Books like 'Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 5'
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Back To You by Steve Bates
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSearching for history’s greatest pastrami on rye, Chris arrives from 1,000 years in the future and hides his time machine in an alley. But Eddie sees through the disguise, takes an unexpected ride, and demonstrates it to his boss at a failing cable TV network... -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the Earth is unexpectedly demolished, Arthur Dent finds The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy an essential companion... -
The Unnamed Way by Ian W. Sainsbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fourth book in the best-selling The World Walker series. Does absolute power corrupt absolutely? Maybe. Seb Varden is in a good position to find out. Depending on your point of view, he has either spent a few days, six months, or seventeen years playing a potentially deadly game... -
とある魔術の禁書目録 19 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA certain unlikely hero...In the shadowy underbelly of Academy City, the problem-busting team known as Group (centered around Level Five esper Accelerator and the man who wields the powers of science and magic, Tsuchimikado) is investigating every lead they can related to the word dragon. This clue may be the key to finding their way out of a terrible situation... -
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A New Hope: The Illustrated Screenplay (Star Wars, Episode IV) by George Lucas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow here is the complete screenplay of the film that launched a science fiction phenomenon. Experience the capture of Princess Leia by Lord Darth Vader and the evil minions of the Empire...Farmboy Luke Skywalker's discovery of her desperate message hidden in the droid R2-D2...Luke's fateful meetings with legendary Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and intergalactic smuggler Han Solo.. -
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... -
Caesar Cascabel (Extraordinary Voyages, #35) by Jules Verne, George Roux
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike most of M. Jules Verne's books, it is the story of a journey. Some acrobats wish to travel from California to their native France, and having no money they determine to go in their caravan northward to Bering's Straits, crossing on the ice, and make their way through Siberia into Europe... -
The Kip Brothers (Extraordinary Voyages, #50) by Jules Verne
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCastaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder... -
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... -
Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe legendary BBC series did indeed push back the barriers of radio comedy, and in so doing so spawned records, books, a stage production, a TV series, a computer adventure game, even a towel, and attracted a deluge of letters from curious audiences throughout the world... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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Douglas Adams' the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: the Authorized Collection (Comic) by John Carnell, Douglas Adams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsComic book adaptation!"To celebrate its quarter century and the legacy of Douglas Adams, this deluxe edition gathers never-before-collected photographs, original artwork, memorabilia (from the strange to the sublime), and wisdom gleaned from a first read or first encounter as Douglas's friends remember how the galaxy was forever changed a mere twenty-five years ago (not to mention the original... -
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... -
Astonishing X-Men: Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 by Joss Whedon, John Cassaday
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn 'Gifted' Cyclops and Emma Frost reform the X-Men with the purpose of 'astonishing' the world. As demand for the mutant cure escalates, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord. In 'Dangerous' a tragic death reveals a powerful enemy living among them that they could never have suspected... -
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... -
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... -
Green Lantern, Volume 3: The End by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsComics' hottest writer Geoff Johns continues his historic run on one of the best-selling titles of DC Comics' The New 52: Green Lantern!The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause. Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are nowhere to be found... -
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starting with this special edition hardcover collection of Mirage Studios'' issues #1-7 along with the Raphael one-shot by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! With over 300 pages of mutated-martial arts action, this volume is perfect for fans to relive the glorious days of the Turtles'' origins as well as an excellent place... -
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... -
Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows by Jeff Lemire, Dave Stewart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis dual-narrative story set in the world of the Eisner-award winning Black Hammer series chronicles the legacy of a Golden Age superhero. Collects the first four issues of Doctor Star from New York Times bestselling and Eisner-winning creator Jeff Lemire!An aged crime fighter desperately wants to reconnect with his estranged son, who he hoped would one day take the mantle of Doctor Star... -
Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor many years Norrin Radd has surfed the galaxy, exploring the darkness between stars, witnessing the rise and fall of vast civilisations. Now his ride is about to come to an end. It starts with a small spot - a blemish that will spread until he is no more... -
Darth Vader #10 by Charles Soule
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVader's showdown with Jocasta Nu comes to a startling conclusion! What secret information has the Jedi librarian risked her life to protect? And can she stop Vader from getting... -
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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