Monday, June 7, 2021

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2021-06-07

Jeff Lemire - Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods artwork Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods
Jeff Lemire
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: November 06, 2012
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Following on the heels of THE NOBODY, his Vertigo graphic novel debut, writer/artist Jeff Lemire pens his very first ongoing series SWEET TOOTH. A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, SWEET TOOTH tells the story of Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, has been raised in isolation following an inexplicable pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father he's left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find 'the Preserve" a refuge for hybrids. This unique and haunting new series is written and illustrated by Eisner-nominated creator Lemire (The Essex County Trilogy).



Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 13 artwork Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 13
Battles Abound
Akira Toriyama
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: June 01, 2021
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Moro’s goons have arrived on Earth, but the planet’s protectors aren’t about to go down without a fight! However, when Moro himself finally appears and pits a powered-up Saganbo against Gohan and friends, the good guys struggle to keep up. With a planet in peril, will Goku and Vegeta make it back in time?!



Jordie Bellaire & Greg Smallwood - Harley Quinn Black + White + Red (2020-) #14 artwork Harley Quinn Black + White + Red (2020-) #14
Jordie Bellaire & Greg Smallwood
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: September 25, 2020
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

“Harley’s Six” Harley has to assemble a crack squad of elite burglars for the heist of a lifetime… but when you ask Harley to put together a team, the results tend to be… unpredictable? Yeah, let’s go with unpredictable.



Naoko Takeuchi - Sailor Moon Eternal Edition T04 artwork Sailor Moon Eternal Edition T04
Pretty Guardian
Naoko Takeuchi
Genre: Romance
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: April 17, 2020
Publisher: Pika
Seller: Hachette Livre

Coincée au 30e siècle, Usagi est prisonnière du prince Diamond, chef de la secte Black Moon, qui la retient sur la planète Nemesis dont l'énergie négative bloque les pouvoirs de notre héroïne… Mais soudain, le cristal d'argent se réveille et Usagi peut à nouveau se transformer en Sailor Moon et libérer ses amies. Elles parviennent à s'enfuir à l’inverse de Tuxedo Mask, parti à la recherche de Chibiusa dans les limbes spatio-temporels, qui tombe entre les griffes de la mystérieuse Black Lady. Sailor Moon va devoir une fois de plus affronter son bien-aimé sous l'emprise de ses ennemis... Inclus également dans ce tome le premier  chapitre du Journal de Chibiusa et Casablanca Memory.



Philippe Ogaki, Patrick Sobral, Patricia Lyfoung, Fabien Dalmasso & Jérôme Alquié - Les Mythics T05 artwork Les Mythics T05
Miguel
Philippe Ogaki, Patrick Sobral, Patricia Lyfoung, Fabien Dalmasso & Jérôme Alquié
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: January 16, 2019
Publisher: Delcourt
Seller: Hachette Livre

Les Mythics vous emmènent cette fois au Mexique à la rencontre de Miguel, l'enfant des bidonvilles devenu héros. LA nouvelle série imaginée par les auteurs des Légendaires et de La Rose écarlate . Il y a longtemps, alors que le Mal répandait sa toute puissance de destruction, six héros dotés de pouvoirs extraordinaires se dressèrent contre lui. Il fut vaincu et scellé dans un endroit secret du désert rouge de la planète Mars... Aujourd'hui, les six héritiers et dignes successeurs de ces héros antiques vont devoir faire face à la plus grande menace que le monde contemporain ait jamais connue.



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #6 (of 6) artwork Transformers: Unicron #6 (of 6)
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: September 13, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

EARTH WAR! With Unicron’s ultimate goal revealed, the shaky alliance of Autobots and Decepticons is all that stands between Earth and the planet-eater. Heroes will rise—and fall—as Optimus Prime journeys into the dark heart of Unicron for the final confrontation with evil. At stake: the soul of a universe.



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #5 artwork Transformers: Unicron #5
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: August 02, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

THE END IS HERE! The Transformers bots make one last, desperate stand against Unicron, as Optimus Prime plunges deep into the monster—and into the dark history that spawned them both.



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #4 artwork Transformers: Unicron #4
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: June 25, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Unicron sets his sights on Earth... but is anyone left to defend it?



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #3 artwork Transformers: Unicron #3
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: June 25, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Unicron approaches Cybertron, so Windblade enacts a desperate plan—one neither Optimus Prime nor Starscream agree with! Has Windblade outmaneuvered Shockwave's machinations—or played right into his deadly hand?



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #2 artwork Transformers: Unicron #2
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: May 18, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Bumblebee investigates a dark corner of Cybertron’s past, searching for answers: what is Unicron, and why does it want to destroy Cybertron? Meanwhile, Windblade scrambles to figure out a plan as Chromia makes her return—with a Decepticon fleet in pursuit!



John Barber & Alex Milne - Transformers: Unicron #1 artwork Transformers: Unicron #1
John Barber & Alex Milne
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: May 18, 2018
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

The Darkest Hour has come. Optimus Prime stages a desperate gamble as the world-eater, Unicron, approaches Windblade’s homeworld—but that’s just the appetizer. The main course is Cybertron (with a side of Earth)... and it’s starting to look like no force in the galaxy can stop the end from coming.



Arvind Ethan David - Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1 artwork Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1
Arvind Ethan David
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: September 28, 2016
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Dirk Gently, created by Douglas Adams and shortly to be the star of his own television series from BBC America, returns to comics in The Salmon of Doubt, brought to you by executive producers of the show Arvind Ethan David and Max Landis. Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk returns to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have only just begun... Featuring favorite characters from the original books as well as the cast from the TV series, including Elijah Wood.



Boulet, Bastien Vivès, Katsuya Terada, Frederik Peeters, Paul Pope, Keiichi Koike & Bob Fingerman - The Tipping Point #2 : Part 2 artwork The Tipping Point #2 : Part 2
Boulet, Bastien Vivès, Katsuya Terada, Frederik Peeters, Paul Pope, Keiichi Koike & Bob Fingerman
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 13, 2016
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Seller: Humanoids, Inc

14 international creators—all renowned and all unique—present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms. Some of the world’s greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another, from one life to an entirely new one: The Tipping Point. From slice-of-life tales and science-fiction adventures, to amusing asides and fantastical fables, witness these major (and minor) changes and evolution through the eyes of these visionaries from the worlds of manga, bande dessinée, and comics.



Enki Bilal, Naoki Urasawa, John Cassaday, Emmanuel Lepage, Taiyo Matsumoto, Atsushi Kaneko & Eddie Campbell - The Tipping Point #1 : Part 1 artwork The Tipping Point #1 : Part 1
Enki Bilal, Naoki Urasawa, John Cassaday, Emmanuel Lepage, Taiyo Matsumoto, Atsushi Kaneko & Eddie Campbell
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: January 13, 2016
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Seller: Humanoids, Inc

14 international creators—all renowned and all unique—present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms. Some of the world’s greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another, from one life to an entirely new one: The Tipping Point. From slice-of-life tales and science-fiction adventures, to amusing asides and fantastical fables, witness these major (and minor) changes and evolution through the eyes of these visionaries from the worlds of manga, bande dessinée, and comics.



Robert Kirkman & Charles Adlard - The Walking Dead #39 artwork The Walking Dead #39
Robert Kirkman & Charles Adlard
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: July 25, 2007
Publisher: Image Comics
Seller: Image Comics, Inc.

The Walking Dead #39 Digital Edition: Lori finally gives birth!



Gerard Way - The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 artwork The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1
Gerard Way
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 06, 2015
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Dark Horse Comics Inc.

"Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong. Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they've ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world—one more time? Conceived and written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, The Umbrella Academy features interior art by Eisner Award-winning artist Gabriel Bá (De:Tales), colors by Eisner Award-winning colorist Dave Stewart, and covers by multiple Eisner Award-winning painter James Jean (Fables). • 2008 Eisner Award winner—Best Limited Series and Best Cover Artist!"



René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo - Astérix - Astérix légionnaire - n°10 artwork Astérix - Astérix légionnaire - n°10
René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: April 15, 2013
Publisher: Hachette Asterix
Seller: Hachette Livre

Pour récupérer l'un des leurs, enrôlé de force (qui plus est le fiancé de Falbala !), nos amis Astérix et Obélix s'engagent dans la légion : ils vont y semer une belle pagaille !



Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 24 artwork Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 24
Hercule to the Rescue
Akira Toriyama
Genre: Other
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: August 29, 2011
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Breaking from his master Bobbidi, the rampaging Boo turns the entire world into his candy store! To fight back, Goku transforms into his most powerful form yet, but the world's only hope may lie in Trunks and Goten, the world's youngest and most promising fighters. Using an alien fusion technique, they attempt to merge together to form a single, even more powerful hero! Meanwhile, as Boo destroys city after city, the people of Earth call forth their secret weapon...the seemingly invincible (but actually incompetent) Hercule!



ONE - One-Punch Man, Vol. 17 artwork One-Punch Man, Vol. 17
ONE
Genre: Other
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: August 06, 2019
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

The hero hunter is near death when the Monster Association attempts to steal him away, unleashing Centichoro in the process. Bang and company face it head-on before Genos boldly enters the fray!



ONE - One-Punch Man, Vol. 19 artwork One-Punch Man, Vol. 19
ONE
Genre: Other
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: March 03, 2020
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

The Monster Association has kidnapped Tareo, the boy who admires Garo, and now Garo finds himself plunging headfirst and alone into the heart of the Monster Association’s hideout. Meanwhile, the Hero Association pushes forward with its operation to rescue Waganma, while Genos and the others are living it up enjoying hot pot at Saitama’s place!



Garth Ennis, John McCrea & Keith Burns - The Boys Vol. 8: Highland Laddie artwork The Boys Vol. 8: Highland Laddie
Garth Ennis, John McCrea & Keith Burns
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2014
Publisher: Dynamite
Seller: Dynamic Forces, Inc.

Out of Dynamite Entertainment's critically acclaimed title, The Boys, comes a special story featuring everyone's favorite pint-sized Scotsman, Hughie, with The Boys: Highland Laddie, written by Garth Ennis, with covers by Darick Robertson and art by Herogasm artist John McCrea. Mind reeling from cataclysmic events in New York, Wee Hughie heads home to Auchterladle - the semi-idyllic Scottish seaside town where he grew up. All Hughie wants is some time to himself, to return to the bosom of family and friends, and get his head together after two years of unimaginable chaos. But our hero's luck has always been more cloud than silver lining, and the familiar surroundings he craves are not all they might be. Old pals are warped beyond recognition, strangers in town are up to no good, and a figure from Hughie's recent past has come back to resolve some unfinished business. You can go home again - but whether or not you should is another matter entirely. The Boys, Vol. 8: Highland Laddie collects issues 1-6 of the hit mini-series, The Boys: Highland Laddie by Garth Ennis and John McCrea, and features all of the covers by The Boys co-creator, Darick Robertson!



Kentaro Miura - Berserk Volume 19 artwork Berserk Volume 19
Kentaro Miura
Genre: Horror
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: October 09, 2007
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The bewildered and near-mad Casca, former captain of the Band of the Hawk — and former lover of Guts, the Black Swordsman — has been adopted by Midland’s pagan cults as a witch, due to her demonic Mark of Sacrifice. But the Holy Iron Chain Knights campaign to rid the kingdom of heretics by any means necessary puts Casca in mortal danger, and Guts is having none of it, But all parties involved may end up with more than they bargained for as demonic spirits, drawn to Casca’s brand, begin to possess the heretics and unleash the forces of hell. But hell hath no fury like the Black Swordsman!



Kentaro Miura - Berserk Volume 20 artwork Berserk Volume 20
Kentaro Miura
Genre: Horror
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: December 11, 2007
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The Black Swordsman Guts’ former captain and lover, Casca, has been taken by the Holy Iron Chain Knights to the "Tower of Conviction" of the fanatic torturer of the Holy See, Mozgus, who plans to treat the rumored witch to the proper agonies of the damned, but Guts is on his way to rescue Casca and dish out some chastisement of his own on any who get in his way. But forces in the demonic realms are in motion and are being drawn to the torture tower in what may be a prelude to a second Eclipse and an unprecedented release of malign spirits into the world!



Jack T. Chick - The Gift artwork The Gift
Jack T. Chick
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: August 17, 2012
Publisher: Chick Publications
Seller: Chick Publications, Inc.

Marsha thought suicide was her solution for loneliness. But when she is rescued by the Crusaders she is told a story that will change her life. The Crusaders go on to tell Marsha the story of Jesus. From His birth to His resurrection. She learns that Jesus is the only solution to her problems. And He is offering her the free gift of salvation.



shu, Kayaharuka & Yoshinori Shizuma - The Misfit of Demon King Academy 02 artwork The Misfit of Demon King Academy 02
History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
shu, Kayaharuka & Yoshinori Shizuma
Genre: Isekai
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: August 25, 2020
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

What if you were the strongest demon king in history...but nobody believed you? Demon King Academy is an elite school with a unique mission: to gather the most powerful students in the land in order to find the one who might be the reincarnated Demon King of Tyranny. Anoth, who actually is the reincarnated Demon King but can't get anyone to believe him, partners with fellow student Misha for an upcoming battle exam. Opposing them is a team led by Misha's elder sister, Sasha, a member of the fearsome "Chaotic Cohort" and a powerful witch who regards them both with nothing but disdain. Though Anoth's own descendants may have branded him a "misfit," now he has the perfect opportunity to show them all just how powerful he truly is!