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Author
Series
Big shots volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Wells Whitaker was once golf's hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his 'promising' career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life....
2) Contact
Author
Publisher
Aviation Press, Inc.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Meet Golden Eagle, Blazing Venus, Tommy Tomahawk and more in the Contact Comics series.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Hooooo doggy! The tension is getting so thick, a dotanuki wielded by the strongest samurai would have a hard time cutting through it! Just two more volumes left until one of the world's most classic pieces of comic book literature reaches its exciting and emotional conclusion. Two swords remain planted in the ground, awaiting the final duel between the conniving Retsudo and the vengeful Itto, and little Daigoro guards the two blades with his life....
5) Smurfs
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When a strange purple fly bites one of the Smurfs, a full-on purple epidemic develops in the Smurf village! After being bit, a Smurf turns purple, all he can say is "GNAP!" and he goes berserk! The purple Smurf runs amok through the Smurf Village biting other Smurfs on their tails, causing them to turn purple and act crazy too! Soon there are more purple Smurfs than blue Smurfs in the village. It's up to Papa Smurf to find a cure and save Smurf Village...
Author
Publisher
Key Publications
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Weird Mysteries series from Key Publications encompasses tales of mystery, horror and the deep-seated fears that most humans share. This issue includes High Voltage!, The Planet Eaters, Death Takes a Holiday! and other stories.
7) Spook
Author
Publisher
Star Publications
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Spook is an excellent example of the horror-occult genre that was extremely popular during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Comic books pushed the limits of acceptable graphic representation of violence and gore to the point where society blamed comics for widespread juvenile delinquency. The U.S. Senate formed a sub-committee to investigate the influence of horror genre comics, which resulted in the creation of the Comics Code, a form of censorship....
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Several of the best artists and story writers from the Golden Age of Comics contributed to Space Adventures, including Jon D'Agostino, Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Tony Tallarico and Joe Gill. Gill and Ditko created Atom Man, who appeared in late issues of Space Adventures shortly before they collaborated on Spider-Man. This issue features a fictional trip to the moon a little over a decade before it the dream became a reality.
Author
Publisher
Story Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Story Comics, a publisher during the Golden Age of comic↵books, was known for its four popular series, Dark Mysteries, Fight Against Crime, Mysterious Adventures and Romantic Hearts. By this time, comic↵books had become relatively mainstream and the illustrations were becoming a↵respected art form. This time period helped to codify the aesthetic and↵vocabulary that remains popular in comic books to this day. ↵↵Story Comics'↵series Dark...
10) Berserk
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Two feudal kingdoms, Midland and Chuder, battle for supremacy in what will become the final clash in a century-long struggle. Spearheading the Midland forces is the Band of the Hawk, a legendary cadre of elite mercenaries led by the charismatic Griffith and with the fearless Guts as its berserker champion. The Hawks' ferocity, courage, and fearsome skills - not to mention Guts' enormous broadsword - are just what Midland needs to turn the bloody tide,...
11) Romantic Hearts
Author
Publisher
Story Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Story Comics' series Romantic Hearts offers its readers love stories with rich illustrations. Romance was an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of comics. The men are handsome and the women are beautiful, navigating their respective storylines full of star-crossed lovers and happily-ever-afters. This Anthology includes 11 of the 23 issues that were published between March 1951 and July 1955.
12) Suspense
Author
Publisher
Et-Es-Go Magazines, Inc.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Suspense series has become a popular collector's item. Here, you can read the books that are so sought after.
14) Planet Comics
Author
Publisher
Fiction House
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Planet Comics is one of the longest-running Golden Age science fiction comic series. It is considered to be the best of the Fiction House publications and is highly collected and valued. One of the reasons it is so interesting to collectors is the excellent quality of 'good girl art,' a term that refers to beautiful women, often scantily clad, found within the pages of comic books. ↵↵These women often needed saving from a repulsive-looking alien,...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Avatar Aang asks his friends to help him honor Yangchen's Festival-one of the highest Air Nomad holidays, which hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years. But cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen herself lead Aang to discover a jointly owned Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom refinery-operating on land sacred to the Airbenders! Is this the cause of the pollution Aang finds there, or is a more mysterious menace afoot? * The official...
17) Geronimo Stilton
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The incredibly popular Geronimo Stilton appears in graphic novel form for the first time in the U.S.! Geronimo lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island where he works at The Rodent's Gazette, the city's most famous newspaper. In this series of graphic novels, Geronimo travels through time to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats. In The Discovery of America, Geronimo joins Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to the New World...
18) Hardy Boys
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Beginning an all-new direction for the Hardy Boys, reflecting the storylines in the upcoming Simon and Schuster revamped Hardy Boys novels. Who or what is the mysterious organization known as A.T.A.C.? And how are Frank, Joe, and even Fenton Hardy involved? Are the Hardys leaving Bayport forever? How has Laura Hardy's life changed? Why is Aunt Gertrude acting so strange? Where's Iola and Callie? Uncover the clues to these questions and more as Frank...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Between tracking down the vagrant followers of a prescient teen pursued by crablike beasts and dealing with a redneck priest who preaches by way of human mutilation to a trailer park populated by a cult of hillbillies, the BPRD certainly has its hands full. Can a fractured team wage a winnable war or are they fighting a battle of attrition? B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods and Monsters continues the series Comics Alliance calls one of the best books on...
20) Oh My Goddess!
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the four literal young goddesses Belldandy, Urd, Skuld - and, like an occasional vowel, Peorth - to live in college student Keiichi's residence, his personal life has been turned upside down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions!The appearance of the Fifth Goddess has heralded a darker turn in the story - as we are reminded that behind the adorable form of chibi-Hild lies a fearsome demonic intent....
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