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MARVEL’S HYPERACTIVE ASSASSIN IN HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH NOVEL! HIS TARGET: PUPPIES THAT BECOME GIANT MONSTERS. WAIT. PUPPIES? IS THAT RIGHT? CAN WE DO THAT? Marvel’s popular Merc with a Mouth stars in an original novel of the Marvel Universe! Blending gritty action with hard-hitting humor, this witty tome is guaranteed to ARRGGH GLAK MMMPPH * ...Sorry Marvel, somethin’ happened to your copy guy. This is Deadpool speaking! Like he said, this is my first prose novel, and they got this dude Stefan Petrucha to write it. He’s good people—he’s written novels (Ripper, Dead Mann Walking) and lotsa comics (X-Files, Nancy Drew, Power Rangers). But here’s the problem: This book is about puppies. Puppies that turn into big nasty monsters. And then I gotta kill ’em. Thing is, I like killing people—the ones that deserve it, anyway—but even I won’t kill puppies. No way. So that’s what we call a character dilemma… DEADPOOL, COME HOME!

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Take a swing through Spider-Man’s past! Hoping to snag some rent-paying photos of his arachnid-like alter ego in action, Peter Parker goes looking for trouble—and finds it in the form of a mysterious, mythical stone tablet coveted by both the Kingpin and the Maggia. Caught in the crosshairs of New York’s most nefarious villains, Peter also runs afoul of his friends—and the police! His girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, isn’t too happy with him, either. And the past comes back to haunt him years later when the Maggia’s assumed-dead leader resurfaces, still in pursuit of the troublesome tablet. Plus: With Aunt May at death’s door, has the ol’ Parker luck disappeared for good? A novel based on the classic “Stone Tablet Saga,” adapted and expanded for the present day.

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The tenth title in Titan Books' Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the Captain America story, Captain America: Dark Designs. SUPER HEROES SURVIVE. IT'S WHAT THEY DO. BUT SO DO THE VILLAINS THAT HAUNT THEM. Steve Rogers knows the art of survival better than most. Decades under ice will do that to a man. But the Avengers chipped more than rock-hard morality and super-strength out from under that permafrost. When Cap takes out a terrorist cell threatening to poison the world, he'll discover a threat far more deadly. An incurable virus has hidden in his body for years-and now it's come to the surface. To save the world, he'll have to return to his own personal hell: deep freeze. And he'll have to take an old friend with him. Having survived his own death by inhabiting a clone of Steve Rogers, the Red Skull has inherited the virus-and he's a little less willing to play martyr. As the deadly disease shifts and evolves, new patterns emerge. Can Captain America contain the Red Skull before the virus runs rampant?

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Hit show "Paranormal State" chronicles the extraordinary life of Ryan Buell and the other members of the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) as they seek to find the truth behind terrifying real life mysteries, hauntings, and ghosts. Stone-cold investigators of the supernatural and seekers of the unknown, they have dedicated their lives to working beside countless amounts of families who seem to suffer from the effects of paranormal experiences. In this behind-the-scenes look, Ryan takes readers inside the cases from the show. Revealing new facts, and discussing never-before-seen cases, "Paranormal State" explores the intriguing mysteries surrounding each case and the difficult decisions faced by Ryan and PRS in the field, as well as their struggles with faith (their own and that of those they're helping). Readers and die-hard fans will finally get to see how Ryan and PRS have evolved, both from the beginning and through the advent of the show. Connecting the dots and finding out why these 'hauntings' may occur in the first place, Ryan and his team have saved families. "Paranormal State" is the official guide to their fascinating and frightening endeavours.

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