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• Akira. Bk. 01

  Ōtomo, Katsuhiro, 1954-

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  A classic post-apocalyptic manga that explores the horrors of nuclear war and human experiments.

• Batman. The Dark Knight Returns

  Miller, Frank, 1957-

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  The Batman has not been seen in ten years, some now consider him more myth than reality, but crime and violence have continued in Gotham City. The Dark Knight must return.

• Black Hole

  Burns, Charles, 1955-

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  A chilling graphic novel set in suburban Seattle during the mid-1970s follows the lives several teenagers, who are suddenly faced with a devastating, disfiguring, and incurable plague.

• Bitch Planet. Bk. 01, Extraordinary Machine

  DeConnick, Kelly Sue

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  In the style of a 70s exploitation film, this graphic novel explores a dystopia where non-compliant women are thrown in jail. This iconic tale focuses on the tales of a handful of women before and after they were sent to prison.

• Blankets

  a Graphic Novel

  Thompson, Craig, 1975-

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  This semi-autobiographical tale is a stunning and frank tale of growing-up, family, first loves, and religious exploration.

• The Complete Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution.

• Crisis on Infinite Earths

  Wolfman, Marv,

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  A reality-ending crisis brings together all the heroes of the DC universe together to save all their worlds with far reaching consequences

• Fables. Vol. 01, Legends in Exile

  Willingham, Bill

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  Who killed Rose Red? In Fabletown, where fairy tale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers only the Big Bad Wolf can actually solve the case.

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.

• Ghost World

  Clowes, Daniel

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  Paean to awkward adolescence and the inevitable and painful need to grow up.

• Hip Hop Family Tree. Vol. 01, 1970s-1981

  Piskor, Ed

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  Graphic novel chronicles the early history of Hip Hop and the culture that surrounded and nourished it.

• The Invisibles. Vol. 01

  Morrison, Grant,

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  Throughout history, a secret society called the Invisibles works against the forces that seek to hold back humanity's growth. Now their newest recruit needs pass his training - or die trying.

• March. Bk. 01

  Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-

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  A powerful, first-hand account of John Lewis' work with the Civil Rights Movement starting in 1963.

• Maus

  a Survivor's Tale

  Spiegelman, Art

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  A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.

• Monstress. Vol. 01, Awakening

  Liu, Marjorie M.

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  Monstress is an epic fantasy that takes place in an alternate 1900s Asia, where woman and steampunk rule and a traumatized teenage girl discovers she has a psychic link with a terrifying monster.

• Paper Girls. Vol. 01

  Vaughan, Brian K.

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  In 1988, four papergirls are flung, head-first, into a time-traveling mystery.

• Preacher. Book 01

  Ennis, Garth

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  Small-town minister Jesse Custer sets out from Texas with his ex-lover Tulip and a hard-drinking Irish vampire called Cassidy on a quest to confront God and find answers as to why the deity is shirking his responsibilities.

• Powers. Vol. 01, Who Killed Retro Girl?

  Bendis, Brian Michael

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  A former superhero, turned homicide detective, has to figure out who killed Retro Girl while confronting his past.

• Saga. Vol. 01

  Vaughan, Brian K.

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  When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.

• Saga of the Swamp Thing. Bk. 01

  Moore, Alan, 1953-

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  Swamp Thing lives! And, in this definitive run, must come to terms with the fact that he is no longer human and more than he seems.