Mark Millar
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Mindy McCready is Hit-Girl, the world's deadliest tween assassin, exploded onto the scene to slaughter super-villains and serve hot justice to the scum of New York City. In KICK-ASS: THE DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS VOL 2 she trains a novice Kick-Ass in the lethal fighting styles she learned from Big Daddy. In return, Kick-Ass is helping her survive middle school...without any bloodshed. When Kick-Ass gets benched, Hit-Girl has to take on the Mafia solo.
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"Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary teenager. He's not the class jock or class clown, just a regular comic-book nerd with a superhero obsession and a crush on his biology teacher. But Dave has big dreams. Big, ass-kicking, vigilante superhero dreams. By day he's stuck in class, by night he slips on a mask and becomes Kick-Ass. With no special powers or superhuman strength, Dave's superhero career gets off to a shaky start, as he finds himself facing...
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When the market is flooded with competition and the authorities are on your tail, what's an all-American super villain to do? Go to Spain, of course! Johnny Bolt convinces his villainous pals to pull off one last heist but will culture shock get to them before the policia do? And when Johnny's target is revealed as the greatest super villain of all time, things go horribly wrong...
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"Superman and his greatest foe, Lex Luthor, go head-to-head in this new collection of classic stories inspired by the hit TV show Superman: The Animated Series! Superman: The Animated Series was an instant classic, developed by the same team behind Batman: The Animated Series and featuring some of the greatest Superman adventures ever committed to film. As long as Superman has flown over the skies of Metropolis, one man has always sought to take the...
89) 1985
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A young outcast immerses himself in comic books, preferring them to his real life in dreary 1985. But when the absolute worst members of the world's fictional universe invade the real world, he has trouble making people believe him - until the bodies start piling up.
90) MPH
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Growing up in Detroit, Roscoe and his friends know all about hard luck. But their fates take a different turn when they stumble upon a street drug called MPH - little pills that give them the power of super speed, and the opportunity of a lifetime. Now holding the perfect Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card, Roscoe leads Rosa, Chevy, and Baseball on a lightning-fast crime spree across the nation. But as a good guy dealt a tough hand, that's not enough for Roscoe....
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Who knew an 18 year-old could become a real superhero? Dave Lizewski did. After being trained up in combat by black belt pre-teen Hit-Girl, the two superheroes joined forces and took on the Mafia. Now Hit-Girl's been thrown in jail, the police have cracked down on superheroes and outlawed them completely. Without the pint-sized tween assassin by his side, can Kick-Ass really lead Justice Forever and beat the bad guys?
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Jupiter's circle volume 1
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"In midcentury America, the world's greatest superheroes triumph in their public battles, while struggling with private ones. Social and political unrest take a personal toll: one member joins the counterculture movement, others grapple with personal demons, and suspicion and betrayal cast a shadow over the most trusted friendships." --
96) Empress: Book 1
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Imagine you're married to the worst bad guy from your favorite sci-fi movie. An alien dictator feared throughout the universe, who will kill you if you leave - but you need to escape for the sake of your three children. That's the life of Queen Emporia. All she has is her wits, her bodyguard, and three guns to get her kids across the galaxy - and her husband Morax's forces are in hot pursuit. Easy, right? Their desperate race for their lives will...
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"Around the globe, pop-culture celebrities are being abducted, and no one knows why. Jack London -- superspy -- is on the case. But Jack has problems of his own: a deadbeat sister and her out-of-control son. Young Eggsy has fallen in with the wrong crowd, and his life is circling the drain. Only Jack stands between his nephew and a jail cell. But seeing something of himself in Eggsy, Jack offers him one last chance for a future -- in spy school. Out...
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Authority volume 2
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Following the death of Jenny Sparks at the end of the 20th century, the Authority is now under the leadership of Jack Hawksmoor, who is no less brutal than his predecessor. But with a new leader and new century also come new foes, such as a mad scientist intent on shaping the 21st century to his own whims, a former Doctor gone rogue who always seems to be one step ahead of the team, and a twisted mirror image of the Authority sanctioned by the G7...