The Advisors succeed in combining Champion DNA to turn themselves into the powerful Posthumans in an effort to dominate the world. Heroes and villains may stand in their way, but nothing will stop the Posthumans from taking their "rightful" place ruling the planet until the return of the Visitors. * Featuring an exclusive backup story illustrated by Mike Hawthrone (_Deadpool_). * By Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (cocreator of _Powers_). * #FindtheVictories * Ancient alien history and superheroes collide!

With all the superheroes locked in internment camps and one of the world's most powerful heroes a mind slave to the mysterious Advisors, who will save us from this shadowy group taking over the world? This volume collects The Victories #6-#10 by Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (co-creator of Powers)

With the public turning against the Victories and other powered humans, the government takes action. All powered beings are ordered to turn themselves in to an internment camp, but when heroes and villains alike refuse to do so, a new force is unleashed, and one villain is made an example of. * By Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (_Powers_, _Rapture_). * New ongoing series! "This book is for people that love the super hero genre, but need a break from kid friendly stories or the inevitable merry-go round storytelling that the genre usually suffers from. This is Oeming at his best and if you're not reading it then really it's your loss."Comic Bastards

A merciless sword and sorcery warrior finds himself blasted through a wormhole to a modern day metropolis where he must protect those around him from an evil wizard determined to send him to hell. From the Eisner award-winning team of Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr., and Frank Martin comes this urban warrior fantasy series! Collecting issues #1-4 of Berserker Unbound and featuring a sketchbook section and pinups by Mike Mignola, Andrea Sorrentino, Dustin Nguyen, and more!

From the Eisner and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of the breakout hit Kim & Kim and DC Comics' Eternity Girl with Gerard Way and artist on IDW's Ghostbusters and X-Files comes this modern day adventure of heroes and monsters. Kate Strand reboots her destructive life and moves to LA to be the superhero she always wanted to be--Calamity Kate: gun-toting monster killer. With her latest career change, she faces new challenges, relationships, and competition; desperate to show she's worth a damn in a world overrun by zombies, vampires, demons, goblins, and the ultimate monster bounty: The Seven Fabled Beasts of Yore. Collects issues #1-4 of the hit limited series.

Blamed for the loss of the children of lower Upton, the townsfolk burn down Giuseppe's turnip factory and run him and Trout out of town. Sick and distraught the two have no other recourse but to travel across the ocean to Giuseppe's childhood village. Trout is lost along the way and Giuseppe is forced to deal with his brother's meddling in order to find the mysterious little boy he's sworn to protect. Can Giuseppe find him before Trout meets his fate at the hands of the god of the sea! And who is the shadowy figure trapped in a giant shark egg who is struggling to keep Trout alive?! One thing's for certain, for better or worse, Trout will never be the same again. Collects the four-issue mini-series that brings back a few old faces as well as introducing a slew of new dastardly, duplicitous ne'er do wells. Nixey is joined by award-winning colorist Dave Stewart to create Trout's most harrowing tale to date. Collects Trout: The Hollowest Knock #1-4.

The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It includes original discussion on the current state of the graphic novel and analyzes how American, European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese renditions have shaped the field. Thirty-five leading scholars and historians unpack both forgotten trajectories as well as the famous key episodes, and explain how comics transitioned from being marketed as children's entertainment. Essays address the masters of the form, including Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore, and Marjane Satrapi, and reflect on their publishing history as well as their social and political effects. This ambitious history offers an extensive, detailed and expansive scholarly account of the graphic novel, and will be a key resource for scholars and students.

Featuring issues 25-29 of the Red Sonja series, along with a complete cover gallery! Based on the Heroine created by Robert E. Howard Month in and month out, readers are captivated with the adventures of the beautiful Red Sonja and her cast of allies and villains! Now, writer Michael Avon Oeming sets the stage for the next exciting series of events as Sonja bring the battle back to Hyboria to face the growing power of Kulan Gath! New allies are revealed, old allies lost and villains abound as Sonja battles her way back and faces a "World on Fire"! Oeming is joined again by Homs (while artist Mel Rubi works on the Spider-Man/Red Sonja cross-over), co-writer Brian Reed and a series of incredible cover artists! Featuring issues 25-29 of the Red Sonja series, along with a complete cover gallery!

As Vixen, Mari McCabe can mimic the abilities of any animal on Earth. Lion, falcon, rhino, there is no beast she cannot tame. And though she has traveled the world as a fashion model and explored the universe as a member of the Justice League, Africa is her home, and home to much trouble. Vixen has returned to the nation of Zambesi to investigate new details surrounding the murder of her long-dead mother. But when she discovers that the killer has ties to the super-villainous Intergang, she must set aside her revenge in order to save her besieged country.