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Chun-Woo Han, aka Goo Moon Ryong, aka Nine-Door Dragon, must rescue his student Shi-Woon from the martial arts alliance, and the only way to do so is put his own life on the line! Taking a page from the book of his own master, Chun-Woo starts down a dangerous path for his discipleΓÇÖs sake.Hoping to finally bring an end to his long-lasting misfortunes, the Goo Moon Ryong willingly jumps into a trap, leading to what could be his final battle against the skilled fighters of the alliance. And while the big clash between the showy techniques of the martial schools and the immovable will of the Nine-Door Dragon will make alliance fighters fall like autumn leaves, Chun-Woo may not have what it takes to get past the most elite fighters of the Murim world and save Si-Woon!A true bestseller in South Korea and already translated into many languages, Jeon Geuk-jin and Park Jin-Hwan''s fighting manhwa has been praised for its sensational action, as well as its captivating storyline, with many charismatic characters and stylish martial arts techniques that will keep you glued to the page, wanting more!

Si-Woon goes to the rescue of his friend Sae-Hee, kidnapped by Chang-Ho's gang, the high school bully boss. Will Si-Woo be able to contain his strength and his newly acquired powers, in front of opponents who, although violent, are merely human? And he is unaware that at the same time, So-Chun Hyuk, heir to the Chun-Do clan, witnesses the scene and discovers the true talents of the young man... With the arrival of So-Chun, the story enters a new chapter, much more intense, especially for young hero Si-Woon, overwhelmed by the events, caught up in the Murim universe which discovers his potential. A new world of dangers opposes him, and the young high school student will have to start fighting on his own, in front of enemies of a whole different caliber! He may be entering a spiral of violence in which he may never come out.

On All Hallows' Eve, a community struggles under the boot of the Nazi war machine when supernatural forces come to play a part in the conflict! From the artist of the bestselling Something is Killing the Children comes a tale that will send shivers up your spine... It's World War 2 and the struggle between good and evil is in full force. In Prague, the great Bohemian city is being oppressed by the Nazi occupation and the population lives in terror, while the resistance forces try to organize themselves in the shadows. It is an almost impossible task. With the ruthless SS tightening their grip on every street and neighborhood with overwhelming might, only one hope feeds the struggle. A crazy hope, which rests on the fragile foundations of an ancient, monstrous legend...

"The breaker omnibus vol. 2 is 364 pages of intense, thrilling story and art, and includes the chapters 16-29 of this critically acclaimed manhwa"-Back cover.

Mirka Andolfo (Mercy, Unatural, DC Bombshells) returns, bringing life to a Heaven (and a Hell) filled with humor and lovable characters! In Un/Sacred Vol 2, Mirka invites you once again into the world of Angelina and Damiano...and Eden, the new arrival in the family! Mirka and a super team of specially selected creators will be helping her explore the borders of this crazy and sensual universe, and the evolution of everyone's favorite angel/devil couple! The Un/Sacred Vol 2 hardcover collects the entire hit series, plus cover gallery and bonus material!

The geezers are back! The Old Geezers Vol 2 includes two new stories, featuring three septuagenarians who have been friends since childhood: Antoine, Emile, and Pierrot. In "The One Who Got Away", things aren't looking so good for the Geezers... one of them's in the hospital, the other's been arrested, and the third one is dealing with leaky roofs, drowning sheep, and eggs he doesn't approve of. Two new characters make their appearance in this book, and through their stories we are taken to shark-infested waters and treasure-hunting in the Pacific, to village fairs, rugby matches, broken hearts, and behavior unbefitting neighbors-which continues to this day. Thank goodness young Sophie and her puppets are around to keep these old men in check. And in "The Magician", peaceful country living consisting of leaky roofs, puppet shows, and drinks and arguments at the local tavern is disturbed when a rare species of grasshopper is discovered in a local field, and suddenly environmentalists, politicians, hunters, Big Pharma, union people, mushroom pickers and geriatric anarchists are all loudly fighting for what they believe is the right approach to things. In the midst of all this, one love story may be blooming in spite of a curse, another may be doomed for good and for poop, and questions of paternity arise yet again. The Old Geezers is an international bestseller, regularly topping the graphic novel bestseller lists across Europe -- with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. >

The story of The Breaker follows Shiwoon "Shioon" Yi,a timid high school student who becomes the disciple to Chunwoo Han, a martialartist who is an enemy to the secret martial arts society known as the Murim.However, Shioon is naive and unaware of his master''s shady past and the unseenunderbelly of the society. How will Chun Woo manage to teach Shioon and help himsurvive in the world of Murim? Originallypublished published in South Korea by Daewon C.I., The Breaker has already beentranslated into many other languages such as French, German, Italian, Spanish,Russian, Turkish, Polish and more...and now ABLAZE is happy to bring the titleto English language readers worldwide. Praised not only for its thrillingartwork depicting amazing martial arts action, but also gripping storyline, TheBreaker Omnibus Volume 1 is 400 pages of intense story and art!

Translation of: Les vieux fourneaux. Volume 1, Ceux qui restent.

"Elle is just another teenage girl... most of the time. Bubbly and good-natured, she wastes no time making friends upon her arrival at Mercury Middle School. But Elle has a secret: she hasn't come alone. That's because she's brought five colorful personalities along with her, which come out when she least expects it... Who is Elle, really?" --

"Where were you when the cloud arrived? Where were you when the world changed forever? Where were you when people started dying?"--Back cover.

Award-winning Filipino comic book and hit Netflix anime series! In a city where the vampiric aswang control everything illegal and where ancient gods seek to control everything else, enforcing the law can be a very difficult task. When crime takes a weird for the weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. But lately, it seems like others have been taking that call... A mysterious motorcycle racer has been capturing criminals with his unearthly speed. A masked giant has been demolishing drug dens and destroying gangs' headquarters. Trese must control these supernatural crime-fighters and bring back order to the city, before the underworld attempts to seek balance in its own way. Trese: Midnight Tribunal is the fifth volume of the award-winning Trese comic book series, upon which the hit Netflix anime series is based, featuring an overarching storyline divided into four cases. It includes updated/remastered artwork, as well as bonus material, including Alexandra's journal entries chronicling her creature encounters, as well as an afterword by writer Budjette Tan, detailing how the story evolved from a 20-page stand-alone case to its current form and the factors that influenced the story.

"Featuring Frigiel, the brave sorcerer's apprentice, ever-ready to give his all for his friends, who dreams of one day becoming a true adventurer. And his faithful canine companion Fluffy, as cuddly with his master as he is bitey with the bad guys! Vol. 3 contains two complete self-contained stories 'The Lost Island' where Frigiel and his friends thirsting for adventure decide to uncover the mystery of the Farlands but end up stranded on a lost island and 'The Herobrine Manor' where they must try to survive all night in a haunted mansion! Plus bonus material."--

As seen in the pages of Shonen Jump, BLITZ is a new shonen manga exploring the elite world of chess!Immerse yourself into the world of chess, where intuition and mental agility are precious assets on the way to victory!Tom, a young high school student, has a crush on his classmate Harmony. When he learns about her passion for chess, Tom quickly decides to sign up for the school''s chess club.But he doesnΓÇÖt even know the rules! To impress Harmony, he is left with no choice: he must learn quickly and train seriously.Soon Tom discovers the existence of Garry Kasparov, the greatest player in the history of chess. He stumbles upon a virtual reality machine that promises to help him analyze the most legendary matches of the master!In an unexpected twist of event, Tom soon is granted access to the highest echelons of the chess...Bonus material included: In each volume, chess games are explained move by move to allow you to better understand the strategy. To facilitate further understanding, a chess lexicon and annotations are included.

ABLAZE is back again, adding to its bestselling line of UNCENSORED Robert E. Howard Cimmerian graphic novels, with The Cimmerian Volume 4! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!Vol 4 includes two complete stories, Beyond The Black River, and Hour of the Dragon, plus bonus material, including the original prose stories, in one epic hardcover collection!BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER: The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion…HOUR OF THE DRAGON: Under the funeral vaults of the mausoleum belonging to the ancient and cruel Emperor Xaltotun of Python, three men devoured by ambition come to offer to the inert body of the deceased sovereign the heart of Ahriman, a source of immor-tality which once belonged to him. Taken away at the cost of his life. In exchange for this offering, the three men claim a single thing: the world. However, there is only one person able to stand in their way, a Cimmerian who seized the throne of Aquilonia: Conan!

In an ancient world where martial artists reign supreme, Unseong can only watch as his master is brutally beaten to death after a false accusation of practicing forbidden demonic arts. Even after a valiant fight, he fails to kill those responsible and faces his own end. But fate has other plans… Instead of taking his last breath, he awakens as a child, training to be an elite soldier of a demonic sect. Now Unseong must embrace the demonic arts and harness power in his ultimate quest for revenge.

A 2022 Junior Library Guild Selection!On the Farm allanimals were equal. In the Castle some are more equal thanothers.For fans of the bestselling Stray Dogs and the Eisner Awardwinning Beasts of Burden comes an animal fable at once familiar and surprising! You may think you know the story but set aside your assumptions, this animaluprising is unlike any you have read!Nestled in the heart of a farmforgotten by men, the Animal Castle is ruled with an iron hoof by PresidentSilvio. The bull and its dog militia savor their power, while the other animalsare exhausted by work, until the arrival of the mysterious Azelard, a travelingrat who will teach them the secrets of civil disobedience.Collectingissues 1-5 of the bestselling comic series into a handsome hardcover volume,with complete cover gallery and bonus material, including behind the scenes infoand illustrations.

It is the morning of January 10, 2016 and thirty-year-old Samuel is ready to leave the house and live another day of his ordinary existence. As soon as he arrives on the street, he learns about David Bowie''s death on his smartphone; the news strikes him so hard that he is stunned, and his are not moments of bewilderment, but hours, days, years, and centuries...he finds himself catapulted across space and time. He awakens hundreds of thousands of years later, in a society of the future--in the year 200 thousand sixteen--not so different from his own, although he is surrounded by people dressed as dinosaurs, integrated biological technologies and there is a global well-being. Is it perhaps the utopia of the future? Samuel will have to try to find out and find his own dimension in the process, without losing himself. Red Lightning is a touching tribute to David Bowie. But it is more than that. It''s an inclusive and progressive graphic novel that addresses issues such as mental health and gender identity. It is a queer comic that takes us 200,000 years into the future, and makes us reflect on the present by talking about the distant future. It is emotional science fiction. Five years after Bowie''s death, Marco B. Bucci redefines science fiction with a graphic novel masterfully illustrated by the watercolors of the super talented Riccardo Atzeni. Long live the White Duke!

Experience the hit anime Netflix show as a graphic novel series!Alsan, now Alexander, has returned to Earth and wants to re-organize the Resistance. And must locate Jack and Victoria and prepare them to fight. What dangerous adventures will they be involved in this time? The graphic novel based on Laura Gallego''s books continues on, in the fight for peace in the world of Idhun.

"Die, die the hand is mine, to be human, is to live your life in the blind." ΓÇ£There was mud in my mouth, my knees dripped blood onto the uneven pavementΓÇölittle spatters of crimson rain. I bit down on my fist. I wouldn''t cry, it would only distract me from running." "Ahead of me, a little girl is sleeping in the alley, her hand clenched around a bundle of forget-me-nots. The moonlight spilling on her pale skin turns her from innocent to wraith. Two days ago, I was her, a forgotten face in a sea of the living deadΓÇöyet I was different. At night I would shed my human skin and go back to my own kind. Go back to my world with wings of light to carry me through the sky, where no element, flame or weapon forged could claim my life.""That was two nights ago, I am a fairy no longer. Tonight, I am human...and if they catch me, I will die.ΓÇ¥On the day the god Cronus was born, it is said, the earth quaked and screamed at its core. The cliffs bordering the sea crashed together, flames shot into the open sky. Each flame carried a Seelie fairy. In their blood flowed the magic of the old worlds and the fire of immorality. The Unseelie were formed in the ashes that fell to the ground, they carried no flame and could die. The ruling gods struck an accord with the Unseelie who protested their fate: Every hundred years, a Seelie fairy must be human for three days, in that time, the Unseelie could hunt their immortal flame, and gods would close their eyes. A princess of firelight and next in line for the Seelie throne, Selyara is a girl who wants only freedom. Given no protection, she must face three days as a human, alone. Lavara sits on the Seelie throne as queen regent until Selyara has completed and survived her human trial. If Selyara dies, Lavara will take the throne. On the first eve of her humanity, Selyara stands under the moon, trying to accept the fact that, like so many ancestors before her, she may not survive the hunt. Brought up in the ways of the Unseelie and trained as a blood hunter, Lore captures the fairy named Selyara. Mystified and drawn to the girl with the fire-red hair, he watches her trade her throne for the promise of a friendΓÇÖs life. Faced with loyalty to his own queen and betraying everything he knows, Lore must give his sword to a kingdom he has always opposed, and a strange, magical girlΓÇöfast becoming more precious to him than any immortal fire. Side by side, Selyara, and Lore unlock dark secrets to break a blood promise that will change their stars forever. Together, they fall into a world of fairytales and all the Theories of Magic.JP Roth & Sabine RichΓÇÖs Theory of Magic graphic novel holds seven chapters of full color art, drawn and colored by Sabine Rich, a cover gallery as well as sketch and layout pages.

"A classic of LGBTQ literature that has become a cult sensation! The heroes of this enchanting group have been enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide! Adapted on TV (BBC), Limited Series (Netflix), Theater...and now in graphic novel form for the first time! San Francisco, 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal runs a boarding house. She welcomes people who have nowhere else to go: the misfits. This matriarch is known for her unending kindness and her superb marijuana crop. The novel starts with the arrival of Mary Ann Singleton, a prudish, naive, young woman who escaped her dull Ohio hometown for San Francisco. She settles in with her other fellow tenants: Michael "Mouse," a personable young gay man, Brian Hawkins, an incorrigible Don Juan, and Mona Ramsey, a young hippyish bisexual."--Provided by publisher.

Beryl's life in the desert, living with her aunt and her cat, is relatively simple...until the day she finds and enters the Dollhouse. Stuck inside an ever-changing mystery house that hunts children and turns them into dolls, Beryl goes on a psychedelic journey where she must face the notion of her own limitations and move past them...before she becomes the building's newest prey. PORCELAIN is a labyrinth of a psychologically thrilling experience told in a way that only acclaimed creator Maria Llovet (Faithless, Heartbeat, Loud, Eros/Psyche) can tell it.

Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga format.

The world of Versus Fighting is facing an unprecedented struggle! On the one hand, Esport magna Eric Volta wants to professionalize the sector with millions of dollars. On the other hand, Max Volta, his own nephew, was recruited by Inès, a former player of the Versus Dojo arcade who fights to preserve the passion of the fighting game culture and its players. To help him, the legendary TKO the Destroyer will have to come out of his retirement to train his team... And in the middle of it all, there is a surprise guest: Mr. Judeau, a talented player of obscure games that no one else plays. Is the man who gets paid in kebab the Chosen One who will help all these people come together? Welcome to the crazy world of Versus Fighting Story! Officially endorsed by Capcom and the fighting game community, featuring genuine Street Fighter characters, and produced in the vein of the best sports shônen, discover the e-sport spirit, as you have never seen it before.

Based on the works of Leiji Matsumoto (also known as Matsumoto, Reiji).

"A boy suddenly orphaned fights his parents' killer to save a planet, and discovers a new world of danger -- and wonder. Jack, a teenager from Earth, has a dire premonition...something is wrong; however, he cannot imagine the change he will experience in his life when he gets back home. There he finds his parents have died and is transported by two mysterious strangers to a magical world. Together with Victoria, a girl he has just met, he will start a fight of unexpected proportions. Their fate will be inexorably linked to the Resistance, a small group fighting for the freedom of a world called Idúhn. Will he be able to restore the lost peace? A story that mixes adventure, magic and love, and which shows values ​​such as overcoming difficulties, courage and unconditional friendship. Based on the novels by Laura Gallego. And now an animated series on Netflix!"--Provided by publisher.

Originally published in 2021 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial in Barcelona, Spain.