WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, DECEMBER 21ST – 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”)

3D TOTAL PUBLISHING
Field Guide To Witches An Artist’s Grimoire Of 20 Witches And Their World HC, $50.00

ABLAZE PUBLISHING
Boogyman #4 (Cover A Djet), $3.99
Boogyman #4 (Cover B Mirka Andolfo), $3.99
Boogyman #4 (Cover C Carlos Nieto Ghost Rider Annual #1 Homage Variant), $3.99
Boogyman #4 (Cover D Djet Virgin Variant), AR
Boogyman #4 (Cover E Mirka Andolfo Virgin Variant), AR
Boogyman #4 (Cover F Carlos Nieto Ghost Rider Annual #1 Homage Virgin Variant), AR
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover A Roberto Meli), $3.99
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover B Flaviano Armentaro), $3.99
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover C Luca Merli), $3.99
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover D Brent McKee Silver Surfer #1 Homage Variant), $3.99
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover E Roberto Meli Virgin Variant), AR
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover F Flaviano Armentaro Virgin Variant), AR
Traveling To Mars #2 (Cover G Luca Merli Virgin Variant), AR

AHOY COMICS
Highball #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Fred Harper), $4.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #336, $8.99

ATLANTIS STUDIOS
Star Runner Chronicles Rising Star #4 (Of 4), $5.95

AVATAR PRESS
Crossed Badlands Splattered Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Crossed +100 #13-18 American History Covers Bag Set (6 Count), $19.99
Crossed +100 #1-6 American History Covers Bag Set (6 Count), $19.99
Crossed +100 #7-12 American History Covers Bag Set (6 Count), $19.99
Escape Of The Living Dead Shock Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
FreakAngels Graphic Novel Volumes 1-5 Bundle (6 Count), $29.99
Gravel Graphic Novel Volumes 1-4 Bundle (4 Count), $19.99
Uber Sieglinde Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Warren Ellis Mad Science Graphic Novel Bundle (5 Count), $19.99

BAD IDEA
Werewolf x The Society Of Fearless Frontiersmen #1 (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $9.99

BAND OF BARDS
Prospects #1, $4.99

BINGE BOOKS
Startup #3, $3.99
Super Suckers #3, $3.99

BLACKBOX COMICS
Dream Master #1 (Of 5)(Cover E Tiago Da Silva Virgin Variant), AR
Dream Master #1 (Of 5)(Cover F Vinz El Tabanas Virgin Variant), AR

BLOOD MOON COMICS
Cover The Dead With Lime #3 (Cover A Hernan Gonzalez), $3.99
Cover The Dead With Lime #3 (Cover B Damian L. Felitte), $3.99
Cover The Dead With Lime #3 (Cover C Damian L. Felitte), $3.99
Cover The Dead With Lime #3 (Cover D Emi Utrera), $3.99
Cover The Dead With Lime #3 (Cover E Damian L. Felitte Black & White Variant), $3.99
Sulfur Wells #3 (Cover A Daniel Page), $3.99
Sulfur Wells #3 (Cover B Sara Stella Scalia), $3.99
Sulfur Wells #4 (Cover A Daniel Page), $3.99
Sulfur Wells #4 (Cover B Sara Stella Scalia), $3.99

BOUNDLESS COMICS
Belladonna Wraparound Covers Bag Set A (5 Count), $19.99
Cyberangels First Print Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Hellina Dominate Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Hellina Scythe Sacrilege Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lady Death Apocalypse Auxiliary Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lady Death Attack Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lady Death Racy Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lady Death Skimpy Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lady Death Supreme Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Lookers Sultry Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Pandora Crossovers Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Ravening Blood Lust Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99
Threshold Lookers Sexy Spies Covers Bag Set (4 Count), $19.99
Threshold Pandora Ancient Rome Covers Bag Set (4 Count), $19.99
Threshold Webwitch Luna Covers Bag Set (4 Count), $19.99
Webwitch Sultry Covers Bag Set (5 Count), $19.99

COFFIN COMICS
Hellwitch Vs. Lady Death Wargasm #1 (Of 2)(Cover G Lady Death Dominates Hellwitch Cosplay Variant), $30.00

COMIC SHOP NEWS
Comic Shop News #1844, AR

DIAMOND PUBLICATIONS
Diamond Alliance Calendar 2023, AR

DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION
Pure Love’s Sexy Time Volume 1 GN, $16.95
Twittering Birds Never Fly Volume 7 GN, $14.95

DREN PRODUCTIONS
Unwanted #1, $4.99

DYNAMIC FORCES
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Jerry Ordway Silver Signature Edition), $30.00
Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Walt Simonson Dual Gold Signature Edition), $89.99
Thor #24 (Dan Jurgens Signed Edition), $39.99
Thor #24 (Walt Simonson Silver Signature Edition), $69.99

FAIRSQUARE COMICS
Breath Of The Giant TP, $19.99

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Artichoke Tales TP, $22.99
Lie And How We Told It HC (New Printing), $34.99

FLOATING WORLD COMICS
C.R.O.W.BAR 9 80-Page Giant #1 (One Shot), $9.99

GHOST SHIP
2.5 Dimensional Seduction Volume 4 GN, $13.99
World’s End Harem Volume 13 GN, $13.99

IT’S ALIVE
Airboy #52 (Cover A Stipe Kalajzic), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover B Graham Nolan), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover C Don Perlin), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover D Emma Kubert), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover E Brent McKee), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover F Jok), $9.99
Airboy #52 (Cover G Stipe Kalajzic Black & White Variant), $9.99
Holler #6 (Cover A Jeremy Massie), $5.99
Holler #6 (Cover B Jeremy Massie), $5.99
Tangled River #3 (Cover A Michael Cohen), $5.99
Tangled River #3 (Cover B Michael Cohen), $5.99
Tangled River #3 (Cover C Jenni Gregory), $5.99

KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT
Biden’s Titans Vs. Dracula #1 (Cover A Owen Gieni), $5.99
Biden’s Titans Vs. Dracula #1 (Cover B John Joseco), $5.99
Biden’s Titans Vs. Dracula #1 (Cover C Shawn Remulac), $5.99
Biden’s Titans Vs. Dracula #1 (Cover D Blank Variant), $9.99
Biden’s Titans Vs. Dracula #1 (Cover E Real News Variant), AR

KENZER AND COMPANY
Knights Of The Dinner Table #299, $6.99

KODANSHA COMICS
Blue Lock Volume 4 GN, $12.99
Die Wergelder Volume 3 GN, $19.99
Fire Force Volume 30 GN, $10.99
Rent-A-Girlfriend Volume 16 GN, $12.99
Run Away With Me Girl Volume 1 GN, $12.99
Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie Volume 11 GN, $12.99
Something’s Wrong With Us Volume 12 GN, $12.99
Sweat And Soap Manga Box Set Volume 1, $77.94
Toppu GP Volume 10 GN, $12.99

LEGEND COMICS PUBLISHING
Bonecheck #1 (Of 3)(Cover F Camron Johnson Foil Variant)(per Lunar Distribution), AR
Glopple #1 (Of 3)(Cover F Josh Lyman Foil Variant)(per Lunar Distribution), AR

LIVING THE LINE
Abolition Of Man #3 (Of 5), $3.99

MAD CAVE STUDIOS
Legacy Of Violence #3 (Of 12), $3.99

MARRS MEDIA
Rue Morgue Magazine #210, $13.95

MERC PUBLISHING
Miss Meow #2 (Of 8)(2nd Printing Cover A Eranga Devasurendra)(per Lunar Distribution), $4.99

ONI PRESS
Aggretsuko Out To Lunch #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Abigail Starling), $3.99
Aggretsuko Out To Lunch #4 (Of 4)(Cover B Brenda Hickey), $3.99

OPUS COMICS
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8 (Cover A Clara Tessier), $4.99
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8 (Cover B Frank Frazetta), $4.99
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8 (Cover C Tyler Walpole), AR
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8 (Cover D Dave Dorman), AR
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8 (Cover E Dave Dorman Virgin Variant), AR
Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer Volume 1 TP, $19.99

PANINI PUBLISHING
Doctor Who Chronicles Volume 6 1973 TP (not verified by Diamond Distribution), $20.00
Doctor Who Magazine #583 (November 2022)(not verified by Diamond Distribution), $20.00

PAPERCUTZ
Asterix Omnibus Papercutz Edition Volume 8 HC, $22.99
Asterix Omnibus Papercutz Edition Volume 8 SC, $14.99

PIE INTERNATIONAL
Rooms An Illustration And Comic Collection By Senbon Umishima TP, $29.99

SCOUT COMICS
Bones Of The Gods #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Mauricio Melo), $4.99
Bones Of The Gods #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Mauricio Melo), AR
Ghost Planet #1 One Shot)(Cover A Sean Von Gorman), $5.99
Ghost Planet #1 One Shot)(Cover B Mike Allred & Laura Allred), AR
Junior #1 (Cover A Alex Kmeto), $4.99
Junior #1 (Cover B Jeff Stokes), AR
Road Trip To Hell #1 (Cover A Monika Maccagni & Joaquin Pereyra), $4.99
Road Trip To Hell #1 (Cover B Marco Fontanili), AR
Road Trip To Hell #1 (Cover C Marco Fontanili Spot Foil Variant), AR

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Bite Maker The King’s Omega Volume 6 GN, $12.99
Certain Scientific Railgun Volume 17 GN, $12.99
Colorless Volume 3 GN, $14.99
Duke Of Death And His Maid Volume 4 GN, $12.99
Failure Frame I Became The Strongest And Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells Volume 5 GN, $12.99
Girl From The Other Side Siúil a Rún Volume 12 GN, $12.99
Hello Melancholic Volume 3 GN, $13.99
Kageki Shojo Volume 7 GN, $12.99
Kingdoms Of Ruin Volume 5 GN, $12.99
Les Miserables Omnibus Volume 1 TP (Volumes 1-2), $19.99
Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Volume 5 GN, $13.99
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Elma’s Office Lady Diary Volume 6 GN, $12.99
Mushoku Tensei Roxy Gets Serious Volume 8 GN, $12.99
My Cute Little Kitten Volume 1 GN, $13.99
Plus-Sized Elf Volume 8 GN, $13.99
School Zone Girls Volume 4 GN, $13.99
Slow Life in Another World I Wish Volume 4 GN, $12.99
Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan Volume 7 GN, $14.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT – AIRSHIP
Heaven Official’s Blessing Tian Guan Ci Fu Light Novel Volume 5 SC, $19.99
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom Light Novel Volume 15 SC, $13.99
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Light Novel Volume 12 SC, $13.99

SOURCE POINT PRESS
Argus #3 (Of 4), $3.99
Curse Of Cleaver County Double Feature #1 (Cover A Kit Wallis), $3.99
Curse Of Cleaver County Double Feature #1 (Cover B Kit Wallis), AR
Good Boy Volume 3 #2 (Cover A Kit Wallis), $3.99
Good Boy Volume 3 #2 (Cover B Malia Ewart), $3.99
Heaven’s Reject #4 (Of 4), $3.99
Mysterium The Specral Servant #2 (Of 3), $3.99

SQUARE ENIX MANGA
Apothecary Diaries Volume 7 GN, $12.99
Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Volume 1 GN, $12.99
My Isekai Life I Gained A Second Character Class And Became The Strongest Sage In The World Volume 4 GN, $12.99

TITAN BOOKS
Bullet Train The Art And Making Of The Film HC, $39.95
Dr. Who And The Daleks The Official Story Of The Films HC, $50.00
Marvel’s Avengers Black Panther The War For Wakanda Expansion The Art Of The Hidden Kingdom HC, $39.95
Shudders Creepshow From Script To Screen HC, $49.99

TITAN COMICS
Afro Samurai Volume 1 GN, $19.99
Afro Samurai Volume 1 GN (Takashi Okazaki Previews Exclusive Co-Pic Foil Logo Cover)(not verified by Diamond Distribution), $29.99
Blade Runner 2029 The Complete Graphic Novel Collection (Volumes 1-3), $49.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover A Sozomaika), $3.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover B Ben Oliver), $3.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover C Tabitha Lyons Cosplay Variant), $3.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover D Ang Hor Kheng), $3.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover E Sozomaika Foil Variant), $13.99
Gun Honey Blood For Blood #4 (Of 4)(Cover F Sozomaika Sketch Variant), $3.99
King Tank Girl Volume 1 GN, $17.99
Life Is Strange Year Two Hardcover Box Set, $49.99
Marvel’s Studios Loki The Official Collector Book HC, $19.99
Star Wars Insider The High Republic Starlight Stories HC, $19.99

TOKYOPOP
Futaribeya A Room For Two Volume 9 GN, $12.99
On Or Off Volume 2 GN (adult), $19.99
Resident Evil Infinite Darkness The Beginning #1 (Cover A Carmelo Zagaria & Valentina Cuomo), $4.99
Resident Evil Infinite Darkness The Beginning #1 (Cover B Mirka Andolfo), AR

UDON ENTERTAINMENT
Summertime Rendering Volume 1 HC, $24.99
Summertime Rendering Volume 2 HC, $24.99
Summertime Rendering Volume 3 HC, $24.99
Summertime Rendering Volume 4 HC, $29.99
Summertime Rendering Volume 5 HC, $29.99
Summertime Rendering Volume 6 HC, $29.99

VIZ MEDIA
Alice In Borderland Volume 4 GN, $19.99
Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 17 GN, $9.99
Mission Yozakura Family Volume 2 GN, $9.99
No Guns Life Volume 13 GN, $12.99
Yashahime Princess Half-Demon Volume 2 GN, $9.99

WHATNOT PUBLISHING
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(2nd Printing Cover A Tyler Kirkham), $3.99
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover A David Mack), $3.99
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover B Alex Riegel), $3.99
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover C Tyler Kirkham Edge Of The Spider-Verse Homage Variant A), $3.99
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover D David Nakayama), $3.99
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover E Tyler Kirkham Edge Of The Spider-Verse Homage Variant B), AR
Ninja Funk #2 (Of 4)(Cover F Creees Connecting Variant), AR

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Myths And Legends Quarterly #10 Blood Of Gods (Cover A Al Barrionuevo), $8.99
Myths And Legends Quarterly #10 Blood Of Gods (Cover B Michael DiPascale), $8.99
Myths And Legends Quarterly #10 Blood Of Gods (Cover C Tristan Thompson), $8.99
Oz Return Of The Wicked Witch #2 (Of 3)(Cover A Riveiro), $5.99
Oz Return Of The Wicked Witch #2 (Of 3)(Cover B Julius Abrera), $5.99
Oz Return Of The Wicked Witch #2 (Of 3)(Cover C Igor Lomov), $5.99
Oz Return Of The Wicked Witch #2 (Of 3)(Cover D Pierluigi Abbondanza), $5.99

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