Dave Gibbons
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics, LLC
Language
English
Formats
Description
This comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world's most famous comics creators, Dave Gibbons, spans his earliest years copying Superman and Batman comics as a kid, to co-creating the bestselling graphic novel of all-time, Watchmen, and beyond.
Presented alphabetically, with informally written anecdotes that can be read from cover-to-cover or simply dipped into, Gibbons reveals unseen comics' pitches, life as...
2) Watchmen
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
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Description
"Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes."--Publisher.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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Series
Green Lantern Corps volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Hotheaded Green Lantern Guy Gardner is just finishing up a solid year of rebuilding the planet Oa and keeping new Lanterns out of trouble. But, before he can take a break, he must escort rookie Soranik Natu home and solve the murder of the partner she abandoned.
Author
Series
Hellblazer volume 1
Publisher
Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Confronting the demons of one's past should be familiar ground for John Constantine. But some vicious memories are so horrible and buried so deep that digging them up could leave no one to pick up the pieces. Dreams of what could be and the nightmares of what is clash in John Constantine's mind as he slips in and out of fevered consciousness while past and present collide. A journey through the darkness of his heart discovers fear, regret, and the...
11) Watchmen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the United States, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. But, when one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover the plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging...
12) JSA: ,Lost
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The first Hourman, Sand, and Hal Jordon make great sacrifices to save the planet, and the JSA acknowledges that, but they are aware that, even as they fix one problem, an even bigger one is brewing in the timestream.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"From the writer of Kick-Ass and the artist of Watchmen comes a collaboration decades in the making! The world's greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? meanwhile, what's the secret link between a series of kidnapped sci-fi stars, the murder of an entire town, and a dark secret from inside Mount Everest?...
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Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
THE SECRET SERVICE: KINGSMAN is the critically acclaimed comic book series by Kick-Ass writer MARK MILLAR and Watchmen's DAVE GIBBONS. Now a Hollywood blockbuster starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton, and directed by MATTHEW VAUGHN, KINGSMAN reinvents the spy genre for the 21st century. The story follows a British secret agent who takes his wayward nephew under his wing and trains him to become a gentleman spy. Together, they uncover a plot that...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the secret organization headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads the agents to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Experience the groundbreaking graphic novel, in a whole new way. Each of the original 12-chapters are brought to life with mild animation, music and voice over. Perfect for the die-hard Watchmen crowd, as well as the casual fan, looking to get reacquainted with the story.
