Featured This Week Comics, Graphic Novels, & Toys for 9/23

X OF SWORDS - CHAPTER 1
A tower. A mission. A gathering of armies.
Rated T+

READY OR 'NAUT, HERE HE COMES!
A mystic gem. A force of overwhelming power. Nothing can stop the Juggernaut. Except himself. Another building falls. Cain Marko is done letting others pick up the pieces of the things he's destroyed. Renowned X-scribe Fabian Nicieza (X-FORCE, DEADPOOL) and celebrated artist Ron Garney (CAPTAIN AMERICA, DAREDEVIL) team up to take the unstoppable in a new bold new direction!
Rated T+

"UNITY," Part Two JOURNEY DEEPER INTO THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY... guided by a familiar but unexpected face, our group treks into what was once the Pacific Northwest-a strange land where every living thing is networked together into a bizarre matrix built amid massive monuments to American technology. Hardwired secrets lurk deep in this dark place...

"WICKED WORLDS," Part Four The Bishop will finally reveal the secrets of the Multiverse to Angela...IF she can survive long enough to hear them!

The first Umbrella Academy spin off series! When 18-year-old Séance gets himself kicked out of the Umbrella Academy, and his allowance discontinued by Hargreeves, he takes to a place where his ghoulish talents will be appreciated. After a magical high on a vampire-drug-lord's stash, Klaus needs help, and doesn't have his siblings there to save him.
* Séance gets his own miniseries!
* From Gerard Way and Shaun Simon of the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys!

With mayor-hopeful and once-superhero Tex Reed in the clutches of a homicidal maniac, both the police and the violent vigilante Skulldigger are one step behind and on a collision course with disaster.

Lethal killer Cletus Kasady casts his symbiotic tendrils across the Marvel Universe in the blockbuster epic ABSOLUTE CARNAGE! The psychopathic Carnage is targeting everyone who has ever worn a symbiote - and that's a lot of potential victims, even for him! Naturally, Kasady's new reign of terror spells misery for Spider-Man and Venom - but the devastation is felt by Miles Morales, the Avengers, Deadpool, Ghost Rider, the Immortal Hulk and more! But what is Kasady's horrific endgame? Experience a new level of crazy as Carnage runs wild! Collecting ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1-5; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE VS. DEADPOOL #1-3; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: CAPTAIN MARVEL #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: IMMORTAL HULK #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SYMBIOTE OF VENGEANCE #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: LETHAL PROTECTORS #1-3; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: AVENGERS #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: MILES MORALES #1-3; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: WEAPON PLUS #1; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SCREAM #1-3; ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: SEPARATION ANXIETY #1; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #29-31; VENOM #16-20; and the ABSOLUTE CARNAGE stinger pages
Rated T+

Torn from the Farm and faced with startling revelations about their last ten years, the Black Hammer crew, stripped of their identities, must race to prevent a universal meltdown and make hard sacrifices for the sake of existence itself!
Meanwhile, a Lovecraftian teen finds there is a hefty price she must pay to become "normal."
Collects Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1-#12 and Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise in a deluxe, oversized hardcover format with a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more!

This thrilling collection of seven Japanese ghost stories will captivate lovers of yokai stories! These classic Japanese ghost stories are based on those written by famed author Lafcadio Hearn between 1890 and 1904. Here, they are retold by award-winning comic book writer Sean Michael Wilson. Wilson's skillful adaptation of Hearn's ghostly tales, along with superb manga illustrations from UK-based Japanese artist Inko Ai Takita, make these fascinating stories come to life. This book is in traditional Japanese reading order, from back to front, so that fans and manga lovers can enjoy an authentic reading experience.

A remote village massacred in Andalusia. A single man apprehended wading through the aftermath. But the killer they've brought down from the mountains is entirely impossible for them to contain...
The world has been stained by blood before. So it shall be again.
For readers ages 16 years and up.

A Diamond Select Toys release! The long-awaited Black Widow movie presented a villain just as cool as the heroine! Taskmaster arrives on the big screen to menace Natasha this spring, and she'll be on toy shelves as part of the Marvel Select toy line! This approximately 7-inch action figure includes multiple accessories and 16 points of articulation and comes packaged on display-ready Select action figure packaging. Designed by Eamon O'Donoghue, sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios!

A Diamond Select Toys release! One of the most iconic Batmen of all time takes the stage with this all-new Gallery Diorama of Batman from Tim Burton's 1989 movie Batman! Standing atop a distinctive piece of Gotham City architecture, Batman spreads his cape and prepares to dive on some unsuspecting evildoer. Measuring approximately 11 inches tall, this diorama is made of high-quality PVC and features detailed sculpting and paint applications. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Shawn Knapp, sculpted by Rocco Tartamella.

The Guardian of the Galaxy finally gets his own Gallery Diorama! Based on his appearance in Avengers: Endgame, this sculpture of Rocket measures approximately 7" tall on a pedestal base, is made of high-quality PVC, and features detailed sculpting and paint applications. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Joe Allard, sculpted by Rocco Tartamella.

A Diamond Select Toys release! We are Venom! Flash Thompson dons the Venom symbiote once again for this new Marvel Gallery Diorama! Measuring approximately 9 inches tall, this sculpture of one of Venom's most popular pairings is cast in high-quality PVC and features detailed sculpting and paint applications. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Caesar, sculpted by Alejandro Pereira.