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WARREN ELLIS' hardened combat magician, William Gravel returns with a violent new adventure taking him into the heart of Japan to face a rogue magic wielding assassin. Written by long-time Ellis collaborator, MIKE WOLFER, this tale returns the hard as nails Gravel to action against supernatural forces that threaten to reveal the very existence of the Combat Magicians and leaves a wide trail of victims in its wake. This volume includes a special introduction chapter to the world of Gravel for new readers and brings one of comics longest running independent characters back to the bloody violence filled world he pioneered. Artist Gabriel Rearte vibrantly creates the ultra-violent combat magic-fueled assassin's domain with horrors that are right out of your worst nightmares. Gravel Vol 04 Combat Magician collects issues #0 - 4 of the comic book series.

GARTH ENNIS - the creator of Preacher and Crossed - delivers a story like no other, as an unlikely band of canines set out to survive in a world gone horribly mad. When a worldwide plague wipes out humanity, what happens to man's best friend? Charlie was a helper dog and he was good at it. Now he and his friends Rover and Red must escape the bloody city and find their way in this strange master-less new world. Ennis applies his incredible talent for shockingly original tales and spot-on dialogue in this fully painted story will change the way you look at pets and takes you on a spiritual journey of rediscovery through the eyes of these canine best friends. Rover Red Charlie Vol 1 TP collects issues #1-6 of the comic book series.

Kieron Gillen redefined the alternate history comic by radically revitalizing the super soldier in the pages of Uber. This sweeping war epic shows all the grime, and fear, and blood of enhanced soldier warfare in an unrelenting World War II drama. The first blow in the battle between English and German Ubers has been wrought and neither nation walks away whole. The war rages on in the Pacific Theatre as Japanese Kamikaze pilots attempt to drive the US forces out while delivering devastating losses to the enemy naval fleet. But the tides of war change as the Japanese deploy their own enhanced soldiers and the Germans deliver their devastating secret attack. Uber Volume 2 collects issues #6-11 of the ongoing comic book series.