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Coolbeans rated Animal Man Vol. 1 May 15, 2024
8.0

Animal Man Vol. 1

By: Grant Morrison, Doug Hazlewood

This edition collects the bizarre adventures of Animal Man, a second-rate super hero struggling with real-life issues and moral dilemmas. Buddy Baker is a caring husband, devoted father, animal activist and super-powered being. But as he attempts to live up to all of his roles, he soon finds that there are no black and white situations in life. Wit...

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Coolbeans rated Batman: The Cult #1 May 11, 2024
7.0

Batman: The Cult #1

By: Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson

Batman suddenly finds himself the prisoner of a mysterious religious cult led by Deacon Joseph Blackfire. But rather than eliminate the Caped Crusader, the cult attempts to break his will...and have him join their ranks!

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9.0

Batman: The Killing Joke #1

By: Brian Bolland

This is the unforgettable event that forever changed Batman's world, adding a new element of darkness with its unflinching portrayal of The Joker's twisted psyche.

Writer Alan Moore, acclaimed author of WATCHMEN and V FOR VENDETTA, offers his take on the disturbing relationship between The Dark Knight and his greatest foe. The Clown ...

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Coolbeans rated Batman Annual #11 Apr 8, 2024
7.5

Batman Annual #11

By: Alan Moore, George Freeman

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6.5

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Gothic

By: Grant Morrison, Klaus Janson

Don't miss this new edition of GOTHIC, collecting LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #6-10 by Grant Morrison with art by Klaus Janson and featuring a redesigned cover! The Dark Knight Detective must defeat a seemingly immortal killer while dealing with a horror from his own youth.

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6.5

Batgirl: Year One Collected

By: Scott Beatty, Alvaro Lopez

Meet Gotham’s newest Batling! Batgirl may be untested, but she doesn’t take orders from anyone and is determined to make a name for herself-one way or another. From writers Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon and illustrators Marcos Martin and Álvaro López, Batgirl: Year One chronicles the early days of Batgirl as she slowly shapes her legacy. Col...

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7.5

Green Arrow Year One Collected

By: Andy Diggle, Jock

Oliver Queen has been a faithful member of the Justice League of America and defended Star City with his trusty bow and an arsenal of deadly arrows for years--now thrill to the definitive tale of how he became Green Arrow!

Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or anything--apparently even himself. But when he's dou...

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5.5

Superman / Shazam!: First Thunder Collected

By: Judd Winick, Josh Middleton

Witness the thunderous first meeting between Superman and Shazam in this thrilling tale of magic, mayhem and monsters.

 While Superman must stop members of a cult from stealing ancient artifacts from the Metropolis Natural History Museum, Billy Batson must battle giant robots rampaging through the streets of Fawcett City. The Man of...

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #6 Apr 3, 2024
4.0

The Man of Steel #6

By: John Byrne

Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang is back in Smallville, and the Man of Steel decides to pay her a visit. In the process, Clark learns the truth of his home planet of Krypton and the life his people led--but what does it mean for his future on Earth?

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #5 Apr 3, 2024
7.0

The Man of Steel #5

By: John Byrne

Lex Luthor scans Superman's cellular and molecular structure, enabling one of his scientists to create a being with strength, powers and memories almost equal to Superman. Superman meets his match when Bizarro arrives in Metropolis!

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #4 Apr 3, 2024
7.0

The Man of Steel #4

By: John Byrne

Lois and Clark go on a cruise that gets hijacked--a cruise that also includes the power-mad business mogul Lex Luthor! Witness the birth of the Man of Steel's ultimate arch-rival as John Byrne's new take on Superman's early days continues!

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #3 Apr 3, 2024
5.0

The Man of Steel #3

By: John Byrne

Superman heads to Gotham City and finds himself at odds with the brutal--and oftentimes unlawful--methods Batman uses to fight crime when the Dark Knight tricks Superman into helping him by putting an innocent life on the line!

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #2 Apr 3, 2024
6.5

The Man of Steel #2

By: John Byrne

Lois Lane drives off a pier in order to get Superman's attention so she can interview him for the Daily Planet. In addition, Superman writes his first story for the Metropolitan newspaper, leading to the meeting of Lois and Clark!

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Coolbeans rated The Man of Steel #1 Apr 3, 2024
7.0

The Man of Steel #1

By: John Byrne

Superman enters the post-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS age with this limited series by superstar John Byrne introducing an all-new origin tale that gives a completely different take on the early days of the Man of Steel and his home planet of Krypton!

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5.0

X-Men Origins: Colossus #1

By: Chris Yost, Trevor Hairsine
Released: May 14, 2008

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5.0

X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler #1

By: Adam Freeman, Cary Nord
Released: Mar 24, 2010

The X-MEN ORIGINS series continues with your favorite German mutant, Nightcrawler! Relive his early days as a trapeze artist in Germany, witness the first time he teleported and see the events that made him the hero he is today! Rated A …$3.99

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6.5

Robin: Year One Collected

By: Chuck Dixon, Marcos Martin

Taking place after the events of Batman: Dark Victory, this epic tale recounts the beginning of Dick Grayson's career as Robin, the Boy Wonder. The devious Two-Face is very interested in recent reports that Batman now has a teenage sidekick. Indeed, Bruce Wayne has taken young Dick Grayson under his tutelage as Robin, the Boy Wonder! Alfred Pennywo...

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6.0

Catwoman: When in Rome Collected

By: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

The Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale returns to further the exciting adventures they began in BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN and followed in BATMAN: DARK VICTORY! Collecting the 6-part series that guest-starred Batman and a host of Gotham's most colorful and dangerous villains, WHEN IN ROME chronicles Catwoman's mysterious trip to It...

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8.0

Batman: Dark Victory Collected

By: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

Collecting BATMAN: DARK VICTORY #0-13, this epic continues the story of THE LONG HALLOWEEN. It is early in Batman's crimefighting career, when James Gordon, Harvey Dent, and the vigilante himself were all just beginning their roles as Gotham's protectors.

Once a town controlled by organized crime, Gotham City suddenly finds itself be...

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8.5

Batman: The Long Halloween Collected

By: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

Taking place during Batman's early days of crime-fighting, this new edition of the classic mystery tells the story of a mysterious killer who murders his prey only on holidays. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the clock as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victi...

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5.0

Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #3

By: Alan Grant, Brian Apthorp
Released: Aug 23, 1995

It's the Dark Knight's first encounter with the deadly and deranged botanical genius Poison Ivy.

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7.5

Batman: The Man Who Laughs #1

By: Ed Brubaker, Doug Mahnke
Released: Feb 9, 2005

Superstar writer Ed Brubaker (CATWOMAN, GOTHAM CENTRAL) teams with artist Doug Mahnke (FINAL CRISIS, GREEN LANTERN) to tell the tale of Batman's first battle against his greatest enemy: the Joker!

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6.0

Batman and the Mad Monk Collected

By: Matt Wagner

After learning that there are more twisted faces of evil than those worn by the street criminals and mobsters of Gotham City, the young Dark Knight must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded Mad Monk. Original.

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7.5

Batman and the Monster Men #6

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Apr 5, 2006

Hugo Strange and his cadre of freakish henchmen descend on The Roman's crew of ruthless mobsters--and the woman Batman loves is caught in between all the carnage!

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7.0

Batman and the Monster Men #5

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Mar 8, 2006

The action and intrigue come to a head as mobsters and mutants converge in the nightmares of the World's Greatest Detective! Will Batman's strength be enough to defend both his city and the woman he loves?

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7.0

Batman and the Monster Men #4

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Feb 1, 2006

In the sinister grip of genetic mutants, the Batman learns first-hand that common criminals are not the worst evil to threaten Gotham. It's an all-out slugfest as Batman pushes his training to the limit and goes toe-to-hideous-toe with the Monster Men!

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7.0

Batman and the Monster Men #3

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Jan 4, 2006

A mad scientist has created a race of giant monster men to do his bidding. As they rampage through Gotham, a young Dark Knight is forced to learn that there are evils in the city far stranger than mobsters and street criminals.

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8.0

Batman and the Monster Men #2

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Dec 7, 2005

Hidden in Gotham's shadows are secrets far darker than the Batman could ever have imagined. Who is the savage killer baffling the police? What is the sinister agenda of the impish scientist Hugo Strange?

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7.0

Batman and the Monster Men #1

By: Matt Wagner
Released: Nov 16, 2005

Batman has spent the early days of his career taking down the criminals and street thugs that plague Gotham City. But now a new threat arises he may not be prepared for as Hugo Strange begins experiments to create something more dangerous than normal villains--something more super.

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Coolbeans rated Batman Year One Feb 19, 2024
9.0

Batman Year One

By: Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

A new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written by Frank Miller, author of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS!

In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman--who he is and how he came to be.

Written shortly aft...

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