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Two years after Azrael wiped out Gotham s deadliest villains in Batman: Curse of the White Knight, the stage is set for a new criminal uprising. From the shadows, a visionary mastermind known as the Producer is assembling a colourful roster of new rogues headlined by his alluring recruit Starlet, an actor turned serial killer with a vendetta against Gotham s Golden Age film stars. When Starlet s grisly crime scenes hint at an impossible link to the Joker, the GCPD aided by eager young FBI agent Hector Quimby turns to Harley Quinn to crack the case. But Harley is struggling to navigate her new role as a single mother to the late Jack Napier s twins, and revisiting Gotham s underworld even as a good guy will force her to fight her own worst instincts and flirt with danger. Determined to prove she can balance it all, Harley accepts Bruce Wayne s guidance and inches closer to the killer and when the Producer s twisted script comes into full focus, she must confront her past to protect her children and Gotham from a fatal final act. Novelist Katan Collins and artist Matteo Scalera team up for Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn a thrilling standalone addition to Sean Murphy s White Knight universe, expanding on the events of Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight. This volume collects all six issues of the original series as well as an in-world bonus story originally published as part of the hit digital series Harley Quinn Black + White + Red.

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Thena Khole and Cody Blue are among the universe’s most wanted felons. Each the leader of their own criminal ops, they run heists across the galaxies -- hopping from ship to ship to fleece everyone inside. But when both women are betrayed by their crews, the bandits 0nly have one thing on their minds: REVENGE.Collects issues 1-5.

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Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn takes place two years after Batman: Curse of the White Knight. Azrael has wiped out criminals in Gotham, Jack Napier (formerly The Joker) is dead, Bruce Wayne (Batman) is in prison, and Harley Quinn is adjusting to life as a single mother, raising the twins she had with Jack. But as new villains arise, Harley is forced to dance with madness once again and confront her own past with The Joker and Batman while helping the Gotham City police and an eager young FBI agent uncover the truth behind a series of gruesome murders. This collection also features a chapter from Harley Quinn s newest digital first series, Harley Quinn Black + White + Red, told in a traditional black-and-white format with the colour red uniquely shaping Harley Quinn s story. Collection includes Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1-6 and Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #4.

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Scientist Grant McKay has done the impossible: He has punched through the barriers of reality in a desperate bid to unravel the mysteries hidden within the prime universe at the center of the Eververse. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grant and his family are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms. The only way is forward, through the delirium of a million universes, with no way home. The Black Science Complete Story edition collects the entire run of the seminal series that launched the multiverse craze by the critically acclaimed team of RICK REMENDER (LOW, DEADLY CLASS) and MATTEO SCALERA (KING OF SPIES, Batman). Collects Black Science 1 - 43

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Sometimes our lives are boiled down to one moment, one choice. This is that moment for Grant McKay.The Anarchist League of Scientists charges forward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA bring their seminal pulp science-fiction epic to a mind-shattering finale.Collecting Black Science #39-43

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Orson Gage is no good man. His wife's death thrusts the only kind of righteousness he's ever known upon him: Revenge! Her murderers must die. All of them! In Dead Boy Road, writer Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode) and artist Matteo Scalera (Black Science) follow Gage on the dark road he's chosen to travel — a road that looks more and more like a highway to Hell!

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Grant McKay attempts to rescue his team from the evil of the Withering Woods, but his presence threatens to unravel a peace treaty between the world's gods and cost his daughter a hard earned happiness. The Dimensionauts' long jaunt through alternative realities is finally leading them back home, but what will it take to get there? More importantly, what has happened while they were gone?The pulp sci-fi smash hit by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA ramps up the stakes and the tension for its most exciting arc yet with a finale that will finally demonstrate the true damage the Pillar has wrought. Was Kadir right all along?Collects issues 22 through 25.

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“A must-read for Remender's fans or anyone thrilled by bizarre and compelling sci-fi.” Starred Review - Booklist“There is a lot of meat to this book. Plenty for everyone to like, or dislike. The dangers are real. People die. The worldbuilding is solid even though we're jumping through different realities. Each of those worlds pops off the page and has their own distinct look and feel.” - Kirkus“This is a solid adventure tale...” - PWGrant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: He has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grant and his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms. The only way is forward, through the madness of the lightning sea-swamp and a futurepast trenchworld, where the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka wage never-ending war on the savages of Europe! How did the Anarchist League of Scientists end up this deep in the onion? And, who among them sabotaged the Pillar?

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Following the catastrophic final jump of the Pillar, the last Dimensionaut is stranded in the furthest reaches of space, adrift on the wreckage of his former self. Before he can reclaim his mantle as protector of the Eververse, he must first overcome the demons that lurk within his own soul.

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Grant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: He has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grant and his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms. The only way is forward. The only question is how far are they willing to go, and how much can they endure, to get home again? Celebrating 10 years of the critically acclaimed sci fi series by the powerhouse creative duo RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA, this anniversary edition is crammed with sketches, concept art and other rare goodies in a glorious oversized 8" x 12” hardcover and features an all new cover by Matteo Scalera! Collects BLACK SCIENCE #1-16

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Following the catastrophic final jump of the Pillar, Grant McKay is stranded in the furthest reaches of space, adrift on the wreckage of his former self. Before he can reclaim his mantle as protector of the Eververse, he must first overcome the demons that lurk within his own soul. And when his path finally leads him back home, what has happened while they were gone? In a world of infinite possibilities, what can one man do to keep everything that could ever possibly go wrong from doing so? Celebrating 10 years of the critically acclaimed sci fi series by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA, this anniversary edition is crammed with sketches, concept art and other rare goodies in a glorious oversized 8" x 12” hardcover and features an all new cover by Matteo Scalera! Collects BLACK SCIENCE #17-30

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The Anarchist League of Scientists charges forward for one final adventure as RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA bring their seminal pulp science fiction epic to a mind-shattering finale! The Eververse is collapsing under its own weight. Grant McKay created the Pillar to save the world with science, and now he must use it to save all worlds, all of creation, or doom reality itself to oblivion. Celebrating 10 years of the critically acclaimed sci fi series by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA, this anniversary edition is crammed with sketches, concept art and other rare goodies in a glorious oversized 8" x 12” hardcover and features an all new cover by Matteo Scalera! Collects BLACK SCIENCE #31-43

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The world's greatest secret agent has six months to live. Does he die quietly in a hospital bed or make up for a lifetime of bad decisions? He's been propping up an unfair system for over forty years. Now he knows where all the bodies are buried and has nothing to lose as he turns his guns on everyone who ever made a buck as they created the mess we're in right now. Collects King of Spies #1-4

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Reunited with their leader Grant McKay, the Anarchist League of Scientists dive deeper into the Onion than ever before. Now veterans of inter-dimensional travel, the team begins to realize how damaging their actions are on the fabric of reality. No longer content with merely fixing the Pillar and finding a way back home, they vow to uphold a new ideal: leave every dimension they visit better off than how they found it. Their idealism is put to the test, as infighting and conspiracy within the group put not only themselves, but all of the Eververse at risk. As Grant struggles to keep his children safe, he begins to see the cracks in his team’s commitment and trust towards one another. Just as he wanted to use the Pillar to achieve his dreams and hopes, so, it seems, did everyone else. And he has no idea how far some people are willing to go to see their ambitions met. Beset by dangers from all sides, the League barrels through dimension after dimension, struggling to do good, but nevertheless heading straight towards catastrophe! The juggernaut creative team of writer Rick Remender and artist Matteo Scalera return to deliver the most thrilling and vibrant arc of Black Science yet, combining dark and fascinating character drama with mind-bending sci-fi pulp action and gorgeously rendered visuals to deliver one of the most fast-paced and exciting monthly comics on the stands.

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"Readers and comics fans who prefer their sci-fi full of weird creatures, complicated world building, lots of action, and protagonists with heart will find plenty to like in this series. Hand to fans of Brian K. Vaughan's Saga (2012) or Jonathan Hickman's Manhattan Projects (2012)." -BooklistIn this second volume of the hit series, the Anarchist League of Scientists dives further into the Onion construct of reality than ever before, jumping wildly through worlds of wonder, fantastic beauty, and cosmic horrors. Beset on dangers from without and within, the team must learn to be a family if they're ever to survive and find their way home again.

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After years adrift in the chaotic Eververse, the McKay family finally reunites in their home dimension. But it’s far from the happy end they expected. To save all there is and ever will be, the Dimensionauts need to cut deeper into the Onion than ever before! RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA present the sixth Chapter of the runaway pulp Sci-Fi smash hit BLACK SCIENCE!Collects BLACK SCIENCE #26-30

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