Arkham Tales


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Nestled along the Massachusetts coast, the small town of Arkham has existed for centuries. It is the source of countless rumors and legends. Tales of Arkham are whispered by those who have visited it, each telling a different and remarkable account. Reports of impossible occurrences, peculiar happenings and bizarre events, tales that test the sanity of the reader are to be found here. Magic, mysteries, monsters, mayhem, and ancient malignancies form the foundation of this unforgettable Eastern town. Collected in this volume are the strange and terrifying stories of the legend-haunted city.




Wrath of N'kai


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The first in a new range of novels of eldritch adventure from the wildly popular Arkham Horror; an international thief of esoteric artifacts stumbles onto a nightmarish cult in 1920s New England. Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum, the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences. Now, caught between her mysterious client, the police, and a society of necrophagic connoisseurs, she finds herself on the trail of a resurrected mummy as well as the star-born terror gestating within it.




Batman: Arkham Asylum - Tales of Madness (1998-) #1


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When the quake strikes Gotham, Arkham Asylum closes up tight as a drum. Freed from their cells, the inmates have taken a rookie guard hostage as part of a devious contest: whoever tells the scariest tale "wins" the guard…to do with him as they wish.




Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." --H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre. In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition: ¸ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals. ¸ Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil. ¸ Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price. ¸ The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University. PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE SPINE-TINGLING TALES!




Batman


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2020 IBPA Awards Winner! The Caped Crusader. The Dark Knight. The World’s Greatest Detective. Bats. This lavish 400-page book tells the complete history of Batman from his 1939 debut in Detective Comics to the current day. Learn secrets and see exclusive new content taken from some of Batman’s most iconic stories and moments, from the beloved Adam West TV incarnation, legendary comics such as The Killing Joke, Christian Bale’s iconic interpretation within Christopher Nolan’s trilogy and Kevin Conroy’s signature performance within the animated series and Arkham Asylum videogame. —The most comprehensive history of Batman ever written. Over 400 pages detailing every incarnation of The Caped Crusader across comics, TV, animation, movies, videogames and beyond. —Superstar Contributors. Read interviews and insights from those who have shaped The Dark Knight’s legend, including Christopher Nolan, Mark Hamill, Tim Burton, Grant Morrison, Julie Newmar, Joel Schumacher, Scott Snyder, Frank Miller and more. —Exclusive Introductions and Foreword. Read an exclusive introduction and foreword from two of Batman’s most beloved actors, Kevin Conroy and Michael Keaton. —Never Before Seen Content. Taken directly from the archives of DC and Warner Bros., enjoy exclusive, unseen treasures from the 80-year history of Batman. —Critically Acclaimed. "Comics? Check. Television? Check. Films and videogames? Double-check, chums. Over more than 400 pages, the book will have interviews, never-before-seen photographs from feature films, animation cels, and sketches, along with a 40-page film treatment from Batman co-creator Bob Kane." - Batman-News.com




Country Tales of Arkham, Massachusetts and Beyond


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Celebrate the works of H.P. Lovecraft with this mammoth volume, collecting all of the master's stories of Arkham, Massachusetts and the Cthulhu Mythos in one place. Included are not only all of the well-known tales, but a few of Lovecraft's revisions (stories he was paid to rewrite, which did not originally carry his name) that are set in the same universe. Here are 28 stories, a long poem, and an essay by Lovecraft on the Necronomicon...more than 1,100 page in total! Included are: INTRODUCTION, by John Gregory Betancourt DAGON THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE NYARLATHOTEP THE NAMELESS CITY HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR AZATHOTH THE HOUND THE UNNAMABLE THE FESTIVAL THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST THE CALL OF CTHULHU THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH THE SILVER KEY THE DUNWICH HORROR THE CURSE OF YIG THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS THE MAN OF STONE THE HORROR IN THE MUSEUM THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME OUT OF THE AEONS AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK THE TREE ON THE HILL THE MOUND FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH (poem) THE HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON (essay)




The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion, 11th Edition


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Describes and lists the values of popular collectible comics and graphic novels issued from the 1950s to today, providing tips on buying, collecting, selling, grading, and caring for comics and including a section on related toys and rings.




H. P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales


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The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of 23 loosely connected short stories. Each story connects to the acient cosmic entities known as the Great Old Ones, buried in a deep sleep beneath the earth and incomprehensible to mankind. For the few mortals who dare to glimpse this unknowable world, the result is a complete disconnect from what was once considered reality.




KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible


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Take a whirlwind tour to the incredible planet of a million fantasy races, the Crucible, in this wild science fantasy anthology from the hit new game, KeyForge. Welcome to the Crucible – an artificial planet larger than our sun – an ever-growing patchwork of countless other worlds, filled with creatures, sentient beings and societies stolen from across the universe by the mythical Architects. Across this dizzying juxtaposition of alien biospheres, the enigmatic and godlike Archons seek to unlock the secrets at the heart of the Crucible. Everyone else is just trying to survive... Explore ten tales of adventure in a realm where science and magic team up, of discovery and culture clash, featuring mad Martian scientists, cybernetic surgeons, battle reenactors, elven thieves, private investigators, goblins, saurian monsters, and the newly arrived human Star Alliance.




Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime


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Gotham City is filled with stories--of heroes and of villains, of police and criminals, of families both lost and found. But the enchanted short stories in BATMAN TALES are brought to life with a classic fairy-tale twist that will fill you with wonder. Once upon a crime in Gotham... Damian Wayne dreams of becoming a real boy wonder--as long as he can avoid telling lies and making his nose grow. Batman's butler takes an unexpected trip through the looking glass and finds himself in a topsy-turvy world, for Alfred's in Wonderland! Gotham City Police Department detectives interrogate Gotham's most dangerous criminals looking for the princess who stole the pea. And Batman meets a snow queen who leads him on a dangerous quest. New York Times bestselling creators Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen return to their Bat-roots—this time with a fairy-tale flair!