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Graphic Novels & Manga April 2026 |
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Runaways: Think of the Children
by Rainbow Rowell
Marvel's best and scrappiest found family has seen better days! Nico Minoru has lost her girlfriend, her best friend and her magic. With Karolina, Chase and Alex all out of the picture, Gert's doing her best to shake the remaining Runaways out of running on autopilot. But when Earth's new emperor, Doctor Doom, tries to reclaim one of their own, it's time to start running again. With perfect timing, Chase returns from the future -- looking more dangerous and broodier than ever! But what happened there that's got him so suspicious of Gert? And how long can even the Runaways evade the will of Doom?
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Just Between Us
by Adeline Kon
Lydia Chen knows how good she is on the ice. Technically perfect, she’s been the one to beat since her debut years ago. Except now, something is missing in her performances—a spark that’s been gone for a while. Between the constant training, appealing to sponsors to fund her, and the pressure to perform, Lydia’s passion for skating has disappeared.
When her rival Elaine Yee starts training at the same rink, Lydia’s struck by the emotion in Elaine’s routines and unwillingly finds herself getting closer to her as they compete for a spot in the Olympics.
As the tension between them comes to a head, Lydia’s about to find out how a competitor can become an ally and figure out how to feel alive on the ice again in this tender, compelling, and beautifully illustrated debut graphic novel.
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Godzilla: Heist
by Van Jensen
Jai is a young man who knows two things: A heist needs a good distraction, and there's no distraction like Godzilla. So, when Jai discovers Godzilla responds to specific energy signals he can send into the atmosphere, he creates the perfect opportunity to stage high-profile heists in the middle of Godzilla attacks. But these heists put Jai on the radar of some very dangerous people--people who want Jai to work with them to pull off the most dangerous job the world has ever seen.
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Luna Express
by Campbell Whyte
Between crummy day jobs and nights out on the town, Celeste and her friends can barely find time to use their super-powers! Celeste was always told that she could grow up to do anything she dreamed of, but she didn't exactly dream of being a delivery biker for her parents' bakery, Luna Express. Life is so much more exciting at night: When the stars come out, so do her magical powers of super-strength and speed! Those gifts haven't made her destiny any clearer, though...until Celeste and her friends are targeted by a series of strange, supernatural attacks throughout their hometown of Perth. Now this reluctant team must battle land-sharks, roller-skating disco mushrooms, mind-bending art exhibitions, and their own personal drama, while trying to unravel the unsettling mystery that connects them and their city.
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Wrack & Rune
by Chris Kappel
Nineteen year old Rory Denborough was born into magic by way of the insular society known as The Translators. For his entire life, Rory has been given control over a world of awe-inspiring wonders -- telekinesis, shape-shifting, teleportation, advanced healing, even time travel. Rory's life is full of miracles. But he's not happy. Because Rory's world is also a world of secrets. Translators hide in the shadows, keeping their power from the world around them. Rory stuggles in this secrecy, sneaking out of his family's hidden highrise apartment to blend into the wonderfully normal streets and peoples of New York City.
After sneaking out one night, Rory meets Tyson, an Outsider, who knows nothing about the Translators or their gifts. Soon, the two young men are falling in love, but this idyllic romance starts to fall apart once Rory reveals his magical origins. Tyson raises a question--one that Rory has never considered and now must contend with--why keep magic secret, when so many people could be helped by it? The truth--and terrible danger--soon follows.
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DC Power: Rise of the Power Company
by Vita Ayala
A team from the past is reborn for the future! Josiah Power, the founder of the original Power Company, teams with Jefferson Pierce--the iconic superhero known as Black Lightning--to rebuild the team with a new mission of rebuilding humanity's faith in heroes and fighting back against the rising anti-metahuman movement, following the chaos of Absolute Power. For their first mission the Company dispatches Jace Fox--the Batman of I Am Batman--plus The Signal and Vixen to investigate a serial killer that's been hunting metas in the streets of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound, Vol. 1
by Redice Studio
How can the strong do any wrong? Vikir van Baskerville: loyal Baskerville Bloodhound and infamous slayer of monsters. His reward for such faithful service? The guillotine. Death, however, seems to have no hold over him, as he goes back in time and wakes up as a newborn babe ready to take on the world. By using the hellish training potential hounds are forced to undergo, Vikir's determined to become stronger than ever before in order to tear down House Baskerville brick by brick--and destroy his traitorous father once and for all
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Maid to Skate
by Suzushiro
From brewing a perfect cup of tea to nailing the sickest kickflips on their skateboards, these maids can do it all. In this world, maids go about their everyday lives dressed in long black dresses, frilly aprons--and skate shoes?! Whether they're running errands or hitting the half-pipe, these maids shred the town. Like witches have their brooms, these ladies have their boards. If one thing's certain, these maids are totally Maid to Skate.
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Ghost and Witch, Vol. 1
by Kore Yamazaki
From the brilliant mind behind The Ancient Magus' Bride comes a brand-new fantastical tale about a girl and the being possessing her as they travel around the vast country of Ireland. Haunted by a monstrous presence that clings to her soul, a girl named Saku flees Japan and journeys across the sea to Ireland. There, she encounters a silver-haired witch who may offer her refuge. But the witch's salvation comes at a price--and as Saku begins to face the power she's long feared, her path shifts from escape... to transformation. This is the tale of a girl in flight...and the beginning of her journey to become a god.
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My Life as an Internet Novel, Volume 2
by A. Hyeon
Dani is a fan of cliche-filled internet novels of melodramatic school romance, then wakes up one day to find the world around her has become one! Just as she's getting used to this tropey world, she suddenly finds herself back in her old, ordinary one. What happened to all her new friends?
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Divine Incursions, Vol. 1
by Kouya Ashitaka
A village where titanic body parts fall from the sky. A small morgue that finds that every corpse it takes in arrives hollow, with all internal organs missing. A seaside town where the people dream of immortality and smile when they die... All in a day's work for Katagishi and his junior, Miyaki, investigators from the Divine Incursions Special Investigations Division. Strange and terrible gods shake this world. They try to put it back in order. Can they get to the bottom of these mysteries? Or will the divine forever remain beyond all understanding ?
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We're Taking Everyone Down with Us
by Matthew Rosenberg
Embark on a journey of regret and retribution, super spies and pseudoscience, growing up and global domination. James Bond meets The Island of Doctor Moreau in this graphic novel about a young girl who discovers her father isn't the hero she believed, but one of the most dangerous super-spy villains on the planet. After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world's greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad's robot bodyguard won't stop following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever...or seek revenge and maybe overthrow the world order in the process.
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Stray
by Ryu Kamio
After serving nine years for a crime he didn't commit, Hachiya Ken is free--but his past is far from behind him. Released from prison, he's confronted by Hana, the fiery daughter of a ghost from his past. Together, they're forced to navigate a deadly web of betrayal, yakuza power, and political corruption. As they uncover a conspiracy that runs deeper than either could have imagined, Ken must confront his own demons--and decide how far he's willing to go for redemption. From the dynamic creative duo of Yu Nakahara and Ryu Kamio, who delivered the brilliant baseball manga Last Inning, Stray is a relentless crime thriller where nothing is what it seems. Can Ken survive long enough to expose the truth, or will his next swing be his last, as he strikes out in this game of power.
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Mama Came Callin'
by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Kirah was born from an improbable interracial relationship that, in central Florida's infamous Asurupa County, defied all the odds. But her idyllic childhood was shattered by an urban legend come to life. The Gatorman. That's who crawled into Kirah's window when Kirah was just five years old. According to the police, it was Kirah's own father who put on that gator mask and tried to kill her. Twenty years later, just when it seems like she's managed to find her stride, her dad, fresh out of prison, crashes back into her world with a chilling message: He's coming for you.
Finally forced to face the hideous family history she's been avoiding, Kirah sets off to discover where, and who, she truly came from. And the more she learns, the more disturbing the whole picture becomes. Turns out there's a lot more to the Gatorman than Kirah thought, and even worse: he isn't through with her just yet. A clever hybrid of swamp noir, slasher horror, and social satire--and brought to life by Camilla Sucre's vivid illustrations--Mama Came Callin' is a story about family and legacies, both the ones we inherit and the ones we can't escape.
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First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth
by Angélique Roché
The incredible journey of activist Opal Lee--known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth--is brought to life in this biographical graphic novel that not only explores Opal's remarkable path, but the history of the holiday of Juneteenth itself. From the 1860s to Ms. Opal's childhood home, from her years as a teacher to the White House, First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth seeks to give readers an insight into the history behind one of the central figures in the creation of America's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth. Born in 1926, Opal Lee grew up in a racially divided America and dedicated her life to overcoming the obstacles presented therein. A lifelong educator, Ms. Opal has been a community activist all her life, and would take on the movement to celebrate and commemorate Juneteenth not just as a holiday, but as a symbol of comprehensive freedom for all people. Ms. Opal's life personifies the fight for everyday freedom that leads to lasting change.
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The Nobody (New Edition)
by Jeff Lemire
The tiny, isolated fishing village of Large Mouth never saw much excitement--until the arrival of the mysterious stranger, that is. Wrapped from head-to-toe in bandages and wearing weird goggles, he quietly took up residence in the sleepy town's motel. Driven by curiosity, the townsfolk begin to unlock the secrets he holds. Experience Jeff Lemire's reimagining of H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man in this new edition of his long out of print, fan-favorite graphic novel.
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Phantom Busters, Vol. 2
by Neoshoco
Why bother fighting spectral foes like all the other exorcists when you can just eat them? Straight-A student Eugene Korekishi doesn't believe in ghosts...but his classmate Mogari Shishikuno is an exorcist who swallows them whole! Mogari can't see ghosts on his own, but once he and Eugene meet someone with the sight, there's only one path left--form an exorcist club at school and embark on anything but a normal high school life!
Wanting to start their club activities in earnest, the Phantom Busters plan to post flyers around the school to advertise the exorcism services they provide, but first they have to get the idea past the student council president, who is a stone-cold nonbeliever. Meanwhile, the assassin dispatched from Mount Shishikuno to kill Mogari makes his way to town!
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I Am Their Silence
by Jordi Lafebre
Eva is a brilliant psychiatrist, but this is no simple story of a clever shrink helping a patient dissect their problems. No, this story is about Eva in the throws of a bipolar episode, navigating her own spiraling mental health as she is pulled down a scandalous rabbit hole when one of her first patients and only friends, Penelope Monturo, has invited her to the reading of her grandmother's living will.
The Monturos are a wine-making empire revered worldwide and their matriarch has organized a party at their villa to discuss her will and the family’s future. Their Dynasty is riddled with scandal, which is why the youngest heir, Penelope, invited the brilliant doctor along to help her through the drama. When Eva finds the families’ current patriarch dead the night before the will reading, she finds herself catapulted into a web of intrigue and deception.
With her name on the suspect list, Eva transforms into an amateur sleuth out of obsession more than self-defense. Guided by the voices of her dead relatives who seem to haunt her wherever she goes, she takes fate in her own hands and does all she can to solve the mystery of who murdered Penelope’s uncle.
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