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1) Hellboy
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English
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The ultimate introduction to this supernatural hero features 16 standalone stories with Mignola's greatest collaborators--stories that can be read in any order. This 368-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1947 to 1961, reprinting stories from The Chained Coffin, The Right Hand of Doom, The Bride of Hell, The Crooked Man, The Troll Witch, and Hellboy's childhood adventure, The Midnight Circus, drawn by Duncan Fegredo, artist of The Wild Hunt,...
2) Plunge
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English
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"Tracing the signal to a remote atoll in the Bering Strait, the Rococo oil company hires the Carpenter brothers and their salvage crew to investigate the ghost ship. Joined by a marine biologist and an oil executive, the brothers set out on a grim mission to learn what caused the disappearance and recover the bodies of the crew...only to find that the Derleth's men aren't dead! Even if they're also not quite...alive...anymore. A surreal and gory celebration...
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English
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"Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, chained to the tombstone that marked his grave. It's a lawless time, a magical time, and the undead Roy soon finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place as he sets out in search of treasure. But Roy, trying to do right by the wife and children he left behind, soon finds out that everything is not always as it seems... A classic tale of gunslinging revenge with a supernatural twist, Chained to...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2012-
Language
English
Description
"For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming human-kind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about to change everything"--From publisher description.
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A dark, contemporary interpretation of the Persephone myth for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue and The Sandman. Death stole Emilia - the first time in his very long life that he hasn't carried over the soul he was assigned to carry over. It would be romantic, except that they're being hunted. And as Emilia and the man with the veil of smoke set out for the ocean in a stolen truck, there is a bloody handprint on his neck and she's beginning...
6) Look back
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Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
VIZ Signature edition.
Language
English
Description
"The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together." --publisher's website.
7) Locke & key
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Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The story of the Keyhouse, a New England mansion with fantastic doors that transforms all who dare to walk through them, is also home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all.
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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Collecting the best-selling - and controversial -- romantic period piece that defied industry expectations and pulled back the curtain on Wolverine's mysterious past! At long last, all is revealed about the incredible forces that molded the world's most perfect killing machine with a heart as big as the great outdoors."--www.Amazon.com.
9) Mummy
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Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Abel Trelawney is found unconscious, with strange wounds on his wrist, his daughter brings in art historian Robert Wyatt to help, and their investigation leads them to an ancient Egyptian curse. In graphic novel format.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today{u2019}s Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
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Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
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English
Description
A pair of twisted siblings-Yuuma, a young man obsessed with the devil, and Chizumi, the worst little sister in recorded history-cause all sorts of tragic and terrifying things to happen wherever they go. These scary short stories will shock you with a literal interpretation of the ills that plague modern society.
12) Friday
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Series
Friday (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past, now she's in college, starting a new life on her own. Except when Friday comes home for the holidays, she's immediately pulled back into Lance's orbit and finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town.
Rated M / Mature
13) Parasocial
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the middle of the pandemic a fading genre-TV actor fresh from his long-running series' cancellation collides with an obsessive fan at a Texas convention. When she lures him to her home he'll have to put on the greatest performance of his life simply to survive until morning. Unless of course he's the real monster..." --publisher's website
14) East of West
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Series
East of West volume 7
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2014-
Language
English
Description
"We would tell you to pray but it wouldn't do any good. You have earned what is coming to you."--back cover of Volume 2.
15) Bitter root
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019-
Language
English
Description
In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance is in full swing, and only the Sangerye Family, once known as the greatest monster hunters of all time, can save New York -- and the world -- from the supernatural forces threatening to destroy humanity. But those days are fading and the once-great family that specialized in curing the souls of those infected by racism and hate has been torn apart by tragedies and conflicting moral codes. A terrible tragedy has...
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Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
After the outbreak of a zombie-like disease that's turned the world upside down, Willow and her mysterious team, the Silver Paw, do all they can to stay alive. When PIGGY ambushes Willow and newcomer Cami, the two escape to an abandoned school only to find they'll have to survive a barbarian clan of kindergartners, a gladiator pit in the cafeteria, and more all with PIGGY hot on their trail. Can they escape in one piece? Or will this be the end of...
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from...
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Series
Shibuya goldfish volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Thwarted at every turn by swarms of Limbs, the survivors make slow progress toward Udagawa North Elementary, where Hajime hopes to reunite with his friends-and commandeer an SDF Type 10 tank!
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