The Black Badges are a top-secret branch of boy scouts, tasked with covert missions that no adult could ever undertake. But little do they know, their troop is not alone... sent to a private island off the north shore of Oahu, the team must battle against other elite scouts in a grueling, dangerous competition that will test their skills like never before, all the while investigating the disappearance of their former friend. The Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind Grass Kings reunites for Black Badge Volume Two, as New York Times bestseller Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and illustrators Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) and Hilary Jenkins filter a sobering tale of societal decay through the eyes of the children tasked with cleaning up the mess. Collects issues #5-8.
The Black Badges are a top-secret branch of boy scouts, tasked with covert missions that no adult could ever undertake. But little do they know, their troop is not alone... sent to a private island off the north shore of Oahu, the team must battle against other elite scouts in a grueling, dangerous competition that will test their skills like never before, all the while investigating the disappearance of their former friend. The Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind Grass Kings reunites for Black Badge Volume Two, as New York Times bestseller Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and illustrators Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) and Hilary Jenkins filter a sobering tale of societal decay through the eyes of the children tasked with cleaning up the mess. Collects issues #5-8.
Meet the Black Badges, a top-secret branch of boy scouts tasked by the government to take on covert missions that no adult ever could. Among their organization, the Black Badges are the elite—the best of the best. The missions they’re tasked with are dangerous, and will only get worse as their leader’s attention is split between their objective and tracking down a lost team member. A member who disappeared years ago...presumed dead. Reuniting New York Times bestselling author Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and illustrator Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) following their multiple Eisner Award-nominated series Grass Kings, Black Badge is a haunting look at foreign policy, culture wars, and isolationism through the lens of kids who know they must fix the world that adults have broken.
Half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, the man known only as B. begins wandering the world anew. After enduring a series of experiments and missions, B.’s memories of his origins will be finally restored. But what does this revelation mean for his future? Keanu Reeves continues his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords, Grass Kings) and legendary artist Ron Garney (Wolverine, Captain America) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior’s fight through the ages. Collects BRZRKR #5-8
“The Ash” is the hottest new drug in the Big Easy, and there’s only one way to get it: the Winters, an upstart crime family that pioneered the drug made from the ashes of the dead. But with multiple other factions moving in on their territory with deadly results, just how long can Grace Winters and her children hold on to the lucrative trade? Eisner Award-nominated author Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Empty Man) and illustrator Jonas Scharf continue their critically-acclaimed blend of horror and crime in Bone Parish Volume Two, as the Winters family discovers the true depths they’ll go to protect the fragile business they’ve built.
Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies of the West’s most recognized man-hunters, noted western historian Robert K. DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men—Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin—who pursued notorious criminals. Volume 2 of Man-Hunters of the Old West shows that limited resources and dire conditions often made extralegal violence necessary for survival. Harry Love, the famous killer of California bandito Joaquin Murrieta, and Tom Tobin, who ended the murders of the Espinosa gang in Colorado, tracked their quarries to remote hideouts, shot them, and cut off their heads to prove they had been eliminated. Felon trackers, like the vigilante organizations that preceded them, on occasion administered summary justice—the on-the-spot hanging of their captured prey—especially if they believed the established court system was not working. Some of the man-hunters in DeArment’s accounts were freelance scouts and trackers; others were career officers of the law. At least one, Frank Norfleet, was a private citizen turned dedicated nemesis of con artists. Love, Stuart, and Morse began life as easterners who made their way West. All the others were midwesterners or far westerners. Some of these man-hunters wrote about their adventures, and were written about in turn. Garrett’s account of his hunt for Billy the Kid remains a best seller, for example, and both Reeves and Hughes have been credited for inspiring the Lone Ranger of TV and movie fame. DeArment discusses constant threats to the man-hunters’ survival, the federal government’s undependable presence, and extralegal violence as major themes in western law enforcement. In recounting these eight men’s adventures, this volume reveals the forces that made brutality seem commonplace.
Marvel's hell-bound super hero, Ghost Rider, hits the road for a second Marvel Masterworks! Johnny Blaze's adventures begin with the return of Zodiac, an organized crime gang powered by agents of hell, in a plot that can only be foiled with the help of the super-heroic Stunt-Master! Then, after fighting for his very soul against Satan himself, Ghost Rider fi nds himself teamed up with the Ever-Lovin' Thing, in mortal combat against the ever-angry Hulk and in league with the ever-courageous Champions! And if you thought the Orb was fi nis, think again as Marvel's deadliest eyeball returns to extract another pound of Ghost Rider fl esh! Plus: with Karen Page having joined Ghost Rider's cast, Daredevil makes the scene in a crossover classic drawn by John Byrne! COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (1973) 6-20; MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) 8; DAREDEVIL (1964) 138
The next chapter in the lives of the Grass Kings—three brothers who rule their own trailer park kingdom outside of the laws of man—begins not with a whimper, but with a bang, as Robert uproots the community in search of the long-fabled serial killer. With paranoia setting in, Bruce and Ashur must decide if their brother is still fit to lead. Written by The New York Times bestseller Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and beautifully illustrated by Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust), Grass Kings Volume Two continues the critically acclaimed rural mystery series that explores the binding legacies of love and loss. Collects issues #7-11.
A new drug is sweeping through the streets of New Orleans—one made from the ashes of the dead. Wars are being fought over who will control the supply, and the demand is rising. While the various criminal factions collide, users begin to experience terrifying visions of the dead coming back to life...through them. Eisner Award-nominated author Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Empty Man) and illustrator Jonas Scharf team up for Bone Parish, a haunting blend of horror and crime that takes an unflinching look at how we connect to—and disconnect from—the world around us.
The color black is absolutely luscious, and nowhere is more apparent than in the ever-expanding world of Black Butler! This fourth illustration collection from New York Times bestselling author Yana Toboso includes marvelous art from the manga’s Blue Cult and Blue Memory arcs and the anime’s Book of Murder and Book of the Atlantic arcs, as well as promotional art for the various Black Butler musicals and the Black Label product line. Presented as a deluxe beribboned hardcover tome as scrumptious as any sweet treat!
