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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That's about to change. Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today, and how it harbored...
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bleak tales of murder and deceit Murder, passion and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics! In these pitch-black nori stories, youll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target-a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He's had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn't see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DC Universe hated Luthor enough...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Though Kazuto has lived for years with a bullet lodged in his brain, the childhood injury is starting to take its toll. Uncertainty over his future may explain why he has chosen to reach out to Senri after so long, even if his methods remain frustratingly roundabout. Meanwhile, Senri and Enan are on the cusp of unraveling the events that separated the twins in the first place--but not if the "fire" man has anything to say about it!"--Page [2] of...
Series
For the kid I saw in my dreams volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Senri Nakajou's twin brother was his everything, the one who protected him from their abusive father, the one whose pain he felt as his own. That is, until the day thirteen years ago when Senri's entire family was murdered before his eyes. He couldn't have cared less about his parents, but without his brother, his world ended. Ever since, finding the killer and making him pay has been Senri's only goal...and now-finally-he's caught a glimpse of a...
Series
For the kid I saw in my dreams volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
For thirteen years, Senri has made it his mission to take revenge on the man with the fire scar who took his twin brother from him. Recognizing his pursuit will requires a certain amount of funding, Senri has saved and schemed for years, but his latest get-rich-quick con has just been cracked wide open! With his associates in danger, Senri stands to lose everything hes built. It may be a costly setback, or it may by fate has given him a new avenue...
Author
Series
Deadly class volume 12
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
There's nothing more beautiful than a total retreat from reality with someone you love in a place where you can leave behind all the noise, greed, and hate for a quiet and simple life. But does such a place truly exist? And if it does, how could the rabid monsters not come to destroy it? A final lap around the track with the outcasts of Generation X as everything they ever predicted comes true.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
With only six students remaining alive out of the original 15, the final trial will also reveal the mastermind behind their imprisonment in Hope's Peak Academy...and the true purpose behind the deadly game they've been forced to play! The survivors might count themselves lucky to have been right...but are they sure they've counted themselves right...?
Author
Series
Blacksad volume 6
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Feline private eye John Blacksad he goes up against Lewis Solomon, a construction magnate with dreams of power and plans to pave over large swaths of 1950s New York"--
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Senri's hunt for his twin heats up as a rival criminal group sets Kazuto and the 'fire' man's hideout ablaze mere minutes after he and Enan finish their search. As he draws closer and closer to his brother, the danger only seems to increase, and so too does Senri's recklessness. He feels sure Kazuto is reaching out to him, yearning to meet as much as he is, but Kazuto has a long history with the 'fire' man-and a terrible burden to bear ..."--Provided...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Desperate to find and stop his brother as soon as possible, Senri reluctantly agrees to meet with Detective Wakazono. The offbeat officer has his own reasons for wanting to find--and finish off--the 'fire' man, but Senri is determined to beat him to it. Armed with new information and the few clues surrounding his parents' deaths, Senri and Ena journey through the countryside, piecing together the past. Each step leads them closer to Kazuto ... but...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Certain his twin is alive, Senri shifts his goal from avenging his brother to finding him. Enan is happy to join the search, relieved to see her friend's face light up with hope after living in darkness for so long. Following the threads of distant memories, Senri uncovers new clues that suggest his parents' involvement in a tangled plot, one that may well have led to their deaths. And now, as events continue to unfold, Senri fears Kazuto may be...
Series
For the kid I saw in my dreams volume 8
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to information from the imposter, Senri now knows the intentions behind the despicable scheme laid by the "fire" man. Anxious about Kazuto, Senri decides to seek out cooperation with "that" person. And what exactly happened to Kazuto after leaving Senri? The secrets of his past are finally revealed"--Provided by publisher
Series
For the kid I saw in my dreams volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Through Kazuto's eyes, Senri sees more clearly why his brother has begun stepping away from the murderous path laid out for him by the rat. Risking a meeting with Mask Man's associates, who have their own reasons for wanting to find Kazuto, Senri discloses his suspicions of a Three-Eyes copycat in hopes of uncovering new information that will lead to his twin. What he learns will confirm his theory, but it will also place the threat much closer to...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper, embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Is Harvey Dent back to save Gotham City? Two-Face has at all times been considered as Batman's most tragic villain. If solely Harvey Dent hadn't been scarred by acid, he might have continued his good work as D.A. in Gotham City and been Batman's biggest ally and good friend...proper? Or has Batman prolonged Harvey Dent an excessive amount of grace in his a number of makes an attempt at reform? He'll query himself as Harvey Dent is free as soon as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Shes about to be a mom but shes already one mean mother! From writer Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition, Quarry, Mickey Spillanes Mike Hammer) and artist Terry Beatty (Return to Perdition, The Phantom, Batman: Gotham Adventures) comes this hardboiled tale of one woman you do not want to mess with. Bursting to life in 1981, Ms. Tree re-established noir crime fiction in comics and pioneered what became a trend for female private eyes. It remains the...
Author
Series
Deadly class volume 11
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The first chapter of the final arc of Rick Remender and Wes Craig's critically acclaimed DEADLY CLASS! The promise of what could have been, a life that never was--Marcus and Saya are the deadliest couple on Earth, but what happens when they're hired to kill each other? Will she choose to take her place as head of the Kuroki Syndicate, or will she choose revenge? We drive further into an unrecognizable future where scars are a physical reminder of...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Tachibana and her Toy Gun Gun teammates have started honing their skills in preparation for competing in the TGC, the tournament to decide the strongest survival gamers. But it soon becomes clear that her team has a dreadful rule, and it's one that absolutely can't be broken...which makes Tachibana's very existence a problem. Will internal strife take them down before the TGC can even get underway?!"--Page 4 of cover.
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