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Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt
Mark Gruenwald - 1993
Reprints Captain America #357-364
Skullkickers, Vol. 1: 1000 Opas and a Dead Body
Jim Zub - 2011
Image's new hit fantasy action-comedy series has gone through multiple printings of each issue released so far and is getting rave reviews from readers and critics alike. Pick up the first collection and find out what all the excitement is about.Collects SKULLKICKERS #1-5 and the short stories from POPGUN, VOL. 2 & 3
Conan the Barbarian: The Life and Death of Conan, Book One
Jason Aaron - 2019
Robert E. Howard's creation returns to comics, in an epic tale as only MARVEL could bring you! Conan's travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unkown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between. As his fighting prowess allows him to carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death! This all-new ages-spanning saga forever changes Conan's destiny!COLLECTING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN 1-6
Death of Wolverine
Charles Soule - 2014
For Logan, the century-old mutant known as Wolverine, that time is now. The loss of his healing factor and the traumatic events of "Three Months To Die" have all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade. Over the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a savage, a samurai, a teacher - and so much more. Logan has spent decades being the best there is at what he does...but even the best fade away eventually. And now, the greatest X-Men hero will play a role he's never played before in this solemn special event brought to you by industry superstars Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.Collecting: Death of Wolverine 1-4
The Elektra Saga
Frank Miller - 1984
The first woman ever loved by Daredevil, the man without fear. Her touch was warmth. Her smile was light. Then, her father was murdered, and a soft heart became as stone. She left this country, driven by rage and grief, to study the many arts of killing with an order of ninja called The Hand - until she betrayed them. Forced into exile, she came back to the land known as America; now, as an assassin-for-hire. And for her crimes, this tragic, haunted woman is hunted by the one man she has ever cared for, remembered through years of loneliness and denial - Daredevil! When Elektra confronts her lost love, only death can follow.
Daredevil: Yellow
Jeph Loeb - 2002
Prizefighter Battlin' Jack Murdock's murder set in motion a chain of events that exploded with a new super-hero swinging out of New York City's Hell's Kitchen - the blind Acrobat Daredevil! Retelling of the early career of the Man Without Fear! The Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (Spider-Man: Blue, Batman: The Long Halloween) have taken an inspiring action-adventure story and blended it with a romantic comedy. The result, highlighted by Sale's dazzling ink washes, is the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of two young people in love - Matthew Murdock and Karen Page. Collects Daredevil: Yellow #1-6.
Dark Entries
Ian Rankin - 2009
He enters as a 'surprise' contestant and meets the other participants, learning that they all have secrets and that one of them must be 'channeling' poltergeists and/or be the murderer. But there are more surprises to come!
Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 1: The Cult of Koga Thun
Gerry Duggan - 2019
Opening the chest, the color sands inside gift him with a magic map that only he can see in his mind. Following the map to the Stygian city of Kheshatta, Conan finds much more than he bargained for, as others are after the treasure-including a dark sorcerer with an unexpected plan! A journey into the city's mysterious underground reveals more mysteries, harkening back to the earliest times of the Hyborian Age.COLLECTING: Savage Sword of Conan (2019) 1-5
Wolverine: Logan
Brian K. Vaughan - 2008
Vaughan (TV's Lost, Y: The Last Man) for a unique take on the man who's the best there is at what he does. Finally armed with long-lost memories from his past, Wolverine returns to one of his first battlefields to settle an old score in an all-new adventure with a shocking revelation about the man known as Logan. Collecting Logan #1-3, plus extras.
Thor: Vikings
Garth Ennis - 2001
Written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Glenn Fabry.
Silver Surfer, Vol. 1: New Dawn
Dan Slott - 2014
Bigger than you could ever imagine. And the Silver Surfer, lone sentinel of the skyways, is about to discover that the best way to see it...is with someone else. Meet Dawn Greenwood, the Earth girl who's challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known universe - into the strange, the new, and the utterly fantastic! Who is the Never Queen? How is the universe's future tied into her very existence? And why is she trying to destroy the Surfer? And when the Surfer tries to return Dawn home, he gets swept into a strange battle against Shuma-Gorath alongside Dr. Strange, the Hulk and more! The problem is, to stop Shuma-Gorath, Dawn will have to pay the price...with her life.COLLECTING: SILVER SURFER 1-5, ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE
Solomon Kane Volume 1: The Castle of the Devil
Scott Allie - 2005
Robert E. Howard's vengeance-obsessed puritan hero begins his supernatural adventures in the haunted Black Forest of Germany in this adaptation of Howard's "The Castle of the Devil."
Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Double Feature Vol. 2
Alex de Campi - 2014
Morality: expendable. Midnight is right for some over-the-top sex and violence, and this "Grindhouse" double feature is packing the aisles with blood 'n' guts and T 'n' A! Gasp as insatiable alien insects overtake a Southern town with only a one-eyed deputy to stop them in "Bee Vixens from Mars"! Shudder as the sexy lady convicts of Block E revolt against an insane warden in "Prison Ship Antares"! Tremble in anticipation at the gallery of shocking "coming attractions"! Get filthy with this unique experience from Alex de Campi's "Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight"!Collects issues #5-#8 of the miniseries in a filthy flipbook.
The Last Temptation
Neil Gaiman - 1997
Afraid of ghost stories, afraid of growing up... just afraid. That is, until he meets the mysterious Showman and his Theatre of the Real. Steven takes a ticket and watches the show on a dare, but getting out of the performance will be harder than he ever imagined. And then Steven learns what it is to be truly afraid. Neil Gaiman, internationally acclaimed and bestselling writer of both prose fiction (Neverwhere, Stardust) and graphic novels (The Sandman, Signal to Noise) teams with veteran artist Michael Zulli (The Sandman, Creatures of the Night) to create this dark and brooding morality tale. The Last Temptation is the latest addition to Dark Horse's proud and growing library of Neil Gaiman hardcovers. Originally published as part of the short-lived Marvel Music line of the early '90s, Zulli's lush and beautiful duoshade artwork is now showcased in a new format for this stunning second edition.
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
Grant MorrisonMichel Lacombe - 2011
This is the final chapter of the epic storyline that began in the bestselling graphic novels Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis in which the original Batman was lost in time.Collecting: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne 1-6