Without the mansion…without the money…without the butler…what's left is the Absolute Dark Knight!

GOING BACK TO GOTHAM He was the first Robin—and a replacement Batman. He was a superspy—and a dead man. Now, after going underground and around the world in a battle to reclaim the secret identity that was stolen from him, Dick Grayson is going back to Gotham as his own man, his own hero: Nightwing! But stepping back into his old life isn’t as easy as putting on his familiar black and blue costume. Not when his former boss, Batman, insists he should work solo. Not when he’s trying to rekindle a romance with Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl, who’s got a life and crime-fighting career of her own. When a mysterious masked man called Raptor swoops in, claiming to be an ally but looking every bit the enemy, Nightwing must join forces with Raptor to take down Parliament of Owls, the all-powerful criminal conspiracy that’s left its nest in Gotham City and is spreading its wings around the world. To pull it all off, Nightwing must be more than equal to his mentor. He’s got to be better.

The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the new character Zibarro, also from the Bizarro planet. And Superman faces the final revenge of Lex Luthor in the form of his own death! All-Star Superman is a spectacular reimagining of the Superman mythos, from the Man of Steel’s origin to his greatest foes and beyond. Combining their singular talents to create a new and brilliant vision of the Man of Steel, comics storytellers Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are reunited with their WE3 collaborator Jamie Grant for one of the greatest Superman stories ever imagined.

A sharp-witted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of Victorian society.'-TIME London, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period ofchaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions. In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to face any and all threats to Britain. Allan Quatermain,Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, form a remarkable legion of intellectual aptitude and physical prowess: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Continuing their attack on pop culture, the warped minds of MAD tackle the world's greatest super-heroes in this satirical look at the men and women of the Spandex and cape world. Featuring an introduction by Adam West, MAD ABOUT THE SUPER HEROES has the Usual Gang of Idiots mocking the heroic legends of comic books, television shows, and movies. Including amusing and irreverent parodies of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this black and white compilation is a must-have for every hero worshipper out there.

It has long been assumed that anyone who wasted their formative years reading MAD must have wound up as a complete failure in life. But as it turns out, some readers actually went on to be...successful! For the first time ever, MAD asked some of these successful readers to share what reading (and appearing in) MAD meant to them. What they have to say may surprise you!

Spring is the color of cool "blue" as Jock, Fabio Moon, James Tynion IV, Robert Rodi, Shaun Simon, Amy Chu, Joe Keatinge, Cris Peter, Tony Akins, and more contribute to the first installment of this unique anthology series.

Small-town sheriff Moses Stone is running from his past and from something even worse—a brutal and relentless gunman who has unearthed the skeletons in Sheriff Stone's closet and has every intention of making Moses face them.

Spy vs. Spy' has been one of the most popular features in MAD Magazine. The diabolical duo of double-crosses and deceit (one dressed in black, the other in white) have continued to one-up each other until death do they part. This new edition of Spy Vs. Spy spotlights the work of Peter Kuper who continues the series following the death of Antonio Prohías, the original creator.

The summer issue of the Vertigo Quarterly focusing on the color of Magenta, the hot pink sky in your sweltering summer, and the color bringing together writers and artists both established and new for an anthology only VERTIGO could deliver.