In these terrifying tales of witchcraft and the undead, Abe, Roger, Liz, and Johann learn the ropes as agents of the Bureau For Paranormal Research and Defense! Abe copes with survivor's guilt, Roger goes on his first adventure with Hellboy, Liz tells the story of how she killed her family, and Johann Kraus dies! A standalone collection that's perfect introduction to these bizarre heroes.

From the dawn of time (Anthro) to the far-flung future (Legion of Super-Heroes), sentient life has honored the winter holidays with celebrations and rituals as diverse as the universe itself! Join DC Comics and a stellar team of writers and artists – to honor the vast and diverse holidays of the DC Universe in 6 tales of holiday cheer! Starring the aforementioned characters along with Superman, The Spectre, Jonah Hex, and Green Lantern John Stewart for a HOLIDAY SPECIAL like no other!

In 1956, Hellboy caravans across Mexico—vampire hunting with luchadores, finding the Aztec gods, fighting evil turkeys and Frankenstein’s monster, and drinking way too much tequila, in the strangest collection of his adventures yet. Collects “Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy,” “Hellboy Gets Married,” and “The Coffin Man 2: The Rematch” from Dark Horse Presents, “The Coffin Man” from Hellboy 20th Anniversary Sampler, Hellboy in Mexico, and Hellboy: House of the Living Dead.

This comic follows three stories about Robin, Superboy and Warrior.Robin follows a fellow suspicious classmate. Superboy is lectured for slacking off. Warrior returns to his old school to substitute in an unruly atmosphere.It is a slightly comical look at reasons to stay in school, help others, and stand up for what you believe in.

Mike Mignola, best known as the creator of Hellboy, started out his comics art career drawing the adventures of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes, applying his moody artwork to tales of Superman, Batman, Swamp Thing and more. Now, this new collection assembles these stories written by John Byrne, Roger Stern, Neil Gaiman, Paul Kupperberg, and others for the first time.Collects: SUPERMAN: THE WORLD OF KRYPTON #1-4, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #2, SUPERMAN #18 and 23, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #54, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #36, SWAMP THING ANNUAL #5, PHANTOM STRANGER #1-4 and much more.

In this Elseworlds tale, Batman is in the American West during the Civil War on a dangerous secret mission for President Lincoln. As he relentlessly pursues a threat to the Union, Batman, and his alter ego Bruce Wayne, encounter Samuel Clemens, Wild Bill Hickok and other luminaries of the Old West. His servant and friend, the ever-droll Alfred, makes his contribution to the action, as does the Bat-Man's Native American partner, Redbird.

CONCEPT: Ask any single mother: Raising a teenage daughter is tough. On top of the fights about boys and homework, they're always borrowing your favorite stuff...your make-up, your shoes, your mask. THIS ISSUE: For years, Rebecca Reed, a.k.a. Firebird, kept her secret identity from her teenage daughter, whom she hid at a boarding school, far from her enemies. But now the secret's out, Emily Reed knows her mother's a superhero, and Emily herself possesses superpowers. Staying at the boarding school would only complicate things, so Rebecca brings Emily back home. Now, while Emily learns how to be a superhero, Rebecca learns how to be a mother.

The Uni-Power is weak and seeks out Bruce Banner for assistance in this one-shot (also the first part of a five-part mini series).

One shot.

How does Doctor Doom return to the Marvel Universe? All of the story lines converge here! A crisis is reached. A decision is made. A sacrifice is demanded. A balance is struck. And a universe is changed...

Manhattan stands amidst ten stories of water, Atlantean colonies amassing around its base. California is a radioactive wasteland where creatures strange and terrifying run wild. Philadelphia suffers extreme overcrowding as refugees rush in from the submerged Northwest. The World Party rules Germany. The mob runs Chicago. The face of the world has been dramatically changed. And every day, new cataclysms arise, as forces unseen vie for control of this brave new Earth. Welcome to a world in chaos. It needs a savior. It gets Doctor Doom. Returning from his sojourns to reclaim what is his by eminent domain, Doom discovers that what he had laid title to has become, in his absence, a war-torn prize, contested over by celestial powers. And none, be they man or god, may take what is rightfully Doom's. But to liberate this world, he will need to build an army, and he will need to uncover the nature of his enemy. He is Doom. He will find a way.

American Barbarian is an epic revenge quest across the post-post apocalyptic world of New Earthea. Meric, the titular aMERICan barbarian, survives his own personal apocalypse when Two-Tank Omen destroys everything the young warrior has ever known. Meric must fight his way through an army of zombies, mutants and robosaurs (robotic dinosaurs) on the way to his final battle with the undead cyborg pharoah. This story by Tom Scioli, co-creator of Godland, is both laugh-out-loud funny and deadly serious in the tradition of the classic comic book epics of Jack Kirby.

THE SOUL OF AN OLD MACHINE PART 1 The Torch is dead- buried with full military honors. But what does death mean for an artificial man? The Mad Thinker is determined to find out, with the reluctant help of the Torch's best and oldest friend, Tom (Toro) Raymond.

A powerful crime syndicate wants him dead. The FBI wants him behind bars. Jonathan Fierce, psychic profiler for the FBI, is on the run and his only allies are the voices of his slain comrades, the elite strike force known as the Razor. Channeling the special abilities of his former teammates, he will descend into the depths of the Jamaican underworld on a mission of redemption and vengeance.

The perfect jumping-on point for any and all readers and it's FREE! When rogue mega-billionaires with world-destroying technology threaten the safety of the entire world and the moon Thor and Iron Man join forces! In time for the exciting launch of new stories and a bold new direction for Invincible Iron Man and Thor, superstars Matt Fraction and John Romita Jr. team up to bring you two of Marvel's heaviest hitters like you've never seen them before!

Join us as we present comicdom's first hero Buck Rogers... the first man out of time... the first man to be taken out of his present environment and put into the future!In the tradition of such best-selling introductory Dynamite launches as Red Sonja and Battlestar Galactica, Dynamite is launching the all-original #0 issue for just 25¢! Under a John Cassaday cover (Cassaday serves as series cover artist), writer Scott (Batman) Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael present an original 12 page comic book adventure - "The Death of Buck Rogers"! This is where it all begins and Dynamite's plans for Buck Rogers follow the model that they've followed over the years beginning with Red Sonja, embracing the history of such classic characters, but giving them a modern edge for today's audiences! All this, and for a quarter to introduce you to the new canon of Buck Rogers!

What happens when an armored billionaire teams up with a hot-headed, cosmic-powered teen to fight a trio of massively-powered super-apes? Find out when Iron Man and Nova take on Red Ghost and The Super-Apes! Out-numbered, the Golden Avenger and the Human Rocket will have to trust an apparent traitor in the gorillas' midst if they are to survive and save an entire city. Will they succeed or are they being played? Find out in this all-new, action-packed adventure, which happens to be FREE!

Betty meets Bruce in a bar, telling him that she works for Gemini labs and that their equipment may be able to provide a cure.At Gemini Labs, Betty attempts to cure Bruce but is interupted by Leader, who claims to have set up Betty with the job at Gemini Labs  to lure Bruce there. Leader attacks Bruce but he doesn't shift into the Hulk. However, when Leader leaves, taking Betty with him as a captive, the Hulk is unleashed, smashing his way through wave after wave of robots before finally collapsing on the San Francisco Bay docks.

Airboy, Valkyrie, and Skywolf are back!

The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause. Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are nowhere to be found. It is up to wrongfuly accused Simon Baz to clear his name and become the hero that the Corps needs in order to get to the bottom of Hal and Sinestro's disappearance and the Rise of the Third Army!Collects the entirity of the "Rise of the Third Army" event from GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1, GREEN LANTERN #13-16, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #13-16, GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #13-16, RED LANTERNS #13-16, and GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #1.