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ARKHAM
ASYLUM
A
SERIOUS HOUSE ON SERIOUS EARTH |
| by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean |
Paperback: 128 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289560 |
$14.95
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| ARKHAM ASYLUM
is possibly the most Freudian interpretation of Batman ever published.
It is a deeply sick, highly introspective look into the world of Batman's
"crazy" villains and the asylum in which they are confined. But on April
Fool's Day, the Joker manages to let the inmates loose, take the staff
hostage, and demand that Batman enter the asylum in exchange. |
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| Slick packaging
and lavish painted artwork make this book an instant treat for the eyes.
Grant Morrison's script was alternately praised and maligned; though ultimately
it stands up as a unique take on this popular character. |
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ONE MILLION |
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| by Grant Morrison, Val Semeiks, & Prentiss Rollins |
Paperback: 208 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563895250 |
$14.95
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| Telling the
story of the JLA's first meeting with Justice Legion A--an encounter that
nearly became their doom--the DC ONE MILLION collection reprints the issues
#1-4 of the popular DC ONE MILLION miniseries, the #1,000,000th issues
of JLA and STARMAN in their entirety, along with portions of the tie-in
issues of DETECTIVE COMICS, GREEN LANTERN, SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW,
and RESURRECTION MAN. The trade paperback also includes text pages summarizing
the non-reprinted tie-in issues connected to this landmark event. |
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Volume
One:
NEW
WORLD ORDER |
| by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, & John Dell |
Paperback: 96 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 156389369X |
$5.95
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| A Bold Rebirth
for DC's Flagship Super-Team
Superman, Batman, Wonder
Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter--the
world's greatest heroes, together again! |
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by some of comics' hottest talents finds the public turning against the
JLA in favor of a new group of champions: alien superbeings called the
Hyperclan. Faced with powers that rival even Superman's and a hidden agenda
that threatens the world, how can the new Legion hope to expose the world's
newest heroes for what they truly are? |
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Volume
Two:
AMERICAN
DREAMS |
| by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, John Dell, Oscar Jimenez,
Chip Wallace, & Ken Branch |
Paperback: 112 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563893940 |
$7.95
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As the new Justice
League prepares for its first-ever membership drive, it must face both
old enemies and new.
This volume includes guest
appearances by Supergirl and Green Arrow, and introduces the tragic heroine
Tomorrow Woman and the rogue angel Zauriel. |
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STRENGTH
IN NUMBERS |
by Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, & Christopher J. Priest
Art by Howard Porter, Arnie Jorgensen, Yanick Paquette, John Dell,
David Meikis, & Mark Lipka
Cover by Porter and Dell |
Paperback: 224 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563894351 |
$12.95
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A bigger and
better League faces even bigger and deadlier menaces in this striking trade
paperback.
Collecting JLA #16-23, NEW
YEAR'S EVIL: PROMETHEUS #1 and the lead story from JLA Secret Files #2,
this collection features the debuts of Prometheus and Doctor Julian September;
and guest-appearances by Adam Strange and Daniel, the Lord of Dreams. |
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| MARVEL
BOY |
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Marvel
Knights |
| by Grant Morrison & J.G. Jones |
Paperback: 144 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785107819 |
$15.95
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| "We`re always
being told that super hero books are nothing but adolescent power fantasies.
Fine. Here comes the ultimate adolescent power fantasy!" So speaks
Grant Morrison, writer of the runaway hit comic, MARVEL BOY.
But don't let the name fool
you: This Marvel Boy is no tights- wearing pushover. Just as
classic "Golden Age" characters of the late 1930's and 1940's were re-thought
and re-created in the "Silver Age" of the late 1950's and 1960's, so now
has this relic of the Cold War ben resurrected, re-designed, and totally
re-done |
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the youngest member of a diplomatic team of the alien Kree. After voyaging
for years, these alien super heroes reach Earth, only to be blown out of
the sky. Only Noh-Varr survives, and is captured and tortured by the mysterious
Midas Organization. Escaping, he vows vengeance on all mankind. But with
Morrison weaving this tale, don`t expect cliche superheroics or a squeaky
clean protagonist. Instead, get ready for Dr. Midas, a criminal billionaire
who`s so obsessed with Cosmic Rays that he bathes in them, Exterminatrix,
who arrives in issue #3 to make life heaven and hell for Marvel Boy, Hexus,
the Living Corporation, Bannermen, a trio of U.N. super soldiers whose
bodies are laced with adamantium and enhanced by gamma-rays and have we
talked about our ticked off protagonist yet?
The Marvel Style began with
the Sub-Mariner, says Morrison. And like Bill Everett's Prince Namor, I
wanted my hero to be an outcast, a fiery rebel with an appetite for righteous
mass destruction. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? |
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JON J. MUTH |
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THE
MYSTERY PLAY |
| by Grant Morrison & Jon J. Muth |
Paperback: 96 pages
Warner Books
ISBN: 1563891891 |
$9.95
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| A small English
town faced with social decay suffers even greater troubles when a theatrical
production retelling the Biblical story from Creation to Armageddon is
upset by the murder of God. As an atmosphere of suspicion threatened to
tear the town apart, a detective is called in to investigate, but he quickly
find himself caught in a race to unlock the dark secret of the town's redemption.
Story by Invisibles' creator Grant Morrrison and fantastic
atmospheric artwork by Jon J. Muth. |
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