Black Torch, Vol. 3

Black Torch, Vol. 3
Author: Tsuyoshi Takaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974707520

Inside the illustion generated by Fuyo, Jiro and Rago face off against a giant mononoke named Amagi. In the Edo period, Amagi attempted to recruit allies to fight back against the newly formed Oniwabanshu, but Rago refused to join him! What secrets lurk in the depths of Rago's lost memories? -- VIZ Media

Black Torch, Vol. 2

Black Torch, Vol. 2
Author: Tsuyoshi Takaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974707679

There’s a new squad at the Bureau of Espionage—code name: Black Torch. The squad, run by Shiba, consists of Jiro, Ichika, Hana and one more rookie named Reiji. However, Reiji refuses to work with a guy who has fused with a demon and almost immediately comes to blows with Jiro! Will this squad ever be able to work together? -- VIZ Media

Black Torch, Vol. 1

Black Torch, Vol. 1
Author: Tsuyoshi Takaki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1974705307

Although he may appear rough-and-tumble, Jiro Azuma’s compassionate side emerges when it comes to the furry critters he can communicate with. But Jiro's soft spot for animals gets him in major trouble when a suspicious stray cat fuses with him, granting him exceptional power but also dragging him into humanity's hidden battle against powerful Japanese spirits, mononoke. -- VIZ Media

That Wolf-Boy is Mine!

That Wolf-Boy is Mine!
Author: Yoko Nogiri
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2016
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1682333752

MONSTER MISCHIEF After some traumatic experiences, Komugi Kusunoki transferred from the city to start a new life in rural Hokkaido. But on her first day of school, the school heartthrob Yū Ōgami blurts out, "You smell good!" Despite the hijinks, Komugi tries to adjust to her new school, but it’s not long before she stumbles across Yū dozing off under a tree. When she attempts to wake him up, he transformed…into a wolf?! It turns out that Yū is one of many other eccentric boys in her class year–and she’s the only one who knows their secret…!

Spider-Man - Human Torch

Spider-Man - Human Torch
Author: Dan Slott
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Graphic novels
ISBN: 9780785117230

It's five all-new, old-school adventures featuring your favorite web-headed hero and his pal, the walking matchstick! Follow them through the years - from high school to present day, from the Negative Zone to the Coffee Bean, from Dorrie Evans to Mary Jane Watson-Parker. It's all here! Collects Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5.

Wizard at Large

Wizard at Large
Author: Terry Brooks
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2009-01-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307549593

Book Three of the Magic Kingdom of Landover Series It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier—though with hands and able to talk. All went well—until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michael Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection! High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive. That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . .

The Secret History of Marvel Comics

The Secret History of Marvel Comics
Author: Blake Bell
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2013-11-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1606995529

The Secret History of Marvel Comics digs back to the 1930s when Marvel Comics wasn't just a comic-book producing company. Marvel Comics owner Martin Goodman had tentacles into a publishing world that might have made that era’s conservative American parents lynch him on his front porch. Marvel was but a small part of Goodman’s publishing empire, which had begun years before he published his first comic book. Goodman mostly published lurid and sensationalistic story books (known as “pulps”) and magazines, featuring sexually-charged detective and romance short fiction, and celebrity gossip scandal sheets. And artists like Jack Kirby, who was producing Captain America for eight-year-olds, were simultaneously dipping their toes in both ponds. The Secret History of Marvel Comics tells this parallel story of 1930s/40s Marvel Comics sharing offices with those Goodman publications not quite fit for children. The book also features a comprehensive display of the artwork produced for Goodman’s other enterprises by Marvel Comics artists such as Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, Alex Schomburg, Bill Everett, Al Jaffee, and Dan DeCarlo, plus the very best pulp artists in the field, including Norman Saunders, John Walter Scott, Hans Wesso, L.F. Bjorklund, and Marvel Comics #1 cover artist Frank R. Paul. Goodman’s magazines also featured cover stories on celebrities such as Jackie Gleason, Elizabeth Taylor, Liberace, and Sophia Loren, as well as contributions from famous literary and social figures such as Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, and L. Ron Hubbard.

Mieruko-chan, Vol. 3

Mieruko-chan, Vol. 3
Author: Tomoki Izumi
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975324323

To see…or not to see? Until Miko met Yuria, the pretend-not-to-see ghosts plan seemed like the best course of action. But the new substitute teacher is that creepy guy from the park—the one haunted by a bunch of ghost cats! It can’t be a coincidence that Hana’s life aura starts draining whenever he’s in the room. Can Miko really leave her best friend to fend for herself against enemies she can’t see…?

A Torch Against the Night

A Torch Against the Night
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2016-08-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 110199889X

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Book two in the New York Times bestselling series A USA Today bestseller A Wall Street Journal bestseller “Spectacular.”—Entertainment Weekly “Fresh and exciting...Tahir has shown a remarkable talent for penning complex villains.”—A.V. Club "Even higher stakes than its predecessor… thrilling." —Publishers Weekly, starred review “[An] action-packed, breathlessly paced story.” —Booklist, starred review Set in a rich, high-fantasy world inspired by ancient Rome, Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES told the story of Laia, a slave fighting for her family, and Elias, a young soldier fighting for his freedom. Now, in A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike. Bound to Marcus's will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape...and kill them both.

The Witch and the Beast 2

The Witch and the Beast 2
Author: Kousuke Satake
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1646598423

After a routine job, Ashaf and Guideau have a run-in with a berserk “undead”—a deceased human being restored to life through the art of necromancy. Though the city strictly regulates the practice, these aberrant cases have only been growing in number. In his stead, Ashaf recommends his colleague Phanora and her assistant Johan, though the pair is as much a mystery as the one they intend to solve…