Brent Anderson — новинки

Astro City, after dark: What becomes of the world of wonders—of noble heroes and sinister villains—once the sun retreats? Walk the night streets of Astro City to discover the secrets of the reclusive Confessor—and face a crisis that could destroy the city and everyone in it.

After leaving his rural home and working his way into the superhero scene as a busboy and waiter, Brian Kinney attracts the attention of Astro City's vigilante, Confessor. Dubbed “Altar Boy,” Brian becomes the Confessor’s sidekick just in time to witness Astro City suffer under the looming threat of a serial killer on the loose. As shadows approach and the city’s leaders move to ban superheroes altogether, Brian is forced to question the actions of his mentor. Will their partnership be doomed before it can even begin?

Freaks. Nature's mistake. Mutants. They are born different, with characteristics and abilities that make them outcasts. Gathered together by telepath Professor Charles Xavier, the X-Men are sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them. Call them mutants, or Children of the Atom. Or call them the next genetic step for mankind. They are the X-Men. And this is their story.

Teen teams are nothing new, but only one super-group got started at age twelve and under! Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power prove you're never too young to save the universe when they use the powers they received from one alien race to foil the schemes of another - the dreaded Snarks! Back on Earth, they meet another new archenemy, General Carmody, a mutantphobe so confused he even targets heroes who Aren't mutants! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Cloak and Dagger, and Henry Peter Gyrich of Initiative infamy!

Legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont and two of that title's best known artists, John Romita Jr. and Paul Smith, bring forth some of the mutants greatest adventures in this mammoth 528-page volume. Hated and feared by a world they are sworn to protect, the phenomenally popular X-Men face off against some of their most unforgettable adversaries. The X-Men have surpassed the merely popular to become a franchise and an institution in the comics industry, and now with the success of the X-Men movie, one of the most popular film franchises going. As much about personal relationships as costumed adventuring, these stories have forged an unforgettable bridge across the latter decades of the 20th Century.