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"Sadie Montogmery has had good breaks and bad breaks in her life, but as a struggling artist, all she needs is one lucky break. Things seem to be going her way when she lands one of the coveted finalist spots in a portrait competition. It happens to coincide with a surgery she needs to have. Minor, they say. Less than a week in the hospital they say. Nothing about you will change, they say. Upon recovery, it begins to dawn on Sadie that she can see...
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Discover the tantalizing tale of Rubin Baksh, a demonic Rakshasa with a down-to-earth dream of becoming the next Anthony Bourdain.
To achieve his vision, Rubin enlists Mo, a filmmaker who has seen better days, to document the world-renowned cuisine of India and the people behind such glorious food.
But little does Mo know that there's more to Rubin than meets the eye, and the mortals play a darker role in the show than they were prepared for…...
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Archie Jumbo Comics Digest volume 348
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First, in "Movie Mishap," famous director Steven Squealberg is directing a movie and using Lodge Mansion as the backdrop. The movie is based on the true story of an international gang of criminals. Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica are all excited to be extras in the movie, but when a few other background actors are a little too good playing their roles, they're going to need a real detective on the case: enter, fu chang! Then, in "Shop until you...
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Conan the Barbarian volume 2
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After stealing the stone known as Tarim's Touch from the Temple of Bel, Conan of Cimmeria and the thieving Gloryhounds were beset by violent specters. Facing impossible odds, Conan and his crew were forced to flee, running directly towards the waiting swords of the temple guards. After mercilessly dispatching the foemen, Conan faced the specters once again... yet this time they did not attack, instead issuing cryptic words to the Cimmerian before...
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Winter has come to the old capital of Eiteriach. Customers have been few and far between ever since baseless rumors started spreading about Nobu being a den of witches, and now, rumormonger Damien and Archbishop Rodrigo have come to finish off our favorite establishment! Damien thinks he'll finally have his revenge on Nobu, but Ingrid is prepared to face him in a war of words!! Get ready for clam sakamushi, atsukan, nikujaga stew... because even when...
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"A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep...
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Alice Never After volume 1
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Alice finally got her wish. Wonderland has become her new home, but with her abuser's avatar with the uncanny grin turning the mad residents of a moonstruck world against her, she's clawing for a little rationality amongst the chaos.
As Alice's sister Edith and her childhood friend Earl fight for a way to bring her back, Alice has to contend with whether or not her torment is due to her father, herself, or maybe a curious combination of both…...
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Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-winning writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel, Wonder Woman, Poison Ivy) and all-star artist Chris Wildgoose invite readers to experience love on the brink of extinction in their new ongoing high fantasy tour de force! In a dying world, only humans and orcs remain-mortal enemies battling for territory and political advantage. But when a group of fearsome ancient humanoids known as the Vangol arrive from across the sea,...
9) Spawn
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SPAWN #350, a story 32 years in the making, is being offered for sale. This industry mainstay title that has constantly outsold some of the biggest names in the comic book industry will reveal to readers who will finally sit on the vacant "Throne Of Hell." Will it be Spawn? An enemy? Or someone else hiding in the shadows? And more importantly…are any of them worthy enough to claim the power of the throne? This anniversary issue will give answers...
10) Drles de mondes
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Des nouvelles pas comme les autres!
À l'image de l'homme moderne, les protagonistes qu'on retrouve dans ces nouvelles recherchent tous quelque chose, que ce soit la fortune, la gloire, l'amour, le bonheur ou le plaisir. Et comme nous tous, ils se cherchent eux-mêmes...
Là o la fiction surpasse peut-être la réalité, ce sont les moyens auxquels les personnages créés par l'auteur Pierre DuBois sont prêts à recourir pour parvenir à leurs...
11) Roger
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The deadpan cartoon adventures of an expressionless, wordless, trouserless man, whose presence seems to go unnoticed. Enter the extraordinarily ordinary world of a half-dressed man. In the world of ROGER, silence speaks volumes, whether in the workplace, at leisure, or on his travels. In this debut collection of captionless cartoons, we share in the mundane, deadpan adventures of an expressionless, wordless, harmless man, whose full-on, half-dressed...
12) The Full Roger
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Great value omnibus edition, containing all the very best silent adventures of the half-dressed man, whose cartoon antics showcase how much fun you can have with your trousers off. He grew from a tiny idea on the back of a napkin to a tiny idea in thousands of books. And now, after three long years and hundreds of cartoons there's still only one ROGER - whether hanging out at work, at leisure or on his travels, he's exposed much and little of himself...
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It's Cristina Hawkins's thirtieth birthday, and the aging stripper has just spent her special night giving another local scumbag a lap dance in the champagne room at the place she works. And when, she gets roughed up by her customer yet again, something seems to change in Cristina, and along with an ever-changing port city of Clearwater, a rough and wild place where anything seems to go and the rich call all the shots-nobody's ready for the scourge...
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David and Grace are happy new parents. Their lives couldn't be better, until their baby becomes deathly ill. How far would you go to save your child, your family? Join David on his supernatural journey as he struggles with his own morality in the choices he must make to save his infant son in this classic tale of good versus evil.
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Chester and Percy journey to destroy a coven of witches at the king's request. After encountering numerous and harrowing obstacles, the true nature of their mission is revealed. Things were never as they seemed, and they must join forces with a supposed enemy to battle those they thought to trust the most.
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Unbreakable Red Sonja volume 1
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Red Sonja carries a hazy vision that lurks just out of reach in her memories. The answer to that mysterious moment will unlock a journey of forbidden magic and searing steel as Sonja's past and present collide in a quest beyond anything our scarlet-haired hero has faced before!"
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present a sweeping story of sword and sorcery and high adventure by writer Jim Zub (Conan the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons, Avengers)...
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The Savage Sword of Conan in a single impressive volume. Presented with fully remastered color pages, this timeless tome also features a beautiful cover by legendary Red Sonja artist Frank Thorne.
Know also, O prince, that in those selfsame days that Conan the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior woman out of majestic Hyrkania. Forced to flee her homeland because she...
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The Ghost Fox puts the "Ghost" part of his alias to good use when he agrees to host a Halloween party with Veronica. And he'll have to be sly like a fox to move quickly between there and the haunted house he also agreed to run with Betty! Then, while shopping at the thrift store for vintage Halloween costumes, Betty finds the perfect vintage denim jacket-but it comes with a price, and that's not what's on the tag! The Mighty Crusaders are on the scene...
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One piece volume 36
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When Monkey D. Luffy accidentally gains the power to stretch like rubber at the cost of never being able to swim again, he and his crew of pirate wannabes set off in search of the "One Piece," the greatest treasure in the world.
20) Dragon's Crown
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The Fighter, the Sorceress, the Elf, the Wizard, the Amazon, and the Dwarf. These six heroes have come together to quest for riches, for glory, and for the honor of the kingdom of Hydeland! In the concluding chapter of this fantastic epic, our heroes face off against the demonic Gazer, the towering Golem, and finally, the hulking Ancient Dragon! If they prevail, the party will obtain the most legendary of all relics - the Dragon's Crown!
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