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By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep... They even built humans. Immigrants to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial...
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Attack on Titan volume 30
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Language
English
Description
"For eons, humans ruled the natural world. But a century ago, everything changed when the Titans appeared. Giant, grotesque parodies of the human form, these sexless monsters consumed all but a few thousand human beings, who took refuge behind giant walls. Today, the threat of the Titans is a distant memory, and a boy named Eren yearns to explore the world beyond the wall. But what began as a childish dream will become an all-too-real nightmare when...
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Yokohama kaidashi kikou volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022-]
Language
English
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"In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small café in a seaside town. As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar. Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches"--
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Series
Descender volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
" One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet" -- summary provided by publisher.
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VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
"Ever since Goku became Earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of Akira Toriyama's best-selling series, Dragon Ball! The decisive battle! Farewell, trunks! The battle for the fate of the parallel world rages on! With Vegeta injured and his fusion...
6) Alex + Ada
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Series
Alex + Ada volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The last thing in the world Alex wanted was an X5, the latest in realistic androids. But after Ada is unexpectedly thrust into his life, he discovers she is more than just a robot. Despite laws against and fear of sentient artificial intelligence, Alex takes a huge risk to unlock Ada so she can think for herself and explore life. But can they survive the consequences?"--Back cover.
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DC Super Friends volume 1
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Professor Ivo is annoyed that the Super Friends are getting all the headlines, so he unveils his android, Amazo, which combines all of their powers.
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur volume 4
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Journey to the Living Planet! It's Lunella Lafayette's biggest adventure yet, as a voice from the outer reaches of space beckons her and Devil Dinosaur on a truly fantastic voyage - an Ego trip, if you will! Are you ready for Moon Girl to meet--Girl-Moon? Lunella isn't just smart, she's the smartest person on Earth - but what good is that when the problems she faces are intergalactic? And when our incredible duo makes it back to Earth, they might...
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Descender volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
11) Made in Korea
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Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]-
Language
English
Description
"A Korean nine-year-old named Jesse is adopted and sent to live with a lovely couple in America. Equipped with a seemingly encyclopedic brain but socially awkward, the young girl's journey through the complexities of race, gender, and identity hits a fork in the road when she discovers she's not entirely human...yet. Adolescence just got a lot more emotional for the world's first true A.I. system." --
12) Wonderland
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Series
Young Justice volume 8
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A close encounter when the team takes on the deadly android Amazo may give Artemis the chance to prove she is worthy of being in the Justice League.
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English
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The young Erwin Smith is a rising star in the Survey Corps, humanity's only hope of defeating the man-eating monsters known as Titans. Ruthless and dispassionate, Erwin's mind is devoted to strategies and intrigue. But beneath Erwin's feet is another world, the Underground, where humans are born and die surrounded by the garbage the Capital throws away. Here, the criminal Levi survives on his wits and agility. But when these two ambitious men cross...
14) Men of steel
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Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Angered over Superman's destruction of his Lex Skel 5000 battle suit, Lex Luthor creates a Superman android programmed to make the real Man of Steel look bad.
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Series
Descender volume 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tim-21, Telsa and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile Andy and his rag-tag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revealtions.
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Series
Ascender volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Set 10 years after the conclusion of DESCENDER's storyline, here magic has taken the place of machinery and the rules are very different indeed... Mila, the daughter of Andy and Effie from DESCENDER, spends her days exploring the lonely wilds of the planet Sampson and trying to stay out of the clutches of the evil disciples of the all powerful vampire witch known only as Mother. But like her parents, Mila doesn't like to play by the rules and when...
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Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Young Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family's small farm afloat as the countryside heals from a devastating world war. And when a boy with a jetpack, Jet Jones, suddenly crash lands into their barn, Roman believes the secrets of this visitor's past may be the key to their survival. But Jet, a robot made to look like a boy but actually built for battle, has brought more than even he knows to the farm and Roman may learn that some secrets are best...
18) The Vision
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Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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One of the most celebrated comic books of the century, collected in full at last! Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning - to the laboratory where Ultron created him as a weapon. The place where he first rebelled against his given destiny and imagined that he could be more - that he could be a man. There, he builds them. A wife, Virginia. Teenage twins, Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have...
19) Look
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Artie is a droid programmed to endlessly perform a single task left in a world abandoned by humans. He is starting to wonder what meaning his task has. But when he and his only friend, Owen, a robotic bird, cast aside the only lives they've ever known in search of a brighter future, they encounter others that want nothing but to hold tight to the past. Join Artie the Robot and Owen the Vulture for a light-hearted, sci-fi adventure as they journey...
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Series
Descender volume 6
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"All the various factions that have been hunting TIM-21 finally converge around the ocean planet Mata, just as the robots launch their galaxy-wide revolution. But nothing can prepare the young android Tim--or the readers--for what happens next. This climactic chapter...brings the Descender saga to a close and sets the stage for the next mind-bending adventure."--Page 4 of cover
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