Romaner

Two years have passed since Utsumi's secret was discovered and he and his family left town without a word. Hiyama Nachi has grown into a hardened and distrustful high schooler, embittered by feelings of abandonment and determined to focus on her test scores to the exclusion of everything else. Despite her best efforts, thoughts of Utsumi still linger in her mind... but is her hope for his return just as painful as the grief of being left behind?

The groundbreaking first year of the 21st-century reimagining of Spider-Man, one of the greatest comic book eras in history!High school, puberty, first dances — there are many pitfalls to being young. Compound these with intense personal tragedy and superhuman powers, and you can start to visualize the world of Peter Parker, A.K.A. Spider-Man! Following the murder of his uncle and the Green Goblin's assault on his high school, Peter finds himself on the brink of manhood: getting a job at the Daily Bugle to help support his widowed aunt and taking on extracurricular activities — such as bringing down the Kingpin, the head of organized crime in New York City! Even with the help of his best friend and confidante Mary Jane Watson, it’s a heavy load to bear for any teenager — but Peter Parker is far from any teenager!COLLECTING: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) 1-13

The acclaimed team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale come together again to tell a story of X-Man Gambit stalking the streets of London, hunting…Wolverine?!Warrior. Ronin. Soldier. Mutant. Logan knows little of his past, save that it was fraught with pain and loss. Today, Wolverine is an X-Man — using his animal-keen senses, accelerated healing factor and razor-sharp claws to help protect a world that fears and hates mutants! Always an outsider, Gambit was shunned as a youth because of his strange, burning-red eyes. Eventually, Remy LeBeau realized he was a mutant, possessed of the ability to charge inanimate objects with explosively released biokinetic energy. A reformed thief and charming scoundrel, the ragin' Cajun always has a card up his sleeve! Now, Loeb and Sale bring the X-Men’s outlaw heroes to London in the wake of brutal slayings that may mark the return of the 19th-century serial killer called Jack the Ripper! Or could one of these two be the real killer? It’s a fast-paced murder mystery that will keep you guessing right up until the last page!COLLECTING: Wolverine/Gambit: Victims (1995) 1-4, material from Uncanny X-Men Annual (1992) 18

From the creator of Perfect World comes a new josei manga about a pure romance that blossoms in the unfair world of the foster care system. Blending a realistic representation of the situation faced by the most vulnerable children in Japanese society with a page-turning love story, Sheltering Eaves is, like the teens who come to life on its pages, one of a kind. The anger inside Tenjaku finally bursts, and there are consequences legally as well as personally. He is sentenced to juvenile detention after assaulting his father in retaliation for hitting Yoru. The systems intended to support vulnerable youths have their limits, especially after children age out. As Yoru and Tenjaku work on healing themselves emotionally, they remain committed to a future together. How will their codependent relationship survive after they leave the children's home?

The class princess's biggest fan discovers she's secretly a needy mess--a mess she's now got to clean up--in this silly and cute yuri manga. A role-reversal rom-com for fans of farcical comedies like Catch These Hands! and I Can't Believe I Slept With You! where the senpai is the one acting out! Hitomi Kujo, self-proclaimed rival of Yaya Suo, is tired of losing boththe school's top spot and Ichigo's affection to the class princess. She demands that they settle the score once and for all through a series>Three stars learn to shine as themselves in this heartwarming final volume!

A brash young woman and a boy with a mysterious arm search for answers while evading military assassins in this dystopian sci-fi action manga, perfect for fans of Akira and Sakamoto Days. THE RAID Riko's plan to rescue Ewan from Shinra's clutches ended in bitter disappointment, with Ewan choosing to remain rather than escape with Riko. As Riko drowns her frustration in alcohol, fate throws the artful Gero across her path, leading to an unlikely team-up. Meanwhile, the board of directors orders the mercenaries to commence their sweep of the laboratory for any survivors. Can Eito and the other A-DO band together to turn the tide?

This award-winning manga about one girl's journey to the Olympic figure skating spotlight is enthralling readers around the world! "A story about learning to believe in yourself even when everyone else tells you you're not good enough." -Anime News Network Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori's already "too old" (she's 11); she's always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister's skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rink is the only place Inori can be herself, and she's out on the ice when a fateful meeting takes place. Tsukasa, a frustrated coach on the edge of giving up competitive skating himself, will join Inori to form an unstoppable duo powered by hard work, transcendent joy, and an unshakeable belief that they can prove everyone wrong. Catch up on the acclaimed manga that inspired the upcoming anime series!

Since before the dawn of memory, one thing has defined human history: the war between ninjas and yakuzas. This coarse and manly manga follows two members of these warring tribes who fill the gutters of modern Tokyo with blood to determine which elemental force will reign supreme! An outrageous new action series, like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure meets Fist of the North Star! Pretty Guardian Sailor Ninja The offshoot yakuza gang called the Glass Children force hostages into a deadly escape room game. The ninja chief undergoes a dramatic transformation to use unprecedented magical girl powers against the demented young assassins. Mass murder causes crowds to run around with their heads literally cut off. Bound by their newfound friendship, Kiwami and Shinoha desperately hope to find each other safe. However, the Glass Children are anything but fragile--especially when their leader Gamute holds a filial grudge. The rat race begins. See how they run.

Opposite sides of the law flirt with danger--and each other--in a tangled web of political intrigue that is fraught with deception and secrets. A suspenseful mystery sure to get the heart racing in more ways than one, perfect for fans of No. 6 and Banana Fish! Thanks to Taguchi's elite resources, the team can finally put a name to the shadowy fifth man involved in the Tetra building incident: Lon Aterof. The race to reveal the true nature of the explosion is on, with Ichiro and Shiro moving to secure the perpetrators before Aterof and his lackey Nina can. But with every turn, Aterof has come out one step ahead, leaving Ichiro and Shiro to calculate their next move from an unlikely safe haven...

The fourth volume in a supernatural murder mystery that explores the complicated bond between father and son and cements itself squarely in a corner of the MASSIVE-VERSE!Finally back in control of his life, Dylan attempts to repair the damage inflicted on New Orleans in his absence while preparing himself for the ultimate showdown with Mourningstar. But as he begins scouring the supernatural community for allies, he discovers new players lurking in the shadows, each with their own agendas—and not everyone wants him to succeed. ROGUE SUN is part of the Massive-Verse. Collects Rogue Sun #19-24. WHAT IS THE MASSIVE-VERSE? Kyle Higgins & Marcelo Costa's breakout hit Radiant Black took superhero storytelling to new heights. But Radiant Black isn't the only character inhabiting the MASSIVE-VERSE. There's a whole universe for readers to explore! Characters like Rogue Sun, Inferno Girl Red, The Dead Lucky and more yet to be revealed each of them has a different story to tell, different adversaries to face and they each occupy a very different corner of this shared universe. What are you waiting for? Now's the time to get into the MASSIVE-VERSE!

The Daughters of Drakulon return with a vengeance in an all-new tale of the Vampiverse! Vampirella's daughter Lilith, now working for the Reality Corporation, has received her first assignment: investigate an anomaly in one of the many threads of the Fabric where the Vampirella of that world has gone eerily silent. Upon reaching this troubled reality, Lilith discovers a world overrun by the spawn of Chaos, and a Vampirella beaten and broken by the forces she has sworn to combat. Now, it's up to Lilith to save this world from a monstrous evil and to restore Vampirella to the warrior of Order she once had been! The acclaimed writing team of TOM SNIEGOSKI and JEANNINE ACHESON (Vampiverse, Pantha) reunite with artist DANIEL MAINE (Vampiverse, Chastity) for this exciting addition to the Expanded Vampirella Universe!

Life is changing fast in 1904 Nashville, but the sins of the past live free in a place called Hell's Half Acre -- where you can find gambling, sex and most any other debauchery ever dreamed. And none do it better than Miss Marion's, where a mysterious gambler named Britt sets in motion a chain of events that will have lawmen and outlaws alike aiming to put him six feet under. Will the woman that Britt scorned be his downfall or salvation when Hell comes calling? Hell's Half Acre gives the reader a combination of gunslinging action, familiar Western themes of morality, complicated lawmen, and the thrill of the chase, and a supernatural dose of good and evil. The story takes place in the waning days of the Old West, as the Industrial Revolution has been modernizing the New World of America. A mysterious gambler comes to 1904 Nashville in search of money to help him enter a high-stakes poker game on a riverboat bound for St. Louis. He meets Bessie at her mother's establishment, a brothel and gambling house, a vestige of a bygone day. From there, the stakes are raised as this gambler goes on the run with a cast of characters in pursuit as they ultimately wind their way to the St. Louis World's Fair. Who will live, who will die, and who will lose their soul?

Join Chip Zdarsky, David Brothers, and Marcus To for a sci-fi adventure that defies expectation and time itself! Meet Blue, a man trapped in the past, which is our present. Sent back in time for a mission he could not bring himself to complete, the former soldier Blue builds a life with Grace, the Sheriff of a small rural town. The pair build a foundation of happiness on a history of bloodshed, as far away from the trigger-happy corporate overlords that used Blue as a human gun. After ten years together, Blue and Grace are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: adoption. Before Grace can fully convince Blue to expand their family, the future comes calling. The overlords want their first deserter and to complete the mission Blue could not. They have one simple rule: kill anyone who stands in their way.