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Marvel Visionaries TPB: Spider-Man - Kurt Busiek Vol. 1
 The wall-crawler's back in Midtown High's hallowed halls when award-winning creator Kurt Busiek reveals lost lessons of Spider-Man's early career! Return to the first starts of our hero's circle of friends and foes, and meet the ones Lee and Ditko forgot to feature the first time around! Plus: the secret start of Spider-Man's deadliest enemy! Guest-starring the Human Torch, Captain Stacy and more! |
Essential Luke Cage, Power Man TPB Vol. 2
 Luke Cage wraps up his early solo career against the likes of Zzzax, Chemistro and Gideon Mace - then launches a new era with Iron Fist, forming one of Marvel's oddest and most enduring partnerships! Garish gangsters, sexy scientists, monolithic mutants...no job was too big for Heroes for Hire! Guest-starring the X-Men and the Daughters of the Dragon! See some of the most startling super-villains of the seventies! Re-telling the origin of Power Man! |
Essential Punisher Vol. 1 TP New Ptg
 Written by GERRY CONWAY, ARCHIE GOODWIN, LEN WEIN, MARV WOLFMAN, FRANK MILLER, BILL MANTLO, STEVEN GRANT & MIKE W. BARR Penciled by ROSS ANDRU, TONY DEZUNIGA, KEITH POLLARD, FRANK MILLER, AL MILGROM, GREG LAROCQUE, MIKE ZECK & FRANK SPRINGER Cover by GIL KANE When the mob killed his family, Frank Castle went to war. But before he became the scourge of the underworld, the Punisher set his sights on a certain world-famous wall-crawler. Now, Marvel presents the vengeance-seeking vigilante's earliest appearances in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA, DAREDEVIL and more. Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129, #134-135, #161-162, #174-175, #201-202 and ANNUAL #15; GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #4; MARVEL PREVIEW PRESENTS #2; MARVEL SUPER ACTION #1; CAPTAIN AMERICA #241; DAREDEVIL #182-184; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #81-83; and PUNISHER #1-5. 568 PGS./Rated T+ ...$16.99 ISBN: 0-7851-2375-X" |
Daredevil Vol. 1 HC New Ptg
 Written by KEVIN SMITH, JOE QUESADA, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & DAVID MACK Pencils by JOE QUESADA, ROB HAYNES & DAVE ROSS Cover by JOE QUESADA Now including corrections, additional extras and DAREDEVIL #12! Claiming her infant is humanity's savior, a teenager entrusts her baby to Matt Murdock. Plus: The femme fatale called Echo sets her sights on Daredevil. Collects DAREDEVIL #1-15. 376 PGS./Rated T+ ...$34.99 ISBN: 0-7851-2401-2" |
Phantom Man Eaters GN
 by Rafael Nieves & Vatche Mevlian Continuing the year-long celebration of The Phantom's 70-year Anniversary! The Phantom, en route to his beloved Bangalla to bury the remains of his childhood friend Mente Olalla, the victim of 'zombification' ('Damnation Game', The Phantom #5 & 6), receives an emergency call; a series of murders is taking place in the small village of Tsajaban, presumably the work of man-eating lions! With DEA agents Coughlin and Greaves at his side, The Phantom uncovers a deeper, more dangerous situation than even he could imagine, as he battles ancient gods and modern mercenaries to save the people of his homeland. Written by Eisner nominee Rafael Nieves (Vampire the Masquerade) and illustrated by Vatche Mavlian (Spiderman & Wolverine) in the exciting new wide-vision format (every page is a double-page spread, sandwiched by prose across the top and bottom)!" |
Superman Returns The Prequels TPB
 Stories by Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray and Marc Andreyko Art by Ariel Olivetti, Karl Kerschl, Rick Leonardi, Nelson, Doug Hazlewood and Wellington Dias Cover by Adam Hughes Produced in conjunction with Superman Returns director Bryan Singer and his co-screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, this new collection features the astonishing 4-part miniseries bridging the gap between Superman and Superman Returns! Relive the last days of Krypton and then see the first glimmers of what has transpired since the Man of Steel left the Earth. Explore the lives of three of the most important people in Superman's life - Lois Lane, Ma Kent and Lex Luthor - and how they dealt with his long absence in this beautiful collection! |
DC Archives - New Teen Titans HC Vol. 3
 Don't miss this volume collecting two stories named in Wizard's '100 Best Single Issues Since You Were Born!' The Titans help Kid Flash's possessed girlfriend, reunite with the original Starfire, team up with the Winged Wonder, Hawkman and much more! |
Marvel Masterworks HC: Human Torch Vol. 1
 Turn back the clock to 1962. After the debut of a quiet little magazine called The Fantastic Four and a relatively unknown teen hero named Spider-Man, Mighty Marvel decided to go out on a limb and put these two risky ideas together into a featuring starring...The Human Torch. With Jack Kirby on art, man, talk about yer risky business, True Believers. But, believe it or not, yes, even with that kind of pedigree it was a sure-fire hit! Johnny Storm the thrill-seeking, impulsive teen wonder of the Fantastic Four set the world on fire in these scorchin' solo stories! He's going to head-to-head against none other than Namor the Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man, Captain America, Paste-Pot Pete, the Wizard, the Sandman and the Living Bomb! If that ain't diagnosis teenage angst, than you can call me Freud! |
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age All Winners HC Vol. 2
 See the golden age in its glory as Captain America stops a plot against General Douglas MacArthur! The Human Torch foils a plan to freeze the English Channel! The Destroyer fights the forces of the Devil himself! Plus the Sub-Mariner, the Whizzer, and more! With such wartime villains as the Stone-Man Slayer, Doctor Togu the Vampire, the Mock Mikado, and Doctor Crime, one of the few enemies Captain America had to fight more than once! Plus meet little-known characters like the Black Avenger, Raffles the Cracksman, and the Whizzer's sidekick Slow Motion Jones! With text stories by Mickey Spillane! |
Spider-Girl Presents Fantastic Five TPB Vol. 1: In Search Of Doom
 Meet the FF of the future and uncover their ominous past! The Torch, the Thing and the rest fight new versions of old foes in their effort to rebuild Marveldom's First Family! Guest-starring Spider-Girl and A-Next's Stinger! |
Fantastic Four TPB: The Life Fantastic
 When a doomsday weapon manufactured by Hydra turns up in the Nevada desert, there's only one man the authorities can ask to go in and defuse it: Bruce Banner! What does all of this have to do with the FF, you ask? Well, who do you think has to deal with the fallout when it all goes terribly wrong? It's hard to believe Reed and Sue tied the knot 40 years ago... and it certainly doesn't seem that much time has passed to Reed and Sue themselves when a special evening out gives them a chance to look over their entire life together- past, present and future! The Invisible Woman is dead! As Reed cradles his murdered wife, lost in grief, and Ben rampages after Sue's killer, Johnny defiantly decides to do whatever it takes- no matter the cost or consequence- to see his sister alive again. What he does will change the way the Fantastic Four look at him forever. It's a day of celebration and reflection in Latveria, but deep within the confines of the Latverain Embassy to America, Victor Von Doom and Reed Richards...... |
Thor TPB - The Eternals Saga Vol 1
 Thor stands alone against the Deviant and Eternals - while mankind stands doomed! Can even a Thunder God prevail? |
Essential Thor TPB Vol. 3
 Trolls, giants, aliens and clowns await in the third thunderous anthology of Thor! The Mighty One faces a god of death! A living planet! Ragnarok itself and...a jail term!? Kang the Conqueror, the Super-Skrull and more! Featuring the first appearance of the scintillating Sif! Plus: the origin of that perennial perilous party crasher, the Wrecker! Guest-starring Adam Warlock and Galactus! |
X-men The Characters And Their Universe HC
 by Michael Mallory Lavishly illustrated and featuring interviews with many key creators and contributors to the X-Men universe - including Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, John Romita, Sr., Bryan Singer, Brett Ratner, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, and Sir Ian McKellen - X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe tells the complete story of this unique band of comic book heroes from their creation in 1963 by the dream team of writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, to their current incarnations in television and film, and serves as an encyclopedic reference to one of the world's hottest franchises. " |
Batman Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC
 The Golden Age of the World's Greatest Detective returns for a fifth volume! Reprinting the Dynamic Duo's adventures from BATMAN issues #17-20 (1943), this volume features the first stories illustrated by legendary Batman artist Dick Sprang as well as an introduction by comics historian Michelle Nolan. |
Gotham Central TPB: Vol. 4 - The Quick And The Dead
 Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of important evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about Officer Kelly's strange mutation. |
Superman TPB: Man Of Steel Vol. 5
 The fifth collection of Superman tales from the 1980s. Superman encounters the new hero Gangbuster, faces the menace of the Joker, teams up with Mister Miracle & Big Barda, and inadvertently becomes Metropolis's greatest menace! |
DC Archives - Adam Strange HC Vol. 2
 Reprinting the adventures of Rann's champion from Mystery In Space (1961-62), this volume continues the adventures of one of DC's most beloved Silver Age icons, currently seen in 52! Plus, an introduction by Batman Begins producer Michael Uslan. |
Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Tales Suspense Vol. 1 New Ed HC
 Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER & VARIOUS Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT, AL WILLIAMSON, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, RUSS HEATH & MORE Cover by JACK KIRBY What's Halloween without a little scare? Well, how about a big scare?! A big scare in the form of monsters galore, and another awesome Atlas Era addition to the Marvel Masterworks! In 1958 Atlas Comics Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee was joined by two titanic talents: Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Together this trio of storytellers launched Tales of Suspense and its sister title, Tales to Astonish, and along with them the beginnings of a creative revival that would change comics forever. With startling twist-enders featuring Martians, killer robots, and massive monsters like Diablo, Cyclops and Monstro they, hand in hand with a growing group of artists including Don Heck, Joe Sinnott and John Buscema, began to burn up the racks with a style and creativity that comics hadn't seen in years. With artwork by an absolute who's who...... |
Marvel Masterworks HC: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8
 It's time for another round of webslinging wonderment by two of the men who put the 'master' in Masterworks, Stan 'The Man' Lee and 'Jazzy' John Romita. They'll be coming at you in this arachnid eighth volume with a storyline as epic as they come: The Saga of the Stone Tablet! All the swingin' calamity and social consciousness kicks off with the Kingpin's quest to decipher an ancient clay tablet whose secrets promise great power. Poor ol' Spidey gets into the mix and after saving the day finds himself branded Public Enemy No. 1 ('natch). With the Kingpin on one side and J. Jonah Jameson turning up the heat in the Daily Bugle, things go from bad to horrible with the introduction of Man-Mountain Marko and Maggia bossman, Silvermane. It's a Peter Parker pressure cooker that only gets turned up from there! Also featuring battles with Quicksilver, the Shocker, and the Lizard along with an extra-special bonus, the 1968 Stan Lee/Ross Andru Spidey yarn from Marvel Super-Heroes #14. |
Sensational Spider-Man HC: Feral
 Join new creative team Angel Medina (Spawn) - yes, Angel Medina! - and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (MK 4, NIGHTCRAWLER) as they take everyone's favorite wall-crawler on a blood-curdling journey into the heart of darkness. Strange changes are coming over Spidey's animalistic foes - including Dr. Curt Connors, John Jameson and Felicia Hardy - awakening the beast that dwells within them all. Sure, Spidey's beaten the Lizard, Man-Wolf and the Black Cat before, but they've never been more vicious than they are now! |
Young Avengers HC Vol. 2: Family Matters
 The newly reconfigured Young Avengers prepare to make their public debut - but first they have to face a threat more powerful than Kang the Conqueror, more dangerous than Mr. Hyde and more cunning than the Masters of Evil: THEIR PARENTS. For these brand-new super heroes, fighting super-villains is child's play compared to maintaining their alter egos! Plus: The Young Avengers meet a familiar-looking teenage superhuman who just may be the key to their uncovering the truth about Wiccan's parentage and secret origin. Meanwhile, Hulkling's quest to discover the exact nature of his tie to the Avengers is interrupted when the Young Avengers finds themselves at war with one of the oldest and most powerful alien races in the Marvel Universe. The search for the truth yields more reversals and revelations than the team can handle! And finally, discover the secret history of the Young Avengers when Jessica Jones and Kat Farrell investigate the kids' origins for a special issue of THE PULSE. Who were they and what were...... |
Ultimate Spider-Man HC Vol. 7
 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils and Cover by MARK BAGLEY This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 13: HOBGOBLIN and In HOBGOBLIN, it's the terrifying debut of the Ultimate Hobgoblin as Harry Osborn returns to Midtown High harboring a dark secret that will affect the lives of all those around him - especially his best friend, Peter Parker. And where does Harry's father - Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green Goblin - fit into all this? And in WARRIORS, the Gang War to end all Gang Wars begins! The Kingpin is in retreat, and that kind of a power vacuum won't last long. It's about to be filled by a figure of unabashed dread in the underworld: Hammerhead! Plus: the Ultimate debuts of several Marvel characters, including Moon Knight! And Spidey thinks he's had trouble before... but nothing has ever made him declare, 'Peter Parker no more!' |
Marvel Adventures Avengers Digest Vol. 1 - Heroes Assembled
 When global threats surface, they have to contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! Still, powers higher-up think their new computerized defenses will be even MORE reliable than our heroes. (Just wish they hadn't named the system ULTRON...!) |
Runaways TPB (Digest) Vol. 6: Parental Guidance Digest
 When the youngest member of the Runaways is separated from her teammates, Molly Hayes must survive a night alone on the mean streets of Los Angeles! The eleven-year-old mutant girl soon hooks up with a NEW group of runaways, but is their mysterious leader a hero or a villain? |
Ultimate Fantastic Four TPB: Vol. 6 Frightful
 A guilt-ridden Reed Richards attempts to undo his greatest failure by using time travel to fix the snag that caused the teleportation accident that resulted in Ben Grimm becoming the Thing. If it works, Ben will be Ben and the Thing will never have existed. And neither will the FF. Be careful what you wish for! Plus: the awesome return of Dr. Doom! The zombiefied FF escape from their Baxter Building prison! The deadly debut of the Frightful Four! Johnny Storm finds out he has only 28 days to live! And that's all just for starters! |