This introductory guide to DUNGEONS & DRAGONS provides a fun and immersive primer to its beasts and monsters. In this illustrated guide, you're transported to the legendary and magical worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and presented with one-of-a-kind entries for some of its most sinister, foul, and memorable monsters. Featuring amazing illustrations and expert insights on some of D&D's most dangerous monsters, the guide shines a spotlight on the beasts that scare, excite, and cause trouble for adventurers, fro

Wolverine's a lot of things to a lot of people, but to one infamous enclave he was nothing but a weapon. And weapons kill people. They found that out well enough. Find out for yourself in this prequel to recent revelations of the murderous mysteries that have mesmerized our favorite mutant!

Explore Bill Willingham's acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series Fables to the very end in this final compendium volume! With Castle Dark now back in the hands of the Fables, mysteries both young and old begin to challenge the residents of Fabletown. Bigsby and Stinky set off from Fabletown in Rose Red's blood-fueled sports car to track down the two abducted cubs. Unfortunately for Snow White, besides suffering the trauma of having two of her cubs go missing, a long forgotten secret uncovered in Castle Dar

In the year 2000, Marvel launched the Ultimate Universe, reinventing Spider-Man and his mythos for a new millennium! Now, the first three years of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley’s fan-favorite, award-winning take on the webslinger are collected in one oversized volume! Relive Peter Parker’s early days as Spider-Man, learning to fight crime by trial and error as he struggles to balance his new life with the demands of high school: puberty, homework and dating! Even with the help of his best friend Mary

A modern-day detective fiction series based in Portland, Oregon, featuring Dex Parios, a female private investigator with a gambling problem. When one of investigator Dex Parios's dearest friends is brutalized following a Portland Timbers match, Dex is determined to get to the bottom of the attack no matter who stands in her way! Dex kicks more than just soccer balls in her pursuit of the assailant in this new softcover edition of the critically-acclaimed series from Eisner Award-winner Greg Rucka and new

The Fire Nation is threatened by a prophecy told by the Kemurikage, mysterious figures thought only to exist in legend: remove Zuko from the throne, or the country will perish! Avatar Aang and his friends escort Zuko and his family back to the capital, completely unaware of the looming threat growing in the city. Unrest is brewing as the New Ozai Society prepares to make its move against the crown, and children begin to go missing from their homes under mysterious circumstances. Revisit the adventure of A

Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. In a mystery taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, Batman: The Long Halloween is one of the greatest Dark Knight stories ever told. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discov

Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace . . . Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic It is a golden age. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi. With the Jedi at the height of their power, the free citizens of the galaxy are confident in their

Darth Vader failed to turn his son, Luke Skywalker, to the dark side. Vader sought revenge against those who hid Luke from him for all these years…and in doing so nearly betrayed his master. It did not go unnoticed by Palpatine…and now it is time for Vader’s next lesson. Now, left battered and broken by his punishment, the Dark Lord drags himself across the scorched surface of Mustafar with vengeance on his mind! But as Vader closes in on the key to Palpatine’s greatest secret, the deadly assassin Ochi of B

Legendary Conan scribe Roy Thomas returns to Cimmeria! When the beautiful Olivia appears aboard a captured ship, telling tales of prophetic dreams and great fortunes, Conan is set on a new path - the Road of Kings! It's a route that is full of terrors and that may lead him straight to the executioner's ax! Conan must brave zombie Hyborians, dragons and assassins - as well as the underground catacombs beneath Aquilonia, where lurk creatures more hideous and deadly than anything he's ever encountered on the s

When a mass suicide by a branch of the Church of Hala claims the lives of twenty families, Carol Danvers investigates the tragedy performed in the name of Mar-Vell - putting her directly in the path of his would-be Captain Marvel replacement, Noh-Varr! Speaking of replacements, Norman Osborn's Dark Reign calls for a new Ms. Marvel: the villainous Moonstone, Karla Sofen! As Karla forcefully takes the mantle, she has to deal with Deadpool - and the New Avengers coming at her full force! But as a War of the Ma

AN EYE FOR AN EYE Working in the shop of the dimension witch Yuko, Kimhiro Watanuki has yet to see a mundane moment. The good, evil, and just plain weird all seem to have an unwavering attraction towards Watanuki, though the feeling is not mutual. These daily troubles can vary from crushes by pretty house spirits like the Zashiki-Warashi to cursed grudges, mysterious evils, and man-eating nightmares. Luckily, Watanuki has begrudgingly found an unlikely ally in his rival Domeki, but could this bring even mo

Kishinuma and Shinozaki may have escaped the cursed Tenjin Elementary School, but the rest of their surviving classmates are still trapped. Will they trade their safety for the lives of their friends? Meanwhile, Morishige's corpse obsession reaches a point past all return and Kizami shows his true colors to Yuka--will her big brother come to save her before it's too late?

"Season Two" of Moon Knight begins with a new creati ve team...and a blackout! When the entire city is thrust into darkness by a strange new threat, Moon Knight must use all of his weapons (and personalities) to defeat a very different foe! Then, it's a hostage situation in a high-rise, and Moon Knight must come to the rescue. But in this cell-phone camera society, he's doing it on the world stage! What does this sudden exposure mean for the famously secretive hero? Brian Wood (X-MEN, DMZ) takes the writing

Jessica Jones is a hard-nosed private investigator, and the dark underbelly of the Marvel Universe is her beat. But it wasn't always this way. Once, Jessica stood alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, as a costumed super hero. What changed? What ended her crimefi ghting career before it even got started? Now, for the fi rst time, learn all of Jessica's hidden secrets - how she was orphaned, how she got her powers...and the dark, unspoken chapter in Marvel Universe history that changed her life f

As a costumed adventurer, Jessica Jones was plagued by a lack of self-esteem and an inability to master her superhuman powers. Eventually she realized that she would forever be considered a second-rate super hero, and hung up her cape and tights. Now a tough-as-nails private investigator, Jessica returns home to fi nd a mysterious girl in a costume hiding in her apartment, but the girl fl ies away before Jessica can fi nd out who she is. Through sources, Jessica discovers that her intruder is Mattie Frankli

All she ever wanted was to be a super hero. But life had other plans for Jessica Jones. Now, the adventures of the would-be Avenger turned bitter superpowered private eye continue with two new cases. In "Rebecca, Come Home," Jessica travels to upstate New York to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl rumored to be a mutant in a prejudiced small town - but a murder mystery and a drunken, ill-advised fling might complicate matters somewhat. And in "Raining Men," the hard-luck PI goes on a date with.

Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed super hero...but not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche. Now a chain-smoking, self-destructive alcoholic with a mean inferiority complex, Jones is the owner and sole employee of Alias Investigations - a small, private-investigative firm specializing in superhuman cases. When she uncovers the po

Doctor Strange turns Marvel Knight and plays supernatural detective when a series of bizarre robberies and a spate of spontaneous combustions set him on the trail of an old enemy. Magic meets noir in an atmospheric Strange tale! Plus, in stories from standout creators, the good Doctor makes a deal with the devil, and the former surgeon must be a very different healer when he hears of a man's deep grief. COLLECTING: DOCTOR STRANGE (1999) 1-4, MYSTIC HANDS OF DOCTOR STRANGE 1, MATERIAL FROM MARVEL SHADOWS AN

Matt Murdock's personal life and career spiral out of control after the Kingpin learns his secret identity as Daredevil from a drug-addicted ex-lover and uses the information to destroy him.