José Villarrubia
Author
Publisher
Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food."-- Provided by...
Author
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"This sweeping, century-spanning graphic novel explores the vivid history of Irish émigrés to New York City via three intertwined tales, from a penniless woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slum of 1870, to a struggling young artist drawn to the nascent counterculture of 1960, the year America elected its first Irish-Catholic president."--Publisher's website.
Series
Hilo volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After discovering the truth about how he lost his memories and Dr. Horizon's true identity, Hilo goes back to Earth and tries to prevent Razorwark from destroying the world--and everyone in it.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Pub. Date
c c2010
Language
English
Description
Believing in the promises of the Cuban Revolution, Sonya joins Castro's militia and becomes a medic, only to find herself imprisoned and tortured by her own comrades and later realizing that none of her efforts fall in line with Castro's regime.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"What causes terrorism? After his fiancee dies on 9/11, the question plagues Aaron Goodman. It makes him give up his career a a doctor to become an interrogator at Guantanamo Bay. It leads him to meme theory, as he wonders if there could be a cold science behind the conversion of people into suicide bombers. And ultimately, it brings him to Ahmed, a Gitmo prisoner who promises the answers to all of Aaron's questions."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
8) Infidel
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A horror tale for the 21st century, Infidel follows an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who move into a building haunted by entities fueled by xenophobia.
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a world where World War One is fought with magic and dragons as much as bullets and trenches, young Fletcher Arrowsmith of the Overseas Aero Corps is sent on a secret mission into enemy territory, to find a mysterious ally and stop a deadly plan that could destroy all of Europe. Along the way, he'll deal with dangerous enemy sorcerers, werewolves and trolls...and learn the true secrets behind magic and the war itself."--Amazon.com.
Series
Get Jiro! volume 2
Publisher
DC Comics/Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed chef, writer and television personality, Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose (Kill The Poor) return for the follow-up to their #1 New York Times bestseller GET JIRO from Vertigo. In GET JIRO: BLOOD AND SUSHI, Bourdain and Rose examine the origins of the mysterious Jiro and what made him into the chef he has become. Born the heir to a Yakuza crime family, Jiro never longed to travel the criminal path laid out before him, but instead chose to...
11) Luthor
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Superman has been called many things, from the defender of truth, justice and the American way to the Big Blue Boy Scout. In LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL, he is called something he has never been called before: a threat to all humanity. Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo--the acclaimed team who brought you the best-selling JOKER--deliver a bold story in which readers get a glimpse into the mind of Superman's longtime foe. MAN OF STEEL reveals why...
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Doctor Strange is back on Earth, safe and sound after his otherworldly odyssey with Galactus and Clea - but is the Multiverse done with Stephen Strange? A truly terrifying villain is working their way into the Marvel Universe via a small house in Kansas, and their arrival will have people talking for years! How will this mysterious and mystical foe bring Doctor Strange to the brink of defeat? Do not miss this turning-point storyline! Stephen Strange's...
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertaiment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One member of the Fantastic Four lies hospitalized, a casualty of the Civil War that has fragmented the superhuman community! Another member of the team is secretly helping the opposition. It had to happen: Amid the tumult and tensions, the Fantastic Four break up! Who will toe the line, who will join the resistance, and who will leave the battlefield altogether? Is this the end for Marvel's First Family?
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.