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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Sebastian O.

Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - The Sandman: The Kindly Ones.

The autumn line-up of UK reprints from Titan Books has been further bolstered with three top-name titles. Garth Ennis's War Stories Vol. 1, Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 1 are all available now. Click on the link below to order. Also available in US from DC Comics and Dark Horse.

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Titan Books has a slew of books out in the UK tomorrow, including the long awaited League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, finally out in paperback in the UK. Click on the title above or the cover below to read our review. Fans of the original Conan comics from Marvel have got the fifth volume, In the Shadow of the Tomb and Other Stories, to add to their collections, and Wildstorm watchers won't want to miss The Authority: Human on the Inside in a gorgeous hardback edition.

Also on offer is the next Modesty Blaise title, Top Traitor, reprinting the original newspaper strip; Lucifer: Mansions of the Silence by Mike Carey; Transformers: Energon Volume 1 from Transformers fan favourite Simon Furman; JLA: Trial by Fire, which is the 14th volume in the series; and Wallace & Gromit: The Whippet Vanishes, aimed at young enthusiasts of the Aardman animation.

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DC Comics has announced the books it's going to release in January, under DC, Vertigo and Wildstorm imprints. You can see the full list here, but highlights include Greg Rucka's Superman: Unconventional Warfare, Jodorowsky and Moebius's The Incal Vol. 1, and Christin and Bilal's The Chaos Effect. If you're not familiar with the names behind the latter two books, Comic Book Resources has an interview with the Managing Editor of Humanoids Publishing, the European graphic novel publisher that the titles originate from.

The Muscatine Journal takes an interest in the sequels to Road to Perdition, one of which is going to be a graphic novel, written by local writer Max Allan Collins. Road to Perdition 2: On the Road is due for release from DC Comics on 3 November 2004.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 4 (Light and Dark).

Late additions to the September line-up from Titan Books have just come in, bringing good news for Dan Dare fans awaiting the second and final installment of Voyage to Venus. Volume 2 of the classic British sci-fi adventure should be available now, along with Transformers: Trial By Fire, which collects the original Marvel Comics mini-series that introduced the Headmasters to the Transformers range. Both books are available in the UK and are ready for pre-ordering in the US.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Batman: Hush (Volumes 1 & 2).

In the month that Titan Books releases The Sandman: Endless Nights in paperback in the UK, we give it the honour of being our featured review.

ICv2 has reported on what Dark Horse plans to do with Frank Miller's Sin City line of books in the run up to the launch of the feature film in April.
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