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Comickaze Comic Books & More On Comic Ground These bookstores each 5517 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite AB 1629 University Avenue have a selection of San Diego, CA 92117 San Diego, CA 92103 used graphic novels. (858) 278-0371 (619) 683-7879 www.comickazeonline.webs.com www.oncomicground.50webs.com Book • Off 4260 Kearny Mesa Road Comics-N-Stuff Rising Sun Creations #128 1020 El Cajon Blvd 1620 Camino De La Reina Suite D San Diego, CA 92111 El Cajon, CA 92020 San Diego, CA 9108 (858) 627-9600 • 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA 92108 www.comics-n-stu .com (619) 291-5264 www.booko usa.com Locations also at www.rsc-online.com • Carlsbad West eld Mall Superstore 5th Avenue Books • Chula Vista Center Southern California Comics 3838 5th Avenue • Horton Plaza 8280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd #124 San Diego, CA 92103 BOOKS TO GET YOU STARTED • North County Fair West eld Mall San Diego, CA 92111 (619) 291-4660 VERSION 1.0 • WINTER 2014 • Otay Ranch Town Center (858) 715-8669 If you’re a comics fan, you know compiling a reading list of graphic novels for a Book Club is a • Parkway Center Shopping Center www.socalcomics.com daunting task. With 75+ years of amazing stories and art, the comics medium is lled with absolute Crazy Fred’s Cards & Comics Villainous Lair Comics treasures. The sta of Comic-Con International got together and came up with a list of their favor- 5648 Lake Murray Blvd 3371 Adams Avenue Plus don’t ite graphic novels. We hope that the books on this list, which we stress is just a starting point, will La Mesa, CA 91942 San Diego, CA 92116 forget make for great discusssions. As a side note, we intended a list of 20 books; we stopped at 60, and (619) 303-6597 (619) 487-1340 could have easily continued. We think this list showcases the incredible diversity of comic books and www.crazyfreds.com www.villainouslair.com to check graphic novels and the genres they embrace. We have selected books that are still in print; some of Galactic Comics Yesteryear Comics them are available in digital form via Kindle and comiXology. See the individual books in this listing 4981 Newport Avenue 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite D2 your for that availability. San Diego, CA 226-6543 San Diego, CA 92123 (619) 226-6543 (828) 279-6121 LOCAL As with most book clubs, you, the members, will pick the books your group reads. If you have a favorite www.galacticcomics.com www.facebook.com/yesteryearcomics LIBRARY! graphic novel you’d like to suggest—and maybe even moderate—at a future club meeting, please bring your suggestion and a copy of the book (If you have it) to the rst club meeting. It doesn’t have Cover art is © 2014 respective owners and used solely for informational purposes. to be on this list. Make your case for your favorite book and if your fellow members agree, we’ll feature it in an upcoming meeting! Don’t forget to check our TOUCAN blog Please see page 8 of this list for local resources (comics and book stores) that may carry the books we sug- for regular Book Club updates! gest for consideration for discussion. www.comic-con.org/toucan SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY MISSION VALLEY MEETINGS: 2014 Dates: Feb. 5, March 5, MISSION STATEMENT First Wednesday of Every Month at 6:00 PM April 2, May 7, Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonpro t educational corporation dedicated to creating aware- June 4, July 2, ness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of 2123 Fenton Parkway, Next to IKEA Aug. 6, Sept. 3, conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture. (Community Room) Oct. 8, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 8 1 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB
CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Gotham Central, Book 1: In the Line of Duty Richard Stark’s Parker, Vol. 1: The Hunter Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters Irredeemable, Vol. 1 Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka & Michael Lark Darwyn Cooke Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker Mark Waid & Peter Krause The Gotham City Police Dept. works Adapted from Richard Stark’s iconic Mark Grayson’s dad is the most What if the world’s greatest superhero decided overtime dealing with novels, Parker is a career criminal powerful superhero on the planet, and to become the world’s greatest supervillain? Batman’s villains. looking for revenge. Mark is following in his footsteps. BOOM! Studios • 128 pages DC Comics • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! IDW • 144 pages Image Comics • 120 pages
Available in print and on Kindle Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on comiXology CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Whiteout, Vol. 1: Definitive Edition Bone: Out from Boneville, Vol. 1 Kingdom Come Marvels Greg Rucka & Steve Lieber Jeff Smith Mark Waid & Alex Ross Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko Jeff Smith’s all-ages fantasy follows The DC Universe heroes come out of The history of the Marvel Universe is sent to Antartica to Bone and his cousins on an epic retirement to stop a new breed of unfolds through the eyes of a investigate a murder. Lord of the Rings like quest. heroes who stop at nothing to achieve newspaper photographer. their goals. Marvel Comics • 248 pages ONI Press • 128 pages Scholastic • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner! DC Comics • 232 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Available in print Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology
FANTASY FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 Coraline: The Graphic Novel Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt Linda Medley Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck This tale of an abandoned castle Coraline discovers a different set A group of super-powered kids go on Kraven the Hunter “kills” Spider-Man and and its inhabitants has been called of parents when she moves to a new the run when they realize their dons his costume, while Spidey fights back a “feminist’s fairy tale.” home and has to fight to get back to parents are super-villains. to reclaim his identity. her real home. Fantagraphics • 472 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 142 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 168 pages Harper Collins • 192 pages Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on comiXology Available in print Available in print and on comiXology (6 invid. issues) FANTASY FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Friends with Boys The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 The Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Superman: Red Son Faith Erin Hicks Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill My Own Worst Enemy Mark Millar, Dave Johnson & Killian Plunkett Maggie McKay goes to high school for the first time, Famous literary characters band Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman What would happen if Superman’s rocket from along with the sad ghost who has together to fight villains Doctor Octopus has taken over Peter Parker’s body and Krypton landed in Soviet Russia rather than the haunted her all her life. in Victorian England. becomes the Superior Spider-Man! United States? First Second • 224 pages ABC/DC Comics • 176 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 120 pages DC Comics • 160 pages
Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology FANTASY HORROR SUPERHERO SUPERHERO The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes Fatale, Book 1: Death Chases Me The Ultimates, Vol. 1: Super-Human Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood Neil Gaiman & Sam Kieth Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang The beginning of Gaiman’s epic tale An immortal woman inspires The Ultimates (The Avengers in Marvel’s Ultimate This new imagining of Wonder Woman places emphasis of Dream, who escapes captivity to obsession in every man she Universe) band together to fight evil. This version is on her mythological roots as Diana finds out search for his lost objects of power. comes across. closest to the movie version of The Avengers. who her real father is.
DC Comics/Vertigo • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! Image Comics • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 160 pages DC Comics • 160 pages
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SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HORROR HORROR Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted Batman: Hush Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft The Sixth Gun, Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt The sixth gun is from a set of weapons with powers Come inside Keyhouse, where every Joss Whedon reinventss the X-Men A new menace from Batman’s past (Hush) threatens not of this world. When it surfaces in the Old West, door you open transforms you. But with a new team led by Cyclops and the Dark Knight and the people he loves. only one man stands in the way of the evil forces beware the beast who lives there! Emma Frost. DC Comics • 320 pages trying to possess it. IDW • 152 pages Marvel Comics • 152 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Oni Press • 160 pages Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HORROR HORROR Batman: Year One Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Vol. 1 Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone By Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting Scott Snyder & Yanick Paquette Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore In this ground-breaking story which changed the Captain America’s life is changed when he confronts The Swamp Thing is part of the Green, This is where it all began: An apocalyptic event Batworld forever, find out how Bruce Wayne became a Cold War-era assassin from the former Soviet Union. which watches over the world. But a war turns much of the world’s population into zombies, as Batman. Marvel Comics • 168 pages with the Red is brewing. the unafflicted struggle to survive. DC Comics • 136 pages DC Comics • 168 pages Image Comics • 144 pages
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Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight The Death of Superman The Archie Wedding: Archie in Will You Marry Me? Bandette, Vol. 1: Presto! Kelly Sue DeConnick, Dexter Soy, & Emma Rios Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, et al Michael Uslan & Stan Goldberg Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover Carol Danvers, the superhero formerly known as Superman vs. Doomsday, a malevolent creature from Gaze into two possible futures for Archie, as he Bandette uses her skills as a thief on Ms. Marvel, takes on a new mission as Captain Marvel. another world, who destroys everything in its path. marries Betty AND Veronica in this “what if?” scenario. both sides of the law. But someone evil The title tells the outcome. wants the world’s greatest thief dead! Marvel Comics • 136 pages Archie Comics • 168 pages DC Comics • 160 pages Dark Horse • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner!
Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print Available in print and on comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HUMOR REALITY-BASED Five Weapons: Make the Grade Green Lantern: Secret Origin Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Precious Little Life American Born Chinese Jimmie Robinson Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis Bryan Lee O’Malley Gene Luen Yang 13-year-old Tyler is the son of a legendary hitman, How Hal Jordan became the Green Lantern Scott Pilgrim has to fight his way through Ramona Jin Wang just wants to be an all- and enrolled in a school for assassins. But Tyler is a of Space Sector 2814. Flowers’ seven evil exes in order to date her. American boy, but a visit from his pacifist ... Chinese cousin causes him to transfer DC Comics • 176 pages Oni Press • 192 pages to another school to start over. Image Comics • 144 pages First Second • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life As a Weapon Hellboy: The Midnight Circus American Splendor and More American Splendor The Dreamer Matt Fraction & David Aja Mike Mignola & Duncan Fegredo Harvey Pekar, et al Will Eisner What does Hawkeye do when he’s not being an Young Hellboy runs away and discovers a weird circus, No one captures real life like Harvey Pekar. His classic Will Eisners’ autobiographical look at his Avenger? He gets into a lot of trouble! inhabited by five demons from Hell. stories–illustrated by some of the top artists in beginnings in comics is also a history of the comics–are collected in these anthologies. early years of the industry. Marvel Comics • 136 pages Dark Horse • 56 pages Ballantine Books • 320 pages W. W. Norton & Company • 54 pages
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REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION The Fixer and Other Stories Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Stuck Rubber Baby Chew, Vol. 1: Taster’s Choice Joe Sacco Alison Bechdel Howard Cruse John Layman & Rob Guillory Joe Sacco reports on the Bosnian War Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical tale Howard Cruse’s semi-autobiographical Tony Chu is a detective who gets in comics form. of growing up with her father, the story explores coming of age in the psychic impressions from what he eats, including maybe the corpse of Drawn and Quarterly • 216 pages owner of the town’s funeral home. 1960s south, and a search for identity. a murder victim. Mariner Books • 232 pages Eisner Award Winner! DC Comics/Vertigo • 224 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Image Comics • 128 pages Available in print Available in print Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION SCIENCE FICTION Ghost World Gingerbread Girl Fashion Beast Fray Daniel Clowes Paul Tobin & Colleen Cover Alan Moore, Anthony Johnston & Facundo Percio Joss Whedon & Karl Moline A series of stories chronicles the lives of teenagers Anna Billips might have a missing sister or she just Alan Moore’s screenplay (written when he was writing Malaka Fray is a thief and a Slayer (ala Enid and Becky, as they grow up and head might be insane. Is her twin imaginary or created by Watchmen in 1985), is a modern-day telling of Beauty Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in this tale towards separate lives. her mad scientist father? and the Beast set in a dystopian future. set in the future. Fantagraphics • 80 pages Top Shelf • 112 pages Avatar Press • 256 pages Dark Horse • 216 pages
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REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION SCIENCE FICTION It’s A Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken Marble Season Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future Saga, Vol. 1 Seth Gilbert Hernandez Nick Spencer & Joe Eisma Bryan K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Seth’s obsession with a forgotten magazine Gilbert Hernandez’s semi-autobiographical graphic Six new students fight for their lives amidst the A sweeping science fiction epic that cartoonist affects his personal life and novel about growing up and the power of story- sinister secrets of Morning Glory Academy. unites two soldiers from opposing sides relationships. telling and role-playing for youth. Image Comics • 192 pages who fall in love and have a baby. Drawn and Quarterly • 176 pages Drawn and Quarterly • 128 pages Image Comics • 160 pages Eisner Award Winner!
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Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History The New York Four The Underwater Welder Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned Art Spiegelman Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly Jeff Lemire Bryan K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra Art Spiegelman’s devastating account of Riley journeys from Brooklyn to Manhattan to go to Jack Joseph deals with the pressures of impending What happens when every man on his parents’ lives in Nazi Germany and school, find love, and make new friends. fatherhood and his work undersea in this story that is earth–except one–dies? concentration camps during WWII. equal parts science fiction and character study. DC Comics • 176 pages DC Comics/Vertigo • 128 pages Pantheon • 160 pages Top Shelf • 224 pages Eisner Award Winner!
Available in print Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SUPERHERO SUPERHERO The Complete Persepolis Relish: My Life in the Kitchen All-New X-Men, Vol. 1: Yesterday’s X-Men Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench Marjane Satrapi Lucy Knisley Brian Michael Bendis & Stuart Immonen Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis Marjane Satrapi’s coming-of-age story, set Lucy Knisley’s autobiographical tale of The original X-Men time travel from the past to Aquaman fights a long-buried race of during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. growing up with her chef mom in a life encounter their modern day counterparts and a undersea creatures in this new imagining surrounded by food. Pantheon • 341 pages future they could never imagine. of the classic hero. First Second • 176 pages Marvel Comics • 136 pages DC Comics • 144 pages
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REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION The Fixer and Other Stories Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Stuck Rubber Baby Chew, Vol. 1: Taster’s Choice Joe Sacco Alison Bechdel Howard Cruse John Layman & Rob Guillory Joe Sacco reports on the Bosnian War Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical tale Howard Cruse’s semi-autobiographical Tony Chu is a detective who gets in comics form. of growing up with her father, the story explores coming of age in the psychic impressions from what he eats, including maybe the corpse of Drawn and Quarterly • 216 pages owner of the town’s funeral home. 1960s south, and a search for identity. a murder victim. Mariner Books • 232 pages Eisner Award Winner! DC Comics/Vertigo • 224 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Image Comics • 128 pages Available in print Available in print Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION SCIENCE FICTION Ghost World Gingerbread Girl Fashion Beast Fray Daniel Clowes Paul Tobin & Colleen Cover Alan Moore, Anthony Johnston & Facundo Percio Joss Whedon & Karl Moline A series of stories chronicles the lives of teenagers Anna Billips might have a missing sister or she just Alan Moore’s screenplay (written when he was writing Malaka Fray is a thief and a Slayer (ala Enid and Becky, as they grow up and head might be insane. Is her twin imaginary or created by Watchmen in 1985), is a modern-day telling of Beauty Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in this tale towards separate lives. her mad scientist father? and the Beast set in a dystopian future. set in the future. Fantagraphics • 80 pages Top Shelf • 112 pages Avatar Press • 256 pages Dark Horse • 216 pages
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REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SCIENCE FICTION SCIENCE FICTION It’s A Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken Marble Season Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future Saga, Vol. 1 Seth Gilbert Hernandez Nick Spencer & Joe Eisma Bryan K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Seth’s obsession with a forgotten magazine Gilbert Hernandez’s semi-autobiographical graphic Six new students fight for their lives amidst the A sweeping science fiction epic that cartoonist affects his personal life and novel about growing up and the power of story- sinister secrets of Morning Glory Academy. unites two soldiers from opposing sides relationships. telling and role-playing for youth. Image Comics • 192 pages who fall in love and have a baby. Drawn and Quarterly • 176 pages Drawn and Quarterly • 128 pages Image Comics • 160 pages Eisner Award Winner!
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Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History The New York Four The Underwater Welder Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned Art Spiegelman Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly Jeff Lemire Bryan K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra Art Spiegelman’s devastating account of Riley journeys from Brooklyn to Manhattan to go to Jack Joseph deals with the pressures of impending What happens when every man on his parents’ lives in Nazi Germany and school, find love, and make new friends. fatherhood and his work undersea in this story that is earth–except one–dies? concentration camps during WWII. equal parts science fiction and character study. DC Comics • 176 pages DC Comics/Vertigo • 128 pages Pantheon • 160 pages Top Shelf • 224 pages Eisner Award Winner!
Available in print Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED SUPERHERO SUPERHERO The Complete Persepolis Relish: My Life in the Kitchen All-New X-Men, Vol. 1: Yesterday’s X-Men Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench Marjane Satrapi Lucy Knisley Brian Michael Bendis & Stuart Immonen Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis Marjane Satrapi’s coming-of-age story, set Lucy Knisley’s autobiographical tale of The original X-Men time travel from the past to Aquaman fights a long-buried race of during the Islamic Revolution in Iran. growing up with her chef mom in a life encounter their modern day counterparts and a undersea creatures in this new imagining surrounded by food. Pantheon • 341 pages future they could never imagine. of the classic hero. First Second • 176 pages Marvel Comics • 136 pages DC Comics • 144 pages
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SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HORROR HORROR Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted Batman: Hush Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft The Sixth Gun, Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt The sixth gun is from a set of weapons with powers Come inside Keyhouse, where every Joss Whedon reinventss the X-Men A new menace from Batman’s past (Hush) threatens not of this world. When it surfaces in the Old West, door you open transforms you. But with a new team led by Cyclops and the Dark Knight and the people he loves. only one man stands in the way of the evil forces beware the beast who lives there! Emma Frost. DC Comics • 320 pages trying to possess it. IDW • 152 pages Marvel Comics • 152 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Oni Press • 160 pages Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HORROR HORROR Batman: Year One Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Vol. 1 Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Raise Them Bones The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone By Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting Scott Snyder & Yanick Paquette Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore In this ground-breaking story which changed the Captain America’s life is changed when he confronts The Swamp Thing is part of the Green, This is where it all began: An apocalyptic event Batworld forever, find out how Bruce Wayne became a Cold War-era assassin from the former Soviet Union. which watches over the world. But a war turns much of the world’s population into zombies, as Batman. Marvel Comics • 168 pages with the Red is brewing. the unafflicted struggle to survive. DC Comics • 136 pages DC Comics • 168 pages Image Comics • 144 pages
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Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight The Death of Superman The Archie Wedding: Archie in Will You Marry Me? Bandette, Vol. 1: Presto! Kelly Sue DeConnick, Dexter Soy, & Emma Rios Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, et al Michael Uslan & Stan Goldberg Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover Carol Danvers, the superhero formerly known as Superman vs. Doomsday, a malevolent creature from Gaze into two possible futures for Archie, as he Bandette uses her skills as a thief on Ms. Marvel, takes on a new mission as Captain Marvel. another world, who destroys everything in its path. marries Betty AND Veronica in this “what if?” scenario. both sides of the law. But someone evil The title tells the outcome. wants the world’s greatest thief dead! Marvel Comics • 136 pages Archie Comics • 168 pages DC Comics • 160 pages Dark Horse • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner!
Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print Available in print and on comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO HUMOR REALITY-BASED Five Weapons: Make the Grade Green Lantern: Secret Origin Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Precious Little Life American Born Chinese Jimmie Robinson Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis Bryan Lee O’Malley Gene Luen Yang 13-year-old Tyler is the son of a legendary hitman, How Hal Jordan became the Green Lantern Scott Pilgrim has to fight his way through Ramona Jin Wang just wants to be an all- and enrolled in a school for assassins. But Tyler is a of Space Sector 2814. Flowers’ seven evil exes in order to date her. American boy, but a visit from his pacifist ... Chinese cousin causes him to transfer DC Comics • 176 pages Oni Press • 192 pages to another school to start over. Image Comics • 144 pages First Second • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology SUPERHERO SUPERHERO REALITY-BASED REALITY-BASED Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life As a Weapon Hellboy: The Midnight Circus American Splendor and More American Splendor The Dreamer Matt Fraction & David Aja Mike Mignola & Duncan Fegredo Harvey Pekar, et al Will Eisner What does Hawkeye do when he’s not being an Young Hellboy runs away and discovers a weird circus, No one captures real life like Harvey Pekar. His classic Will Eisners’ autobiographical look at his Avenger? He gets into a lot of trouble! inhabited by five demons from Hell. stories–illustrated by some of the top artists in beginnings in comics is also a history of the comics–are collected in these anthologies. early years of the industry. Marvel Comics • 136 pages Dark Horse • 56 pages Ballantine Books • 320 pages W. W. Norton & Company • 54 pages
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CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Gotham Central, Book 1: In the Line of Duty Richard Stark’s Parker, Vol. 1: The Hunter Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters Irredeemable, Vol. 1 Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka & Michael Lark Darwyn Cooke Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker Mark Waid & Peter Krause The Gotham City Police Dept. works Adapted from Richard Stark’s iconic Mark Grayson’s dad is the most What if the world’s greatest superhero decided overtime dealing with novels, Parker is a career criminal powerful superhero on the planet, and to become the world’s greatest supervillain? Batman’s villains. looking for revenge. Mark is following in his footsteps. BOOM! Studios • 128 pages DC Comics • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! IDW • 144 pages Image Comics • 120 pages
Available in print and on Kindle Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on comiXology CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Whiteout, Vol. 1: Definitive Edition Bone: Out from Boneville, Vol. 1 Kingdom Come Marvels Greg Rucka & Steve Lieber Jeff Smith Mark Waid & Alex Ross Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko Jeff Smith’s all-ages fantasy follows The DC Universe heroes come out of The history of the Marvel Universe is sent to Antartica to Bone and his cousins on an epic retirement to stop a new breed of unfolds through the eyes of a investigate a murder. Lord of the Rings like quest. heroes who stop at nothing to achieve newspaper photographer. their goals. Marvel Comics • 248 pages ONI Press • 128 pages Scholastic • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner! DC Comics • 232 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Available in print Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology
FANTASY FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 Coraline: The Graphic Novel Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt Linda Medley Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck This tale of an abandoned castle Coraline discovers a different set A group of super-powered kids go on Kraven the Hunter “kills” Spider-Man and and its inhabitants has been called of parents when she moves to a new the run when they realize their dons his costume, while Spidey fights back a “feminist’s fairy tale.” home and has to fight to get back to parents are super-villains. to reclaim his identity. her real home. Fantagraphics • 472 pages Eisner Award Winner! Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 142 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 168 pages Harper Collins • 192 pages Available in print and on comiXology Available in print and on comiXology Available in print Available in print and on comiXology (6 invid. issues) FANTASY FANTASY SUPERHERO SUPERHERO Friends with Boys The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 The Superior Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Superman: Red Son Faith Erin Hicks Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill My Own Worst Enemy Mark Millar, Dave Johnson & Killian Plunkett Maggie McKay goes to high school for the first time, Famous literary characters band Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman What would happen if Superman’s rocket from along with the sad ghost who has together to fight villains Doctor Octopus has taken over Peter Parker’s body and Krypton landed in Soviet Russia rather than the haunted her all her life. in Victorian England. becomes the Superior Spider-Man! United States? First Second • 224 pages ABC/DC Comics • 176 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 120 pages DC Comics • 160 pages
Available in print Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology Available in print and on Kindle and comiXology FANTASY HORROR SUPERHERO SUPERHERO The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes Fatale, Book 1: Death Chases Me The Ultimates, Vol. 1: Super-Human Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: Blood Neil Gaiman & Sam Kieth Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang The beginning of Gaiman’s epic tale An immortal woman inspires The Ultimates (The Avengers in Marvel’s Ultimate This new imagining of Wonder Woman places emphasis of Dream, who escapes captivity to obsession in every man she Universe) band together to fight evil. This version is on her mythological roots as Diana finds out search for his lost objects of power. comes across. closest to the movie version of The Avengers. who her real father is.
DC Comics/Vertigo • 240 pages Eisner Award Winner! Image Comics • 144 pages Eisner Award Winner! Marvel Comics • 160 pages DC Comics • 160 pages
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