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This large-trim definitive edition with gorgeous textured design collects three phenomenal volumes of the samurai-era masterpiece by manga legend Takehiko Inoue!
Striving for enlightenment by way of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi is prepared to cut down anyone who stands in his way. Vagabond is an action-packed portrayal of the life and times of the quintessential warrior-philosopher—the most celebrated swordsman of all time.
At 17 years of age, Miyamoto Musashi—still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezō—is a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword. In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezō finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. Takezō’s vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. At this crucial crossroads in Takezō’s life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way.
In Hammer, Volume 3, our hero Stud has teleported to the Jungle
Kingdom. After finding an ally from a previous adventure, his bag
is stolen. Will it soon belong to Brutus Elephante, the Jungle
King? Soon after Stud arrived in the Jungle Kingdom, he was
discovered and reported to the king as an intruder with Kingdom
Maps, the most important treasure King Elephante had been looking
for. Now with a target on his back, Stud continues searching for a
way back home with an ally, Brymm, who has a strange request: she
needs help saving her kingdom in the future. She continuously asks
Stud, who can't help because he's trying to get back home. However,
once Stud's bag is stolen from him while he's having a vivid dream
about his parents, he's fearful of losing it forever and tries to
retrieve it. Stud quickly realizes he can't get it back by himself
and enlists the help of Brymm, who still has an urgent request of
her own. Will he be able to retrieve it before it's given to King
Elephante, or will he be able to retrieve it before then? Will
Brymm find the help she needs to save her kingdom? Learn the
answers to these questions and more in this action-packed volume!
Hammer is rated Y for Youth, recommended for ages 10 and up.
Saturday AM, the world's most diverse manga-inspired comics, are
now presented in a new format! Introducing Saturday AM TANKS, the
new graphic novel format similar to Japanese Tankobons where we
collect the global heroes and artists of Saturday AM. These
handsome volumes have select color pages, revised artwork, and
innovative post-credit scenes that help bring new life to our
popular BIPOC, LGBTQ, and/or culturally diverse characters. Join in
even more adventures with the other action-packed Saturday AM TANKS
series:Apple Black, Clock Striker, Gunhild, Henshin!, The Massively
Multiplayer World of Ghosts, Oblivion Rouge, Saigami, Soul Beat,
Titan King, Underground, and Yellow Stringer.
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Marble Cake
(Paperback)
Scott Jason Smith
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Have you ever wished you could glimpse into the lives of strangers
- those anonymous faces passed aisles of the local supermarket,
those shadows lurking behind the closed curtains of their homes?
Perhaps like you they re also baking blind, no recipe to follow.
Marble Cake cuts a slice through everyday life and takes a bite out
of the layers concealed beneath the icing, all told with the
acerbic wit and keen eye of a truly exciting new creator.
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population
manifested superpowers called Quirks at age four? Heroes and
villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would
mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study?
The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one
of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Getting into U.A. High
School was difficult enough, but it was only the beginning of
Izuku's long road toward becoming a superhero. The new students all
have some amazing powers, and although Izuku has inherited All
Might's abilities, he can barely control them. Then the first-year
students are told they will have to compete just to avoid being
expelled!
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Revolutionary War
(Paperback)
Rob Williams; Illustrated by Richard Elson; Kieron Gillen
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Marvel UK's greatest heroes come together for the first time in 20
years to face a threat that could destroy the world. Featuring
Captain Britain, Pete Wisdom, Death's Head II, Motormouth and
Killpower, the Warheads and a host of British heroes.
The new prequel manga to the smash-hit soccer action series Blue Lock!
How does a listless slacker who thinks everything's a huge pain turn
into one of Japan's top scorers? Find out, as high schooler Reo Mikage
sets out to fan the flames of ambition in future soccer prodigy
Seishiro Nagi, in Blue Lock: Episode Nagi.
Anime movie coming soon!
Second-year high school student Reo Mikage wants nothing more than to
escape his illustrious family's shadow by becoming a soccer star and
winning the World Cup. The only thing that's missing is a talented
diamond in the rough who can help him achieve his dream. That's when he
sets his sights on Seishiro Nagi, a notorious slacker whose quick
reflexes are the only hint of athletic ability. Can Reo find the switch
to awaken the beast inside Nagi?
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an
assassin and a telepath! Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when
it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the
betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate
assignment-to get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over
his head! Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut
out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to
infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that
the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a
telepath!
In 1795, the survivors of a murderous torture orgy at the Chteau de
Selligny in France are attacked by rabid wolves. Badly bitten,
Guillaume Garou ends up in New Orleans, one hundred years later, as
a cannibal necrophile recruited by the Knights of the White Camelia
to carry out acts of atrocity and carnage. One hundred years after
that, he emerges as the leader of a lightning-addicted gang of
graveyard shape-shifters, roaming the southern states in search of
flesh and bones and vying for survival in a nightmarish grindhouse
underworld of vampiric sex covens, serial killers, hellfire
lunatics, sadistic bounty-hunters, acid-damaged circus freaks, and
the resurrected spectres of his former masters. TEENAGE
TIMBERWOLVES: LUST FOR LIGHTNING is the new graphic novella of
horror from cult author James Havoc and prize-winning artist
Daniele Serra (Zuda Comics/DC). TEENAGE TIMBERWOLVES: LUST FOR
LIGHTNING is for MATURE READERS ONLY and contains ADULT LANGUAGE,
and scenes of GRAPHIC VIOLENCE and MILD NUDITY. It is aimed at a
similar audience to those who read such horror comics as 30 DAYS OF
NIGHT, etc. Published in full colour throughout. A complete virtual
environment for this unique graphic novella can be found at the
dedicated website, online april 2009: www.teenagetimberwolves.com
Life gets pretty boring when you can beat the snot out of any villain with just one punch.
Nothing about Saitama passes the eyeball test when it comes to superheroes, from his lifeless expression to his bald head to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking guy has a not-so-average problem—he just can’t seem to find an opponent strong enough to take on!
In the deadly battle with the Monster Association, the heroes are all getting seriously injured. And to make matters worse, Garo appears as a monster! However, Bang is there to face him down. Who’ll have the upper hand in this master-pupil showdown?!
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Adversaries!
(Hardcover)
Dale Lazarov; Contributions by T.J. Wood, Captain Nikko
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