Manga: Superheroes and super-villains

Book SynopsisBoost your confidence and become a hero!If you're looking to find a new mission in life, create the perfect cave-based hangout, or update your wardrobe, channel your inner Super Hero and ask yourself: What would Batman do?With his strength, sophistication, razor-sharp wit, and unrivaled gadget collection, Batman has all the advice you'll need to become a legend!All DC characters and elements © & (TM) DC Comics. (s21)

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Book SynopsisA collection of retro, vintage stickers featuring Marvel Comics fan-favorites Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow, and many, many moreCelebrate the enduring legacy of Marvel Comics and more than 80 years of history in this collection of vintage stickers. Revel in classic comics artwork with stickers of all your favorite characters, including iconic heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow and Captain America and villains such as Red Skull and Vulture.Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage artwork of characters that entertains, delights, and brings back precious memories. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, and enjoy this exquisite anniversary antiquarian book as a celebratory Marvel Comics keepsake.© 2023 MARVEL

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Book SynopsisCombining DK's four-level reading program with one of DC’s best loved Superheroes, this book will help kids learn how to read – and learn tolove readingFace your fears and conquer reading with the strongest teenager on Earth!Discover the immense powers of Kara Zor-El, a.k.a. Supergirl. When sheembraces her destiny and teams up with her famous cousin Superman, nothing can stop them!Packed with fun facts, exciting color images, simple vocabulary, and a fun quiz, this Level 3 nonfiction reader will engage young fans of DC Superheroes and help them build confidence in reading.© and ™ DC. (s23)

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Book SynopsisThe seven silliest  superheroes you will ever meet! This comical comic is perfect for first and second graders.Meet the Super Duper 7! Electro-Elephant can charge your phone. Hip-No-Hippo can put bad guys to sleep. And Hungry Kitty and her four brave birds . . . . But where are the four brave birds?How can the Super Duper 7 stop crime when Hungry Kitty keeps eating members of the Super Duper team? Maybe a mouse named Mr. Polka dot can help!Tim Hamilton’s funny cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD Magazine.Comics-lovers can now share the fun with their kids, students, siblings, and younger friends who are learning to read!I Like to Read® Comics are perfect for kids who are challenged by or unengaged in reading, kids who love art, and the growing number of young comics fans. Filled with eye-catching art, humor, and terrific stories these comics provide unique reading experiences for growing min

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Book SynopsisThe seven silliest  superheroes you will ever meet! This comical comic is perfect for first and second graders.Meet the Super Duper 7! Electro-Elephant can charge your phone. Hip-No-Hippo can put bad guys to sleep. And Hungry Kitty and her four brave birds . . . . But where are the four brave birds?How can the Super Duper 7 stop crime when Hungry Kitty keeps eating members of the Super Duper team? Maybe a mouse named Mr. Polka dot can help!Tim Hamilton’s funny cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD Magazine.Comics-lovers can now share the fun with their kids, students, siblings, and younger friends who are learning to read!I Like to Read® Comics are perfect for kids who are challenged by or unengaged in reading, kids who love art, and the growing number of young comics fans. Filled with eye-catching art, humor, and terrific stories these comics provide unique reading experiences for growing min

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Book SynopsisKnown for his groundbreaking work on Green Lantern over a decade ago, Geoff Johns brought the Justice Society of America characters once rooted in the Golden Age of comics back to the forefront of graphic storytelling.  Mixing younger, edgier characters with the elder statesmen of superheroes, Johns brought the JSA back to the forefront of the comics in what became the industry's best-selling comic series. Collected here is the second and concluding volume on Johns' now-legendary run on the original JSA. Collected here are JSA #76-87, Justice Society of America #1-28, Justice League of America #8-10, Justice Society of America Annual #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special:Superman #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special: Magog #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom #1.Trade Review"Though Geoff Johns has been involved in many of DC's most notable titles over the last half decade, there is arguably no group of heroes he's more associated with, or more adept at writing, than the Justice Society of America"--IGN

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller!Welcome to DC Super Hero High! Class in now in session!Prepping for high school finals is hard enough, but at DC Super Hero High, even the tests are super-tough! Supergirl, Bumblebee, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Katana and Poison Ivy are studying hard when they are trapped by a mysterious villain!  Will the students outsmart their captor, save Metropolis, and still pass their finals?In the first-ever DC Super Hero Girls original graphic novel, meet the students of Superhero High School as they find out that fun, friendship and hard work are all parts of growing up! The DC Super Hero Girls is an exciting new universe of Super Heroic storytelling that helps build character and confidence, and empowers girls to discover their true potential. Developed for girls aged 6-12, DC Super Hero Girls features DC Comics'' most powerful and diverse line-up of female characters as relatable teens. Icons inTrade ReviewPraise for DC Super Hero Girls "DC Super Hero Girls — a youthful, feminine twist on popular characters." —LA Times “The art style is cute and expressive, favoring clean colors and large eyes over hard outlines and photorealistic looks” —Booklist DC Comics fans get a nice introduction to the fun, funny world of Super Hero High.” — School Library Journal

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Book SynopsisTranslated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context.Trade ReviewBest suited for students of literary studies looking for cultural and ideological analysis; the general reader will glean useful insight into Superman's psyche. Library Journal Even though this is a rather thin volume, it refers to a multitude of aspects that place the superhero in the role of a fighter for tolerance, diversity and justice; the blueprints of their actions, however, were designed hundreds of years ago. -- Dr. A. Ebert PopCultureShelf.com The Myth of the Superhero is a work that should stand as a touchstone within institutional comics studies, while at the same time being an accessible and highly relevant text for casual and fanboy/girl readers. -- Derek Royal Comics Alternative Arnaudo's book is an interesting analysis of some of the commonly overlooked significances of one of the most important media in modern pop culture. The criticism of the superhero comic book in regard to its dialogues with mythology is particularly perceptive, and sets up Arnaudo's discussion of the ways in which it can be used to portray and challenge ethical and cultural ideas. -- Jason Archbold Media International AustraliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Myth and Religion2. Ethics and Society3. Epic and NeobaroqueConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTranslated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context.Trade ReviewBest suited for students of literary studies looking for cultural and ideological analysis; the general reader will glean useful insight into Superman's psyche. Library Journal Even though this is a rather thin volume, it refers to a multitude of aspects that place the superhero in the role of a fighter for tolerance, diversity and justice; the blueprints of their actions, however, were designed hundreds of years ago. -- Dr. A. Ebert PopCultureShelf.com The Myth of the Superhero is a work that should stand as a touchstone within institutional comics studies, while at the same time being an accessible and highly relevant text for casual and fanboy/girl readers. -- Derek Royal Comics Alternative Arnaudo's book is an interesting analysis of some of the commonly overlooked significances of one of the most important media in modern pop culture. The criticism of the superhero comic book in regard to its dialogues with mythology is particularly perceptive, and sets up Arnaudo's discussion of the ways in which it can be used to portray and challenge ethical and cultural ideas. -- Jason Archbold Media International AustraliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Myth and Religion2. Ethics and Society3. Epic and NeobaroqueConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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