This edition collects the bizarre adventures of Animal Man, a second-rate super hero struggling with real-life issues and moral dilemmas. Buddy Baker is a caring husband, devoted father, animal activist and super-powered being. But as he attempts to live up to all of his roles, he soon finds that there are no black and white situations in life. With a strong focus on storytelling, these thought-provoking and innovative tales make the reader question the actions of Animal Man as well as their own behavior in similar situations.

Tying into his other blockbuster stories of 2008 FINAL CRISIS and BATMAN, "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul," the legendary Grant Morrison confronts readers with the unthinkable...the death of The Dark Knight. The troubled life of Bruce Wayne seems to spin out of control when his relationship with the mysterious Jezebel Jet deepens. Soon, Bruce Wayne drops out completely, having seemingly become the victim of mental illness, and abandons his Batman identity for a life on the streets of Gotham City. Capitalizing on the fall of their greatest foe, the Club of Villains begin a crime spree through the streets of Gotham that threatens to bring the city to its knees. Collects BATMAN #676-683.

In Gotham City, heinous acts of violence occur daily. Harley Quinn, forensic psychiatrist and profiler, consults with the Gotham City Police Department on its worst cases. But one unsolved murder still haunts her-the night Harley discovered her roommate’s body marked with the signature of a notorious serial killer known as The Joker. Five years later, the case remains unsolved, as a new series of horrific killings begins. When the murders escalate and the meticulously constructed crime scenes become more elaborate, Harley’s obsession with finding the depraved psychopath responsible leads her down a dangerous path. The past and the present finally collide, and Harley must decide how far she is willing to go-and how many lines she is willing to cross-to solve these cases once and for all. Written by #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures, Unbreakable, The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos) and drawn by Mico Suayan (Bloodshot Reborn), Jason Badower (Wonder Woman ’77), and Mike Mayhew (The Star Wars), Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity introduces readers to a Joker and Harley Quinn unlike any they’ve seen before, utilizing forensic psychiatry, behavior analysis, and psychological profiles to create a true-to-life take on these iconic characters that is more terrifying than any psychotic fantasy. Collects Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1-8 and the one-shot Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity-Secret Files.

The smash-hit series returns! It's the dead of winter, and any hope for a fragile truce between the Green Arrow-led human heroes and vampire queen Barbara Gordon's army has been dashed by Damian Wayne and his guerrilla ?ghters. He's the only one ?ghting back against the bloodthirsty hordes, leaving Green Arrow with a choice: Does he stand and ?ght or sacri?ce the boy in the name of peace?

No sooner has Batman's former sidekick, Jason Todd, put his past as the Red Hood behind him than he finds himself cornered by a pair of modern day outlaws: Green Arrow's rejected sidekick Arsenal, the damaged soldier of fortune, and the alien Starfire, a former prisoner of intergalactic war who won't be chained again. As a loner, Jason has absolutely no interest in this motley crew of outlaws. So what's he going to do when they choose the Red Hood as their leader?

An old god has died, and the reverberations of his passing are felt across the universe, setting forth the soldiers of an intergalactic army and awakening the latent powers of a mysterious child on Earth.But this has all been foreseen—prophesized by the Source and fed as enigmatic images to its agent, Metron. Now, as Metron brings word of this cosmos-shattering prediction to the residents of New Genesis and Apokolips, both worlds are thrown into chaos and con?ict. On Earth, Scott Free and Barda find themselves unaware of this incoming chaos while consumed with their most daunting task yet: parenthood.Ram V and Evan Cagle bring the Fourth World to a whole new generation in this epic of cosmic proportions. An old god has died…the New Gods are born!

In one of DC's strangest comics ever, a werewolf, a vampire, a gorgon, and Frankenstein's monster fight the German forces during World War II. Originally published in the early 1980s, The Creature Commandos laid the groundwork for recent series like FRANKESTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. Collects WEIRD WAR TALES #93, 97, 100, 102, 105, 108-112, 114-119, 121 and 124.

Team 7 in "Blood and Faith." Made up of America's finest military men, this elite strike force served the whims of International Operations, the intelligence organization to end all intelligence organizations, headed by the malevolent Miles Craven. Although they would one day be betrayed by I.O. and subjected to the DNA-altering Gen-Factor, at this point in time they were I.O.'s happy little soldiers... Gen13 in "...When All the Freaks Come Out!" Rainmaker, Freefall, Grunge, Burnout and Fairchild: these Gen-Active teenagers, first-generation descendants of the original Team 7, were recruited into I.O.'s Project Genesis, a program secretly intended to develop superhumans. Upon discovering that the project was nothing more than a breeding ground for Gen-Actives, they escaped the compound with the help of renegade I.O. agent John Lynch, and to this day remain fugitives. On this particular Halloween, they make their home in a safe house in La Jolla, California, where they are joined by Fairchild's father, Alex... WetWorks in "Berserker." A modern-day version of I.O.'s Team 7, WetWorks went rogue when they were forcibly merged with symbiotic armor while on what their superiors meant to be a suicide mission. The golden armor each member is joined with gives them increased strength, limited invulnerability and a mental link to one another as well as various individual powers. During the period of time in which this adventure takes place, they are in the service of industrialist Armand Waering, in his personal war against the Vampire Nation...

The godlike Darkseid emerges in the 30th century with an ingenious plot to finally conquer the universe in Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen's timeless Legion of Super-Heroes epic! Using his faithful minions to acquire all of the mystic artifacts of the time, Darkseid gains mental control over a race of three billion all-powerful beings. Now, as their universe teeters on the edge of Armageddon, the Legion of Super-Heroes amass their own army of every champion who ever held the status of Legionnaire to stand against the Dark Lord and his invincible soldiers. But as the Legion suffers defeat after defeat, they realize that salvation and victory rest in the hands of a mysterious baby that has aged into adulthood before their very eyes! This is the perfect edition of the classic Levitz storyline that was decades ahead of its time and still stands as one of DC's most enthralling superhero tales! Collects LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #284-296 and ANNUAL #1.

HELL COMES TO THE HOME FRONT. Iris Gentry thought the worst was over. A veteran of the Iraq war, he returned home shaken and psychologically scarred, but with body and spirit intact. A dry county in rural Kentucky, however, isn't an easy place to make a living. To provide for his loved ones, he's fallen back on an old family tradition: moonshine. Breaking the local liquor laws isn't what's keeping Iris awake at night, though. Something very bad happened in Iraq-something that not even the strongest white lightning can erase from his memory. As soldiers, Iris and his squad sowed the wind. Now, the whirlwind has come for them-and, as always, the innocent and guilty alike will suffer in the reaping. A terrifying tale of crime, combat and the evils they unleash, THE DARK AND BLOODY collects the six-issue VERTIGO miniseries by acclaimed creators Shawn Aldridge and Scott Godlewski.