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ULTIMATE HAWKEYE (Avenger goes solo), SKINBREAKER (Kirkman & Finch craft a tribal, generational tale), SUPERMAN (Supes & Booster vs a Legion), BATTLEWORLD (Hank Pym leads a multiversal squad), THE PHANTOM (The Ghost who Fawkes!), QUICK STOPS (Rene spotlight tribute to Shannon Doherty)

Spicy Manga Restock, shrink-wrapped to maintain freshness

DEADPOOL/BATMAN (Merc With A Mouth invades Gotham), BATMAN: SECOND KNIGHT (Jurgens & Perkins vintage serial continues), CASEY JONES (Dick's Sporting Goods' favorite hero gears up), NO MAN'S LAND (*Very* Cold War mystery), BLACK, WHITE & BOBA FETT (Minimalist tales of the bounty hunting fan fave)

The latest volumes of Blue Lock, Reincarnated as a Sword, My Kitten is a Picky Eater, and Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm lead this week's fresh manga

Rounding out today's books, we have the early volumes of Hiro Mashima's Eden's Zero, Mashima and Atsuo Ueda's Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Takahiro and Yohei Takemura's Chained Soldier and some Naruto light novels.

"I am going to be alright. I just stumbled over a stone in the road. My life and potential lie far beyond this. I'm sure I will overcome this. I'll walk again, soon" Rebuilding our ranks of Kentaro Miura's Berserk

So Many Squads of Shinigami! We got in 2 dozen volumes of Tite Kubo's Bleach as part of a big manga restock that will be posted throughout the day.

PUNISHER (Welcome Back, Frank), POWERS 25 (Bendis & Oeming's cape procedural is back), C.O.R.T. (Tom Taylor & Daniele Di Nicuolo found a new Camelot), X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE ALPHA, TRANSFORMERS (Daniel Warren Johnson's epic finale), RACER X (Speed Racer's big bro gets the spotlight)

Fresh manga led by the debuts of Bride of the Death God, Magic Maker and His Sensual Whisper, along with lots of Dungeons and/or Dragons

Starting the week with a manga restock. Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Demon Slayer and Kaiju No. 8, plus wise words from Nintendo's Satoru Iwata, and Kazuki Takahashi's Secret Reverse

Ranger Slayer crashes the Yu-Gi-Oh! POP party

Tune into Kick.com at 1 PM for the new Kick Comicbook Men, where we talk about the impact of Shonen Jump! We will be on the front page, on channel Lonewolfancub

AKIRA Hardcover Vol. 1 This edition is resented in the original Japanese orientation, and completely re-lettered with the 35th Anniversary edition's updated translation and Katsuhiro Otomo's hand-drawn sound effects.

The Massive-verse team takes on the Bat in IMMORTAL LEGEND OF BATMAN, A double of INFINITY WAR with SHE-HULK and BLACK PANTHER, SONJA REBORN--nice try, but If you're going to do isekai, you have to name it something like I Was Just Going Out for a Scone, Then I Woke Up in a Chainmail Bikini

KICK COMICBOOK MEN Season 2 starts Monday at 1PM EST. Tune in for 2 hours of discussion of the 1980s. Crisis, Secret Wars, Watchmen, Dark Knight, the black & white boom, Teen Titans, X-Men and more in the decade that saw immense creative and business growth for comics

JUSTICE LEAGUE RED (Tornado's secret strike team), IMPERIAL (The veil is lifted), ESCAPE (Dog fights with dog pilots), DETECTIVE COMICS (Issue 1100!), VENOM: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD (Classic writers craft stark tales), TMNT JOURNEYS (Laird & Lawson back in print), BLACK CAT (Gwillow/Gleb goodness)

The debuts of Demon King is Overprotective, Exquisite Blood, and Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim, and the latest volumes of Dead Rock, Mushoku Tensei, Dragon and Chameleon, and My Cat is Such a Weirdo lead our manga additions

Spicy Manga Shipment The shrinkwrap is the sign of quality

The greatest (non-Asgardian) hammer wielder of all time's POP Plus is now in stock

The latest Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest, My Deer Friend Nokotan, and a new take on Hades and Persephone highlight today's manga

SPEED RACER (Cool new spin on the classic), SPIDER-MAN VS THE SINISTER SIXTEEN (JMS and Phil Noto serve 7 courses of fun), ULTIMATES (Ultimate Maximoffs), JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARK TOMORROW (Omega beams & future dreams), TITANS ANNUAL (Phil Jimenez takes another crack at Donna's origin)

Three landmark series get deluxe editions with the debut of ICHI THE KILLER, the second GUNSMITH CATS, and the conclusion of GRAVITATION. We also have the penultimate EDEN'S ZERO and the debut of CAT+CRAZY

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Nanoblocks disappeared in a day last time, so we had to get in more. Plus, we have added Krillin and Frieza to our Dragon Ball Z selection.

Open the door, Get on the floor Everybody walk the dinosaur Crayon Shin-chan: Our Dinosaur Diary figures have joined our selection

Rebuilding our fleet of One Piece Grand Ship Collection models

Frieren, Sailor Moon and Death Note plush have been added to our selection

BATMAN (H-Two-sh, Part 4!), MOON KNIGHT ('250 Issues' describes both longevity and Marc's therapy notes), THUNDERCATS/POWERPUFF GIRLS (I don't know how much Chemical X somebody took to think this up, but I'm here for it), SUPERMAN (vs the Omega Legion)

A BRZRKR Novel by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville (whose New52 Dial H for Hero series was *chef's kiss*), the debut of Last Samurai Standing, a new Fate/Grand Order, and Choose Your Own Mothman Adventure

Elec Man is the latest Robot Master to arrive. Created by Dr. Light to harness power from nuclear plants, Elec Man is agile, and mischievous with his Thunder Beam - He comes equipped with alternate hands, head, lighting bolt accessory, and stand

Happy One Piece Day! 28 Years Ago, this pirate with a dream debuted. One Piece became the best-selling manga in history, and fans worldwide follow the Straw Hats' adventures. As we celebrate Luffy and his dream, we encourage you to take steps to achieve your own.

Today manga arrivals are highlighted by the debut of TOWER DUNGEON from Blame! and Knights of Sidonia author Tsutomu Nihei

A loaded week with the second strike of IMPERIAL, the battle with Bane escalates in ABSOLUTE BATMAN, more carnage in BATTLE BEAST, Priest peers deeper into THE WORLD TO COME, things heat up in ABSOLUTE FLASH, Ludo Lullabi cooks up post-apocalyptic adventure in GHOST PEPPER

Small, but quite spicy, shipment of manga

You could search the world for the Dragon Balls, or you could stop in and buy this very nice set, packaged in a Dragon Radar case.

At the suggestion of Ben Dunn, today is INDIE COMICS DAY. Move beyond the mainstream, and save on all creator-owned comicbooks today!

The Spiders pursue the Six in ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, Mark Waid puts his extensive lists to good use in NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE, VR TROOPERS are back in action, Epic finales of FANTASTIC FOUR & SPIDER-BOY, ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER chases the light, TOMORROW GIRL meets Don Simpson's Megaton Man

Comics have gone to the dogs in KRYPTO #1 & ADVENTURE COMICS #210 FACSIMILE (I am ashamed I wrote that) The 2nd panel of EMMA FROST: WHITE QUEEN #1 is a corset close-up, so it's a winner, Baroness stars in GI JOE, Terra returns to make the TITANS' lives hell, VATICAN CITY reaches its epic finale

The latest Arifureta, 7th Time Loop and 100 Girlfriends, Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Codename Sailor V Takeuchi Collection, and Senpai is an Otokonoko highlight this week's manga

NEW AVENEGERS (Not-Thunderbolts Assemble!), THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (Sparrows take flight, ABSOLUTE BATMAN (Bane has more juice than a grocery aisle), TRANSFORMERS (Megatron's back, and Optimus takes extreme action), ROBIN & BATMAN: JASON TODD (Lemire & Nguyen chronicle the hubcap heisting hoodlum)

Marvel triples down on events: Miles crosses over in ULTIMATE INCURSION, things get intergalactic in IMPERIAL, and we look into Marvel Knights' future in THE WORLD TO COME; Lizard, ape & bat clash JUSTICE LEAGUE VS GODZILLA VS KONG, ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN takes more twists, & TMNT/NARUTO concludes

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN shines a spotlight on Harry, THUNDERCATS LOST has lots of cats, TIFFANY & CHARLOTTE has cats and birds, DAREDEVIL COLD DAY IN HELL heats up the stakes--and maybe the steaks, and we have X-MEN in teams, duos and solo outings past and present

Comic Highlights: BATMAN (Red Hood's shifting alliances), GI JOE (Beach Head debuts), ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN (That boy is Poii-son), DARK HONOR (Sprawling pandemic&set heist), SUPERMAN (The rage before the storm), ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS (Parallel Lives)

This week's DC & Image comics are here and will be available Wednesday. The Diamond shipment, containing other comics & manga, will be arriving later this week. The first week of Ad Poulum fully in control, and they have to work around Memorial Day? I would have been shocked if there wasn't a delay.

MEMORIAL DAY HOURS The store will be open from 12 - 5 PM

Manga Highlights: The debuts of Detectives These Days are Crazy!, Love in the Palm of History Hand, and Adored by an Elite Officer-Could This Be Love?, new volumes of Miss Nagatoro and Go! Go! Loser Ranger, and the finale of Origin

Comic Highlights: The Maiden of Might takes flight in SUPERGIRL, Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque do good deeds in HUCK: BIG BAD WORLD, Mutants vs Lizards in GODZILLA.VS X-MEN, Ice to meet ABSOLUTE BATMAN, Team Tiny Onion delivers EXQUISITE CORPSES, and Weapon Ex strikes in GWENPOOL

Not quite the numerical magnitude of last week's manga, but just as strong in quality, we have DanDaDan, spinoffs for Kaiju No. 8, JoJo's, and Demon Slayer, dragons, aliens, monsters, a wide variety of love stories, and the long-awaited release of The Climber

Dragon Ball Super, Bocchi The Rock!, One Piece Heroines prose short stories, the manga size edition of Frank Miller's Ronin Rising, and Funi Yoshinaga's time-spanning exploration of connection Tamaki & Amane head a packed week of manga

FANTASTIC FOUR FANFARE (Top creatives deliver Ben & Johnny hijinks), CAPTAIN PLANET (A new era of planetary protection), IT'S JEFF: JEFF WEEK (More landshark fun), ALL-NEW VENOM (Untold tale of how MJ got symbiotic), a double dose of 80s Rankin/Bass with SILVERHAWKS and THUNDERCATS LOST