INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
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RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
TAYLOR SWIFT SUPERSTAR DRESS UP STICKER BOOK SC
(W) Random House (A) Melissa Chaib
Calling all Taylor Swift fans! Help Taylor Swift dress to impress in hundreds of mix-and-match outfits in this dress-up sticker book. Contains more than 350 stickers!
Style Taylor and her friends, dressing them with all their best looks. An experience every era. No matter when you became a fan or which album's your favorite, this book has something for you—including lots of fun facts about Taylor and her journey to stardom. (STL375750) (C: 0-1-0)
Sticker Book, SC, 6x9, 44pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC
SUGAR SHACK GN
(W/A) Lucy Knisley
Jen couldn't be more excited to spend time on Peapod Farms with her step-sisters, Andy and Reese. For months, Jen has been so focused on trying to figure out how she fits into her new blended family that she hasn't realized she's found her place... that is until Reese calls her sister. Excited and content, Jen thought she had figured everything out,but now she's not so sure. A rift emerges between the girls as Andy doubles down on being Reese's actual sister, while Jen is just the step sister. With Andy's attitude bringing a cold front to the farm it seems like it's going to be a long winter. Maybe between Peapod Farm's first snow and learning how to tap a tree for sugar, Jen and Andy both will have a chance to truly understand what it means to be family. (STL375752) (C: 1-1-0)
SC, 6x9, 240pgs, FC SRP: $13.99
RANDOM HOUSE/DISNEY
DESCENDANTS WICKEDLY COOL COLORING BOOK SC
(W) Disney
Descendants fans won't want to miss this awesome coloring book filled with art from all four Disney Original movies! Pick up your pencils and dive in to this 128-page coloring book, featuring all of your favorite Descendants characters—from Mal and Ben, to Red and Chloe! The costumes, poses, symbols, and quotes of the beloved Descendants movies come to life in this must-have interactive book for fans of all ages. (STL375763) (C: 0-1-2)
Coloring Book, SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $15.99
IRON MAN & HIS AWESOME FRIENDS MEET IRON FRIENDS SC
(W) Steve Behling
Young geniuses Tony Stark, Riri Williams, and Amadeus Cho are the Iron Friends in Disney Junior's Iron Man and His Awesome Friends. With the help of a super-powered android named Vision, these Super Heroes work together to make the world a better place and keep it safe from baddies. This title is for readers who are just learning to read on their own, with easy-to-read language. The level 1 reader is Lexile leveled to align the reader and text at an appropriate level of reading difficulty. The use of simple text and word repetitions helps lead emergent readers to reading success. (STL375761) (C: 0-1-2)
Early Reader, SC, 6x9, 32pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
IRON MAN & HIS AWESOME FRIENDS NOT SO FAST SC
(W) Steve Behling
Iron Man and his friends team up with Captain America to stop an evil foe in this illustrated storybook with stickers. Sam Wilson wants to showcase a new device that helps him go faster as Captain America, but when Ultron steals it, he and the Iron Friends must find a way to catch their super speedy foe. This illustrated 8x8 storybook includes a sheet of Iron Man-themed stickers. (STL375760) (C: 0-1-2)
Illustrated Storybook, SC, 6x9, 24pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
REBELLION / 2000AD
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #483 (MR)
(W) Joe Ratcliffe & Various (A) Anthony Williams & Various (CA) Stewart K Moore
More action and adventure in the future-shocked world of Judge Dredd! Perps try to rob a zoom train with unexpected results in Judge Dredd: "Zoomers" by Joe Ratcliffe & Anthony Williams; plus Dredd pierces the veil between life and death Mega-City 2099: "Cardiac Arrest" by Liam Johnson & Conor Boyle, Cadet Dredd battles to get back to his own time in "The Haunting of Iso-Block 8" by Paul Starkey & Nick Brokenshire, and there's another Tale From the Black Museum. Plus features, interviews and lots more! (STL375430) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
Magazine, 96pgs, FC SRP: $11.99
ESSENTIAL JUDGE ANDERSON CHILDHOODS END TP (MR)
(W) Alan Grant (A) Kev Walker & Various (CA) Tula Lotay
PSI Judge Cassandra Anderson's belief in the origins of civilization is put to the test when she is brought to investigate an ancient relic on Mars, believed to be half a million years old. But as her crew members start dying, she finds herself confronting a threat that feels all-too familiar... This volume collects some of Alan Grant's (Judge Dredd, Batman) defining storylines, including his previously uncollected Judge Death stories. (STL375432) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $26.99
ESSENTIAL JUDGE ANDERSON SHAMBALLA TP (MR) (O/A)
(W) Alan Grant (A) Arthur Ranson, Mick Austin (CA) Arthur Ranson
Judge Cassandra Anderson of Psi Division is one of the greatest minds on the Judges' roster. As a precognitive telepath and empath, her quirks, such as her sense of humor, are tolerated by the otherwise oppressively strict Justice Department. However, Anderson's sense of justice and morality soon calls her to question the Law of the Judges in these landmark adventures, written by Alan Grant and featuring jaw-dropping art by Arthur Ranson and Mick Austin. As Anderson battles to save Mega-City, psychic twins, and her friend Judge Corey from psychic attacks and their inner demons, her faith in the systems around her begins to crumble. And when the world is teetering on the brink of an apocalyptic collapse, it will take everything Anderson has to save the world at the ancient temple Shamballa. (STL269089)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 8x11, 160pgs, FC SRP: $26.99
ESSENTIAL JUDGE ANDERSON TP SATAN (O/A)
(W) Alan Grant (A/CA) Arthur Ranson
In Mega-City One, citizens live in fear under the iron fist of the Judges' unyielding rule, but PSI Judge Cassandra Anderson knows it's a flawed system. In this volume, showcasing the stunning work of Arthur Ranson (Button Man, Mazeworld) alongside the rich storytelling of Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Batman), Anderson grapples with matters of faith and damnation. A chance at eternal life comes at the cost of losing her mind forever, and her pursuit of a just system leads her to investigate a religious cult, and ultimately to engage in a battle of the minds with the most formidable of foes: Satan himself! (STL312655) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 8x11, 144pgs, FC SRP: $26.99
SLUDGE 60TH ANNIVERSARY HC
(W) E. George Cowan (A) Ernest Kearon, Bill Lacey (CA) Geoff Campion
A strange and terrible living jelly-like substance—the product of nuclear weapons testing—emerged from the depths of the sea near Canada in 1965. Known by the human world as "The Sludge," this unique monster posed a threat to anything that stood in its way. Anything it covered became possessed of a frightening, malignant power aimed against Mankind! Celebrating sixty years since the character first appeared in the pages of Lion, this collection includes all of the Sludge's appearances from the 60s and 70s, including his crossover into the pages of the Robot Archie strip. (STL375431) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 112pgs, FC SRP: $21.99
RED 5 COMICS
ENIGMATOWN GN
(W) Alex De Luca (A) Victoria Carmina, Abrielle Terzian (CA) Gary Amaro
As featured on Free Comic Book Day! Every town has its secrets. Even yours. Three unlikely friends, Luzmarie "Luzy," 15, Frankie, 90, and Joey, a ghost, are inescapably drawn together by the ghastly events of their hometown's dark mansion and how it has haunted them and their community for generations. This is Enigmatown. You know it well... It's where you live. (STL374951) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 8x11, 160pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
SNOW MONKEY #4
(W) Jason Shaw (A) Enn (CA) Aaron Bartling
As seen on Free Comic Book Day! As her father's criminal empire tightens its grip, betrayal looms. A desperate fight for identity and survival leads to an explosive showdown—can Jennifer aka Snow Monkey rise above and embrace her mission, or will the past finally consume her? (STL374949)
8x11, 32pgs, FC SRP: $4.95
RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT
LAST BAND ON EARTH GN
(W/A/CA) Eliane, M. Will
A dystopian horror story about music and mental illness. Nat and her bandmates in The Dead Layaways want to go on tour, but the demonic entities who run their city have other ideas, not to mention the dark cloud that hangs over everything stifles their creativity. This ruined place is not their home, and they have no idea how they ended up here, or where "home" even is. Is there really nothing but endless wasteland beyond the city limits, as the demons claim? (STL375449) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 7x9, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $19.99
ROARING BROOK PRESS
DREAM ON GN VOL 01
(W) Shannon Hale (A) Lark Pien, Marcela Cespedes
Something is missing from Cassie's life. Her parents don't have much money, she has to share her bedroom (and bed!) with her sisters, and her family never seem to have time for her. To make matters worse, her best friend Vali is always busy with a new friend. When Cassie gets a letter from a magazine sweepstakes with the words "YOU'RE THE WINNER" stamped on the front, she thinks it's the answer to all her problems. She could buy new furniture to replace their shabby old sofa. Or maybe a car so her family doesn't have to take two trips to go places. Or maybe she can make Vali her best friend forever by taking her on a fabulous vacation. The possibilities are endless, like an all-you-can-eat buffet! But will prizes really solve Cassie's problems? And what will she lose if she doesn't win anything at all? (STL372747) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 240pgs, FC SRP: $14.99