BLAZE BROTHERS Special Edition Graphic Novel


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Check out the complete 200 page Special Edition BLAZE BROTHERS Graphic Novel w/ Cover by Eisner Award-Winner Glenn Fabry (Preacher/Hellblazer/Sláine). Award-winning writers Vernon Whitlock III and Matthew Scott Krentz and fan-favorite artist Marat Mychaels (X-Force: Shatterstar and Deadpool Corp) present the complete action-packed, hard-hitting, and non-apologetic Blaze Brothers story for the first time! Two orphaned half brothers, Jack and Billy Blaze, reared by an exiled Chinese martial arts Master and trained as deadly assassins by a secret US Black Ops force, resign their commission after a botched mission leaves them both near death. The two gun-toting, sword-wielding brothers resurface as high-level debt collectors, working exclusively for a vicious Japanese crime lord, Mr. Yamamoto. Believing that the Blaze Brothers have dishonored him, he places a two million dollar bounty on their heads. The Blaze Brothers must battle every hitman, assassin, and gang member in the city in an attempt to clear their names. A Few Quotes/Reviews: "Blaze Brothers Is Soaked With Blood, Adrenaline And Fun. The Writing Is Loaded With Gems!" (Bleeding Cool) “Blaze Brothers takes all the things you love about guy movies and mashes it up into one big colossal story about honor, respect, family, and a hell of a lot of violence.” (ComicBooked.com) "What if Tarantino made a comic book? That’s what it feels like when you hit the first page of this collection. You’ve got the titular heroes' rocking threads making them colder than ice, with the attitude to match, the first scene (in a church) is delightfully irreverent, and there are times you can almost feel blood dripping off the page." (Fan Boy Comics) "Blaze Brothers is a hard-hitting, non-apologetic, multi-layered saga filled with tragedy, love, betrayal and redemption, infused within this action-packed, martial-arts-influenced story are very unique multicultural characters who possess the kind of great witty dialogue one would find from the likes of Mark Millar, Quentin Tarantino and Elmore Leonard." (CBR) "All fans of great storytelling will appreciate Blaze Brothers... Multicultural and with a global setting, the novel’s sharp dialogue, layered characters and compelling images combine to tell a story that’s both arresting and keenly relevant. For any individual in need of an escape from the drabness of their 9-to-5 or a thrill-seeker who enjoys the art of badassery, Blaze Brothers brings the light to dark places." (Vibe Magazine) “The artwork continues to be nothing short of awesome, better than a lot of artwork you would see from Marvel to be completely honest…. Good story telling pays off, and trust me when I say this is good story telling." (ComicBooked.com) "Blaze Brothers continues to be a violent feast from each issue to the next… Loved It!" (All-Comic) "An unapologetic, blood-soaked gangsta tale… The Writing Is Loaded With Gems!" (BleedingCool) "Blaze Brothers is a high-octane tale of honor, betrayal and good old fashioned badassery!" (ComicsBulletin) "The team the creators put together to handle inks, colors, and letters all did a great job… I am eagerly waiting for more!" (IndieComix) “There are times in comics when the reader just wants to feel cool, like they can take down 100 men, and save the girl all while eating a sandwich. Well, I recently got my hands on a copy of Blaze Brothers #1 and I was in for a ride straight out of a John Woo flick." (ImpulseGamer) “The Blaze Brothers is what you would get if Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction fornicated and gave birth. It’s over the top, bloody and down right visceral.” (World of Black Heroes)




Blaze Brothers


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Blaze Brothers No.2 - Traitors Amongst Us


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In BLAZE BROTHERS No. 2 - “Traitors Amongst Us” - Jack and Billy Blaze are ruthlessly betrayed by a fellow brother. This devious act literally rips Jack and Billy’s lives apart and leaves one of their very own near death... “If Pulp Fiction were a comic it would be BLAZE BROTHERS... A smashing freshman success!” (comicbooked.com) BLAZE COMICS presents BLAZE BROTHERS, “a bullet flying, katana slicing piece of action that delivers.” (comicattack.net) This tale of two orphaned half brothers, reared by an exiled Chinese martial arts Master, and trained as deadly assassins by a secret US Black Ops force, was illustrated by Marat Mychaels of Marvel’s Deadpool Corp and X-Force:Shatter with Graphic Novel Covers painted by the legendary, Eisner-winning Glenn Fabry! This award-winning, completely original saga will not disappoint. “Like a Mark Millar creation, BLAZE BROTHERS is flat-out KICK-ASS!” BLAZE COMICS presents BLAZE BROTHERS, a no-holds-bar, non-apologetic, hard-hitting completely original series of 8 comics. "WE WERE SET UP FOR SOMETHING WE DID NOT DO! SOMEONE PLACED A TWO MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT ON OUR HEADS. NOW EVERY MURDERING, KILLING, SCUM BUCKET IN THE CITY IS OUT TO PUT A BULLET IN OUR HEADS. SO LISTEN, AND LISTEN CLOSELY - IF THEY WANT BLOOD, WE WILL GIVE THEM BLOOD... BUCKETS OF IT!!!"




Blaze Brothers Volume 2


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This tale of two orphaned half brothers, reared by an exiled Chinese martial arts Master, and trained as deadly assassins by a secret US Black Ops force, was illustrated by Marat Mychaels of Marvel's Deadpool Corp and X-Force: Shatter, with graphic novel variant covers painted by the legendary, Eisner-winning Glenn Fabry!




Blaze


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They’re in love…and in danger. Donny Steel lives a charmed life. He’s a successful attorney, in love with the woman of his dreams, and a member of the Steel family. But while Snow Creek’s golden family seems perfect on the outside, how many skeletons lurk in the Steel closet? Each day, Donny finds more and more evidence of foul play while dredging up his own past—something better left forgotten. Callie Pike never imagined Donny Steel could fall in love with her, and she desperately wants to revel in their blazing passion. If only her own past hadn’t returned to torment her. Why now? What does it all mean? Is it somehow related to the attempt on Talon Steel’s life? Or the fire that destroyed her family’s livelihood? As scattered pieces of evidence crop up in unlikely places, Donny and Callie work to find the common thread to pull everything together. But someone clearly wants to destroy them, and laws, ethics, and locked doors don’t seem to be standing in the way.




Christianity and Comics


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The Bible has inspired Western art and literature for centuries, so it is no surprise that Christian iconography, characters, and stories have also appeared in many comic books. Yet the sheer stylistic range of these comics is stunning. They include books from Christian publishers, as well as underground comix with religious themes and a vast array of DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse titles, from Hellboy to Preacher. Christianity and Comics presents an 80-year history of the various ways that the comics industry has drawn from biblical source material. It explores how some publishers specifically targeted Christian audiences with titles like Catholic Comics, books featuring heroic versions of Oral Roberts and Billy Graham, and special religious-themed editions of Archie. But it also considers how popular mainstream comics like Daredevil, The Sandman, Ghost Rider, and Batman are infused with Christian themes and imagery. Comics scholar Blair Davis pays special attention to how the medium’s unique use of panels, word balloons, captions, and serialized storytelling have provided vehicles for telling familiar biblical tales in new ways. Spanning the Golden Age of comics to the present day, this book charts how comics have both reflected and influenced Americans’ changing attitudes towards religion.




Spirits of Vengeance: Rise of the Midnight Sons


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Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch race side-by-side as the Spirits of Vengeance, as Marvel's Midnight Sons rise to face a hellish threat like no other! Former Ghost Rider Blaze joins his successor Ketch and fellow Sons including Morbius, Blade, the Nightstalkers and the Darkhold Redeemers in the fight against Lilith, Mother of Demons, and her horrifying progeny! As they continue to burn rubber together, Blaze and Ghost Rider target Hag and Troll, but they're not the only ones on the trail. So is Venom! And where the sinister symbiote goes, can Spider-Man be far behind? COLLECTING: Ghost Rider (1990) 28, 31; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1992) 1-6; Morbius: The Living Vampire (1992) 1; Darkhold: Pages From the Book of Sins (1992) 1; Nightstalkers (1992) 1; Web of Spider-Man (1985) 95-96; material from Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) 1




Blaze


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Bestselling author JoAnn Ross turns up the heat in a novel of heart-stopping suspense and white-hot passion that takes readers from the sultry South Carolina Lowcountry to the rugged Northern California coast, and ultimately into the darkest reaches of the human heart.... Fire cop Tess Gannon is hot on the trail of a pyromaniac who's been setting buildings ablaze throughout Somersett, South Carolina, when ATF Special Agent Gage O'Halloran arrives on her fire scene. Coming out of a self-imposed exile, Gage suspects that Tess's "Flamemaster" is connected to a serial killer he apprehended three years ago. Tess doesn't like Gage. He's too rude. Too arrogant. Too damn...male. Worse yet, she doesn't trust him. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Tess and Gage race to stop the killer from striking another fatal match. But Gage's fragile hope for redemption is put to the test when Tess becomes ensnared in a homicidal pyromaniac's deadly obsession. And time is running out....




The Patchwork Bike


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Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award 2019 Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Crichton Award for Debut Illustrator 2017 Selected as a CBCA Honour Picture Book 2017 Shortlisted for PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2018 'Beautifully written and incredibly powerful.' Books + Publishing 'this book is just what many of us need right now' - starred Kirkus Review When you live in a village at the edge of the No-Go Desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe mum is still using it, maybe not) and a used flour sack. You can even make a numberplate from bark, if you want. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpity-bump over sandhills, past your fed-up mum and right through your mud-for-walls home. A delightful story from multi-award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, beautifully illustrated by street artist Van T Rudd.




Green Lantern


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While battling villains and dealing with his girlfriend Jen, Kyle Rayner, a.k.a. Green Lantern, tracks down the men responsible for a vicious hate-based attack on his friend and co-worker Terry Berg.