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iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2024-06-17

Kentaro Miura - Berserk Volume 1 artwork Berserk Volume 1
Kentaro Miura
Genre: Manga
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: July 18, 2017
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD: Meet the relentless swordsman, Guts, in this first entry in the New York Times bestselling adult fantasy-horror manga! Guts is the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice.  But Guts won't take his fate lying down; he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned—and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death...or vengeance. Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is manga mayhem to the extreme—harrowing, violent, and horrifying—and the wellspring for the internationally popular anime series. Not for the squeamish or the easily offended, Berserk asks for no quarter—and offers none!



Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer - Transformers #9 artwork Transformers #9
Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: June 12, 2024
Publisher: Image Comics
Seller: Image Comics, Inc.

The wars on Cybertron and Earth converge in ways the Autobots and Decepticons never expected…



Kentaro Miura - Berserk Volume 3 artwork Berserk Volume 3
Kentaro Miura
Genre: Manga
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: December 21, 2004
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Guts, the feared Black Swordsman, finishes his desperate battle with the monstrous Count, cutting and blasting him to gory scraps when the presence of the Count's daughter makes the monster hesitate. But Guts won't even have the time to clean his gigantic sword when the Count's dying pleas activate the Behelit, summoning the five God Hands, demon lords of immeasurable power. Guts' journey so far has been a long road of pain and death, but that's a walk in the park compared to fighting his way out of Hell itself!



Kentaro Miura - Berserk Volume 2 artwork Berserk Volume 2
Kentaro Miura
Genre: Manga
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: December 21, 2004
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The evil Count uses his dark powers to transform a defeated guard captain into an inhuman horror to combat Guts, the Black Swordsman. Puck, Guts’ pint-sized fairy sidekick, is captured when he attempts to stop an old doctor’s execution, and he is given as a gift to the count’s daughter, a sweet girl in a gilded cage, imprisoned by her father in her own room. Guts, determined to make mincemeat of the Count, assaults the castle and carves a swath of blood-soaked destruction through the Count’s minions. Face-to-face with the Black Swordsman at last, the Count reveals his true form, and even Guts’ super-sized sword may not be big enough to contend with this demonic monstrosity!



Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada - The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 1 artwork The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 1
Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: January 11, 2022
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Tsukina is a single, thirty-something office worker who's favorite thing is curling up with a good book. When a god tells her that she must go to another world to become its magical savior, Tsukina isn't interested. She has zero desire to go on some grand hero's journey. So when she arrives in this strange new land, she decides to use her magical powers to create a cozy little book café instead. Her first customer is a handsome soldier who loves reading almost as much as she does. But when a fellow "savior" starts causing trouble, Tsukina might have to play the hero after all!



Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada - The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 2 artwork The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 2
Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada
Genre: Isekai Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: April 19, 2022
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Since being transported to a new world Tsukina has made a cozy life for herself, doing magic and running a book cafe. She's even grown closer to Il, a handsome soldier who also loves reading. But Tsukina is keeping a huge secret from him: she is a Savior, sent to this world to help protect it. By hiding away in her book cafe, is she neglecting her duties? And will Il hate her for it when he finds out?



Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada - The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 4 artwork The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 4
Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: November 01, 2022
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Tsukina has been keeping her great magical powers under wraps, content to spend her time with her book cafe and her fiancee, Il. And now that a new Savior, Youta, has arrived, she figures she can leave all the heroics to him. But when Youta develops a crush on Tsukina, it throws everything off balance! When monsters attack, Youta sees it as his chance to shine..but is he up to the challenge?



Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada - The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 3 artwork The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 3
Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: July 05, 2022
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

After being transported to another world by an orb that calls itself "God," Tsukina used her newfound magical powers to open up a cozy book cafe. Now that she's settled in, she's started dating Il, a handsome soldier. However, Tsukina can't relax just yet. Othel's powerful neighboring countries are making some suspicious moves, and as tensions rise, a new savior arrives at the castle. Is he there to help the kingdom, or is he a new enemy for Tsukina to worry about?



Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada - The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 5 artwork The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World (Manga) Vol. 5
Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya & Reiko Sakurada
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: May 16, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Despite being sent to another world as a Savior, Tsukina has managed to stay out of the spotlight and run her book cafe. With her marriage to her fiance Il on the horizon, Tsukina is looking forward to their peaceful life together. But one of the regulars at the cafe seems to have other plans for Tsukina, and for all the Kingdom of Othel! Will Tsukina get her fairy-tale ending?! 



Gege Akutami - Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 15 artwork Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 15
The Shibuya Incident--Transformation--
Gege Akutami
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: April 05, 2022
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Sukuna is on a murderous rampage. Meanwhile, invaluabe Jujutsu Sorcerers have been taken down, and even Kugisaki falls into Mahito’s trap! Feeling the burden of his sins, Itadori finds it hard to keep going, but he rushes off to help Kugisaki anyway. Can he reach her in time?!



Tatsuki Fujimoto - Look Back artwork Look Back
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Genre: Horror Manga
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: September 20, 2022
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together. A poignant story of growing up and moving forward that only Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, could have crafted.



Hergé - Le Sceptre d’Ottokar artwork Le Sceptre d’Ottokar
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1939
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« C’est un ami qui m’a donné l’idée de cette histoire. Elle raconte un Anschluss avorté, au grand dépit du malfaisant Müsstler. » Hergé Tumulte dans les Balkans ! Le paisible royaume de Syldavie est au bord de l’annexion par sa bouillante voisine, la Bordurie. Tintin paiviendra-t-il à retrouver le sceptre, symbole du pouvoir royal ? Et la Castafiore voudra-t-elle l’aider dans cette tâche ? Tintin a traversé le siècle de son créateur Georges Remi, alias Hergé (1907-1983) et il est l’un des plus célèbres héros de bande dessinée. Mêlant enquête, mystère et humour, ses aventures sont ancrées dans l’actualité qui a marqué le vingtième siècle.



Hergé - Le Temple du Soleil artwork Le Temple du Soleil
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1948
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« Tournesol est là, bardé de sa superbe inconscience ! » Hergé Tintin, Milou et le capitaine Haddock s’envolent pour le Pérou à la recherche du professeur Tournesol. Celui-ci a involontairement commis un sacrilège qui le destine au châtiment suprême. Tintin a traversé le siècle de son créateur Georges Remi, alias Hergé (1907-1983) et il est l’un des plus célèbres héros de bande dessinée. Mêlant enquête, mystère et humour, ses aventures sont ancrées dans l’actualité qui a marqué le vingtième siècle.



Patrick Sobral - Les Légendaires T01 artwork Les Légendaires T01
La Pierre de Jovénia
Patrick Sobral
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: August 25, 2004
Publisher: Delcourt
Seller: Hachette Livre

Ils sont cinq justiciers, ils sont les valeureux défenseurs du peuple d’Alysia, ils sont les Légendaires. Danaël, Gryf, Jadina, Shimy et Razzia sont grands. Ou plutôt ils l’étaient ! Lors d’un combat contre les forces du Mal, une malédiction s’abat sur tous les adultes du royaume, et tous retrouvent leur apparence d’enfant. Aujourd’hui, les Légendaires doivent briser le sortilège… Rejetés par les leurs après avoir été tenus responsables de la malédiction qui a frappé le monde d’Alysia, les Légendaires se séparent. Mais pour conjurer ce sort qui dure depuis deux ans, ils reprennent du service et partent à la recherche de la Pierre de Crescia dans la dangereuse région de Klafooty… « Le succès que connaissent les aventures de ce Club des Cinq revu et corrigé est amplement mérité. D’autant qu’il y règne un humour du meilleur effet. » Le Monde de l’éducation « Un humour omniprésent, un graphisme inspiré du manga très propre et dynamique, aucun temps mort ! » Planetebd.com « Cette série dynamique et drôle destinée à la jeunesse ravira petits et grands : les plus jeunes aimeront les situations humoristique et les plus vieux s’amuseront de l’histoire qui caricature nos bon vieux héros. » bdgest.com



Tatsuki Fujimoto - Chainsaw Man, Vol. 15 artwork Chainsaw Man, Vol. 15
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Genre: Comedy Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: May 07, 2024
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

As a primal fear devil makes its appearance, the world may soon be turned upside down. This devil has the power to drive a wedge between Asa and Yoru—can the two of them manage to work together to avoid becoming a meal for the residents of hell?



Tougoku Hudou & Takoya Kiyoshi - My Room is a Dungeon Rest Stop (Manga) Vol. 7 artwork My Room is a Dungeon Rest Stop (Manga) Vol. 7
Tougoku Hudou & Takoya Kiyoshi
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: January 02, 2024
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

A stroke of inspiration in the mortal world has Touru and the others rushing back to the dungeon with a hot idea for rebuilding the Thieves' Guild's district. They want to plan a festival! Inspired by the summer festivals of Japan, Touru thinks a dungeon festival will be great advertisement for the Thieves' Guild. But in order to have authentic stalls, the adventurers need to go hunting--for rainbowfish! To make goldfish scoop special, it's time for one last adventure through the dungeon!



Tougoku Hudou & Takoya Kiyoshi - My Room is a Dungeon Rest Stop (Manga) Vol. 6 artwork My Room is a Dungeon Rest Stop (Manga) Vol. 6
Tougoku Hudou & Takoya Kiyoshi
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: May 30, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Touru has found an unexpected new ally in the leader of the Thieves' Guild, Miri. With her coming along, Touru's party has grown again. However, despite his accomplishments in the Otherworld, an ominous shadow descends on his real life in Tachikawa. It seems his concerned coworkers have taken it upon themselves to check in on the wellbeing of their colleague, even if it means busting into his apartment to find out! Touru's other life is perilously close to exposure--will he be able to protect his Otherworldly secret?!



Didier Tarquin & Christophe Arleston - Lanfeust de Troy T01 artwork Lanfeust de Troy T01
L'ivoire du Magohamoth
Didier Tarquin & Christophe Arleston
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: March 01, 2000
Publisher: Soleil
Seller: Hachette Livre

Troy est un monde fascinant, où la magie intervient dans le quotidien de tous. Chacun, en effet, possède un pouvoir, petit ou grand. Lanfeust sait fondre le métal d'un seul regard, il est donc devenu forgeron. Mais au contact d'une épée venues des lointaines baronnies révèle en lui une puissance exceptionnelle : il ne possède plus qu'un don unique, mais d'un pouvoir absolu et illimité. Accompagné du vieux sage Nicolède et de ses deux filles aux caractères fort dissemblades, Lanfeust est emporté dans un tourbillon d'aventures au cours desquelles il croise les plus incongrues, les plus surprenantes et les plus dangeureuses des créatures... La saga de Lanfeust s'est d'ores et déjàimposée auprès du public comme un classique de l'aventure fantastique.



Didier Tarquin, Saponti & Christophe Arleston - Lanfeust de Troy T02 artwork Lanfeust de Troy T02
Thanos l'Incongru
Didier Tarquin, Saponti & Christophe Arleston
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 25, 2011
Publisher: Soleil
Seller: Hachette Livre

Troy est un monde fascinant, où la magie intervient dans le quotidien de tous. Chacun en effet, possède un pouvoir, petit ou grand. Lanfeust sait fondre le métal d'un seul regard, il est donc devenu forgeron. Mais le contact d'une épée venue des lointaines baronnies rélève en lui une puissance exceptionnelle : il ne dispose plus d'un don unique, mais d'un pouvoir absolu et illimité. Accompagné du vieux sage Nicolède et de ses deux filles aux caractères fort dissemblables, Lanfeust est emporté dans un tourbillon d'aventures au cours desquelles il croise les plus incongrues, les plus surprenantes et les plus dangereuses des créatures...



Oh!Great - Tenjo Tenge (Full Contact Edition 2-in-1), Vol. 7 artwork Tenjo Tenge (Full Contact Edition 2-in-1), Vol. 7
Full Contact Edition 2-in-1
Oh!Great
Genre: Manga
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 09, 2012
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

While time passes peacefully, troubles begin boiling over. Bob hesitates over the choice he’s made while Aya and Takayanagi feel tormented by their unrequited love. Then, Maya returns to campus with renewed resolve and Soichiro is put into confinement to begin the metamorphosis into the Black Dragon. The paths they’ve taken all lead to the Sohaku Estate and a confrontation with the “True Demon,” Tetsuhito Kagiroi. While the fight goes down, Aya uses her Dragon Eyes to travel to the past. The battles change with time, but they are the paths that connect them all to their dreams!



Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell - John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America (2024) #6 artwork John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America (2024) #6
Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $5.99
Expected Publish Date: June 18, 2024
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

It’s here, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, where the trouble hounding John since his arrival in America finally catches up to him. Dream promises the arrival of an emissary who will help guide John toward the source of evil plaguing the country, but is their trust in this unknown envoy misplaced? And will it force John to come clean to Nat and Noah about his un-deadly secret?



Eric Liberge - Wotan - L'intégrale artwork Wotan - L'intégrale
Intégrale
Eric Liberge
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $38.99
Publish Date: April 11, 2014
Publisher: Dupuis
Seller: Media Diffusion

Louison est un enfant amnésique, Étienne un soldat français séduit un temps par les mythologies aryennes et Yin-Tsu une photographe japonaise chargée d'espionner Himmler. Tous trois cherchent à survivre à la guerre et à ses événements les plus terribles : la Shoah par balles, les camps de concentration, les sinistres recherches des "docteurs" de l'Ahnenerbe... Wotan est le vent furieux des mythologies nordiques. À travers cette fresque sans concession et très documentée, Éric Liberge plonge dans les méandres les plus diaboliques du nazisme et de l'âme humaine, tout en développant une réflexion philosophique sur les thèmes du choix, de l'engagement et du courage. Explorant les zones d'ombre de chacun de ses personnages, il les confronte à l'innommable. Loin de tout manichéisme, Éric Liberge déroule la mécanique implacable d'un récit dont nul ne sortira indemne, et qui se déploie en trois grands volets, de la "drôle de guerre" à l'armistice du 8 mai 1945. Les 162 pages de bande dessinée sont complétées par un dossier graphique et historique, notamment les récits des parents de l'auteur pendant la "drôle de guerre" et la Libération.



Francisco Angulo de Lafuente - Jellyfish Invasion artwork Jellyfish Invasion
Francisco Angulo de Lafuente
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: November 13, 2023
Publisher: Charles Scribner's & Company
Seller: Draft2Digital, LLC

Illustrated Novel They came without warning - strange jellyfish-like creatures that flooded our oceans and beaches by the millions. At first they seemed a mere curiosity, these alien visitors glowing faintly purple as they pulsed through the waves. Tourists gathered to marvel at their graceful forms, children delighted in their squishy texture. We should have been warier from the start. The first victim was a scuba diver, stung by the tentacles of an unknown species. Within hours a raging fever set in, soon followed by violent delirium. He became the index case of the epidemic as the mysterious neurotoxin spread rapidly from human to human. Chaos erupted within days as the infected hordes - crazed and cannibalistic - overwhelmed authorities. Cities descended into anarchy, society teetered on the brink of collapse. Our leaders responded with lethal force and martial law, to little avail. For the jellyfish were only the heralds of a full-scale invasion from below, one that threatened to wipe humanity from the face of the Earth. With INVADERS, Francisco Angulo has crafted a genuinely frightening and all-too-plausible doomsday scenario, underpinned by rapid-fire action and tantalizing scientific speculation. Part Michael Crichton and part Stephen King, Angulo's vision of an alien-engineered apocalypse will have you watching the waters with wary eyes long after you've turned the final page. I wanted to write a novel in the style of those fantastic stories that appeared in those old American magazines for geeks: Amazing Stories, Science Fiction, Infinity, etc... A novel without pretense, with the sole purpose of entertaining and of course with the idea of having fun during the creative process. With everything going on and all the media talking to us about the crisis, I thought we'd have to have some fun with something, at least for now reading and writing is free...



James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren, Yanick Paquette, Andrea Sorrentino & Francesco Francavilla - The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country artwork The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country
James Tynion IV, Lisandro Estherren, Yanick Paquette, Andrea Sorrentino & Francesco Francavilla
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: April 04, 2023
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Acclaimed horror writer James Tynion IV (Something Is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) has waited his whole career to pay tribute to the mythos of The Sandman, the work that made him the writer he is today-and now that time has come! Art student Madison Flynn has been plagued all her life by visions of a terrifying man with mouths for eyes�but strangely, that vision is not a visit from the Corinthian, one of Dream�s most disturbing nightmare creations. When the Corinthian himself learns of this �Smiling Man,� it will send him on a quest across the nightmare country that is the waking world, where he will grapple with vicious sadomasochists, deranged venture capitalists, and the embodied spirit of America itself! With lush, gorgeous art from Redneck�s Lisandro Estherren and a who�s-who of superstar guest artists, Nightmare Country is designed to welcome new readers into one of the greatest worlds in DC�s library, The Sandman Universe. Collects The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1-6.



Stephen King - The Prisoner artwork The Prisoner
Stephen King
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: March 24, 2020
Publisher: Gallery
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

Enter once more the world of Roland Deschain—and the world of the Dark Tower…presented in a stunning graphic novel form that will unlock the doorways to terrifying secrets and bold storytelling as part of the dark fantasy masterwork and magnum opus from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With these unforgettable words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s iconic character Roland Deschain of Gilead. Roland is the last of his kind, a “gunslinger” charged with protecting whatever goodness and light remains in his world—a world that “moved on,” as they say. In this desolate reality—a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic, and yet one that mirrors our own in frightening ways—Roland is on a spellbinding and soul-shattering quest to locate and somehow save the mystical nexus of all worlds, all universes: the Dark Tower. Now, in the first in the graphic novel series adaptation Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three, originally published by Marvel Comics in single-issue form and creatively overseen by Stephen King himself, the full story of Roland’s saga continues. Sumptuously drawn by Piotr Kowalski, Jonathan Marks, Juanan Ramirez, and Cory Hamscher, plotted by longtime Stephen King expert Robin Furth, and scripted by New York Times bestselling author Peter David, The Drawing of the Three adaptation is an extraordinary and terrifying journey—ultimately introducing a generation of new readers to Stephen King’s modern literary classic The Dark Tower , while giving longtime fans thrilling adventures transformed from his blockbuster novels.