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Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
A bright high schooler has discovered to his horror that death is just a repeatable event for him - and that humanity has no mercy for a demi-human. To avoid becoming a science experiment for the rest of his interminable life, Kei Nagai must seek out others of his kind. But what would a community of them stand for? Volume 2 also included the AJIN pilot chapter - File: 00 "The Shinya Nakamura Incident.".
Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
High school student Kei Nagai is killed in a traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be a human after all. Instead, he may be a Demi-Human, a mysterious and almost immortal being blessed with amazing super-human abilities. Scared, he runs away and is aided in his escape by his friend Kai. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on, and he will soon be caught up in a conflict between mankind and the other Demi-Humans as they...
Author
Series
Ajin volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Kei Nagai, a high-school student, should have died when the truck hit him. Instead, he comes back to life and his world is changed forever. Kei learns he is an Ajin or demi-human, a mysterious creature that cannot die. Frightened by the prospect of what might happen to him, Kei, helped by his friend, Kai, flee from civilization only to encounter a group of demi-humans who are hostile to humans. Who should Kei side with?
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One of the top-selling manga in Japan today, with the first four volumes having sold more than 2,300,000 units since March 2013, now hits North American shores. AJIN combines super-natural themes with sci-fi action for a very modern high-paced yarn that should compete with most popular current manga and comic titles. -- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
"They are stories about a group of men and women who cannot die. Mostly. The oldest of them is 6,732 years old. She thinks. The youngest is 27. Combined, they have over 10,000 years of stories to tell. Here are some."--cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An expedition arrives on the planet Verfebro in search of the universe's greatest treasure: immortality. What if the key to eternal life were only a few planetary systems away? A motley crew of explorers is sent to the planet Verfebro in search of a mystifying elixir--one that supposedly runs through the veins of a ferocious local species: the Dracs. How far will this expedition go to uncover the answer to life's greatest mystery--when the obvious...
Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Now the basis of a live-action movie, the series continues to delight, featuring more than its usual share of female characters in this much-awaited installment. Meet a well-adjusted expatriate who was the first Japanese demi-human to be discovered; elite bureaucrat Tosaki's ailing love interest, his moral anchor and hazard; and Ritsu Nagai, our calculating hero's no-nonsense mom. As a bonus, get to know Sam Sato Owen's motherĂs side of the family...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The Six--the cursed pistols that can destroy the world--have fallen into the wrong hands. Griselda the Grey Witch and her henchman Jesup Sutter now control the weapons. As they prepare to use the guns to throw open the gates of Perdition and condemn the world to darkness, they are opposed only by the ragtag group of of desperate heroes. But Drake Sinclair, Becky Montcrief, and Screaming Crow have a few surprises in store for the ageless witch. As...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Rathraq, the scarecrow warrior god, is looking for a fight! A fight to put his heart back into his immortal corpse. A big fight-- like the war he waged ten thousand years ago against wyverns, rakshasas, and the titans themselves. A fight to restore the proper balance of good and evil. Instead, what Rathraq finds in the warehouses, streets, and sweres of his new American home is a struggle that redefines what "good" and "evil" might really be" --Back...
14) Eternals
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Eternals, a super-race, are now scattered and forgetful of their powers and immortality, living mortal human lives of supreme normalcy. Meanwhile their age-old enemies, the Deviants, stalk the earth with nefarious intentions, and at least one of the super-duper-race Celestials (who created both Deviants and Eternals eons ago) may be returning to Earth. The source of all this forgetfulness and strife appears to be the eternally 11-year-old Sprite,...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Six-thousand-year-old Andromache 'Andy' of Scythia, Nicolo 'Nicky' of Genoa, Yusuf 'Joe' al-Kaysani, and twenty-seven-year-old Nile return to the fight ... When you've waged war as long as Andy and her squad, you've gotten your hands more than bloody. Now, the day has come to confront the sins of the past. But as Nile struggles to make peace with the team, the last person Andy expected to ever see again returns to challenge not only what Andy believes...
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality....
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Much to Bobby and Timah's horror, Rathraq the scarecrow warrior god has just crossed over from champion of the weak to bloodthirsty savage. Meanwhile the newly formed Human Liberation Front decides to start its own war on the Esu monsters lurking in the city -- with shocking results! A new direction for Rumble by writer John Arcudi (Hellboy and the BPRD, Dead Inside) and new artist, rising superstar David Rubin (Black Hammer, Beowulf). Collects RUMBLE...