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"Follow the journey of two young adults, Joshua and Claire, each individually shaped by the day the sky went dark, but drawn to each other because of it. Coming of age in this new landscape, they will be forced to confront and challenge notions of identity, guilt, and survival as the darkness grows around them. When fear threatens to envelop all hope they have left, the two discover that love, family, and finding the true light in a world seemingly...
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Before the Straw Hats can get the Merry Go fixed, they must face the Foxy Pirates in a game called a Davy Back Fight. Will the Straw Hats find a way to win the three challenges, or will they lose their crew? And what's in store when Admiral Aokiji, who knows of Nico Robin's mysterious past, finds them?
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"Hankering for a fight, Luffy's got a jump start on the battle to rescue Robin and Franky before they're sentenced by the Navy's court at Enies Lobby. Now that the Straw Hats and the Franky Family have banded together, the World Government is in for an epic battle. But did the Navy deceive Robin into sacrificing herself in order to trap the Straw Hats?"--P. [4] of cover.
12) The Silver Six
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"When a group of orphans discover they have a common connection, plucky heroine Phoebe leads them in a daring escape from their orphanage to an uninhabited moon. But their idyllic paradise is shattered when the powerful corporate boss who caused the deaths of their parents sends a relentless henchman to track them down. Now, with nowhere left to turn and tired of being on the run, these resourceful kids decide there's only one thing left to do: Fight...
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"Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team. Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. Their unlikely friendship nearly bites the dust when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and they retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. Bad sportsmanship?...
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"Nobody knows comics trivia like Stanley knows comics trivia. It's what he takes comfort in when the world around him gets to be too much. And after he faints during a safety assembly, Stanley takes his love of comics up a level by inventing his own imaginary superhero, named John Lockdown, to help him through"--Amazon.
15) Creepy creatures
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Comic artists Gabriel Hernandez, Greg Ruth, and Scott Morse adapt and illustrate three R. L. Stine stories, in which a girl pays a frightening visit to her grandparents' farm, a boy meets a stray dog that just might be a werewolf, and a brother and sister encounter a snow monster in Alaska--and in California.
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Reveals the origin stories of two characters from Alan Moore's Watchmen: Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandius, who is on a quest to become the world's smartest man; and Dollar Bill, a film mascot come to life. Also contains the entirety of "The Curse of the Crimson Corsair," about a cursed pirate.
17) Creature tech
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Dr. Ong, a would-be pastor turned scientist, is called upon by his government to save the world when the zombified Dr. Jameson is resurrected by the Shroud of Turin and sets out to finish his plan to destroy the Earth with a giant space eel.
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"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...