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Dreadstar: The Beginning
Jim Starlin - 2010
These gorgeous, painted pages originally appeared in Epic from 1979 to 1982, and introduced audiences to Vance Dreadstar and the other characters whose saga would be continued in the Dreadstar series.
Raven #1
Marv WolfmanRuy Jose - 2016
“The White Carnival” part one! In a tale set between TEEN TITANS #24 and TEEN TITANS: REBIRTH #1, Raven takes a break from the team and moves to San Francisco to stay with her estranged aunt and face her most perilous challenge yet: high school! As Raven discovers more about her human side, one of her classmates goes missing under mysterious circumstances, and she must face an evil like none she’s known before!
Insexts Vol. 2: the Necropolis
Marguerite Bennett - 2017
But beneath the City of Light is a world of darkness, a world pulsing with witchcraft, seduction, and utter, obscene monstrosity...From the brilliant mind of Marguerite Bennett, the writer of the break-out hit ANIMOSITY, Bombshells and Batwoman, with artwork by AfterShock’s own Ariela Kristantina!
The Mad Archives, Vol. 1
Wallace Wood - 1982
It's visionary humor in a jugular vein, presented in a handsome hardcover format. Here is where it all began.
Groo: The Most Intelligent Man in the World
Sergio Aragonés - 1998
When the barbarian with the lowest IQ in the world starts passing out words of wisdom and advice, all of his old cohorts and enemies come out of the woodwork to find out what's wrong, and no one's more confused than Rufferto, the most loyal little dog in Plentia.
Marvel Comics Presents: Wolverine, Vol. 1
Chris ClaremontTerry Kavanagh - 1988
1 Collects Marvel Comics Presents #1-10.
Manhunter
Archie Goodwin - 1974
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.
The Definitive Irredeemable Vol. 1
Mark Waid - 2011
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!
The X-Files: Season 10 #3
Joe Harris - 2013
Meanwhile, Mulder uncovers more of the truth than he can handle when an old, cigarette-smoking "friend" pays him a visit.
War of Kings: Ascension
Dan Abnett - 2009
Who is Talon? What does he want with the young Earthman that '90s comic junkies know as Chris Powell? What is the shocking truth that connects the hero called Darkhawk not only to the Shi'Ar, but to the larger cosmos? This title collects War of Kings: Ascension, numbered 1-4, and War of Kings: Darkhawk, numbered 1-2.
White Death
Robbie Morrison - 1998
Millions were sent to their deaths in pointless battles. The Italian Front stretched along the borders of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empires, in treacherous mountain regions. In the last months of 1916, a private in the Italian Bersaglieri returns to his childhood home in the Trentino mountain range to find it no longer a place of adventure and wonder as it was in his youth, but a place of death and despair. Amongst the weapons of both armies, none is more feared than the White Death: thundering avalanches deliberately caused by cannon fire... which, like war itself, consume everything in their path...
Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #1
Bill Mantlo
Together they are an unstoppable force in battle. In their first issue, Scarlet Witch faces a gaggle of demonic foes on Halloween. Good thing she brought back-up!
Batman: Gotham County Line
Steve Niles - 2005
BATMAN: GOTHAM COUNTY LINE TP Written by Steve Niles Art and cover by Scott Hampton Horror master Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) joins painter Scott Hampton (BATMAN: NIGHT CRIES) for a Batman tale that uncovers the secrets of grisly murders outside Batman's usual territory...in the Gotham suburbs!This volume collects the acclaimed 3-issue miniseries BATMAN: GOTHAM COUNTY LINE #1-3.
Alias the Cat!
Kim Deitch - 2005
But when she buys a mysterious old cat costume, she and Kim find themselves in wholly new territory: the lost world of Alias the Cat who, in 1915, appeared not only in a comic strip and film serial, but in real life as a freedom-fighting superhero.When Kim begins to research this forgotten figure, he uncovers one almost unbelievable story after another: about the Furries, a tiny subculture of people who dress up as cartoon animals in order to have sex; about Keller and Frankie, two seamen stranded on a Pacific island, forced to make cat toys to appease the natives; about the secret lover of Alias’s alter ego, Malek Janochek; and, of course, about Deitch’s own Waldo the Cat, the common thread weaving the stories together as Kim and Pam move toward a fateful showdown in Midgetville...New Jersey, of course.Alias the Cat is Kim Deitch at his eye-catching, mind-bending best.
The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic, Vol. 1
Tom DeFalcoMike Kanterovich - 2010
and a new crimefighting identity! No other Spider-storyline was as innovative or infamous as the 1990s Clone Saga, and you can follow it right from the start! Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #394, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #217, Spider-Man (1990) #51-53, Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #7, Web of Spider-Man #117-119, Spider-Man: The Lost Years #0-3, and subplot pages.