Monday, December 9, 2024

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2024-12-10

Yu Hashimoto - 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Vol. 12 artwork 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Vol. 12
Yu Hashimoto
Genre: Manga
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: November 19, 2024
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Lilysa hits a snag coming up with a Liliel costume and the manga club decides to do a cosplay of a game Magic Girls for Winter Comiket. But they're not the only ones: Heavenly Queens Hoshizuki Yoki and Nagomi are going as magic girls, too. Whose cosplay will attract the bigger crowd? May the path of otakudom rise to meet these otaku!



Minta Suzumaru - Takara's Treasure artwork Takara's Treasure
Minta Suzumaru
Genre: BL Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 10, 2024
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka to start college and reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, when he finally gets the chance to express his gratitude, Takara gives him the cold shoulder! But Taishin, undeterred, decides to pursue Takara anyway, and Takara finds himself becoming more and more enchanted by Taishin’s straightforward and earnest gaze.



Hergé - L’Île Noire
 artwork L’Île Noire
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1938
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« J’ai envoyé un de mes collaborateurs en Angleterre : il a fait des croquis, pris des photos, reçu des documents. (...) L’île (...) est tout à fait à l’heure anglaise. » Hergé Des faux-monnayeurs sévissent en Europe. Tintin découvre que le centre névralgique de ce trafic se terre sur une île maudite, au large de l’Écosse. Il y affronte le sinistre docteur Müller qui semble n’avoir qu’un but dans la vie : supprimer Tintin. 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.



Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim Color Volume 1 artwork Scott Pilgrim Color Volume 1
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: August 08, 2012
Publisher: Oni Press
Seller: Oni Press, Inc.

Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler, but when Ramona Flowers starts skating through his brain, everything changes. While Scott pursues Ramona, someone else has their sights set on Scott: HER SEVEN EVIL EX-BOYFRIENDS. If he wants this relationship to work, he needs to defeat them all--but even that herculean task might not be enough! Bryan Lee O'Malley's epic graphic novel series returns in this series of remastered, full color editions. Including all-new bonus materials, this book is a must have for all Scott-a-holics.



Asuka Konishi - Criminelles Fiançailles T06 artwork Criminelles Fiançailles T06
Asuka Konishi
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: April 05, 2023
Publisher: Pika
Seller: Hachette Livre

Afin de cacher à Yoshino que son grand-père l’a frappé, Kirishima cherche la bagarre à Shôma. Ce dernier finit par céder à ces provocations et les deux garçons en viennent aux mains… jusqu’à dégénérer en combat au couteau ! Leur rivalité envers Yoshino est à son paroxysme. Excédée, la jeune femme intervient avec sa délicatesse habituelle. Pendant ce temps, un incident éclate entre deux branches du clan Kirigaya tandis qu’Azami continue de rôder…



Hergé - L' Affaire Tournesol artwork L' Affaire Tournesol
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1954
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« C’est à propos de L’Affaire Tournesol que je me suis déplacé pour la première fois, pour prendre des croquis et photographies des lieux où allait se dérouler l’action. » Hergé Une sensationnelle invention du professeur Tournesol commence par provoquer des catastrophes au château de Moulinsart : toutes les vitres volent en éclat, ainsi que la plupart des objets en verre ! La nouvelle découverte du professeur fait des envieux et celui-ci se retrouve kidnappé. Il appartient désormais à Tintin et au capitaine Haddock de sauver leur ami et d’empêcher que cette invention mystérieuse soit transformée en arme absolue. 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.



Nanao Hidaka & Maya Banks - The Tycoon's Secret Affair artwork The Tycoon's Secret Affair
The Anetakis Tycoons 3
Nanao Hidaka & Maya Banks
Genre: Josei Manga
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: April 11, 2012
Publisher: ソフトバンククリエイティブ
Seller: SB Creative Corp.

Jewel thinks she's found paradise when she lands a job working as an executive assistant on a picturesque land resort. The man she meets in the hotel bar that night proves just as alluring. He is gorgeous and powerful. Intoxicated by her good fortune, that chance encounter turns into a night of sultry passion, and drives her to ecstasy in the arms of a man whose name she does not know. Two days later, Jewel comes to work, excited to meet her new boss, the hotel's owner. Little does she know that the man waiting behind that office door is Piers Anetakis–the stranger who had coaxed her to such sensual heights–and he'll fire her without rhyme or reason just hours later. Outrageous! What a coward!



Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 4 artwork Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 4
Last Chance For Hope
Akira Toriyama
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: January 01, 2019
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Goku Black’s identity has been revealed as Zamas, the lord of lords from Universe 10! But he’s not alone—his counterpart from the parallel universe has teamed up with him and, thanks to the super Dragon Balls, they are nearly unstoppable! In the present, Goku trains with Master Roshi to perfect the Mafū-ba and seal Zamas away. Meanwhile, Kaiô-shin takes Lord Gowas, Zamas’s mentor, to the parallel universe to try and push his former pupil back to being good!



Asuka Konishi - Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 3 artwork Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 3
Asuka Konishi
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: May 23, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Yoshino's life with Kirishima grows increasingly heated after he meets her adopted brother Shouma. Kirishima doesn't recognize his own jealousy until Yoshino points it out to him...and soon, he's not the only one burning up. It seems Osaka's temperatures have followed Yoshino up north when she catches her traditional summer cold. As her fever flares out of control, it's not the first time Kirishima's obsession could have saved her life--and it probably won't be the last!



Hergé - Tintin et I’ Alph-Art artwork Tintin et I’ Alph-Art
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1976
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« Je songe déjà au prochain « Tintin » (...). J’aimerais prendre, comme toile de fond, les milieux de la peinture. (...) Moi, j’ai encore envie de continuer. » Hergé Le capitaine Haddock, suivant les conseils de la Castafiore, achète une œuvre de Ramo Nash, créateur de l’Alph-Art : un H en plexiglas. Peu après, le propriétaire d’une galerie d’art, M. Foucart, est mystérieusement assassiné. Tintin mène l’enquête... Si cet album posthume ne peut qu’évoquer la trame de ce récit suspendu, nous, lecteurs, restons suspendus à la plume d’Hergé. 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.



Tom King & Joëlle Jones - Batman (2016-) #39 artwork Batman (2016-) #39
Tom King & Joëlle Jones
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 17, 2018
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

�SUPERFRIENDS� finale! Since the beginning, the friendship between Batman and Wonder Woman has stood at the heart of the DC Universe. Now that friendship is coming apart, and as it does the universe itself begins to crumble. Don�t miss the conclusion of Batman�s epic team-up with Wonder Woman!



Warren Ellis & Cully Hamner - Red artwork Red
Warren Ellis & Cully Hamner
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: June 16, 2009
Publisher: WildStorm
Seller: DC Comics.

In the explosive espionage thriller RED, Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner create a stark tale of revenge, as retired CIA killer Paul Moses finds himself forced back into the game to gain revenge on the agency that trained him.



Mitsuru Sangou - Mask Danshi: This Shouldn’t Lead to Love Volume 1 artwork Mask Danshi: This Shouldn’t Lead to Love Volume 1
Mitsuru Sangou
Genre: BL Manga
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: April 05, 2022
Publisher: Animate International Co., Ltd.
Seller: Media Do International, Inc.

Sayama is a pessimistic guy who always wears a face mask to school. When the most popular boy in class, Saikawa, rips off the mask out of curiosity, Sayama flips out. Despite his harsh words, he's somehow captured Saikawa's interest, who offers to tutor him with a bizarre condition: to let him do as he pleases with what's under Sayama's mask. Sayama hates it when people touch his bare face, lips, and mouth, but he can’t resist Saikawa’s attention... This volume includes a 20 page epilogue about the couple’s very special day at a summer festival...



Shikke - Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 2 artwork Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 2
Shikke
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: March 12, 2024
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Haiga is further overjoyed when during their club’s music camp, he’s able to perform together with Kanae, and it’s during this time that he finally realizes his feelings for the upperclassman go beyond simple admiration. But his joy is quickly negated when his crush tells him to stop coming to the brothel. Is Kanae simply concerned for Haiga's health because of how hard he’s been working so he can afford to see him, or could it be that Kanae has finally found his special someone and left the brothel altogether?



Shikke - Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 1 artwork Pink Heart Jam, Vol. 1
Shikke
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: December 12, 2023
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Haiga lets Kanae introduce him to gay sex, and afterward his innocent crush on Kanae is replaced with a whole new type of attraction. Even as their bond outside the brothel strengthens, Kanae will only be intimate inside its confines—and only in certain ways. What will it take for the two to go beyond experimentation and forge a real relationship?



Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 11 artwork Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 11
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than hid treasures
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: October 16, 2012
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Once Shinji didn't care about anything; then he found people to fight for--only to learn that he couldn't protect them, or keep those he let into his heart from going away. As mankind tilts on the brink of the Third Impact, human feelings are fault lines; good, for cracking the world open, or bad, to be welded forever shut. Kaworu, the Angel of Free Will, now offers Shinji his own two choices--but what if neither is the right one...?



Mark Millar & Dike Ruan - The Magic Order Volume 4 artwork The Magic Order Volume 4
Mark Millar & Dike Ruan
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $11.99
Expected Publish Date: December 10, 2024
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present the bestselling dark fantasy thriller graphic novel, The Magic Order . Soon to be a Netflix Series! The Magic Order is in turmoil after Cordelia is forced to expel her brother. Whispers of discontent persist among the other wizards. They're tired of the rules they've all been living under—and now a coup is brewing. Will old friends become the greatest threat the Magic Order has ever seen? Superstar writer Mark Millar presents the fourth volume of his smash-hit horror series with Dike Ruan ( Shang-Chi, Miles Morales: Spider-Man ) on art. Collects The Magic Order Volume 4 #1–#6. For mature audiences. Soon to be a Netflix series!



Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Olivier Coipel, Travis Charest & Karl Kerschl - The Ambassadors Library Edition artwork The Ambassadors Library Edition
Mark Millar, Frank Quitely, Olivier Coipel, Travis Charest & Karl Kerschl
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $29.99
Expected Publish Date: December 24, 2024
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Millarworld and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present the bestselling superhero thriller in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format. You've cracked the superhuman mystery and can give superpowers to six different people around the world. Who do you choose? When the superhuman genome is cracked, the billionaire scientist responsible announces she will turn six ordinary people into superheroes. This launches a worldwide competition to determine who will join this team of superhumans.  The world's greatest and most ambitious superhero comic needs the world's greatest comic book artists. Step forward Frank Quitely, Travis Charest, Olivier Coipel and an international line-up of superstars presented in hardcover for the first time. For Mature Audiences. Collects The Ambassadors #1–#6.



Shun Matsuena - 008 : Apprenti espion - T8 artwork 008 : Apprenti espion - T8
Shun Matsuena
Genre: Action Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: October 13, 2022
Publisher: Kurokawa
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

L'auteur de K en-Ichi, le disciple ulti me nous régale avec une comédie scolaire dynamique et renversante dans un lycée pour agents secrets. L'examen prend une tournure de plus en plus violente. Un adversaire à la puissance démesurée se présente devant Eight. Celui-ci est loin d'être à son niveau, pour le moment. Malgré tout... il va devoir l'affronter. Entre avancer froidement et sans remords, et défendre la justice comme son père, Eight va devoir choisir quelle sorte d'agent secret il sera !!



Shun Matsuena - 008 : Apprenti espion - T7 artwork 008 : Apprenti espion - T7
Shun Matsuena
Genre: Action Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: July 13, 2022
Publisher: Kurokawa
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

L'auteur de K en-Ichi, le disciple ulti me nous régale avec une comédie scolaire dynamique et renversante dans un lycée pour agents secrets. L'examen réputé extrêmement dangereux voire meurtrier commence ! Échouer implique le renvoi immédiat du lycée sans condition... L'équipe d'Eight est désavantagée dès le début. Néanmoins, pendant l'examen, ils vont au cinéma et Eight rencontre une fille mystérieuse...



Lynn Johnston - For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Vol. 9 artwork For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Vol. 9
Lynn Johnston
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $26.99
Publish Date: November 13, 2024
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC

Collect the beloved newspaper comic strip that chronicles the saga of the Patterson family in real time, over three decades, in this definitive edition. The For Better or For Worse saga comes to an end in this final volume that finishes collecting Lynn Johnston’s comic strip masterpiece. A fire at Michael and Deanna’s apartment building leaves their family without a place to stay, but this coincides with John’s retirement and desire to downsize their house. April takes one last summer trip to the farm and gets a job at a veterinarian clinic. And finally, the entire cast comes together for the wedding of Elizabeth and Anthony. This volume collects every strip from July 20, 2006, to the series’ conclusion on August 30, 2008, plus all of the new strips created for the second run in newspapers!



Gerry Duggan & Garry Brown - Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #1 artwork Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #1
Gerry Duggan & Garry Brown
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: June 05, 2024
Publisher: Image Comics
Seller: Image Comics, Inc.

SERIES PREMIERE   GERRY DUGGAN (Deadpool,_ X-Men_) and GARRY BROWN (Babyteeth) present a massive DOUBLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE of their groundbreaking new series!   The sun set on samurai and gunslingers at roughly the same time, but our two leads didn’t die off quietly. In the East, Asami, an Onna-musha warrior and female samurai, would rather die with her weapons than surrender them to a sword hunt. In the West, the gunslinger MacRaith follows his revenge to the bitter end and pays the ultimate price.    The future lovers are mortally wounded a world apart and awake together in a purgatory ruled by a ruthless society of damned warriors. This one has it all—action, the dead, the dying, the undead, and of course…romance.



Shun Matsuena & Joffrey Seguin - 008 : Apprenti espion - T10 artwork 008 : Apprenti espion - T10
Shun Matsuena & Joffrey Seguin
Genre: Action Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 11, 2023
Publisher: Kurokawa
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

L'auteur de K en-Ichi, le disciple ulti me nous régale avec une comédie scolaire dynamique et renversante dans un lycée pour agents secrets. Une minute avant la fin de l'examen ! Affrontant Sickboy, Eight est sur le point de tomber du haut de l'hôtel. Il s'agrippe tant bien que mal à une poutrelle métallique. Cepandant, avant de partir, Sicikboy fait tomber Hijiri et le sac de pièces : Eight n'a qu'une seule main libre pour tenter d'attraper l'un ou l'autre. S'il sauve le sac, il condamnera Hijiri. À l'inverse, il perdra les pièces et toute son équipe sera disqualifiée puis revoyée du lycée. Quel choix va-t-il faire ...?



Shun Matsuena & Joffrey Seguin - 008 : Apprenti espion - T9 artwork 008 : Apprenti espion - T9
Shun Matsuena & Joffrey Seguin
Genre: Action Manga
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: February 09, 2023
Publisher: Kurokawa
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

L'auteur de K en-Ichi, le disciple ulti me nous régale avec une comédie scolaire dynamique et renversante dans un lycée pour agents secrets. Les examens de mi-session deviennent encore plus difficiles. Un ennemi d'une puissance écrasante apparaît devant Eight. Avec sa force actuelle, il n'est pas de taille face à lui. Mais il n'a d'autre choix que de se battre. En tant qu'agent de renseignement, sera-t-il impitoyable ou suivra-t-il le même chemin de justice de son défunt père ? Un dilemme se présente à Eight.



Archie Superstars - Betty & Veronica Double Digest #292 artwork Betty & Veronica Double Digest #292
Archie Superstars
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: March 31, 2021
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Seller: INscribe Digital

BRAND NEW STORY: “What if Betty and Veronica Were Super Geniuses?” This “what if?” scenario imagines what things would be like if Betty and Veronica were smarter than Riverdale’s resident genius Dilton Doiley. What kind of technological advances will take place when two BFFs combine their mega-brain power?