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Graphic Novels & Manga February 2026 |
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On Starlit Shores
by Bex Glendining
Alex Wilson hasn't been back to Indigo Harbor, the seaside village where she grew up, in years. In fact, she can barely remember anything about it. But when her grandmother dies unexpectedly, Alex will have to return to her childhood home to say goodbye. Accompanied by her best friend, Grim, Alex travels back to her hometown and begins cleaning out her grandmother's house. But the longer they stay, the stranger things get. Indigo Harbor isn't your average town--there are falling stars, witches running tea shops, and a name that comes up again and again: Elizabeth. Who was this woman, and how did she know Alex's grandmother? As she explores the town and sorts through her grandmother's belongings, Alex reconnects with her past and tries with increasing desperation to uncover the greatest secret of all: the identity of the mysterious Elizabeth.
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Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 1: Without Fear
by Al Ewing
Without the Corps, without the ring, without the willpower, what's left is the Absolute Green Lantern! Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay have reinvented the mythology of the Green Lantern from the ground up, creating a sci-fi epic of cosmic proportions! Something strange is happening to the town of Evergreen. What looks like an alien monolith has descended, severing the town from the outside world, leaving its citizens to be...judged. But what that judgement will actually bring is anyone's guess - including Jo Mullein, the woman who seems inexplicably caught in the middle of the chaos, and Hal Jordan, who has found himself in the crosshairs of an alien force that may prove even more dangerous than the monolith itself.
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Flip
by Ngozi Ukazu
Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem--She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi's private video proposal to go to senior prom. But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected. Chi-Chi--shy nerd and scholarship student--switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6'1 and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi's life--that is, k-pop, hair-braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school. With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And, most importantly, can they find a way back to themselves?
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Champion
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Monk Travers is the star basketball player on his high school team. Confident about his future as an NBA player, he doesn’t see the point in caring much about school, let alone his community. But his world is about to change—big time! After getting caught graffitiing his team’s rival school, Monk comes to the awful realization that his actions have put his place on the team—and his future—in jeopardy.
He’s taken by surprise when his coach offers him an unorthodox way to atone: completing a report on the life of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. His excitement is short-lived though when Coach tells him that the project is not about Kareem’s basketball career—it’s about his life as an advocate for change. Authored by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself, alongside longtime collaborator Raymond Obstfeld, and vividly illustrated by artist Ed Laroche, Champion highlights and celebrates Kareem’s work for good like never before, inspiring fans of all ages.
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Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit
by Kim Hyun Sook
It's almost Daeboreum in 1980s South Korea--a holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the year. Taehee couldn't care less. All she wants is to spend time with her boyfriend Kiwoo, avoid her controlling father, and play music for her mask dance club. But Taehee's weird granny and her even weirder friends have other plans for Taehee: they drag her, Kiwoo, and the rest of the dance club to their remote farm to celebrate Daeboreum...the old-fashioned way.
As the group arrives at the farm, Taehee overhears her granny talking about ceremonies, ghosts, and possibly (probably) sacrificing her friends to evil spirits. And if that's not bad enough, Taehee just said those Three Little Words to Kiwoo that he can't seem to say back. Meanwhile, her friends are running wild with secrets--ones they definitely don't want the grannies to overhear. It seems like everyone is up to no good. The first full moon of the year is about to arrive, and with it confessions that threaten to change everything. That is, of course, if they all make it out alive.
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The October Girl
by Matthew Dow Smith
Autumn Ackerman grew up believing in fairies and magic and princesses who defeated dragons, but now that she's eighteen and facing a future stuck behind the counter of her small town's coffee shop, she's starting to wonder if this is all there really is to her life. But then she meets her childhood imaginary friend, Barnaby, in the alley behind the coffee shop one night and Autumn's entire world is turned upside down.
Drawn into the strange and mysterious world of the Night Folk, fantastic creatures that inspired all of humanity's myths about gods and monsters, Autumn is about to discover that there is more to her world than she ever dreamed of as a little girl, and that world is far more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. With the help of Barnaby and Evan Fade, the tragic young boy who inherited the local bookstore, Autumn has to protect herself from the coldly terrifying Mr. Balloon long enough to discover the truth about the Night Folk and her own past.
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Red Hulk Vol. 1: Prisoner of War
by Benjamin Percy
Longtime Hulk rival Thunderbolt Ross once again becomes the Red Hulk as the Marvel Universe hurtles toward an unprecedented crisis! Thunderbolt Ross is buried in a cell deep below the ground as a prisoner of Doctor Doom - and he's not alone. Brilliant military, criminal and political minds have been gathered against their will in a prison complex that serves as a 'think tank' to help carry out Doom's plan for global domination. But the Red Hulk has other plans! Ross has been underground for so long, though, that his powers are fading. He'll need the assistance of the misfit crew of Machine Man, Deathlok and General Simon Ryker if he's going to outsmart and outmuscle the legion of Doombots that are after them.
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Almark Vol. 1
by Hiyoto Yunoki
Among the grizzled mercenaries of the frozen north, few are as strong as Reiz--a reputation his son, Almark, has not inherited. Casting off his timidity, Almark seeks to become a fighter worthy of his father's recognition. But Reiz wants more for his son, hoping to spare him the cruelties of life in the north. Reiz sends Almark to the South's prestigious Norkh Institute to hone his affinity for magic. Here, in this land that has forgotten war, a boy who has known nothing but conflict will strive to one day return home strong enough to bring prosperity to his homeland and make his father proud.
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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Vol. 2
by Saho Tenamachi
Alya has an adorable habit of revealing her feelings for Masachika when she teases him in Russian, thinking he can't understand her. As it turns out, those feelings began all the way back in middle school! She didn't always think so fondly of him, though. At first, Alya only saw him as a slacker, just like so many of her peers. But when her classmates left her high and dry during school festival prep, the one who reached out to thaw her frozen heart was the last guy she would have expected!
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Apple Black Vol. 5: Rumble Trials
by Odunze Oguguo
Many years ago, humans acquired Black fruits from a tree that descended from the skies, turning humans into sorcerers. Although all of Black is now extinct, humans still have sorcery inherited from their ancestors. Blessed with the Arodihs arm by Merlin, the god of sorcery, Sano is raised and trained in isolation and secrecy to be the world's savior, known as the Trinity. The savior is the one who dawns the Infinite Night, an eternal night of chaos.
Now, Sano competes with the graduating class of the country's guild in the Rumble Trials to determine their ten representatives for the Continent's Nirvana Games. While the classmates go all out, Sano promises Angelo that he won't use his arm of Merlin, Arodihs, to avoid the disaster that occurred the last time Arodihs used Sano as a vessel. To compensate, Angelo offers Sano a new wand. Can Sano prevail without using his Arodihs arm?
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Bless 4
by Yukino Sonoyama
They said Aia was destined to be a model, and Jun was bullied for her freckles. Together, they will take back the power to define themselves in an inspirational fashion manga that asks cutting questions about what it really means to be beautiful--and what it takes to overcome an arbitrary system that seems to respect talent over hard work. Determined to prove they belong with the pros, Aia and Jun strive to be the very best in their field. Recognition from their peers is validating, but achieving personal milestones also calls for celebration. It takes a village to nurture talent, and Jun's mother is proud to see her daughter take flight. Aia's support system comes from MIRROR where he gets on-the-job experience along with a heavy dose of tough love. With every moment devoted to pursuing their passion, Jun and Aia reflect on what it takes to make it in the fashion and beauty world. Every star has an origin story leading to success. Is it time for Jun and Aia to shine, or will the pressure burn them out?
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Butterfly
by Arash Amel
Butterfly is one of Project Delta's deep cover agents: no birth certificate, no social security number, an identity malleable to what is necessary for the mission. When she is set up for a murder she did not commit, she is unknowingly led to her father's doorstep, a man she thought died twenty years ago. Codenamed Nightingale, her father was once a member of the very same Project Delta, a spy in the violent aftermath of the Cold War who believes the Project is behind her set-up. Butterfly must decide whether to seek answers with the Project, or believe the man who betrayed her years ago. Butterfly is a breakneck thriller exploring the tension of family amidst the violent world of global espionage.
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Ghostbox
by Mike Carey
Chloe and Jan come into an unexpected inheritance, and it couldn't come at a better time for Chloe. Desperate for cash, she advertises her late uncle's possessions online -- in particular a strange little box -- and gets a very motivated buyer. But when the deal goes south, Chloe's arrested for murder and Jan disappears. Superstars Mike Carey and Pablo Raimondi deliver a bold supernatural thriller with an all new 10 page epilogue made exclusively for this special Mad Cave edition!
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The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
by Tommi Parrish
The Past is a Grotesque Animal collects over two dozen short stories of varying lengths, interspersed with ephemera from Parrish's own life: diary entries, photographs, illustrations, paintings, and more. Parrish's autobiographical elements inform their voice as a writer and the ways their characters constantly find one another adrift in their own seas of experience, current situations, trauma, and desire. How those characters coexist, how they are complicated by outside forces, and internal ones, affect our hardwired need for meaningful connection. The book also showcases Parrish's singular and assured visual style, blending clear lines, expressionistic character designs and gorgeously complex, hand-painted color. Balancing emotional honesty with a keen awareness of the human condition, Parrish navigates fear, loneliness, identity, body politics, queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-fluid nature of all human relationships.
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Kingdom Vol. 1
by Yasuhisa Hara
Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend's life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom's army.
Xin's journey begins when his friend Piao, another war orphan who imparts to Xin the same dream of becoming the Greatest Generals Under the Heavens, is offered a position in court in the capital. He leaves Xin behind to train on his own, and to meet him there one day. One fateful night, Piao returns bloodied and on the brink of death, with his dying words being for Xin to go meet a boy who turns out to look exactly like Piao. But this is no ordinary boy--it's the king of Qin, Ying Zheng. And assassins are hot on his tail!
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Love Bullet, Vol. 1
by Inee
One fateful day, Koharu is saved from an untimely end and reborn as a Cupid. Her mission: bring love to humans and earn a second chance at life. But modern problems call for modern solutions, and the Cupids of today have traded in their outdated bows and arrows for high-velocity firearms. Koharu's happy to dutifully help others find love, but her eccentric mentors don't play by the book and will happily turn an argument over a love triangle into a battlefield of tactical matchmaking action.
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The Curse of Monte Cristo: A Reimagining of the Novel by Alexandre Dumas
by David Dabel
Journey to the beginnings of the bloody days of the Haitian Revolution, with a classic tale of revenge and reclamation, reimagined with a horror twist. France, 1788: Edmond Dantès, a Haitian of African descent and Parisian citizen has been sentenced to a life of hell at Château d'If for treason against the Ancien Régime. Once a man of faith, Edmond believes he's been abandoned by God, and the only thing that keeps him going is his deep hatred of those who he believes have framed him. Faria, an older prisoner who becomes a mentor to Edmond, confesses: "I am not flesh of this realm. Your lust for revenge drew me here."
Together, they escape the prison and return to Saint Domingue, where the smell of rebellion is thick in the air. Edmond, once an enslaved man himself, thought he had escaped the colonized land and his past life for good, only to return as the wealthy and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo. In pursuit of his enemies - including Mercedes, once his fiancée - he finds his careful rage growing only more reckless and ravenous. Haydee, a young revolutionist, tries to use his fury for good, while Faria, drunk off the misery Edmond has caused, hungers for the fresh taste of innocent blood. As Edmond's enemies begin to catch on to the count's true identity, and the fight for liberation from the French colonists swells to a pop, Edmond must reckon with the deal he's made with Faria. Is it any more sinister - or any different - than the pact he's made with his own inner demons?
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Fishflies
by Jeff Lemire
A small town crime sets off a chain of events that will permanently alter the lives of several residents of bucolic Belle River, Ontario. As the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them both on an odyssey of discovery and redemption... a journey that also uncovers dark secrets from the town's eerie past.
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Gran Familia Vol.1
by Kenji Hamada
The delicate balance between humans and demi-humans teeters on the edge of collapse. In a world where super-powered beings--like vampires, werewolves, and other demi-humans--are forced to hide from human persecution, the legendary Grand Familia vampire clan controls the criminal underworld with an iron fist. But their reign is far from unchallenged. Leo, the young heir to the Grand Familia, dreams of a future where both humans and demi-humans can coexist peacefully. However, when a violent turf war erupts between rival factions, the fragile peace between the two worlds is shattered, and Leo is thrust into a dangerous conflict that could have devastating consequences for everyone involved.
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