Books like 'X-Men vs. Apocalypse, Vol. 1: The Twelve'
Readers who enjoyed X-Men vs. Apocalypse, Vol. 1: The Twelve by Erik Larsen, Terry Kavanagh, Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, Joe Pruett & Fabian Nicieza also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Path Of Water by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter an EMP strands Dan in Boise, he escapes to the Idaho mountains with his new friend, Holly. She's not entirely sure what she's gotten herself into. She's straight-laced, pragmatic, and comes from a law enforcement background. Dan is a vigilante who thinks murder is sometimes the best solution to a problem... -
The Unmaking Engine by Ian W. Sainsbury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn experiment that began 2.8 billion years ago is about to end… Seb Varden is starting to get used to life as a World Walker. With a body full of alien nanotechnology, the ability to travel anywhere instantly and - most surprising of all - a steady relationship with Meera Patel, things are finally looking up... -
This Fallen World by Christopher Woods
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world has Fallen, but life goes on… Matthew Kade was a corporate assassin—one of the best agents Obsidian Corporation had. But then the bombs began falling, and the old world ended. Now he must navigate the new world he finds himself in, a world where the strongest survive, and the weaker do their bidding…or die... -
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller. A Winner of the 2016 Alex AwardsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat... -
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The Meek by J.D. Palmer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world didn’t end with a religious war, or a race war, or an economic collapse. It didn’t end with everyone blowing each other up with nuclear warheads and it didn’t end with a natural disaster. It didn’t end because someone got offended in one of the million petty squabbles that were real, or fake, or imagined. It ended quietly... -
A Time-Traveller's Best Friend by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Marx. Meet Kez. Marx is a small, angry man with a time machine and a chip on his shoulder. Kez is a homicidal little girl with a price on her head and a penchant for kicking people where it hurts the most. When Marx crash-lands on Second World, he has no idea that he has plunged headfirst into the middle of an assassination plot- or a one day war that’s about to make his day a very bad one... -
Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereIn Teleport This, Simon and Gilbert, two terrestrial physicists, leave Earth and stumble into and across a larger universe, trying desperately to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way... -
The Bad Guys in Superbad by Aaron Blabey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Bad Guys have strangely acquired SUPERPOWERS! But their powers might be, well, defective. They can only do things like blow their own pants off in public. Not exactly what you'd call hero-caliber skills. Defective or not, the Bad Guys have a job to do. With Marmalade ready to destroy the world, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, and Mr... -
Superman: Red Son #1 by Mark Millar
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe ELSEWORLDS miniseries arrives! When Krypton explodes, the infant Kal-El is rocketed to Earth, where he lands on a Ukrainian farm during the 1950s! How will the Cold War affect the Man of... -
The Bad Guys: Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf by Aaron Blabey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Mr. Wolf is blown up to Godzilla proportions, the Bad Guys find themselves in monster-sized trouble.In this latest installment of the New York Times best-selling series, readers will delve into Mr. Wolf's backstory and meet his infamous father, the Big Bad Wolf... -
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto, 松本直也
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation... -
Kid Normal and the Final Five by Greg James, Chris Smith
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the awesome, award-winning, bestselling, super-charged KID NORMAL series by Greg James and Chris Smith. Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes are about to face their greatest challenge yet ... the general public!The Heroes' Alliance has operated in secret for decades, but that's all set to change...Categorized as:
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The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road by Abbie Bernstein, George Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMax Rockatansky returns. Haunted by his turbulent past, the wandering Road Warrior becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. Seeking escape from the tyranny of Immortan Joe, what follows is a high-octane Road War - and a chance for redemption... -
The Last Of The First by Ian W. Sainsbury, John McGarrity
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conclusion of the Amazon and Audible bestselling Halfhero series When The Deterrent comes out of hiding and kidnaps the titans, it triggers the biggest manhunt in history. On one side, the military might of the United States and Air Commodore Fiona Bardock, Britain’s most talented investigator. On the other, three halfheroes, one human, and a puddle of slime... -
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Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes by Greg James, Chris Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Should appeal to readers who enjoy the Captain Underpants and Wimpy Kid series." - School Library Connection on Kid Normal Since becoming Kid Normal, Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes - fellow students with arguably less-than-useful talents like the ability to conjure tiny horses from thin air - have been catching bad guys all over the place...Categorized as:
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Robo-Rabbit Boy, Go! by Thomas Flintham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen hero Super Rabbit Boy disappears, it's up to Robo-Rabbit Boy to power up and save the day!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader by R.L. Ullman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrowing up in a superhero family is cool, unless you're powerless ... **Gold Medal Winner - Readers' Favorite Book Awards** All Elliott Harkness wants is to be a superhero. His parents are superheroes. His older sister is a superhero. Heck, even his dog is a superhero...Categorized as:
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Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection, Volume 2 by Daniel Way
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeadpool wants to be an X-Man. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way - not even the X-Men! When Cyclops announces to the world that the X-Men are constructing an island haven for mutants, Wade Wilson decides it's time for him to join the revolution. But he soon find outs that big guns and a healing factor don't an X-Man make... -
Deadpool, Volume 4: Monkey Business by Daniel Way, Paco Medina
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe X-Men? Pfft! Not really Deadpool's style. Though he's still committed to doing this "hero" thing, Wade's more of a "lone wolf" kind of guy, out there doing his own thing. Y'know...thwp-thwp... -
Deadpool, Volume 2: Dark Reign by Daniel Way, Paco Medina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRemember when Deadpool saved the Earth from those pesky Skrulls? Well, the guy who stole the intel Deadpool worked so hard to acquire - and positioned himself as Earth's Number One War Hero - wants to make sure you don't... -
Ben Braver and the Incredible Exploding Kid by Marcus Emerson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Super Life of Ben Braver: The Incredible Exploding Kid is jam-packed with art and comic strips...Categorized as:
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Red Hood and the Outlaws, Vol. 1: Dark Trinity by Scott Lobdell, Dexter Soy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Jason Todd, a.k.a. Red Hood has been many things--a Robin, dead, the Red Hood--now he's back and he's embracing his bad side!With his new status as a villain, Red Hood plans to take down Gotham's underworld from the inside... -
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.: The Complete Collection by Warren Ellis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) put NEXTWAVE together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NEXTWAVE discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond© are terrorist cells themselves, and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry... -
Uncanny X-Force, Volume 3: The Dark Angel Saga, Book 1 by Rick Remender
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsApocalypse's heir, Archangel, has picked up where his predecessor left off, amassing an army of En Sabah Nur's greatest servants! The only hope X-Force have of saving Warren Worthington from the dark entity that inhabits his soul rests in a dimension where Apocalypse, and his technology, took over the world: the Age of Apocalypse! However, before X-Force can obtain the thing capable of saving... -
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Deadpool, Volume 3: X Marks the Spot by Daniel Way
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeadpool has ceased to exist, he's said his good-byes, he's driven his car into the ocean. They'll think he's dead, but he'll sail away... -
Invincible, Vol. 9: Out of This World by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAllen the Alien returns to Earth as directed by the Coalition of Planets - he's come to gather information from Mark about his father - the Viltrumite Traitor. Meanwhile, the Viltrumites have come to Earth to check up on Mark's progress as the reluctant Viltrumite Agent of Earth... -
My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord by David Solomons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Luke's annoying older brother became a superhero instead of him, Luke thought he couldn't get any more disgruntled-- until his friend Lara became a superhero, too. Now Luke's feeling totally left out; even his best friend gets mad at him when Luke's attempts at crime-solving without superpowers go terribly awry...Categorized as:
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Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 5 by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpider-Man's earliest adventures continue, with appearances by the Rhino, the Lizard, the Shocker, Kraven the Hunter, the Vulture, the First Appearance of the Kingpin and Mary Jane Watson! Plus Spidey tries to join the Avengers and battles the Hulk. Collects Amazing Spider-Man (Vol... -
One-Punch Man, Vol. 24 by ONE
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife gets pretty boring when you can beat the snot out of any villain with just one punch.Nothing about Saitama passes the eyeball test when it comes to superheroes, from his lifeless expression to his bald head to his unimpressive physique... -
The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Hans Beimler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Middleman and Wendy return in a new adventure that completes the epic journey of their hit tv show! A betrayal by one of Wendy's closest friends sets off a chain of events that threatens the very fabric of human existence...
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