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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Youve followed his adventures through the Gold Rush, the building of the Continental Railroad, and the taming of the frontier. Now Chen Long the Chinaman, the triumphant creation of Olivier TaDuc and Serge Le Tendre, is back for his greatest adventure of all: finding out hes a father. Twenty years after his violent past drove away his true love Ada, the Civil War, prison camp, and opium have left Chen Long a broken-down shell of his former proud self....
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
We're right in the middle of World War I, deep in the trenches. The soldiers are confronted by unimaginable suffering and violent death on a daily basis. Considered as nothing more than cannon fodder by their superiors, they try desperately to survive. Partly as an act of defiance in the face of hardship, partly as the ultimate irony, the soldiers nickname their regiment after the famous Parisian cabaret club 'Folies Bergre'. They laugh and joke,...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Let the games begin! Fired from gangster Gus Greenbaums casino, Dottie is now working for Hugh Hefner, owner of the Playboy empire of a thousand women. The company's cardinal rule: Your most precious possession is your little cotton tail. You must always be sure to keep it fluffy and white. Of course a slew of wrongdoers want Hefners skin, in particular a nasty fellow who doesnt hesitate to go to extreme lengths to achieve his malicious ends. Hefner's...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Bjrn the Beautifuls march through the North with his band of slaves continues. As payment for protection and passage through Svartalfheim, some slaves have been given to the ruthless Skanes. With their family now separated, the surviving members of Haralds clan must now find ways to endure and eventually escape their servitude. Family crises, sword-play, a slave-driving poet, and sacrifices to a giant: from the intrigues of Charlemagnes court to the...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Dottie works in a munitions factory as a WAC, while her fianc Joe is stationed in the Pacific. A colonel visits Dottie to convince her to resume posing for cartoonist Milton, and that Poison Ivy is the patriotic boost the troops really need. She agrees and then sees a newsreel with footage of Joe declaring that he wishes to spend a night with Poison Ivythe fictional sex bomb he doesnt realize is actually his fiance. Dottie travels to the front on...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Being the boss of the free world is a full-time job. Sometimes there are tasks that just don't get seen all the way through to the end. The solution in here: time travel! In this volume, Mister President teams up with the scientists at the Pentagon to travel back in time and try to change the future to his advantage. Will he succeed?
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Where is Jeannie Sherman, and why wont her father Jay talk about her? Family secrets trickle out as past drama catches up to present-day tragedy, moving forward from the Depression to the eve of World War II. Thanks to his lucrative partnership with a German chemical firm, Jay Sherman is able to salvage his position at Wallace Bank, but at what cost? Cozying up to the Nazis? Is Jay too busy mourning the loss of Lana, the love of his life, to notice...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Tales from Nottingham explores untold stories from the twisted universe of Nottingham, including the secret origins of Robin Hood and the Merry Men, Marians violent past, Aya of the Hashashins first kill, and an ordeal that will shake Friar Tuck to his core. Never-before-seen mysteries confront Everard Blackthorne, the Sheriff of Nottingham, culminating in an investigation that will lead directly into the climactic events of Nottingham Vol. 3.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the Depression, times are tough all over for tobacco farmers, and the Cry family is no exception. They may have set out for California to start over, but the baggage of the past never gets left behind. Crippled Billy, filled with inchoate rage from a childhood run-in with a sadistic neighbor, resents having to look after his older brother Milton, a lumbering gentle giant who was born simple. Billy starts venting his revenge fantasies into Miltons...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
1907: In a small town in the Pyrenees, a young soldier regularly climbs one of the tallest peaks to deliver supplies to an observatory. There, he makes a friend whose great passion for the Tour de France pushes ambitious Amde to take up cycling and dream of winning the Tour himself. But the road to the Tour de France is more challenging and dangerous than he thought, and a terrible accident leaves him handicapped. Still, Amde remains undaunted and...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A United States Air Force U-2 airplane goes down over Russia, and pilot Gary Francis Powers is captured. Back in the States, Powers is considered a traitor for allowing himself to be taken alive, and his wife, Dottie aka Poison Ivy has to hide from irate neighbors while also figuring out how to handle her angry young stepson. In Russia, U.S. agents discover that Powers plane may not have been shot down after all, and then Dottie receives an offer...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
As our saga reaches its conclusion, old scores are settled, new lies are told, and the spilling of human (and non-human) blood continues. Each band of travelers engages in battles where victory might mean the difference between love and love lost, life and death, or the recovery of an ancient relic. Deceit and treachery are countered by steadfast honor and promises kept. The clash between the old gods and a new one can be heard in the sounds of swords...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Does Lucky Luke know what hes getting himself into when he arrives at Froggy Town on a stormy night? As in many cities of the Wild West, a handful of men pursue the madcap dream of finding gold. Luke is just looking for a place where he can make a quick stop to replenish his tobacco supplies. But he cant refuse the request for help made by a committee of citizens to find the gold that was stolen the previous week from the poor miners. With the help...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
No blacklisted gambler escapes the sharp eye of professional casino spotter Dottie! Irresistible but untouchable, Dottie is second to none at cooling the ardor of overly enterprising clients, even if it means incurring the wrath of such luminaries as the great Frank Sinatra himself. During off-hours, Dottie returns to the apartment she shares with her friend Millicent. A novelist in desperate search of a publisher, Millicent is more importantly the...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
He is reelected! And the watchword of his new term is better international politics. Everyone take cover! In this second volume, Mister President travels to the Old World, starting with a trip to France. But the ghost of General de Gaulle is lurking in the halls of the Elyse in Paris, and he insists on giving Mister President a hard time. The death of Arafat and the pope are among the other trippy, absurd obstacles he has to face.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The six-part first arc of the "Sherman" saga comes to a stunning end as Jay Sherman races to save his estranged daughter Jeannie and find the mastermind behind his sons assassination. This quintessentially self-made man has pulled himself up from the streets to become a powerful banker, but hes made a lot of enemies along the way, from gangsters to jealous financiers to Nazi war criminals. But with all of them in FBI custody, whos left now to pull...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In 8th-century Europe, a clash of cultures and religions inevitably leads to a clash of swords. This harsh, changing world suits Bjrn the Beautiful, who has a single passion: violence. His bloodlust led to his exile from his native land, and its his bloodlust that brings him back. For Harald, its the season of Jul and hes about to marry the gorgeous Lina. The festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Bjrn and his troops. With his people either...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Through his longer-than-usual lifetime, Michael appreciates artifacts and knowledge, and he gathers allies, enemies, and memories. A recent obituary has him reflecting on his time imprisoned in a POW camp during WWII . . .
A man can go by many names, and when someone has been around as long as Michael, he can gain more than just a few aliases. In the present hes Michael Smith, but back in the 1940s he went by James. When the obituary for John,...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Cry family left Carolina for a new start, but their hard times only continue as they press on westward. From sudden storms to auto accidents, misfortune and misadventure seem to dog their every step. Meanwhile, the trail of bludgeoned bodies behind them only grows. But whos to blame: gentle giant Milton, tormented by grisly nightmares, or his older brother Billy, whose resentment festers with every new person he meets? The pressure intensifies...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It's June 1942. Five years have gone by, and Paris has changed. The Winter Velodrome, Inspector Sverin's favorite place, is soon to be put to different use. Aim Louzeau, although still the fresh-faced young man he always was, has been profoundly affected by his encounter with Eeva, the panther woman. She seems to have stirred up all sorts of contradictions in him: policeman or Indian chief? The frivolities of the 30s have well and truly disappeared,...
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