Contains materials originally published in single magazine form as The death-defying Doctor Mirage #1-5, The death-defying Doctor Mirage: second lives #1-4, and The death-defying Doctor Mirage #1 plus edition.
How do you solve the case of your own death? Paranormal detective Doctor Shan Fong Mirage had the ability to see and talk to the dead. Except the dead have gone silent, their spirits mysteriously vanished, including Hwen, her deceased husband. Now, Doctor Mirage must face the most challenging question of her life: Is she dead but doesn?t know it? From Eisner Award-nominated writer Magdalene ?Mags? Visaggio (Eternity Girl) and artist Nick Robles (Euthanauts) comes a gripping supernatural mystery to penetrate the veil between here and the hereafter. Collecting the complete five-issue DOCTOR MIRAGE limited series.
In time, even the dead may dieÉ Occult investigators Shan and Hwen Mirage lived their lives in the thrall of an epic love that few will ever haveÉuntil Hwen died tragically before his time. Now, after a perilous trip through the underworld, Shan and Hwen are reunitedÉbut Hwen is still an intangible spirit of the dead Ð incapable of opening a spellbook or even touching his wife. Their options exhausted, the death-defying Doctors Mirage are about to enact a dangerous spell to restore HwenÕs solid formÉand grant his ghost a second life. But, in the wrong hands, their ancient rite will become a tool of terror Ð and unleash a force of pure, homicidal evil that lusts for the murder of the living and the dead alikeÉ a torturous death that obliterates not just everything a person ever had in this world, but everything their ghost will be in the next! After multiple 2015 Harvey Award nominations, the most sought-after couple in comics returns with an all-new adventure from Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) and acclaimed artist Roberto de la Torre (Daredevil)! Collecting THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE: SECOND LIVES #1-4.
The much-anticipated follow-up to the five-time sold-out series that The Onion/A.V. Club calls the ÒBest New Superhero of 2015Ó is here! At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union - determined to win the Space Race at any cost Ð green lit a dangerously advanced mission. They sent three cosmonauts farther into space than anyone has gone before or since. Handpicked orphans with no connections to Earth, trained as devout Communists, and restricted from having families, they became lost in the stars and encountered something unknown... Something that changed them. Long thought lost and erased from the history books, Abram Adams was the first to return, crash-landing in the Australian Outback. The few that have been able to reach him believe him to be a deity. They say he can bend matter, space, and even time to his will. But, even with seemingly limitless power at his fingertips, he is concerned only with the secret love he hid away from his superiors and the unborn child he never had a chance to meet. Now, Myshka, the female co-pilot of the group, has also returned to Earth...but, unlike Abram she had no secret family. Unlike Abram, she still believes in the Communist ideal. And, unlike Abram, she intends to play a very real role in the return of Soviet glory. Collecting DIVINITY II #1Ð4.
Faith enters a previously unseen realm of the ValiantUniverse! Even before Faith Herbert, AKAZephyr, gained the power of flight, joined the Harbinger Renegades, and soaredthrough the skies of the Valiant Universe, deep down she was always a hero atheart. But what's a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only innightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate,Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of whichwe've never seen...and she'll need some help from the world's premiereparapsychologist, Doctor Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mindstill intact! Uncover the secrets of theDreamside as writer extraordinaire Jody Houser (FAITH, Stranger Things) andrising star MJ Kim (FAITH'S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1) continue theadventures of the high-flying icon that Uproxx calls, "A joy toread!" Collecting FAITH: DREAMSIDE #1-4and FAITH'S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1.
Death was just the beginning? Doctor Mirage talks to the dead?but the only spirit Shan Fong can?t ?nd is that of her late husband, Hwen. Instead, America?s favorite semi-retired paranormal investigator is haunted and raw, using her gift to solve homicides and bring peace to the recently bereaved. But when a big-time occultist with a classi?ed military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she?s ever tackled ? how to get Hwen back. Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld, if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves?or be forever lost beyond the earthly plane.
From Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages, Captain Marvel) and acclaimed artist Roberto de la Torre (Daredevil,?Age of Apocalypse) comes a deluxe, oversized hardcover of the Harvey Award nominated series taking Valiant's spirited occult adventurer beyond and back for a breathtaking, heartbreaking journey into the realms of the unknown! Doctor Mirage talks to the dead... but the only spirit Shan Fong can't find is that of her late husband, Hwen. When a big-time occultist with a classified military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she's ever tackled - how to get Hwen back! Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves...or be forever lost beyond the earthly plane. Collecting?THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE #1-5,?THE DEATH-DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE: SECOND LIVES #1-4, along with material from?THE DEATH DEFYING DOCTOR MIRAGE #1 PLUS EDITION, this prestige-sized hardcover comes packed with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!
As his wife Sarah lies dying, John makes a deal with a demon for a desperate chance to save her! Transported to their childhood, John gets a single day to prevent the tragedy that led to Sarah’s present-day doom, all while trying to convince her that he really is who he says! * An original graphic novel from the Last of Us creative director!
Before a weapon is deployed in battle, it must be designed, refined, field-tested. Bloodshot was no exception. In the early days of the private military contractor Project Rising Spirit, the nanite-infused super-soldier who would one day become their most violent and valuable asset was a resource to be mined - and it was up an enterprising team of scientists to ensure he did what he was told. But memory is a tricky thing...and the man Bloodshot used to be won't let go of his past so easily... Writers Kevin Grevioux (New Warriors), Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks), and Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson (Cable) team up with distinguished artists Ken Lashley (Black Panther), Rags Morales (Action Comics), and more to open a door once closed and reveal answers to questions that Bloodshot himself would never think to ask! Collecting BLOODSHOT RISING SPIRIT #1-8.