Author : David Michelinie
Publisher : DC
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release :
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
'The Trial of Superman' part 4, continued from Adventures of Superman (1986-2006) #529. Chained to a gang of alien fugitives from an interstellar prison, Superman faces an entire planet of murderous monsters while an agent from the Intergalactic Tribunal closes in for the kill. Continued in Superman: The Man of Steel (1991-2003) #51.
Author : Dan Jurgens
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9781852868567
When an intergalactic tribunal is convened to apportion blame for the destruction of Krypton and its billion or more inhabitants, Superman stands accused. It was his ancestor who once tampered with the Kryptonian genetic make-up, and now Superman must answer for the crime - with his life.
Author : Laini Taylor
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0316192147
The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
Author : Ian Flynn
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 22,56 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
MISSING: Belle the Tinkerer—doll-like look, blue eyes, made of wood, usually wears a green hat, and is known for being clumsy. The search for Belle begins! Sonic and the Chaotix search far and wide for their new friend as she fights to escape. But will that be enough, or have the bad guys already won...? And where have the Zeti gone? Find out the conclusion to “Zeti Hunt”!
Author : Matt Kindt
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1616557923
When five deep-time explorers find themselves stranded in the distant past of 2015, they're forced to adapt to a primitive world of iPhone 6s's and cars that can't even drive themselves. But when a rift in space-time starts spitting out dinosaurs, giant robots, and other strange phenomena, only the marooned "PastAways" can defend the twenty-first century from the terrors of the timestream! Collects issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse original series, plus a short story from Dark Horse Presents all in full-color!
Author : Chris Gavaler
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1609383826
Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman’s appearance in Action Comics No. 1, but that Kryptonian rocket didn’t just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman’s creators were born, the superhero’s most defining elements—secret identities, aliases, disguises, signature symbols, traumatic origin stories, extraordinary powers, self-sacrificing altruism—were already well-rehearsed standards. Superheroes have a sprawling, action-packed history that predates the Man of Steel by decades and even centuries. On the Origin of Superheroes is a quirky, personal tour of the mythology, literature, philosophy, history, and grand swirl of ideas that have permeated western culture in the centuries leading up to the first appearance of superheroes (as we know them today) in 1938. From the creation of the universe, through mythological heroes and gods, to folklore, ancient philosophy, revolutionary manifestos, discarded scientific theories, and gothic monsters, the sweep and scale of the superhero’s origin story is truly epic. We will travel from Jane Austen’s Bath to Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars to Owen Wister’s Wyoming, with some surprising stops along the way. We’ll meet mad scientists, Napoleonic dictators, costumed murderers, diabolical madmen, blackmailers, pirates, Wild West outlaws, eugenicists, the KKK, Victorian do-gooders, detectives, aliens, vampires, and pulp vigilantes (to name just a few). Chris Gavaler is your tour guide through this fascinating, sometimes dark, often funny, but always surprising prehistory of the most popular figure in pop culture today. In a way, superheroes have always been with us: they are a fossil record of our greatest aspirations and our worst fears and failings.
Author : Duane Swierczynski
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 2011-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316179892
The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski. Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner's entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he'll suffer the same fate. Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it's the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People. It's nothing personal-the girl just happens to be the next name on their list. For Hardie, though, it's intensely personal. He's not about to let more innocent people die. Not on his watch.
Author : Ron Hall
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 2008-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1418525650
A critically acclaimed #1 New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies in print! Now a major motion picture. Gritty with pain, betrayal, and brutality, this incredible true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the “Man” in the 1960’s by hopping a train. Untrusting, uneducated, and violent, he spends 18 years on the streets of Dallas and Fort Worth. Meet Ron Hall, a self-made millionaire in the world of high-priced deals—an international arts dealer who moves between upscale New York galleries and celebrities. It seems unlikely that these two men would meet under normal circumstances, but when Deborah Hall, Ron's wife, meets Denver, she sees him through God's eyes of compassion. When Deborah is diagnosed with cancer, she charges Ron with the mission of helping Denver. From this request, an extraordinary friendship forms between Denver and Ron, changing them both forever. A tale told in two unique voices, Same Kind of Different as Me weaves two completely different life experiences into one common journey. There is pain and laughter, doubt and tears, and in the end a triumphal story that readers will never forget. Continue this story of friendship in What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing, available now. Same Kind of Different as Me also is available in Spanish.
Author : Mark Millar
Publisher : Top Cow Productions
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781582404806
What would happen if your girlfriend left you for your best friend and your boss gave your job away, then someone revealed that you were the next in line to join a secret society of super-villians that controlled the entire planet? Here is a look at one man who goes from being the world's biggest loser to the deadliest assassin alive. Ages 17 and up
Author : Marina Caldarone
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 35,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781854596741
An essential companion for actors in rehearsal - a thesaurus of action words to revitalise performance. Actors need actions. They cannot act moods. They need to be doing something with every line. They need verbs. They need an aim to achieve, and an action selected to help achieve that aim. 'Actions' are active verbs. 'I tempt you.' 'You taunt me.' In order to perform an action truthfully and therefore convincingly, an actor needs to find exactly the right action to suit that particular situation and that particular line. That is where this book comes in ... It is a thesaurus of active verbs, with which the actor can refine the action-word until s/he hits exactly the right one to help make the action come alive. It looks like this: taunt insult, tease, torment, provoke, ridicule, mock, poke, needle tempt influence, attract, entice, cajole, coax, seduce, lure, fascinate It is well known in the acting community that random lists of action-words circulate rehearsal rooms in dog-eared photocopies - as a sort of actor's crib. This book makes them available for the first time in an organised and comprehensive form.
