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1) Watchmen
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
As former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spider-Man fights Loki and Doctor Octopus with the help of Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Ham, and later teams up with Miles Morales to stop the Green Goblin from stealing super-spider DNA.
Author
Series
New Suicide Squad (2014) volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Once a secret to even the highest government officials, the Suicide Squad has emerged from FOREVER EVIL as one of its most popular programs. Its mission: to send incarcerated super villains to carry out impossible missions on foreign soil in exchange for a commuted prison sentence. If they are caught or killed, no government could link these operatives back to the U.S. government. At least, that's the theory. This new series begins with a mission...
8) Secret wars
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Marvel Universe is no more! The interdimensional Incursions have eliminated each and every dimension one by one - and now, despite the best efforts of the scientists, sages and superhumans of both dimensions, the Marvel Universe and Ultimate Universe have collided with one another...and been destroyed! Now, all that exists in the vast empty cosmos is a single titanic patchwork planet, made of the fragmented remains of hundreds of devastated dimensions:...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-five years into the future, Batman's gotten himself caught in a P.O.W. camp where the enemy refuses to give up trying to crack the only "data source" he can't access--the human mind! And this foe doesn't care how many people he has to burn through to get there, including original Batgirl Barbara Gordon! To make his great escape, Batman will have to take down both his greatest hero and a traitor to humanity! Featuring the DC Universe debut...
10) Batman: Vol. 1
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Ed Brubaker's legendary run on Batman is finally collected into a definitive graphic novel series! The mind behind such critically acclaimed series Gotham Central, Catwoman and Captain America began his first mainstream superhero work on one of the greatest costumed crusaders of all-time: the Dark Knight. Mixing crime noir and mystery with superpowers, Brubaker's distinctive style helped build Batman into one of the most must-read titles of the 2000s."--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Intergalactic peacekeepers are chasing the evil Terra-Man through space! When this super-villain seeks refuge on Earth, Superman offers to join the peacekeepers' posse. Soon the Man of Steel locates the gun-slinging criminal in an Old West ghost town, and the two face off in an old-fashioned showdown" -- P. [4] of cover.
13) Baby on board!
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Doom invents a time machine, he decides to go back in time and get rid of the Super Hero Squad before they became superheroes. But will his evil plan work?
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When one of the shattered Infinity Sword's fractals mutates a jellyfish into a slime monster, Reptil, Hulk, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Falcon, Thor, and Wolverine must find a way to stop it.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The epic event that will forever change the universe and the different color Lantern Corps forever! Relic has arrived and the universe with shiver in his wake. The lights of the Lanterns are fading as the emotional spectrum is being drained. It is up to Hal and the Green Lanterns to rally the other Corps together if they are going to survive. Many won't and others will change allegiances, but one thing is certain--nothing will ever be the same. This...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This second SUICIDE SQUAD collection of 1980s stories begins with a bang when Batman learns of the team's existence--and he's not happy! After a confrontation with the their agency handler, Amanda Waller, the team is sent to take down the island headquarters of a Colombian drug cartel that's more than it seems. Then, the squad and the Justice League cross paths when both teams try to infiltrate a Russian prison. Both teams plan to rescue the villain...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Grayson and Helena Bertinelli, a.k.a. Huntress, join together and take on some of their toughest foes yet. Dick is on a mission to stop Paragon from using the body parts of a dead villain to create something far more sinister, he goes toe-to-toe with the Midnighter, and he and Helena battle foes from their past--the Fist of Cain. Plus, a tie-in to FUTURES END! Collects GRAYSON #5-9, and GRAYSON: FUTURES END #1"--
20) 52: Volume two
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Following the events of INFINITE CRISIS, the Big Three of the DC Universe each took a year away from their superhero duties. It was a year without Superman, a year without Batman, a year without Wonder Woman, a year without the Justice League. But it wasn't a year without heroes. Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid pen the weekly, yearlong series that redefined not only the DC Universe but what exactly it means to be a hero"--
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