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  Top Ten - Book 2

  by Alan Moore, Gene Ha, Zander Cannon

  Continuing his exploration of superhero comics, Moore speculates on what would happen if an expansion in the number of people who are able to develop their desires into super powers led to the creation of Neopolis. His world is populated by superbeings: people (and animals, space aliens, robots, etc.) who have extraordinary abilities and secret identities. Basic human nature leads to an urban society resembling... (more)
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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1

  by Alan Moore

  Proving that mainstream comics could be infused with past literary/cultural ideals and still be bestsellers, the America's Best Comics imprint took the dilapidated superhero genre and created three vastly entertaining hybrids with Tom Strong, Promethea and Top Ten. Now, a stunning coup de grace is delivered with this masterful pairing of Victorian adventure fiction's greatest characters and the old war-horse of... (more)
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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2

  by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill

  The inspiration behind the blockbuster movie, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN once again uses the classic characters from familiar literature to tell a tale of epic proportions in Victorian England.In volume two, when alien invaders from Mars mercilessly attack London, the throne quickly calls upon Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, and Dr. Jekyll to protect the empire.Using... (more)
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  Tom Strong: Book Five (Tom Strong)

  by Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker

  Whether investigating paranormal activities in the outermost atmosphere or entering a dream realm through a young girl who is also a living black hole, Tom Strong is the ever vigilant defender of Millennium City!
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  Tom Strong's Terrific Tales: Book One (Tom Strong)

  by Alan Moore

  Comics scriptwriting supremo Alan Moore leads the way with these fantastical tales of Millennium City's finest 'science hero', Tom Strong. Born on a remote South Seas island, orphaned by his scientist parents and raised by a steam-powered robot butler, Tom Strong is both superhero and pioneer. In this first fantastic volume we witness, among other stories, the debut of sexy heroine Jonni Future and a tale of young... (more)
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  Tom Strong - Book Six (Tom Strong)

  by Alan Moore

  Moore wraps up the saga of his updated pulp-hero Tom Strong and his America's Best Comics superhero line with this final collection of the popular series. By this point Moore was farming out the scripting duties, and while the substitutes' efforts were consistently more engaging than standard superhero fare, they almost invariably failed to duplicate the pinpoint balancing of homage and innovation that Moore... (more)
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  Tomorrow Stories Book 2 (Tomorrow Stories)

  by Alan Moore

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  America's Best Comics

  by Alan Moore, Alex Ross, Kevin Nowlan

  As one of the most influential writers in comics history, Alan Moore has penned such important and acclaimed titles as 2003's biggest selling graphic novel, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, part of Moore's own America's Best Comics imprint. Now, in this veritable feast of ABC canapes, the reader can enjoy a wide selection of short stories featuring all the richly-flavoured characters of Moore's seemingly... (more)
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  Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset (Greyshirt, 1)

  by Rick Veitch

  Gr. 10-up. Greyshirt, the masked hero created by Veitch and Alan Moore for the anthology Tomorrow Stories, is back in six full-color episodes that focus less on the crime fighter than on crime-ridden Indigo City, the snakelike monster called the Lure, and the city's tough-guy criminals (and their buxom girlfriends), who strong-arm their way to success. The first issue introduces bad guys Frankie Lafayette and... (more)
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  Terra Obscura: Volume 2

  by Alan Moore, Peter Hogan

  Bestselling comics writer Alan Moore (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) spins a brand new graphic novel from the cosmos of his fantastical retro-futuristic science-hero Tom Strong. As security firm Terror Inc. prepare to seize back America's cities from the grip of crime and chaos, a field capable of nullifying electricity is spreading out from the Grand Canyon. From it spring monsters and demons. Are the two... (more)
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  League of Extraordinary Gentleman, The: The Absolute Edition - Volume 2

  by Alan Moore

  Alan Moore and Kevin ONeills epic Victorian adventure continues in grand fashion as our intrepid band of heroesMina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mr. Edward Hyde, Dr. Thomas Jekyll and the Invisible Man (a.k.a. Hawley Griffin)once again must face a most dire threatbut this time its not just the fate of an empire that hangs in the balance, but that of the entire world! The first volume contains the... (more)
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  Top Ten

  by Paul Di Filippo

  In Neopolis, a modern city populated exclusively of super beings, it takes a unique and powerful police force to protect and serve. The officers of Precinct 10, also known as Top Ten, encounter all manner of the super powered and the supernatural on a routine basis. Science fiction author Paul Di Filippo teams with artist Jerry Ordway to continue the classic award-winning series of graphic novels created by... (more)
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  Tomorrow Stories Book One (Collected Edition)

  by Alan Moore

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  Tom Strong, Book 2

  by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, Todd Klein

  Tom Strong returns as the interplanetary, interdimensional "science-hero." Created by acclaimed comics writer Moore (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; From Hell), Tom follows in the tradition of the sci-fi pulp hero, with elements of modern-day realism. As a newer superhero, he has his own mythic origin: raised by scientist parents, he is cultivated as a human experiment on the remote island of Attabar Teru.... (more)
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  Promethea: Book 5

  Promethea

  by Alan Moore

  The author of such landmark graphic novels as Watchmen and From Hell wraps up his most audacious recent project unorthodoxly even by his own radical standards. Promethea is about a teenager who becomes the latest incarnation of a centuries-old mystical heroine and is essentially Moore's attempt to convey his magic-based cosmology under the guise of a superhero comic. In the comic-book series' conclusion,... (more)
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  Smax

  by Alan Moore, Zander Cannon

  Jeff Smax, a major character in Alan Moores enthralling TOP 10 series, must return to his homeworld after many years on Earth. Accompanied by his fellow Neopolis Precinct Ten police officer Robin Toybox Slinger, he must face a myriad of challenges ranging from cutting through mountainous red tape to go on a quest, doing battle with the most monstrous of all dragons and adapting to a world where the laws of physics... (more)