Fred Van Lente

Collects Shadowland: Power Man #1-4. Hey, Iron Fist — meet the new Power Man! From the rubble of a destroyed tenement in Hell's Kitchen, a new hero rises to protect the citizens of New York — for a price! Opposing Daredevil's reign, the brash young vigilante makes himself a target for the vengeful blade of the Hand. What connection does he share with Danny Rand, and how will Iron Fist and Luke Cage — the original Power Man — protect him from...

This ain't your grandpappy's dusty old philosophy class! It's the philosophy seminar your college ethics professor wished he could teach! It's . . . the definitive tenth-anniversary edition of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's award-winning, best-selling Action Philosophers! Study the tenets of Plato, the wrestling superstar from ancient Greece, learn the lessons of Nietzsche, the original übermensch, and meditate on the messages of Bodhidharma,

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From the team behind The Comic Book History of Comics comes the perfect companion piece telling the story of the triumphs and tragedies of the filmmakers and beloved animated characters of the past century and a half—essential for hardcore fans of the medium and noobies alike! It's all here, from Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyazaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in-between! Begin in the early 1900s with J. Stuart Blackton and the first...

We all know that George Washington was our first president and a hero of the American Revolution. But did you also know that he didn't want to be president, never thought he would fight in a war, and had teeth so bad that he hated to smile? Told through bold and hilarious comic-style illustrations, the first Action Presidents book features the all-too-true history of the ultimate Founding Father, prime patriot, and awesome American George Washington....

Iron Man must find a way to keep the Plantman from using the creeping doom to end the domination of animals over the Earth.

"We all know that Abraham Lincoln gave the historic Gettysburg Address and ended the Civil War. But did you also know that he pardoned the first White House turkey, once snuck into Washington in disguise, and grew his famous beard because an eleven-year-old girl said it made him look less ugly?! Rad all about the radical rail-spliter, supreme speaker, and paramount president Abraham Lincoln in the second Action Presidents book, where the history is...

After travelling to Mount Wundagore in search of Magneto, Wolverine has been dubbed the last knight of Wundagore by the High Evolutionary at the loss of his animal nature and Kitty Pryde has been turned into a cat woman. Now the two must fight off the legions of the Man-Beast, save the town of new men and convince the High Evolutionary to return them to normal.

Kitty Pryde writes a Dear Diary entry covering August 20, her first day of classes at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. She describes other mutants at the school, how Professor X found her and her first X-Men mission, accompanying Wolverine to investigate a powerful mutant presence in an isolated town in West Virginia.