Monday, January 22, 2024

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2024-01-23

Chugong & DUBU(REDICE STUDIO) - Solo Leveling, Vol. 3 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 3 (comic)
Chugong & DUBU(REDICE STUDIO)
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 16, 2021
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Thus far, Jinwoo has managed to keep his rapid evolution hidden from his fellow hunters. When he arrives at his latest assignment, though, he is greeted by a group of familiar faces—Joohee, Mr. Song, and the other survivors of the double dungeon are gathered for the raid, and his comrades can’t help but notice Jinwoo’s drastic change in stature! Jinwoo intends to act the weakling he was before, but when their party is joined by a group of criminals and their association minder, Jinwoo may have no choice but to push his newly acquired skills to the limit if he and his friends want to get out alive!



Faith Erin Hicks, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Peter Wartman & Adele Matera - Avatar: The Last Airbender--Imbalance Omnibus artwork Avatar: The Last Airbender--Imbalance Omnibus
Faith Erin Hicks, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Peter Wartman & Adele Matera
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: August 29, 2023
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Aang faces a decision from which there is no return! When Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph return to Earthen Fire Industries—the factory owned by Toph’s father—Aang is surprised when their arrival is met with a cold shoulder. As soon as the team is asked for help at a business council meeting, the reason for the slight becomes clear: a massive bender-versus-non-bender conflict has gripped the town and is threatening to turn violent. In order to heal the divide and save the town, Aang and the team will all face tough decisions about power and identity that could tear them apart. Join Faith Erin Hicks ( The Adventures of Superhero Girl , The Nameless City ) and drawn by Peter Wartman ( Stonebreaker ), in collaboration with Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko in this beautiful second edition of Imbalance ! With a brand-new cover by Peter Wartman! Collects Avatar: The Last Airbender—Imbalance volumes 1-3.



Eiichiro Oda - One Piece, Vol. 2 artwork One Piece, Vol. 2
Buggy the Clown
Eiichiro Oda
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: November 02, 2010
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

As a kid, Monkey D. Luffy vowed to become King of the Pirates and find the legendary treasure called the "One Piece." The enchanted Gum-Gum Fruit has given Luffy the power to stretch like rubber--and his new crewmate, the infamous pirate hunter Roronoa Zolo, strikes fear into the hearts of other buccaneers! But what chance does one rubber guy stand against Nami, a thief so tough she specializes in robbing pirates...or Captain Buggy, a fiendish pirate lord whose weird, clownish appearance conceals even weirder powers? It's pirate vs. pirate in the second swashbuckling volume of One Piece!



Honobonoru500 & Tou Fukino - The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (Manga) Vol. 4 artwork The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (Manga) Vol. 4
Honobonoru500 & Tou Fukino
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: November 14, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

After leaving Ratome Village, Ivy heads toward the town of Otolwa. As she travels through the forest, she meets a group of adventurers called the "Sword of Flames," a myriad of unique personalities. For her own safety, Ivy decides to travel with them, all the while keeping Sora's and Adandara's existence a secret. However, the lively time she spends among them is fleeting, for it isn't long before she senses an unpleasant, unsettling gaze upon her...



Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura - Blue Lock Volume 23 artwork Blue Lock Volume 23
Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: January 02, 2024
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

With a tied score, the third match of the Neo Egotist League, Germany vs. England, enters its endgame! Isagi sees through Chris’s decisive play and manages to set up a counterattack. But Yukimiya, determined not to lose to his fate, swoops in to steal the spotlight! As logic and idealism face off, Isagi tries to find a new way of thinking to defeat Kaiser… Can he awaken in a way nobody else could predict? And when the dust settles, who will emerge as the hero?!



Eiichiro Oda - One Piece Tome 1 artwork One Piece Tome 1
Eiichiro Oda
Genre: Action
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: March 19, 2014
Publisher: Glénat Manga
Seller: Hachette Livre

Nous sommes à l'ère des pirates. Luffy, un garçon espiègle, rêve de devenir le roi des pirates en trouvant le "One Piece", un fabuleux trésor. Par mégarde, Luffy a avalé un jour un fruit démoniaque qui l'a transformé en homme caoutchouc. Depuis, il est capable de contorsionner son corps élastique dans tous les sens, mais il a perdu la faculté de nager.Avec l'aide de ses précieux amis, dont le fidèle Shanks, il va devoir affronter de redoutables pirates dans des aventures toujours plus rocambolesques. Récemment adapté en dessin animé pour la télévision, One Piece remporte un beau succès au Japon. La sortie de ce manga en France permet à Eiichiro Oda de faire montre de tout son talent de graphiste et de narrateur.



Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed & Jim Cheung - The New Avengers: Illuminati artwork The New Avengers: Illuminati
Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed & Jim Cheung
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: September 09, 2013
Publisher: Marvel
Seller: Disney Electronic Content, Inc.

Collects New Avengers: Illuminati #1-5. The Illuminati is a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man Tony Stark, founding member of the Avengers. These six men have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. How and what they have done together has remained a mystery...until now! Writers Brian Michael Bendis (Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man) and Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) have joined together with Jim Cheung (Young Avengers) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today!



Osamu Takahashi - Lust Geass, Vol. 3 artwork Lust Geass, Vol. 3
Osamu Takahashi
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: March 30, 2021
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

After Makoto’s confession, Souta finds himself having to balance a delicate three-way relationship. Trying to keep both lust-crazed girls satisfied while also keeping his cheating a secret from Rikka is hard enough, but Zepar isn’t through with him yet…as the next to fall victim to her curse is none other than their homeroom teacher, Tateaki-sensei! Faced with the domineering charms of a lonely adult woman, will Souta be sucked into yet another immoral affair?



Ai Yazawa - Nana, Vol. 3 artwork Nana, Vol. 3
Ai Yazawa
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 24, 2012
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Things are slowly coming together for Nana Osaki. The guitarist and drummer from her old band have joined her in Tokyo and she's finally found a ripping new bass player to replace Ren Honjo. The Black Stones are back and they're ready to kick some ass.Nana Komatsu, however, can't shake her old nemesis, the Demon Lord. She's stuck in a dead-end job and there's trouble brewing with her boyfriend, Shoji. He's been working late and hasn't exactly been the most attentive lover. Poor Nana. Life in Tokyo is turning out to be a total bummer.



Eiichiro Oda - One Piece Tome 8 artwork One Piece Tome 8
Je ne mourrai pas !
Eiichiro Oda
Genre: Action
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: June 25, 2014
Publisher: Glénat Manga
Seller: Hachette Livre

Ferme dans ses convictions et ignorant la peur, Luffy défie Don Krieg sans aucune hésitation. Ce combat mettra-t-il un terme à la bataille acharnée qui s’est engagée sur le “Baratie” ?! Pour Sanji, l’heure du départ à l’aventure s’apprête à sonner…



Ai Yazawa - Nana, Vol. 4 artwork Nana, Vol. 4
Ai Yazawa
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: October 01, 2012
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Nana K.'s perfect Tokyo life is crumbling around her. She can't keep a job, she can't keep any money, and now it looks like she can't even keep her boyfriend! But luckily, a tasty nugget of gossip about Nana O.'s past love life helps Nana K. keep her mind off her own troubles. If she can play the role of cupid for her best friend, can Nana K. get closer to her own happy ending?



John Arcudi & Doug Mahnke - The Mask Omnibus Volume 1 (Second Edition) artwork The Mask Omnibus Volume 1 (Second Edition)
John Arcudi & Doug Mahnke
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $21.99
Publish Date: April 09, 2019
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The bestselling comic trilogy that inspired the blockbuster film  The Mask  is collected in this omnibus edition of gruesome hilarity! A weird mask of unknown origin and power is discovered and imbues its wearer with limitless cartoon character invulnerability that takes the nerdy Stanley Ipkiss, the police, the mafia, and the monstrous mob muscleman Walter on a colliding violent path of homicidal mayhem, lunacy, and destruction!  Collects  The Mask ,  The Mask Returns , and  The Mask Strikes Back !



Patricia Briggs, Rik Hoskin & Tom Garcia - Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly #6 artwork Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly #6
Patricia Briggs, Rik Hoskin & Tom Garcia
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: March 25, 2015
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Seller: Dynamic Forces, Inc.

Mercy Thompson's all-new comic book adventure comes to its tense conclusion, in a story by New York Times' bestselling author, Patricia Briggs! Mercy has discovered a fae connection to the buried bodies. But can that knowledge help save her stepdaughter Jesse before she becomes Hopcross Jilly's next victim?



Paul Tobin - Plants vs. Zombies: Lawnmageddon #2 artwork Plants vs. Zombies: Lawnmageddon #2
Paul Tobin
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 06, 2015
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Dark Horse Comics Inc.

Nate and Patrice seek refuge from the zombie hordes in the house of mush-mouthed inventor Crazy Dave, who introduces them to his greenhouse of heroic plants—their only hope against the undead invasion! When things look this bleak, is there still time for lemonade? “Brains. Brains. Brains? Brains!”—a Zombie The first Plants vs. Zombies comic-book series! The hit video game comes to comics! Tobin and Chan take us on an original Plants vs. Zombies adventure! A humor-filled adventure that all ages can enjoy!.



Patricia Briggs, Christopher Lawrence & Amelia Woo - Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called #7 artwork Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called #7
Patricia Briggs, Christopher Lawrence & Amelia Woo
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: November 26, 2014
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Seller: Dynamic Forces, Inc.

In the past week, coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has faced angry werewolves, bloodthirsty vampires and even armed gun men.  But now, the greatest danger of all threatens.  There's a traitor inside the wolf pack...and Mercy's hunt to uncover the truth may ignite a civil war! Can she unmask the turncoat before the pack is destroyed? The exciting adaptation of Patricia Briggs's first Mercy Thompson best-seller is barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion.   Filled with compelling characters, action and suspense, it's guaranteed to thrill fans both old and new!



Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura - Blue Lock Volume 22 artwork Blue Lock Volume 22
Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: November 07, 2023
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way? The chaotic battle against Manshine City begins! As the third match of the Neo Egotist League begins, Isagi swears revenge on Kaiser for interfering with his goal. Meanwhile, Reo has resolved to evolve using a newfound independence, but Nagi proposes they work together again… The decisive change caused by Reo and Nagi brings unprecedented chaos to the field! Can Isagi’s new “Meta Vision” technique transcend all his new obstacles?!!



Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura - Blue Lock Volume 21 artwork Blue Lock Volume 21
Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: September 05, 2023
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way?The third match of the Neo Egotist League kicks off with a preemptive strike from the transformed Chigiri. While the newly established duo of Isagi and Ranze plot a counterattack, Nagi begins devising his own plays at the encouragement of Chris Prince. And with the U-20 strikers Kaiser and Agi in the mix, the battlefield rockets up to the next level! Will Isagi's hunger for a goal lead him to strike gold and smash through his limits?!



Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura - Blue Lock Volume 20 artwork Blue Lock Volume 20
Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: July 18, 2023
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way? Bastard München has won its first match thanks to Isagi and Kunigami’s teamwork. Before the dust from the match fully settles, Ego makes an appearance to describe the full scope of the Neo Egotist League: each player’s value will be judged by club owners and sponsors from around the world, and the players will have to battle each other for prominence as the world watches on. As Isagi’s rivalry with Kaiser heats up, the time comes for them to face Nagi, Reo, Chigiri, and the rest of England’s Manshine City…!!



Muneyuki Kaneshiro - Blue Lock Volume 19 artwork Blue Lock Volume 19
Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: May 16, 2023
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way? Blue Lock Phase Two: Neo Egotist League has begun!! In Bastard München's match against Spain's FC Barcha, Isagi is astonished to see Bachira's new and improved play style in action. Meanwhile, his teammates, the wildcard-survivor Kunigami and "genius" Kaiser, display skills that far surpass Isagi's own. How will Isagi prove his worth in the midst of such incredible players...?!



Gido Amagakure - Sweetness and Lightning Volume 12 artwork Sweetness and Lightning Volume 12
Gido Amagakure
Genre: Women
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: June 04, 2019
Publisher: Kodansha Advanced Media LLC
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

Scenes from a Life Ever since losing his wife, high school teacher Kôhei Inuzuka has raised his daughter Tsumugi alone. But what once seemed like an impossible task has become possible, as Kôhei’s friendship with his student Kotori has led all three of them to discover the delight of food and cooking. But when Kôhei has a health scare of his own, their hard-won happiness will face its greatest test…



Saverio Tenuta - La Légende des nuées écarlates T2 artwork La Légende des nuées écarlates T2
Comme feuilles au vent
Saverio Tenuta
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 20, 2014
Publisher: Les Humanoïdes Associés
Seller: Humanoids, Inc

Une saga placée sous le signe de la beauté et de la tragédie, traversée par la magie du Japon médiéval et des légendes nippones. PARUTION EN 4 VOLUMES - SÉRIE TERMINÉE 'Un univers nourri de références culturelles et historiques au Japon ancien, des paysages à couper le souffle et l'évocation des êtres magiques de la mythologie nipponne contribuent à envoûter un lecteur partagé entre la fascination et l'effroi que suscite ce conte d'amour et de sang.' Au Japon, dans une lointaine époque où règnent encore les esprits de la nature, Raido erre sans but. Dans son voyage en quête de son passé, il parvient à la ville qui parle au ciel, ultime rempart contre la glace qui avance inexorablement dans ces terres oubliées. Des loups venimeux, d'hostiles divinités, d'anciens guerriers samuraïs qui suivent la voie de l'épée… Cette saga placée sous le double signe de la beauté et de la tragédie nous narre les aventures de Raido, le Ronin amnésique.



Jim Starlin - Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Select artwork Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Select
Jim Starlin
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: June 17, 2020
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Seller: Disney Electronic Content, Inc.

Collects Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1-6. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! For the dark Titan, Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet was the Holy Grail — the ultimate prize to be coveted above all else. With it came omnipotence: absolute control of all aspects of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. But Thanos gaining supreme might meant the beginning of a dark nightmare for the entire universe. Now, on the edge of Armageddon and led by the mysterious Adam Warlock, Earth’s heroes join in a desperate attempt to thwart this nihilistic god’s insane plunge into galactic self-destruction. Should the heroes fail, the astral gods of the universe wait to step into the fray. But in such an awesome cosmic conflict, will anyone survive? It’s one of the greatest blockbusters of all, from cosmics maestro Jim Starlin, the legendary George Pérez and fan-favorite Ron Lim!



DUBU(REDICE STUDIO) & Chugong - Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (comic)
DUBU(REDICE STUDIO) & Chugong
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: July 20, 2021
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Ever since he woke up in the hospital, Jinwoo’s been thrown into a world of cryptic messages, daily quests, and strange dungeons overflowing with creatures he’s never even heard of. As he tests out his new abilities, it starts to sink in that he is no longer the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind. Maybe he can finally attain what he’s always wanted—enough power to protect himself—but a run-in with an unexpected foe forces Jinwoo to consider just how far he’s willing to go to obtain it!



Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), Abigail Blackman & HYE YOUNG IM - Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 (comic)
Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), Abigail Blackman & HYE YOUNG IM
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: March 02, 2021
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung’s contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed. Unfortunately, between his mother’s hospital bills, his sister’s tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line. So when an opportunity arises for a bigger payout, he takes it…only to come face-to-face with a being whose power outranks anything he’s ever seen! With the party leader missing an arm and the only healer a quivering mess, can Jinwoo some­how find them a way out?



Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman - Solo Leveling, Vol. 8 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 8 (comic)
Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Expected Publish Date: January 23, 2024
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

After his victory on Jeju Island, the top guilds are all clamoring to recruit Jinwoo Sung, the strongest S-rank hunter and the hero of Korea—a far cry from the hapless E-rank hunter he used to be. As exciting as each new development is, however, Jinwoo’s eager to finally get some answers, so an invitation from the system to return to the double dungeon that changed his life is a welcome opportunity. He’ll have to put the visit on the back burner, though, because first things first—Jinwoo has a guild to establish!