled before us. An elderly aristocratic widow plays the piano; a young mother disciplines her hallucinating son; a photographer pursues creative experiments under the magnetic spell of the moon. And meanwhile, as a dark cloud threatens to envelop the city, and caped crusaders (or marauders) wander its park, there is a film screening to attend. The eccentric Professor will surely solve the enigma on Christmas Eve . . . or will he? A Pan-European Pandora?s Box of narrative Russian dolls and Chinese boxes, Edifice builds into an Expressionist graphic vision of our archetypal, metamorphic shadows. Whether or not ?an allegory of some sort? (as one of these characters claims), Andrzej Klimowski?s masterpiece of symbolic form is certainly one of the strangest Christmas stories you will ever read. ?If you look carefully, you will see it.? PRAISE FOR ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI: ?Majestic art.? ? The Guardian ?Profound, playful, and unexpectedly haunting? ? Times Literary Supplement ?A preternatural master of the graphic novel form.? ? The Times
£15.29
Fantagraphics Prince Valiant Vol. 29 19931994
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£31.99
Idea & Design Works My Little Pony Kenbucky Roller Derby
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£15.29
Fantagraphics Jessica Farm
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£23.99
