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Our story opens in Bay City in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Big Sam sees himself as a righteous, truth-seeking patriot, defending the American way, as his Irish immigrant father would have wanted, against a rising tide of left-wing unionism, strikes, and disruption that plague his home town. At the same time he makes monthly, secret overnight trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a mysterious man on the phone he has never laid eyes on, to...
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Human Target volume 1
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"Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target-a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He's had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn't see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DC Universe hated Luthor enough...
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"WHERE YOU DON'T DROP OUT...YOU DROP DEAD!!! Having lived through the first round of judgment in the trap that is Hope's Peak Academy, the surviving students are beginning to form bonds. But the evil paws of Monokuma, the villainous bear that holds them captive, are stretched around them...one light, one dark, signifying that at this school there's only room for two kinds of students: those found innocent--and those found guilty!"--Page 4 of cover....
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Happy! volume 1
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Nick Sax is a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hitman, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child-killer in a Santa suit on the loose, Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas. By a tiny blue horse called Happy.
5) Pulp
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"Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word--tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past?"--Provided by publisher.
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Deadly class volume 1
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"The first chapter of the final arc of Rick Remender and Wes Craig's critically acclaimed DEADLY CLASS! The promise of what could have been, a life that never was--Marcus and Saya are the deadliest couple on Earth, but what happens when they're hired to kill each other? Will she choose to take her place as head of the Kuroki Syndicate, or will she choose revenge? We drive further into an unrecognizable future where scars are a physical reminder of...
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Moonshine volume 13
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"Gangster Lou Pirlo's lover Delia is on a quest to rid him of his werewolf curse, and she enlists the help of two Santeria witches who come at a very high price. Luckily, Lou is a resourceful man and willing to do whatever it takes to pay the price, but when you've got no soul left to sell, bad things are going to happen. From the sex-filled gambling dens of New Orleans to the darkest swamps of the bayou, "Rue Le Jour" is teeming with supernatural...
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Deadly class volume 12
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"There's nothing more beautiful than a total retreat from reality with someone you love in a place where you can leave behind all the noise, greed, and hate for a quiet and simple life. But does such a place truly exist? And if it does, how could the rabid monsters not come to destroy it? A final lap around the track with the outcasts of Generation X as everything they ever predicted comes true."--Back cover.
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Reckless (Ed Brubaker) volume 4
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"The fourth book in the best-selling Reckless series is here! Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. Except this time it's the winter of 1989 and Ethan is out of town, so Anna must tackle this job on her own. When a movie scream queen asks her to prove the mansion she's renovating isn't haunted, Anna will stumble into the decades-long mystery...
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Good Asian volume 2
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Following Edison Harkï, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban--the Chinese.
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Trese volume 3
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"12 midnight at Metro Manila. Try to remain calm as you walk down the dimly-lit streets. If you are suddenly surrounded by a pack of dogs that appear from nowhere - these might be segben tracking down their prey. Avoid the butcher's shop that's open at this hour. It might be a front for a gang of vampiric aswang. Yet, there's an even deadlier threat to the city tonight. An ancient being that thrives on violence and the thirsts for blood has found...
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100 bullets volume 9
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The Trust and the Minutemen approach their final showdown, with Trust members assembling in Miami and Loop Hughes and Lono picking up Victor Ray in Chicago, and Agent Graves plays both sides in favor of his mysterious agenda.
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100 bullets volume 4
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Presents the stories of several people who were seriously hurt before being approached by Agent Graves, who offered each a gun, one hundred untraceable bullets, and a convincing story about whomever betrayed them.
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100 bullets volume 12
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The final battle between the surviving houses of the Trust and their onetime enforcer Agent Graves has been joined, and casualties on both sides promise to be high. In this war, however, the line between soldier and civilian has all but vanished, and no one is giving much thought to collateral damage. But just as no plan of attack ever survives its first contact with the enemy, history shows that unexpected factors are often the most decisive--and...
16) Night fever
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"In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can't sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city, with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer as his guide. Rainer shows Jonathan the hidden world of the night, a world without rules or limits. But when the fun turns dangerous, Jonathan may find himself trapped in the dark... And the question is, what will he do to get home?"--Amazon.com.
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100 bullets volume 13
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The final battle between the surviving houses of the Trust and their onetime enforcer Agent Graves has been joined, and casualties on both sides promise to be high. In this war, however, the line between soldier and civilian has all but vanished, and no one is giving much thought to collateral damage. But just as no plan of attack ever survives its first contact with the enemy, history shows that unexpected factors are often the most decisive--and...
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"There certainly have been many Noir Comics written and drawn by black creators in the past. Now, for the first time, the most revered Black American comic book creators (David F. Walker, Brandon Thomas, MD Bright, Melody Cooper, N.Steven Harris, Gary Phillips, ...) as well as a new generation of writers and artists of color are banding together for a unique anthology of 100% creator-owned Black Noir comic stories!"--Publisher's description.
19) Snow White
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The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
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100 bullets volume 10
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"The latest 100 Bullets collection sees the heads of the Trust, the centuries-old organization that secretly runs the world, gather in the wake of the death of one of their number, while Augustus Medici, de facto leader of the families, works behind the scenes to exploit internecine rivalries. Meanwhile, renegade Agent Graves continues handing out the briefcases, each containing a gun and 100 untraceable bullets, that provide the comic's name."--Amazon.com...
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