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1) The 'Stan
Author
Publisher
Dead Reckoning, an imprint of the Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. Individual stories highlight different perspectives--including a Taliban ambassador and Afghan and U.S. Army soldiers--but every account highlights the human element of war. The tales in this book--based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti--are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan....
2) Journalism
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A journalistic collection in comic book format from the sidelines of wars around the world includes articles on the American military in Iraq, the Caucasus widow trials, the dilemmas of India's "untouchables," and the smuggling tunnels of Gaza.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Hailed by many as the greatest war novel of all time and publicly burned by the Nazis for being "degenerate," Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, is an elegant statement on a generation of men destroyed by war. Caught up by a romantic sense of patriotism and encouraged to enlist by authority figures who would not risk their lives to do the same, Paul Bäumer and his classmates join the fighting in the trenches of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A spy thriller that takes an assortment of familiar superheroes and reinvents them as covert agents during World War II and the Cold War. The Bat, The Clock and The Owl are the Unholy Three, a group of Allied spies that must capture the albino smuggler Jack the Grin before he sells Hitler's greatest weapon to the highest bidder. Later, the Unholy Three are joined by new agents as they attempt to stop KGB operatives from discovering a weapon that could...
Author
Series
Walking Dead graphic novels volume 21
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled, no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sheltered within her high-society world, Isabel plays the part of a perfectly proper little girl she s quiet, well-behaved, and she keeps her dresses spotlessly clean. She s certainly not the kind of girl who goes on adventures. But that all changes when Isabel breaches an invisible barrier and steps into another world. She discovers a city not unlike her own, but magical and dangerous. Here, war rages between the fairies of the Seelie and Unseelie...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every wayéxcept their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes. And Kaneki learns more...
Author
Series
Bleach volume 56
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious group of warriors calling themselves the Vandenreich attachs, Ichigo heads to Hueco Mundo to help his friend Nel. And when the Vandenreich takes the fight to the Soul Society, an all-out war between Soul Reapers and Quincies breaks out!"--Cover, p.[4}
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The smoldering embers of animosity between humans and Arcanics have reignited, and a new war has engulfed the Known World. Maika Halfwolf realizes another war, of cosmic proportions is fast approaching - but she needs to survive this battle first. In this fifth volume of Monstress, collecting issues 25-30, Maika must put aside personal betrayals and private revelations to defend the walled Arcanic city of Ravenna, the first major target of the Federation...
10) Tokyo ghoul: 10
Author
Series
Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 10
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way... except their craving for human flesh.
Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. While Kaneki and his friends tangle with the ghouls from the Aogiri Tree organization, the Commission of Counter...
Series
S.Q.U.I.D. squad volume 2
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Max, 'Inky', and Luke are the youngest members of a secret underwater society dedicated to protecting the books and artifacts of their home from evil invaders. They call themselves the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad, and they never turn down a dangerous adventure. So when an army of rogue zombies finds their hidden aquatic outpost, it is up to the S.Q.U.I.D. Squad to create the powerful conduit that will save their community. In their desperate search for the...
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Out of the pages of Amazing Fantasy comes a spectacular hero! She's a wall-crawler for a whole new generation : Anya Corazon, A.K.A. Araña! When scrappy Brooklyn high school student Anya accidentally crosses paths with the mystical Spider Society, she finds herself empowered by a magical tattoo that generates a strange, armored exoskeleton and grants her amazing powers! But as Araña gets more and more involved with the Spider Society, she learns...
13) Temperance
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Do concepts like war and enemies hold a people together? Does conflict have an irresistible cultural momentum? These are the questions the cartoonist Cathy Malkasian explores in Temperance. After a brutal injury sustained in battle, Lester has no memory of his prior life. For the next thirty years his wife does everything to keep him from remembering-- and re-constructing-- a society, Blessedbowl, that has since elevated him as a hero. Blessedbowl...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Seven action-packed tales featuring Captain America! See Cap lead the Avengers against a powerful A.I. that can mimic their powers. Then Iron Man and Captain America go undercover disguised as the villains Crossbones and Grim Reaper. Next, see what happens when Cap enlists the Winter Soldier to rescue his worst enemy. Plus, the Avengers go toe-to-toe with the Serpent Society!
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Who is Negan? Since his debut in THE WALKING DEAD #100, the charismatic psychopath has antagonized Rick Grimes, murdered his friend with a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire (which he calls "Lucille"), and led the Saviors into war against Alexandria and the neighboring communities. But who was he before society broke down? That question will be answered here, collecting the "HERE'S NEGAN!" story originally serialized in IMAGE+ magazine #1-18."--Provided...
16) Tokyo ghoul: 6
Author
Series
Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 6
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every wayexcept their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Things heat up in the Ward Eleven as the CCG investigates the high rate of Investigator deaths. Kaneki has an explosive...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The multiverse is doomed! The Lex Luthor the Justice leagues has known and fought is no more. Thanks to hi alliance with an ancient power known as Perpetua, Les has been transformed into an apex predator, a stronger, nearly unstoppable version of himself. Armed with the most powerful weapon imaginable, a shard from an ancient energy source known as the Totality, and backed by an army of enhanced super-villains, Apex Lex has now set the stage for all-out...
18) Tokyo ghoul: 5
Author
Series
Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 5
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes. And Kaneki learns...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Library Forces have decided that a censored author, Toma, must defect. But as he and the LF attempt to leave the courthouse, the roads are blocked by Media Betterment Committee troops! Library...
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