Monday, June 8, 2020

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2020-06-08

Jody Houser, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, Msassyk & Ariana Maher - Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #6 artwork Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #6
Jody Houser, Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, Msassyk & Ariana Maher
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: April 08, 2020
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Dark Horse Comics Inc.

Whether Grog returns to his cluelessly adorable self or transforms into the murderous lich Drath Mephrun is still a big fat question mark. Vox Machina is as prepared as they're going to be, armed with spell components, new allies, and a whole lot of loyalty. But will it be enough? Don't miss the series arc finale! Inspired by the Critical Role web series.



Paul Dini, Alan Burnett & Ty Templeton - Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020-) #4 artwork Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020-) #4
Paul Dini, Alan Burnett & Ty Templeton
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: May 21, 2020
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Batman and Batgirl don't trust Deathstroke and his claims, but Robin however is all for teaming up with the mercenary. The Bat Family will have to figure out where they stand quick when Firefly returns and starts torching the Gotham Museum of Natural History!



Yukiya Murasaki & Naoto Fukuda - How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (Manga) Vol. 8 artwork How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (Manga) Vol. 8
Yukiya Murasaki & Naoto Fukuda
Genre: Other
Price: $11.99
Expected Publish Date: August 18, 2020
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

After witnessing Rem's death at the hands of an insane Paladin, Klem, overcome with anger and hatred, has awakened as the Demon Lord Krebskulm. Meanwhile, an army of Fallen has surrounded Faltra. Can Diablo survive against the greatest threat the races have ever known? Will he be able to save Klem from the demon she's become?



Franquin - Gomer Goof - Gone with the Goof artwork Gomer Goof - Gone with the Goof
Franquin
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: September 19, 2018
Publisher: Cinebook
Seller: Izneo

Music soothes the wild beast ... and brings down walls! Among all the things that make Gomer such a lovable rascal, there are two that are instantly recognisable: his car, and his goofophone. His old lemon, favourite target of the constabulary and every pedestrian’s nightmare, is responsible for half the pollution in town – as well as many of the more ... exotic accidents. The rest of the latter are mostly the result of the terrible ‘musical’ instrument put together by Gomer – stiff competition for the Trumpets of Jericho!



Osamu Tezuka - Message to Adolf, Part 2 artwork Message to Adolf, Part 2
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: June 22, 2016
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

In this second and concluding part, the comics master's late masterpiece takes the tale of the three Adolfs beyond the Axis defeat-for the war's damage does not end with it-to the Middle East.



Osamu Tezuka - Message to Adolf, Part 1 artwork Message to Adolf, Part 1
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: June 08, 2016
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Originally serialized in the '80s in newsmagazine WEEKLY BUNSHUN in the first such attempt by comics master Osamu Tezuka, the magnum opus from the last decade of his momentous career returns in two hardcover installments and a new translation. A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale of three Adolfs: Kamil, a Jew who grew up in Kobe, Japan, the son of a baker; Kaufmann, only child of a German consul stationed at that port city and his Japanese wife; and the Fuhrer with whom the Far Eastern nation made common cause. A briskly paced political thriller, in this first part MESSAGE TO ADOLF takes us from the Nazi propaganda victory of the 1936 Berlin Olympics to the ravaging flames and atrocities of World War II. The disastrous education of Adolf Kaufmann in the ways and prerogatives of the master race begins.



Osamu Tezuka - Astro Boy Volume 10 artwork Astro Boy Volume 10
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 07, 2003
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The works of Osamu Tezuka are being enthusiastically discovered and re-discovered by American audiences. Tezuka is the unquestioned creative wellspring for the modern anime and manga industries, the influence of his genius now pervading popular culture around the globe, and Astro Boy is the quintessential Tezuka work -- innovative, exciting, hilarious, and even heartbreaking. Few works of graphic fiction -- or any fiction, for that matter -- offer so much fun and humanity that appeals to so many different ages. In this volume: Astro battles the mighty (and really BIG!) Garon; Astro must solve "The 100 Million Year Old Crime;" and Astro is stolen!



Osamu Tezuka - Astro Boy Volume 12 artwork Astro Boy Volume 12
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: March 11, 2003
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

With the rapidly expanding explosion of manga and anime, the vast creative and spiritual influence of the late, great Osamu Tezuka is being recognized worldwide, the skill, depth, and humanity of his storytelling placing him among the giants of the comics medium. Astro Boy is the action/adventure archetype for the 21st century, an action-packed roller-coaster ride for all ages imbued with humor, warmth, and wry commentary on humanity in the technological age. In this volume: "Roboid"; "The Eues of Christ"; "Rejuvenating Gas"; and "Space Broadcast."



Osamu Tezuka - Astro Boy Volume 11 artwork Astro Boy Volume 11
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: February 18, 2003
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Fifty years after his creation, Astro Boy continues to lead the manga and anime charge, his adventures still as fresh and exciting as when first crafted by master storyteller/cartoonist/animator Osamu Tezuka. In this volume: Astro Boy must help a robot bomb escape his creators and prevent earth from being destroyed; Astro battles a deadly underground tank controlled by an evil general bent on world conquest; a famous police detective enlists Astro to help him solve a murder - with the detective's father as the prime suspect!



Osamu Tezuka - Astro Boy Volume 9 artwork Astro Boy Volume 9
Osamu Tezuka
Genre: Other
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: December 10, 2002
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Osama Tezuka's Astro Boy is the all-time, 100,000 horsepower champion of classic all-ages robot action! Available for the first time in America, these tales are as exciting, touching, and hilarious as when Tezuka crafted them almost half a century ago! In this volume: Astro Boy tries to foil a mad scientist's plot to use a robotic Cleopatra to recreate the ancient kingdom of Egypt; Astro tries to solve the mystery of a young ghost appearing on 3D TVs; and Astro joins with the robot Cobalt in a race against time to stop a lost H-Bomb from devastating Japan!



Doug Moench & Jim Aparo - Green Arrow (1987-1998) #86 artwork Green Arrow (1987-1998) #86
Doug Moench & Jim Aparo
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: May 12, 2015
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Green Arrow's road trip brings him to Dallas and onto the trail of some stolen artifacts—not to mention into conflict with Catwoman!



Stan Lee & John Romita, Sr. - Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 7 artwork Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 7
Stan Lee & John Romita, Sr.
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: December 11, 2014
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Seller: Disney Electronic Content, Inc.

Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1968) #1-2, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #62-67, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5. Filled from stem to stern with heroic Spidey battles against the likes of the villainous Vulture, Mysterio and Medusa of the Inhumans, this one’s a nail-biter if there ever was! Plus, the sensational origin of Peter Parker’s parents as Spider-Man battles no less than the Red Skull!



Dan Abnett - War of Kings artwork War of Kings
Dan Abnett
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: November 09, 2014
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Seller: Disney Electronic Content, Inc.

Collects War of Kings #1-6, Secret Invasion: War of Kings & War of Kings: Who Will Rule. What happens when an Inhuman - led Kree go to war with the Shi'ar led by the crazed Summers brother Vulcan? When these mighty powers turn their rage upon one another, what happens to those caught in the crossfire? When two mighty rulers wage war, who will rule?.



Yoichi Takahashi - Captain Tsubasa - Tome 01 artwork Captain Tsubasa - Tome 01
Tsubasa, prends ton envol !
Yoichi Takahashi
Genre: Action
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: March 19, 2014
Publisher: Glénat Manga
Seller: Hachette Livre

Le ballon est son ami. Tsubasa est un garçon de 11 ans qui ne vit que pour le football. Alors qu'il vient d'emménager dans une nouvelle ville, il surprend deux écoles rivales qui se disputent le terrain de foot municipal. Impressionné par Wakabayashi, qui prétend être le meilleur gardien de but du Japon, il le défie en duel de façon spectaculaire. C'est alors que Tsubasa se fait remarquer par Roberto, un ancien membre de l'équipe du Brésil, qui deviendra son entraîneur personnel pour faire de ce jeune génie le plus grand joueur de foot japonais ! Diffusé initialement en France en animé sous le titre Olive et Tom ,  Captain Tsubasa est le manga culte de toute une génération. Il a dynamité les inscriptions en clubs sportifs et le football n'a plus jamais été le même après lui. Une œuvre légendaire à plus d'un titre.



Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha - Fables #24 artwork Fables #24
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: December 26, 2012
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Boy Blue has gone missing. Trouble is brewing up at the Farm, and Bigby is still out of town. The residents of Fabletown are about to get a seriously rude awakening when the brothers Hugh, Drew and Lou show up with a gun-toting ultimatum--and the bodies begin to pile up.



Mythic - Alpha - Tome 1 - L'échange artwork Alpha - Tome 1 - L'échange
Mythic
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: March 26, 2010
Publisher: LE LOMBARD
Seller: Izneo

L'histoire d'Alpha commence par un assassinat, celui du banquier allemand Horowitz se rendant à un rendez-vous avec une certaine Assia Donkova. Localisée à Paris, cette belle Moscovite visite les galeries d'art, à la recherche de jeunes artistes à faire exposer en Russie. C'est ainsi qu'elle fait la connaissance du peintre Julien Morgan. Ni lui, ni elle d'ailleurs ne semblent être ce qu'ils prétendent être. Elle a en fait pour mission d'échanger des milliards de roubles en dollars. Lui, c'est Alpha, un agent de la CIA.



Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster - Action Comics (1938-2011) #1 artwork Action Comics (1938-2011) #1
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2013
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

The debut of the world’s most recognizable superhero! Learn the original origin of the Man of Steel in his very first appearance! This issue also features the first appearance of Superman’s Lois Lane and the superhero magician Zatara!



René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo - Asterix - L'Odyssée d'Astérix - n°26 artwork Asterix - L'Odyssée d'Astérix - n°26
René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: September 15, 2013
Publisher: Editions Albert René
Seller: Hachette Livre

Astérix et Obélix, s'embarquent pour un long voyage au moyen-Orient, à la recherche de l'huile de roche, ingrédient essentiel à la fabrication de la célèbre potion magique. Vont-ils se faire doubler par l'agent secret Zérozérosix et ses gadgets derniers cris?



Greg Pak, Jae Lee, Ben Oliver & Yildiray Cinar - Batman/Superman Vol. 1: Cross World artwork Batman/Superman Vol. 1: Cross World
Greg Pak, Jae Lee, Ben Oliver & Yildiray Cinar
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: May 06, 2014
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are close friends in the modern day--but the two weren't always such close allies. Discover how two of the World's Finest Super Heroes met for the first time in the New 52, and the mysterious adventure that takes them to a whole new world-the world of Earth 2! The heroes of the main DC Universe meet their Earth 2 counterparts for the first time! Collects Batman/Superman #1-7.



R.A. Salvatore - Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 1: Homeland artwork Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 1: Homeland
R.A. Salvatore
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2015
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Adapting the famous series by R.A. Salvatore, beginning with Book 1 of the Dark Elf Trilogy, Homeland. Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the Drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do'Urden. The young prince of a royal house, Drizzt grows to maturity in the vile world of his dark kin. Possessing honor beyond the scope of his unprincipled society, young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma. Can he live in a world that rejects integrity?



Yukiya Murasaki - How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 4 artwork How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 4
Yukiya Murasaki
Genre: Other
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: July 23, 2018
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Seller: J-Novel Club LLC

After being summoned to another world similar to the game he used to play, Diablo lives a tumultuous life in this new world after he finds himself the unwitting master of Rem the Pantherian and Shera the Elf;  and now, even the Demon Lord-turned-young-girl Klem obeys him! One day, Diablo ends up rescuing a holy woman who was being pursued by a Paladin, and she turns out to be the most important person in the Church. Befriending her, Diablo and the others act as her escorts until they reach Zircon Tower deep in the Demon Lord’s territory. After arriving in a new town, more difficulties arise, ultimately culminating in the appearance of a gargantuan monster attacking them! Is the self-proclaimed Demon Lord becoming a guardian deity for a follower of the Gods!? This is the fourth volume of the adventure of an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!



Yukiya Murasaki - How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 2 artwork How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 2
Yukiya Murasaki
Genre: Other
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: February 19, 2018
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Seller: J-Novel Club LLC

After being summoned to another world that resembled the video game Cross Reverie, Takuma Sakamoto accidentally ended up with two girls as his slaves: the Pantherian, Rem, and the Elf, Shera. Takuma, under the guise of his screenname Diablo, came to this world a powerful Sorcerer, just like his avatar in the game. Along with the two girls and Emile, a devilishly handsome Warrior, they managed to protect the town of Faltra from the looming threat of invasion by the malevolent Fallen.  But that peace they brought upon the town did not last long. The Kingdom of Greenwood, a country of Elves, makes a troubling demand: if their princess isn't returned to her rightful home within the time allotted, then the Kingdom will declare war on Faltra— And it's up to Diablo and the others to prevent a war with the Elves! So begins the second volume of an adventure with an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!



Yukiya Murasaki - How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 3 artwork How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 3
Yukiya Murasaki
Genre: Other
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: May 07, 2018
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Seller: J-Novel Club LLC

After being summoned to another world that looks almost exactly like the MMORPG he once played, Takuma Sakamoto now spends his days going on adventures with Rem Galleau, the black-furred Pantherian, and Shera L. Greenwood, the Elf princess, both of whom accidentally became enslaved... to him!? One day, he is suddenly approached by the Fallen, Edelgard, with a request: Would he help her to undo the seal that keeps the Demon Lord Krebskulm inside Rem? Takuma, under the guise of his in-game character Diablo, hesitates, as he had previously made a promise to Rem to help her defeat Krebskulm— But he pushes through with his Demon Lord role-play and actually agrees! "I will revive the Demon Lord Krebskulm—and defeat them!" Now it's his Demon Lord role-play vs. an actual Demon Lord! This is the third volume of an adventure with an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!



Yukiya Murasaki - How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 8 artwork How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Volume 8
Yukiya Murasaki
Genre: Other
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: April 29, 2019
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Seller: J-Novel Club LLC

Having finally become king of the elves, Diablo and Shera spend their first night as king and queen together… After, Diablo and his group return to Faltra. He visits Edelgard, deals with a crime syndicate… and bathes Klem?! After this brief pause in their journey, the group makes their way to the northern mountains located in the Demon Lord’s domain. Realizing that he might not win the upcoming battle with the Demon Overlord, Diablo decides to rely on the sword master to help him level up quickly. “Instruct me in swordplay, Swordmaster! I’ll allow it!” “No one’s been so overbearing before…” Will Diablo manage to master the blade, all for the sake of defeating the Demon Overlord?! This is the eighth volume of the adventures of an earthshakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world!



Anne Frank, David Polonsky & Ari Folman - Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation artwork Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Anne Frank, David Polonsky & Ari Folman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: October 02, 2018
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to capture the remarkable spirit of Anne Frank, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world has seen—and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal.   Adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonsky, and authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, this is the first graphic edition of The Diary and includes extensive quotation directly from the definitive edition. It remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.