Now, Vertigo and DC Comics are proud to present the first of four definitive Absolute Editions collecting this groundbreaking series in its entirety. The Absolute Sandman, Volume One reprints issues 1-20 of The Sandman , and features all-new coloring on issues 1-18, commissioned especially for this edition. This volume also includes a full reproduction of Gaiman's original proposal for the series and the complete script and pencils by Gaiman and Charles Vess for the World Fantasy Award-winning story "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from The Sandman 19. Finally, a gallery of character design sketches show the evolution of Dream of the Endless.

    Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance.

    The new collection from cartoonist Lynda Barry, featuring the characters who have become favorites in her recent syndicated features and her popular collection Down the Street.

    After nearly two decades away, Miracleman uncovers his origins and their connection to the British military's "Project Zarathustra" - while his alter ego, Michael Moran, must reconcile his life as the lesser half of a god.

    Originally conceived in the 1960s by the visionary team of writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani, the Doom Patrol was reborn a generation later through Grant Morrison’s singular imagination. Though they are super-powered beings, and though their foes are bent on world domination, convention ends there. Shunned as freaks and outcasts, and tempered by loss and insanity, this band of misfits faces threats so mystifying in nature and so corrupted in motive that reality itself threatens to fall apart around them—but it’s still all in a day’s work for the Doom Patrol. Written by Grant Morrison and featuring art by Richard Case, John Nyberg, Doug Braithwaite, Scott Hanna and Carlos Garzón, Doom Patrol: Book One collects issues #19-34 and includes introductions by Morrison and editor Tom Peyer.

    Led by Nightwing, formerly known as Robin, the Teen Titans realize that growing up can mean growing apart. After a monumental battle against Trigon in which the heroes must sacrifice one of their own to defeat the satanic creature, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changeling, Starfire, Jericho and Nightwing must deal with the fact that lifetime friendships may not be enough to save their group from external threats and interpersonal issues.Collects: THE NEW TEEN TITANS #39 and 40, TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #41-44 and ANNUAL #3.

    A thoroughly enjoyable parody of superhero comics, this book offers a complete re-telling of all The Tick's adventures in The City. Color illustrations throughout.

    These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus.

    Having finally acquired the sacred weapons and approval he needed from the three other kings of Tir-Nan-Og, Slaine ascends to the position of High King - to immediately face his greatest threat, an army of Drunes, Sea Demons and other foul creatures! But Slaine's mission is two-fold; as High King, he must also lead his people away from the darkness and mystery of their old religions, back to a oneness with nature... not that he won't be breaking a few heads along the way!

    This graphic fantasy novel is the second of its kind, following on from "Raw" volume 1.

    There they discover a truth that neither expected, but both must come to accept. Previously published by D.C. Comics.

    Raised on the streets of Mega City One where he defied the law of Judge Dredd, Chopper grew to become the greatest skysurfer ever to slice the world's skies. A ruthless sponsor plans to turn the Supersurf 11 championship into a circus of violent destruction in which the top skysurfers compete against death itself.

    A black-and-white graphic novel of an X-Men adventure in mass-market format.

    Collecting all sixteen of the Concrete short stories originally published in Dark Horse Presents between 1986 and 1989.

    Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal." As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt's" point of view and to hell with the consequences. It chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Book One collects issues 1-4. Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club, Vietnam Journal is written and drawn by Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran. Max Brooks (World War Z) names Vietnam Journal as one of his best war comic series. "Lomax bases his fictional work on his real experiences in Vietnam in 1966, with powerful results. It is Lomax's concern for average soldiers that, in the end, makes his work significant." - Publishers Weekly. "This is, without a doubt, the most graphic, realistic and emotionally powerful portrayal of the Vietnam War that's ever been seen in comic form." - Jason E. Aaron, Wizard's 2008 Best Writer.

    

    Tolkien's thrilling masterpiece is designed especially for younger readers. With larger print and wider margins, as well as Tolkien's original interior illustrations and maps, this book brings the magic of iThe Hobbit/it to a whole new generation.

    

    It relates the complete history of the Green Hornet and his sidekick Kato, beginning with the original story as told on the radio. Introduced by Van Williams, TV's original Green Hornet.

    With the aid of his brother Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and others, he fights off the evil Bowser.

    A Cotton Candy Autopsy reprints Issue #1 of the Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children original series, with additional material.

    Asked what was the worst dream he ever had, Jeff said: "I dreamt I picked up the morning paper and "The Family Circus" wasn't in it."Rest assured, Jeff. It won't happen.The Family Circus now appears worldwide in more than 1300 newspapers!

    

    In their desperate attempt to escape an Earth overrun with aliens, their ship lands at a top secret Marine Base where a crazed General is attempting to train aliens for use in battle!Newt and Hicks join with the survivors of General Spear's army of Marines in a desperate attempt to reclaim the Earth from the aliens, but it is an effort that seems to be doomed from the start! However, help comes from an unexpected quarter in this spectacular conclusion to one of the most popular miniseries of the year!

    Good ninjas never die, let alone the baddest one of all! Fan favorite Frank Miller ushers his awesome assassin through good and evil, life and death, rebirth and more! Who is the otherworldly entity in pursuit of the presidency? When has Elektra met her greatest triumphs and tragedies? Why did she die, and how did she return? Where do smarmy cyborgs and killer dwarves come from? And What If all this had never happened at all? Guest-starring Daredevil! Collects Elektra: Assassin #1-8, Elektra Lives Again, Bizarre Adventures #28, What If? #35.

    

    

    Relax into yer fav'rit easy chair with yer fab snack and "HOT" new book and howl about lycra-clad buffoons, guffaw over bolt-slammin' geeks, split a gut at Avalanche Poodles, collapse on the floor in a weepin' heap of laughter cuz of Climbing Tales of Terror.

    11 of them originally appeared in issues of The Dreamery by Eclipse Comics in the late 1980s.All these stories take place in the Geiselthal. None of the Wartime stories are included in this collection.

    --April foolers. --Knightly rivals. --In terms of black and white / Bruce Hamilton. --Pool sharks. --Trouble with dimes.

    In a world that is forever trying to keep them apart, two very special people fight to keep their love alive.

    Hearts and Minds is a graphic, realistic examination of the Vietnam Conflict, traced through three lives in transition, and two loves in conflict.Follow this epic of human emotion in war and at war through the eyes of an American solider, his counterpart in the Viet Cong, and the Vietnamese woman they both love, played out against the drama of modern history's most controversial war.

    

    Two editions are available: 500 numbered copies in a Deluxe cloth slipcase and signed by Robert Crumb; and a special edition with an original artwork, limited to ten copies (price on request).

    In return, he's pledged to kill half the population of the universe. To do so, he sets out to secure the most powerful weapons in existence: the Infinity Gems!Collects: Thanos Quest 1-2

    

    

    

    Those crazy people at MAD predict a whirlwind of profits with this hilarious collection of one of the nation's favorite comic series.

    Reprints:The Taxidermist (2000AD Progs 507 to 510)Hagatha Smeld (2000AD Prog 419)The Numbers Racket (2000AD Progs 218 to 219)The Exo-Men (2000AD Progs 111 to 112)

    Much to their surprise, the companions arrive in a decrepit bowling alley on the south side of Chicago and are forced to take up residency in the modern world.

    

    He's an anti-hero who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery and genuine magic skill. V FOR VENDETTA illustrator David Lloyd provides painted artwork for the tale of an encounter with a strange woman who is the embodiment of the world's horrors. This volume also features some of Constantine's earliest adventures including his first victory in the long war with the demon Nergal.

    Get ready for an all-new collection of Mike Peter's hilarious and award-winnign Mother Goose and Grimm comic strips never before published in book form and featuring an introduction by June Lockhart.

    Collecting issues #1-4, 124 full color pages.