Illustrated by Andrew Gong
Starting at a new school in a new town means proving yourself, especially for the egotistical young Jabari Booker, who gets a mid-year start. Fellow students warn him not to test well coming in, but Jabari is determined to impress everyone. His high scores quickly squash his musical endeavors and place him with a group of high performers charged with protecting Edyn Academy from monsters. In order to survive the monsters running the school and the monsters beneath the city, Jabari must let go of his ego and work as a team with others also born during Eternal Night who also have special abilities.
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with Trif Studio (anime), colors by Jason Caffoe
Hikaru is an ordinary middle school until he accidentally couples with a mechanical arm — Alma — and becomes the target of two organizations both vying for control of the innocent AI housed inside it. Hikaru tries to lay low at school, but his school becomes infiltrated and shortly a contested battle ground! It also seems that Alma has awakened improperly and cannot function if Hikaru is too far out of range, which is super inconvenient in a battle. 
In a futuristic world, calamities wreak havoc on the world. These giant spiritual powers are known as “Nights”, and the bring with them large destructive forces people once thought were natural disasters. One such night, a typhoon force attacked Great Britain and sent its prince escaping to Japan where he met Jin through a terrible circumstance. Now, Gao and Jin are fighting back using their own god-like powers, channeling forces of mysterious fugeki creatures to fight off the Nights and hopefully save humanity.
Somewhere between existing and not existing, a being calls forth an orb and sets it upon the planet Earth. The orb begins to mimic shapes and life until it settles on a dying white wolf in an Arctic wasteland, and the orb takes on the wolf’s shape. A boy recognizes the wolf and calls out to it. The boy is stranded in the arctic, hoping other humans will return to the fishing village. In another part of the world, and young girl named March can’t wait to grow up and become a mother. Her family has just welcomed another baby into the family, but she’s a long way away from being able to raise her own family.
Adapted by Gou Tanabe
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12, Adult Publisher: Dark Horse Publication Date: Dec 23, 2025 ISBN: 9781506746340 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Horror, Adaptations, Science Fiction, Dark Horse 
When she wasn't going to school and trying to pretend to be a normal teenager, young Yan Tieh Hua performed with her family in a classic Chinese theater or learning her family's signature fighting style. Little did she know that an all-out battle on stage with her mother during a performance, begging for the opportunity to be normal for a moment, would be the last before her entire world would turn upside down. Yan would be framed for murder, sent to a secret, high-security prison for 30 years, and presumed dead. Detective Lei, the lead investigator for Yan, gets dragged into the case once more as a viral video of Yan committing a new murder dredges everything up again and uncover new mysteries far beyond the local police.
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: Nov 11, 2025 ISBN: 9781974752867 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Science Fiction, Adaptations, VIZ Media 
Illustrated by Armand Bodnar and Nickolas Nunez
Dizzy has escaped the hostile take over of his planet and is now aboard a pirate ship on his way to retrieve a potentially powerful weapon that may help him take down Warty Morda and free Mr. Emperor Guy. After Khlugus’ heroics from volume 1, Commander E.K.O. is down for the moment, leaving Warty Morda able to fill a bit of the power void. Dizzy, Dana Deathly, and the others on the pirate ship must set down on the planet belonging to the Mothonians to try to get supplies, and the find a villainous sax-playing Chris Killian terrorizing the locals. 
Illustrated by Ernie Najera
In the land of Krogladon, lizards of science and magic must come together to defeat a common enemy: the evil robot Commander E.K.O. Two mighty lizard wizards use their powers to beat back the robot, and all is right with the world, for a time. Now, a new evil mastermind has emerged — Pineapple Pete — and he’s scooping up important people and plopping them into his video game simulator for his own enjoyment! Now, Dizzy Doom and his sister must face off against the Commander once more, except there’s a whole host of new and exciting characters along side them this time.
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