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Nineteen years ago, a parasitic fungal outbreak killed the majority of the world's population. In one of the few remaining quarantine zones, thirteen-year-old Ellie begins her new life as a ward of a military boarding school, where a friendship with fellow student Riley leads to her first trip into the outside world. Beyond the walls of the regimented civil order they know, Ellie and Riley are soon confronted with the violent way of life of the insurgent group the Fireflies--and with the monstrous victims of infection!

\ One of the strongest stories of Marvel Comics!\ This Trade Paperback edition collects “Daredevil” #227-233 which is known as the “Born Again” storyline. Also as bonus includes “Daredevil” #226 which is a stand-alone story where the creative team were introduced to the title.Creative Team:Writer: Frank MillerIllustrator: David Mazzucchelli\ A COMIC BOOK MASTERPIECE\ \ I have shown him... That a man without hope... is a man without fear.\ I wanted to read this storyline since some months ago when I found out about it on the magazine that Marvel Comics published to celebrate its 75th Anniversary (that includes since its age as Timely Comics) where they printed a list made by the voting from the fans choosing the 75 most popular storylines ever, by Marvel, where Born Again got the fourth place in the list, only under Kraven’s Last Hunt, Civil War and The Death of Gwen Stacy. And honestly, Born Again is so strong that it could easily got the top spot.Frank Miller did a superb writing job here, and I have read a lot of his material and believe it or not, Born Again is a product as good as The Dark Knight Returns, and taking blindly (pun intended) the quality of narrative displayed here, the use of the words, the richness in the prose, it could being considered even a better product than its distinguished competitor, but don’t get us into a messy fight that nobody would be able to win (after all, both stories are written by the same author!). Let’s just say that Born Again is, without a doubt, one of the strongest storylines ever published in the comic books’ industry.David Mazzucchelli delivered a wonderful artistic direction and while the proper artwork may be consider not as impressive as the current ones in nowadays’ comic books, definitely it’s an awesome and carefully planned job in the whole storyline to bring symmetry in key moments of each issue along with a spectacular use of angles and perspectives in the scenes.\ PAYING FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS\ \ It’s not every day that you sell your soul.\ A woman looking for a “quick fix” in her life, provokes a long term disarray in the life of a man.Karen Page, former girlfriend of Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) and also former secretary in the legal office of Nelson and Murdock, was long gone from New York. She went after her dream to become a Hollywood star, but her dream turned into a nightmare. She ended as prostitute in some non-disclosed Mexican border town (most likely doing porn movies too) and she fell into drugs, just to complete this awful package of her life. Karen “sells” just for a measly drug shot, the real identity of Daredevil. No one can fall lower than that.The information of Daredevil’s alter ego travels fast until reaching......the hands of Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin!!!Just that is a powerful introduction to the storyline, crude, raw, real, but what the Kingpin does with the info is what makes this storyline so powerful, so great.Wilson Fisk knows that Daredevil is just a costume, you don’t destroy a costume, you destroy the man inside of it, you destroy Matt Murdock, but slowly.Instead of a typical comic book direct hasty assault towards the hero, Wilson Fisk takes his time. There is no rush. The Kingpin invests six months to plan the systematic obliteration of Matt Murdock’s life: Properties, money savings, legal license, reputation, friends, current girlfriend, physical health, mental sanity, everything has to go away, without Matt’s realization that somebody is behind of the orchestration of his personal downfall, but slowly.The downfall of a good man must be like a glass of wine, you have to savor it, but slowly.Born Again is a must-read for any Daredevil’s fan, but also a wonderful option for any fan of comic books in general, and even a great choice for any reader looking for a really good story.

For fifteen years, Valve has defined the cutting edge of video games. Now, Valve joins with Dark Horse to bring three critically acclaimed, fan-favorite series to print, with a collection of comics from the worlds of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Portal. With over two hundred pages of story, Valve Presents: The sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories is a must-read for fans looking to further explore the games they love or comics readers interested in dipping their toes into new mythos!

One of the most popular artists working in comics over the last 30 years, George Pérez's resume contains a who's-who of the most popular characters in comics. From his co-creation, with Marv Wolfman, of THE NEW TEEN TITANS in the 80s and his work on CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and WONDER WOMAN to his mega-successful JLA/AVENGERS, George's work has thrilled comics fans for over 3 decades.This omnibus collects the first two years of George Perez's revolutionary run on WONDER WOMAN in premium format, containing WONDER WOMAN #1-24 and WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1.

Twenty Three Skidoo! It’s Batman in the Roaring ‘20’s!On occasion, comic creators like to take favorite characters and drop them into different time periods for some non-continuity escapades. Here it’s Bats up against H.P. Lovecraft’s Lurker at the Threshold. The Threshold being Gotham City, so, as always it’s not quite the bee’s knee’s in fair Gotham, because it going to be a tentacle-apooloza!Right-o!Basically, Bruce Wayne’s been away from Gotham City for twenty years, scouring local sea ports for teen-aged boy wards (Dick, Tim, Jason) and honing his Bat-skillz. Most recently, he’s been visiting Antarctica, looking for the missing Cobblepot party. A Mr. Freezee-Cone has unearthed the Lurker and Cobblepot hangs back to cavort and do the Happy Feet thing with some penguins.Apparently, long ago in colonial times, distant relations of Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, Kirk Langstrom and some other guy killed someone named Prinn after a satanic rite, setting off the ultimate revenge 200 years later, with Batman, predictably at the center.Bottom line: Some of the fun lies in seeing how Mignola re-invents some of Batman’s rogues – Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, the Penguin, Talia and Ra’s al Ghul. Some of the fun is sucked out of this volume, by some the worst facial renderings ever.I’d recommend this for those of you who want something a little different in their Bat-reading.Fair warning, Bats: Walking into a huge, monstrous, tentacly vaginal orifice that used to be the better half of Harvey Dent is never a good life choice.

Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, but he's far from the ideal child. Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled teen that just can't seem to find a calling. But after a fateful night on a subway car, that all will change.  Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at the Rock of Eternity, Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man. By shouting the wizard's name--Shazam!--the young teen is mystically transformed into the powerhouse known as Captain Marvel! Now given abilities that make him Earth's Mightiest Mortal at the utterance of a simple phrase, will Billy make the right choices and do what it takes to become a hero? Or will he succumb to the poor choices of youth--and the villainous Black Adam!Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, the team behind the New York Times #1 best-selling graphic novel BATMAN: EARTH ONE, unite to re-invent Captain Marvel as a part of DC Comics--The New 52.  Collected here for the first time ever is the series of back-ups that ran in the pages of Johns' critically acclaimed JUSTICE LEAGUE.Collects the Shazam! stories that originally appeared in Justice League #7-11, #0 and #14-17.

George Miller, Nico Lathouris and Mark Sexton are writing four prelude stories that follow leading characters Nux, Immortan Joe, Furiosa, and a two-part story about Mad Max. Nico Lathouris serves as a co-writer on the film while Mark Sexton serves as storyboard and concept artist for Mad Max: Fury Road. Interior artists working on these projects include Riccardo Burchielli, Leandro Fernandez, Tristan Jones and Mark Sexton, while covers will be illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards.In this collection:Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1Mad Max: Fury Road: Furiosa #1Mad Max: Fury Road: Mad Max #1-2(Note: Stand-in cover taken from Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1.)

Sometimes, when I go on vacation, my old comics packed upstairs in the dusty webbed attic of my summerhouse on the mountains call me begging to be read again... this year it's  McFarlane's Spawn turn.This mix of Miller's Dark Knight (the representation of tv journalism, the cape and some drawings), Howard Mackie's smash-hit Ghost Rider (The Pact with the Devil, the chains, the hellish powers), same drawn by McFarlane' Spider-Man (look at the mask and some prospectives) and everything crossing the author's mind (Detectives Sam and Twitch are a cocktail of Oliver-Hardy- and Batman's Bullock-Alfred)  is just as not as good as I used to remember (the movie is far worst, thrust me), but artworks aged much well, the Danny De Vito/Joker-Violator always made me laugh a lot, the Billy Kinkaid children murderer issue is a brutal politically incorrect sick-fest and this 90s comic-book shocked american comic-dom being first good quality creator-owned one after years of authors/artists' slavery from major editors.And reading Spawn again was like meeting again a long time lost friend, so four stars are totally deserved for me.

The team behind the critically-acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series!By day, Domino Swift competes for fame & fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting "machine narcotic" known as Crush.Collecting: Motor Crush 1-5

The breakout star of Spider-Verse takes the comics world by storm with her own series! Gwen Stacy is the Spider-Woman of her world, but you knew that already. What you don't know is what's waiting for her when she comes to the other side of the Spider-Verse! On the most tragic day of her life, Gwen was convinced that the Lizard died in her arms along with Peter Parker. But when a new reptilian rampage begins, she is left in doubt...not only about Peter's life, but his death as well. And Gwen's troubles pile up as the Osborns of her world make their debut, and she finds herself on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted list! Perhaps another Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, could share some lessons about power and responsibility!COLLECTING: EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE 2, SPIDER-GWEN (2015A) 1-5, SPIDER-GWEN (2015B) 1-6

The official graphic novel tie-in to the hit SyFy television series revealing the untold origin stories of the main characters .Based on the bestselling books and tying into the hit television series, The Expanse: Origins reveals the untold genesis of the crew members of The Rocinante. As interplanetary tensions reach an all-time high, The Rocinante crew finds themselves at the center of a conflict that threatens to destroy all of human civilization. But before they were heroes, each member of the crew faced moments that would define them and bring them one step closer to the ship they now call home.  Featuring stories by author James S.A. Corey, written by Hallie Lambert and Georgia Lee and illustrated by Huang Danlan, this graphic novel explores the history of each character and what led them to The Canterbury, making it a must-read for fans.

A New York Times Bestseller!The best-selling prequel to the hit videogame picks up right where it left off! Year one is over--now, year two begins. The death of one of their own has divided Earth's protectors as hero turns against hero. As Superman's iron grip on the world tightens, at the edge of the galaxy, anothe grave threat approaches...INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR 2 continues the story from the New York Times best-selling graphic novel with rising star writer Tom Taylor (EARTH 2) and a team of artists including Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo and Tom Derenick. Collects INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR 2 #1-6.

Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note!Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal…or his life?Contains Volumes 9 and 10 of \ Death Note\ ! Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light’s noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?  

Everything you thought you knew about witches is wrong. They are much darker, and they are much more horrifying. Wytches takes the mythology of witches to a far creepier, bone-chilling place than readers have dared venture before. When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient...and hungry.Collecting: Wytches 1-6

A new 9-issue miniseries with a story written and pencilled by Renae De Liz ("The Last Unicorn")! In the beginning, there was only chaos. But Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, saw a better future--and eventually, her daughter would be destined to bring that new world to life. Before her ultimate fate unfolds, though, Diana of Themyscira must learn the important lessons of an Amazonian childhood!Collects the 27 digital chapters of "The Legend of Wonder Woman," later released in print form for 9 issues.

The Isles of Los Angeles 2089: humanity is addicted to technology. Getting a virtual buzz is the only thing left to live for, and gangsters run it all. Who do these gangsters turn to when they need their rule enforced? Constables Led Dent and Debbie Decay are about to be given a job that will force them out of the familiar squalor of LA and into the last tech-less country on Earth: The Garden Nation of Tokyo. Collecting: Tokyo Ghost 1-5

Two of the most popular culture franchises of all time go toe to shell when Batman teams up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the highly anticipated second volume of this epic crossover event, BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II!Trapped in a world where they can scarcely tell friend from foe, the Turtles' first encounter with the Dark Knight puts their fighting skills to the ultimate test. While the Shredder is locked away at Riker's Island, the Foot Civil War rages through New York City. Each branch of the Foot is determined to kill the Turtles first, to prove their rightful claim to power. Meanwhile, Batman and Robin are back in the DC Universe, dealing with the repercussions of a massive Arkham Asylum breakout that freed Bane!When Bane is unexpectedly transported to the Turtles' New York City, he swiftly takes control of the city and Batman and the Turtles must unite forces to defeat their common enemy!From the monster creative team behind the original graphic novel, James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II, this sequel further explores one of the greatest team-ups of all time! Collects issues #1-7.