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LAB PRESS
SUPER SCIENCE HC VOL 01 TULA LOTAY PREMIERE DM ED
(W) N Alessandro K (A) M. K. Perker (CA) Tula Lotay
New comic shop exclusive edition with an alternate cover by Tula Lotay! Super Science is a sci-fi/comedy about a world where the limits of human imagination have become real. For five days the entire sky over twelve spots across the globe turn purple. The result was in each location, professional engineers and scientists, as well as tinkers, amateur inventors, and high school science teachers were able to create scientific and engineering breakthroughs in ways far surpassing the world's top scientific institutions. Our story starts three years later in Los Angeles, where a breed of actual super-heroes and super villains are emerging. Dealing with this new phenomenon is the LAPD's new "Mad Scientist Division," including no-nonsense Sergeant Esmerelda Villanueva and her idealistic young partner, Officer Jack Mantle. Other characters include manipulative industrialist Burt Montague and his lab assistant Felicia Bari; perpetually unlucky Karen Katz, a former biology teacher who has turned herself into a human-cat hybrid; Esmerelda's son, Gabe, who might be the smartest teenager on the planet; nefarious super villain Dr. Cornelius Otherland and his nemesis, bumbling superhero Gas Giant. (STL374987) (C: 0-1-1)
HC, 8x11, 224pgs, FC SRP: $75.00
LAGUNA STUDIOS
SURGEON TP (MR)
In an unstable and violent American future, Dr. Jenny Hanover ekes out a living in barter for her services as a physician while she survives by her skill with the sword. Fifteen years ago, anybody with money or power escaped the violent weather and searing radiation above ground for climate-controlled comfort in mythic, luxurious tunnels. The rest of us have to make do. (STL375977) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 180pgs, FC SRP: $34.99
LEAPING HARE PRESS
TAROT GRAPHIC HISTORY
(W/A) Valentina Grande
Pamela Colman-Smith: artist, occultist, true bohemian. Her illustrations defined the iconography of the classic tarot deck, but she is all too often forgotten. Born in London in 1878, Colman-Smith moved to Jamaica with her parents at the age of eleven and then to New York to study art. She dropped out of college following her mother's death in 1896, and after her father died in 1899 she found herself back in London, joining the infamous Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society dedicated to the study of occultism. It was there that she met Arthur Edward Waite, with whom she created the classic Rider-Waite tarot deck that is still in print today. This beautifully illustrated graphic history tells Colman-Smith's tale and relates it to the iconic cards she helped to create, from the Fool, the beginning of every new adventure, to the Magician, who focusses energy, to the Hanged Man, who helps us see things from a different angle, until finally we embrace the World and fulfil our destinies. (STL372767) (C: 0-1-1)
HC, 7x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $19.99
LEV GLEASON - COMIC HOUSE
CAPTAIN CANUCK (2025) #1 (OF 4)
(W) Ty Templeton, Dan Collins (A) David Cutler & Various (CA) Tom Grummett
Captain Canuck and Uncle Sam have been friends and allies for years, but when the American Icon betrays the Canadian Crusader and murders an innocent man, it's up to Captain Canuck to stop Sam from hurting anyone else. High Adventure and winking political satire in one action packed Summer Special from Eisner Award-winning Canadian writer Ty Templeton (Batman Adventures, Spider-Man), Canadian artist David Cutler (Captain America, X-Men), and Canadian colorist Mike Rooth (Savage Sword of Conan, Swamp Thing). All wrapped up in a stunning cover by Canadian comic book legend, Tom Grummett. Includes a special West Coast Captain Canuck story by Dan Collins and David Ross (The Punisher, Iron Man). (STL375642) (C: 0-1-2)
36pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $14.99
LITTLE BROWN INK
CATSTRONAUTS YR GN VOL 07 COSMIC CLUTTER
(W/A/CA) Drew Brockington
It's family day at CATSUP HQ, and Major Meowser is waiting for his dad-cat to make a BIG entrance. Anycat who's anycat knows who Buck Meowser is—the first cat to ever orbit Earth. He's a CatStronauts legend! Major's in for quite a shock, though, when CATSUP announces Buck is making a grand return, this time joining the CatStronauts on their mission to remove space junk from Earth's orbit. Perfect time for father-son bonding, right? Well... Major and Buck can't stop ruffling each other's fur! But when the safety of their spacecraft is threatened, can these two put their paws together to make this mission a success? (STL372564) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 184pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
LIVING THE LINE
HOUSE ON FIRE TP (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Matt Battaglia
Re-introducing House on Fire, the controversial indie debut from writer/artist Matt Battaglia, covered in such disparate publications as SOLRAD, Comic Book Yeti, The Federalist, Glenn Beck, and Bret Easton Ellis' podcast. The book follows a desperate husband spiral through a new modern nightmare as he seeks treatment for his ailing wife. House on Fire has been called the first piece of fiction to attempt to process the ramifications of the pandemic. (STL251719) (JAN231695)
SC, 100pgs, PC SRP: $16.00
MANSECT GN (MR) (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Koga Shinichi
Humans grow and age. They change. But always we are the same person, the same creature. Not so with insects, whose powers of metamorphosis alter not only their shape and size, but also their very beings. And now, because of one young man's unhealthy obsession with bugs, humans also find themselves transformed into disgusting, decrepit, bloodsucking insect monsters! Published in 1975, Koga Shinichi's Mansect is a shonen horror classic by one of the undisputed masters of the genre. Swarming with mesmerizingly gnarly imagery and freakish bio-evolutionary speculation, Koga here demonstrates why his name is uttered with the same quivering reverence as horror manga legends Mizuki Shigeru, Umezz Kazuo, and Ito Junji. (STL347710) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 6x8.25, 224pgs, PC SRP: $19.95
MY GORILLA FAMILY GN
(W/A/CA) Iijima Ichiro
The Rabagoo Race, the most famous boat race in the world, sees contestants face certain death throughout its frantic stages, all in the impossible hopes of reaching that mythical finish line, and winning everything their hearts desire.
Only three ships have survived the 100 brutal stages of boat racing. Having fought mega sea monsters, riptide hell storms, and whip smart competitors, they must now face each other in the final sprint to the finish line. Does the humble sailboat the Boulie Bear have what it takes to beat the Slick Van Vex and the Indestructible Solid Slope? (STL377420) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x8, 212pgs, FC SRP: $19.95
PIT HC (MR) (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Erik Kriek
In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Hugh and Sara retreat to an old family home in the woods of the Veluwe in the hopes of getting their lives back on track. But can you run fast enough to escape the past? And what do those strange glyphs carved into the old beech trees really mean? Erik Kriek's latest graphic novel is a contemporary work of magical realism, that is not set in the dark forests of North America (In the Pines, Fantagraphics, 2017), nor in the cold hills of medieval Iceland (The Exile, Living the Line, 2023), but in the rural countryside of the Netherlands. (STL347712) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
HC, 142pgs, FC SRP: $28.95
UFO MUSHROOM INVASION GN (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Shirakawa Marina
New Printing! A flying saucer crashes deep in the mountains of Japan. Wary of the hyper-intelligent beings they find inside, the government hides from the public all news of the alien craft. But it's not the strange visitors themselves that they should be afraid of—the real danger is the parasitic spores smuggled aboard! Will Earth survive the UFO Mushroom Invasion?! Originally published in 1976, Shirakawa Marina's UFO Mushroom Invasion is a masterpiece of sci-fi horror. Pulling on his deep knowledge of Japanese folklore and the supernatural, Shirakawa serves up one of manga history's cult-classics and an unforgettably creepy entry in the canon of spore-horror. (STL310505) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x9, 204pgs, PC SRP: $19.95
LOCUS MAGAZINE
LOCUS MAGAZINE #775 VOL 95 NO 2
In August, Locus presents the results of the Locus Survey, interviews from some of science fiction's and fantasy's most exciting authors, in-depth reviews of the latest book and short fiction releases, our coverage of the latest industry news, our list of the various books published during the month; and much more. (STL375353) (C: 0-1-1)
Magazine, 60pgs, FC SRP: $12.50