The fight for control of the village between Vitalstatistix and his rival is bound to be a knockout.Asterix and Obelix help one little ancient British village hold out against the Roman invaders in ASTERIX IN BRITAIN. Our heroes must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce.In ASTERIX AND THE NORMANS, can Asterix and his friends teach the Normans the meaning of fear?There is no better way to enjoy the antics of our indomitable hero and his friends.

    They’re a team of death-row super villains recruited by the government to take on missions so dangerous they’re sheer suicide! Harley Quinn! Deadshot! King Shark! Defeated and imprisoned, they’re being interrogated about their mission—and about who’s pulling the strings behind this illegal operation.

    They have to rescue their fellow Villagers before their souls pass on to Tuonela, the land of eternal sleep.

    The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series from the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato! The Flash knows he can't be everywhere at once, but what happens when he faces an all-new villain who really can! As if that's not bad enough, this villain is a close friend!

    

    John Carter is the greatest hero of two worlds! Marvel at these classic tales of danger and daring as Carter battles deadly opponents, warring civilizations and a host of Barsoomian beasts.

    and a door into hell in the cavern below. The black door is open, and it's up to a 16-year-old smith named Ben Locke to find a way to close it. The biggest mysteries of the Locke & Key series are resolved as Clockworks opens, not with a bang, but with the thunderous crash of English cannons.

    He will travel time and space, fighting killer robots and facing down beings of godlike power.

    That goes for treble for Frank himself, who is kept in a state of total ineducability by the unseen forces of that haunted realm. And so the question arises: what would happen if Frank were to leave The Unifactor? The question is answered in Congress of the Animals, Jim Woodring's much-anticipated, second full-length graphic novel. In this gripping saga an act of casual rudeness sets into motion a chain of events which propels Frank into a world where he is on his own at last; and like so many who leave home, Frank finds himself contending with realities of which he had no previous inkling.In Congress of the Animals we are treated to the pitiful spectacle of Frank losing his house, taking a factory job, falling in with bad company, fleeing the results of sabotage, escaping The Unifactor in an amusement park ride, surviving a catastrophe at sea, traveling across hostile terrain toward a massive temple seemingly built in his image, being treated roughly by gut-faced men and intervening in an age-old battle in a meadow slathered in black and yellow blood. And when he finally knocks on opportunity's door he finds... he finds... The answer, my friend, is blowin' into bookstores in April, 2011.

    How do his choices affect not only Riverdale, but the world and everyone around him? Is it a match made in heaven? Will he find that he can’t put a price on love?Collects the first six chapters of both Archie Marries Veronica and Archie Marries Betty, the most critically acclaimed storyline Archie has ever published, as originally seen in the newsstand magazine Life with Archie.

    As the plasma grows, she gets closer and closer to answers with the help of the original owner of the atomic suit she now wears. A lunatic with powers from the plasma is determined to take Julie and her suit for his own and destroys everything that stands in his way. Julie''s mission becomes too hot for her to handle alone and along with Ivy and Dillon, she must stop the makers of the suit from harnessing the plasma for their own destructive use.

    Comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee make history! In a universe where super heroes are strange and new, Batman has discovered a dark evil that requires him to unite the World’s Greatest Heroes!

    Don’t miss the first appearances of some of the team’s biggest foes including Deathstroke and Trigon, as well as a confrontation with the Justice League of America and Doom Patrol foes The Brotherhood of Evil.

    Spike leads an intergalactic bug crew though time and space in order to get back to planet Earth!

    Since 1996, Finder has set the bar for science-fiction storytelling, with a lush, intricate world and compelling characters. Now, Dark Horse is proud to present the first four story arcs of Carla Speed McNeil's groundbreaking series in a single, affordably priced volume. Follow enigmatic hero Jaeger through a "glorious, catholic pileup of high-tech SF, fannish fantasy, and street-level culture clash" (Village Voice), and discover the lush world and compelling characters that have carved Finder a permanent place in the pantheon of independent comics.

    This book features the best Sunday strips.Belly up to the buffet . . . it's time for a Sunday Brunch. Inside this immense all-you-can-read hardcover, close to 300 of the best and most popular full-color Sunday strips are presented along with annotations, essays, and original sketches by Zits creators Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. Parents themselves, Borgman and Scott have learned a thing or two about living with and parenting teenagers. Lauded by the Los Angeles Times "as one of the freshest and most imaginative strips," and designated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip twice by the National Cartoonists Society, Scott and Borgman's Zits offers shared experience on both sides of the generation gap.Inside Sunday Brunch, sixteen-year-old Jeremy, the son of parentals Connie and Walt, grapples with the latest trends, confronts hot-button issues ranging from sex and impending career choices, and tackles lighter topics such as sleep schedules and appetite cravings. Next Sunday, sleep a little later and make your pancakes and mimosa even more enjoyable with Zits Sunday Brunch.

    Featuring exclusive production artwork, behind-the-scenes photography, and in-depth cast-and-crew interviews, this four-book collection is a must have for any fan of Mighty Marvel movies! Includes IRON MAN: THE ART OF IRON MAN THE MOVIE HC, IRON MAN: THE ART OF IRON MAN 2 HC, THOR: THE ART OF THOR THE MOVIE HC and CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE ART OF CAPTAIN AMERICA - THE FIRST AVENGER HC.

    When John Constantine is run over by a truck, it takes a little while for England’s nicotine-fueled magus to realize that he’s perched between life and death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab, Constantine finds the London streets very different from when he left them behind as a series of occult murders and mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where Constantine was admitted.

    But what would you really get if you entrusted your hard-earned $1.69 to the post office?Mail-Order Mysteries answers this question, revealing the amazing truths (and agonizing exaggerations) about the actual products marketed to kids in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Pop-culture historian Kirk Demarais shares his astonishing collection, including:100 Toy Soldiers in a Footlocker Count Dante’s World’s Deadliest Fighting Secrets GRIT Hercules Wrist Band Hypno-Coin Life-Size Monsters Mystic Smoke Sea Monkeys Soil From Dracula’s Castle U-Control Ghost Ventrilo Voice Thrower...and many, many more!With more than 150 extraordinary, peculiar, and downright fraudulent collectibles, Mail-Order Mysteries is a must-have book comic book fans everywhere. Trust us.

    In that fateful moment a terrifying new horror was unleashed upon the world... the creature known as Carnage.Carnage returns deadlier than ever - along with his sinister sidekicks, the Doppelganger and his insanity-inducing girlfriend Shriek - and he's determined to see the streets of New York run red. Only the Amazing Spider-man and the Invincible Iron Man can stop him! But first the Wall-Crawler and the Golden Avenger must uncover the connection between the malevolent mass-murderer and the up-and-coming industrialist Michael Hall...Collecting Carnage #1-5 by Emmy Award winning writer Zeb Wells (Robot Chicken, Amazing Spider-man), with incredible art by Clayton Crain (Ghost Rider: The Road to Damnation, Venom Versus Carnage).

    In this first volume, Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Rosa's very first Donald Duck stories are collected in the order they were originally printed.

    Collected edition of issues #0 and #1 of the Lady Mechanika series,

    IRREDEEMABLE dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain? A "twilight of the superheroes"- style story that examines super-villains from the writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!

    but something sinister and deadly lurks behind its walls. When six gifted, but troubled, students arrive, they find themselves trapped and fighting for their lives as the secrets of the academy reveal themselves!This oversized hardcover collects everything to date of the YALSA-winning series from issues #1-12, plus many behind-the-scenes bonuses and other features.

    Harper and her step-brother, Tolliver Lang, have just completed a job in Sarne, Arkansas, but that doesn't mean their work is done. More people are turning up dead, and Harper might just be falling for the town's deputy, a handsome, rugged man whose wife died under mysterious circumstances... Grave Sight Part 2 features 44-pages of story and art, with the balance consisting of bonus and behind-the-scenes material.

    Forget the Silver Age, and bag the Golden Age - this is the Age of Reptiles! Ricardo Delgado, winner of the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, and a prolific development and storyboard artist (Men in Black, The Incredibles, WALL-E, X-Men Origins, Wolverine, and The Matrix series) has crafted epic tales about the most unlikely cast of characters, dinosaurs!This volume collects long-out-of-print Age of Reptiles miniseries Age of Reptiles and Age of Reptiles: The Hunt, the never-before-collected third series, Age of Reptiles: The Journey, and a wide assortment of bonus material, including supplementary text pieces, a cover-art gallery, and sketchbook material.

    Don Rosa's classic run of Donald Duck stories continues with classic tales collected and reprinted for the fi rst time in two decades. In this volume, Donald's travels take him across the globe and time, from Norway for the Winter Olympics to the Middle Ages for an epic battle against none other than King Arthur himself.

    Now, he and his spawn of infinite evil have come to the American Midwest to tear a new hole in A.I.M. - but none of them counted on Cap and Agent 13 stumbling into the mix.Collecting: Captain America 15-21

    Losses have been high and life expectancy is low, but Ken remains undaunted - until he meets his crew, a foulmouthed, battle-hardened bunch with no time for new boys who can't stand the pace. Together, they must take the war to the enemy over the most heavily-defended region of the Third Reich- the industrial heartland of the Ruhr, known to the men who face the flak and nightfighters as Happy Valley. Battlefields: Firefly & His Majesty - The Tankies' Sergeant Stiles returns, recently promoted and angrier than ever He's got a new crew and a new tank - a Sherman Firefly with a high-velocity gun capable of taking out even the fearsome German Tiger. Too bad the enemy have a new tank of their own - the mighty King Tiger, with twice the armor and firepower of the original Battlefields: Motherland - Lieutenant Anna Kharkova is posted to single-seat fighter aircraft and sent straight into action. Hardened and embittered by the loss of her comrades, Anna is only too keen to get her teeth into the enemy- but with Russian and German armies about to collide in the titanic battle of Kursk, her first flight with her new squadron may well be her last

    It's a red-alert laugh riot when all of Springfield moves in with Mr. Burns after a hazardous nuclear cloud engulfs the town. Then, fire up the grill as Krusty the Clown's famous franchise gets some not-so friendly competition from a new burger meister--Homer Simpson And when Springfield faces its worst financial crisis in history, Mayor Quimby sets off a firestorm of trouble by declaring that the town be open for business 24/7. Watch the pies fly after Marge hires Krusty the Clown as her new life coach. Finally, in an incendiary fable, Homer is appointed the new fire chief and literally decides to fight fire with fire. This volatile and explosive comic collection will ignite a wildfire of hysterics.* *Caution: This edition does not come equipped with any laugh-saving devices.

    This 2nd Edition, completely remade by writer Cullen Bunn and Illustrator Joe Flood, the book encapsulates ideas from over 500 rich and successful people on how to achieve your dreams and get rich doing it. Money-making secrets complete with drive-it-home illustrations.

    This isn't your average visual aid full of boring, lifeless models in the same staid poses.In this book, you get WHAM! (Karate chop to the head!) WHOOSH! (Leaping out of danger!) ARGH! (I've been shot!). Running, flying, kicking, wielding weapons, it's all here, along with a great selection of casual activities (talking on the phone, getting dressed, drinking) for carrying your storyline forward.1,200 dynamic facial expressions and poses, with an emphasis on actionExtreme angles, perspective and special lighting poses for maximizing dramaMale and female models represent a range of ages and ethnicities16 step-by-step demonstrations show how professional comic artists from DC, Marvel and other top publishers use photo references to create cutting-edge artThis collection brings together all three previously published Comic Artist's Photo Reference books, along with brand new actions and demonstrations. It's powerful inspiration for drawing smokin' scenes and creating authentic characters that leap off the page.

    His terrifying ghouls were as gruesome as his tantalizing girls were gorgeous The introduction is by Eisner winner Craig Yoe and details Powell's comics career with extensive and revealing quotes from a recently discovered manuscript about his work penned by Powell himself. The front matter is profusely illustrated with rare ephemera and flawless reproductions of Powell's original art. Bob Powell's Terror prints a generous amount of horror comics stories carefully scanned and reproduced from vintage horror-era comics, many of them quite rare and expensive - if you could find them This beautifully designed, 148-page, library-quality, full-color hardback book is Volume 2 in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series. The first volume, still available, was Dick Briefer's Frankenstein, published last Halloween to great acclaim. As with the entire line of Yoe Books, the reproduction techniques employed strive to preserve the look and feel of expensive vintage comics. Painstakingly remastered, enjoy the closest possible recreation of reading these comics when first released.

    Look, creating a universe is hard enough, but on top of that, I was dealing with an unappreciative flake of a boss and brown-nosing, controlling colleagues.

    Light unveils his latest creations: the Robot Masters! But when the nefarious Dr. Wily steals them for his own sinister purposes, there is no one left to stop him. No one - except Mega Man! Don't miss the first issue of this brand new ongoing series based on Capcom's long-running and best-selling video game sensation! Available with a regular cover by Patrick 'Spaz' Spaziante or a sketch cover by Chad Thomas.

    

    Can a powerless Flash defeat Captain Cold and Mirror Master to save the city he loves? Plus, the Flash is shocked to learn that a strange cult is killing all the people he has ever rescued. Featuring art by fan-favorites Ethan Van Sciver, Scott Kolins and more!Collects THE FLASH #164-176, THE FLASH: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1, THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS and THE FLASH SECRET FILES #3!

    Did we mention it's Prom Night?! Don't miss out the startling 4th chapter of True Blood Volume 2!

    No, not a night out in Flint, Michigan but the Land of Id. A one horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart's award winning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. If this doesn't make you laugh, you're better off in Michigan. Collecting together a complete year of strips that helped to make Brant Parker and Johnny Hart one of the world's best loved creative teams, and make the Wizard of Id one of the most popular cartoons of all time.

    Nearly two decades in the making, Fracture is less a graphic novel and more a self-exorcism onto the printed page, evidence of how emotionally explosive graphic novels can be.

    Oisin, a druid on the eve of his initiation, meets Byron, a troubled werewolf, and they fall in love, but will they be allowed to remain together?The digital edition includes special features including all new design and cover artwork, video book trailers for books one and two, and eight sketchbook pages.Fearful Hunter was the recipient of the 2010 Prism Comics Queer Press Grant.

    Atomic Robo is secretly hired by the U.S. Army to infiltrate the hidden Himalayan mountain base of Baron Heinrich Von Helsingard before he perfects a superweapon for the Nazis.

    Bill desperately tries to control the chaos Jessica has created-and this time he may not be able to fix things! Meanwhile, Sookie and Eric confront the individual responsible for the contaminated Tru Blood, but what is the dark secret behind the Vampire Liberation Front? Find out in the penultimate chapter of "Tainted Love!"

    With this special edition, it all ends.

    But now that truce has reached a bloody end and Andrew must do everything in his power to stop Mary and her dark forces from going on a killing spree!

    Sookie wants to save her, but will Bill let her? Meanwhile, Jason makes a horrible discovery and the mysterious Vampire Liberation Front reveal themselves to the world! It's the second part of the second fangtasic volume of the True Blood comic!

    Bill rushes to rescue Sookie from the clutches of the so-called Vampire Liberation Front... but can he save both of the women in his life before the sun comes up? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to TRUE BLOOD: TAINTED LOVE!

    Based on the game DEADLANDS from Pinnacle Entertainment! Visionary Comics and Pinnacle Entertainment present the first of four one-shots by industry superstars, bringing the weird Western world of DEADLANDS to comics! In this issue: The Havey Award-winning HIGH MOON team of DAVID GALLAHER & STEVE ELLIS tell the story of inventor Copernicus Blackburne, who risks even his immortal soul in his Faustian quest to build 'The Devil's Six-Gun!'

    After years of failure, Eric has finally found something he's good at, and is determined to let the world know. The follow-up to December's critically acclaimed, quickly sold-out one-shot, this new miniseries is again written by Jason Ciaramella and Joe Hill, with art by Zach Howard and Nelson Daniel. Explore your dark side.

    

    She and her army of ruthless assassins have sworn to kill Tank Girl, or die trying! Can she possibly succeed?

    the immortal chalice! Takes place in a land where people not only coexist with animals, but develop their mannerisms, tribes find themselves on the brink of war, and not everything is as it seems in the Land of Lions.

    Tank Girl is BACK with an all-new, sumptuously colored look!But that’s not all that’s about to change… Join us for an epic dose of fun and games as a trip to see the filming of a TV game-show catapults Tank Girl, Booga and all her friends into an insane mission of vengeance and… spiritual awakening? Will Tank Girl ever be the same again?

    while on a journey of spiritual awakening?!

    

    2294. In the wake of ecological and environmental disaster, the human race stands on the brink of extinction, their world dying all around them. Struggling to find answers, humanity looks out to the stars for their continued survival, not realizing that their last hope could turn out to be their greatest enemy.

    On a lonely stretch of highway, Vampirella faces off against her most murderous foes yet: a trio of demonic assassins, drunk on newfound freedom and bloodlust and intent on making the vampiric heroine's death something special...

    Follow the journey of Marineman from celebrated marine biologist and TV presenter to sea-breathing marine superhero as Ian (Hulk, Supergirl) Churchill's critically acclaimed Marineman series is collected into one feature-filled volume packed with bonus material and a foreword by industry legend and Watchmen co-creator, Dave Gibbons!

    The legendary Stan 'The Man' Lee and artist extraordinaire Marcos Martin bring the real world into Spidey's world in this collection of their two-page Spidey Sunday strips, straight from the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! Get ready for a heaping helping of fourth-wall-breaking, web-swinging wonder in the Mighty Marvel Manner...

    When Abbey learns that the elusive Book of the Dead has resurfaced and fallen into nefarious hands, she and the Danger Girls embark on a mission to track down the powerful tome. But when their journey leads them to cross paths with another seeking the book - a man with a personal vendetta and a literal hand in the book's sordid history - they find themselves spiraling through the most outrageous and sure-to-be-talked-about cross-over event of the year! Don't miss Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness #1 coming up in April 2011! Written by Danger Girl co-creator Andy Hartnell and drawn by Red Sonja's Chris Bolson, featuring covers by Danger Girl co-creator and legendary comics favorite J. Scott Campbell, as well as Nick Bradshaw!

    This is a special comic book issue of 100 pages, reprinting "Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World" and "Planetary/JLA: Terra Oculta" collecting both in this same edition.

    Now journey back to the days of drive-ins and hula hoops and join Archie and his teenage friends as they frolic through the frantic Fifties! Read about Archie's Scottish ancestors! See the girls in cassimere sweaters, plaid skirts, and bobbysox! Experience the time Archie and Jughead became beatniks! Behold an Elvis look-alike mesmerizing Riverdale! Witness as Moose takes apart Archie, literally! Follow Archie's lead as the group hoot it up at the sock hop! Glide with the gang as they rollerskate through the magical world of Riverdale, and laugh again at the antics of American's #1 Teenagers!

    Captivating and curious images on building facades from musical instruments to a pencil, a phone, a big wheel with wings, and others will engage children to want to learn more about the characters, plots and settings of these amazing buildings and of buldings all around them.

    Co-created by writer Donald Glut in 1972 -- who also provides this volume's insightful introduction -- the character came into his own when artist Jesse Santos was assigned to Spektor's ongoing comic-book series. This volume collects the Glut and Santos Doctor Spektor stories from The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor #8-12, plus the Spektor stories found in Spine-Tingling Tales #4 and the hard-to-find Mystery Comics Digest #s 10, 11, and 21, and Golden Comics Digest #s 25, 26, and 33.

    

    But when he crosses paths with the mysterious and enchanting Emma Bishop, has the smartest man in the world met his equal?

    Now they come to life for tabletop gaming in DC Adventures Heroes & Villains! Volume 1 covers characters A-K, from Abra Kadabra and Adam Strange through Kid Flash and Kobra. Each entry comes complete with DC Adventures game information, character details, and a full-color illustration from one of DC Comics' best artists. Heroes & Villains also includes entries on various teams, from the Justice League and Justice Society to the Injustice Gang and the Fearsome Five. With Heroes & Villains in-hand, you have a tremendous wealth of material for your DC Adventures games, all usable with the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds game system.

    Sabretooth; the beginning of Archangel and Psylocke's relationship; and Mystique, bent on revenge! Witness the final moments in the lives of the X-Men before their world changes forever!