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BIRDS OF PREY VOL. 3 A CLASH OF DAGGERS PB $27.99The Birds of Prey lose one member but gain another, all while the team itself is pulled apart by per-sonal demons and a traitor in their midsts. Plus, Mr. Freeze is out of Arkham Asylum and looking for revenge on the Court of Owls! His first target? The newest member

of the Birds team, Strix!

JLA VOL. 4 PB $39.99 The team is up against a new, deadly Injustice Gang led by Lex Luthor. With Prometheus, the man who almost single-handedly defeated the JLA, as well as the General and Queen Bee, it looks as if the Justice League may lose even if they win.

KATANA VOL. 1 PB $24.99Katana, former assassin and new Justice Leaguer embarks on a noble quest to restore the Outsid-ers to their former glory! Will she succeed, or will she be overcome by the power of her sword, the Soul Taker?

DIAL H VOL. 2 ExCHANGE PB $29.99What would happen if you discov-ered the H Dial, an unbelievably powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero? Nelson and Roxie are on the trail to unlock the mysteries of the H-dial while being

stalked by the mysterious Centipede, who may have the answers they are looking for...and his own dark and deadly motivations.

comic stripsGARFIELD THE RELUCTANT ROMEO JIM DAVISPB $9.99

Popular with both children and adults, this book fea-tures Garfield’s attempts at romance.

GARFIELD I DON’T DO WINDOWS JIM DAVISPB $9.99

CLASSIC ERA OF AMERICAN COMICS NICKY KUBERT JO WRIGHT

HB $39.99 In their heyday, the top 500 comics sold over 60 million copies a month, and are still avidly col-lected. Taking us from the 1930s into the 1950s, Nicky Wright tells the fascinating story of the rise of this highly creative popular art

form through its decline due to the self-censorship imposed by Congress and the churches.

kidsSMURFS MONEY BOx OF BOOKS $19.99

A money box full of books featur-ing all your favourite Smurfs! Each tin money box contains four story books, one colouring book, six sticker sheets and four colouring pencils.

LEGO SPACE BUILDING THE FUTURE PETER REID PB $32.99

In “LEGO Space,” you’ll explore an entire LEGO universe. Astounding spaceships, eye-popping aliens, and vast planets come to life in a series of truly impressive LEGO models.

MOUSE BIRD SNAKE WOLFDAVID ALMOND PB $16.99

The gods have created a world - they’ve built mountains, a sea and a sky - and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds (and tea and cake). That’s until Harry, Sue and Little Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world: with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty

legless thing. As the children’s ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined.

ADVENTURE TIME THE LAND OF OOO PB $12.99

Come follow Finn and Jake on a bunch of crazy, wacky adventures through the land of Ooo. Along the way, you’ll experience the zany tales and crazy characters that make the land of Ooo such a magi-cal place to live.

MINECRAFT BEGINNERS HANDBOOK HB $14.99

You’re alone in a mysterious new world, full of hidden dangers. You have only minutes to find food and shelter before darkness falls and the monsters come looking for you. What do you do? The Official Minecraft Beginner’s Handbook might just save your life.

MINECRAFT HANDBOOK #2 REDSTONE HB $14.99

Here’s everything you need to know to get connected to the electrifying possibilities of redstone. From basic mining and logic circuits to more advanced mechanics, this book will give you step by step instructions to get you fully wired to redstone.

Graphic NovelsBLUE IS THE WARMEST COLORJULIE MAROH PB $24.99 Blue is the Warmest Color is a ten-der, bittersweet, full-colour graphic novel about the elusive, reckless magic of love. Clementine is a junior in high school who seems ‘normal’

enough: she has friends, family and even a boyfriend. When her openly gay best friend takes her to a gay bar, she becomes captivated by Emma, a punkish, confident girl with blue hair, an event that leads Clementine to discover new aspects of herself, both passionate and tragic.

CEMETERY GIRL BOOK 1 CHARLAINE HARRIS PB $24.99Calexa Rose Dunhill was just four-teen when she woke in a cemetery. Bruised, bloody and left for dead, with no memory of her previous life, she took a new name from the head-

stones that surrounded her. Now, three years on, Cal-exa still lives in Dunhill Cemetery, struggling with the desire to know her true identity - and the all-consuming fear of what she mightdiscover when she does.

POWER OF FIVE BK 2 EVIL STAR ANTHONY HOROWITz PB $19.99It began with Raven’s Gate. But it s not over yet. Once again the enemy is stirring. After defeating the Old Ones at Raven’s Gate, Matt Freeman thought he could get on with his life.

But someone has other ideas...

FABLES VOL. 19 BILL WILLINGHAMPB $29.99With Castle Dark now back in the hands of the Fables,

mysteries both young and old begin to challenge the residents of Fabletown. Bigsby and Stinky set off from Fabletown in Rose Red’s blood-fueled sports car to track down the two abducted cubs. Unfortunately for Snow White a long forgotten secret uncovered in Castle Dark

threatens to sabatoge her and Bigby’s marriage.

RED PYRAMID THE KANE CHRONICLES RICK RIORDAN PB $19.99

Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world . . .Carter & Sadie Kane’s dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the an-cient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos...

mANGABLEACH 3-IN-1 VOL 7 $19.99 Time has run out! It’s the day of Rukia’s execution, and Ichigo must fight Byakuya Kuchiki one on one, whether or not his bankai is battle-ready. Meanwhile the mastermind behind the chaos in the Seireitei is about to be revealed, but will the truth spell the end of the Soul Society?!

NARUTO VOL 64 $14.99 With Tobi’s identity finally revealed, Naruto will have to summon the strength from within to stand up to him. But as the Gedo statue is used to awaken the Ten-Tailed Beast, it’ll take the entire Allied Shinobi Forces working together to win this war!

POKEMON ADVENTURES V20 $14.99 Legendary Pokemon Kyogre and Groudon are unleashed, and the world descends into chaos! Ruby and Sapphire head down to Seafl oor Cavern to try and stop them. To make matters worse, Archie and Maxie, the leaders of evil Team Aqua and equally evil Team Magma, are controlling Kyogre and Groudon with the Blue Orb and the Red Orb. Or are the Legendary Pokemon controlling them...?!

DRAGON BALL 3-IN-1 VOL 3 $19.99 The World’s Most Evil Crime Organization You do not want to mess with the Red Ribbon Army. To get what they want, they’ll sic you with scary thugs, machine gunfire, and even torpedoes! Only Son Goku would think nothing of challenging this evil crime organization-anything to get back the one Dragon Ball his grandfather gave him.

NARUTO 3-IN-1 VOL 7 $19.99 Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world’s greatest ninja

BRIEF HISTORY OF MANGAHELEN MCCARTHY HB $15.99 Filled with anecdotes, quotes, facts and figures, the title gives any manga fan a host of new areas to explore. Containing everything you need to know, from Akira to Mazinger Z, it is fully illustrated with colour examples of manga and photos of the creators behind them.

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x-MEN VOLUME 1PB $24.99 An old enemy shows up at the X-Men’s door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she’s brought with her an orphaned baby who might hold the key to the earth’s survival... or its destruction.

AVENGERS A.I. VOLUME 1 PB $23.99

When a brave new world is un-leashed, only one team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes can save us from the future: Avengers A.I.! Featur-ing the Vision, Hank Pym, Victor Mancha, Doombot, the mysterious Alexis, and Monica Chang, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

NEW AVENGERS VOLUME 2 HB $34.99

Who is the secret member of the Illuminati that many of the mem-bers do not know about? And how does Black Bolt, mute monarch of the Inhumans, lie? As the cold war between Wakanda and Atlanti s heats up into a full-scale conflict, casualties begin to pile up.and an Illuminati member is forced to

make a hard choice. But when an Inhuman learns of the Illuminati ‘s plans, everything falls apart.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN - VOLUME 3 PB $24.99The Spider-Slayer is scheduled for execution and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson is leaving nothing to chance. To ensure that everything goes according to plan, Jameson’s called in the one man he can trust to oversee everything - the Supe-rior Spider-Man.

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS PB $13.99

On a case with special guest stars the Fantastic Four, Avengers Mansion becomes a target for the diabolical Doctor Doom and his minions - and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes must take their most drastic stand! Then, Iron Man tackles the terrible Technovore, while his fellow Avengers battle the

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AVENGERS PB $21.99Vicious echoes of the Avengers’ past are cropping up all over Manhattan...but Captain Marvel, grounded since a recent and mysterious power loss, refuses to be left behind. Who is the sinister

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DEADPOOL VOLUME 1 HB $47.99When a cadre of dead U.S. presi-dents - from George Washington to Gerald Ford - rise from the grave, only someone with the already-sullied reputation, indiscriminate killing skills and implicit insanity

defense of a heavily armed madman can be trusted with this abhorrent operation. But who in the Marvel Universe will dirty their hands by bashing in these resurrected heads of state? Deadpool!

DExTERPB $27.99Dexter Morgan isn’t just Miami’s #1 forensic blood splatter expert. He’s also a serial killer. . . who tar-gets other serial killers! But now, the deeply damaged Dexter must face two of his worst nightmares:

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CAPTAIN AMERICA - V2 HB $34.99

Steve Rogers is dead... long live Captain Zola! But even as Arnim Zola gets everything he wants, a traitor strikes. Ian’s fate is decided as Zola’s master plan is revealed... but how does it all fit with Captain Zola’s quest for lies, injustice, and the Dimension Z way?

FF - VOLUME 2 (ALL AGES)PB $21.99

Did a good-natured prank-gone-wrong mean Ben Grimm caused the accident that led Victor Von Doom down his wicked path? As the sickness spreads to the other members of the family, their atten-tion turns to righting this past wrong - could saving Victor be the only way stop Dr. Doom?

IRON MAN - VOLUME 3 HB $34.99

The shocking secret origin of Tony Stark continues! And it began with his birth! As the manipula-tive alien power’s ulterior motive is laid bare, an even more massive surprise awaits at a deserted battlefield from the beginning of time!

DC comicsBATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT VOL. 2 PB $24.99

The Scarecrow has returned to Gotham City, but he’s no longer the meek punching bag Batman is used to. The villainous genius has always preyed on the worst fears of his victims, but has refined his legendary fear toxin to even greater effectiveness.

BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED VOL. 2 PB $24.99Arkham City, Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum. Now, Gotham City has become a massive prison ruled by criminals. Will the Dark Knight be able to take back his city from the hands of a psychopath? Or will be

fall victim to the madness that has gripped Gotham?

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK VOL. 3 THE DEATH OF MAGIC PB $24.99Transported to another dimension by the Books of Magic, Tim Hunter and Zatanna awake in a world where magic once ruled in peace until mad scientists banned magic and forced all of the magical crea-tures underground in exile. Tim soon finds out that his ancestors

are tied to this world and that only he, through the Books of Magic, can free the “Wild World”.

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS VOL. 2PB $24.99

When Green Lantern Kyle Rayner found one of each of the multi-colored Lantern rings in his possession, he found himself hunted by some of the most power, diverse and dangerous members of the other Lantern corps. Now the mystery must be put on hold as Odym, homeworld of the Blue

Lanterns, is being attacked by The Reach.

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS VOL. 3 HB $39.99

Geoff Johns, Kyle Rayner and his fellow Ringer bearers must join forces to beat back The Third Army and survive the Wrath of the First Lantern! Green Lantern Kyle Rayner must master the emotional spectrum itself in order to stand a chance against the Third Army. But even then, a more

dangerous threat lurks in the shadows...

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA’S VIBE VOL. 1 PB $24.99One of the most unlikely members of the Justice League of America ever (okay, THE most unlikely) stars in his own title! Vibe will soon discover he’s one of the most powerful individuals on Earth. But how did Vibe get his abilities? What is the cost to them? Why

does the JLA want him on the team so desperately?

BATMAN - THE DARK KNIGHT VOL. 3 MAD HB $39.99Batman discovers a trail of bodies but no leads. His detective skills are put to the test as the Mad Hatter begins kidnapping Gotham citizens for an unknown purpose. But as the Dark Knight delves deeper into this mystery, he soon realizes that this is unlike any

Mad Hatter case before. The Hatter’s gory past will be revealed and Batman’s resolve will be put to the test.

DEMON KNIGHTS VOL. 3 PB $32.99Betrayed by Etrigan and trapped in Hell, the Demon Knights must find a way to escape the clutches of Lucifer. To do so, one of the Demon Knights must make the ultimate sacrifice. Everything changes for the Demon Knights in this volume directly connecting to

the mysterious Black Diamond.

BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED VOL. 3 HB $39.99

Features an all star cast of Gotham’s super-villains, gathered together for the trial of the century starring The Joker as the defendant.  With Two-Face serving as both prosecutor and judge, The Joker doesn’t stand a chance in this kangaroo court, but will The

Joker have to rely on his biggest foe, Batman, to save him from “justice?”

BATWING VOL. 3 ENEMY OF THE STATE PB $24.99Deputized by Batman himself, David Zavimbe dons Wayne Tech-designed armor to become the protector of his native Tanisha as a part of Batman, Incorporated. A police officer by day, David fights against the corruption in his coun-try, trying to set right a war.

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Gaming1001 VIDEO GAMES YOU MUST PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE PB $39.99In fewer than fifty years video games have become one of the most popular forms of entertain-ment. But which are the best games, the ones you must play?

Tony Mott, editor of popular gaming magazine Edge, presents 1001 of the best video games from around the world.

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In this sequel to the hybrid live ac-tion/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs (2011), the evil wizard Gargamel creates two mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence.

BLUE ExORCIST VOL 6 $29.99 Amidst all the turmoil in True Cross Academy, an elderly man named Ernst appears, saying he is the grandfather of Yukio and Rin. As Ernst schemes to invoke the Gehenna Gate by sacrificing Rin, hordes of demons are spilling out of the gate. Yukio and Rin head towards the gate to protect their

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ONE PIECE MOVIE STRONG WORLD $29.9920 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki “the Golden Lion” reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his long seclu-sion, he was able to come up with a scheme to bring the World Govern-

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SANKAREA UNDYLING LOVE COMPLETE COLLECTION $59.99 Furuya’s not interested in the living, he’s got zombies on the brain! When Furuya’s cat dies, he decides he’s going to try and bring it back to life. In the process, he stumbles across a girl whose failed attempted suicide has turned her into a real zombie! What’s Furuya going to do now that the thing he loves the most is right in front of his eyes?

AQUARION EVOL COLLECTION 1 $59.99 After accidentally forming the leg-endary mecha “Aquarion,” Amata finds himself at a pilot training academy where the flirty girls love to get a rise out of him, and the boys seem more interested in exploring mysterious holes and big bangs than harnessing their

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In the thrilling conclusion, Optimus Prime, his Autobots, and their human friends step up the fight against Megatron and his Decep-ticons for control of the powerful Mini-Cons. Valor, betrayal, redemption and some devastating twists await, as the secret of the

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ROBOCOP THE SERIES $29.99 Set in the future, police officer Alex Murphy is badly wounded in the line of duty while his bold female partner, Lisa Madigan, watches on. Murphy’s body is damaged beyond repair. As medical experts fight to save his life they combine Alex’s body with robot parts to create

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SWORD ART ONLINE V2 $29.99 It’s been 2 years since the players of Sword Art Online were first trapped in this life-or-death adventure. As Kirito and Asuna get closer, Asuna starts to want distance from the Knights of the Blood, but her wish does not come easily. The Assault Team launches

an attack on the 75th floor boss, but they find the Skull Reaper to be an extremely tough foe!

SWORD ART ONLINE V3 $29.99Although Kirito cleared SAO and returned to his real life, his adven-ture was far from over. Asuna is in a coma in the hospital, and Nobuyuki Sugou of RECTO, the company that took over SAO’s property, is trying to get married to her!

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