Planetes Omnibus Volume 1

Author: Makoto Yukimura
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1616559217
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
It's the 2070s, and mankind has conquered space, making interplanetary travel possible and igniting the imaginations of the world. It's also vastly increased the amount of dangerous space debris, and someone has to clean it up. Hachimaki, Yuri, and Fee are a crew on that beat, each with their own goals, tendencies, and personal problems: Hachimaki dreams of deep-space exploration in his own ship, Yuri is still recovering from the death of his wife in an accident caused by orbiting debris, and Fee is secretive, but there's a lot going on under the surface! Just trying to do their jobs in an age of space-age environmental concerns and new vistas of exploration, the crew deals with Hachi's fear of isolation hampering his hopes of joining an upcoming Jupiter mission, keep an eye on the wreckage for signs of Yuri's lost wife, and become unwitting heroes when the only place Fee can still smoke is threatened by terrorists! Dark Horse Manga is proud to present Makoto Yukimura's award-winning hard sci-fi epic Planetes in two omnibus-sized editions, complete with bonus color pages never before seen in America! "Planetes has it all: strong themes, interesting characters, and great art." -Anime Fringe

Planetes Volume 4: Part 2

Author: Makoto Yukimura
Publisher: TokyoPop
ISBN: 9781595324672
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
After an excruciating selection process, Hachimaki is accepted into the Mars Development Project. However, Hachimaki's space odyssey soon forces him to contemplate the meaning of his existence and the nature of his life in space. Illustrations.

Vinland Saga

Author: 幸村誠
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646591291
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
The Mighty Laid Low Thanks to his claim by lineage, the attackers surrounding Jomsborg want Thorfinn to be their leader, but it is a mantle he intensely rejects. When the battle for leadership over the powerful Jomsvikings reaches a stalemate, Thorfinn must make a critical decision. With Gudrid held captive within the fortressed city, walking away will not be an option. He must infiltrate Jomsborg to break her out, and the ensuing battle will leave the greatest mercenary force in the North Sea changed forever…

Vinland Saga

Author: Makoto Yukimura
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1612628184
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
WITHIN THE KING’S GRASP As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn’s only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn’s hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar’s infatuation with Arnheid takes an unexpected turn when her former husband – an escaped slave – barges onto the farm, insisting she run away with him… "A fascinating, violent, and moving story [that’s] firmly among other timeless classics… Seriously, I don’t know how many different ways I can say this manga is worth reading." -Kotaku

Eden

Author: Hiroki Endo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
A brutal virus has destroyed most of the human population leaving the paramilitary Propater forces in charge to pursue world domination.

Ultraman, Vol. 1

Author: Eiichi Shimizu,Tomohiro Shimoguchi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421586061
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
Shinjiro is an ordinary teenager, but his father is the legendary Shin Hayata. When he learns that his father passed on the “Ultraman Factor” to him and that he possesses incredible powers, nothing will ever be the same again. -- VIZ Media

Kill la Kill

Author: Kazuki Nakashima
Publisher: UDON Entertainment
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
Now armed with her own powerful Kamui uniform, transfer student Ryuki Matoi takes aim at the fascist overlords of Honnouji Academy! But are even these newfound powers a match for the Student Council President herself, Satsuki Kiryuin!? It's more all-out magical transformation, sword-clashing, fanservice-filled action in Kill la Kill Volume 2!

Die Wergelder

Author: Hiroaki Samura
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 168233032X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
Wergelder: In Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim's family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal.

Orbiter

Author: Warren Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840237245
Category : Interplanetary voyages
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
From best-selling author Warren Ellis (Planetary, Transmetropolitan) and acclaimed artist Colleen Doran (Sandman, A Distant Soil) comes an all-new SF graphic novel Ten years ago, the Space Shuttle Venture disappeared from Earth's orbit, taking a crew of seven with it. Now it has returned with its remaining crewman - an insane pilot - and instrumentation that wasn't on the shuttle when it lifted off. This is the story of what happened to the Venture's crew, where the shuttle went... and what it means for an Earth that's given up hope of walking amongst the stars. From an extraordinary creative team, Orbiter is a mesmerising story of first contact and its inevitable consequences, and is destined to be a classic

Vinland Saga 13

Author: Makoto Yukimura
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1646513010
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
One of the greatest European historical epic comics ever written continues. A DREAM COMES ASHORE Thorfinn's travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in his friends, in his new wife, and in the dream that he's never let go, of a new land free of brutality and slavery. At last, the moment has come to set foot on Vinland--not the misty ideal he has carried there, but the real thing--and to meet the people who have made it their home for generations before Thorfinn's quest began...