WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, OCTOBER 12TH – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS

This list is based on the shipping dates from the distributors order forms. It is not based off the final shipping lists from Diamond Distributors. Not all comic book shops order all items. Not all comic book stores have re-opened. 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 not verified by Diamond Distribution are individually noted. Some of the DC Comics titles listed may have arrived in stores already through 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”)

ABLAZE PUBLISHING
Elles #3 (Cover A Aveline Stokart Wraparound Variant), $3.99
Elles #3 (Cover B Julie Maroh), $3.99
Elles #3 (Cover C Aveline Stokart Virgin Variant), AR
Elles #3 (Cover D Julie Maroh Virgin Variant), AR
Elles #3 (Cover E Aveline Stokart Black & White Variant), AR
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover A Afif Khaled & Salaheddine Basti), $3.99
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover B Genzoman), $3.99
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li), $3.99
Far Cry Esperanzas Tears #1 (Cover D Damjan Lazic), $3.99
Far Cry Esperanzas Tears #1 (Cover E Blank Variant), $10.00
Far Cry Esperanzas Tears #1 (Cover F Afif Khaled & Salaheddine Basti Virgin Variant), AR
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover G Genzoman Virgin Variant), AR
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover H Lesley Leirix Li Virgin Variant), AR
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover I Damjan Lazic Virgin Variant), AR
Far Cry Esperanza’s Tears #1 (Cover J Afif Khaled & Salaheddine Basti Black & White Virgin Variant), AR

ABRAMS APPLESEED
Our Little Kitchen Board Book HC, $9.99

ABRAMS COMICARTS
Night Eaters Volume 1 She Eats The Night GN, $24.99

AC COMICS
21st Centurions #10, $5.95

ADAM WALLENTA ENTERTAINMENT
Punk Taco Volume 2 HC, $24.99

AFTERSHOCK COMICS
Chicken Devil Volume 2 #1 (Cover A Hayden Sherman), $4.99
Chicken Devil Volume 2 #1 (Cover B Mattia Monaco), AR

AHOY COMICS
Highball #2 (Cover A Fred Harper), $4.99
Highball #2 (Cover B John McCrea), AR
Wrong Earth The One-Shots TP, $17.99

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
AM Archives Zorro 1958 Dell Four Color #960 (Cover A Photo), $3.99
AM Archives Zorro 1958 Dell Four Color #960 (Cover B Black & White Photo), $9.99
AM Archives Zorro 1958 Dell Four Color #960 (Cover C Guy Williams Classic Variant), $4.99
Dreadful Dreamscapes #1 (Cover A Miriana Puglia), $3.99
Dreadful Dreamscapes #1 (Cover B Nadia Krofcheck Dissections Variant), $3.99
Dreadful Dreamscapes #1 (Cover C Miriana Puglia Black & White Century Edition), $29.99
Dreadful Dreamscapes #1 (Cover D RIP Rememberance Photo Variant), $6.99

AMULET BOOKS
Big Ideas That Changed World We The People GN, $14.99
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales Create Your Own Comics Let’s Make History HC, $14.99

ANDREWS MCMEEL
Phoebe And Her Unicorn Volume 16 Unicornado GN, $11.99
Sensory Life On The Spectrum An Autistic Comics Anthology, $19.99

ANTARCTIC PRESS
Exciting Comics #24, $4.99
Ninja High School #182, $3.99
Planet Comics #8, $4.99
Samurai 2.0 #1 (Of 4), $4.99
Spectreman Heroes #3 (Of 5) Hyoman, $4.99
UNprepped #1 (Of 5), $4.99
UNprepped #2 (Of 5), $4.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #334, $8.99
Chilling Adventures Of Salem #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Dan Schoening), $3.99
Chilling Adventures Of Salem #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla), $3.99

AWA STUDIOS
E-Ratic Recharged #2 (Of 4)(Cover A Kaare Andrews), $3.99
Joneses Volume 1 TP, $9.99
Year Zero Volume 0 #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Kaare Andrews), $3.99
Year Zero Volume 0 #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Mike Deodato Jr.), $3.99

BIRDCAGE BOTTOM BOOKS
Yesterday Diary Comix TP, $15.00

BALZER + BRAY
Play Like A Girl HC, $22.99
Sir Ladybug Volume 3 Sir Ladybug And The Bookworms HC, $12.99

BECKER & MEYER! BOOKS
Black Panther Protectors Of Wakanda A History And Training Manual Of The Dora Milaje SC, $22.99
Spider-Man A History And Celebration Of The Web-Slinger Decade By Decade SC, $40.00

BLACKBOX COMICS
Ninja Kaidan #3 (Cover A Lucas Meyer), $3.99
Ninja Kaidan #3 (Cover B Lucas Meyer), $4.99
Ninja Kaidan #3 (Cover C Sean Chen), AR
Ninja Kaidan #3 (Cover D Lucas Meyer Virgin Variant), AR

BLOOMSBURY
Illuminations Stories By Alan Moore HC, $30.00

CHARTWELL BOOKS
Pinups Around The World HC, $24.99

CLARION BOOKS
Besties Find Their Groove GN, $13.99
Besties Find Their Groove HC, $24.99

COFFIN COMICS
Lady Death Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $125.00

COMIC SHOP NEWS
Comic Shop News #1834, AR

DEL REY
Lore Olympus Volume 3 GN, $21.00
Lore Olympus Volume 3 HC, $27.99

DRAWN AND QUARTERLY
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths GN (New Printing), $29.95
Showa A History Of Japan Volume 1 1926-1939 GN (New Printing), $29.95
Showa A History Of Japan Volume 2 1939-1944 GN (New Printing), $29.95
Showa A History Of Japan Volume 3 1944-1953 GN (New Printing), $29.95
Showa A History Of Japan Volume 4 1953-1989 GN (New Printing), $29.95

EPIC INK
Disney Princess Beyond The Tiara The Stories The Influences The Legacy HC, $40.00

FANTACO ENTERPRISES
Shriek #2 (Cover A Rik Rawling), $14.95
Shriek #2 (Cover B LMS & Max Fuchs), $14.95

FLOATING WORLD COMICS
Sea Of Time #1 (Of 4), $7.00

GRAPHIX
Animorphs Volume 3 The Encounter GN, $12.99
Animorphs Volume 3 The Encounter HC, $24.99
Bird And Squirrel Volume 7 All Together GN, $10.99
Bird And Squirrel Volume 7 All Together HC, $18.99
Leon Volume 1 Leon The Extraordinary GN, $12.99
Leon Volume 1 Leon The Extraordinary HC, $24.99
Spider-Ham Hollywood May-Ham GN, $8.99
Spider-Ham Hollywood May-Ham HC, $22.99

GRAPHIX CHAPTERS
Bug Scouts Volume 1 Out In The Wild GN, $7.99
Bug Scouts Volume 2 Camp Out GN, $7.99

GREEN RONIN PUBLISHING
Tales From The Mount A Blue Rose Anthology SC, $15.99

HARPER ALLEY
Beak And Ally Bedtime Jitters GN, $7.99

HOLIDAY HOUSE
I Like To Read Comics I’m Ogre It HC, $14.99
I Like To Read Comics Owl And Penguin HC, $14.99

KENZER AND COMPANY
Knights Of The Dinner Table #297, $6.99

KODANSHA COMICS
Akira Art Of Wall Box Set, $129.99
Ghost In The Shell Human The Algorithm Volume 3 GN, $12.99
Island In A Puddle Volume 4 GN, $12.99
Kodansha Sampler (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2022 Edition), AR
Lovesick Ellie Volume 6 GN, $10.99
Peach Boy Riverside Volume 8 GN, $12.99
Vampire Dormitory Volume 7 GN, $10.99

LEGENDARY COMICS
Head Wounds Sparrow HC, $24.99

MAD CAVE STUDIOS
Legacy Of Violence #1 (Of 12), $3.99
Mad Cave Studios Legacy Battlecats #2 (Cover A Michael Camelo), $2.99
Mad Cave Studios Legacy Battlecats #2 (Cover B Jesse Lonergan), $2.99

MAGNETIC PRESS
Collected Toppi Volume 8 The Collector HC, $34.99

ONE PEACE BOOKS
Usotoki Rhetoric Volume 1 GN, $10.95

PICTURE ESQUE PUBLISHING
CARtoons Magazine #41, $8.99

PRESTEL
His Name Is Banksy GN, $24.95
Keith Haring The Story Of His Life GN, $24.95

QUARTO PUBLISHING GROUP USA
Manga Inspired Short Stories TP (Saturday AM TANKS), $15.99
Yellow Stringer Volume 1 TP (Saturday AM TANKS), $13.99

RED 5 COMICS – STONEBOT
78 MPH #3, $3.95

ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS
Design Your Own Anime And Manga Characters SC, $24.99

SCOUT COMICS
Azza The Barbed #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Rio Burton), $4.99
Azza The Barbed #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Liana Kangas), $4.99
Eternus #1 (Cover C Tehani Farr), $5.99
Locust The Ballad Of Men #2, $4.99
ega Centurions Mega No More #3 (Of 5), $4.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
Awaken Volume 1 GN, $17.99
Black And White Tough Love At The Office Volume 1 GN, $14.99
Cat Massage Therapy Volume 3 GN, $14.99
Creepy Cat Volume 4 GN, $14.99
Duke Of Death And His Maid Volume 3 GN, $12.99
Girl From The Other Side Siúil a Rún Deluxe Edition Omnibus Volume 2 HC, $42.99
Hunting In Another World WIth My Elf Wife Volume 1 GN, $13.99
Kemono Jihen Volume 2 GN, $13.99
Kemono Jihen Volume 2 GN, $13.99
Magic Artisan Dahlia Wilts No More Volume 3 GN, $12.99
Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent Volume 6 GN, $12.99
SHWD Special Hazardous Waste Disposal Volume 1 GN, $14.99
This Is Screwed Up But I Was Reincarnated As A Girl in Another World Volume 3 GN, $12.99

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT – AIRSHIP
Berserk Of Gluttony Light Novel Volume 7 SC, $14.99
Case Files Of Jeweler Richard Light Novel Volume 1 SC, $14.99
Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life Light Novel Volume 14 SC, $13.99
Failure Frame I Became The Strongest And Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells Light Novel Volume 5 SC, $14.99
I’m In Love With The Villainess Light Novel Volume 5 SC, $14.99

SILVER SPROCKET
Al Dente #1 (One Shot), $6.99
Fruiting Bodies #1 (One Shot), $9.99

SIMON SPOTLIGHT
Creepover Volume 2 You Can’t Come In Here GN, $11.99

SQUARE ENIX MANGA
Beauty And The Feast Volume 4 GN, $14.99
Hi-Score Girl Volume 9 GN, $14.99
My Isekai Life I Gained A Second Character Class And Became The Strongest Sage In The World Volume 3 GN, $12.99

SUBLIME
Black Or White Volume 5 GN, $12.99
Moon And Sun Volume 2 GN, $12.99

SUMERIAN COMICS
Follow Me Into The Darkness TP, $16.99
Quad Volume 1 GN, $14.99

TITAN BOOKS
Black Panther Panther’s Rage HC, $24.95

TITAN COMICS
Atom The Beginning Volume 1 GN, $12.99
Life Is Strange The Official Coloring Book SC, $14.99
Minions Volume 6 Mini Boss TP, $6.99
Sherlock Scandal In Belgravia Part 2 #3 (Of 4)(Cover A Hannah Templer), $4.99
Sherlock Scandal In Belgravia Part 2 #3 (Of 4)(Cover B Alice X Zhang), $4.99
Sherlock Scandal In Belgravia Part 2 #3 (Of 4)(Cover C Jay), $4.99

TKO STUDIOS
Banks GN, $19.99
Black Mass Rising Collector’s Box Set, $29.99
Black Mass Rising GN, $19.99
Blood Like Garnets Novel SC, $9.99
Brood X Novel SC, $9.99
Eve Of Extinction GN, $19.99
Fearsome Doctor Fang GN, $19.99
Forgotten Blade Collector’s Box Set, $29.99
Forgotten Blade GN, $19.99
Goodnight Paradise GN, $19.99
Graveneye GN, $19.99
Lonesome Days Savage Nights GN, $19.99
One Eye Open Novel SC, $9.99
Pound For Pound GN, $19.99
Pull GN, $19.99
Redfork GN, $19.99
Sara Collector’s Box Set, $29.99

TOKYOPOP
Formerly The Fallen Daughter Of The Duke Volume 1 GN, $12.99
Hyperventilation Volume 0 GN, $15.99
Konohana Kitan Volume 11 GN, $12.99
Yuri Espoir Volume 2 GN, $12.99

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING
BrickJournal #76, $10.95
RetroFan Magazine #23, $10.95

UDON ENTERTAINMENT
Daigo The Beast Umehara Fighting Gamers Volume 4 GN, $19.99

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader SC, $30.00

VAN RYDER GAMES
Dark Mage HC, $22.99
Grand Tournament HC, $22.99
Sherlock Holmes International HC, $22.99
Space Brigade HC, $22.99

VAULT COMICS
Brothers Flick The Impopssible Doors TP, $12.99

VEROTIK
Satanika Vs Morellas Demon #2, $4.95

VIZ MEDIA
Art And Making Of Transformers War For Cybertron Trilogy HC, $40.00
Case Closed Volume 84 GN, $9.99
Dandadan Volume 1 GN, $9.99
Kaiju No. 8 Volume 4 GN, $9.99
Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 21 GN, $9.99
Sakamoto Days Volume 4 GN, $9.99
Splatoon Volume 15 GN, $9.99

WEST MARGIN PRESS
A Fade Of Light GN, $19.99

WILL MURRAY / ALTUS PRESS
Wild Adventures Of The Spider Novel Volume 3 Scourge Of The Scorpion SC, $24.95

YEN ON
Dragon And Ceremony Light Novel Volume 3 SC, $15.00
Irregular At Magic High School Light Novel Volume 20 SC, $14.00
Magical Explorer Reborn As A Side Character In A Fantasy Dating Sim Light Novel Volume 3 SC, $15.00
Magical Girl Raising Project Light Novel Volume 14 SC, $15.00
Spy Classroom Light Novel Volume Volume 4 SC, $15.00
Your Forma Light Novel Volume 2 SC, $15.00

YEN PRESS
Abandoned Empress Volume 3 GN, $20.00
Banished From The Hero’s Party I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Volume 3 GN, $13.00
Chitose Is In The Ramune Bottle Volume 2 GN, $13.00
Combatants Will Be Dispatched Volume 7 GN, $13.00
Executioner And Her Way Of Life Volume 1 GN, $13.00
Geek Ex-Hitman Volume 2 GN, $15.00
I Kept Pressing The 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out On Top Volume 1 GN, $13.00
In The Land Of Leadale Volume 2 GN, $13.00
Kakegurui Compulsive Gambler Volume 15 GN, $15.00
Kakegurui Twin Volume 11 GN, $15.00
MonsTABOO Volume 2 GN, $13.00
Nights With A Cat Volume 2 GN, $15.00
No Matter How I Look At It It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular Volume 20 GN, $13.00
Sasaki And Peeps Volume 1 GN, $13.00
She Loves To Cook And She Loves To Eat Volume 1 GN, $15.00

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