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Dept. H Omnibus Volume 1
Matt Kindt - 2019
What she uncovers is a mind-blowing crime scene filled with suspects with terrible secrets, strange deep-sea creatures, and an impending flood!This Omnibus Edition collects Issues #1-12 of Dept. H!
Star Trek: Year Five - Weaker Than Man
Jackson Lanzing - 2021
Terrible secrets are revealed, among them the origin of Gary Seven and the grand designs of the shadowy AEGIS organization. Can Kirk and the Enterprise crew excise this corruption, or will the five-year mission end in failure?Collects issues #13-19 of the ongoing series by writers Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Jody Houser, and Jim McCann with artists Angel Hernandez, Silvia Califano, and J.K. Woodward.
Frankenstein
Junji Ito - 1999
Uncanny doppelgängers, unfortunately murdered friends, and a whole lot more are in store for him.BONUS: The Ito family dog! Thrill to the adventures of Non-non Ito, an adorable Maltese!
Superman: Brainiac
Geoff Johns - 2008
Now, Brainiac has set his sights on destroying Earth and finishing off the Last Son of Krypton once and for all. This epic battle will change Superman's world forever.Collecting ACTION COMICS #866-870 and material from SUPERMAN: NEW KRYPTON SPECIAL #1.
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Volume 4
Mike MignolaJoe Querio - 2019
continues to lead the defense against the apocalyptic Ogdru Hem from Japan to America, as the team splits up and Kate is possessed. Howards and a team of agents find themselves attempting to liberate a small town that holds secrets from Howards' hyperborean past.Elsewhere, B.P.R.D. field agent Ashley Strode attempts to purge a demon from a 100-year-old exorcist, utilizing a deadly rite that sends both of them into a spiritual hell and setting her on a path to battling a demon who is kidnapping and eating children.Collects:B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 10: The Devil's WingsB.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 11: Flesh and StoneB.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth – Volume 14: The ExorcistAdditional Material:Introduction by Scott AllieExpanded Sketchbook
Mass Effect, Volume 1: Redemption
Mac Walters - 2010
The story of what happens next - exclusive to this graphic novel - will have the commander's companion Dr. Liara T'Soni undertake a deadly mission of extraordinary importance in the Milky Way's lawless Terminus Systems.Book Details:
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 6/2/2010
Pages: 96
Collects MASS EFFECT: REDEMPTION #1-4.
RWBY Official Manga Anthology Vol. 1: Red Like Roses
Monty Oum - 2017
1: Red Like Roses has a total of 20 side stories.One side story includes Mercury persuading Ruby to dance with him during the Beacon Dance.Another side story is about Weiss asking the rest of her team to search for a shadow entity that she saw in the middle of Beacon Academy. It turns out to be a sleepwalking Nora, whom Ren finds and brings back to their dorm.
The Planetary Omnibus
Warren Ellis - 2011
Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters.Collecting: Planetary 1-27, Preview; Planetary/Authority: Ruling the World; Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta; Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth
Change
Aleš Kot - 2012
The people who might be able to stop it from becoming a myth are an unruly bunch - a rapper turned film producer W-2, a screenwriter-turned-car thief Sonia, a mysterious astronaut coming back to Earth and a small boy hidden inside a bigger boy. Against them: crazed cultists, rogue National Security Agency operators, something large and terrible in the Ocean...and perhaps even time itself. No pressure.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Black & White Classics, Vol. 1
Kevin Eastman - 2014
He shares the story of his master’s murder and asks them to avenge this death and kill the one responsible, the man known as ... Shredder!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires: The Thrill
Becky Cloonan - 2009
He's a hard worker and a reliable friend to Alexia, an athletic and headstrong young woman. But at night Jacob likes to cut loose at the local arcade, where he's befriended a reckless gang of vampires who enjoy drinking his blood. Jacob craves the high and the easy escape from the monotony of his life that this "bloodletting" provides.Enter the mysterious and sultry May, who can help Jacob leave those high-school days behind -- that is, if Alexia doesn't stop her first.
Star Wars Omnibus: Knights of the Old Republic, Volume 1
John Jackson Miller - 2013
Little does the galaxy know, Zayne’s own Masters are behind the massacre and dead set on recovering him before he can reveal the truth. Collects Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic issues #0–#18 (volumes 1–3).* Expands the story of the smash-hit videogames!
Fray
Joss Whedon - 2003
Stuck in the middle is a young girl who thought she had no future, but learns she has a great destiny. In a world so poisoned that it doesn't notice the monsters on its streets, how can a street kid like Fray unite a fallen city against a demonic plot to consume mankind? Joss Whedon, the celebrated creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, brings his vision to the future in this unique tale. As inventive in the comics medium as in that of television or film, Whedon spins a complex tale of a skilled thief coming of age without the help of friends or family, guided only by a demonic Watcher.