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Series
Star Wars graphic novels. Legacy volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Bone (Jeff Smith) volume 7
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The war in the valley rages on while the Bones, Gran'ma Ben, and their loyal rat creature cub venture on a dangerous trek to Atheia, the old city of the royal family. The goal is to bring Thorn to safety, but to do so they must first travel through fields of the mysterious ghost circles where reality meets the supernatural -- and all this while fending off deadly attacks from Briar, Kingdok, and the rat creatures.
The Bone cousins struggle to reach...
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Author
Series
Absolute Sandman volume 4
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Language
English
Description
"This final volume includes behind-the-scenes extras plus issues #57-75 and a story from VERTIGO JAM #1. Don't miss the end of what Playboy called 'a modern myth, as well as a précis on why the stories we tell matter so much'" -- from publisher's web site.
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Series
Publisher
Marvel Pub
Edition
Direct ed., Marvel premiere ed.
Language
English
Description
It's an all-new beginning for the book that Wizard calls "the best original concept from Marvel in thirty years!" When a group of teenagers discovers that their parents are actually super-villains, they run away from home...but that's only step one! Now that the evil Pride is gone, nearly every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is trying to fill the power vacuum in Los Angeles, and the Runaways are the only heroes who can stop them! Plus: What does a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Edition
Direct ed.
Language
English
Description
When Molly Hayes, the youngest member of the Runaways, is separated from her teammates, the 11-year-old mutant girl is forced to survive alone on the mean streets of Los Angeles, but she soon hooks up with a new group of runaways, whose mysterious leader could be a hero or a villain. Runaways #13-18
8) Kick-Ass: 2
Author
Series
Kick-Ass volume 3
Publisher
Marvel Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Dave Lizewski, a teenage comic book enthusiast, decides to become a superhero known as Kick-Ass. His former ally, Red Mist, decides to become a super villain. Now Red Mist and Kick-Ass must square off.
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Edition
Direct ed., Marvel premiere ed.
Language
English
Description
The world as we know it is about to end, and the Runaways are the only hope to prevent it! Our fledgling teenage heroes have learned how their parents' criminal organization began, and now they must decide how it should END. As the Runaways' epic battle against their evil parents reaches its shocking conclusion, the team's mole stands revealed, and blood must be shed. Which kids will still be standing when the smoke finally clears? This is the story...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom...
12) Saga: Volume 3
Author
Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf
Language
English
Description
"As head of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Dr. Laura Regan is one of the world's foremost authorities on viral and bacteriological study. Having dedicated her career to halting the spread of infectious disease, she has always considered herself one of the good guys. But when her research partner is murdered and Laura is blamed for the crime, she finds herself at the heart of a vast and deadly conspiracy. Aided by three rogue federal...
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st edition
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named...
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 3
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Emily, Navin, and the resistance fighters search for a mythical city in the clouds, and try to figure out if the elf king's son is an ally or an enemy.
Emily and the crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out. Emily has to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her. Book #3.
Author
Series
Blue stars volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When cousins Riley, who has a way with people, and Maya, a tech wizard, move in with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start until they join forces as superheroes to stop their school culture from being threatened by money, power and lies.
19) 49 days
Author
Series
Publisher
LQ, Levine Querido
Language
English
Description
Day 1. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map - it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what's that...? And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind. Agnes Lee has...
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When Babymouse decides to become president of the student council, she learns that there is more to running for office than being famous and in charge.
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