The evolution of global conflict necessitates the evolution of warfare to rise and meet the call. The United States' latest, most advanced and most secret special operations group is hidden inside the INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY. They are tasked with fixing botched operations, wielding bleeding-edge tech and planning and executing lethal action in the utmost secrecy. Collects THE ACTIVITY #1-5 [(W) Nathan Edmondson (A/CA) Mitch Gerads]
Collecting the hit Special Ops thriller that Fanboy Comics calls an incredibly realistic story about the teams that protect us, without us ever knowing it. Follow Team Omaha from Uzbekistan to Somalia to Minneapolis on their globe-trotting, high-octane and high-tech execution of WARFARE WITHOUT WARNING. Collects The Activity #6-12 [(W) Nathan Edmondson (A/CA) Mitch Gerads]
From Ft. Belvoir to Fallujah, Team Omaha follows leads from missions in all corners of the globe and uncovers a massive plot funded by one of the U.S.'s biggest global enemies. Collects The Activity #12-16. [(W) Nathan Edmondson (A/CA) Mitch Gerads, Marc Laming]
The Dark Knight's greatest villains get their greatest stories yet! The Riddler, Two-Face, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Bane, Clayface, and Ra's al GhulBatman's most iconic villains are all given 64-page Prestige format specials that show why they are the greatest villains in all of comics, spearheaded by today's top talent. We begin with Batman - One Bad Day: The Riddler! Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the Eisner Awardwinning duo behind Mister Miracle, The Sheriff of Babylon, and Strange Adventures, reunite to dive deep into the mind of Batman's most intellectual foethe Riddler. The Riddler has killed a man in broad daylight for seemingly no reason, butthere's always a reason. The Riddler is always playing a game, there are always rules. Batman will reach his wits' end trying to figure out the Riddler's true motivation in this epic psychological thriller; this is not to be missed!
Get a deeper look into the inner workings of Sanctuary. When heroes visited the facility, they relived their trauma through virtual reality, contending with the events that brought them there in the hope of reaching a meaningful resolution. That is, until the trauma took over and escalated these personal events into a full-blown crisis! Find out what pushed one of the superheroes over the edge and how it broke the machine. This special issue reunites the Eisner Award-winning Mister Miracle team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads!
We crack open the vaults on Mister Miracle #1 to show you this issue's original black-and-white artwork by Mitch Gerads and the script by Tom King, providing a peek into the creative process. Plus, King has written a brand-new eight-page story retelling Mister Miracle's origin, drawn by Mike Norton (Mystik U) and available here for the first time! Mister Miracle #1 sold out fast, so you won't want to miss out on this special edition of one of the most talked-about debuts of the year!
The Eisner Award-winning miniseries is collected in a new deluxe edition! Scott Free is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. So great that he escaped Granny Goodness's gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, the former Female Fury known as Big Barda. Using the stage name Mister Miracle, he has made a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, which counted him among its ranks. Scott Free has everything...so why isn't it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick-except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out. Collects Mister Miracle #1-12, plus with sketches, scripts, and the full pencil art to issue #1!
The critically acclaimed 12-issue miniseries is collected! Scott Free is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. So great that he escaped Granny Goodness' gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, the former Female Fury known as Big Barda. Using the stage alter ego of Mister Miracle, he has made a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, which counted him among its ranks. You might say Scott Free has everything...so why isn't it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick-except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out.
HOTEL HELL! • The Howling Commandos have Frank Castle's only remaining family sequestered in a swanky Los Angeles hotel. • As L.A. erupts in chaos, Frank brings the fight, and most of L.A.'s gangs, to them. • That hotel is about to get a lot less swanky.
The Howling Commandos have gone a step too far: They have Frank Castle's only remaining family sequestered in a Los Angeles hotel. As the city erupts into chaos, Frank brings the fight - and most of L.A.'s gangs - to them! As Frank follows the trail of corruption all the way to the nation's capital, he finds himself up against a force that will test his morals, his resolve, and his fiber as a soldier. With the Punisher on a government hit list, has Frank walked into the lion's den? Or can he find the man pulling the strings - before Captain America stops him? Frank Castle is out for punishment, and his long quest for vengeance is nearly at an end. But the clock is ticking - and he plans to go out with a bang, not a whimper. Collecting Punisher (2014) #13-20.
Deals with the devil rarely go right, but in Baghdad, the wrong deal could get lots of people killed. Just as Sofia gets close to Abu Rahim, the man who killed Chris' trainee and blew up her car, Chris starts to suspect Bob, the man who led them to Abu Rahim, isn't exactly trustworthy himself.
Baghdad, 2003. In an effort to establish some semblance of order in the war-torn city, Florida cop-turned-military-consultant Chris Henry has been assigned to train cadets in law enforcement. But good intentions are not immune to the chaos found in the post-9/11 Middle East. When one of Henry's trainees is found dead, he's forced to ally himself with Nassir, the last policeman in Baghdad, to unravel a bloody mystery. While Henry and Nassir search for answers, forces in the shadows are pulling strings that these men don't even know they're tied to. Collects the 12-issue miniseries from the award-winning Mister Miracle and Strange Adventures team, now in one softcover volume.
The battle against the Pykkts continues! The Justice League-including Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Batman, the Flash, Superman, and Wonder Woman-has scattered across the Earth, pushing back the marauders wherever they appear. Even Mr. Terrific takes a break from investigating Adam Strange's alleged war crimes to land a punch or two in their stupid alien faces. But Adam Strange has made his decision: to save Rann at any price-even if that price is the Earth itself!
