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The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

12 Gauge Comics

Sherwood TX #2 (Of 5), $3.99

215 Ink

Enormous #3 (Cover A Mehdi Cheggour), $3.99

Enormous #3 (Cover B Sarah Delaine), $3.99

Action Lab Entertainment

Skyward #9 (Gene Ha Variant Cover), $3.99

Skyward #9 (Jeremy Dale Regular Cover), $2.99

Alternative Comics

Death In Oaxaca #1, $4.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman 20th Anniversary 2014 Full Color Showbook Special Edition, Ar

Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover B Rob Durham), Ar

Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover D Budd Root), Ar

Archie Comics

Best Of Archie Comics Volume 4 Tp, $9.99

Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Volume 23 Tp, $7.99

World Of Archie Comics Digest #42, $4.99

Avatar Press

God Is Dead The Book Of Acts Omega (Jacen Burrows Pure Art Incentive Cover), Ar

Uber Special #1 (Michael Dipascale Pure Rage Cover), $9.99

Big Finish Productions

Avengers The Lost Episodes Volume 2 Audio CD Box Set, $49.99

Doctor Who...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Abstract Studios

Strangers In Paradise Omnibus Sc (Previews Exclusive Edition), $100.00

Alternative Comics

Outliers #1, $5.00

Archie Comic Publications

Betty And Veronica #267 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99

Betty And Veronica #267 (Fiona Staples Variant Cover), $2.99

Sonic Super Digest #4, $3.99

Sonic Universe #55 (Sega Variant Cover), $2.99

Sonic Universe #55 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $2.99

World Of Archie Double Digest #31, $3.99

Aspen Comics

Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover A Mike DeBalfo), $3.99

Soulfire Volume 4 #6 (Cover B Nei Ruffino), $3.99

Asylum Press

Fearless Dawn In Outer Space (One Shot), $3.99

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #35 (Gabriel Andrade Wraparound Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #35 (Michael Dipascale Torture Cover), $3.99

Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Red Crossed Incentive Cover), Ar

Crossed Badlands #35 (Miguel Ruiz Regular Cover), $3.99

Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (German Erramousepe Wraparound Cover), $3.99

Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #10 (Jacen...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aardvark Vanaheim

Glamourpuss #26, $3.00

Abrams

Economix How And Why Our Economy Works And Doesn’t Work Gn, $19.95

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #10, $3.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Gangster #1 (Of 3), $3.75

Cavewoman Gangster #1 (Of 3)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar

Antarctic Press

Rise Of The Planet Of The Living Dead Tp, $14.95

Archie Comics

Archie #636 (Gisele Lagace Variant Cover), $2.99

Archie #636 (Gisele Lagace Regular Cover), $2.99

Archie And Friends Double Digest #19, $3.99

Best Of Archie Comics Volume 2 Tp, $9.99

Jugheads Double Digest #184, $3.99

Audiogo Ltd

Doctor Who Feast Of The Drowned Audio CD, $24.95

Avatar Press

Crossed Badlands #4 (Michael Dipascale Project Comic Con Nurse Cover), $5.99

Dan The Unharmable #4 (Rafael Ortiz Regular Cover), $3.99

Dan The Unharmable #4 (Rafael Ortiz Retro Incentive Cover), Ar

Dan The Unharmable #4 (Rafael Ortiz Wraparound Cover), $3.99

Dicks #7 (John McCrea Regular...

Some would say that beautiful lives bloom only in the shadow cast by death. But while this may very well be true, how could we ever know for sure? Statements like this one and Plato’s ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’ are supposed to be useful and practical advice that help us to determine how we ought to live our lives but if we are going to change our lives and live them either with our heads buried in books or our faces pressed up against the nearest tombstone then surely these sorts of statements need to be tested? Motoro Mase’s manga serial Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit is set in an alternate Japan where the state regularly sacrifices one citizen out of every thousand as a reminder to the others that their lives could end at any time. The Japanese state does this because it believes that...

Having proved incredibly popular on the small screen during its two series run, manga adaptation “Liar Game” makes its feature length debut with “Liar Game: The Final Stage”. Based on the comic by Kaitani Shinobu and directed by Matsuyama Hiroaki, the film combines the talents of series one writer Furuya Osho and series two writer Kuroiwa Tsutomu to bring things to a spectacular close, with even more betrayals, deceptions and impossibly high stakes. The cast all return, including popular stars Toda Erika (“Death Note”) and Matsuda Shota (“Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit”), who head up the group of contestants vying for the grand prize of 5 billion yen while trying to avoid life ruining debt. The film kicks off with college student ‘Naïve’ Nao (Toda Erika) being lured back to compete in the final round of the ruthless Lgt corporation’s Liar Game in order to support her con man partner and...

Director: Takimoto Tomoyuki. Review: Adam Wing. If you had 24 hours left to live, how would you spend it? That’s the thought provoking question raised in Takimoto Tomoyuki’s bleak futuristic drama Death Notice - Ikigami. To encourage productivity among citizens, the Japanese government has introduced its own process of unnatural selection - all people between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for a death lottery. The twist being that you don't have to buy a ticket, an injection at the age of six puts pay to that. Those chosen to die are served an "ikigami", or death notice, 24 hours before their reckoning. Fujimoto Kengo's job is to deliver that ikigami - give me a desk job any day. Matsuda Shota (Hana Yori Dango: Final) plays the modern messenger of death, brought to life from the pages of Mase Motoro's popular manga. Set in a dystopian Japan where Big Brother is always watching,...

Based on the best selling manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, Tomoyuki Takimoto’s dystopian future feature Death Notice: Ikigami (aka Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit) is up for release on UK DVD. Taking elements from “Logan’s Run” and “Battle Royale” Death Notice paints a dark, chilling picture of a future Japan where citizens are routinely killed, by law, “for the good of the nation.” Death Notice streets on March 7th. Synopsis: If you had only 24 hours left to live, how would you spend it? To encourage productivity among citizens, the Japanese government has introduced its own process of unnatural selection: all people between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for a death lottery. Those deemed unproductive for the common good are chosen to die and served an "ikigami", or death notice, 24 hours before their end. Ikigami follows the story of some of the victims, but also that of Matsuda,...

Based on the best selling manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, Tomoyuki Takimoto’s dystopian future feature Death Notice: Ikigami (aka Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit) is up for release on UK DVD. Taking elements from “Logan’s Run” and “Battle Royale” Death Notice paints a dark, chilling picture of a future Japan where citizens are routinely killed, by law, “for the good of the nation.” Death Notice streets on March 7th. Synopsis: If you had only 24 hours left to live, how would you spend it? To encourage productivity among citizens, the Japanese government has introduced its own process of unnatural selection: all people between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for a death lottery. Those deemed unproductive for the common good are chosen to die and served an "ikigami", or death notice, 24 hours before their end. Ikigami follows the story of some of the victims, but also that of Matsuda,...

It’s always a good day when almost at random a Japanese movie title we’ve been itching to see, suddenly appears on English subtitled Hong Kong DVD. Latest to come at us out of the Blue is Tomoyuki Takimoto’s dystopian thriller Ikigami (Death Notice). Based on Mase Motoro's popular manga, Ikigami portrays a Japan where Big Brother is always watching. Synopsis: If you had only 24 hours left to live, how would you spend it? To encourage productivity among citizens, the Japanese government has introduced its own process of unnatural selection: all people between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for a death lottery. Those deemed unproductive for the common good are chosen to die and served an "ikigami", or death notice, 24 hours before their end. Ikigami follows the story of some of the victims, but also that of Matsuda, whose grim and reluctant task it is to deliver notice of impending doom.