WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, APRIL 9TH – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS

This list is based on the shipping dates from the distributors order forms. Not all comic book shops order all items. If you have questions about a specific comic, talk to your comic shop owner. PLEASE NOTE- Not all of these titles will arrive in all stores. Items with release dates are not verified by the distributors and are individually noted. Some of the comics titles listed may have arrived in stores already through Diamond Distributors, Penguin-Random House, Lunar Distribution and UCS Comic Distributors.

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PUBLISHER

TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PRICE IN U.S. DOLLARS (“AR” means “ask your retailer for the price”)

ABRAMS APPLESEED

Fantastic Four My Mighty Marvel First Book Board Book HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $12.99

ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

Marvel Hello Heroes Volume 2 Spider-Man Swings Through HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99

ABRAMS COMICARTS

Thinking About Thinking Impossible Thoughts And Complicated Feelings GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $19.99

AC COMICS

Cauldron Of Horror #7, $6.95

ALOHA COMICS

Heaven Official’s Blessing Volume 2 HC, $22.99
Heaven Official’s Blessing Volume 3 HC, $22.99

AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS)

Big Book Of Rex Libris TP, $44.95

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS

Bloody Parts #1 (Cover D Gerardo Gambone Agent 79 Premiere Variant), AR
Captain Action Vs. Al Capone Vampire #1 (Cover A Brendon Fraim & Brian Fraim), $6.99
Captain Action Vs. Al Capone Vampire #1 (Cover B Brendon Fraim & Brian Fraim), $6.99
Captain Action Vs. Al Capone Vampire #1 (Cover C Brendon Fraim & Brian Fraim), AR
Hatchet Midnight Murders (Cover E Roy Allen Martinez Century Edition Variant), AR
Not So Spooky Ghosts Reader Pack (3 Issues), $11.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover A Mark Spears Painted Variant), $4.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover B Paul Maitland Painted Variant), $4.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover C Roy Alan Martinez), $4.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover D Andrea Arcari), $4.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover E Roy Alan Martinez Black & White Variant), $9.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover F Buz Hasson AM Exclusive Monster Variant), $9.99
Return Of The Living Dead #3 (Cover G Mark Sparacio Zombie Girl Variant), $9.99
Saturday Morning Cartoons Reader Pack (5 Issues), $19.99
Sci-Fi Heroes Reader Pack (6 Issues), $21.99

ANDREWS MCMEEL

Slice Of Mallow Hardcover Volume 2 Second Slice GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99

ANTARCTIC PRESS

Exciting Comics #51, $4.99
Tomorrow Girl #11, $4.99

BATTLE QUEST COMICS

27 Run Crash #3 (Of 3)(Cover A Russell Brown & Laura Martin), $4.99
27 Run Crash #3 (Of 3)(Cover B Clayton Crain), AR

BLACKBOX COMICS

Dead Detective #1 (Of 5)(Cover F Tiago Da Silva Full Art Variant), $9.99
Dead Detective #2 (Of 5)(Cover D Fabio Lima Jansen Full Art Variant), $9.99

COMIC SHOP NEWS

Comic Shop News #1964, AR

CRITICAL ENTERTAINMENT

Planetary Expansion #6, $4.99

DEAD SKY PUBLISHING

Corvus #6 (Of 6), $4.99
Left-Hand Path (2nd Printing Cover A Ken Knudtsen), $4.99
Red Range #1 (Of 4), $4.99

DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING

Breaking Into Comics No More Rules #1 (One Shot), $9.99
Mercy Sparx #1 (Cover C Matt Merhoff Lunar Distribution Variant)(One Shot)(Sweet 16 Re-Release), $5.99
yFu #1 (Of 4) Andre The Patcher, $4.99

DIAL BOOKS

Huda F Wants To Know GN, $17.99

DK PUBLISHING

Be More Ariana Grande Fierce Advice On Breaking Free And Being Yourself HC (per Penguin Random House), $12.99
LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia SC, $21.99

DRAWN AND QUARTERLY

I Ate The Whole World To Find You GN (per Lunar Distribution), $22.95

EPICENTER COMICS

Tex Relentless HC (Signature Edition), $29.99

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

Disney Masters Volume 26 Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Tales Of Andold Wild Duck HC (per Lunar Distribution), $34.99
Honoria A Fortuitous Friendship HC (per Lunar Distribution), $39.99
Precious Rubbish HC (per Lunar Distribution), $29.99
Skin HC (per Lunar Distribution), $34.99
Squeak Chatter Bark An Eco-Mystery GN (per Lunar Distribution), $24.99

FLOATING WORLD COMICS

Robot Tod #2, $4.99

GEMSTONE PUBLISHING

Romeo Vs. Juliet A Kill Shakespeare Adventure GN, $17.99

GHOST SHIP

World’s End Harem Fantasia Volume 14 GN, $13.99

GROSSET AND DUNLAP

96 Facts About the G.O.A.T. Athletes Greatest of All Time SC (per Penguin Random House), $6.99

INSIGHT EDITIONS

Critical Role Der Katzenprinz And Other Zemnian Tales HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $22.99

IPI COMICS

Bristlemouth A Cove Horror TP, $16.99

KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT

One Night In Prague GN, $19.99
Papa Duke #2 (Cover A Todd Skull & Naomi Griffin), $5.99
Papa Duke #2 (Cover B Todd Skull & Naomi Griffin), $5.99
Papa Duke #2 (Cover C Todd Skull & Naomi Griffin), $5.99
Papa Duke #2 (Cover D Todd Skull & Naomi Griffin Holofoil Full Art Variant), $19.99
Papa Duke #2 (Cover E Todd Skull & Naomi Griffin Metal Variant), $99.99

KODANSHA COMICS

Blue Lock Episode Nagi Volume 3 GN, $13.99
Fall In Love You False Angels Volume 2 GN, $13.99
Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie Volume 20 GN, $12.99

LITTLE BROWN INK

Renegade Girls A Queer Tale Of Romance And Rable-Rousing GN, $18.99

MAD CAVE STUDIOS

One Path Volume 1 GN, $19.99
One Path Volume 1 HC, $29.99

MAGNETIC PRESS

Hunchback Of Notre Dame HC, $34.99

MAVERICK -MAD CAVE STUDIOS

Scoop Volume 3 Sci-Fi Witness GN, $14.99

ONI PRESS

Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover A Nick Winn), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover B David Nakayama), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover C Trung Le Nguyen), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover D Tillie Walden), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover E Blank Variant), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover F Finn Blue Blank Variant), $4.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover G David Nakayama Gold Foil Variant), $7.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover H Trung Le Nguyen Silver Foil Variant), $7.99
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover I Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb Infinite interlocking Variant), AR
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover J Caroline Cash), AR
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover K Erica Henderson), AR
Adventure Time (2025) #1 (Cover L David Nakayama Black & White Variant), AR
Lights Deluxe Edition HC, $24.99
Mae The Definitive Edition TP, $29.99
Station Grand HC, $17.99

PAN-UNIVERSAL GALACTIC WORLDWIDE

Black Panther #1 (1977)(Pan-Dimensional 3D Edition), $12.99
X-Men #1 (1991)(Pan-Dimensional 3D Edition), $14.99

PANTHEON

Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy City Of Glass Ghosts The Locked Room HC, $35.00

PAPERCUTZ

Asterix Collector Volume 2 Asterix And The Golden Sickle HC, $19.99
Geronimo Stilton Reporter Volume 18 Attack Of The Killer Whale HC, $9.99

PENGUIN WORKSHOP

Maxwell Dark Nightmare Hunter Volume 1 GN, $13.99

PENGUIN YOUNG READERS

96 Facts About The G.O.A.T. Athletes Greatest Of All Time HC, $6.99
Bluey Fairytale HC, $18.99

PIXEL+INK

Sky And Ty Volume 2 Dinomite HC (per Penguin Random House), $14.99

QUILL TREE BOOKS

Carousel Summer GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $15.99
Carousel Summer HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $24.99

RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Fart Boy And Reeky Dog HC, $14.99

RANDOM HOUSE WORLDS

Minecraft House Of Horrors An Official Minecraft Novel HC, $18.99

RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT

Pass Me By Volume 3 Lily GN, $24.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT

100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead To My Own Death Volume 2 GN, $14.99
Case Files Of Jeweler Richard Volume 6 GN, $13.99
Gene Bride Volume 1 GN (per Penguin Random House), $14.99
Grimgar Of Fantasy And Ash Light Novel Volume 20 GN (per Penguin Random House), $14.99
How Not To Summon A Demon Lord Volume 20 GN, $13.99
I Get The Feeling That Nobukuni-San Likes Me Volume 6 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99
Kase-san And Yamada Volume 4 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99
Level 1 Demon Lord And One Room Hero Volume 8 GN, $13.99
Malevolent Spirits Mononogatari Volume 10 GN (per Penguin Random House), $13.99
Mii-Chan Wants To Be Kept Volume 1 GN, $13.99
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Elma’s Office Lady Diary Volume 9 GN (per Penguin Random House), $12.99
No Love Zone Volume 3 GN, $21.99
Strange House Volume 3 GN, $14.99
Tokyo Revengers Series Guide Remember You SC, $19.99
Tomo-chan Is A Girl Omnibus Volume 3 TP (Volumes 7-8), $24.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT – AIRSHIP

How Realist Hero Rebuilt Kingdom Light Novel Volume 19 SC (per Penguin Random House), $14.99
Most Notorious Talker Runs Greatest Clan Light Novel Volume 5 SC (per Penguin Random House), $15.99
Restaurant To Another World Light Novel Volume 7 SC (per Penguin Random House), $13.99

SOVEREIGN MEDIA COMPANY

Otaku USA Magazine #10 (Summer 2025), $7.99

SQUARE ENIX MANGA

A Man And His Cat Volume 13 GN, $14.99
God-Slaying Demon King Volume 1 GN, $12.99
My Isekai Life I Gained A Second Character Class And Became The Strongest Sage In The World Volume 18 GN, $12.99

STEAMSHIP

Seduced By The Demon King: A Sensual Rebirth Volume 1 GN, $15.99

TEN SPEED PRESS

Remember Us To Life A Graphic Memoir HC, $40.00

TOKYOPOP – LOVE X LOVE

Boys Gilding The Lily Shall Die Volume 4 GN, $13.99
Inconvenient Life Of An Arousing Priestess Volume 2 GN, $13.99
Unwanted Bride Loves The Crown Prince With All Her Heart Volume 1 GN (per Penguin Random House), $16.99

TUTTLE PUBLISHING

How To Create Manga Drawing Dynamic Hand & Body Movements The Ultimate Bible For Beginning Artists SC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $19.99

UDON ENTERTAINMENT

Final Fight #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Matthew Weldon), $4.99
Final Fight #4 (Of 4)(Cover B Joe Ng), $4.99
Final Fight #4 (Of 4)(Cover C Matthew Weldon), AR

VAULT COMICS

Mark Of The Fool Light Novel Volume 1 SC, $14.99
Verse Volume 3 The Song GN, $14.99

VERTICAL COMICS

I’m Giving The Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued A Crash Course In Naughtiness Volume 8 GN, $12.95

VIZ MEDIA

Akane Banashi Graphic Novel Volume 11 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Beyblade X Graphic Novel Volume 2 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Case Closed Volume 94 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Demon Slayer The Official Coloring Book Volume 3 SC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99
Destroy All Humans They Can’t Be Regenerated A Magic The Gathering Manga Volume 3 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99
Disney Twisted Wonderland Manga Savanclaw Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99
Firefly Wedding Volume 2 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
I Wanna Do Bad Things With You Volume 5 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
I’m The Grim Reaper Graphic Novel Volume 03 (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $18.99
Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Volume 1 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
My Neighbor Totoro The Official Cookbook HC (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $17.00
Pokemon Sword And Shield Volume 12 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $5.99
Splatoon 3 Splatlands Volume 4 GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $11.99
Star Wars The High Republic Edge Of Balance Premonition GN (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $14.99

WALKER BOOKS US

Lizard Boy Volume 2 The Most Perfect Summer Ever GN (per Penguin Random House), $14.99
Lizard Boy Volume 2 The Most Perfect Summer Ever HC (per Penguin Random House), $24.99

WEBTOON UNSCROLLED

Viral Hit Volume 1 GN, $19.99
Your Throne Volume 2 GN, $18.99

WORTHYKIDS

Sib Squad Volume 1 GN, $7.99

YEN PRESS

Chained Soldier Volume 10 GN (adult), $13.00
Days With My Stepsister Volume 1 GN, $13.00

ZDARSCO

Zdarsky Comic News #10 (per Diamond Distribution), AR

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