Manuel Garcia

This open access book examines perceptions and dialogues between China and Europe by analysing strategic geopolitical sites which fostered commerce, consumption and socioeconomic networks between China and Europe through a particular case study: Macau, connecting with South China, and Marseille in Mediterranean Europe from 1680 to 1800. How did foreign merchant networks and trans‐national communities of Macau and Marseille operate during the eighteenth...

"Spider-Man and friends were pushed to the limits in MAXIMUM CARNAGE. The Marvel Universe barely survived ABSOLUTE CARNAGE. Now we're taking symbiote chaos to the Extreme! As the dust continues to settle after the symbiote-redefining KING IN BLACK saga, Eddie and Dylan Brock aren't the only ones adjusting to a new normal. The Life Foundation symbiotes--Scream, Phage, Riot, Lasher and Agony--are trying to reconcile the sometimes noble intentions of...

David Powell has regained all his missing memories and reunited with his wife, Astrid, and their young son, Elijah. With the family back together, a new journey starts for David as he embarks on fully embracing his "Noble" persona, while Astrid's past begins to creep back into their lives in the form of a sinister new enemy. Meanwhile, David has to face a new foe of his own that challenges what it means to be "noble." Think being a superhero is hard?...

David Powell continues to be tested as Noble, as strange disasters continue to pop up around the area, putting countless lives in danger. A mysterious new figure is playing puppet master from behind the curtain, and David is determined to find out who, or what, is causing the mayhem. Meanwhile, Astrid has to face a true monster from her and Lorena's past with the help of surprising new allies.

All eyes are on Astrid Powell as she and her reconnaissance team home in on the ruthless and murderous Esparza. Now that he is within striking distance and the hammer is about to drop, Astrid must decide what to do with the unrepentant killer. Astrid's husband, a.k.a. Noble, has vowed to stay out of her way and let Astrid seal the fate of the man who nearly ruined her, but even vigilante violence seems too good for the seemingly inhuman man who has...

When the xenophobic new director of the FBI's Branch Seven sets his sites on David Powell, he sees nothing but opportunity-an opportunity to rein in any possible threat from the so-called "enhanced" individuals with super-human powers while publicly destroying the most powerful of all of them-the hero known as Noble. Now framed for a devastating false flag terrorist attack and running for their lives from the real perpetrators of that crime, David...

When global threats surface, they have to contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! Still, powers higher-up think their new computerized defenses will be even MORE reliable than our heroes. (Just wish they hadn't named the system ULTRON...!)

Meet David Powell-the bookish young kid from Houston's Fourth Ward. Obsessed with space, books, and trying a little too hard to please the older kids in his neighborhood, David is a young man searching for his footing in a world where kids who look like him often fall. Long before he became an astronaut-much less a superhero-tragedy struck David's life and set him on the path that will someday lead him to becoming Noble. Past, present, and fate collide-with...

David and Astrid Powell have dealt with more external, circumstantial drama than most couples could ever imagine, from Astrid's CIA-level job stress to David unexpectedly becoming a superhero while on a mission that nearly took his life. What they haven't had is any time to decompress and reconnect in the aftermath, and now that they're making time to see a counselor, it's not what they expected. It turns out they're not the only ones listening to...

Collects Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four (2005) #10, Iron Man Annual (1970) #5, Shuri (2018) #1. T'Challa, the Black Panther, is one of the most skilled fighters and brilliant minds in the Marvel-Verse - and these are some of his most thrilling adventures! When the Fantastic Four venture deep into the jungles of Africa, they find Wakanda - the world's most technologically advanced nation - hidden within! And just wait until they meet its warrior...