Books about Superheroes

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?

Features a four sturdy panels with full color art on one side and the charts and tables needed to play the Superhero RPG on the other. This work is a user-friendly and handy accessory for your gaming table.

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.

Doctor Impossible - evil genius, mad scientist, diabolical time-traveller, wannabe world dominator - has just broken out of prison. Again. After twelve foiled ploys, he's not about to be foiled again.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Presents a history of the Golden Age of comic books, and shows you how to re-create those exciting tales with the World's Greatest Super-hero RPG. This work contains an overview of the Golden Age era, guidelines for building Golden Age heroes, and the information you need to set up and run your own Golden Age series.

Enables you to learn what the physics of forces and motion can reveal about Superman's strength, the true cause of the destruction of his home planet Krypton, and what villains Magneto and Electro can teach us about the nature of electricity. This book is of interest to both comic-book fans and physicists.

Graphic novel.

At long last, all is revealed about the incredible forces that molded the world's most perfect killing machine with a heart as big as the great outdoors. This title collects Wolverine: Origin , numbered 1-6.

Operating from secret headquarters under the boards of the Empire Theatre, the Escapist and his crack team of associates roam the globe performing amazing feats of magic and coming to the aid of all those who languish in the chains of oppression.

When a group of teenagers discovers that their parents are actually super-villains, they run away from home...but that's only step one! Now that the evil Pride is gone, nearly every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is trying to fill the power vacuum in Los Angeles, and the Runaways are the only heroes who can stop them! Plus: What does a mysterious new team of young heroes want with the Runaways, ..

Critically-acclaimed writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta) and award-winning artist Kevin O'Neill (Marshal Law) once more work their alchemy, mixing legend, myth, literature and pulp fantasy into the volatile cocktail that is the fantastic second volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! When alien invaders find they no longer.

This story follows the lives, adventures and relationships of ten very diverse superhero cops, who have to deal with everything from skyscraper-sized invaders from another dimension to the pettiest of domestic disputes.