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ACTIONVERSE #6 FEATURING STRAY
Writer(s): Vito Delsante
Artist Name(s): Ares Taveras, Wilson Ramos Jr.
Cover Artist(s): Mitch Ballard, Wilson Ramos Jr.
Orderable Variant Cover by: Sean Gregory Miller/Wilson Ramos (B)
When an online journalist discovers a secret conspiracy, who does he run to for protection from two of the deadliest assassins in the world? Uh oh…he went to Stray. Nice knowing you, bud! Cover by Mitch Ballard! Retailer incentive cover by Sean Gregory Miller (Kid Sherlock)!
32 pgs./ T / FC $3.99
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DEC170980 – ACTIONVERSE ONGOING #6 STRAY CVR A BALLARD RAMOS JR
DEC170981 – ACTIONVERSE ONGOING #6 STRAY CVR B MILLER & RAMOS JR
ATHENA VOLTAIRE AND THE SORCERER POPE #1
Writer(s): Steve Bryant
Artist Name(s): Ismael Canales (art), Emily Elmer (colors)
Cover Artist(s): Steve Bryant (Cover A), Steve Bryant retro variant (Cover B), Tom Fowler (Cover C)
Kicking off the ongoing adventures of comics’ favorite pulp heroine! Athena races against the Nazis to find an artifact once possessed by Pope Sylvester II, but the allies helping her have their own agendas. Loyalties will be tested. With absolute power up for grabs, who can you trust?
32 pgs./ T / FC $3.99
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DEC170982 – ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #1 CVR A BRYANT
DEC170983 – ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #1 CVR B BRYANT RETRO
DEC170984 – ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #1 CVR C FOWLER
FORCE VOLUME 1: The Wright Time
Writer(s): Shawn Pryor, B. Alex Thompson
Artist Name(s): Jay Reed
Cover Artist(s): Jay Reed
Quarterback Terrance Wright is about to play in the biggest game of his life, Supreme Bowl XXVII. However, events leading up to the game could alter his fate. Will Terrance’s health, finances, his scheming agent, a beloved rookie backup quarterback, and his personal relationship with the franchise operations manager take him to his breaking point before the game begins?
Sometimes the battle off the field can be as tough as the battle on it. Welcome to the world of F.O.R.C.E. (Football Operations Rated Championship Elite), collecting issues 1-3 of the breakout sports drama.
96 pgs./ T / FC $9.99
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DEC170985 – FORCE TP VOL 01 WRIGHT TIME
HERO CATS #21
Writer(s): Kyle Puttkammer & Keek Stewart
Artist Name(s): Andy Duggan
Cover: Anna Puttkammer
Inks: Andy Duggan
Colors: Meg Daunting, Daniel Hooker
Season Finale! “Warm Hearts on a Cold Day.” In the end, will love conquer all? Find out as the Hero Cats go on one last adventure before taking a well deserved cat nap (but they’ll be back). Ace, Cassie, Belle, Midnight, Rocket and Rocco bring it all home!
32 pgs./ E / FC $3.99
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DEC170986 – HERO CATS #21
JUPITER JET #3
Writer(s): Jason Inman & Ashley Victoria Robinson
Artist Name(s): Ben Matsuya (Lineart), Mara Jayne Carpenter (Colors) Taylor Esposito (Letters)
Cover Artist(s): Ben Matsuya (Cover A)
Praetor Pluto has found the Flying Girl. Will the new upgrades to Jupiter Jet’s jetpack allow her to escape? Danger! Family! And Cats! This issue has it all. Plus, part three of The Origin of The Jetpack backup with art by Jorge Corona (The Flash and We Are Robin).
32 pgs./ E / FC $3.99
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DEC170987 – JUPITER JET #3
MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR #7
Created by: Thomas Astruc
Written by: Thomas Astruc, Mélanie Duval, Fred Lenoir, Bryan Seaton & Sébastien Thibaudeau
Artist Name(s): Brian Hess
Cover Artist(s): Brian Hess
Letters by: Justin Birch
Edited by: Nicole D’Andria and Bryan Seaton
Marinette and Adrien continue crime fighting and hiding their secret identities as Ladybug and Cat Noir. Up against akumatized villains created by the villainous Hawk Moth, will these two superheroes finally meet their match or save Paris yet again? Find out in their latest miraculous adventure!
32 pgs./ A / FC $3.99
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DEC170990 – MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES LADYBUG CAT NOIR #7
MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR: DE-EVILIZE
Writer(s): Zag Entertainment
Artist Name(s): Zag Entertainment
Cover Artist(s): Zag Entertainment
Arranged and Adapted by: Cheryl Black and Nicole D’Andria
Ladybug and Cat Noir take on more of Hawk Moth’s akumatized villains. Marinette’s great-uncle Wang Cheng, a famous chef, becomes Kung Food. Taste his soup and you’re under his control. Her classmate Max gets turned into Gamer after losing a video game tournament. He creates a giant robot that threatens to destroy all of Paris. Her other quiet classmate, Juleka, transforms into Reflekta. She is able to turn people into a reflection of herself. Will Paris’s greatest superheroes be able to take down Kung Food, Gamer and Refleka in this action-packed volume?
SPOTS ON, CLAWS OUT!
Collects MIRACULOUS #19-21.
192 pgs./ A / FC $9.99
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DEC170991 – MIRACULOUS TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR DE EVILIZE
MIRACULOUS: PUPPETEER
Writer(s): Zag Entertainment
Artist Name(s): Zag Entertainment
Cover Artist(s): Zag Entertainment
Arranged and Adapted by: Cheryl Black and Nicole D’Andria
Marinette is looking after Manon one again. She made her dolls that look like Ladybug, Cat Noir and some famous villains!! Because of a misunderstanding, Manon, falsely accused of stealing a doll, gets akumatized. She turns into the Puppeteer. She wants all Marinette’s dolls in order to control them. If she manages to take hold of the Ladybug and Cat Noir dolls, she will control them, she will be able to give Hawk Moth their Miraculous…and Paris will be in danger for good.
64 pgs./ A / FC $4.99
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DEC170988 – MIRACULOUS #22 PUPPETEER CVR A
DEC170989 – MIRACULOUS #22 PUPPETEER CVR B
NUTMEG VOLUME 4
Writer(s): James F. Wright
Artist Name(s): Jackie Crofts (art, colors), Josh Eckert (colors, lettering)
Cover Artist(s): Jackie Crofts
Vol. 4 “Late Winter: Coven Cleaner” collects issues 10-12 of Nutmeg. After winter break, Poppy and Cassia’s bond is broken, perhaps irrevocably. But from the ashes, an alliance forms between a pair of one-time rivals. Can they restore the Patty Cakes brownie empire, or will they tear each other to pieces in the process? In the midst of winter, Vista Vale is heating up.
96 pgs./ A / FC $11.99
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DEC170992 – NUTMEG TP VOL 04 LATE WINTER COVEN CLEANER
PRINCELESS BOOK 3: THE PIRATE PRINCESS DELUXE HARDCOVER
Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Ro Stein, Ted Brandt
Cover Artist(s): Ro Stein, Ted Brandt
Read the volume of Princeless that launched the critically acclaimed spinoff, Raven: The Pirate Princess, now in deluxe format with never before seen behind the scenes special features.
Adrienne and Bedelia have been on a quest to save Adrienne’s sisters, but when they stumbles upon an unknown princess trapped in a tower, they decide they can’t just leave her locked up. But they’re about to find off they’ve bit of more than they can chew when they rescue Raven Xingtao, the daughter of the pirate king. Adrienne has met her match and if she’s not careful, Raven may steal the dragon right out from under her.
168 pgs./ A / FC $19.99
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DEC170993 – PRINCELESS DLX HC VOL 03
PRINCELESS: RAVEN THE PIRATE PRINCESS BOOK 4: TWO SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Xenia Pamfil and Christine Hipp
Cover Artist(s): Xenia Pamfil
Year 2 of Raven’s quest for Love and Revenge begins! With the whole crew back together in one piece, it’s time for a celebration. But some of the crew have ulterior motives for this party and they’ll take a romantic twist! What no one expects is the party to be cut short by an attack that will tear some relationships apart, push others closer together, and leave our crew one lady short.
32 pgs./ A / FC $3.99
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DEC170994 – PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS TP VOL 04 TWO SHIPS IN NIGH
PRINCELESS: RAVEN, THE PIRATE PRINCESS YEAR 2 #5
Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Christine Hipp (art), Xenia Pamfil (colors)
Cover Artist(s): Christine Hipp (art), Xenia Pamfil (colors)
It’s been a month since the devastating attack on the ship and Raven and her crew are finally back on course. Some wounds are healing, but some are a little deeper. Now that everyone is beginning to come to terms with the loss of Sunshine, Ximena is wondering if it’s finally okay to make her move on Raven. Somebody will end up kissing by the end of the night, but it’s not who you think. And, hey, what ever did happen to Sunshine?
32 pgs./ A / FC $3.99
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DEC170995 – PRINCELESS RAVEN YEAR 2 #5 LOVE AND REVENGE
TOYETICA #6
Writer(s): Marty LeGrow
Artist Name(s): Marty LeGrow
Cover Artist(s): Marty LeGrow
Despite making new friends, Minky’s still feeling out of her element on land. And not even a trip to the local hotspot Giant Gems can cheer her up! Determined to make it up to her, Trixie hatches a secret plan with help from the other students…
32 pgs./ E / FC 3.99
