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80 Years of the Bat Family
Since the start of his career, Batman's partners in crime-fighting and his amazing rogues gallery have been key to the Dark Knight's unending popularity! This title collects the all-star anniversary anthologies of tales celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Dark Knight, along with his greatest allies and enemies, including Robin, The Joker, Catwoman, and others! Collects Detective Comics #1000, Detective Comics: 80th Anniversary Giant #1, Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, and The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1.
A Quick End To A Long Beginning(With: Jordan Blum)
A new original comic series from Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum - showrunners of Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K on Hulu - and superstar artist Scott Hepburn! In the vein of Sin City , Watchmen , and The Boys , this noir-ish superhero caper, focuses on a lower-class kind of criminal, similar to the Coen Bros' most pulpy films, but set in a high concept world of heroes and villains. “I was hooked from the first page!" — Taika Waititi It’s hard out there for a supervillain. Not the world conquerors, chaos engines, or arch-nemeses, but the little guys, the career criminals. The ones who put on uniforms, knock over jewelry stores, and get tied to telephone poles before the hero swings off to face the actual big bad. Times are tough for costumed crooks…and they’re about to get much worse. The psychotic Stickman has done the unthinkable and murdered Kid Dusk, sidekick to Twilight City’s premier crime-fighter, The Insomniac . The Insomniac’s teammates, The Continuum, are tearing Twilight apart, turning it into a terrifying police state—desperate to capture the Stickman and stop the Insomniac from “crossing that final line” in which he may never come back from. Caught in the middle are the small-time C-list villains, finding it impossible to pull jobs or even walk down the street without being harassed by these heroes. With a bounty on the Stickman’s head, former villain Playtime decides to put together a ragtag team of equally disgruntled supervillains to take down the Stickman and kill him themselves, leading her on a dark journey into the criminal underbelly she’s tried so hard to escape. This graphic crime drama is about superheroes and villains and the last gasp of the colorful, innocent days of the silver and bronze age...before they’re dragged into the grit-soaked modern era. Features a bonus pinups section with art by Mike Mignola ( Hellboy ), Kevin Maguire ( Justice League ), Francesco Francavilla ( The Black Beetle) , and David Aja ( Hawkeye) .
Aliens from Space(As:)
It started off like an ordinary day for Dr. Jeffrey Brewster, assistant professor of psycho-sociology at Columbia University. He'd been six weeks old when the first crude satellites were flung into space back in 1957. During his childhood there had been Moon rockets and the space stations — then the joint Ameri¬can-Russian-manned expedition to the Moon in 1965, right after the collapse of the Soviet dictatorship. Mars and Venus had been reached as he grew up and a permanent base was established on the Moon in 1973. Now the day's papers reported that an expedition was ready to leave for Callisto, moon of Jupi¬ter. But Dr. Brewster had a class to make and he was late. That was when the telephone rang and Mari, his wife, said, "Long distance from Washington." The caller was Colonel Chasin of Unsecfor — United Nations Security Force, the global and international army that policed the world in these days of relative peace and harmony. Chasin explained that a serious matter had come up, something ...
Boots & Saddles
The Quantrall ranch is engulfed in a boiling cauldron of tension as Paul fights tooth and nail for custody of his beloved daughter amidst a bitter divorce. As he battles through the emotional turmoil, an unlikely ally emerges to support him through the darkest of days. But while Paul struggles to keep his head above water, his older brother Jesse recklessly dives into a pool of troubles entirely of his own making. Believing he's temporarily helping out a wealthy Austin socialite, Jesse soon realizes he's in over his head and it may be too late to turn back.
Detective Comics #1027(With: Brian Michael Bendis)
Celebrate one thousand issues since the World’s Greatest Detective’s debut in this hardcover deluxe edition of oversized anniversary issue Detective Comics #1027! An all-star lineup of creators pay tribute to the many facets of Batman’s crime-fighting legacy, including Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez reuniting for a Bat-Family mystery, Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso visiting Gotham Central, the Eisner Award-winning duo of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky providing their take on Batman versus The Joker, the Batman, Incorporated team of Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham back together for an all-new story examining the urban legend of the Dark Knight, and much more!
Escaping Fate
An Amazon Bestseller and Top New Release! (November 2023) Pete Bedauern began his life as a latchkey kid in a run-down trailer park with a single mom, living on stale hot dog buns and bleak prospects. Those were the cards Fate had dealt him, and Pete was on a life path that would lead to a meaningless existence full of failure and despair. Then Pete's estranged uncle burst on the scene and punched Fate in the mouth. Uncle Si is scarred inside and out; he's a hard drinker; painfully blunt; a little mysterious and maybe even scary, but takes an interest in his nephew that Pete's father never took. Most of Uncle Si's life is a secret, but through the part of it he shares, Pete undergoes a master course on life, love, and full-contact sports. Pete will also learn more about history than he ever imagined because, as it turns out, Uncle Si has a time machine. Paradox is one good-hearted-but-alienated boy's journey into manhood, and Escaping Fate is the opening leg of that trip. Before it's complete, Pete will learn the guarded secrets of history, take on a pan-continuum conspiracy, crack the code for success with women...and maybe even save the world. Well, one world, maybe...
Graveyard of Gods
In this second Justice League collection, Hawkgirl takes wing against Legion of Doom leader Lex Luthor; John Stewart faces off with old foe Sinestro; the Flash must run down the Still Force-empowered Gorilla Grodd; and Wonder Woman tackles the tag team of Black Manta and Cheetah—underwater! Then, in “Drowned Earth,” the Justice League is scattered across the Seven Seas, pursued by the Ocean Lords and an army of alien mercenaries. Collects Justice League #8-12, JUSTICE LEAGUE/AQUAMAN: DROWNED EARTH #1 and AQUAMAN/JUSTICE LEAGUE: DROWNED EARTH #1.
Graveyard of Gods
In this second Justice League collection, Hawkgirl takes wing against Legion of Doom leader Lex Luthor; John Stewart faces off with old foe Sinestro; the Flash must run down the Still Force-empowered Gorilla Grodd; and Wonder Woman tackles the tag team of Black Manta and Cheetah—underwater! Then, in “Drowned Earth,” the Justice League is scattered across the Seven Seas, pursued by the Ocean Lords and an army of alien mercenaries. Collects Justice League #8-12, JUSTICE LEAGUE/AQUAMAN: DROWNED EARTH #1 and AQUAMAN/JUSTICE LEAGUE: DROWNED EARTH #1.
Hellboy Universe Essentials: Lobster Johnson
The claw of justice has a long reach. Lobster Johnson has long been an idol of Hellboy’s, helping to shape the B.P.R.D.’s most famous agent into the occult crime-fighting professional we know and love. But was the Lobster real? Or just a story, a myth? Get to know Lobster Johnson and delve into the enigma known as the Lobster with this perfect introductory volume, with a story hand-picked by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as the perfect jumping-on point for new Lobster Johnson readers! With writing by Mignola and John Arcudi, art by Tonci Zonjic, and colors by Dave Stewart, it’s a brutal and beautiful tribute to the classic adventure pulps that comics fans are sure to love! Collects Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #1-#5.
Max Gator
GOD DOESNT ALWAYS CREATE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. SOMETIMES HE CREATES PURE EVIL! When a massive, almost prehistoric gator infiltrates a privately owned South Florida, Ultra Maximum-Security Prison and begins its mission to feed on both inmates and corrections officers alike, panic ensues. Since permanent lockdown isn't a sustainable option, especially since the gator is big and strong enough to breach the cells, the prison warden has no choice but to enlist the prison's two toughest criminals to kill the horrific beast. Their names are Harry Steele and Blood. From New York Times bestselling ITW Thriller and PWA Shamus award winning author Vincent Zandri comes an action-packed, pulse pounding horror thriller that's best described as "Jaws" meets "Cocaine Bear." This might be a novel-length read, but we dare you to put it down even for a minute. Scroll up and grab your thrilling copy now! Praise for Vincent Zandri: "Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working today!" -- Publishers Weekly "The story of Vincent Zandri is the story of our times." --Business Insider "Vincent Zandri hails from the future." --The New York Times “Sensational . . . masterful . . . brilliant.” --New York Post "Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." --Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Six Years "Tough, stylish, heartbreaking." --Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of Savages and Cartel. "...big time author..." --Digital Journal
Primeval: New World
Evan Cross—technical wizard and founder of Cross Photonics—is no stranger to tragedy. While investigating magnetic interference, he and his wife were attacked by an unimaginable terror: an Albertosaurus , a tyrannosaur extinct since the Cretaceous period. Brooke died at the carnivore's jaws, and the dinosaur vanished into a fourth-dimensional portal, never to be seen again. Six years have passed since that fateful day. Haunted by her final moments, Evan creates a sector within Cross Photonics called the Special Projects Group. His small team makes a plan to track these elusive rifts in time called Anomalies and combat the threats that lurk within. Soon, tragedy strikes again. His friend, Tony Drake, is killed by a Utahraptor . Meanwhile a Pteranodon attacks a thrill-seeker in Vancouver. After both dinosaurs killed one another, he thought the problem was dealt with. Now, as a business meeting with an important client approaches, Evan is lured into another incursion with the Anomalies. Embarking on a new quest, he is faced with both keeping prehistoric monsters at bay while preserving human life--all while hoping for an opportunity to avenge Brooke's death, and kill the Albertosaurus across the intersection of timelines. After 11 years, Primeval: New World returns in this exciting novel by dinosaur-writer Julian Michael Carver!
Return to the Twentieth Century
ABOUT THE BOOK Return to the Twentieth Century is a novelette published by 40kBooks. 40kBooks publishes a select number of titles by award-winning authors from across the globe. Why novelettes? Novels can have pauses, faults: a long story wins by points. A novelette, as Julio Cortazar wrote, needs to win by knock-out. REVIEW "The war between the sexes, long thought to be extinguished, is heating up! It has been obvious to anyone who has bothered to look during the past year. But the cause has been more obscure. It is not a natural affair! The animosity is being stoked by agents provocateurs – fifth columnists from beyond our planet! This is the nature of the assault on our world. And if we do not stop it, our civilization will go down in a cataclysm of gender warfare." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a science fiction novelist and short story writer of wide genrebending influence, as well as a journalist, a sometimes comics writer, a mail art fiend, and a bunch of other things that are probably very hard to describe. Also, the first person to use the word “Steampunk” in a book title." [Warren Ellis] ABOUT THE PUBLISHER 40kBooks is the first Italian digital publisher. Its eBooks are divided into two categories: Essays and Stories. Essays comprise a selection dealing with digital culture. Stories are novelettes by award-winning authors from different countries and cultures. All of the 40kBook titles are published in multiple languages including Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish and French and are available all over the world.