The complete series that serves as a prelude to THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA is collected in this deluxe edition hardcover! A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien, and a superpowered terrorist are about to try and take over the world?and you?re going to be rooting for them every step of the way. Collects IMPERIUM #1-16, along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

A richly illustrated, encyclopedic deep dive into the history of roleplaying games. When Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson released Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, they created the first roleplaying game of all time. Little did they know that their humble box set of three small digest-sized booklets would spawn an entire industry practically overnight. In Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Stu Horvath explores how the hobby of roleplaying games, commonly known as RPGs, blossomed out of an unlikely pop culture phenomenon and became a dominant gaming form by the 2010s. Going far beyond D&D, this heavily illustrated tome covers more than three hundred different RPGs that have been published in the last five decades. Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground features (among other things) bunnies, ghostbusters, soap operas, criminal bears, space monsters, political intrigue, vampires, romance, and, of course, some dungeons and dragons. In a decade-by-decade breakdown, Horvath chronicles how RPGs have evolved in the time between their inception and the present day, offering a deep and gratifying glimpse into a hobby that has changed the way we think about games and play. The deluxe edition will include a foil-stamped cover and slipcase with a cloth binding, a ribbon, gilded edges, and an 8.5x11-inch card stock poster of the regular edition.

A better world. By any means necessary. New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger) and Valiant superstars Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR), CAFU (LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA), Khari Evans (NINJAK), Scot Eaton (X-Men: Legacy), and Juan José Ryp (BRITANNIA) come together right here for the complete deluxe edition hardcover of the daring Valiant superhero saga that Wired calls "an invigorating read"! A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien and a super-powered terrorist are about to try and take over the world...and you're going to be rooting for them every step of the way. THIS IS IMPERIUM. Collecting IMPERIUM #1-16, along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien, and a superpowered terrorist are about to try and take over the world...and you?re going to be rooting for them every step of the way! Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet. Instead of surrendering, Harada has one last unthinkable gambit to play: to achieve more, faster, and with less, he will build a coalition of the powerful, the unscrupulous, and the insane. No longer content to demand a better future, he will recruit a violent legion from the darkest corners of the Earth to fight for it. The battle for utopia begins now! Start reading here as New York Times best-selling creator Joshua Dysart ? writer of the Harvey Award-nominated series HARBINGER ? and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (UNITY, Justice) begin the daring new superhero saga of the year. Collecting?IMPERIUM #1?4.

Harada?s team of ?BROKEN ANGELS? confront?DIVINITY! The telepathic mastermind. The alien assassin. The mercenary super-soldier. The mad scientist. And the killer robot with a soul. Toyo Harada has collected the monsters that will make his vision of world peace a reality. Now he pursues the most difficult and desirable asset of all ? the spaceman with all the powers of a god ? the outcast who can rewrite reality with a thought ? the man who is no longer a man ? the all-powerful being who is simply called Divinity. From New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER) and veteran artist Scot Eaton (X-Men: Legacy, Battle Scars) Toyo Harada?s mission to shape the future of humanity ? by any means necessary ? continues right here! Collecting IMPERIUM #5?8.

ItÕs spy vs. superhuman as ÒTHE VINE IMPERATIVEÓ boils over! Toyo HaradaÕs war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot containÉa sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called the Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, as Harada executes his agenda upon Earth Ð and with LV-99 on his side. This time Ð the VineÕs cold war finally turns infernally hot. Jump on board the series that Bloody Disgusting calls Òthe height of sophisticated comic book storiesÓ here with a powerful new story arc from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER WARS) and red-hot artist CAFU (UNITY) and Juan Jose Ryp (NINJAK)! Collecting IMPERIUM #9-12.

The world?s most powerful team of mercenaries is on the defense?as an elite international kill squad led by Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corps? Major Charlie Palmer descends to destroy Imperium?s stronghold!? Toyo Harada will save the world...if he doesn?t doom it first. The revolutionary disruption that Harada and his team have launched ? by deposing tyrants, housing refugees, and feeding the poor ? has come at the expense of the world?s wealthiest nations. When the planet?s leaders have had enough, it will be decided: Toyo Harada must die. Now a crack unit of operatives will stand against Harada on the global stage...with his own former pupil, Livewire, taking him head-on. The war starts here as New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER WARS) and Harvey Award nominated artist Khari Evans (HARBINGER,?The Immortal Iron Fist) unite for an explosive new chapter...pitting the Valiant Universe?s notorious team of monsters and revolutionaries against the very system they?ve sworn to overthrow! Collecting?IMPERIUM #13-16.

ALL-NEW ARC! JUMP ON BOARD HERE! """"THE VINE IMPERATIVE"""" ? PART 1! Toyo Harada?s war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot contain?a sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called the Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, as Harada executes his agenda upon Earth?and with LV-99 on his side this time?the Vine?s cold war finally turns infernally hot. Jump on board the series that Bloody Disgusting calls ?the height of sophisticated comic book stories? here with a powerful new story arc from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER WARS) and red-hot artist CAFU (UNITY)!

Read minds. Bend steel. Break all the rules. Teenager Pete Stanchek is out of work, on the skids, and ? unbeknownst to him ? a psionic-powered """"harbinger"""" with the potential to reshape the course of human history. Toyo Harada is a wealthy business magnate, a respected philanthropist and the most powerful harbinger of all ? or so he thought. As they forge an uneasy alliance, will Harada offer Pete a chance for redemption ?? or attempt to induct him into a secret network of conspiracy, subversion and control? Pete is about to discover that he's not alone in the world and, soon, the generation who has nothing will take on the man who has everything.

So let it be written? So let it be done? From New York Times best-selling writers Robert Venditti (X-O MANOWAR), Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT), Matt Kindt (DIVINITY), Joshua Dysart (IMPERIUM) and a powerhouse roster of all-star artists comes the blockbuster crossover event that will forge the future of the Valiant Universe ? collected in its entirety for the first time anywhere! The Valiant heroes. X-O Manowar. Bloodshot. Ninjak. The Harbinger Renegades. Unity. This is how they lived. This is how they died. Now we know. The Book of the Geomancer has recorded it all. But only a young girl ? the last in a line of the enigmatic mystics who protect the Earth known as Geomancers ? has seen this future come to pass, from the coming cataclysm to the dawn of the 41st century. Alone with her sworn protector, the Eternal Warrior ? a soldier battle forged across five thousand years of combat ? the duo must defy their allies to stop the Dark Age that now threatens to eclipse our world. Together, they are the number one target of every hero and villain on Earth. Either the Eternal Warrior hands her over?or they take him down. But can even he singlehandedly protect one child when the entire Valiant Universe wages war against him? Collecting?BOOK OF DEATH #1?4, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF BLOODSHOT #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF NINJAK #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF HARBINGER #1, and BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1.