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Ultimate X-Men TPB: Ultimate Collection Vol. 1
 The world stands on the brink of genetic war. Mankind has made the first move, launching an army of giant, cybernetic executioners called Sentinels - programmed to target and eliminate the mutant DNA strand. Now, Magneto and his mutant terrorist cell are preparing to follow through on their threats of Homo sapien genocide. The only force that can prevent total annihilation: five awkward teenagers and their crippled mentor! Plus: The inexperienced X-Men must rely on the enigmatic and unproven Wolverine when they become pawns of the mysterious Weapon X program. Can Logan go it alone against the shadow-ops organization that transformed him into one of the world's most lethal killing machines? |
Superman/Batman TPB: World's Finest
 Dave gibbons writes, ...in the microcosm of super-hero comics, it seems to me that Superman and Batman have grown to become the resident manifestation of elemental polarity, the yang and yin of its exsistence. Superman embodies all that is powerful, clear and bright; Batman all that is subtle, obscure and dark. Their primal, complementary qualities have given rise to the entire field and, arguably, they define its parameters. This book collects: World's Finest #s 1-3 |
Preacher TPB Vol. 2: Until the End of the World
 A young Texas preacher with a power you won't believe embarks on an unforgettably bizarre journey. Small-town Texas minister Jesse Custer had all but lost the faith when he merged with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis and acquired peculiar powers and newfound purpose. Hitting the road with his sidekicks -- his trigger-happy girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire -- Jesse embarks on a frequently violent, often-hilarious, always-disturbing road trip from the heart of Texas through the nastier side of America. Collecting two rollicking storylines: In "All in the Family," Jesse heads south for a brutal confrontation with the demons from his past. In "Hunters," Jesse heads west to crash a party of positively Babylonian proportions. |
Ultimate Spider-Man TPB Vol. 10: Hollywood
 A major movie studio is making a summer blockbuster about Spider-Man, and the Ultimate wall-crawler swings by the set to give the producers a piece of his mind. But someone else is even hotter about being in the film than Spidey: Doctor Octopus, who just may shut the production down if he doesn't get final edit! As the cameras roll, the real wall-crawler and Doc Ock go head-to-head behind the scenes! This book collects: Ultimate Spider-Man #54-59 |
Y: The Last Man TPB Vol. 5 - Ring of Truth
 It's been nearly two years since Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, set out to cross North America with his pet monkey Ampersand (the only other male mammal left alive after the plague of 2002 killed everything on the planet with a Y chromosome). Now Yorick and his companions - government Agent 355 and bioengineer Dr. Allison Mann - have finally reached Dr. Mann's laboratory in San Francisco, where she can begin trying to unravel the secret of Yorick and Ampersand's survival. After months of constant travel, staying in one place is a blessed relief - and also a chance for the various pursuers stalking the trio to finally catch up with them. But while Yorick's band can confront these newly arriving threats head-on, it's the danger they cannot see which may mean the end for the last man - and with him any hope for mankind's future. |
Batman TPB: War Games Act 1 - Outbreak
 The opening act of 2004's hit crossover starring Gotham City's heroes can be found in BATMAN: WAR GAMES ACT ONE featuring an all-new cover by Eisner Award-winning artist James Jean. A clash between Gotham's underworld families erupts into a wave of chaos that engulfs the city. Batman must use every available asset - Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula - to preserve life and contain the chaos! Collects the following: BATMAN: THE 12-CENT ADVENTURE, DETECTIVE COMICS #797, BATMAN #631, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #182, NIGHTWING #96, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #56, ROBIN #129, BATGIRL #55 and CATWOMAN #34. |
Onslaught Reborn #5
 This is it! The heroes have assembled!! And the greatest evil the universe has ever faced is ready to take them on!!! Who lives?!?! Who dies?!?!?! And what will be the final fate of Onslaught?!?!?!?! Will this arch-fiend really be gone for goodÖor will we see his demonic face again in the Marvel UniverseÖ? Only masters of full-on action, Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld, know for sure! All we know is this is the wildest ride on Earth-any Earth! |
Invisibles TPB Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution
 "The great thing about comics is that young upstarts regularly pop up to toss the whole greasy mess in the air and remind a new generation of readers that you should never underestimate the profundity of a trash medium. Scottish writer Grant Morrison is the latest such anarchist... "THE INVISIBLES [charts] a timeless battle between the forces of psychic liberation and their dark counterparts, sleazy insectoid agents of control and repression... Basically, it's about everything." --SPIN |
Essential Avengers TPB Vol. 3
 The Avengers have always represented strength through diversity. Among the ranks of Earth's Mightiest Heroes are Captain America, a hero out of time, thawed from an icy sleep since the end of World War II; Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, wealthy and privileged industrialist; the mighty Thor, Norse God of Thunder; and the Black Panther, warrior-born king of the African kingdom of Wakanda. But now, they have a new member of the team, unlike any that has come before... His name is the Vision and he represents the greatest diversity of all... for you see, he's an android! This book collects: Avengers #s 47-68 Avengers Annual #2 |
Essential X-Men TPB Vol. 3
 Storm. Cyclops. Nightcrawler. Kitty Pryde. Colossus. Wolverine. Children of the atom, they are humanity's only hope in the face of evil. They are The Uncanny X-Men! This book collects: Uncanny X-Men #s 145-161 Uncanny X-Men Annual #s 3-5 |
Invisibles TPB Vol. 3: Entropy in the U.K.
 The time is coming when we'll all have to choose: either the crushing, soul-rending orthodoxy of the Conspiracy, or the anarchic, radical freedom of The Invisibles. One makes the world what it is, while the other shows the world what it might be. Right now, things don't look very good for the other. With their two most powerful members captured and their newest member in hiding, King Mob's Invisibles cell seems on the brink of annihilation. Under the torturer's knife, he must wage an all-out psychic war against his captors - spinning a lifetime's worth of fictional adventures for his cloaking persona of psychedelic spy Gideon Stargrave, while outside his team regroups and prepares to break him free. But the one key to their survival is still missing: newcomer Jack Frost, whose abilities may outstrip all of his teammates put together. Will he be found in time? And will he be up to the challenge? The answer to these and many other questions can be found in The Invisibles: Entropy in the U.K. Illustrated by...... |
Essential Marvel Team-Up TPB Vol. 1
 Spider-Man teams up with Marvel's most celebrated super heroes! The Fantastic Four, the greatest team of adventurers ever assembled! The X-Men, Children of the Atom! And the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Plus: Namor the Sub-Mariner! Ghost Rider, Spirit of Vengeance! Captain Marvel, legendary intergalactic guardian! Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts! And the Incredible Hulk, the most powerful man-like creature ever to walk the Earth! From the far corners of the Marvel Universe they come--joining forces with the wisecracking web-slinger to strike for justice! This book collects Marvel Team-Up issues #1-24. |
Batman TPB: Detective No. 27
 An Elseworlds storyline! In this stunning softcover edition of the original hardcover graphic novel, Bruce Wayne becomes a member of a secret society of detectives to battle the decades-old criminal conspiracy that left him an orphan! |
Punisher Max TPB Vol. 2: Kitchen Irish
 When a bomb explodes in a Hell's Kitchen pub, Frank Castle embarks on a deadly mission that pits him against two rival gangs. One thing is certain: The Punisher won't be pulling his punches! One of comics' most provocative writers takes one of comics' most provocative characters in a new direction - any direction he wants! |
New X-Men TPB Vol. 2: Imperial
 The world is changing. Mutants will be called freaks. Genetic monstrosities. They will be mocked, feared, spat upon and accused... of stealing human jobs, eating human food, taking human partners. But they are emerging in the inner cities, in the suburbs, in the deserts and in the jungles. They will need teachers, people who can help them overcome their anger and show them how to use their strange gifts responsibly. They will need the X-Men! But as protestors lay siege to the Xavier Institute, mutant mentor Professor X lies in a coma... dying, trapped within the shattered form of his evil twin! Cassandra Nova inhabited Xavier's body and escaped to the stars in the wake of her initial encounter with the X-Men; now, the psionically empowered psychopath is returning to Earth - possessed of the most powerful mutant mind on the planet, and with the might of the Shi'ar Imperium at her back! She brought an interstellar empire to its knees - can even the X-Men hope to halt her mad rampage? This book collects: New...... |
Powerless TPB
 What makes a hero? Is it his actions, or is it the results of those actions? POWERLESS explores what it means to be a hero in very human terms. By re-imagining Marvel's most popular characters without superhuman powers, this story strips down to the core heroes we have all come to know and love. These characters - including Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan - were fated to be heroes. Just because Peter Parker wasn't bitten by a radioactive spider doesn't mean he didn't do battle with a madman named Norman Osborn. Matt Murdock? Blinded, yes - but with no heightened senses. However, he did become a legal champion of the poor in Hell's Kitchen, and he did cross paths with Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. And Logan is, of course, the enigmatic - and amnesiac - drifter on the run from his past. Collects POWERLESS #1-6 . |
District X TPB Vol. 1: Mr. M
 Welcome to Mutant Town, the dark corner of New York City where the long arm of the law has been severed clean. Here, the mutant population doesn't sport GQ-style or champagne dreams. They eke out each day in squalid tenement rows and filthy streets where only one man and one law can be trusted: the X-Man Bishop. Collects DISTRICT X #1-6. |
Essential Doctor Strange TPB Vol. 2
 Now unto us is born... the magician! The Master of the Mystic Arts' earliest adventures continue as Strange stands as mankind's last, best hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious world - including Nightmare, Dormammu, Lord Nekron and the Sons of the Satannish! Featuring the origin of Dr. Strange and Strange and Clea's first kiss! Plus: Strange takes on a new, masked costume! Guest-starring the Avengers! Collects DOCTOR STRANGE #169-178 and #180-183, AVENGERS #61, SUB-MARINER #22, MARVEL FEATURE #1, INCREDIBLE HULK #126, and MARVEL PREMIERE #3-10 and #12-14. |
Invisibles TPB Vol. 7: The Invisible Kingdom
 Will it be a nightmare of control and repression? Or will it be the beginning of a higher stage of existence? All this and more is revealed in this stunning final volume of Grant Morrison's psychoactive comic-book epic The Invisibles. Collecting all twelve issues of The Invisibles Volume Three, The Invisible Kingdom marks the end of one of the most revolutionary narratives in comics history. Together with some of the medium's finest artists, Morrison weaves together a tapestry of characters and ideas unlike anything ever seen before, and provides a glimpse of the possible that lies behind the everyday. |
Invincible TPB Vol. 4: Head Of The Class
 After the traumatic events of Volume 3, Mark Grayson (AKA Invincible) is left to pick up the pieces and try to continue on with some sort of life. His mother is a wreck, his friends don't understand and the super-villains of the world just want to beat him up. Mark has a lot on his shoulders and graduation is just around the corner. Containing the fan-favorite and sold-out issues #14-19 and the short story from Free Comic Book Day 2004's Image Comics Summer Special, this volume is massive! Collects INVINCIBLE #14-19. |
Avengers TPB: Kang - Time And Time Again
 he super-villainy of Kang the Conqueror... unleashed at last! You've seen his true colors in YOUNG AVENGERS ; now, see what came before! In a classic contest, the Grandmaster and Kang pit the Avengers against the Squadron Sinister and the wartime Invaders! And when the self-proclaimed 'Ultimate Kang' sets outs to conquer his alternate-reality counterparts, only one force can possibly halt his mad march: himself!? Plus: Kang takes on Thor and the Hulk! This book collects: AVENGERS #69-71 and #267-269, THOR #140, and HULK #135. |
Ultimate Fantastic Four HC Vol. 1
 This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1: THE FANTASTIC and ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 2: DOOM , plus a hefty helping of DVD-style extras. In THE FANTASTIC , witness the beginnings of the Four - Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm and Ben Grimm - super-hero icons for the new century! When high-school genius Reed enrolls at a secret government-sponsored school for the most gifted minds in the world, he unwittingly embarks on the journey of a lifetime! In DOOM , Reed and his friends must learn to adapt to their amazing new situation. But before they can even begin to get accustomed, former classmate Victor Van Damme - who was transformed by the same experiment as the Fantastic Four - returns to exact his revenge! Collects ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #1-12. |
John Constantine, Hellblazer TPB: Son of Man
 You can't cheat death - - but if someone puts a gun to your head, you'll do your damndest to try. That's what a young John Constantine found out when he met Harry Cooper, the king of the London underworld who wanted his dead son brought back to life. Now, sixteen years and one demonic possession later, the fruit of the desperate act is about to burst across London in all its corrupt glory - and an older, marginally wiser Constantine must finally face up to the nightmare he set in motion. This book collects: Hellblazer #s 129-133 |
Sleeper TPB Vol. 2: All False Moves
 Holden Carver is a double agent without a choice, forced into a role he never wanted. Left to fend for himself among the baddest of bad guys, he must evade capture by his former allies and avoid suspicion by those he is secretly gathering intelligence on. Now the snare is tightening and Carver must make hard choices. But just how much does evil mastermind TAO really know? And what will Holden do when given a chance to come clean? When his every move is a lie, will he even be able to see the truth? |
Pulse TPB Vol. 2: Secret War
 Jessica Jones and Luke Cage's lives have been destroyed by the events of the Secret War, so what is Jessica going to do about it? Fans of SECRET WAR - feel THE PULSE as it pounds out more gritty intrigue even as it welcomes a new artist: award-winning comics superstar Brent Anderson! Guest-starring: Captain America, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Nick Fury and more! Collecting THE PULSE #6-9. |
John Constantine, Hellblazer TPB: Setting Sun
 This new trade paperback features five bone-chilling tales of horror, magic, loss and regret with art by five world-class illustrators, originally presented in HELLBLAZER #140-143, the last four issues of Warren Ellis' run on the book. |