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A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing on interviews and archival research to reveal the pivotal role of feminism in shaping her seven-decade story.
Examines the life of Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston and his polyamorous relationship with wife Elizabeth Holloway and mistress Olive Byrne, both of whom inspired and influenced the comic book character's creation and development.
"Wonder...
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The Flash (New 52) volume 1
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DC Comics
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The Rogues are in revolt against their leader Captain Cold and the Flash has been thrown through time and space by the Speed Force leaving Central City without its protector.
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DC Comics
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"The Teen Titans never felt like normal kids ... but they had no idea how right they were. Their seemingly idyllic Oregon upbringing hides a secret -- one that will bring killers, shamans, and extraterrestrials down on their heads, and force them into an alliance that could shake the planet to its foundations!"--
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"He will become the greatest crimefighter the world has ever known ... It won't be easy. He has trained and planned and waited for eighteen years. He thinks he's ready ... They've got him cornered. They've got him outnumbered they've got him trapped. They're in trouble ... He's out to clean up a city that likes being dirty. He can't do it alone."
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"As the Last Son of Krypton, Superman's always been alone on this planet ... and rare are the times that he's ever encountered someone who understands who he is and the choices he's had to make. But hidden away in the darkest corners of the Earth, rarely allowed into the light, there is another who sees right into his soul-someone who will force Superman to question everything he thought he knew about his life, his role, and the future he'd hoped...
6) Bighead
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Top Shelf Productions
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"... Besides being a superior parody, Bighead slyly reveals the author's personal issues and in some ways, everyone's." — Andrew Arnold, Time
"Bighead is great, great fun to read; it crackles with energy and a love for the genre of the super hero. Brown takes the silly conventions that weigh down the "cape and tights" books and sets them free with a wink and an elbow." — Shawn Hoke, Comic World News
Jeffrey Brown is back —
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"Red Hood-- former Robin, resurrected and looking for a reason to live again. Starfire-- alien princess confounding her teammates with the mystery of her own memories. Arsenal-- former sidekick who hit rock-bottom and is still trying to bounce back. These three deeply damaged heroes have found refuge in their unlikely partnership-- but can they pull together enough to save the world? A war has begun between the mystic All Caste that trained Red Hood...
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Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Misty Knight and Manifold band together to take on a dangerous wave of street-level threats in a new series by co-writers Ta-Nehisi Coates (New York Times best-selling author of Between the World and Me and Marvel's Black Panther) and Yona Harvey (Black Panther: World of Wakanda), and legendary artist Butch Guice! The death of a Harlem activist kicks off a mystery that will reveal surprising new secrets about the Marvel...
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"The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are close friends in the modern day--but the two weren't always such close allies. Discover how two of the World's Finest Super Heroes met for the first time in the New 52, and the mysterious adventure that takes them to a whole new world-the world of Earth 2! The heroes of the main DC Universe meet their Earth 2 counterparts for the first time! Collects Batman/Superman #1-4 and Justice League #23.1: Darkseid"--...
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"One bad day. According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as The Joker, that's all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he's out to prove his deranged point. And he's going to use Gotham's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and his brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it. Now Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark...
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As a part of the monumental DC Comics-The New 52 event, comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee bring you an all-new origin story for the Justice League! In a world where inexperienced superheroes operate under a cloud of suspicion from the public, loner vigilante Batman has stumbled upon a dark evil that threatens to destroy the earth as we know it. Now, faced with a threat far beyond anything he can handle on his own, the Dark Knight must trust...
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"Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement. This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals...
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"Oliver Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or anything -- apparently even himself. But when he's double-crossed and marooned on a jungle island, he finds that he does care about something: justice! armed with nothing more than a makeshift bow and arrows, Queen struggles to survive in his new, unforgiving environment -- all while battling the violent drug runners who are responsible for his abandonment"--Page 4 of cover.
16) Siege
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"In an epic story arc that began with Avengers Disassembled--and extended through the House of M, Civil War, and Secret Invasion--the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe are ready to make their final move against a target from time immemorial: the hallowed halls of Asgard! ..."--Page 4 of cover.
17) Sidekicks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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When Captain Amazing feels he is getting too old to be a reliable superhero, he tries to hire a new sidekick, but his pets have different ideas.
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Graphic Novel. Film tie-in. The war between The Black Hornet and The Green Hornet reaches its shattering climax in this second volume of Kevin Smith's daring reimagining of the classic character. As The Green Hornet and Kato pursue his father's killer, The Black Hornet reveals a plan that could spell doom for the world itself. Played out on the streets of Century City, a deadly struggle between Hornets threatens to destroy not only our heroes, but...
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