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Batman Collection | Nightwing Collection | Indie Comics You Just Can't Miss | Saga: One of the Best-Selling Indie Comics of All Time | Essential Marvel Comics | Terrifically Terrifying Comics | How the Horror Comics of the 1950s Nearly Buried the Industry... |
INDIE COMICS YOU JUST CAN'T MISS
SAGA: ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING INDIE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Brian K. Vaughan (author) and Fiona Staples (illustrator)
If you're looking for a series that breaks the comic book mold — no superheroes and intensely character-driven — then you probably couldn't choose better than Saga.
The story follows a family — Marko, Alana and their daughter Hazel — who are on the run across the galaxy, pursued by two different warring factions from which they deserted. It's a sweeping tale set against a galaxy as vast and interesting as anything you'll find in Star Wars or other, best-known franchises, but it never loses sight of also being an intensely personal family drama. And the artwork is both stylish and beautiful.
Started in 2013, there are now numerous Saga books to enjoy and the series has won multiple awards including a Hugo for Best Graphic Story.
Brian K. Vaughan (author) and Fiona Staples (illustrator)
If you're looking for a series that breaks the comic book mold — no superheroes and intensely character-driven — then you probably couldn't choose better than Saga.
The story follows a family — Marko, Alana and their daughter Hazel — who are on the run across the galaxy, pursued by two different warring factions from which they deserted. It's a sweeping tale set against a galaxy as vast and interesting as anything you'll find in Star Wars or other, best-known franchises, but it never loses sight of also being an intensely personal family drama. And the artwork is both stylish and beautiful.
Started in 2013, there are now numerous Saga books to enjoy and the series has won multiple awards including a Hugo for Best Graphic Story.
Mysteriously banished from existence by a multiversal event, the old superheroes of Spiral City now lead simple lives on a bizarre farm from which there is no escape!
Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where androids have been outlawed.
The saga begins — from Hellboy's mysterious World War II origin to his 1994 confrontation with the man who summoned him to earth.
The stories and artwork that laid the groundwork for the most successful independent comic book ever published, including the introduction Spawn himself.
Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection!
In a world where magical heritage is punishable by death, a young boy named Wynd must hide his true identity — and pointy ears!
ESSENTIAL MARVEL COMICS READING
Re-live the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 - where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity's only hope!
Published alongside the release of the original film in 1977, this comprehensive exploration includes this early era through to Marvel's return to the Star Wars brand in 2015 and beyond.
The FF faces monster menaces galore, including Dragon Man — and out-of-this-world villains, from the shape-shifting Skrulls to the undersea warlord Attuma.
The Marvel Universe is no more! The interdimensional Incursions have eliminated each and every alternate universe one by one.
Untold tales of Apocalypse's rise to power and the beginning of the X-Men's underground resistance!
The instant-classic saga that brought Bucky Barnes back from the dead — and introduced the world to the Winter Soldier!
The Mad Titan Thanos has seized control of Infinity Gauntlet and with it near-omnipotent power! Who can stop this deadly new overlord?
This anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man's publication history (from 1962 to 1964).
Classic titles from yesteryear return in a genre-spanning celebration of 80 years of Marvel Comics!
TERRIFICALLY TERRIFYING COMICS
HOW THE HORROR COMICS OF THE 1950s NEARLY BURIED THE INDUSTRY...
While contemporary critics still heap plenty of hate onto comic books, back in the 1950s concern over them was so intense it actually resulted in Congressional hearings and the formation of the Comics Code Authority (CCA), a regulatory body formed by the industry in 1954 as a way of heading off widespread government censorship.
However, at least part of the hysteria that led to the CCA etc. may have been warranted. During what's often considered the most idealistic decade in American history, horror comics were truly horrifying. While many of these books were intended to be morality tales in which greedy, selfish and spiteful protagonists get their horrific just-desserts in the end, having them eaten alive by corpses was way too much for many parents and law-makers. Graphic depictions of dismemberment, decapitation, cannibalism, bondage, occult activities and more were really shocking, especially for a time we often remember as being defined by the bland entertainment of Leave It to Beaver and bubblegum pop music.
While contemporary critics still heap plenty of hate onto comic books, back in the 1950s concern over them was so intense it actually resulted in Congressional hearings and the formation of the Comics Code Authority (CCA), a regulatory body formed by the industry in 1954 as a way of heading off widespread government censorship.
However, at least part of the hysteria that led to the CCA etc. may have been warranted. During what's often considered the most idealistic decade in American history, horror comics were truly horrifying. While many of these books were intended to be morality tales in which greedy, selfish and spiteful protagonists get their horrific just-desserts in the end, having them eaten alive by corpses was way too much for many parents and law-makers. Graphic depictions of dismemberment, decapitation, cannibalism, bondage, occult activities and more were really shocking, especially for a time we often remember as being defined by the bland entertainment of Leave It to Beaver and bubblegum pop music.
Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, American Vampire is a generational epic showcasing the bloodlust that lay hidden beneath America's most distinctive eras!
What's that lurking in the dark? Who's that walking up behind you? And why does it sound like death is slowly creeping this way? Creepshow is a new comic book anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series.
Named a "modern masterpiece", this is a sprawling tale of magic and family which follows the Locke children returning to their family's home following the gruesome murder of their father.
Preacher Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues as he becomes the sheriff of a troubled Texas town.
Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama, and legend are seamlessly interwoven.
The EC Archives was once the first and last name in comic book horror. This anthology presents the terrifying opening of the Vault of Horror for the first time!