A new era in comic books began in 1961 with the debut of Fantastic Four #1. In the years that followed, the creative minds at Marvel Comics would introduce one unforgettable character after another. Classic icons such as Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Me...

TAGS: dangerous enemies, classic icons, marvel universe, marvel comics, graphic novels, superhuman powers

Already on the run from the police and the U.S. Government, Dr. Bruce banner and his brutish alter ego face an even deadlier pursuer - a clandestine force with a secret agenda all their own. If a relentless, unkillable foe that knows all of Dr. Ba...

TAGS: incredible hulk vol 2, mike deodato jr, kaare andrews, stuart immonen, alter ego, secret agenda

The life of Doctor Bruce Banner was irrevocably changed on the day he was caught in the heart of a gamma bomb explosion. For it was on that day that he was transformed into the most powerful creature to ever walk the Earth, the rampaging man-monst...

TAGS: steve ditko, bomb explosion, industry pioneers, incredible hulk, jack kirby, doctor bruce

The World's Greatest Comic Magazine - for more than five hundred issues, nearly every cover of Fantastic Four has boasted this bold proclamation. Forty years ago, writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby created a team of adventurers like no other th...

TAGS: jack kirby, groundbreaking title, stan lee, comic magazine, marvel comics, graphic novels

Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time,...

TAGS: cannes film festival, grand jury prize, oldboy film, urban thriller, japanese format, 2004 cannes film festival

A malfunctioning Battle Droid tries to escape its doomed fate on the battlefield; bounty hunter Aurra Sing comes face-to-face with her deadly past; and Obi-Wan Kenobi becomes entangled in a nefarious espionage plot in this pulse-pounding volume of...

TAGS: obi wan kenobi, spanish language edition, aurra sing, star wars clone wars, star wars the clone wars, battle droid

Wolverine's 30th Anniversary Celebration starts off with a bang as the X-Men investigate a series of mysterious murders in New York City. All the victims seem to have been cut to pieces by blades... Adamantium blades! But if Wolverine didn't murde...

TAGS: uncanny x men, jon sibal, hellfire club, mysterious murders, chris claremont, farmer jon

Showcasing key characters from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , this exciting collection expands the story from the international film blockbuster, exposing key events from the epic tale not shown on screen. Join Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon ...

TAGS: obi wan kenobi, p craig russell, henry gilroy, star wars episode i the phantom menace, film blockbuster, timothy truman

Convicted of killing Vesper Fairchild, Bruce Wayne is sent to Blackgate Prison - only to escape, triggering a citywide manhunt. The man who is Batman has gone to ground, renouncing his civilian identity and operating deeper in the shadows than eve...

TAGS: birds of prey, batman gotham knights, dc comics, graphic novels, batgirl, evidence points

Imprisoned without explanation for a decade, Goto is a free man at last, but what price freedom? Now, his mysterious jailer, a former schoolmate with a lifelong grudge, has Goto embroiled in a malicious game to discover the reasons behind the scho...

TAGS: cannes film festival, grand jury prize, unwitting pawn, price freedom, 2004 cannes film festival, extreme lengths

Tokyo Tower is falling down! From snowy wastes to urban sprawl, the Phantom Cats wreak havoc and destruction wherever they appear. The next target on their list is the seat of all paranormal activity in Japan... Will Kagura be able to stop the cat...

TAGS: tokyo tower, tower fall, geobreeders, paranormal activity, graphic novels, path of destruction

The enigmatic angel, Dark has been sidetracked from his quest. He needs to rescue his fairy companion, Kyo and retrieve his sword from the ruthless and evil forces known as the Gairana. Dark will need to focus his strength and skills in order to o...

TAGS: beast ii, kia asamiya, angel dark, deadly threat, graphic novels, dark angel

The most anticipated movie event of the summer comes to comics in this adaptation of the fourth Indiana Jones film! The intrepid Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is back in his biggest adventure yet! This time, the world-renowned archaeologist finds himself...

TAGS: unexpected companions, renowned archaeologist, hugh fleming, david koepp, crystal skull, john jackson miller

Desperate to find a sanctuary where his lover, Casca, will be safe from the demons drawn to her Brand of Sacrifice, Guts the Black Swordsman pushes his motley band of followers onward towards fairy Puck's homeland, Elfhelm. With new allies who mak...

TAGS: graphic novels, witchery, ashes to ashes, casca, utopias, dark horse

In the future, humanity is in a seemingly endless war with an alien race. The struggle is dominated by giant war machines called Gear. Only the best and the brightest are allowed to drive these behemoths. The process of elimination begins in junio...

TAGS: giant war machines, social cliques, alien invasions, star wars tales, 100 girls, graphic novels

The rip and slash horror action gets nastier in this installment of Reiko the Zombie Shop! This time Reiko faces off against a cabal of new superzombies brought together by a mysterious new necromancer, a young man with the power to rob Reiko of h...

TAGS: japanese readers, graphic novels, time don, sixth sense, tpb, necromancer

Controversial, tough, angry, highly skilled, and lost in a time of peace, the characters of Satsuma Gishiden tell a quasi-historical tale of social caste and brutal reprisal. Readers with a taste for Kazuo Koike's gritty Lone Wolf and Cub will go ...

TAGS: kazuo koike, lone wolf and cub, samurai manga, true society, wolf and cub, time of peace

For the Diggers sisters. life is never dull. Their father is the most powerful magician in the world. Their mother, the ultimate martial arts master ever known. Action, adventure, romance, magic, science, martial arts, heroic quests -- sometimes a...

TAGS: loyal bodyguard, land of jade, gold digger, ultimate martial arts, adventure romance, garden of eden

"Your replacements grow impatient." The world stands on the brink of war. It's not a war with another country. It's not an alien invasion. It's a war with another of Earth's native species... Homo Superior. MUTANTS. The word strikes fear...

TAGS: uncanny x men, homo sapien, word strikes, danny miki, species homo, brian haberlin

Sam Bullit is running for Mayor of New York City on an anti-Spider-Man platform, and Daily Bugle Editor-in-Chief J. Jonah Jameson is backing him 100%. But who's pulling Bullit's strings? As if his life weren't complicated enough, the web-slinger m...

TAGS: brian michael bendis, j jonah jameson, web slinger, mark bagley, j d smith, daily bugle

The adventures of Spider-Man's daughter continue! Mayday once again faces Kaine, Spider-Man swings again, and Darkdevil is..actually nice?! Plus: Meet new heroes and villains, take a peek into the fantasies of Mayday's friends, and witness the ret...

TAGS: sal buscema, tom defalco, ron frenz, heroes and villains, green goblin, al williamson

Spidey and Doc Ock are at it again! Whiz kid Brigham Fontaine was once Peter Parker's brightest student. Now, he's teamed up with Doctor Octopus and is living a life of crime. Can Spider-Man outsmart this brainy duo and get Brigham back on the sid...

TAGS: keron grant, doctor octopus, whiz kid, colin mitchell, derec, marvel comics

It continues here! The critically acclaimed, fan-favorite storyline that rocked the X-Men Universe to its core is collected across four volumes! Apocalypse has conquered half of humankind and is ready to destroy them all! Magneto and his Amazing X...

TAGS: matt milla, joe madureira, age of apocalypse, astonishing x men, friends and foes, universe x

Peter Parker was just a lonely teenager, a nobody, until fate chose to grant him great power--a power he first squandered at terrible cost to himself and those he loved. Humbled, this ordinary boy grew into a man who could never abandon the respon...

TAGS: jonboy meyers, steve ditko, wall crawler, doctor octopus, simon yeung, lonely teenager