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1) PTSD
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Shes lost , like us. In this uniquely imagined work of speculative fiction, a veteran struggles for survival in a near-future world much like our own. After returning home from an unpopular war, Jun finds herself marooned in her own city. Alone, desperate, and suffering from wounds both mental and physical, she seeks relief in the illicit drugs she manages to purchase or steal. Juns tough exterior served her well in combat, but shell need to nurture...
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Having lost his legs during the Afghanistan War, Capt. Stewart Trautmann returned stateside with an understandingly negative attitude towards combat and violence, but his convictions are put to the test when a devastating meteor shower brings an alien parasite that transforms him into the ultimate weapon.
5) Quarry's war
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Former U.S. Marine sniper and Vietnam vet Quarry has found a new vocation as a professional assassin. But when his latest contract turns out to be an old acquaintance from his military days, the fresh-faced hit man finds himself battling against his own conscience as secrets from the past start to reveal themselves."-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Though he lost the use of his legs during the Afghanistan War, Capt. Stewart Trautmann was given a second chance when an alien parasite crash landed on Earth, transforming him into a hybrid superhero known as Soldier Zero. Now, Stewart is on the run from the U.S. government-- but the real threat is not from this world.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As a Resolver, Juzo takes care of problems involving the Extended. Lately however, the source of most of Juzo s problems is&himself! His recent involvement with the Ber|hren megacorporation has put him on their hit list and a new Ber|hren agent named Pepper shows up in his office with her own Gun Slave Unit partner in tow. Pepper isn't there on business, however she's looking to make Juzo into her personal property! "-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
NBM, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A gripping graphic novel illustrates the challenges of Iraq War veterans as well as their inspiring triumphs After the shock of 9/11, for hundreds of thousands of young Americans there was Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Abu Ghraib--the war in Iraq. Then came the trauma. From the torment of these vets to their reflections, this book demonstrates the seemingly impossible return of those who aspire to get back to a normal life. The effort is huge: some can't make...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Juzo and Mary survived the Weapons Vault and their meeting with Number 12. Although the encounter left them with some troubling questions, the answers will have to wait Juzo still has bills to pay! The daily work of an Extended private investigator is a far cry from digging into the conspiracies of a megacorporation, but no less dangerous. When a client comes to Juzo asking him to investigate insurance fraud, Juzo promises to discover the truth,...
10) No guns life: 3
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life or who replaced his head and why Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended. Juzo manages to captured the fugitive noncompliant Extended, Gondry, and doing so brings him closer...
11) No guns life: 1
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life or who replaced his head and why Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended. When a fellow Extended showed up in Inui s office on the run from the Security Bureau with a kidnapped...
12) No guns life: 9
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun. With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended. In the stifling darkness of the Extended detention center known as the Weapons Vault, Juzo and...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jack Brennan is a Marine Corps sergeant whose infantry squad has been cleared to return home from a grueling deployment to Afghanistan. A few years prior, Sergeant Brennan lost one of his closest friends {u2014} a young combat veteran {u2014} to suicide and has vowed to do everything in his power to keep his Marines from a similar fate. On their last night in-country, Brennan, who has long kept a tattered copy of the Odyssey with him on deployment,...
14) No guns life: 5
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended... The war that changed Juzo's life still echoes in the present when the anti-Extended terrorist...
15) No guns life: 8
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended... Juzo was badly damaged in the fight with Io, the mysterious figure believed to be Tetsuro's...
16) No guns life: 7
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended... When you are a tool of a megacorporation, can you ever escape their grip? Juzo hasn't got an...
17) No guns life: 6
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended... Dr. Andy Wachowski was the genius who developed the basic theory of Extension technology. But...
Author
Series
To the abandoned sacred beasts volume 8
Publisher
Vertical Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Schaal passes out after she hears the Voice of God at the Incarnate research facility École. Hank stays at her bedside until she wakes up. There was once another woman who similarly heard the Voice of God-- the genius who created the Incarnates, Elaine. When Schaal asks Hank about his relationship with Elaine, Hank resolves to tell her the truth, and the story shifts into his past with Elaine..."--Provided by publisher.
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