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Rain by Joe Hill

6/30/2022

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Cover of Rain. Honeysuckle kneels next to Yolanda. Honeysuckle has on a flannel shirt tied at the waste, and a white tank top. Yolanda is covered in extravagant folds of her puffy orange dress. A rod of glass pierces both of them through the chest.
Adapted by David M. Booher, illustrated by Zoe Thorogood, colored by Chris O'Halloran

​Honeysuckle and her girlfriend Yolanda are so excited to be finally moving in together. As they pack up the car with all of Yolanda’s things, the dark storm clouds over Boulder open up and let down a deluge - of razor sharp, nail-like crystals that pierce those out in the open. And this isn’t an isolated incident. Over the next few days, the sky drops more crystals all over Colorado, and other parts of the world. Honeysuckle traverses the somewhat post-apocalyptic landscape for survivors and for some answers to what has happened to the clouds.


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Mao vol 4 by Rumiko takahashi

5/20/2022

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Cover of Mao volume 4. Apprentice Hakka looks out at us through his one eye - his other is covered with an eye patch.
Mao comes across yet another of his fellow apprentices who should not be alive after 900 years. It seems no one remembers every detail of what happened so long ago between all of the apprentices and their master, so Mao keeps searching for answers. Mao and fellow apprentice Hakka take out several water shikigami with the help of Nanoka, who has an affinity for earth spells and can take on water monsters with ease. Many bad guys are looking for the “taizanfukun” spell that Mao's master was guarding, the most powerful onmyoji spell said to grant long life. The last Mao saw of it, Byoki was devouring it, so now everyone's sending shikigami after Mao to see if his connection to Byoki can restore the taizanfukun spell.


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Something is killing the children vol 3 by james tynion iv

5/10/2022

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Something is Killing the Children volume 3. Erica is in the lead walking down a street. She has her black bandana over her mouth, with her white shirt and black pants. Behind her, carrying a machete, is James, with his red coat and jeans. The rest of the cover is shades of red with silhouettes of buildings behind them.
Illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera, colored by Miquel Muerto
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Erica hones in on the source of the monsters, which is actually a person who willed them into existence. She brings James to where Bian is staying and asks them about the first time they knew about the monster. Meanwhile, the Order of St. George sends another team to Archer’s Peak to contain the spiraling situation. As they try to figure out what to do with all the witnesses at the school gym, Tommy comes up with a story that will potentially keep everyone safe and hopefully stop the bloodshed.


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The Sandman vol 4 by Neil Gaiman

5/3/2022

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Cover of The Sandman volume 4. There's an eerie skull looking out at us, surrounded by floating words and an orange mist
Vol 4: Seasons of Mist, illustrated by Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, P. Craig Russell
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We open up on the Garden of Destiny, who is visited by the Three Fates. He is unsettled by what they reveal, so he calls the rest of his family to a meeting: Despair, Desire, Delirium, Death, and Dream. The family chides Dream for his short temper, particularly in the case of his former lover, Nada, who he condemned to torment in Hell for not agreeing to become his queen. He eventually sees their side, and decides to re-enter Hell to free Nada. This might be the end of him, as Lucifer told him so on their last encounter. He says his goodbyes and readies his kingdom, but when he enters Hell, he finds it eerily empty. Lucifer meets up with him and tells him he’s let all the demons go, he’s released all the tortured, and the dead have gone back to wherever they came from. He gives the Key to Hell to Dream and peaces out, knowing the possession of the key is going to make Dream’s life miserable. Shortly thereafter, hosts of deities show up at Dream’s castle, all with a claim to the Key to Hell.


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Parasyte vol 3 by hitoshi iwaaki

3/25/2022

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Cover of Parasyte volume 3. A man holds his chin in his hand while the rest of his face contorts and twists like its made of rubber.
With Migi’s cells now infused all throughout Shinichi’s body, is he becoming less human? Murano, the girl he likes, is starting to think he’s changed in a bad way — he’s colder, more violent, and maybe starting to become a punk. While Shinichi and Migi try to figure out what he’s doing to give off this vibe, another parasite comes to the school: Shimada, who claims that he isn’t eating humans and he’s come to learn how to co-exist with them. Neither Shinichi nor Migi trust him for a second, and it turns out that Tamiya, the parasite posing as a teacher who crossed paths in previous volumes, is the one who set Shimada on Shinichi’s path! Another classmate tries to find out more about Shimada and accidentally sets off another murder-spree at her school. But, thanks to this incident, the authorities have finally started to crack the code on these alien invaders.


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Mao vOl 3 by rumiko takahashi

3/6/2022

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Mao vol 3 by Rumiko Takahashi. Mao looks menacingly over his shoulder.
Mao and Byoki's disembodied head square off in a battle that has been building for the last several volumes. Mao unleashes his other form, which looks very much like it could be Byoki's missing body. During the fight, Nanoka's younger self comes through the gate into the battle, and present day Nanoka begins to remember some of the flashes that traumatized her that day. Byoki realizes Nanoka could also be a vessel for his power, so he runs after her as she retreats back through the gate to her time. Mao releases an ayakashi and sends it after little Nanoka to protect her. Present day Nanoka returns to her time to sort out who the ayakashi is, and to determine who Byoki is in her life. Mao, meanwhile, must begin to sort out what happened to him hundreds of years ago when Byoki attacked, which is complicated by him discovering several other apprentices from hundreds of years ago are still alive when they should all be long dead.


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Something is killing the children vol 2 by James tynion iv

2/22/2022

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Cover of Something Is Killing the Children volume 1 by James Tynion IV. Erica slaughter looks at us with her one eye peeking through her hair. Around her are other hunters with their masks on - masks that have teethy grins on them.
Illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera, colored by Miguel Muerto 
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In volume one, Erica succeeded in killing one of the monsters in the woods that was eating children, but there are a lot of babies that were left behind, and they're hungry. Some of the surviving kids in town are now attracting the young monsters and putting them into a feeding frenzy. The town sets up a make-shift morgue at the high school and has families coming in to identify their loved ones, but one of the siblings waiting in line is attracting the monsters, and there are plenty of kids around with their families - families who already lost at least one kid. Another hunter arrive from the House of Slaughter headquarters. The Order is worried that the situation is getting too out of hand, and that Erica is not well equipped enough to handle everything. 


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The nice house on the lake vol 1 by James Tynion IV

1/4/2022

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Cover of The nice house on the lake volume 1. A girl looks up from a lake full of skeletons, and she is horrified.
Illustrated by Álvaro Martínez Bueno, colored by Jordie Bellaire

​A group loose associates find themselves in a large, extravagant house on a beautiful lake, seemingly without other people or houses around them. They all discover they know Walter - some grew up with him, some crossed paths with him only a few months ago - but he was always heavily invested in them, someone who was right there at the right time and maybe faded away since. Then, Walter appears in the house and explains his intentions. He reveals he is part of an alien race, and his people intend to destroy the Earth, but he was tasked with picking the best of humanity to be saved. They will all be safe from the coming apocalypse in this lake house, where they will also have all their needs provided for, but everyone else they know and love will be horrifically killed. And they’re supposed to be thankful. But not all of them can sit idly by and enjoy the bounty of their sanctuary. Some of them start exploring their idilic prison and discover what was probably meant to be hidden from them forever.


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The promised neverland vol 19-20 by Kaiu Shirai

12/20/2021

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All of the plans laid out by Norman, Emma, and Ray finally come to their end game - The demons are all in the capital celebrating their holiest of days; Emma has found the Entrance they have been searching for, and she is determined to make a new Promise that will allow her family to be free; The “Evil Blooded” ones have been found, and the Ratri Clan is trying to keep their strangle-hold on the current order of farms of children and the hierarchy of demons. None of the paths these characters take are completely without their hitches, but all of them for the many different groups of characters lead them to reunite where it all began: Grace Field House.
Cover of The Promised Neverland volume 19 where Emma is looking up into a beautiful sunset
Cover of The Promised Neverland volume 20 with all of the many children gathered and smiling

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I am a hero vol 1 by Kengo Hanazawa

11/13/2021

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Cover of I Am a Hero volume 1
Hideo is dissatisfied with his life as a manga assistant. He used to have a running serial, called Uncut Penis, but it got cancelled after only a few issues. He has his share of eccentricities and probably several social anxieties. He thinks he can see evil spirits in his apartment and often talks to one of them. The only way to get rid of them is to form a prayer circle with wholesome manga and textbooks around him. Hideo's girlfriend will cook delicious food for him and be intimate with him. She gets bit by a little kid on the way home from work and no one thinks anything of it. When Hideo comes to her apartment the next day, he can’t believe she’s been turned into a creature. He’s pretty sure it’s because he had to pull an all nighter at the manga job, not that there are actually zombies trying to eat him. The whole building might be scary zombies, or they might be figments of his imagination.


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