Download or read book Shockrockets written by Kurt Busiek and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alejandro Cruz find his bleak 2087 postwar world changing for the better after he accidentally becomes the newest pilot for the Shockrockets, an elite, high-tech fighter squadron.

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Download or read book Buffy Omnibus Volume 2 written by Joss Whedon and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of our Buffy omnibus series collects many of the best Buffy comics to see print. As we follow the newly chosen Slayer from Los Angeles to Sunnydale and through her parents' divorce—with Dawn in tow—the souled vampire Angel makes his first appearance and the not-so-souled Spike and Drusilla cleave a bloody path toward the West Coast. This collection includes the critically acclaimed graphic novel Ring of Fire and the miniseries A Stake to the Heart, and reflects the Season 1 to Season 3 timeline of the cult-hit TV series. A fitting companion to Joss Whedon's comics-based relaunch of the show.

Download or read book Shockrockets written by Kurt Busiek and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alejandro Cruz find his bleak 2087 postwar world changing for the better after he accidentally becomes the newest pilot for the Shockrockets, an elite, high-tech fighter squadron.

Download or read book Shockrockets written by Kurt Busiek and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years in the future, Earth is protected by the Shockrockets — an unbeatable squadron of hi-tech aircraft, built from a fusion of alien technology and the best Earth has to offer. Manned by the world's most elite pilots, the Shockrockets protect an unstable Earth as it rebuilds from a devastating invasion from space. Young, tech-mad Alejandro Cruz becomes the newest Shockrockets pilot by a freak of chance. Can he get up to speed before the Shockrockets' greatest foe takes over the world? Shockrockets delivers all-out aerial action and science fiction thrills, courtesy of Kurt (Astro City) Busiek and Stuart (Ultimate Spider-Man) Immonen.

Download or read book Conan Volume 2 The God in the Bowl and Other Stories written by Kurt Busiek and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2005-10-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed and award-winning creative team behind the runaway-hit revival are back with a brand new adaptation of one of Conan creator Robert E. Howard's best-known tales. Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek and artists Cary Nord and Dave Stewart render the glorious suspense of Howard's beloved "The God in the Bowl" in all its terrifying detail, as well as introducing not only Conan's most famed adversary, Thoth-amon, but a new female foil to Conan's exploits—Janissa the Widowmaker, bound by a pact to a witch who has sinister plans for Conan. Collecting issues #7, #9-#14 of the Dark Horse series. * "Writer Kurt Busiek treats him with the dignified respect due as one of the towering figures in fantasy literature ... it feels like historians unearthed a vibrant, bloody tapestry. These are, once again, the days of high adventure."—Entertainment Weekly * "Conan is an action-packed spectacle, a barbarian blockbuster with a brain, and an epic as intelligent as it is visually stunning."—Wizard Magazine

Download or read book Conan Volume 4 The Hall of the Dead and Other Stories written by Kurt Busiek and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know, O Prince, that in an age undreamed of, shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Conan the Cimmerian; black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet . . . Conan: The Hall of the Dead concludes writer Kurt Busiek's (JLA/Avengers, Astro City) critically acclaimed run, paving the way for new writer Tim Truman (Conan and the Songs of the Dead) and featuring a story by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola! Eisner award-nominated artist Cary Nord (Daredevil), and Eisner award-winning color artist Dave Stewart (Ultimate Fantastic Four, DC: The New Frontier) continue their groundbreaking run on Dark Horse's best-selling Conan series with three of the best writers in comics today. * Collects Conan #24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34

Download or read book Shockrockets written by Kurt Busiek and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years in the future, Earth is protected by the Shockrockets - an unbeatable squadron of hi-tech aircraft, built from a fusion of alien technology and the best Earth has to offer. Manned by the world's most elite pilots, the Shockrockets protect an unstable Earth as it rebuilds from a devastating invasion from space. Young, tech-mad Alejandro Cruz becomes the newest Shockrockets pilot by a freak of chance. Can he get up to speed before the Shockrockets' greatest foe takes over the world? Shockrockets delivers all-out aerial action and science fiction thrills, courtesy of Kurt (Astro City) Busiek and Stuart (Ultimate Spider-Man) Immonen.

Download or read book 2010 Comic Book Checklist Price Guide written by Maggie Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 5845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other guide on the market covers the volume of comic book listings and range of eras as Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide does, in an easy-to-use checklist format. Readers can access listings for 130,000 comics, issued since 1961, complete with names, cover date, creator information and near-mint pricing. With super-hero art on the cover and collecting details from the experts as America's longest-running magazine about comics in this book, there is nothing that compares.

Download or read book Trinity written by Kurt Busiek and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a world without the three heroes - and a grim world at that - as Morgana Le Fay, Enigma and Despero's plan begins to bear fruit. Only the seer Tarot begins to comprehend the events that the evil trinity has set in motion, but can she stop the world from changing on her own?

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Download or read book Superstar written by Kurt Busiek and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW BACK IN PRINT, from Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen, the smash creative team behind SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY. Meet Superstar, a hero for the media age: the more popular he is, the more powerful he is. With the public behind him, he can work miracles-- without them, he's nothing. Superstar's made a deal with his father, an international media tycoon, to promote him and keep him powerful enough to save the world. But now he walks a fine line between staying famous enough to do the most good, and becoming just another "property" in his father's portfolio. This new edition also includes behind-the-scenes features on the development of Superstar, including design art from Paul Ryan and Alan Davis.

Download or read book Superman 2006 654 written by Kurt Busiek and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Superman battles to rout Intergang out of Metropolis, he also faces trouble with Lois, looming problems involving Lana Lang, and a dangerous new discovery in Kazakhstan!

Download or read book Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide written by Maggie Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive price guide contains listings and US prices for more than 120,000 comic books, with over 400 photos for easy identification.

Download or read book Conan Volume 1 The Frost Giant s Daughter and Other Stories written by Kurt Busiek and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Conan stories from comics legend Brian Wood, continuing the legend begun by Robert E. Howard for a new generation.

Download or read book Marvels written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvel's super-sized "Adamantium Collection"-style format continues, shining a well-deserved spotlight on a true Marvel classic! Within the Marvel Universe, heroes soar high in the skies, ready to battle the villains who threaten their world. Yet living in the shadow of these extraordinary icons are ordinary men and women, who view the "Marvels" with a mixture of fear, disbelief, envy and admiration. Among them is Phil Sheldon, a New York City photojournalist who dedicates his career to covering the exploits of the Marvels and their effect on humankind. A richly painted historical overview of the entire Marvel Universe, Marvels spans the 1939 debut of the Human Torch to the fearsome coming of the world-devouring Galactus, culminating in the shocking death of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man's first love. Plus: an extensive and gorgeous Alex Ross art gallery! COLLECTING: MARVELS 0-4