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"The Game's afoot!" Sherlock Holmes famously said-and a half century after the legendary sleuth pursued criminals in the foggy streets of London, The Shadow finds himself in the footsteps of Holmes, drawn into the hunt for a conspiracy that will, if it succeeds, will bring the free world to its knees.
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Written and illustrated by legendary and award-winning comic book creator Howard Chaykin, The Shadow: Blood & Judgment is collected for the first time since 1991!!! Chaykin's dynamic, visceral style added a new dimension to The Shadow of the 1980's! The laugh had vanished...the mocking, sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world. It was gone, lost in the night that echoed it. Now, one by one, his friends...
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It's New Year's, 1950... the end of a tumultuous decade. Lamont Cranston, the man that the world and the underworld know all too well as The Shadow, has had enough. It's time for the mysterious nemesis of crime to hang up his cloak, his slouch hat, and his twin .45s, and retire from public life. But despite this momentous decision, Margo Lane and the rest of The Shadow's agents fear that mankind, teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, may not...
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The streets of New York run red with criminal blood, as the families of organized crime wage war on each other. The streets of London conceal an international conspiracy that may very well put an end to humanity. And Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, has retired. WTF!?!!
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New Year's, 1950-the end of a tumultuous decade...and LAMONT CRANSTON, the man the world and the underworld know all too well as THE SHADOW, has had enough. It's time for the Mysterious Nemesis of Crime to hang up his cloak, his slouch hat, and his twin .45s, and retire from public life... ...But despite this momentous decision, MARGO LAINE and the rest of the Shadow's AGENTS fear that mankind, teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, may not...
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The conclusion of the first DIE HARD arc! It's 1976, the Bicentennial in NYC. John McClane's on a luxury boat...that's targeted by eco-terrorists! McClane has to take out the villains and save everyone, for the first time in his life! Think his luck will get better in the future?
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BOOM! Studios is proud to present America's greatest action hero translated into the sequential art form for the first time! Every great action hero got started somewhere: Batman Began. Bond had his Casino Royale. And for John McClane, more than a decade before the first DIE HARD movie, he's just another rookie cop, an East Coast guy working on earning his badge in New York City during 1976's Bicentennial celebration. Too bad for John McClane, nothing's...
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FREE 1/2 Issue of Die Hard: Year One #1 BOOM! Studios is proud to present America's greatest action hero translated into the sequential art form for the first time! Every great action hero got started somewhere: Batman Began. Bond had his Casino Royale. And for John McClane, more than a decade before the first DIE HARD movie, he's just another rookie cop, an East Coast guy working on earning his badge in New York City during 1976's Bicentennial celebration....
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What could be more fun for detective John McClane than investigating robberies in New York City's finest massage parlors? How about dealing with a citywide blackout? Are things ever easy for this guy? This comic is brought to you by the words "smash" and "grab." Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin in this new ongoing on a thrill ride that's rung up over $1 billion in box office worldwide and become the gold standard for classic action!...
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A new detective has hit the New York City streets... John McClane! He's got a new rank, a new partner and a new pain in the ass to deal with! A major crime is about to reveal itself. It all starts in a massage parlor then things just get seedier from there. Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin on a thrill ride that's rung up over $1 billion in box office worldwide and become the gold standard for classic action! Yippee Ki Yay!
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The rest of his fellow cops are dealing with a blackout. His partner is dealing with problems of her own. The only one who can take down the villain who started all this trouble? New York's own John McClane! It's his first case as a detective. Could it be his last? Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin in this new ongoing on a thrill ride that's rung up over $1 billion in box office worldwide and become the gold standard for classic action!...
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Det. John McClane has seen some nasty villains in his time. But this is a first. One of New York City's most glamorous and beautiful women is causing trouble all across the city thanks to a blackout she engineered. Why would she create such mayhem? The answer will shock NYC's newest detective! Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin in this new ongoing on a thrill ride that's rung up over $1 billion in box office worldwide and become the gold...
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BOOM! Studios continues to present America's greatest action hero translated into the sequential art form for the first time! Drunks, pimps, freaks and the debauched rich. It's all in a night's work for NYPD rookie John McClane. But what happens when 1976's toughest kid on the street runs into a dark conspiracy involving a blonde on the run? With McClane, it means the fun's just starting. Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin on a thrill...
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It all begins with a generation of artists who view their life's work as dismal failures and a waste of that life...in service to a medium that refuses to die, grinding its way through generation after generation...until it collides with creatives who can't even begin to imagine why anyone would ever want to do anything else.
This is the history of comic books, alongside the misbegotten midwife whose growth, whose refusal to truly grow, serves as...
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HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket.
Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today's biggest entertainment business-or at least the tail that wags the dog.
Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty…
…although in the end, everyone was guilty of something.
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Ramona Fradon was one of the most prolific and high profile female cartoonists at a time when the comic book field was dominated by men. Her illustrative style influenced a generation of Aquaman readers, only to gain a larger following when she co-created Metamorpho, one of the most unique characters of comic's Silver Age. She demonstrated an apt ability to work in multiple genres with a flair for the comedic as seen in Plastic Man and later on Super...