Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter #5


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MINISERIES FINALE! The TMNT and Street Fighters stand together against Baxter Stockman and M. Bison at last. Their alliance now set, our heroes’ combined strength should be enough to defeat the bad guys and shut off the Psycho Bomb to save the city. But there’s one variable none of them accounted for: THE SHREDDER has joined the fight! …And his allegiance is to himself.




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter


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The two most iconic martial arts groups in pop culture face off in a tournament for the ages! Don’t miss the matchups of your favorite fighters as the heroes in a half-shell face the likes of Ryu, Guile, Chun-Li, and more. When a prestigious martial arts tournament invites fighters to travel to Atlantic City and test their skills, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jump at the chance to compete. But a big stage means big competition, and the world famous STREET FIGHTERS—Ryu, Guile, Chun-Li, and more—have shown up in force to prove the mettle of their PSYCHO POWERED fighting forms. As if that’s not enough of a challenge, there are rumors of competitors disappearing and the identity of the contest’s benefactors is shrouded in mystery. From creators Paul Allor and Ariel Medel comes this epic crossover event that you never thought you would see!




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter #2


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Brought to you from IDW and Capcom, an event series teaming up two of the greatest martial arts groups in all of pop culture! The World Fighting Festival is serving up heaping helpings of disappointment for both the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Street Fighters. After a devastating loss—on a technicality, no less—a raging Raphael challenges Guile to an unsanctioned rematch in the streets of Atlantic City!!! Doesn’t he know Guile is an actual STREET FIGHTER?! As the Turtles and Street Fighters clash wills and skill on and off the tournament floor, enemies in the shadows conspire against them both!




Super Street Fighter Volume 1


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Street Fighter returns to comics in an all-new, original, hardcover graphic novel series! Fan-favorites like Ryu, Sakura, Ken, and Guile are joined by newcomers Alex, Juri, Dudley, Hakan, and more for all-out excitement and pulse-pounding battles! Super Street Fighter Volume 1 starts the World Warriors on the path to their greatest challenges yet!




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5


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SERIES FINALE! Our heroes fight a battle on two fronts! With Lord Noriyuki’s forces facing an endless onslaught of samuroids, General Usagi and the TMNT storm Dr. WhereWhen’s castle for a final showdown. It’s a race against the clock to save the past and future!




Frankenturkey


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Kyle and Annie want to celebrate Thanksgiving like the pilgrims. They want to wear stovepipe hats, bake their own pies--even raise their own turkey. Then they meet Frankenturkey! Frankenturkey is big, bad, and mad. If Kyle and Annie don't watch out, Frankenturkey will eat them for Thanksgiving dinner.




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—The Lost Years #5


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In the past: A wake of death and destruction stretches behind Michelangelo, trailing across years and continents, but at long last, fate has brought him face-to-face with the one who stands between him and vengeance: the one called DEATH WORM. Meanwhile, in the present (a.k.a. our future!): Chaos has taken hold of New York City, forcing Casey Marie Jones and her young Turtle pupils to make a choice: stand and fight or watch the world burn…Writers Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz, alongside artists Ben Bishop (TMNT: The Last Ronin) and SL Gallant (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), conclude this tantalizing tale of the beginnings of the Last Ronin. But this is just the beginning of an all-new adventure. Don’t miss it!




Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Vol. 6


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Old Hob, Slash, and their crew have become a force to be reckoned with, but a kidnapping leads them on an adventure more wild and dangerous than they could ever have imagined. Then, the Turtles return from Burnow Island to find unimaginable tragedy. Meanwhile, Casey prepares for a final showdown with Hun, and April has come into possession of an ancient scroll that seems to point to answers regarding the Pantheon. It all leads to a final showdown as Karai decrees a Gauntlet battle between Splinter and Shredder. Collects the Mutanimals mini-series, issues #45–50 of the ongoing series, the 2015 Free Comic Book Day issue, and the Casey & April mini-series.




A History of Competitive Gaming


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Competitive gaming, or esports – referring to competitive tournaments of video games among both casual gamers and professional players – began in the early 1970s with small competitions like the one held at Stanford University in October 1972, where some 20 researchers and students attended. By 2022 the estimated revenue of the global esports industry is in excess of $947 million, with over 200 million viewers worldwide. Regardless of views held about competitive gaming, esports have become a modern economic and cultural phenomenon. This book studies the full history of competitive gaming from the 1970s to the 2010s against the background of the arrival of the electronic and computer age. It investigates how competitive gaming has grown into a new form of entertainment, a sport-like competition, a lucrative business and a unique cultural sensation. It also explores the role of competitive gaming in the development of the video game industry, making a distinctive contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the history of video games. A History of Competitive Gaming will appeal to all those interested in the business and culture of gaming, as well as those studying modern technological culture.




Why We Watch


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America is fascinated by violence--where it comes from in ourselves, how it spreads through society, what effect it has on younger generations, and how it looks, in all its chilling and sanguine detail. This arresting collection of essays examines numerous facets of violence in contemporary American culture, ranging across literature, film, philosophy, religion, fairy tales, video games, children's toys, photojournalism, and sports. Lively and jargon-free, Why We Watch is the first book to offer a careful look at why we are drawn to depictions of violence and why there is so large a market for violent entertainment. The distinguished contributors, hailing from fields such as anthropology, history, literary theory, psychology, communications, and film criticism, include Allen Guttmann, Vicki Goldberg, Maria Tatar, Joanne Cantor, J. Hoberman, Clark McCauley, Maurice Bloch, Dolf Zillmann, and the volume's editor, Jeffery Goldstein. Together, while acknowledging that violent imagery has saturated western cultures for millennia, they aim to define what is distinctive about America's contemporary culture of violence. Clear, accessible and timely, this is a book for all concerned with the multiple points of access to violent representation in 1990s America.