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The Strange Talent of Luther Strode


Justin Jordan - 2012
    What he gets is the instruction manual from a murder cult as old as mankind that does everything that it promised - and more

Pride & Prejudice


Nancy Butler - 2009
    An adaptation of the original by Jane Austen that tells of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable, eccentric family as they navigate through tricky British social circles.

Wraith


Joe Hill - 2014
    Now, in an original new comic miniseries, Hill throws wide the candy cane gates to tell a standalone story that is at once both accessible to new readers, and sure to delight fans of the book.

Lazarus: The Third Collection


Greg Rucka - 2019
    That's fifteen too many. The time has come for the Cull. So begins the next phase of the Conclave War that has plunged the entire world into chaos and instability, in the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling series by Eisner winners MICHAEL LARK and GREG RUCKA. But Forever Carlyle, the Lazarus of the Carlyle Family, has been sidelined, and her loyalties are thrown into question as she struggles to come to terms with who and what she is. To win her trust, her sister Johanna must reveal the Family's most closely guarded secret-the truth of Forever Carlyle. Meanwhile, the effects of the war are felt around the globe in six individual stories focusing on Lazari, Serf, and Waste, all struggling to find their way in a world that refuses compromise and demands complicity.Collects LAZARUS #22-26 and LAZARUS: X+66 #1-6.

Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road


Kazuo Koike - 2000
    Creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power, the epic samurai adventure has influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West.

At the Mountains of Madness: A Graphic Novel


I.N.J. Culbard - 2010
    A scientific expedition embarks for the frozen wasteland of Antarctica. But the secrets they unearth there reveal a past almost beyond human comprehension - and a future too terrible to imagine. By taking scientific fact so seriously, At the Mountains of Madness(1936), H.P Lovecraft's classic take on the "heroic age" of polar exploration, helped to define a new era in 20th-century science fiction. "...and then vague horror began to creep into our souls."

Hellspawn: Complete Collection


Brian Michael Bendis - 2010
    This next step in the evolution of Todd McFarlane's hell-born creation featured the creative minds of Brian Michael Bendis, Steve Niles, Ashley Wood, and Ben Templesmith, which redefined the mythos of the Hellspawn. Hellspawn: The Complete Collection includes the entire Hellspawn series along with additional art and behind-the-scenes content, as well as a never-before-published back-up story written and illustrated by artist, Ashley Wood. Collects Hellspawn #1-16.

The Fix, Vol. 1: Where Beagles Dare


Nick Spencer - 2016
    Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Collects THE FIX #1-4.

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere


Mike Carey - 1996
    An ordinary Londoner stops to help an enigmatic girl and joins a battle to save the strange underworld kingdom of London Below from destruction.

Batman: Rebirth #1


Tom King - 2016
    Longtime Batman and Eisner Award-winning writer Scott Snyder co-writes with rising-star writer Tom King! EVIL 365: Gotham City faces the threat of the Calendar Man!

Deathmatch Vol. 2


Paul Jenkins - 2013
    31 will die.The second round of the ultimate deathmatch begins here! Thirty-two Supes, Fears, and Neuts are being held captive by a mysterious higher power and forced to fight one-on-one until only one champion remains. Which fan-favorite characters from BOOM! Studios' latest original smash hit are on a collision course against their will? The mysteries grow deeper and the casualty list grows longer as DEATHMATCH continues! Written by industry legend Paul Jenkins (FAIRY QUEST, INHUMANS) and drawn by comics superstar Carlos Magno (PLANET OF THE APES, TRANSFORMERS), DEATHMATCH is a dark, psychological deconstruction of the superhero genre that can’t be missed. This stakes increase in this second volume collecting the second four issue arc of BOOM! Studios’ highest debuting original series ever!

Daredevil Legends, Vol. 4: Typhoid Mary


Ann Nocenti - 1988
    Quickly becoming the underworld's most feared assassin, she terrorizes her targets with a seemingly inexhaustible lust for bloodshed. In service to the Kingpin, Mary sets her deadly sights on Daredevil, the heroic protector of New York's notorious Hell's Kitchen.With the Man Without Fear at her mercy, can she bring herself to strike the fatal blow? Collects Daredevil Vol. 1 #254-257, 259-263.

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell


Dan Slott - 2004
    A melting pot brimming with the curdled milk of human madness, where the warders are as ensnared by the insanity as the inmates. And where a killer has tapped into all that maniacal energy and is channelling it to his own demonic ends! With cameos from Batman, Batgirl and a dark host of famous - and notorious - super villains, including the Joker and Two-Face, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell is living proof of the old adage - you don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!

David Boring


Daniel Clowes - 2002
    When he meets the girl of his dreams, things begin to go awry: what seems too good to be true apparently is. And what seems truest in Boring's life is that, given the right set of circumstances (in this case, an orgiastic cascade of vengeance, humiliation and murder) the primal nature of humandkind will come inexorably to the fore.

Gideon Falls #1


Jeff Lemire - 2018
    Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession, mental illness, and faith.