Superhero Comics

The Science of Superheroes takes a lighthearted but clear-headed look at the real science that underlies some of the greatest superhero comic books of all time, including Spider-Man, Batman, Fantastic Four, and many more. Each chapter presents the story of the origin of one or more superheroes and asks intriguing questions that lead to fascinating discussions about the limits of science, the laws of nature, and the future of technology.

Christine Dark faces her most dangerous enemy yet - herself. In another reality, Christine became corrupted, evil, a murderous villain with immense power and no compassion or restraint, a tyrant who destroyed the world and surrendered to the Outsiders. And now she has arrived to Earth Alpha, bringing chaos and destruction in her wake. The fourth book of the New Olympus Saga follows heroes and villains endowed with great power and all-too human flaws as they deal with the aftermath of the Genocide War and a new threat in their midst. This story combines action, romance, suspense and humor.

This Batman 5-Minute Stories collection makes anytime the perfect time to serve up some justice alongside the Caped Crusader! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this collection of tales featuring Batman and the other DC super heroes in action.

What if they discovered something worse than alien bodies at Roswell—something the government dare not reveal, but must be investigated immediately as it appears to be connected with frightening occurrences causing panic around the world? Knowing that time is critical, the nation turns to the one man who may have the training and knowledge to unravel the mystery and find the key to human survival. Are our enemies aliens, demons, or a little of both? And does that really matter, when we face the end of life as we know it?

When the world's honey supply starts to drop and some of her old tech disappears, super student Bumblebee enlists her friends Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, and Beast Boy to help her find out why. Is it a new villain, or someone from the past? With so much going on at Super Hero High, Bumblebee isn't sure how she's going to keep an eye on everything, but she's determined to do it with style and sting!

It ain't easy being green. Amara would like to look forward to her wedding day but her last wedding is haunting her. Thoughts of war and a madman on the loose are hindering her happiness. Then, Cyprian's ex-girlfriend, Rhea, comes to town; a beautiful Naga diva who's intent on getting Amara's fiance back in her coils. Coinciding with her arrival are a string of Naga attacks that leave Amara wondering if Rhea could be behind them. Is this a simple case of envy or is there more sinister forces at work in the city Spectra calls home?Grab your copy today and fight supervillains with Spectra! ...

Using her powers of hypnosis and her raw sexuality, Hypnotica terrorizes and ravishes the women of Queensport. Even her heroic nemesis Mesmera is too busy as Hypnotica's brainwashed love slave to halt her reign of sexy terror. But when a playful game turns all of the women of Queensport into mindless submissives, Hypnotica will have to reckon with more action than she's ever seen before! With all 12 chapters of the first HYPNOTICA arc collected here, this book is one to read over and over again.

After he and his wife are murdered, Marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a secret team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - “Bloodshot” - without any memory of his previous life. But some things can’t stay buried, and Ray refuses to back down when his memories begin to surface. Haunted by the face of his family’s killer, he will stop at nothing to take his revenge. And he discovers a conspiracy going deeper than he could have possibly imagined.

The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comics. From the New York Times best-selling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female heroes, and anyone who's ever been "refrigerated": comic book women who are killed, raped, brainwashed, driven mad, disabled, or had their powers taken so that a male superhero's storyline will progress.

STEVE GRANT IS HAVING THE WORST DAY EVER! Ten-year-old Steve always thought that Mr Hunter was a mean old man, but he's just discovered that the truth is far worse. His grumpy neighbour is really a mean old SUPERVILLAIN! With that discovery, Steve finds himself caught up in a riotous adventure filled with dastardly deeds, possessed pupils and some very unusual old people. Can an ordinary boy defeat the bad guy, save his school and make a depressed badger smile? To save the day, Steve will have to show that not all heroes wear capes! Crammed full of action, adventure and laughs, for readers ...

Discover the power of superhero stories to enrich your faith and bring you closer to Christ with this forty-day devotional! With surprising insight and imagination, Scott Bayles uncovers spiritual significance in the stories of superheroes like Superman, Spider-man, Shazam, Captain Marvel, Black Panther and many more! Bolstered by abundant biblical backup, this devotional will help comic book fans grow in their faith and deepen their relationship with Christ. What’s included in this book? Uncover the spiritual meaning behind superhero stories and come to know Christ better Transform your ...

What can you learn from the world’s most successful companies? The Marvel Studios Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled a struggling comic book publisher to parlay the power of myth and storytelling to become one of history’s most successful movie studios.

There's no way out of this game... The Towers have fallen, and the god they were built to destroy has come. He holds the power to change the world with less than a thought, and a traumatised, diminished humanity pleads with him in hope, and fanaticism. Rosetta is the only human, the only Advanced, to get close to this being, and even she cannot understand what it is he really wants. She can only try to guide him, and pray that she is doing the right thing. Meanwhile, Shade and his group of almost-heroes are hoping for a break, but they're not going to find one. They know they need to stop ...

A five-person special ops unit, composed of a diverse assortment of former Navy SEALs from all walks of life, are responding to a terrorist threat deep in the Caucasus Mountains when their mission goes south in a big way. Facing certain death and torture, they’re unexpectedly offered a Faustian bargain by the Devil himself, who grants them unearthly powers in order to send evildoers to Hell on his fiendish behalf. But “The Devil’s Quintet” do things their own way....

New York needs a superhero – as usual. But no one was expecting the most outrageous hero to ever hit the streets! In the tough and gritty streets of New York’s early 70s punk scene, Kitty Hampshire is still finding her own identity. But she’s certain of one thing – she always knew she was meant to be a man. Alongside the eccentric friends she meets in NYC’s underground clubs and bars, Kitty learns about love and life and has the surgery to affirm her true gender. Kitty becomes Kit Simmons, but mysterious forces are present in the flesh grafted onto Kit’s body. In an era of ...

In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators—largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Will Eisner, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In Disguised as Clark Kent, Fingeroth explores how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar popular-culture icons of all.

In this story from the novel, “SuperHero – Retirement”, recently retired SuperHeroes battling their fiercest Arch-Villain . . . Boredom, commensurate at a weekly picnic about the good and bad times.

In this exciting prequel to the critically acclaimed Dane Curse, a pair of black capes are found dead on the floor of Wentorf Hall, mere inches away from the world’s largest diamond. Of course the cops think the pair killed each other over the heist. After all, everyone knows that the Vandenberg Coconut is a one size fits all motivation for murder. Everyone, that is, except for Dane Curse. But when the former villain turned PI takes the case he’ll discover that the truth has more sides than a diamond has facets. And in order to get to it Dane will follow a trail that leads through an ...

The billion-dollar comic book. The black owner of the unfortunately named Kool Komics and Kollectibles reaches out to Doctor Mind and the Fakers with a seemingly simple mission: Protect a single issue of the legendary Captain King comic book series for one night. This task, however, instantly becomes more difficult when the Fakers learn that the infamous Shrederer, an internationally-wanted assassin and thief, has set his sights on this ridiculously expensive comic. And he is perfectly willing to kill innocent people to destroy it. With the fate of the most valuable comic book in the world ...

The tongue is mightier than the sword. The magic of Danu has become unstable. As a realm built on magic, instability could have disastrous consequences so all of Danu is anxious to find the source of the trouble. When Amara and Everan investigate the problem, they find a far more serious matter, one that weakens Amara at the worst possible time. In the midst of her endeavors to help Danu, a Triari relic—the Silver Tongue—is stolen and Amara is called back to Earth to help defend the Triari Embassy. But that battle is not as it seems either and Amara finds herself pulled away from Danu, ...