Batman: The Caped Crusader (2018)
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Gotham City has endured much through its dark, twisted history, and even the cosmic changes wrought by the Crisis on Infinite Earths couldn't give the town a fresh start—the grime is in its DNA. The Crisis did, though, allow for the reintroduction of familiar foes, albeit with a fresh take on the Caped Crusader featuring a back-to-basics approach to crime-fighting.
Criminals don't always wear a colorful costumes: some just stalk the shadows with sinister plots and evil intentions. A new threat, a fearsome assassin known as the KGBeast, is prowling the streets of Gotham City and he's out to dismantle America's Strategic Defense Initiative. After saving the United States government, Batman must then solve the mystery of ten murdered women before the killer claims even more victims!
An all-star cast of talent, led by writer Jim Starlin (Batman: The Cult, Mystery In Space) and the dynamic art duo of Jim Aparo (The Brave and The Bold, Batman & The Outsiders) and Mike DeCarlo (The Legion Of Super-Heroes), present Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1, collecting Batman #417-425 and #430-431 and Batman Annual #12!
Don't miss out on the companion series, Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, to chronicle all of Batman's post-Crisis adventures!
Challengers of the Unknown (1958-)
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"The Man Who Tampered with Infinity." A mad scientist uses an "infinity machine" to teleport monsters from other dimensions. "The Human Pets." An alien boy collects "animals."
Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011-)
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Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war--but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it?
In this volume:
All Hal Jordan ever wanted to do was fly. When the world goes to war with Atlanteans and Amazons alike, he gets more than he bargained for.
Abin Sur is the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814! The Blackest Night has descended across the galaxy! The Green Lantern Corps struggles to battle the resurrected dead as chaos ensues.
Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown are in the midst of World War II fighting for the Allied Forces.
Green Arrow Industries develops some of the most highly advanced weaponry in the world of FLASHPOINT, but where exactly does Oliver Queen get his tech from…and at what cost to the rest of the world?
This Green Lantern volume collects HAL JORDAN #1-3, ABIN SUR #1-3, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN #1-3 and GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES #1.
Mystery in Space (1951-1981)
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This Issue collects issues 53-56 of Mystery in Space featuring Adam Strange in "Menace of the Robot Raiders" where Adam returns to Rann to find it overtaken by an alien race known as the Girks! In "Invaders of the Underground World!" Adam stands trial for weapons theft and the verdict is guilty! "The Beast from the Runaway World" features Adam Strange missing his Zeta Beam after it is intercepted by an alien lizard creature. Finally, Adam arrives on Rann to find that Alana has been taken captive by the Super Atom in "The Menace of the Super Atom!"
Shazam!: Monster Society of Evil
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"Remarkable . . . a comic book that can be savored and admired by everyone from kids to the most sophisticated graphic novel devotee." - Entertainment Weekly
Jeff Smith, the award-winning creator of BONE, tells the story of young orphan Billy Batson who finds himself transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal whenever he says the magic word "Shazam!" Billy must use these extraordinary abilities to face an invasion of alien creatures as well as stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!
Trillium (2013-)
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A space-age scientist and early twentieth-century English explorer. Two disparate souls separated by thousands of years and hundreds of millions of miles. Impossibly, they meet. Their love could bring about the end of the universe, but even with reality unraveling around them, nothing can pull them apart.
Eisner Award-nominated writer/artist Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH) tells an ambitious and mind-expanding love story in TRILLIUM—a thrilling saga of life and death, exploration and empathy that spans the far reaches of space-time and the depths of the human heart. This new collected edition features a never-before-seen sketch gallery from Lemire. Collects TRILLIUM #1-8.
Starfire (2015-2016)
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Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti—the twisted minds behind the New York Times best-selling series HARLEY QUINN—introduce Starfire's first ongoing series!
Life is bright and beautiful in Florida's Conch Republic. Warm weather, laidback attitudes, an orange-skinned alien warrior princess, tons of sunshine…wait a minute. That's right: Princess Koriand'r of the planet Tamaran, the former Outlaw known as Starfire, has relocated to Key West.
Starfire is determined to start a new life for herself—a normal life. But assimilation is easier said than done. Though she quickly makes new friends (some of whom want to get very friendly), Kori finds the Sunshine State more challenging than she expected. She'll fly through the eye of a raging hurricane and battle aliens and subterranean creatures; but, first and foremost, she'll need to find a roof to put over her head and a job to pay for it.
Is Kori ready for a life in Key West? Is Key West ready for a life with Starfire?
Collects STARFIRE #1-6 and DC SNEAK PEEK: STARFIRE #1.
Twilight
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DC's wide-eyed science fiction heroes, most of whom first appeared in the 1950s, are reimagined in this dark tale from writer Howard Chaykin and artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Originally published in 1990, TWILIGHT tells the story of how one of the Star Rovers, Karel Sorenson, became a living god when caught in an explosion with a race of immortal creatures called Methuseloids. It's up to renegade hero Tommy Tomorrow to stop his former ally -- but he ends up absorbing Sorenson's power and becoming an all-powerful tyrant himself. Also includes appearances by Star Hawkins, Manhunter 2070, Ironwolf, Space Ranger, Space Cabbie and other heroes. Collects TWILIGHT #1-3.
The Omega Men (2015-)
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From one of the hottest writers in the industry, TOM KING (BATMAN, GRAYSON) and artist BARNABY BAGENDA (A1) comes the critically acclaimed OMEGA MEN: THE END IS HERE-a revolutionary new take on the classic DC space opera.
Named A.V. CLUB/THE ONION best series of 2015, Omega Men is known for hard-hitting, thought-provoking action, intrigue, romance, and revenge, it's the alpha and omega!
THE GALAXY'S MOST WANTED
Kyle Rayner, the White Lantern, is dead. And the Omega Men killed him. On live TV. They're a criminal gang, a terrorist organization, a fanatical cult.
And they're the only hope for freedom this godforsaken sector of the universe has.
No matter what the citizens of the Vega System think they saw, the White Lantern lives…as the Omega Men's prisoner. What they really want him to be is their latest recruit in their relentless war against the all-powerful Citadel and its tyrannical Viceroy.
As Kyle gets to know this motley crew of outlaws, he'll question everything he knows about being a hero. In this strange system where the Green Lanterns are forbidden, will he break his oath and join their revolution? Or will he discover that the Omega Men are monsters in the end?
Collects the OMEGA MEN #1-12.
The Wild Storm: Michael Cray (2017-2018)
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Spinning off visionary writer Warren Ellis' critically acclaimed saga The Wild Storm comes a bold new reimagining of one of comics' most legendary assassins!
Michael Cray has a knife in his back and an alien life-form in his head. His masters at International Operations have betrayed him. The entity in his skull is either killing him or transforming him—or both. All he can do is the one thing he does best: kill his targets.
But these targets are like none he's ever faced.
Oliver Queen: a sociopathic Silicon Valley billionaire who hunts humans for sport.
Barry Allen: a paranoid police officer with a speed suit and a trail of broken bodies behind him.
Arthur Curry: a deep-sea scientist who's transforming himself into something more monster than man.
One by one, Michael must enter these murderers' killing fields and take them out on their own turf. Only then can he turn the tables on his treacherous overlords before time runs out …
Don't miss a single battle as the assassin takes on twisted versions of the Justice League's greatest heroes in The Wild Storm: Michael Cray Vol. 1, from the creative team of Bryan Hill (Postal), N. Stephen Harris (Watson and Holmes) and Dexter Vines (Superman/Batman)! Collects The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #1-6.
"Michael Cray knows what type of book it is and doesn't lose focus along the way: all killer, no filler." —Comicosity