New Release Highlights - 7th April 2021

We're hoping to re-open next week. Further details can be found here.

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COMIC BOOKS

MAGIC THE GATHERING #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
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(W) Jed MacKay (A) Ig Guara (CA) Matteo Scalera

Across the vast Multiverse, those gifted with a "spark" can tap into the raw power of Magic and travel across realms - they are Planeswalkers.

When coordinated assassination attempts on Guildmasters Ral Zarek, Vraska and Kaya rock the city of Ravnica and leave Jace Belleren's life hanging in the balance, a fuse is lit that threatens not just these three Guilds, but the entire plane of Ravnica.

Now these three must covertly infiltrate the wild plane of Zendikar and form a tenuous alliance to uncover why the targets of the assassins have all been Planeswalkers...

...which will lead them straight to one of the most enigmatic characters in Magic history!

CLICK TO VIEW A PREVIEWS PREVUE

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GEIGER #1
IMAGE COMICS
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(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank

Industry heavyweights GEOFF JOHNS (Superman, Green Lantern, Batman: Three Jokers) and GARY FRANK (Superman, Supergirl, The Incredible Hulk) of DC's DOOMSDAY CLOCK reteam for what will be one of the most anticipated new series of 2021 in the forthcoming GEIGER. This mind blowing new series will take local comic shops by storm in April from Image Comics.

Who are the scavengers of a dying earth? GEIGER is set in the years since a nuclear war ravaged the planet, desperate outlaws battle for survival in a world of radioactive chaos. Out past the poisoned wasteland lives a man even the Nightcrawlers and Organ People fear. Some name him Joe Glow, others call him The Meltdown Man. But his name... is Geiger.

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GREEN LANTERN #1
DC COMICS
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(W) Geoffrey Thorne (A) Dexter Soy (CA) Bernard Chang

As this new Green Lantern series begins, the newly formed United Planets and the Guardians of the Universe hold an intergalactic summit to decide who can best serve and protect the cosmos from danger. With the majority of Green Lanterns called back to Oa, John Stewart arrives alongside Teen Lantern Keli Quintela, whose powerful gauntlet could be one of the most powerful and unstable weapons in the universe. With the entire landscape of the universe in flux, is this the end of the Green Lantern Corps... or a new beginning?

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NEXT BATMAN SECOND SON #1 (OF 4) 
DC COMICS
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(W) John Ridley (A) Tony Akins - Travel Foreman - Mark Morales (CA) Doug Braithwaite

A new miniseries by Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley and artists Tony Akins and Travel Foreman begins! Readers now know that after the events of Future State, Tim Fox is the next Batman... but what’s his origin story? Why has he been estranged from Lucius Fox and his family for so long? Connected to the dramatic events of March’s Infinite Frontier #0, these questions and many more will be explored in this thrilling new digital first miniseries!

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THE RISE #1 (OF 6)
HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
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(W) George C. Romero (A/CA) Diego Yapur

The film Night of the Living Dead changed popular culture forever, and now George C. Romero, the son of legendary film director George A. Romero, tells the story before the worst night on Earth.

Learn about the death, destruction, and tragedy that led to the birth of the modern zombie in this prequel horror saga to the most significant and influential horror film franchise in history!

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SILVER COIN #1 (OF 5)
IMAGE COMICS
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(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Michael Walsh

Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with an all-star lineup of collaborators - CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS) - on a new horror anthology miniseries for mature readers.

Each issue will tell a tale of terror in a shared supernatural world.

The story starts in 1978 with a failing rock band whose fortune suddenly changes when they find the mysterious Silver Coin.

Little do they know that fame comes with a cost, and a curse is always hungry.

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SENSATIONAL SECOND ISSUES!

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Also out this week:

• Amazing Spider-Man #63
• Avengers #44
• Batman #107
• Beasts Of Burden Occupied Territory #1 (of 4)
• Crime Syndicate #2
• Deep Beyond #3 (of 12)
• God Of War Fallen God #2 (of 4)
• Hollow Heart #2
• Immortal Hulk #45

• James Bond Agent Of Spectre #2
• Joker Harley Criminal Sanity #8 (of 9)
• Overwatch Tracer London Calling #5 (of 5)
• Resistance Uprising #1
• Runaways #35
• Star Wars High Republic #4
• Transformers 84 Legends & Rumors 100-Page Giant
• Transformers Beast Wars #3
• Walking Dead Dlx #12

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GRAPHIC NOVELS

WARHAMMER 40K MARNEUS CALGAR TP
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Jacen Burrows (CA) Luke Ross

The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics! In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Marneus Calgar, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, leads his elite Space Marines against humanity's greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war.

Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, The Wicked + The Divine) spearheads a new publishing initiative with Marneus Calgar's never-before-told origin story - from his beginnings on Nova Thulium and his campaigns in the Black Crusades, to the unfolding mystery of the Black Altar, as a deadly threat from Calgar's past re-emerges to threaten the present of the Ultramar system!

It's essential reading for 40K afficionados - and the perfect primer for those new to the universe of WARHAMMER 40,000! Be prepared!

Collecting WARHAMMER 40,000: MARNEUS CALGAR (2020) #1-5 .

Parental Advisory

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BATMAN WHO LAUGHS TP
DC COMICS
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(W) Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV (A) Jock, Eduardo Risso (CA) Jock

The Batman Who Laughs is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse - something both terrifying and oddly familiar.

When Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman can’t ever break... the rule that created the Batman Who Laughs!

As Bruce begins to realize that all the mistakes he’s made are somehow connected, the Batman Who Laughs unleashes a brand-new evil.

Enter one of the most punishing Batmen of the Dark Multiverse: the Grim Knight!

Collects The Batman Who Laughs #1-7 and The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight #1.

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INKBLOT VOL 01 TP
IMAGE COMICS
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(W) Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd (A/CA) Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd

A powerful sorceress must attempt to correct her greatest mistake - the creation of a magical cat that can travel through time, space, and the seven realms of reality.

The cat threatens to unravel the fabric of the universe, doesn't care, and just won't listen!

Third-generation comic artist EMMA KUBERT partners with up-and-coming creator RUSTY GLADD to deliver a high-fantasy epic!

​Collects INKBLOT #1-6.

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Also out this week:

• Rat Queens Vol 08 God Dilemma TP

• Star Wars Vol 02 Operation Starlight TP