Books : Search |
|
Books : Search |
|
A Christmas Carol (Classics Illustrated)»rank: 2065474by: Charles Dickens, Joe Staton
: :An abridgment of the classic story with all the characters depicted as animals. Review:Patrick Stewart's one-man production of Dickens's A Christmas Carol played to sold-out audiences in New York and Los Angeles. In this studio recording based on those performances, Stewart is in rare form, using his considerable range of voices to play all roles, from the Ghost of Christmas past to Tiny Tim. It must be said that Stewart clearly enjoys playing Scrooge best of all--but isn't the villain always the most compelling character? Even if you feel that 'every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and ... |
Essential Incredible Hulk, Vol. 5 (Marvel Essentials)»rank: 37402by: Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella, Len Wein, Chris Claremont
: :The Abomination, the Glob, the Juggernaut, the Rhino, the Wendigo, Xemnu the Titan, and more - no enemy's too big and monstrous for the Hulk! But is even the strongest one there is a match for the one who's the best there is... at what he does? Wolverine's first appearance and first fight with the Hulk reprinted here! Plus: triple-gamma action, international intrigue, poetry, and the first death of Adam Warlock! Guest-starring the X-Men, the Inhumans, and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Collects Incredible Hulk #171-200 and Annual #5. |
||
Essential Silver Surfer, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)»rank: 128326by: Stan Lee, John Byrne, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Joe Staton, Ron Lim
: :After years of Earthbound exile, the Silver Surfer soars the seas of space once more and finds plenty of peril awaiting when the Elders of the Universe try something new: all-out war on Galactus! Plus: space piracy, intergalactic war, doppelgangers and the Surfer caught in a four-sided interstellar love triangle! Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, the Eternals, and Annihilation's Ronan and Super-Skrull! Plus: a rare glimpse of a path not traveled on an alternate Earth! Collects Silver Surfer (1982) #1, Silver Surfer (1987) #1-18 & Annual #1 and Marvel Fanfare #51. |
Incredible Hulk: Heart of the Atom»rank: 264391by: Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont, Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, Herb Trimpe, Bill Mantlo, Peter Gillis, Sal Buscema, Joe Staton
: :In the sub-atomic kingdom of K'ai, the Hulk gained Bruce Banner's brain but lost his heart to the gorgeous green Grace: Jarella! After the sinister Psyklop gets their world in his hands, the atom-crossed couple seek happiness on Earth, but the odds seem stacked against them in both dimensions! Will the Hulk save his emerald angel and her war-torn world? Can green hearts be broken? Find out in this saga that spans time, space, and [non]human emotion! Guest-starring Captain Marvel and the Avengers! Collects Incredible Hulk #140, #148, #156, #202-205 and #246-248, and What If? #23. |
||
Essential Avengers, Vol. 6 (Marvel Essentials)»rank: 366093by: Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Jim Starlin, Gerry Conway, Bob Brown, John Buscema, Don Heck, Dave Cockrum, Joe Staton, George Tuska, Tom Sutton, Rich Buckler, Joe Giella
: :Changes in the Marvel Universe are nothing new - as seen when heroes are reborn, slain, and more in this startling selection of seventies sagas! The search for the Celestial Madonna is on, and all the candidates are under the Avengers' roof! After reviving heroes and villains to set a Legion of the Unliving against Earth's Mightest Heroes, will Kang the Conqueror be divided against himself in deciding the fate of the woman who could alter the universe's destiny? Cap, Iron Man, Thor and Avengers both well-remembered and near-forgotten face off against the lethal likes of Dormammu, Thanos and Ultron! Golden Age glories revisited! The secret of Mantis and the ... |
Michael Chabon Presents...The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Volume 2 (Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (Graphic Novels))»rank: 210937by: Brian K Vaughan, Kevin McCarthy, Marv Wolfman, Matt Kindt, Roy Thomas, Stuart Moore, Mike Mignola, Roger Petersen, Dean Haspiel, Joe Staton, and others
: :Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series. Among the stories in this volume: Critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) pens 'To Reign in Hell' in a classic 1940s spirit, richly illustrated by former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen. Marv Wolfman writes 'Heil and Fear Well,' a shocking and chilling tale of nefarious post-war Nazis in the infamous 1950s EC comics horror style, brought to life by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak. Also, the mysterious powers ... |
||
Justice Society, Vol. 2»rank: 94608by: Paul Levitz
: :Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series. Among the stories in this volume: Critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) pens 'To Reign in Hell' in a classic 1940s spirit, richly illustrated by former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen. Marv Wolfman writes 'Heil and Fear Well,' a shocking and chilling tale of nefarious post-war Nazis in the infamous 1950s EC comics horror style, brought to life by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak. Also, the mysterious powers ... |
Huntress: Dark Knight Daughter (Huntress)»rank: 506799by: Paul Levitz
: :Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series. Among the stories in this volume: Critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) pens 'To Reign in Hell' in a classic 1940s spirit, richly illustrated by former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen. Marv Wolfman writes 'Heil and Fear Well,' a shocking and chilling tale of nefarious post-war Nazis in the infamous 1950s EC comics horror style, brought to life by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak. Also, the mysterious powers ... |
||
Millennium»rank: 306406by: Steve Englehart
: :Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series. Among the stories in this volume: Critically acclaimed writer Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) pens 'To Reign in Hell' in a classic 1940s spirit, richly illustrated by former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen. Marv Wolfman writes 'Heil and Fear Well,' a shocking and chilling tale of nefarious post-war Nazis in the infamous 1950s EC comics horror style, brought to life by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak. Also, the mysterious powers ... |
Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography»rank: 293674by: Andrew Helfer
: :Some Presidents Were Just Meant To Be In Pictures It confronted evil empires, planned Star Wars missile defense systems, and advocated supply-side economics. Let’s face it: Ronald Reagan’s presidency is tailor-made for comic-book art. Whether explaining how the onetime Franklin Roosevelt New Dealer became the conservative right’s standard-bearer, how a B-list actor became General Motors’s pitchman then governor of California, or how a union president became an anti-union President, this graphic biography does what no other biography can: visually narrate the life of a man who relied on stage directions and political theater to become America’s “Great Communicator.” The blended genius of Andrew Helfer (onetime group editor at DC Comics), Steve ... |