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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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  Promethea: Book 1

  Promethea (Volume 1)

  by Alan Moore

  Alan Moore, like Neil Gaiman, constantly flirts with thetoo-smart-for-his-own-good aesthetic without alienating his readers.Promethea weaves Moore's trademark scholarly mysticism with wild, fun swipes at post-everything culture in a complex tale based on the importance of story. Following a teenage girl, whose interest in an obscure and possibly real heroine leads to her assumption of the heroine's role, Promethea... (more)
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  The Book of Promethea/Le Livre De Promethea (European Women Writers Series)

  by Helene Cixous

  In writing Le Livre de Promethea Hélène Cixous set for herself the task of bridging the immeasurable distance between love and language. She describes a love between two women in its totality, experienced as both a physical presence and a sense of infinity. The result is a stunning example of Pecriture feminine that won kudos when published in France in 1983. Its translation into English by Betsy Wing will... (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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  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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  Promethea 4

  by Alan Moore

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  Promethea (Book 4)

  by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams, Mick Gray

  Comics supremo Alan Moore's astonishing and critically acclaimed look at ancient myth and modern science continues, as student Sophie Bangs learns more about the amazing legacy she has inherited from the demi-goddess known as Promethea! Book 4 features the conclusion of Promethea's sprawling tour of the higher realms of the spirit. The FBI continues its investigation into Prometha, while Sophie and Barbara travel... (more)