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Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
High school student Kei Nagai is killed in a traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be a human after all. Instead, he may be a Demi-Human, a mysterious and almost immortal being blessed with amazing super-human abilities. Scared, he runs away and is aided in his escape by his friend Kei. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on, and he will soon be caught up in a conflict between mankind and the other Demi-Humans as they...
Author
Series
Demi-human volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Now the basis of a live-action movie, the razor-sharp series continues to delight, featuring more than its usual share of female characters in this much-awaited, brand-new installment. Meet a well-adjusted expatriate who was the first Japanese demi-human to be discovered; elite bureaucrat Tosaki's ailing love interest, his moral anchor and hazard; and Ritsu Nagai, our calculating hero's no-nonsense mom. As a bonus, get to know Sam "Sato" Owen's motherís...
Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sato's bitten. Samuel T. Owen is in the building. The Battle of Forge Safety, which began when demi-humans who aim to upend Japanese society waltzed into an ambush set by those who would deny them the pleasure, reaches its crescendo and conclusion in this volume."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Demi-human volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"For his ultimate "wave" Sato has taken on Iruma Base, the hardest of hard targets, while the Prime Minister is onsite. The unexpected grit of Japanís Self-Defense Forces delights him to no end. Having fallen out with his right-hand man Tanaka, however, may come back to bite the jolly ex-marine."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 2
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As Kiriko attempts to make a flashy debut as a full-fledged Escape Artist, Fuurin tackles her next mission - seduce and infect Lt. Kenzaki with the deadly RDS - which Kenzaki appears to fall for, almost too easily. Meanwhile, Kenzaki's informant sheds light on the differences between this world and the world of the Vectors, just as a dangerous new Vector, dubbed Snow White, appears on the scene..."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 4
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Karigane adopts Rin's risky strategy to rescue Snow White from the UN's Vector containment facility, but not everything goes according to plan. A colleague starts to worry about Rin and discovers her diary, which includes secrets from her past as well as her current mission. Shige considers early retirement when tragedy strikes..."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Wicked + the divine volume 8
Publisher
Image Comics Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Every ninety years twelve gods return as young people. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are all dead. It's happening now. It's happening again."-- cover page 4.
Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke's Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start...
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 6
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"As the unlikely alliance of police and Escape Artists continues their mission inside the UNDO cryo-prison, Karigane is pitted against Tsubaki in a ruthless duel, and Fuurin is brought out of deep-freeze by Kenzaki, who offers her a chance to fight back against Mama's influence. Later, Fuurin reveals the truth behind revival, and the bug in the system..."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
After a long life of fighting the good fight, Wolverine succumbed to the inevitable. Logan was dead. But now, suddenly, hes alive! How? Why? And how has this chilling experience changed him? Wolverine awakens in a destroyed lab, his memories fragmented, his claws burning hot and his identity in doubt. What is the organization called Soteira, and what has it enigmatic leader Persephone done to Logan? Wolverine may be back, but as he throws himself...
Author
Series
Demi-human volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Did the forces of government win the day and lay to rest the undying anarchist? The game plan, as ingenious as it was ad hoc, seemed workable, and to have worked. Unless--it failed to take into account a defining quality of the target, his very raison d'être. It's not as if they've never noticed this in him before."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Undead unluck volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tired of inadvertently killing people with her special ability Unluck, Fuuko Izumo sets out to end it all. But when she meets Andy, a man who longs for death but can't die, she finds a reason to live--and he finds someone capable of giving him the death he's been longing for. All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shojo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom,...
Author
Publisher
Vertical, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The shooting of Kaito has triggered a Flood in the normally emotionless Nagai, releasing a massive number of IBMs. Not wanting to miss out on the fun, Sato has matched his pace, and Iruma Base is overrun with countless black ghosts. Dr. Ogura, the worldís leading IBM researcher, makes his way toward the heart of the chaos, even as the story barrels toward a moment of truth regarding the origin and very nature of Demi-Humans."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Publishing USA, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How do you neutralize, for good, a master tactician who literally won't die? His opposite number in cold calculating genius, our boy anti-hero, thinks he has a plan. It involves a squad of elite soldiers, a hole dug in the ground, and just a tiny window of time."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.
100) Immortal hounds: 5
Author
Series
Immortal hounds volume 5
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The investigation into Marie's suspicious death has been stymied, and Kenzaki, tired of playing by the book, suggests a highly risky ploy to try and get answers about RDS from the very people his unit has worked against. Meanwhile, the Escape Artist organization is showing strain now that their show-stopping hound is in captivity..."--Page [4] of cover.
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