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Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Pérez, Vol. 1


George Pérez - 2005
    Fantastic in...the Frightful Four? Also featuring the Incredible Hulk, Luke Cage, the High Evolutionary, and costumed characters never seen before or since! Collects Fantastic Four #164-167, #170, #176-178, #184-186.

The Spectre: Crimes and Punishments


John Ostrander - 1993
    Retold and redefined in this volume is the origin of the Spectre, the most powerful being in the universe. As the Wrath of God bonded on a human soul, the Spectre roams the Earth in order to confront evil and avenge the unavenged dead as a form of penance. Paying for his earthly sins, the Spectre must not only oppose evil but also understand why men commit it. Once this metaphysical journey is completed, his mortal soul will be freed and another will be called upon on this holy mission of redemption.

The Power of Shazam!


Jerry Ordway - 1993
    Lightning strikes! For young Billy Batson, the adventure of a lifetime begins, and Captain Marvel--the world's mightiest mortal is born. This graphic novel reintroduces the Captain Marvel character, who has been given the magnificent powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

Spider-Man Visionaries: Todd McFarlane, Vol. 1


David Michelinie - 2001
    He then went on to create the multimedia explosion known as Spawn. Now, see how it all began.Collects:- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #298-#305

The Punisher: Return to Big Nothing


Steven Grant - 1989
    Untreated, they fester and grow into the diseases of fear, uncertainty and hopelessness. Unaided, the law is blinded by bureaucracy and bound to a justice bent toward the protection even of the criminal. The face of a kinder and gentler nation is destroyed, carved into a harlequin's mask; a grim skull. And the wielders of the scythe laugh, secure in the knowledge that their crimes will go without punishment.They are wrong. In the urban jungle, there is one who stands alone and apart; one who lives not for the law, but only to see justice done. The Punisher reaps a different harvest.Once, he was Frank Castle, loving husband and father. A tour in Vietnam had shown him what war was. Part of him died there, but a precious part stayed alive, determined to return to the family he loved, and the peace and freedom that was his America. Part of him held on to live, until his family died in a hail of mob gunfire, victims of the wrong place and wrong time.Daily, criminals greedily cut their portions from the souls of the weak and weary, the foolish and the frightened. One man senses how the guilty feed like parasites on the heart of the American Dream. One man hears when evil laughs at the law. One man sees clearly that the most powerful criminals have placed themselves above the law. One man has become their judge, their jury.One man has become their Punisher.

A Very DC Rebirth Holiday


Paul DiniEric Esquivel - 2016
    Then Harley herself takes center stage when she has to help an ailing Santa Claus get back to his holiday work, but discovers that Santa has no interest in hitching up the sleigh ever again!Discover how Gotham City celebrates the holidays in these Dark Knight stories that include the Eisner Award-winning "Good Boy" (from writer Tom King [RA1] and artist David Finch), which introduces a new take on Batman's best friend!A VERY DC REBIRTH CHRISTMAS showcases all-star creators Scott Snyder, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Paul Dini, Neal Adams, Gene Luen Yang, Steve Orlando, Joseph Michael Linsner, Ian Churchill, Andrea Mutti and many more.Collecting DC REBIRTH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1, HARLEY QUINN #10 and BATMAN ANNUAL #1, it's the perfect gift for good guys and gals on anyone's list![RA1]Gentle reminder that I don't check creator names as a rule--I happen to know this one!

Midnighter: The Complete Wildstorm Series


Garth EnnisJustin Gray - 2017
    Vaughan (Y: THE LAST MAN) and others, with art by Chris Sprouse (TOM STRONG), Karl Story (NIGHTWING) and others including Glenn Fabry (THE AUTHORITY: KEV), John Paul Leon (Earth X) and Darick Robertson (TRANSMETROPOLITAN) comes a complete collection of Midnighter tales in MIDNIGHTER: THE COMPLETE WILDSTORM SERIES.The Midnighter is the most dangerous man on the planet--able to plan a fight a million moves ahead, capable of killing ruthlessly, relentlessly and without remorse.Fed up with his teammates in the Authority (including his husband, Apollo) and their lost mission of saving the world from itself, Midnighter strikes out on his own. Despite possessing superhuman abilities to see every move his opponents will make, Midnighter can't see what's ahead for himself. He's blackmailed into assassinating Hitler before the start of World War II; he's given a chance to find out about his past, before he became a superhuman killing machine; and he's hunted by an assassin with unlimited means.He's the Midnighter, what soldiers dream of becoming--what children see when they first imagine what death is like.This collection includes the entire WildStorm series, MIDNIGHTER #1-20 and MIDNIGHTER: ARMAGEDDON #1!

X-Men: Gambit: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1


Fabian Nicieza - 2016
    Gambit plays his cards right and vaults into his own kinetically-charged solo adventures! He's a lover and a thief, but what else does ragin' Cajun Remy LeBeau get up to when he isn't hangin' wit' de X-Men? Would you believe raiding lost temples of doom? Clashing with the deadly X-Cutioner? Or teaming up with Sabretooth? Still, there's always time for the ladies, like old friend Storm and his favorite cherie Rogue...but who is Gambit's gaseous green guardian?Collects Gambit (1999) #1/2, 1-11, Gambit Annual '99, Marvel Authentix: Gambit #1, Material from X-Men Unlimited (1993) #18

The Terrifics, Vol. 1: Meet the Terrifics


Jeff Lemire - 2018
    A shape-shifting wise guy. An intangible alien. An elemental powerhouse. At first glance, these four heroes have nothing in common. But when Plastic Man, Phantom Girl, Metamorpho and Mr. Terrific are thrown together by fate, they become something greater than the sum of its parts...something truly terrific!Unleashed by a tragic accident, supernatural forces have bound this unlikely team together, stranding them deep in the nightmare realm known as the Dark Multiverse. Now they must learn to work together to find a cure for their condition, a pathway home...and a missing hero who just might hold the key to it all.But something even deeper than their shared plight binds them together. In each of these incredible characters, the spirt of exploration and the hope for a better tomorrow burns so brightly that not even the black magic of the Dark Multiverse can snuff it out!Join the journey in The Terrifics Vol. 1: Meet the Terrifics. The all-star creative team of Jeff Lemire, Ivan Reis, Evan "Doc" Shaner and Joe Bennett usher in a new age of heroes with the most talked-about team book of the year!Collects The Terrifics #1-6.

Justice, Inc.


Michael E. Uslan - 2015
    and an alliance formed!When an airliner carrying industrialist Richard Henry Benson and his family disappears, it's the first strike in a secret cabal's master plan for world conquest. As genius adventurer Doc Savage and brutal vigilante The Shadow attempt to avert disaster with their science and bullets, Benson rises from the ashes with a fearsome new identity: The Avenger. Can three men of contrasting ideology and methodology cast aside their inherent differences and band together to conquer the overwhelming threat of the Voodoo Master and his mysterious allies?

Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold: The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1


Bob Haney - 2007
    The Caped Crusader teams up with some of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes in this titanic volume guest-starring Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Atom, Green Arrow and many others.

The Legion of Super-Heroes: Life and Death of Ferro Lad


Jim Shooter - 2009
    Collecting ADVENTURE COMICS #346, 347, 352-355 and 357! The Legion battles both the Fatal Five and the Sun Eater – and only the ultimate sacrifice can save Ferro Lad's friends!

Batman: Europa #1


Matteo Casali
    Superstar artist Jim Lee returns to the Dark Knight with this premiere issue! The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.Co-conceived by Matteo Casali and Brian Azzarello, this 4-issue miniseries event will feature art by top talents over layouts by the incomparable Giuseppe Camuncoli (HELLBLAZER, Dark Wolverine), with the first issue pencilled and inked by none other than Jim Lee!

Harbinger Wars: Deluxe Edition


Joshua DysartAmy Reeder - 2014
    When Bloodshot, Toyo Harada and Peter Stanchek join the chase, will the Valiant Universe be ready for its first all-out superhuman showdown?By acclaimed writers Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and Duane Swierczynski (Bloodshot) and superstar artists Clayton Henry (Harbinger Wars), Pere Pérez (Bloodshot), Trevor Hairsine (Harbinger Wars), Khari Evans (Harbinger), and Barry Kitson (Bloodshot), start reading here for a high-stakes tale that will put Valiant's greatest heroes to the ultimate test!Collecting: Harbinger Wars 1-4, Harbinger 11-14, & Bloodshot 10-13

All-New Captain America #1


Rick Remender - 2014
    This is it! The all-new, Spy-Fi, highflying adventures of Sam Wilson Captain America and Nomad begin here! Hydra is growing, the terrorist band have has infiltrated the Marvel Universe completely! But what is their ultimate goal?