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Penguin Random House Group Star Wars Darth Maul Black White Red Treasury
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£24.29
Marvel Comics Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection Skywalker
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£32.79
Penguin Random House Group Star Wars Ahsoka Season One
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£26.24
Marvel Comics Stokers Dracula
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£19.54
Penguin Random House Group Star Wars Crimson Reign Omnibus
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£67.49
DC Comics DC Super Hero Girls
Book SynopsisHarley Quinn is center stage in the newest volume of the DC Super Hero Girls graphic novel series, Dc Super Hero Girls Vol. 5: Out of The Bottle! For an assignment in Ms. June Moone''s art class, the girls are working on their very own comic books. The character-created comic pages give us a glimpse into each girl''s personality. But Harley isn''t satisfied with her comics creation and thinks a little of Ms. Moone''s special paint will really help her drawings come to life! The problem? Harley''s drawings literally come to life! DC Super Hero Girls Vol. 5: Out of The Bottle continues to develop the relationships forged in DC Super Hero Girls: Finals Crisis, Hits and Myths, Summer Olympus and Past Times At Super Hero High. Written by Shea Fontana, this Harley-centric story is perfect for girls ages 6-12! The DC Super Hero Girls line is an exciting new universe of super heroic storytelling that helps build character and confidenceTrade ReviewPraise for DC Super Hero Girls "DC Super Hero Girls — a youthful, feminine twist on popular characters." —LA Times “The art style is cute and expressive, favoring clean colors and large eyes over hard outlines and photorealistic looks” —Booklist DC Comics fans get a nice introduction to the fun, funny world of Super Hero High.” — School Library Journal
£8.54
DC Comics Dark Nights Metal
Book SynopsisThe alternate, twisted versions of Batman--the Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse--are hunting the Justice League as the Leaguers attempt to locate artifacts that might protect Earth. One by one, Flash and Steel, Wonder Woman and Doctor Fate, Green Lantern and Mister Terrific, Aquaman and Deathstroke must face the Nightmare Batmen.Elsewhere, Dick Grayson issues an S.O.S., summoning Robin, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Black Canary and Green Arrow to prevent the transformation and terraforming of Gotham City into a twisted mosaic of monsters, magic and doom. When they are trapped in a Riddler-designed maze, all hope may be lost.And where is Batman during all this? He''s trapped in his own private nightmare, reliving portions of his life while confronting Barbatos, the leader of the evil Batmen and the demon that has haunted his dreams.These direct tie-ins to the Dark Nights: Metal event are created by many of the architects of the moderTrade Review“Of the Metal tie-in books, this was easily the best one yet.” —IGN “An exhilarating superhero epic… Metal embraces the grandiosity and playfulness of the past while tapping into deeper themes of family, hope, and redemption.” —A.V. Club “A lot of greatness in one story.” —Comicosity
£18.70
DC Comics Dark Nights Metal
Book SynopsisSeven nightmarish versions of Batman from seven dying alternate realities have been recruited by the dark god Barbatos to terrorize the World''s Greatest Heroes in our universe. They threaten life across the Multiverse, and the Justice League may be powerless to stop them! Now in paperback!Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising introduces:The Batman Who Laughs: a lunatic driven mad by his world''s Joker. The Red Death: a thief who stole his reality''s Speed Force power.The Drowned: a female, amphibious Batman. The Dawnbreaker: a twisted Green Lantern.The Murder Machine: a deranged, deadly cyborg.The Merciless: a warrior who wears the helmet of Ares.The Devastator: a part-human, part-Doomsday monster.Featuring stories from Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Peter J. Tomasi, Grant Morrison, Joshua Williamson, Ethan Van Sciver, Philip Tan, Tyler Kirkham, Francis Manapul, Riley Rossmo, Tony S. Daniel, Howard Porter, Doug Mahnke andTrade ReviewPraise for Dark Nights: Metal"Where nightmares and reality collide." --Washington Post"A celebration of the wackiest, craziest, most outright fun elements of the DC Universe." --Entertainment Weekly"Very aptly named, packed as it is with both real steel and rock 'n roll. The series was forged with the spirit of the Jack Kirby, the original master of crafting a story full of mind-blowing ideas." --SyFy Wire"Big, bananas, crazy fun." --Nerdist"A big, crazy story--a story that feels like going to a huge rock concert." --Polygon"An awesome blend of bombastic action and vast cosmic conspiracies." --IGN"This comics team [of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo] is the real dynamic duo...definitely enjoyable, even to the casual comic fan. You can follow the story well enough, but this team is also packing in years and years of Batman backstory." --Mashable
£18.70
Orion Publishing Co DanTDM Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal
Book SynopsisFrom the mind of one of the most popular YouTubers of all time, DanTDM, comes a graphic novel adventure that reimagines the Minecraft-style worlds and characters he''s created like you''ve never seen them before.After a day of experiments, Trayaurus and DanTDM are about to call it a night when a strange-looking crystal plummets to earth, breaking into five pieces that scatter far and wide. DanTDM and Trayaurus recover one of the shards and quickly realise they are in possession of an object more powerful than anything they''ve ever known. Word reaches DanTDM and Trayaurus that other pieces of crystal have been recovered - a group of pigs have harnessed the crystals'' power to enable them to talk. But they''re not alone - their archenemy Denton has also found a shard and manipulated its power for evil. He has created a cloning machine, producing a terrifying, marauding army intent on hunting down the remaining crystals in his effort to become all-powerful.
£13.49
Abrams Fanfare This Place Kills Me
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£17.09
Abrams Super Heros Journey
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The Super Hero’s Journey is a powerful argument for how the comic book art form makes a positive impact in our lives. Patrick McDonell weaves the work of Jack Kirby and other Marvel artists together with his own to create a remarkable view into the wonder he felt as a young reader first experiencing these classic comics. It is a genuinely moving treatise on the inspiration we can take from others, and an antidote for cynicism.” * —Alex Ross, author of Fantastic Four: Full Circle *“The Super Hero’s Journey is thrilling, hilarious, mind-blowing, weird and poignant—just like the stories that inspired it. Patrick McDonnell flexes the same artistic muscle that drew Kirby to collage, mashing up childhood memories, Silver Age stories, and his own works of fine art, fueling an explosion of creativity, wonder, and beauty. When I finished the first time, I immediately read it again to re-experience its generous heartbeat. After my own journey, all I can say is Make Mine McDonnell!” * —Glen David Gold, author of Carter Beats the Devil and I Will Be Complete *An amazing, uplifting testament to the power of comics. * –Forbes *“Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has long sought to connect his own spiritual journey with the worlds that inspired him to become a comic artist in the first place—and while he got to do the former in Heart to Heart, a cartooning collaboration with the Dalai Lama, his next graphic novel comes at it from a more comic-booky angle, although no less spiritual… A philosophical and spiritual look back at the Silver Age comics heroes that inspired him, McDonnell’s weaves his own path to cartooning by intersecting his own art and renditions of Marvel’s classic heroes with the original, iconic artwork of their comics, as the likes of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko’s works weaves throughout McDonnell’s history.” * —io9 *McDonnell is both a gifted cartoonist and a scholar of the medium. He also has a generous view of human nature that is in short supply these days, and the story ends up being a neat summary of everything that made Marvel comics of that era so memorable and endearing. Perfect for fans of any age. * –ICv2 *“Surprising and memorable.” * –Geek Girl Authority *
£18.69
Tokyopop Press Inc In So Deep Its Love Already Volume 1
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£11.69
Hot Key Books The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
Book Synopsis'A simply told, bitter-sweet story, with a powerful poetic message' - Jacqueline WilsonNominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 and the IBBY Honour List 2020.Trade ReviewA simply told, bitter-sweet story, with a powerful poetic message -- Jacqueline WilsonThis beautiful book is a must-read for any family that has recently received a diagnosis of sight loss. It's a modern-day fable that will help adults and children, friends and family understand and come to terms with life-changing health issues -- Red Szell * Connect Radio *Must Read * Saturday Express Magazine *A captivating, wise and highly visual children's novel * Observer Magazine *No matter what age, readers are bound to tear up at this beautifully written novel... Whether you are looking for a book to read together, something to recommend to a child, or a short novel that offers a unique perspective, Mafalda's story will stay with you long after you have finished reading it * Happiful Magazine *Tender and thought-provoking, with a powerful but unforced message * Book Trust *This little gem of book is for everyone - children and adults. It's a beautiful and inspiring story of overcoming fear and adversity. -- Sinead MoriartyThis lyrically written, moving book makes you think about what is truly important. A little gem * Irish Independent *A beautifully written, poignant tale of a little girl's courageous struggle * Inis Reading Guide *A mystical, semi-autobiographical novel about a girl who is going blind. Well developed characters, including the boy who becomes her friend. Poignant, moving * Read for Empathy Guide *
£7.59
Headline Publishing Group How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Book SynopsisHow to Talk to Girls at Parties by Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman is a graphic novel with extraordinary artwork by the Eisner Award-winning duo Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Soon to be a feature film starring Nicole Kidman, this adaptation is ''a quirky delight'' (Audrey Niffenegger) and will appeal to fans of Alan Moore, Dave McKean and beyond. ENN is a fifteen-year-old boy who just doesn''t understand girls, while his friend Vic seems to have them all figured out. Both teenagers are in for the shock of their young lives, however, when they crash a local party only to discover that the girls there are far, far more than they appear!From the Locus Award-winning short story by Neil Gaiman, one of the most celebrated authors of our time, and adapted in vibrant ink-and-watercolour illustrations by the Daytripper duo of brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, this original graphic novel is not to be missed!Trade ReviewGentle, strange, and full of perfectly good advice ('You just have to talk to them!'), How to Talk to Girls at Parties is wise and odd. Neil Gaiman's writing is sweetly complemented by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba's art. It's a quirky delightHow can something so strange and so beautiful also be so sad? Like a poem, a pattern, and a people whose world was swallowed by the sea, How to Talk to Girls at Parties is three things at once
£11.69
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DDay
Book Synopsis6 June, 1944: a vast armada stands off the coast of Normandy; in the pre-dawn gloom gliders carrying British airborne troops approach their target. The first shots are about to be fired in the Great Crusade' to free Europe from Nazi occupation and thousands of troops will fight their way ashore in the teeth of deadly machine-gun and artillery fire from the German defenders. D-Day is about to begin. The Normandy landings are brought alive in this electrifying graphic novel that tells the story of that Longest Day through the eyes of the men who were there. Discover an epic struggle as the Allies sought to overwhelm the German defenders by land, sea and air, who in turn battled desperately to drive the invasion back into the sea. Covering the full range of events from the earliest airborne assault through the struggle on the beaches and the desperate effort to establish a bridgehead inland, D-Day blends an authentic historical narrative with master illustration to reveal the full
£17.00
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Powers Volume 7
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£22.94
Penguin Random House Group Murder Inc. Volume 3 Jagger Rose
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£19.54
Penguin Random House Group If You Find This Im Already Dead
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£24.64
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Grendel Omnibus Volume 6 Devil Tales
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£22.94
Penguin Random House Group Savage Squad 6
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£17.09
Penguin Random House Group The EC Archives Weird Science Volume 4
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£16.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Whistleblowers
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£16.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Goblin Volume 2 The Wolf and the Well
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£16.19
Penguin Random House Group From the World of Minor Threats The Alternates
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£16.19
Penguin Random House Group Grendel Devils Crucible Defiance
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£19.99
Penguin Random House Group Mortal Terror Volume 1
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£22.94
Penguin Random House Group Blacking Out
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£16.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Space Usagi Death and Honor Limited Edition
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£43.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Sparks Volume 1 Portals
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£15.29
Penguin Random House Group Space Circus
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£22.94
Penguin Random House Group Wanted Big Game Library Edition
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£43.19
Penguin Random House Group Creepy Archives Volume 8
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£20.39
Penguin Random House Group The Magic Order Volume 4
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£16.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Carmilla Volume 3 The Eternal
£16.19
Dark Horse Books The EC Archives The Complete Moon Girl
£43.19
Dark Horse Comics The EC Archives TwoFisted Tales Volume 3
£16.19
Dark Horse Comics The EC Archives TwoFisted Tales Volume 4
£16.19
Dynamite Entertainment The Terminator Vol. 1
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£16.19
Andrews McMeel Publishing Hungry Heart
Book SynopsisThe humdrum life of an aspiring food writer changes when he meets a famous celebrity chef. Equal parts funny and heartwarming,Hungry Heart, based on the hit webcomic, is an endearing queer rom-com that grapples with self-discovery, finding your voice, and the power of acceptance.Laurie, a plucky young food writer, gets his big break interviewing heartthrob chef, Oryan Adjei. Laurie has idolized Oryan since watching him rise to fame in the UK Kitchen Trialsback when they were both teens. But Oryan''s life is lonelier than it seems from the outside and his career has taken a direction he isn''t sure he wants to continue. Laurie seems to get Oryan in a way few others do. Their clumsy first meeting turns into a series of interviews that takes them on a food tour across London, from a coffee shop in a snow flurry to a hole-in-the-wall burger shack and Oryan''s own kitchen. Despite their attempts to keep things professional, the two begin to bond over cheesesteaks, flat whites, and stolen hors d''oeuvres. As the pair find themselves in a pressure cooker of celebrity and personal struggles that threatens their chance at romance, will Oryan learn to trust himself and follow his heart?Hungry Heart is a beautifully illustrated graphic novel that reminds us that all kinds of love are possible.
£13.49
Andrews McMeel Publishing Sidequested
£14.24
Quercus Publishing I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Book SynopsisA 2022 LA Times Book Prize FinalistA darkly funny, soul-rending novel of love in an epoch of collapse-one woman's furious revisiting of family, marriage, work, sex, and motherhood.Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Leaving behind her husband and their baby daughter, a writer gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno, not carrying much besides a breast pump and a spiraling case of postpartum depression. Her temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends mutates into an extended romp away from the confines of marriage and motherhood, and a seemingly bottomless descent into the past. Deep in the Mojave Desert where she grew up, she meets her ghosts at every turn: the first love whose self-destruction still haunts her; her father, a member of the most famous cult in American history; her mother, whose native spark gutters with every passing year. She can't go back in time to make any of it right, but what exactly is her way forward? Alone in the wilderness, at last she begins to make herself at home in the world.Bold, tender, and often hilarious, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness reaffirms Watkins as one of the single writers of our time.Trade Review'There's some kind of genius sorcery in this novel. It's startlingly original, hilarious and harrowing by turns, finally transcendent. Watkins writes like an avenging angel. It's thrilling and terrifying to stand in her wake' -Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and WeatherThis book is stupendously good. It practically vibrates in its ferocious frankness, and is so funny too that one can't help but fall for this voice, even in the pain, because of the pain, with the pain. A marvel. * Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and The Butterfly Lampshade *I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness is a white knuckle ride through everything the word love can mean. The shattered lives of the author's mother and father, tenderly retrieved into the story in their own words, are revelatory of the ways in which we and those who form us strive over whole lifetimes to reconcile love with freedom. A novel that celebrates acceptance, curiosity, and the vitality of the individual mind. I loved it. -- Polly Clark, author of TigerClaire Vaye Watkins has written a novel about the most frightening creature in America: a bad mother...an audaciously candid story about the crush of conflicted feelings that a baby inspires...Watkins's book sparks the same electric jolt that The Awakening must have sent juicing through Kate Chopin's readers in 1899... It's no coincidence that much of this story takes place in the American desert, a territory that burns away ornament and affectation. Here, on the terrain where she began, Claire sloughs off the skin of a life that doesn't fit her and begins to discover one that might. It's a painful transformation, but utterly captivating to witness. -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness sears with a relentless electricity that vibrates its way into you and permanently changes something in your cells. In Watkins's psychospiritual desert, to choose darkness means you could weep with ecstasy as easily as from anguish. A visionary work that imagines motherhood into audacious and complex possibility. -- Rachel Yoder, author of Night BitchAn exploration of grief, freedom and madness * Harper's Bazaar *She's an incredibly cool and fascinating person. This book is autofiction - and she is one of the only people whose autofiction I'd be interested in actually reading. -- Maggie Shipstead, author of Great CircleShe writes with vicious urgency and savage wit that makes the pages fly by * The Times *[A] novel not of rage but of incandescent sadness, radiating grief for the lost, the damaged, the left behind. It is remarkably clear-sighted * Guardian *There's a palpable suffering and darkness often, a brittleness; there's also a tenderness, and a lot of laughs to be pulled from its page. A book of bite. * The Skinny *shapeshifting, sharp and transgressive * Irish Times *An incredibly courageous piece of writing * Big Issue *A mother lode of hard truths laced with humour and rage . . . It defies categorisation, much in the same way as Jenny Offill's Dept of Speculation . . . a hybrid of fact and fiction * Sunday Independent *
£9.49
Image Comics I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer
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£16.24
Image Comics Black Cloak Volume 2
Book SynopsisEssex and Pax's last case brought horrible truths to light and almost leveled the city of Kiros. Now, five years since the Essex Fire, Kiros has changed dramatically and ex-Black Cloak Phaedra Essex is either the city's greatest hero, or greatest villain, depending on who you ask. Meanwhile Black Cloak Pax has a bloody new case, a rookie partner, and absolutely no leads. It's a very bad time for something ancient to have awakened beneath the city. Collects issues #7 11.
£13.49
Image Comics 3D Anomaly
Book SynopsisFeaturing the critically acclaimed 3D comics from Brian Haberlin's Anomaly studios together between two covers CAPTAINWONDER, THE MARKED, SONATA, HELLCOP and FASTER THAN LIGHT plus extras and as a one-time only bonus we'll even tossin 3D GLASSES as part of the deal!Face it, friend, you're livin' right!
£28.79
Simon And Schuster Group USA Clay Footed Giants
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£17.09
Simon And Schuster Group USA Love Me A Romance Story
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£15.29
Simon And Schuster Group USA Flash Gordon Classic Collection Vol. 2
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£38.39
Papercutz Dark Empty Void
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£15.29
