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DC Entertainment has been the birthplace of some of comics' landmark graphic novels, from books that defined the category like WATCHMEN, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, and SANDMAN to contemporary classics like SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE and AMERICAN VAMPIRE. With DC COMICS ESSENTIALS, you can sample preview chapters from these best-selling titles as well as a guide to more essential DC Entertainment graphic novels.

Imagine that you are a shy, quiet college student. Just an average guy trying to get through each day as best he can. Then your government contacts you. They want you to be part of an experiment in the art of human covert operations. Instead of creating an agent from someone within their own ranks, they want to create an agent from nobody, from scratch, from you! Loosely based on events in the American intelligence community during the Reagan administration, Fire tells the unique and powerful story of a young man's journey through the complex world of international intelligence. Fire was Bendis' first major work and helped him attract and develop a new audience for crime graphic novels that he would further challenge in later works such as Jinx, Goldfish, Torso, and Powers.

Collecting issues #6-10 of the series, along with bonus material and a complete cover gallery.
From the pages of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet comes this thrilling offshoot, starring Mulan Kato, daughter of the Green Hornet's faithful companion, Kato! Having squared off against Black Hornet in Japan, the new Kato travels to the states to continue the battle against the man who killed her mother. As Kato begins her quest in America, she finds herself facing off against a league of Black Hornet's Swarm ninjas, as well as a gang of super-deadly teen assassins!

From the pages of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet comes this thrilling offshoot, starring Mulan Kato, daughter of the Green Hornet's faithful companion, Kato! Learn the secrets of Kato, his daughter, and the mysterious Black Hornet, in a series that serves as a prequel to Kevin Smith's Green Hornet. Collects issues #1-5, along with a complete cover gallery.

Imaginez un monde où tout ce que vous écrivez prendrait vie. Imaginez mainte- nant qu’un individu utilise cette arme avec les plus sombres desseins... À situation exceptionnelle, mesure exceptionnelle, les forces de police de City Hall n’ont d’autre choix que de faire appel à deux des plus fines plumes de Londres : Jules Verne et Arthur Conan Doyle !

Alice est médecin, responsable d'un service de traumatologie. Plongés dans le coma, ses patients subissent une récente surmortalité, la rendant particulièrement nerveuse... d'autant que sa vie personnelle est bouleversée par un drame sourd et insupportable : sa fille Maya, qui a subi des maltraitances, doit désormais se préparer à témoigner contre son propre père. Mais c'était sans compter sur le terrible accident de voiture qui va les faire se réveiller emmurées dans un cauchemar bien pire encore... !

An intricate, complex autobiographical comic blending multiple threads of reality and fantasy, each drawn in a different style, coming together as one story questioning change, progress, and worth in the author's life.

Collects the stories of Wally Squad (undercover) Judge Jack Point, who poses as a private investigator dressed as a clown - or, as Mega City One slang describes anyone with the compulsion to dress like a fool, a "simp" (simpleton). Hence Point's nickname, the Simping Detective.

Collects Deathlok (1991) 1-15, Annual #1.
As if being duped by his evil ex-employers into becoming the cyborg soldier Deathlok isn't enough, now Michael Collins is square in the sights of a mad villain collecting and disassembling cyborgs and androids. Can you guess the secret of Mechadoom? Hopefully, Deathlok can -- with a little help from the Fantastic Four and the X-Men! Then, what happens when the man in the body of a killing machine meets the killing machine in the body of a man? Find out when Deathlok and the Punisher team up! And the nightmare is far from over for Collins: When he finds himself in battle with Ghost Rider, it's time to fight hellfire with firepower! Though a pacifist at heart, Deathlok quickly gets to grips with the ever-volatile Marvel Universe!

Presenting the classic adventures of Santa's li'l elfin granddaughter, Chrissie Claus! This trade paperback contains all her published adventures from Adventures of Chrissie Claus #1-2, Flare #30, and Flare Adventures #18-19.

R. Kikuo Johnson has created an intimate and compelling graphic novel-length drama of young men on the cusp of adulthood. First-rate prep school, S.U.V., and a dream house in the heights: This was the island paradise handed to Loren Foster when he moved to Hawaii with his father six years ago. Now, with the end of high school just around the corner, his best friend, Shane, has grown distant. The rumors say it's hard drugs, and Loren suspects that Shane has left him behind for a new group of friends. What sets Johnson's drama apart is the naturalistic ease with which he explores the relationships of his characters. It is at once an unsentimental portrait of that most awkward period between adolescence and young adulthood and that rarest of things: a mature depiction of immature lives. Visually, Johnson captures the languid tropical climate and strip mall tackiness of Hawaii in a rich chiaroscuro style reminiscent of Milton Caniff combined with the sensual ink work of Paul Pope or Jessica Abel.

A family drama unfolds as Maureen moves out of her father's home while her older sister serves prison time. Family duty and honor all come into play as the two sisters paths move further and further apart. Their father's heart aches for his family to reconcile. Can Maureen make it on her own? Ho Che Anderson's art evolves throughout the story as Maureen sees herself and who she can become without the many forces pulling her in different directions.
"Anderson uses a film noir style, with a Wellesian mastery of shadows and moods." -- Vibe

No one knows much about Mer, the underwater kingdom where Mermin the merman was born, but due to a rising conflict with the people of Atlantis, Mermin is needed back home immediately. Which means that his human friends get to accompany him and see all the aquatic wonders of Mer. But once again, Mermin is tight-lipped about his past - even when it's swimming right in front of him. And there are enemies lurking in the seedier depths of Mer, who've got their sights set not only on Mermin, but on Pete and his friends!

"They were all there, the pimps, the fags, the whores, the curious, the alcoholic, the weird of the late '50s... blues lovers, Canadian bikers, thrill seekers, junkies, insomniacs, hepcats..." So begins "Down at the Kitty Kat," one of the 20-plus never-before-collected memoirs and yarns by Spain Rodriguez, one of the original gang of Zap Comix provocateurs. Although he's best known for his two-fisted tales of the chopper-riding Trashman, Spain's blunt graphic style and uncompromising gift for caricature, rendered in eye-punishing slabs of black and white, work equally well for more subtle fare -- such as these memoirs of his misspent youth. Cruisin' with the Hound ranges from Spain's days as an innocent young churchgoer to his time as a member of the Road Vultures motorcycle gang, with stops along the way for his discoveries of science fiction and other, more adult pursuits ("The Birth of Porn") -- as well as the "The Education of an Underground Cartoonist," describing his journey from a pimply Captain Marvel-reading scribbler to his arrival as a professional artist. But the heart of this collection is a cycle of stories ) set during Spain's teenage days in the 1950s, often featuring the doomed, dot-eyed Fred Toot.

As TV cameras head for Santa Monica to cover the meteor that crash landed in the Bay, we check in with Skycab pilot Miki, as she downloads comics in the break room at the taxi garage. This special 40-page issue also features a stunning gallery of Elephantmen art

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection! Collects The Walking Dead #1-48. This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award-winning television series on AMC: over one thousand pages chronicling the beginning of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror- from Rick Grimes' waking up alone in a hospital, to him and his family seeking solace on Hershel's farm, and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot: The Governor. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to finally start living.

Collects ELEPHANTMEN #51-55!
A new arc, a new slim trade paperback format for ELEPHANTMEN, and, at $9.99, a great opportunity for new readers to start reading the book they've heard so much about! Jack Farrell is a private detective who never gave a second thought to the Elephantmen-until he was paid to.

"From now on we know that the snowman exists."
A discredited journalist reluctantly arrives in the small town of Vizhay, Russia following a new lead explaining the mysterious deaths of nine ski hikers in the Northern Ural Mountains. Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths. What the journalist and his companions find will test their beliefs and the moral limits of journalism.
Inspired by the Dyatlov Pass Incident.

Collecting the first twenty-six issues of the Marvel Comics Star Wars series that launched in 1977 (the same year as the first film), this first volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago . . . . is a must have for any Star Wars fan!
Future volumes will include material not previously collected along with the consecutively numbered Marvel run: the comics adaptation of Return of the Jedi, material from Marvel UK, the Droids and Ewoks series, and other rare Star Wars comics.

Collects Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End (1980) #1-3. Adapting Brian Daley's classic novel! For fans of the film -- fans of all ages -- this is one worth waiting for. Searching the galaxy for a rogue shipbuilder to repair the Millenium Falcon, Han Solo and Chewbacca battle fierce enemies and travel to the desolate asteroid known as Stars' End, a planetary prison.