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Mister Mammoth is the world's greatest detective and the kind of person you don't forget. Being a seven-foot-tall pacifist who's covered head to toe with an impressive collection of horrific scars makes quite the impression. But he might be losing his edge. He can't seem to solve his latest case and he's distracted with a strange obsession with a soap opera actress who doesn't even know he exists. His new case holds clues that might finally unlock...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"By 1954, the hard-hitting, hard-boiled 'true crime' comics so shocked readers that they were targeted by the government itself. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby produced many of the finest examples of the genre, pushing boundaries and thrilling their audiences. This volume collects 320 pages of action-packed comics, many for the first time, carefully restored and completely uncensored!"--P. [4] of jacket.
4) Sloth sleuth
Author
Series
Sloth sleuth volume 1
Language
English
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On an island crawling with crime, everyone's a suspect. Luckily, its resident sloth can solve crimes in her sleep (and often does!). Meet Paz, the world's first sloth sleuth. She may be slow . . . but she's always one step ahead of the bad guys.
5) Dept. H
Author
Series
Dept. H volume 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017-
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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"A special investigator hired to uncover possible sabotage taking place at a deep-sea research station uncovers a crime scene filled with suspects with terrible secrets, strange deep-sea creatures, and an impending flood"--
Author
Series
Frank Miller's Sin City volume 7
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2005-
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
7) Loveless
Author
Publisher
Tokyopo
Pub. Date
2006-
Physical Desc
volumes <1> : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth.
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Publisher
Wilkins Farago
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten eccentric insects, each with something to hide, are brought to a mysterius house on a secluded island for the weekend. Then, one by one, very unusual things start happening to them."--Cover [p. 4]
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Volume 3 in the mind-bending new series from Gene Luen Yang! Hopper never dreamed that there was a connection between the Bee School and her missing father -- but it turns out that Albert Gracie was also a student of this mysterious coding school. His disappearance can only be the work of Dr. One-Zero. Once a star pupil of the Bee School, Dr. One-Zero is now a green-skinned villain on the hunt for "the most powerful turtle in the world." And the coders...
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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Rebecca's got an eight-month-old baby and a mystery to investigate! Late one summer night as she's breastfeeding Lucie, she spots two men carrying something heavy into a white minivan. It's probably nothing serious, but when Rebecca hears that a home healthcare provider named Eduardo Morales disappeared from the neighborhood that very night, she puts her detective hat on and gets to work."--
Author
Series
Secret coders volume 6
Publisher
First Second
Language
English
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"The Coders always knew their programming skills would take them far, but they never guessed they would take them to another dimension--or to be accurate, one dimension less. To save humanity, Hopper, Eni, and Josh must travel to Flatland, a dangerous two-dimensional world ruled by polygons. If they can return home safely with a Turtle of Light, they might just stand a chance in their final showdown with Dr. One-Zero!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
InvestiGators volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
The InvestiGators are the best crime-fighting duo in the world. But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis, Crackerdile, in a shocking new form! Even worse, he's creating a team of super villains! Faced with the choice between saving themselves or catching the crooks, can Mango and Brash make sure the gator good prevails?
15) InvestiGators
Author
Series
InvestiGators volume 1
Language
English
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Description
With their very exciting spy technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks - or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?--description provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"At S.U.I.T. headquarters, Cilantro the Chameleon finally gets what she's been waiting for: a field assignment. Only...it's literally out in the middle of a field, and her orders are so vague, she can hardly tell what she's supposed to be investigating. But as she begins to uncover a sheep-led worker's rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy--not to mention a spooky haunting at the abandoned S.U.I.T. field outpost--Cilantro steps into her own...
17) Slayground
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Series
Language
English
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Parker is put to the test against crooked cops and sleazy gangsters after a heist goes south. He finds himself trapped in an amusement park closed for the winter and embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse...a game that slowly starts to favor the mouse.
18) Slime for dinner
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Geronimo receives a mysterious package. It was a coffin. And it was gift-wrapped! It was an invitation to a spine-tingling mystery dinner at Cacklefur Castle. Geronimo, Thea, and Trap find spiders, bats, and ... something slimy. Can Geronimo solve the mystery before he is frightened out of his fur?"--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Carter Normandy uncovers spooky secrets surrounding his creepy new neighborhood, Alabaster Shadows, while the community leaders try to keep the town's mysteries under wraps.
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