Comic books in 'Romance'

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Sally Jane Thompson. Art by Sally Jane Thompson and Sarah Winifred Searle. Cover by Kevin Wada. The award-winning, critically-acclaimed romance anthology series returning for volume 2! Our list of exciting creators includes Sally Jane Thompson, Cecil Castellucci, and Irene Koh; all of whom are creating fresh stories about interracial and LGBTQ relationships. Softcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Art by Walter T. Johnson, John Giunta, Ed Waldman and Howard Larsen. Tales of love on the dusty trails of the prairie. Redheaded rodeo cowgirl Sally is torn between straight-arrow Jim and bad-boy Jeff; Gloria decides to teach a lesson to the unwashed cowpoke who wants a wife to go with his new fortune. The lead story was cited in the infamous anti-comics screed Seduction of the Innocent, for an alleged instance of erotic spanking on page 3. But best of all is the painted cover by an unknown artist, reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. Tangled Love; Heart-Wrangler; Ropin' in a Wild Cowpoke; Two-Gun Lady; Don't Fence Me In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Manny Stallman, Gene Fawcette, Ed Waldman and Howard Larsen. Tales of love on the dusty trails of the prairie. A spoiled girl tells a lie to get close to a handsome cowhand; Ranchers daughter Nell tries to get a cowboy to see past the steer horns and lassos; Anns old flame returns to her at last, but now hes being hunted by the police. Featuring a painted cover reprinted from one of Avons paperbacks. The Lie That Ever Haunts Me; Bronc-Buster's Sweetheart; The Doolins of Oklahoma; See It My Way; Wanted By The Law. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st Printing. By Natsuki Takaya. In commemoration of the all-new anime adaptation of Natsuki Tayakas beloved manga Fruits Basket, illustrations inspired by each episode, along with commentary from the author, have been collected into a single volume. Follow along with the zodiac members journey from start to finish as they attempt to break the curse once more! Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 1-2.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

This is the must-have hardcover bind-up of the first two volumes of the best-selling Fruits Basket manga! This volume features a premium hardcover treatment with spot uv, and includes interior color art, a new foreword, and creator autograph!

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 416 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and alter printings. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 1-2.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

This is the must-have hardcover bind-up of the first two volumes of the best-selling Fruits Basket manga! This volume features a premium hardcover treatment with spot uv, and includes interior color art, a new foreword, and creator autograph!

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 416 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 3-4.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

A premium bind-up of Fruits Basket Volumes 3 & 4, this beautiful hardcover includes interior color art, a new cover, a new foreward, and creator autograph.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 416 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 5-6.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

A premium bind-up of Fruits Basket Volumes 5 & 6, this beautiful hardcover includes interior color art, a new cover, a new foreward, and creator autograph.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 416 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 7-8.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

Volumes seven and eight of the world's number one shojo manga now available in this collector's edition!

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Fruits Basket GN (2004-2009 Digest) Vol. 9-10.

Story and art by Natsuki Takaya.

Volumes nine and ten of the world's number one shojo manga now available in this collector's edition!

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Lately, Kouhei cant get his friend Kurara out of his mind. Even though he has known her since elementary school, all of a sudden, ever since she came back from summer vacation, he has been crushing on her . . . hard. But something is different about Kurara–she is acting very oddly. Sometimes she seems wholesome, pure, and innocent, and at other times she is extremely forward and unabashed. Kouhei soon learns that Kurara has multiple personalities–and decides to help her keep her secret from their classmates. But Kouhei finds himself struggling between helping Kurara as a friend and trying to win her heart . . . which is a challenge, since she has many! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Kouhei was just developing feelings for his childhood friend Kurara when she went on vacation to Hawaii. On her return, she brought home a sexy new split personality, Arisa. Kouhei swore to stay by Kuraras side and protect her shocking secret–but just when hes growing accustomed to Arisas antics, suddenly Kurara transforms into Alice, another personality! Alice may look like Kurara on the outside, but on the inside shes a fourteen-year-old girl whos convinced that Kouhei is her tutor. Sounds simple enough, but theres a catch: It seems the only subject Alice is interested in is male anatomy. How in the world will Kouhei cope with this development? Plus–the origin of Kuraras split personalities is revealed, along with a fourth, deadly personality. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Kouheis childhood friend Kurara returns from her vacation in Hawaii with more than just a tan. It turns out that something went terribly wrong during the time she spent testing the new Gacha Gacha virtual reality technology. As a result, Kurara absorbed the personalities of dozens of video game characters! She never knows what will kick off her next transformation–or which persona shell take on next. Enter Reona Grace Tokiwa, a Japanese-American exchange student who has just transferred into Kouhei and Kuraras class. Reona is a girl genius– bilingual, brainy, and beautiful . . . and on top of that, she knows Kuraras secret. Who is the mysterious Reona Grace Tokiwa? Is she really just an exchange student . . . or does she harbor a secret of her own? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. After struggling to deal with Kuraras many personalities, from the sex-crazed Arisa to the innocent Alice, Kouhei must now face his greatest challenge. The Original 4 are the most fearsome personalities hiding within Kuraras mind. These ultra-advanced AI (artificial intelligence) personalities are capable of learning and evolving over time. But more important, theyre super cute–and they cant keep their hands off Kouhei. Sounds like business as usual for the poor guy, but this time theres a catch: Kurara stays conscious whenever she transforms into one of the Original 4. She can see, hear, and feel everything! Can Kouhei continue to avoid temptation while hiding Kuraras secret from the rest of the world? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Kurara finally confesses her love for Kouhei, but somethings not quite right. She looks like Kurara, she sounds like Kurara, she even punches like Kurara–but it seems too good to be true. Is this really Kurara, or could it be some kind of trick? Kouheis love life gets even more complicated when Kurara transforms into her most fearsome personality yet. 01 is the ruler of the virtual world and she wont rest until Kurara is deleted. Now Kouhei must venture back into the realm of Gacha Gacha virtual reality for an extremely dangerous mission. Will he save Kurara in time? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 Pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. A whole new Gacha Gacha story line begins! Akira Hatsushiba is just your typical, average high school kid . . . until a glitch in a Gacha Gacha video game changes his life forever. Now, every time Akira sneezes, his entire body undergoes a gender-bending switcheroo! Thats right, Akira is always just an achoo away from getting in touch with his feminine side. But its not all bad. Akira has had a crush on Yurika Sakuraba ever since he first laid eyes on her. Hes always been too shy, but now that he can change into a girl, Akira finally has a chance to get close to Yurika. Being a girl certainly has its advantages! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. A whole new Gacha Gacha story line begins! Akira Hatsushiba is just your typical, average high school kid . . . until a glitch in a Gacha Gacha video game changes his life forever. Now, every time Akira sneezes, his entire body undergoes a gender-bending switcheroo! Thats right, Akira is always just an achoo away from getting in touch with his feminine side. But its not all bad. Akira has had a crush on Yurika Sakuraba ever since he first laid eyes on her. Hes always been too shy, but now that he can change into a girl, Akira finally has a chance to get close to Yurika. Being a girl certainly has its advantages! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. The gender-bending, teen romance humor series, in the tradition of the bestselling Negima, continues! Every time Akira Hatsushiba sneezes, he transforms into Akira-chan, a sexy female version of himself. Androgyny may not be easy, but at least it helps him get closer to his true love, Yurika Sakuraba. When Akira and his best friend, Kikuchi, convince Yurika and her friends to join them for a trip to a hot springs, it seems almost too good to be true. There's just one little complication: the girls will go only if Akira-chan comes too. Hatsushiba-kun and Akira-chan together? Can Akira survive this hot springs debacle without revealing his secret? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. The gender-bending madcap comedy continues as Akira uses his newfound ability to turn into a girl to learn about this new guy hanging around the beautiful Yurika Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Gacha Gacha madcap mix-ups continue when Kouhei's childhood friend Kuara returns from summer vacation with a new personality - the boy-crazy Arisa! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Akira is in love with Yurika. But when a handsome guy named Taike starts chatting up Yurika at her job every day, Akira panics. His only hope is to turn into Akira-chan–his female form–and lure Taike away from Yurika. But how far will Akira go in the name of love? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Akira Hatsushiba is just your typical, average high school kid - until a glitch in a Gacha Gacha video game changes his life forever. Now, every time Akira sneezes, his entire body undergoes a gender-bending switcheroo! That's right, Akira is always just an achoo away from getting in touch with his feminine side. But it's not all bad. Akira has had a crush on Yurika Sakuraba ever since he first laid eyes on her. He's always been too shy, but now that he can change into a girl, Akira finally has a chance to get close to Yurika. Being a girl certainly has its advantages! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. The antic gender-bending romp continues as Akira's hopes to find lasting true love are complicated, as ever, by his transformations to his female alter-ego with every sneeze! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. At first, it seems like just another typical gender-bending day for Akira-kun. He transforms into his female self, Akira-chan, and heads for the Rock Stock Café to see his true love, Yurika. Alls well, until in walks Shinobu, the roughest, toughest, meanest guy in school. Shinobu is after one thing: a date with Akira-chan. Akira is in a real pinch–if he turns Shinobu down, hell make the bully mad, and if he says yes, theres no telling what might happen. Then again, Shinobu is kind of cute. . . . Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Its New Years Eve, and Akira and the gang are hiking to the mountains to watch the first sunrise of the new year. But when Yurika cant keep up and Akira slows down to stay with her, the two get lost in the deep, dark woods—and soaked to the skin by torrential rain. Luckily, they find shelter in an empty shack. But keeping warm in the freezing cold will mean shedding their wet clothes and huddling together under an old blanket. This could turn out to be a pretty good New Years after all. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Akira will flunk out unless he can ace his math exam. The problem is, he's hopeless with numbers. Luckily, math wiz Yurika and her cute sister, Anju, offer to help Akira study. For motivation, the girls give Akira positive reinforcement every time he gets a problem right. The rewards start out small, but soon he has the girls feeding him cake, changing into their swimsuits, and hugging and squeezing him. With incentives like these, Akira could turn into the next Einstein! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. By Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. The tale Gacha Gacha comes to an end as Akira's secret is finally revealed before Anju and Yurika. Both girls had feelings for Akira before, but will they still? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.95.

Convention Edition cover by Gene Gonzales. New Series! The brand new Battlestar Galactica title from Realm Press launches its first issue with a stellar line-up of established big name talents and exciting newcomers! Each issue, your favorite Galacticans will take their turn in the spotlight. This issue's features include "Fear of Flying" by Jim Shooter and Dan Parsons, "Favorite Son" by Scott Braden and Mike Malbrough, and a Sheba tale by the regular Battlestar Galactica Season III team of Jim Kuhoric and Robert Scott! FC" Cover price $2.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by James Otis Smith.

Aditya's got one week to come up with ten grand for rent. Diane needs a cool condo in a hot neighborhood to boost her Q rating. Paul simply cannot keep it in his pants. Ishmael's keeping a secret from his fellow dance hall revolutionaries. Laila's autobiographical porno has attrracted the Russian mob. And Mr. Chips hates you. Yes, yes he does. Lovers and losers aren't easy to tell apart here, and everyone's a member of their own Gang of Fools.

A vivid look at our dystopian urban future by a rising new talent in comics, James Smith (Apollo), with equal parts contemporary street life and speculative cyberpunk-like techno-consequences in the vein of Black Mirror and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 168 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. By Will and Desberg. Mickey Loverose, the irresistible hedonist, searches for the ultimate relationship with women. But women have another idea... Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

*Adults Only* 1st Printing. Story and Art by Gilbert Hernandez. Beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing through the story of Noah's Ark, Garden of the Flesh depicts explicit sexual content, as legendary cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez finds unexpected and uninhibited pleasure in these biblical tales of Original Sin. Softcover leather bound, 96 pages, full color, 4.75" x 6", 18+ Only. Cover price $12.99.

*18+ Only* Featuring Art by Rick W. Borg, Danilo Bulanadi, Gary De Maria, Larry Fuller, Bruce Hayes, Raye Horne, Billy Orchid, Bill Plimpton, Wiley Spade, and Space Whitman. 42 Pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

*18+ Only* Featuring Art by Michael J. Kuchar, Areola Corona, The Great "JD", Wiley Spade, Dan Bold, Ericuus Ashfill, Puget Sounder, CC Remington, and Larry Fuller. 42 Pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

*18+ Only* 42 Pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

June 1943. Two Novelettes - "Shadow of her Past" by Venees Fairfield and "Blue Angel" by Betty Webb Lucas - and six short stories by Viola Cornett, Myrtle Bierhorst, Ruth McCaslin, Hope Campbell, Tugar DePass, and Lucinda Baker. 7-in. x 10-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - February, 1945. 6.75" x 9.75", 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.