Featured This Week Comics, Graphic Novels, & Toys for 12/30

CELEBRATING 350 ISSUES OF THE SOLO ADVENTURES OF WOLVERINE!
Someone's making moves against WOLVERINE'S old crew TEAM X, and it's leaving bodies dropped and artifacts stolen. A mystery unfurls as Logan picks up the scent of his old compatriot, the mutant known as MAVERICK! Don't miss this special over-sized issue celebrating Logan's history while kicking off the next arc and serving as a jumping on point for new readers!
Parental Advisory

X OF SWORDS FALL OUT !
The Captain Commander of Krakoa made a fateful decision. There's no going back.
Rated T+

Once again bridging the gap between the fifth and sixth arc (which resumes January 2021), Part Two of MONSTRESS: TALK-STORIES follows Maika as she opens up to Kippa and recounts an important day from her childhood in Thyria.  

Love is a dangerous thing. The Nailbiter dives into his past as he finally explains his connections to the mastermind behind the deadly game of death. But the truth comes with a cost, and not everyone makes it out of this issue alive!

World War spills into this all-new limited series! As Cybertron descends into a state of war, countless civilians-unaligned with the Autobots, Decepticons, or any faction-are caught in the crossfire. Fortunately, a solution may be coming... Wheeljack, Hound, and some of Cybertron's greatest (and most infamous) scientists seek to reactivate the Ark program and evacuate the planet with huge spaceships. On the verge of war, will their efforts be enough to escape?

"A Mother's Love" In this classic tale, Usagi befriends an elderly woman whose son turns out to be a villain who brings misery to their entire village. The bonds of family and honor are tested as Usagi must make an impossible choice!

Jake Sully maintains his position as leader of the Omatikaya Na'vi tribe, but with their homeland in ruins, he begins to doubt his place among them. As the Na'vi and human feud persists, tensions between the tribes begin to escalate as longstanding family rivalries ignite-spawning treachery and betrayal!

o An untold story set immediately after the events of Avatar!

"Loki rescues the gods from his own foolish wager in "The Master Builder," drawn by Piotr Kowalski, and we learn of Loki's most dangerous spawn, who will each play a part in the end of all things, in "Loki's Children," drawn by David Rub n (Ether)."

With the aid of some old familiar faces, Hughie's globetrotting efforts to discover the origin of Becky's diary finally bear fruit- but is he ready to face the shadowy figure behind the conspiracy that almost destroyed him? Old debts are paid and old scores settled, as the last story of The Boys comes to its conclusion.

We round out Year Two of our 50th Anniversary Vampirella series with the prologue to "Interstellar," the chronicle of Vampirella's journey back to her home planet of Drakulon. Lilith has vanished under mysterious circumstances leaving Vampirella-- who's never had the best relationship with her mom-- torn between accepting Lilith's disappearance or going to her rescue, which would require her finding a way back to her home world. Caving in to the inevitable, Vampirella has only one place she can begin her journey -- the human she rescued from Drakulon all those years ago and re-create the accident that brought him there.

The holidays are upon us and we come bearing gifts! This Invader ZIM holiday special boasts THREE festive stories: The Ghosts of Fistmas pay ZIM a visit, a floating Santa-being vs. hive-mind aliens, and we peer into Professor Membrane's past to learn the origins of his anti-Santa ways. All that PLUS more bonus deranged winter fun!

MORE STORY! MORE ART! MORE KAIJU!

Every detail is planned. The players are set. And the craziest and most dangerous heist ever conceived of is a go.

But to get here, Marco has had to agree to let another person on the team, and the new guy isn't exactly fitting in. To make matters worse, the truth about another member of the group comes to light. Oh, and there are giant monsters.

Is Marco prepared to juggle it all or will the Kaiju Score fail before it starts?  

Mutants have conquered death! By the grace of the Five, the resurrection protocols of the island nation of Krakoa can bring any of the X-Men's fallen comrades back to life. But such a huge enterprise comes with even bigger problems and complications! And when a mutant dies, X-Factor is there to investigate how and why - in order to uphold the rules of reincarnation! Writer Leah Williams and artists David Balde n and Carlos G mez take the all-new X-Factor - Northstar, Polaris, Prodigy, Eye-Boy, Daken and Prestige - deep into a murky world of murder and missing persons. But the team's first case might be its last as they investigate the disappearance of a mutant dancer at a prestigious ballet academy...in the Mojoverse! Be there as X-Factor explores the thin veil between life and death! Collecting X-FACTOR (2020) #1-4.
112 PGS./Rated T+

From Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avengers) comes a new era of Firefly, as the definitive story of the Unification War is told at last!

Captain Malcolm Reynolds thought he could outrun his past, but when a simple heist goes wrong, he's forced to make a choice: fix the past or fight for the future. Along with Whedon, writer Greg Pak (Mech Cadet Yu) and artist Dan McDaid (Judge Dredd: Mega
City Zero) take you back to the battleground where it all began...and reveal a secret history that might end it all. Collects Firefly #1-4.

A new edition of the mind-bending historical epic, with extra material by author Douglas Rushkoff (Program or be Programmed) and a new cover by artist Michael Avon Oeming (Powers)!

Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism. During the second World War, the legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon in the conflict against the Axis of evil. But this unconventional new form of warfare could cast the world into Armageddon!

Welcome to planet Heist! It's the cutthroat capital of the entire Nehring System, home to billions of the worst men and women in the galaxy. The Pan-Galactic government has no idea what to do with the planet, but conman Glane Breld and his band of thieves know exactly what to do with Heist-they're going to steal it. It's Ocean's Eleven in space, brought to you by writer Paul Tobin (Colder and Bandette) and Arjuna Susini (The Replacer)-the only minds crazy enough to steal an entire world.

A yuri story about romance between girls from the creator of the modern BL classic Classmates: Dou kyu sei! Ruby is a student at an elite European boarding school. Things are going pretty well for her until she finds out that she won't be able to go home at Christmas. Instead, she'll be stuck at school with only one other studentaloof and beautiful Stephcompany. As Ruby tries to understand Steph, she becomes more and more interested in the other girl. But can she break through Steph's icy exterior?

Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize! A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling...

Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately...a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst-and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!

A Gentle Giant Ltd. release! Ahsoka returns! The heroine of Star Wars: Clone Wars makes her Premier Collection Debut with this 1/7 scale statue. Welcoming her convor friend Morai with raised arm, this approximately 11-inch statue is sculpted in a realistic style, and is limited to only 3,000 pieces. It comes packaged in a full-color box with a certificate of authenticity. Designed and sculpted by Gentle Giant Ltd.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Don't mess with the Batman! The Dark Knight takes a stand in this all-new Gallery Diorama from DST! With one foot up on a pile of rubble and his cape twisting in the wind, this piece inspired by the cover to Batman #702 features detailed sculpting and paint applications and is cast in high-quality PVC. Measuring approximately 10" tall, it comes packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Alterton.

In preparation for her relentless pursuit of vengeance in the highly anticipated The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog and Dark Horse are proud to present this upcoming Ellie figure.
Standing at 8" tall and featuring Ellie with her bow at the ready, this stunning figure was sculpted by the artists at Naughty Dog, and prototyped and painted by Gentle Giant Studios, offering meticulous detail and authenticity.

Based on the comic book cover of Batman Adventures #16, "A Wedding To Die For," this 6" tall limited edition statue features a knife wielding Joker and bomb toting Harley Quinn in a loving embrace, ready to tie the knot and repeat the vow as literally as possible, "til death do us part!" Perfect for any collection!