Superhero Comics

Award-winning writer Bill Schelly relates how comics and fandom saved his life in this engrossing story that begins in the burgeoning comic fandom movement of the 1960s and follows the twists and turns of a career that spanned 50 years. Schelly recounts his struggle to come out at a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness, how the egalitarian nature of fandom offered a safe haven for those who were different, and how his need for creative expression eventually overcame all obstacles.

After being adopted at a young age, Wanda Maximoff knows only life as part of the Parker family. She’s been raised along side Peter Parker—aka New York’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man—and the pair of them are well known amongst the city’s community of superheroes. Yet when Captain America is found brutally murdered, Wanda finds that her trusted community of mentors and friends accuse her. Feeling isolated and questioning everyone, Wanda turns to her other sibling, a new-found twin who is the only one who seems to believe in her.

Skye's a comic book superhero with a gun in his hand and a gripe against his author. Every girl Skye's ever dated is either dead or trying to take over the world, and in the series finale, Skye's best friend kills him. Or so he thinks. The weapon meant to disintegrate Skye lands him in his author's universe. With a shot at revenge. Skye, meet Jace. Jacen Howard's a brilliant #blerd math whiz and comics aficionado. Jace doesn't see himself as a hero; he's just trying to survive. Jace might be just the hero Skye needs.

The Supper Club is attending the San Diego Comic-con when some experimental technology is stolen by a real-life superhero turned real-life supervillain! Will Sherlock Sam, Watson and the rest of the gang be able to rush across the country to rescue the priceless technology from the clutches of this evil-doer? Or is this the end of the world as we know it?

Supraman spotted Wooman In Tetrapolis' ruins The battle was done They'd survived the Doom Between them Bodies lay Friends and foes Bones of a fallen age Casualties of war

In 1986, five children appeared as costumed superheroes in Southern California. For eighteen months, they flew around the city displaying superhuman powers.Then one day, they simply vanished, their identities never revealed. No video or audio footage was ever produced that documented their appearances. Eventually, their sightings became an urban legend.Now, twenty-three years later, a reporter has the opportunity to uncover the mystery, to prove the Ultimate Powers Team did exist. But he's not the only one who's been looking for them.Who were these kids? How did they receive their powers? ...

Duke "HandCannon" LaRue is a bad guy, an angry nihilist who'll lease his prosthetic gun-arm to the highest bidder. Today it's Dr. Shocktagon, who's just one major player in a nefarious plan to rewrite reality and unleash an ancient nightmare on Earth. But when Duke gets life-changing news, he's got to decide if now is the right time for end of the world and everything in it. Of course, changing sides in the ultimate war between Good and Evil is never as easy as you think.

The city of Queensport belongs to Hypnotica. Using her powers of hypnosis, she vanquishes millionaires and steals their things...while having some fun with their guards, of course. Even the city's hypno-defender, Mesmera, is unable to stand against Hypnotica for long - partially because she's so eager to submit to the pleasure of her company! All's well until something unexpected happens to the city. Now Hypnotica's going to have to deal with a new kind of problem: too much success!

50 Things to Know About Comic Books by Kevin offers an approach to beginning a new obsession with superheroes and comic books. Most books on comics tell you to “pick a side” between DC and Marvel. Although there’s nothing wrong with that, in these chapters you’ll discover how much more there is to offer. By the time you finish this book, you will know how much there is to read and see in the comic book universe.

The World Patrol Kids features a environmental multi-ethnic children's singing group that takes on polluters and traffickers in endangered species. Thoreau, their youngest member, is having nightmares about a garbage monster the size of Godzilla pursuing him through the streets of his hometown. He wakes to find it is only a dream. But is it? The World Patrol Kids uncover a sinister plot behind the town's garbage problem and set out to find the criminals.

Rediscover the bone-chilling ghouls of the Marvel Universe in this original chapter book series. The forest is quiet. Strange. Something has scared the animals, something...unnatural. A ferocious monster is on the loose. Also: Drip. Drop. That's how it starts. When Ben Lee and his sister, Cindy, discover a creature from another planet taking over the town statue, their lives get a whole lot...stickier.

A supernatural thriller about a young woman, Nikki Chang, the daughter of a Chinese Diplomat and his wife, a Mexican National, who loses her eye sight in a tragic accident. Then, before taking her own life, Nikki is given a pair of magical glasses that allow her to see into the spirit world, and offering her a chance to become a demon-fighter Seer.

Every child on planet earth aspires to be someone great. However, as crime, political corruption, and global warming signs begin to overflow our worldly nations, we look for a hero. A symbol of hope... Is there someone that we can believe in? What if an inner-city kid from the ghetto, becomes a superhero?

Dans le monde magique de Troy, Lanfeust, jeune forgeron, découvre qu'au contact d'une certaine épée, il possède le pouvoir absolu. S'il souhaite juste en connaître l'origine, ce n'est pas le cas du pirate Thanos, doté du même don, mais aux ambitions bien plus sombres... Pour protéger le pouvoir de l'épée et vaincre Thanos, Lanfeust devra, accompagné de ses amis (dont un troll sous enchantement), affronter mille dangers et voyager jusqu'au bout du monde.