All in a day's work... Could you take one person's life if it meant protecting millions of people? Could you bear the though that your not being able to save one child drove his father to madness? Could you defend the world countless times even th...

TAGS: mark buckingham, wall crawler, man behind the mask, true hero, hard choices, radioactive spider

At last! The third and most apocalyptic collection of Rick Veitch's double Eisner nominated Rare Bit Fiends! This time Veitch illustrates a wild and haunted dream series he recorded 25 years earlier. Crypto Zoo is a deeply personal, harrowing and ...

TAGS: rick veitch, three dreams, collective unconscious, dream series, graphic novels, tpb

Gotham City's underworld is thrown into turmoil as its crimelords slip into a rabid - and murderous - frenzy. Is it a coincidence, or part of an elaborate and sinister power play? One thing's for sure: The machinations of the Scarecrow and the Pen...

TAGS: dustin nguyen, sketchbook section, friend dustin, matt wagner, richard friend, dc comics

It's an inside look at the Marvel Universe's most notorious newspaper, the Daily Bugle! Former super hero and current private investigator Jessica Jones has just been offered a new job: a position with the Bugle's new super-hero section, The Pulse...

TAGS: brian michael bendis, millionaire industrialist, daily bugle, mark bagley, norman osborn, hero section

The monk Miroku has carried his curse since birth, passed down from his father. Now that curse is threatening to kill him, and he's forced to seek help from his mentor, a wise old priest with a rare knowledge of healing... but that priest may not ...

TAGS: feudal fairy tale, graphic novels, miroku, rumiko takahashi, inuyasha, curse

A war is raging, and he has a job to do; for Blade the Vampire Hunter, there are no shades of gray! Now, for the first time ever, the House of Ideas reprints the best of Blade in bold black and white from its legendary '70s-era horror magazines - ...

TAGS: crescent city blues, blade the vampire hunter, horror magazines, vampire tales, vampire slayer, marvel comics

The hit series returns with a bang! This issue adapts the first two episodes of Cartoon Network's new, hit animated series The Batman! The stories printed in this new JAM-PACKED ACTION volume - comparable in size to DC's digest-sized trade paperba...

TAGS: slam bang, trade paperbacks, cartoon network, new jam, action books, dc comics

The vastly entertaining, Sky Ape continues! Millionaire. Crimefighter. Big friggin' gorilla. Kirk Madge, a.k.a. Sky Ape, is not your average gorilla with a jetpack. When danger rears its head, this freelance crimebuster doles out ass-whoopings lik...

TAGS: tim mccarney, philip d amara, sky ape, free cheese, richard jenkins, graphic novels

Marvel Knights - founded in 1999 - has been a symbol of cutting-edge quality not just for Marvel, but also for the entire industry. Now, on the fifth anniversary of this imprint, Marvel is shooting 100 years from the start date for a special event...

TAGS: robert kirkman, punisher 1, panther 1, black panther, fifth anniversary, edge quality

While New York freezes in the icy grip of winter, an old foe resurfaces with a grudge: Namor! And the crown prince is demanding Sue make good on an old promise - even if it's over Reed's dead body. Meanwhile, closer to home, Johnny may be the only...

TAGS: scott hanna, psycho man, sacasa, unconscious minds, crown prince, missing son

Peter David's 100-plus-issue run on THE INCREDIBLE HULK remains one of the character's most popular periods. Now, see how it all began in David's first string of Hulk stories as the gray-skinned goliath - or is that the sardonic strongman? - leaps...

TAGS: steve geiger, john ridgway, bob mcleod, incredible hulk, todd mcfarlane, marvel comics

The Black Panther , as only 'King' Kirby could do it! They searched for it! They fought - and even killed - for it! What was it? King Solomon's Frog! Alongside Mr. Little and Princess Zanda, T'Challa battles the Collectors, the Six-Million-Year Ma...

TAGS: panther 1, jack kirby, black panther, king solomon, zanda, challa

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace is the seminal tale of the Star Wars mythos, unlocking the history and events that laid the foundation for the Rebel Alliance's epic struggle against the Empire as chronicled in the original Star Wars film t...

TAGS: henry gilroy, star wars enthusiasts, star wars episode i the phantom menace, comics adaptation, star wars icons, mark cox

A mysterious plane crash claims the life of Jonny Zero's parents and leaves him critically injured. Enter Professor Zero, Jonny's uncle, who uses his experimental robotic nonplasm to rebuild the boy. Jonny is transformed into Go Boy 7, the human a...

TAGS: mysterious plane crash, tom peyer, pointe pierre, fire action, kinetic art, flash fire

Juan Solo continues his journey towards redemption! Juan is given a special assignment: protect the governor's wife. But Juan cannot resist the temptation. Their illicit affair could cost Juan his soul, and finding redemption may cost him his life!

TAGS: georges bess, juan solo, jodorowski, dc comics, illicit affair, graphic novels

The demon Naraku's web of deceit tightens - first around Sango, forced to choose between her loyalty to her friends and her love for her brother; then, the resurrected Kikyo, held prisoner in Naraku's castle. How can Inu-Yasha and his company esca...

TAGS: deadly traps, web of deceit, feudal fairy tale, naraku, graphic novels, rumiko takahashi

It seemed like a simple enough idea at the time: Now that their arch-enemy, Doctor Doom, had seemingly perished, the Fantastic Four would journey into his nation of Latveria, disassemble its war machine and set its oppressed citizens free. But wha...

TAGS: mark waid, storm the gates of heaven, gates of heaven, storm the gates, authoritative action, doctor doom

Pay a visit to the world-famous wall-crawler's not-so-friendly neighborhood as the most unique creators in comics spin stories of ordinary citizens and street-level super-villains caught in Spider-Man's Tangled Web... In high school, no one can he...

TAGS: crusher hogan, feared wrestlers, web slinger, wall crawler, marvel comics, super villains

Peer behind the curtain to witness the birth of a mad genius! Featuring Doctor Octopus' first encounters with both Peter Parker and Spider-Man, the first appearance of Doc Ock's arms, and the true inspiration that led him to build his remarkable a...

TAGS: kaare andrews, doctor octopus, wall crawler, mad genius, true inspiration, first appearance

The untold origin of Daredevil's ultimate nemesis is revealed at last! And who thought being bad could be so much fun? Featuring timely cameos by Daredevil, Elektra, the Kingpin and the Punisher! Collects BULLSEYE: GREATEST HITS #1-5.

TAGS: mike deodato jr, steve dillon, untold origin, daredevil elektra, daniel way, marvel comics

Heroes of the present and legends of the past come together to form the Justice Society of America! Now honored as heroes, the new JSA continues to endure the trials that made the Justice Society heroic icons. But as heroes continue, so must evil....

TAGS: justice society of america, david goyer, darkness falls, malevolent forces, geoff johns, dc comics

The misunderstood monster's earliest adventures continue as Robert Bruce Banner's rampaging alter ego clashes with Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Fantastic Four and the Avengers! He fights his share of super-villains, too - including Maximus the Mad, ...

TAGS: harlan ellison, gil kane, thomas harlan, mole man, night crawler, betty ross

His name is Charles Xavier... and he is a mutant. For years, Professor X was widely regarded as an authority on genetic mutation, and an advocate of peaceful relations between man and mutant. The general public was unaware he possessed superhuman ...

TAGS: genetic mutation, charles xavier, genosha, peaceful relations, marvel comics, graphic novels

This third volume of the Eisner-nominated VERTIGO thriller collects three linked stories from issues #13-19 that take the hard-luck, black-ops band from Quatar to Turkmenistan amidst oily dealings and flying bullets. When it comes to action-packed...

TAGS: andy diggle, black ops, ale garza, dc comics, loughridge, graphic novels