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As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help.

For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero. Three days ago, America's hero died. Today will be bad. In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman - unassuming and anonymous - might be America's only hope. Her codename...COBALT BLUE.

3 volumes in a single offering! I didn't think retiring to Mexico with my Russian girlfriend would last—turns out I was right. What we didn't expect was that we'd be embroiled in a secret war between Heaven and Hell. Yeah, demons and angels exist, and they're about as powerful and deadly as we've been led to believe.

After spending four years on death row for the brutal murder of her husband, Sophia Dennison takes her final walk in the Mountain View Facility in Gatesville and is put to death by lethal injection at 12:00 a.m. Several hours after Sophia's execution, FBI agent Mark Armitage is called to investigate a serious disturbance at the prison.

In the Black Rider's most perilous adventure yet, Kelson faces copycat riders, fire, and heartache as he puts his life on the line for the town he loves. Can Kelson discover the true motive of the copycats and who sent them before his identity is revealed? The Black Rider has to decide what he values most when his family and his true love confront his worst enemy.

Scarlett Winter has always been an outsider, and not only because she’s a hardcore daredevil and born troublemaker - she has been hiding superhuman powers she doesn’t yet understand. Now she’s been recruited by a secret West Point unit for cadets with extraordinary abilities. Scarlett and her fellow students are learning to hone their skills. At The Point, Scarlett discovers that she may be the most powerful cadet of all. With the power to control pure energy, she’s a human nuclear bomb - and she’s not sure she can control her powers much longer.

On the eve of his father’s death, Tyler Thompson finds himself continually haunted by the memories of things lost. Since that horrible day, he continually gets into trouble, seeking anger as a coping mechanism. That is, until one day, in a tragic turn of events, Tyler, along with his faithful dog Maxx, fall into a cesspool where he is exposed to a mysterious green liquid that changes his DNA, giving him extraordinary powers.

In these pages, you will thrill to some of the most exciting superhero stories ever to star a caped avenger, all written by DC Comics writer Robert T. Jeschonek. Don't miss these edgy, exciting, and surprising tales from this award-winning storyteller. This volume includes six superhero stories for one low price.

The Green Ghost - magician sleuth George Chance - returns! Once a debunker of the supernatural, the Green Ghost terrorized criminals with his horrific skull-face and wraithlike abilities. But criminologist Chance came back from Europe changed - for his wartime experiences taught him: the occult and night creatures were real! Thrill to new prose tales featuring a multitude of murderers, monsters, and crossovers with I.V. Frost, the Domino Lady, and more!

One day, Nick Winters gets a package in the mail. Inside is a hat. However, this hat is more than just a black fedora. It is infused with the latest technology that will enhance Nick's already amazing abilities to near-superhuman levels. The problem is that some other people want that technology back. People who helped design it but now want to use it for nefarious purposes. Oh, and each time he uses the hat, it's also slowly killing him.

An American with special talents is sent to the Portuguese colony of Macao to discover why Japanese agents are frantically searching for a mysterious gem called the Blaer. Murder quickly follow as the American stumbles on a vivacious brunette who needs rescuing. Or does she? This audacious woman has her own special talents. The chase is on as Japanese spies and German thugs pursue the American secret agents who turn out to be superheroes with superpowers.

When a top A.C.T.I.O.N. agent goes missing in the arid wastelands of the Libyan Desert, the super-secret organization sends in their top field operative; Nicola Sinclair – Codename: Lady Action. An ancient power as old as the earth lies buried there and a wealthy Arab tycoon with ties to Islamic terrorist groups will do anything to claim it.

In Volume One of this series, we introduced pulp fans to four original pulp heroes by today's leading writers of pulp fiction. Now, we proudly present the second installment and another brand new quartet of fresh and exciting heroes cast in the mold of the classic adventurers of the past.

A cruise ship crashes suddenly on Liberty Island. All onboard are dead by their own murderous hands. All but one. What secrets does the lone survivor harbor within her very soul? And what horrors does she bring? These are questions only the Green Lama can answer! Reintroducing the most unique pulp hero ever! In reality, The Green Lama is Jethro Dumont, a millionaire playboy who spent 10 years in Tibet and now uses his Buddhist training to pursue justice for those denied it!

Kashim Shettima, the state Governor of Borno, emerged from a meeting and made the following statement to journalists at the presidential villa after a meeting with President Jonathan: “Boko Haram are better armed and are better motivated than our own troops. Given the present state of affairs, it is absolutely impossible for us to defeat Boko Haram."

Homicide detective Jack Walsh and his new partner Thomas Harrington are tasked with solving the city's most difficult murders. Yet their most recent case - the shooting of a young, black male named Jordan Smith - has already been solved by a costumed vigilante named The Dark Obliterator. Fearing a sudden wave of impulse vigilantism, Jack and Thomas are tasked with stopping the self-proclaimed superhero, but The Dark Obliterator won't be the only force that Jack has to deal with.