Monday, June 3, 2024

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2024-06-03

Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz - Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #2 artwork Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #2
The Original Teleplay
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: July 23, 2014
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Yeoman Rand return to the Enterprise following their first encounter with the Guardians of Forever, only to find a darker, more vicious crew of renegades awaiting them! Can they return the timestream to its proper state? And will they even survive long enough to try?



Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz - Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #3 artwork Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #3
The Original Teleplay
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: August 27, 2014
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Harlan Ellison’s Hugo- and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Stranded in the past of old Earth, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock search for the focal point that altered the timestream and changed everything about the universe they knew. And once they find her, they could find themselves foiled by a force even greater than the Guardians of Forever—love!



Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz - Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #4 artwork Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #4
The Original Teleplay
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: September 29, 2014
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Harlan Ellison’s Hugo- and WGA Award-winning teleplay adaptation continues! As Kirk and Spock bide their time in 1930s New York, Kirk finds himself doing the unthinkable—falling in love with a woman of the past! And all the while, a murderer from their own era draws ever closer, threatening to alter the very fabric of history! Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time!



Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz - Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever #5 artwork Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever #5
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2015
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

The final act of Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning Star Trek teleplay!  Is James T. Kirk willing to sacrifice the woman he loves, to save the universe as he knows it?! You may have seen the episode, but you only think you know how it ends! From the mind of literary legend Harlan Ellison!



kazutaka & Kai Tomohiro - Destiny Lovers Vol. 6 artwork Destiny Lovers Vol. 6
kazutaka & Kai Tomohiro
Genre: Dystopian Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: April 27, 2021
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Fujishiro Kosuke has been abducted, confined to prison, and ruthlessly pursued by a gang of wardens determined to steal his virginity. Now, after finally escaping the jail, he and the other virgins find themselves stranded on a lush tropical island! The beautiful, bikini-clad girls who call this island home have a grudge against men, but the wardens give the prisoners two choices: give in to temptation or die!



Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 21 artwork Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 21
Akira Toriyama
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: May 14, 2024
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

In the wake of the commotion on Mt. Butterfly, Trunks decides to take a look into the data on the disc that he stole from Dr. Hedo’s lab. However, the evil scientist intends to steal it back! And his genius plan is to create an android to infiltrate Trunks’s school as a transfer student named Baytah. Meanwhile, the dastardly Red Ribbon Army is rising from the ashes and making new plans of their own…



Koyoharu Gotouge - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 15 artwork Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 15
Daybreak And First Light
Koyoharu Gotouge
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: August 04, 2020
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Tanjiro finally chases down the main body of the upper-rank demon Hantengu. However, dawn is approaching, and the rising sun is a threat to Nezuko. Tanjiro's concern for his sister is a distraction from the focus he needs to fight Hantengu, and if he hesitates it could be the last mistake he ever makes! Elsewhere, Tamayo ponders the nature of Nezuko's curse and how she could be so different from other demons.



Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru - Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Promise Omnibus artwork Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Promise Omnibus
Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang & Gurihiru
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: June 30, 2020
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Aang and friends must join together once again as the four nations' tenuous peace is threatened by an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei! As the world heads toward another devastating war, Aang's friendship with Zuko throws him into the middle of the conflict! Available for the first time in omnibus format, this volume collects parts 1-3 of Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise . This is the official continuation of the hit Nickelodeon(TM) series!



Mikokuno Homare & studioHIP‐CATs - Saki the Succubus Hungers Tonight Vol. 5 artwork Saki the Succubus Hungers Tonight Vol. 5
Mikokuno Homare & studioHIP‐CATs
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: March 02, 2021
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Inexperienced succubus Saki tries her best to make her first harvest a special occasion, but it goes so wrong that Renta's left with side effects downstairs! Good thing Saki's big sister is a doctor. But Yumeka takes no half measures--she wants to cure Renta of his virginity as well as his symptoms! Is Renta a donor that Saki can truly love? Which succubus sister will have her hunger sated at last? Find out in this story's sweet, sexy climax!



Gene Luen Yang & Various Authors - Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2 artwork Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
Gene Luen Yang & Various Authors
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 29, 2012
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Aang and Katara are working tirelessly for peace when an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei over Fire Nation colonies within the borders of the Earth Nation threatens to plunge the world back into war! Meanwhile, Sokka must help Toph prepare her hapless first class of metalbending students to defend their school against a rival class of firebenders! * Written by Eisner winner and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang ( American Born Chinese ).



Michael Dante DiMartino, Michelle Wong, Killian Ng & Bryan Konietzko - The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One artwork The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One
Michael Dante DiMartino, Michelle Wong, Killian Ng & Bryan Konietzko
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 21, 2019
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Korra must decide who to trust as the fate of the Earth Kingdom hangs in the balance! On the eve of its first elections, the Earth Kingdom finds its future endangered by its past. Even as Kuvira stands trial for her crimes, vestiges of her imperial ambitions threaten to undermine the nation's democratic hopes. But when Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin don't all see eye-to-eye as to the solution, drastic measures will be taken to halt a new march to war! Written by series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and drawn by Michelle Wong ( Goosebumps: Download and Die ), with consultation by Bryan Konietzko, this is the official continuation of the beloved television series!



Shin-ichi Fukuda - My Dress-Up Darling 11 artwork My Dress-Up Darling 11
Shin-ichi Fukuda
Genre: Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: April 16, 2024
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com! The Coffin group cosplay is a go, but before the blood and gore can fly, everyone gets to know one another a little better while planning and prepping. And the older cosplayers, only too happy to share their enthusiasm and skills, have a major surprise in store for lone-wolf cosplayer JuJu!! But even as she grudgingly acknowledges their efforts, JuJu ponders her future in cosplay, leaving everyone shook! Can her fellow cosplayers find a way to change her mind?!



Shin-ichi Fukuda - My Dress-Up Darling 08 artwork My Dress-Up Darling 08
Shin-ichi Fukuda
Genre: Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: April 11, 2023
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com! With the cultural festival looming and a beauty pageant to win, Marin and Wakana’s days at school turn into a frenzy of activity! Though the pair are now old hands at cosplaying, Marin struggles to project masculinity in character for her first crossplay. Wakana, meanwhile, has jitters about his very first time working with his classmates! Can he overcome the doubts and negative voices in his head to make Marin number one in the pageant and help his class bring home the victory?!



Shin-ichi Fukuda - My Dress-Up Darling 09 artwork My Dress-Up Darling 09
Shin-ichi Fukuda
Genre: Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: July 18, 2023
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com! Having finally scraped together enough money to get the swanky digital camera of her dreams, Marin attends her first cosplay event…as a photographer! Meanwhile, Wakana steps out of his comfort zone at the same event by meeting up with an online contact he idolizes. But once the official gathering ends and the after-hours festivities begin, will Wakana be desperate for solitude when he’s thrust into socializing with people he’s just met?!



Jim Zub - Dungeons & Dragons Legends of Baldur’s Gate #1 artwork Dungeons & Dragons Legends of Baldur’s Gate #1
Jim Zub
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 22, 2014
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Evil, meet my sword! Sword, meet evil! Generations have passed since the original Heroes of Baldur's Gate saved the city and the Realms. Now a new threat rises and an unlikely group of misfits are thrust into adventure with MINSC, the legendary Ranger do-gooder with a heart of gold, brain of lead, and hamster of pronounced wisdom.



Shin-ichi Fukuda - My Dress-Up Darling 10 artwork My Dress-Up Darling 10
Shin-ichi Fukuda
Genre: Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: October 31, 2023
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy rom-com! When Marin hears about a planned horror game group cosplay in trouble, she jumps into action and to the rescue! Several of the older cosplayers involved can’t make their studio shoot due to life commitments, so it’s up to Marin to find more willing bodies! She pitches the impromptu cosplay collab to a certain someone, but it promises to be a hard sell! Will Wakana have to be ready to make up the numbers too?!



Osamu Takahashi, Sheldon Drzka & Phil Christie - Lust Geass, Vol. 6 artwork Lust Geass, Vol. 6
Osamu Takahashi, Sheldon Drzka & Phil Christie
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: December 13, 2022
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

After catching Souta cheating on her with not one, not two, but three other women, a devastated Rikka starts to avoid him completely. And with the help of the demon Gremory, she finds that she doesn’t need him to feel pleasure anyway! What Rikka doesn’t realize, however, is that her fantasies aren’t all what they seem to be…Can Souta uncover the reasons behind her strange new behavior before it’s too late?



Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz - Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #1 artwork Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever #1
The Original Teleplay
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K. Woodward & Juan Ortiz
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: June 04, 2014
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

For the first time ever, a visual presentation of the much-discussed, unrevised, unadulterated version of Harlan Ellison’s award-winning Star Trek teleplay script, “The City on the Edge of Forever!” This Hugo- and Writer’s Guild of America Award-winning teleplay has been much discussed for decades but only here can you see the story as Mr. Ellison originally intended!



Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 20 artwork Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 20
Akira Toriyama
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: February 06, 2024
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Goku and Vegeta are both struggling to master their respective ultra forms, which they’ll need to defeat Gas, now the strongest warrior in the universe. Can Granolah rejoin the battle and help turn things around? Later, back at home, a pair of superheroes are making headlines! Get ready for a new story arc set on Earth!



Link & Kotaro Shono - World’s End Harem Vol. 13 - After World artwork World’s End Harem Vol. 13 - After World
Link & Kotaro Shono
Genre: Science Fiction Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: December 20, 2022
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

The year is 2049 and, thanks to the MK Virus vaccine, life in Tokyo is regaining a sense of normality...sort of. Men are reintegrating into society, but something isn't right--their sex drive and ability to reproduce have completely disappeared! But Riku, who was roused from cryosleep three years ago, is different. What will he do when his libido awakens?! Act two of this erotic near-future tale begins!



J. Michael Straczynski - Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 artwork Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2
Revelations
J. Michael Straczynski
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: December 13, 2014
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Seller: Disney Electronic Content, Inc.

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #36-39. Spider-Man comes to understand that not all heroes possess great powers. Meanwhile, Aunt May struggles with her discovery of Peter's greatest secret.



touya & Mahito Aobe - A Tale of the Secret Saint (Manga) Vol. 4 artwork A Tale of the Secret Saint (Manga) Vol. 4
touya & Mahito Aobe
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: October 03, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

As the knight brigades patrol the forest, a pair of blue dragons has pinned one of the companies, and it's not looking good! When Fia is the target of a deadly attack, Zavilia steps in–and up–revealing his adult black dragon form to protect her. He may have shown their hand, but there's nothing this dragon wouldn't do for his savior.



Kazuki Takahashi - Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 12 artwork Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 12
Magician vs. Magician
Kazuki Takahashi
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 10, 2013
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Yugi fights Pandora, a duelist who uses one of Yugi's own favorite cards, the Dark Magician! But can Yugi duel while chained in the path of a roaring buzzsaw? Meanwhile, Jonouchi fights an old enemy, Insector Haga. For the sake of his sister, Jonouchi must fight an army of vicious bugs...and that's not all. His own deck has been infected with Haga's parasitic insects! Is this the end?



FUSE & TAIKI KAWAKAMI - That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Volume 1 artwork That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Volume 1
FUSE & TAIKI KAWAKAMI
Genre: Shōnen Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: July 19, 2017
Publisher: Kodansha Advanced Media LLC
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he’s a little disappointed to find he’s become a blind, boneless slime monster. Mikami’s middle age hasn’t gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he’s disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he’s not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero…



FUSE & TAIKI KAWAKAMI - That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Volume 2 artwork That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime Volume 2
FUSE & TAIKI KAWAKAMI
Genre: Shōnen Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: October 03, 2017
Publisher: Kodansha Advanced Media LLC
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

TRIAL BY FIRE While looking for craftsmen in the Dwarven Kingdom, Rimuru and his friends find themselves stuck in a mess with a powerful minister. Now they’re caught in a trial where they aren’t even allowed to defend themselves in the face of the Dwarven King’s judgment! How will they get out unscathed with the odds stacked against them? The group’s adventure also leads them to Shizu, a mysterious and demure woman who forms a special connection with Rimuru. But this seemingly sweet girl is hiding immense and dangerous power within her, and helping her may mean big changes for Rimuru...