Bis zum Tode von Otto IV. Befanden sich sechs Imperiale Legionen auf dem Feld: die Vergoldete Legion, die Legion des Stahls, die Diamant Legion, die Legion der Asche, die Legion des Rauches und die Silber Legion. Im Chaos, das folgte, wurden alle bis auf zwei auf Befehl der Imperialen Konklave aufgelöst. Die einzigen Überreste dieser einst mächtigen Institutionen sind heute die Kriegsakademien in Argem. Das Überleben der Vergoldeten Legion wurde durch ihre entscheidende Rolle bei der Wahrung der Souveränität und Unabhängigkeit der Imperialen Münzstätte sichergestellt. Die Stahllegion hingegen überlebte mit einem einfachen Mittel, sie weigerten sich aufzulösen. Sie schlugen ein Lager auf den Klaean-Feldern von Argem auf und stellten ein Ultimatum: Das Sie nur dem Kaiser antworteten. Bis ein Kaiser wieder auf dem Hohlthron saß, würden sie dem Imperium dienen. Trotz der Drohungen und Verurteilungen durch Mitglieder der Konklave war niemand so dumm, ihre Position in Frage zu stellen. Bevor die Dinge eskalieren konnten, stimmte die Konklave der Einrichtung des Amtes des kaiserlichen Kammerherrn zu, und die Stahllegion hat seitdem die Heiligkeit von Argem, der kaiserlichen Hauptstadt und des Amtes des kaiserlichen Kammerherrn garantiert. Die Stahllegion ist eine der ältesten Streitkräfte im Tellischen Reich. Der Name leitet sich von den legendären Legionen der alten Herrschaft ab und geht auf die ersten Berufsarmeen zurück, die der Kaiser eingesetzt hat. Nur die Orden können eine sagenumwobene oder ruhmreichere Vergangenheit vorweisen. Als die Stahllegion die Rolle der Hüter des Imperiums und der Garanten des Kammerherrn übernahm, gaben sie ihre traditionellen Waffen auf und rüsteten sich mit großen Schwertern, traditionell der Zeremonienwaffe der Diamanten Legion, die nunmehr heute nicht mehr bestehende Leibwächter des Kaisers wahren. Mit dieser Tat wurde die Stahllegion das letzte überlebende Bindeglied zwischen der ruhmreichen Militärgeschichte der Armatellum-Dynastie und den heutigen Hundert Königreichen. In Abwesenheit eines Kaisers ist die Stahllegion die wohlhabendste und mächtigste Söldnerkompanie des Imperiums. Sie verkaufen ihre Dienste in großem Umfang, aber nur an Familien, die außerhalb des Imperiums Krieg führen oder die einen von der Imperialen Konklave anerkannten Casus Belli haben. Ihr Reichtum wird durch einen ständigen Vertrag mit dem Amt des kaiserlichen Kammerherrn ergänzt, um Argem vor allen Angreifern zu schützen. Die Adeligen sehen in diesem Vertrag nur einen Kunstgriff, einen Mechanismus für das Amt des Kammerherrn, um einen der stärksten und entschiedensten Verbündeten des imperialen Mandats hinter einem Furnier der Neutralität zu unterstützen. Bis heute war kein Edles Haus bereit, die Stahllegion aus diesen oder anderen Gründen direkt herauszufordern.

With winter fast approaching, one of the squat bears sets off to trade the family cow for bread and butter, returning instead with a single magic bean. But one bean isn't enough to feed even one squat bear, let alone seven! As their hunger - and the snow - sets in, the bears are visited by a smooth-talking cat in boots. He's got a bag full of bread and a few tricks up his sleeve. Can he help satiate the squat bears' hunger? 32p

Inspired by the Japanese Edo Period game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai or 100 Candles, a circle of chefs gather to outscare each other with modern tales of fear and food from around the world, and pray that they survive the night. Cooked up by the best-selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster), back again from their New York Times #1 bestseller, Get Jiro!). Features all-new, original recipes prepared by Bourdain, plus a guide to the ghostly legendary spirits behind these horrifying tales. Collects the four-issue mini-series. Format: FC, 128 pages, HC, 7'' x 10''

Hungry Higgs is played with two dice with sides 1, 2 and 3, and pieces on a balancing board. Every one of the play pieces has got a certain weight that can have decisive influence on the game. The main strategy is to balance between caution (don’t be knocked out by your opponents game piece) and greed (capture as much prey as possible).

Once upon a time, Hungry Monkey searched for his lost breakfast bean in the jungle. He asked the other animals for help, from Swift Sparrow to King Tiger, but they all ignored his pleas. Until Tiny Ant climbed into Tiger's ear and ordered him to help. King Tiger was scared by the voice in his ear. He commanded all animals to look for the bean, and no one dared to refuse. Eventually, Swift Sparrow found the bean, and Hungry Monkey was finally happy. Hungry Monkey is a card game where the goal is to get rid of your hand cards and collect beans. You have animal cards both in hand and in a face-down row. You must be the first to play all your cards, first from your hand and then from your card row. You have to play cards with the same or a higher number. You can trigger an effect with a powerful animal. If you want to play multiple games you keep track of the scoring with Bean cards. The player with the most beans at the end of the last game wins. 2–6 Players 15–30 Min Age: 8+

Näytettä. Wolverine is back - but where is he? Just as the X-Men finally come to terms with Logan's death, a shocking revelation reopens old wounds - and an epic quest begins across the Marvel Universe. But who will solve the puzzle first? Will it be Daredevil, Misty Knight and their crack squad of investigators? Or Logan's fellow New Avengers: Iron Man, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage? Or perhaps Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike and Daken will track him down! With mystery in Madripoor and around the globe, the return of Wolverine will keep you guessing - right until the end! Collecting HUNT FOR WOLVERINE #1, HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: WEAPON LOST #1-4, HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: ADAMANTIUM AGENDA #1-4, HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: CLAWS OF A KILLER #1-4, HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: MYSTERY IN MADRIPOOR #1-4 and HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: DEAD ENDS, plus the WHERE'S WOLVERINE pages from throughout the Marvel Universe. 432pgs

Näytettä. The hit web series Husbands is a comedy about two young men who find themselves legally wed after a drunken Vegas weekend. Unwilling to undermine the hard-fought battle for marriage rights with a public quickie divorce, athlete Brady Kelly and actor Cheeks decide to make a go of it. After all, they were doing okay when they were dating . . . Original stories by web series writers Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once Upon a Time) and Brad Bell (AKA Cheeks)! Format: FC, 80 pages; HC, 6" x 9"

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The Hypo is a completely original account of a man driven by an irrepressible desire to pull himself up by his bootstraps, overcome depression and become the person he strives to be. All the while unknowingly laying the foundation of character he would use as one of America's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln. HC, 7x9, 188pgs, B&W

Charles Forsman (The End of the F***ing World) once again expertly channels teen ethos while telling a powerful story about the tug of war between trauma and control. Sydney seems like a normal 15-year-old freshman but she also has a few secrets- like how she's in love with her best friend, the bizarre death of her war veteran father, and those telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune times. Forsman's I Am Not Okay With This comments on familial strain, sexual confusion, and PTSD with his signature dry style and firmly stakes his place among the world's best cartoonists. SC, 176pgs, B&W

Sydney seems like a normal, rudderless 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to music in her friend's car, and gets into arguments with her annoying little brother - but she also has a few secrets she's only shared in her diary. Like how she's in love with her best friend Dina, the bizarre death of her war veteran father, and those painful telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune times. After his first two critically heralded graphic novels, Celebrated Summer and The End of the Fucking World (recently adapted into a TV show on the UK's Channel 4 and soon to be streaming stateside on Netflix), Forsman once again expertly channels the teenage ethos in a style that evokes classic comic strips while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and control. I Am Not Okay with This collects all of Forsman's self-published minicomic series into one volume. It comments naturally on familial strain, sexual confusion, and PTSD in his usual straightfaced-but-humorous style, and firmly stakes his place among the world's best young cartoonists. SC, 6x8, 160pgs, B&W

This story is told in dual perspective by Miriam (a second-generation Iranian immigrant living in Edinburgh with her family) and George (a visitor from Wales). Their relationship throughout the decades mirrors the Beatles's. In the other stories in this book, thematically bound by relationship flux and the impact of culture, Dean experiments beautifully with style and storytelling devices in each piece. HC, 8x11, 108pgs, PC

Four friends meet in an online game. All of them have female avatars, and it's just easier to pretend they're all women. But when someone proposes they get together in real life, what seemed like the path of least resistance turns into a very real obstacle. What is "Cocoa" to do but put on makeup and a dress and do his best to blend in? He couldn't possibly get busted... right? SC, B&W

A layered coming-of-age story from the creative team behind I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a high schooler ostracized by her classmates, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace-what could three such different people have in common? That's what grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what "happiness" means to her, Nanoka tries to find her place in the world by exploring her relationships with these three strangers, and through them, comes to know herself. SC, 576pgs, B&W

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of a modern classic, this softcover edition of the Eisner-nominated, International Manga Award-winning miniseries includes interviews with the creators, design art, covers and more. Barbara Thorson is your new hero: A quick-witted, sharp-tongued fifth grader who isn't afraid of anything. Why would she be..? After all, she's the only girl in school who carries a Norse war hammer in her purse and kills giants for a living... At least, that's what she'll tell you...but where does the fantasy end and reality begin in the heart of this troubled girl? And what if she's telling the truth? Brought to life with unexpected tenderness by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura, I Kill Giants is the bittersweet story of a young girl struggling to conquer monsters both real and imagined as her carefully constructed world crumbles at the feet of giants bigger than any one child can handle. Collects I KILL GIANTS #1-7 240p

Preview An Eisner Nominated, International Manga Award-winning fan-favorite! Barbara Thorson is your new hero. A quick-witted, sharp-tongued fifth grader who isn't afraid of anything - not the principal, not bullies, NO ONE. Why would she be..? After all, she's the only girl in school who carries an ancient Norse warhammer in her purse and kills giants for a living... At least, that's what she'll tell you...but where does the fantasy end and reality begin in the heart of this troubled girl? And what if she's telling the truth?   Brought to life with unexpected tenderness by JOE KELLY and KEN NIIMURA, I KILL GIANTS is the quirky, bittersweet story of a young girl struggling to conquer monsters both real and imagined as her carefully constructed world crumbles at the feet of giants bigger than any one child can handle.   Collects I KILL GIANTS 1-7 SC, 300pgs

In this full-color graphic novel, Jason posits a strange, violent world in which contract killers can be hired to rub out pests, be they dysfunctional relatives, abusive co-workers, loud neighbors, or just annoyances in general — and as you might imagine, their services are in heavy demand. One such killer is given the unique job of traveling back in time to kill Adolf Hitler in 1939... but things go spectacularly wrong. Hitler overpowers the would-be assassin and sends himself to the present, leaving the killer stranded in the past. The killer eventually finds his way back to the present by simply waiting the decades out as he ages, and teams up with his now much-younger girlfriend to track down the missing fascist dictator... at which point the book veers further into Jason territory, as the cartoonist's minimalist, wickedly dry sense of humor slows down the story to a crawl: for long patches absolutely nothing happens, but nobody can make nothing happening as riotously entertaining as Jason does... and finally, when the reader isn't paying attention, he brings it together with a shocking, perfectly logical and yet completely unexpected climax which also solves a mystery from the very beginning of the book the reader had forgotten about. As always, I Killed Adolf Hitler is rendered in Jason's crisp deadpan neo-clear-line style, once again augmented by lovely, understated coloring. Format: Softcover Pages: 48 Dimensions: 7" x 10" Colors: full-color

How long can love between two men last? Ken goes to Singapore with his mother for two weeks to rebuild his relationship with her and heal his past. Indeed, things seem to brighten up when he finally meets his young and handsome stepfather, Jay, who is a cameraman, and develops an interest in photography. Upon Ken’s return, things between him and Ritsurou are different. Jay comes to Japan to ask Ken to go to India with him, against Ritsurou’s wishes. Ritsurou, insecure with Ken’s new life and the effect it will have on their relationship, gradually slips into a dangerous love triangle. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W

One noblewoman’s attempt to rewrite the past–and avoid her descent into villainy. (And don’t miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!) The proud and beautiful daughter of the duke, Violette, has been thrown into prison after committing a crime of passion out of jealousy towards her half-sister, Maryjune. Condemned to jail time, Violette reflects on her actions and repents for her sins. As she does so, time begins to rewind and Violette returns to one year ago, when she first met her sister. Violette determines to not go down the wrong path this time, and to become a nun instead. However, contrary to her wishes, she still ends up attracting all the wrong kinds of attention…?! SC, 5x7, 180pgs, B&W

One noblewoman’s attempt to rewrite the past–and avoid her descent into villainy. (And don’t miss the manga version, also from Seven Seas!) Violette, daughter of a duke, committed a terrible, jealous crime against her half-sister. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected happens: time is rewound, sending her back to the day her problems began! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to live a quiet, unobtrusive life this time…but fate has something else in store! Light Novel, SC, 5x7, 320pgs, B&W

Violette, daughter of a duke, committed a terrible, jealous crime against her half sister. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected happens: time is rewound, sending her back to the day her problems began! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to live a quiet, unobtrusive life this time... but fate has something else in store! Light Novel, SC, 248pgs, B&W

In September 1939, Rene Tardi went to war. Less than a year later, the French army was defeated and he was a prisoner of war, like 1.6 million other French soldiers. After 4 years and 8 months in a POW camp, Rene returned home, bitter and ashamed. Stalag IIB is Jacques Tardi's homage to his father and a testimony to the silent suffering of a generation of men. Based on Rene's memories, Stalag IIB - the first of two volumes - recounts brutal years of captivity under the Nazis and the POWs' attempts to reclaim moments of humanity. Rene recalls the roll calls in sub-zero temperatures, daily acts of resistance, crushing boredom - and especially the omnipresent hunger. With four decades of cartooning and almost two dozen graphic novels behind him, Jacques Tardi masterfully recreates historical and personal details with remarkable fidelity, guided by extensive research and his father's notes. Featuring some of Tardi's most intense and meticulous drawing, punctuated by somber greys and punches of red and blue rendered beautifully by Rachel Tardi, Stalag IIB is a personal and artistic triumph.

The conclusion to a Magnum Opus from one of our greatest contemporary cartoonists. Picking up where Vol. 1 left off, the second volume of Stalag IIB begins when captured French soldier Ren. Tardi finally gets a taste of freedom, as prisoners and German officers alike are forced to evacuate the POW camp he has languished in for the past four years. Thus begins the long, grueling journey eastward, where Tardi and his fellow POWs must evade the pursuing Russian Army, stave off their gnawing hunger, and contend with the increasingly illtempered and vicious German soldiers accompanying them. Throughout this harrowing odyssey, the only thing that keeps him going is the hope that he’ll one day return home to France, where his wife Henriette patiently awaits him. Featuring meticulous line work punctuated by stunning splashes of color, Jacques Tardi’s grim yet heartening biographical portrait of his father’s life as a soldier during WWII is a personal and artistic triumph. HC, 9x12, 192pgs, FC