Books about superhero

Rorschach, a half-psychotic vigilante must convince his ex team-mates, now middle-aged and retired, that he has uncovered a plot to murder the remaining superheroes - along with millions of innocent civilians. Even reunited, will the remnants of the 'Watchmen' be enough to avert a global apocalypse?

Containing 28 pages of new sketches and a four-page gallery of cover art from the original comic series, this is a revised edition of a Batman graphic novel first published a decade earlier.

Lieutenant James Gordon takes up a new post in the crime-ridden and corrupt city of Gotham, while billionaire Bruce Wayne returns to the scene of his parents' deaths, intent on avenging their memory. Each faces trials and challenges of their own, only for their lives to become irrevocably and potentially tragically intertwined...

All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging! Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr Strange, Daredevil, Dr Doom, Black Widow, Captain America, and more appear in the waning days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

A vision of the superhero universe, Elseworlds. It's judgement day, and war is about to be waged between superheroes old and new, one that will determine the fate of the entire planet.

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author 'Wonder Boys'. 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic.

The battle between the Batman and his closest enemies intensifies when the inmates, led by the psychopathic Joker, take over the asylum. This graphic novel takes a controversial look into the dark recesses of the Batman's psyche.

An epic tale of the Dark Knight's early crimefighting career, reaching from one Halloween to the next, and featuring a host of Batman's most lethal enemies, including one called Holiday .

In the first of these two stories, our heroes battle god, who is keen on wiping out the viral infestation that has colonised earth. In the second, the authors pit the Authority against a seemingly infinite number of superheroes.

Some years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns , America has become an even worse place to live. But a hero has come to change everything, bringing an army of other forgotten heroes to bear in the war against crime and corruption. Batman's time has come again.

Student Sophie Bangs learns more about the amazing legacy she has inherited from the demi-goddess known as Promethea, and she must contend with a myriad of menaces who unfortunately know her only too well.

A dark tale of madness and obsession with The Joker, one of Batman's oldest and deadliest adversaries.

Barry Allen, the Flash, can only watch in horror as countless universes fade from existance in order to feed the insatiable need for power of the Anti-Monitor, a being from the anti-matter universe of Qward. Under the guidance of the Monitor, the super-heroes and villains of all realities are brought together for a last stand against the forces.

Student Sophie Bangs learns more about the amazing legacy she has inherited from the demi-goddess known as Promethea, and she must contend with a myriad of menaces who unfortunately know her only too well.

Graphic novel.