Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil
A reporter hunts for her missing father by interviewing his old supervillain enemies in a retro superhero world.
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Superman, Volume 1: What Price Tomorrow?
A rebooted Superman faces alien attacks, media scrutiny, and a city that no longer trusts its hero.
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The X-Files: Whirlwind
Mulder and Scully investigate a string of grisly desert deaths tied to an unnatural force in New Mexico.
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進撃の巨人 LOST GIRLS 1 [Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls 1]
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The X-Files: Perihelion
Mulder and Scully return to the X-Files, chasing lethal mysteries while confronting grief, pregnancy, and a new conspiracy.
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Resident Alien, Omnibus: Volume 1
A stranded alien posing as a small-town doctor gets drawn into murders, secrets, and human community.
Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories
A superpowered team of “mystery archaeologists” uncovers hidden 20th-century secrets behind monsters, ghosts, and conspiracies.
Alien: Echo
On a new colony world, a teen xenobiologist fights to save her sister when an alien infestation erupts and family secrets surface.
A Bridge of Years
A grieving man discovers a hidden time tunnel in his house and seizes a second life in 1962—until a future killer hunts him.
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Justice League of America, Vol. 1: The Tornado's Path
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman rebuild the Justice League as Red Tornado’s fate pulls the team into a bigger crisis.
White Shark
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Iron Man hunts down stolen Extremis tech across globe and space, testing new armors while confronting the cost of his inventions.