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The Children's Crusade (1993-)

Magic
Mystery
Neil Gaiman, writer of THE SANDMAN, tells a powerful and mysterious tale that begins when all the children of an English village mysteriously vanish. Rowland and Paine, the Dead Boy Detectives introduced in SANDMAN (1989 2nd Series) #25, investigate the disappearances and learn of the existence of the otherworldly Free Country. But the denizens of that realm have conceived a mysterious plot that...
Swamp Thing: Darker Genesis

Magic
Superhero
As the Swamp Thing tries to get on with his life, a mysterious woman named Anna hopes to get on with her death.
A writer by trade, Anna longs to drown her sorrows in a watery grave. But her brilliant stories won't let her rest until she finishes telling them-and the Swamp Thing is their missing masterpiece. Now the avatar of the Green must ride its currents into a series of strange new...
The Dreaming (1996-)

Magic
Mature
Murder
THE DREAMING explores both new and familiar inhabitants of this realm in self-contained tales, short story-arcs, and longer, intricately woven sagas by rotating creative teams. In issue #1, Part 1 of the 3-part "The Goldie Factor" by writer Terry LaBan and artist Peter Snejbjerg (THE BOOKS OF MAGIC), Cain murders Abel once too often. So Goldie the infant Gargoyle runs away from the House of...
The Books of Magic (1990-)

Magic
Medical
Occult
Theatre
From Neil Gaiman, the best-selling novelist and creator of the world-renowned comics title The Sandman, comes a mesmerizing tale of the dangers and opportunities of youth, and its endless possibilities. Illustrated by four of comics' most accomplished artists, John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess and Paul Johnson, THE BOOKS OF MAGIC collects all four issues of the original miniseries that...
The Dreaming (2018-)

Superhero
In these tales from The Dreaming #1-6 and THE Sandman Universe Special #1, Lord Daniel's absence triggers crimes and calamities that consume the lives of those already tangled in his fate. Until he is found, his realm's residents must protect its broken borders alone. But the most senior story-tellers are tormented by invasive secrets, Lucien is doubting his own mind, and beyond the gates,...
The Dark and Bloody (2016)

Family
Fighting
Military
Psychological
HELL COMES TO THE HOME FRONT.
Iris Gentry thought the worst was over. A veteran of the Iraq war, he returned home shaken and psychologically scarred, but with body and spirit intact.
A dry county in rural Kentucky, however, isn't an easy place to make a living. To provide for his loved ones, he's fallen back on an old family tradition: moonshine.
Breaking the local liquor laws isn't what's...
The Fountain

Superhero
A companion to the forthcoming movie by the director of Pi traces a man's multiple-lifetime struggle to save a woman he loves and describes the concepts and visuals of the film as discussed by creators Ari Handel and Darren Aronofsky, in a volume complemented by production stills and original art.
The Filth (2002-)

Pets
From the twisted imagination of Grant Morrison comes a groundbreaking, mind-altering voyage of conspiracies and revelations.
Greg Feely is a "dodgy bachelor" living a quiet life in London alone with his elderly cat. Everything changes when a strange woman named Miami Nil confronts him. She informs him that "Greg Feely" is actually a "para-personality"--in effect, a secret identity--and that he...
The Girl Who Played with Fire

Computers
Murder
Mystery
Pets
In this graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine MILLENNIUM, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the...
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Fighting
Medical
Murder
Political
In this final graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's international bestseller, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: If and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of journalist Mikael...
The Girl Who Would Be Death (1998-)

Superhero
Plath, a fiercely beautiful young woman has lost someone she loves to the darkest side of the New Orleans nightlife. Ruthless and dauntless, she will stop at nothing to free her lover from Death's grasp.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Superhero
The official graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy!
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk...