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1) Amulet
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 9
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2008-
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After chasing after the tentacled monster that kidnapped their mother, Emily and Navin find themselves in a magical but dangerous world of man-eating demons and shadowy enemies, where they must learn to control a powerful amulet given to them by their inventor grandfather.
2) The autumnal
Author
Publisher
Vault Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Comfort Notch. Following the death of her estranged mother, Kat Somerville and her daughter Sybil flee a difficult life in Chicago for the quaint--and possibly deadly--town of Comfort Notch, New Hampshire.
3) Chainsaw man
Author
Series
Chainsaw Man volume 6
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
Description
Denji's a poor young man who'll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil-dog Pochita. He's a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he's betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji's become a whole new man--Chainsaw Man!
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
v. 1. Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see.
v. 2. While sixteen-year-old Rue Silver travels into the faerie realm to find her mother, faerie creatures are entering the human world and wreaking havoc, forcing Rue to ponder where her loyalty...
5) Junkwraith
Author
Series
Junkwraith volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What happens when our most precious belongings... no longer belong? When something we loved suddenly becomes junk, a powerful energy is unleashed. One night, ice-skating prodigy Florence Sato is overwhelmed by pressure and throws away her skates. This fateful moment accidentally summons a "junkwraith," a terrifying ghost which seeks revenge for its abandonment by attacking the memories of its former owner. Before she forgets who she is, and to find...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Shonen Jump manga ed.
Language
English
Description
While the day belongs to humans, the night belongs to yokai, supernatural creatures that thrive on human fear. Caught between these two worlds is Rikuo Nura. He's three-quarters human but his grandfather is none other than Nurarihyon, the supreme commander of the Nura clan, a powerful yokai consortium. When Nurarihyon announces Rikuo as his chosen heir to run the Nura clan, Rikuo is torn between his human nature and his duties as a yokai.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy tries to escape this mortal coil to no avail. Throughout...
Author
Series
Serafina (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
10) Alice & Zoroku
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]-
Language
English
Description
A group of young girls possesses a mysterious power known as "Alice's Dream," which gives them the ability to turn their thoughts into reality. Detained and experimented upon, these youths are locked away in secret until one of them manages to escape. Her name is Sana--a girl with the power to ignore the very laws of physics. When this willful powerhouse crosses paths with a stubborn old man named Zoroku, his carefully-ordered life will never be the...
Author
Series
Rohan Kishibe volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2022-
Language
English
Description
"A spinoff of the smash-hit JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series featuring everyone's favorite manga artist, Rohan Kishibe! Debuting in the same deluxe hardcover format as the hit JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga is a standalone series featuring everyone's favorite manga artist, Rohan Kishibe! Rohan has freed himself of Josuke Higashikata, but that doesn't mean his life is going to be easy! No, now the supernatural has come knocking, and Rohan must contend...
12) By night
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Language
English
Description
"There's something strange going on in Spectrum, South Dakota. Home to high school best friends Jane Langstaff and Heather Meadows, Spectrum is a boomtown that's long since stopped booming, with nothing to show for its former glory but the abandoned Charleswood Estate, Charlesco's dwindling sprocket millions, and the story of the disappeared industrialist who founded the place... But deep within Charleswood, unbeknownst to anyone, there is a device...
13) Sensor
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he's been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and all of it shines a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them--the opening act for the terror about to occur!'"--Amazon.
Author
Series
PTSD Radio volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Carried into modern Japan from a forgotten past, the being known as Ogushi haunts and tortures humans of all kinds. Little is know about Ogushi's curse, except that it resides in an unexpected place: human hair. PTSD Radio takes something everyday and weaves it into a series of chilling, cryptic, twisted, repellant, and alluring manga stories that become more than what they first seem. The hit digital series finally comes to print in three 400-page...
15) Courtney Crumrin
Author
Series
Courtney Crumrin volume 5
Publisher
ONI Press
Pub. Date
2003-
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
Presenting the initial Courtney Crumrin miniseries in a new diges-sized format. Courtney's parents have dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle Aloysius in his spooky old house. She's not only the new kid in school, but she also discovers strange things lurking under her bed.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When college freshman Kat Fields receives a mysterious email urging her to visit a relatively unknown Texas town with a history of witchcraft, strange sightings, and "devil lights"--glowing red stars that appear above the town's hills every night--she ditches her plans for spring break and takes a solo road trip to Estrella Roja to investigate for her podcast, Paranormal Texas, catchphrase: "Y'all stay spooky!" Meanwhile, Marisol "Mari" Castillo,...
17) Jujutsu kaisen
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]-
Edition
Shonen Jump Manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Yuji Itadori is resolved to save the world from cursed demons, but he soon learns that the best way to do it is to slowly lose his humanity and become one himself! In a world where demons feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryoma Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school...
18) Soul eater
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Language
English
Description
"Maka is a weapon meister, determined to turn her partner, a living scythe named Soul Eater, into a powerful death scythe--the ultimate weapon of Death himself! Charged with the task of reaping tainted souls, Maka and her fellow meisters strive to master their weapons as they face off against the bizarre and dangerous minions of the underworld. But the meisters' own personal quirks may prove a bigger obstacle than any sultry enchangress!"--P. [4]...
Author
Series
Gotham Academy volume 5
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]-
Language
English
Description
"It's the second semester at Gotham Academy, and everything is back to normal. Of course, "normal" for Gotham's top prep school would be considered uncontrollable weirdness anywhere else! First, a bunch of students start walking out of their extracurricular activities with no explanation and signing up for a strange new society--Witch Club! Then, a stolen map of the Academy puts the students on a trail of ancient symbols and hidden chambers. There's...
20) The liminal zone
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a "weeping woman"--a professional mourner--sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward--she can't stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there? One of horror's greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in...
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