But sometime, the sun's glare got uncomfortably fierce, and Sanjna could not bear it. She devised the perfect cover for herself - Chhaya, her mirror image! Away from the blazing Surya, the lonely Sanjna pined for her beloved. Eventually, a way had to be found to ensure everyone's happiness.

    Narrated by Stan (the Man) Lee, that stellar storyman who saw comics as more than dime-store material and turned his characters into 20th-century mythology.Included are the beginnings of The Fantastic Four, which hurled Marvel out of the area of monsters without soul into the age of cosmic heroes; The Hulk, brilliant scientist turned muddled monster; Spider-Man, the teenage superhero known affectionately to aficionados as "Spidey"; Thor, the surgeon turned Norse god with the mystical hammer and the Shakespearean speech pattern; and finally Dr. Strange, the oddball magician who uses his Satanic powers on the side of good.After you read the big full-color stories and learn about the first heady inspirations from Stan, you will see why Origins of Marvel Comics stands alone as one of the great classics - an undying tribute to Marvel mania.

    Feared as a monster, hailed as a god, by turns wonderfully benevolent and pitiless in his wrath, the Swamp Thing has carved his unique niche in the American Landscape.Writer Len Wein and legendary horror artist Bernie Wrightson, the original creators of the most complex creature in comics, brought the "Swamp Thing" to life in an 8-page story from HOUSE OF SECRETS #92. Now that classic story, plus the first ten issues of SWAMP THING Volume One, are reprinted in a new edition of SWAMP THING: DARK GENESIS - a 240-page VERTIGO trade paperback.In DARK GENESIS, learn the astonishing secret of Swamp Thing's "birth"; share the forbidden passions of Anton Arcane and the measureless sorrow of the Patchwork Man; shiver to the timeless horror of the witch named Rebecca Ravenwind and of a tortured Scottish werewolf. These eleven stories are not merely acknowledged classics of the comics field; they are an incredible reading experience, and the ideal introduction to the many-faceted creature known as Swamp Thing.

    Amazingly fearless yet dutiful, scholarly yet humble, young Shankara packed several lifetimes into his 32 brilliant years. He travelled and toiled, suffered joys and sorrows, and eventually perfected a philosophical system that, more than a thousand years later, still instructs and guides seekers of the ultimate Truth.

    But when a fanatical organization called the Council repaired and altered Kirk, he began a new chapter in his existence. In the international conspiracy adventure MANHUNTER: THE SPECIAL EDITION, Kirk breaks free of the Council's confines and vows to destroy their evil organization. Enhanced with greater reflexes and a miraculous healing factor, the Manhunter is joined by a female Interpol agent and Batman as he sets out on his mission to destroy his Council-serving clones and thwart their plot of world domination.

    Burning with anger and humiliation, Drona was filled with a desire for revenge. That was the only tragic flaw in a brave and supremely talented archer who taught the use of arms to the Kaurava and the Pandava princes.

    

    

    He drank all the waters of the ocean to expose the wicked Kalkeyas, who hid there after challenging the Gods to battle. Agastya is the most well-known among the Saptarshi. His stories are found not just in the Vedas but are scattered through the Brahmanas and the Puranas as well. These stories are known not only in India but are also a part of S.E. Asian mythology.

    It was translated into French, German and Italian, and was also made into a movie, The Perils of Gwendoline (1984, directed by Just Jaeckin).This revised edition was published on December 9, 1999, the birthday of 'John Willie', as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the first edition. It's been expanded to 368 pages, which includes a wealth of previously unpublished and uncollected work by the artist. New to this edition are black and white reproductions of drawings and paintings (circa 193550), most from original artwork and never previously published, as well as an equal number of full-color pages also previously unpublished. The biographical introduction has been expanded to include much new information about J.W. including photographs.

    Snoopy Cartoons: Over 600 black-and-white strips and 96 pages full color

    204 A cadet is newly recruited into the jungle force. On his first outing something goes wrong . Later he is shown to have a shady past. Is he here to wreck the force or is he simply framed . A must read for all Phantom Lovers.

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    The picaresque adventures of Michael Morbius, infected with a disease that gives him the drives and some of the powers of a vampire. In this storyline, he is pulled around to various worlds by the Caretakers of Arcturus, whose Tara changes from little girl to be protected to temptress and back. Then once he deals with the Caretakers, he is harassed by ex-CIA agent Simon Stroud, who wants to bring him in for murder.

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    Limited printed one-shot.Originally published as "Buraikan Sabu"in Yagyo Magazine, Tokyo, Issue no5 (April 1974).This publication 25th November for Comic Art Tokyo& Black Hook Press.Translation by Ryan Holmberg (2017).Book Design - Mitsuhiro Asakawa, and James Stacey.

    Laughter deflates pretension and a good rap on the head sometimes transcends so-called logic. In the words of Zen, "Nothing is left for you but to laugh!"