New Releases by ALVIN SCHWARTZ

“THE ROYAL FLUSH CRIMES.” It’s cards and spades for Batman and Robin as the Joker’s latest mad scheme is a series of crimes based on the “Royal Flush” poker hand! Plus, “CRIME IS ALL WET” and “MOON ROCKETEERS.”

Volume four: "The Golden age collects the Dark Knight Detectives adventures from Batman #12-15, Detective Comics,#66-74 and World''s Finest Comics #7-9."--Page four of cover.

Los muertos nos asustan, pues un día nosotros estaremos muertos igual que ellos. La oscuridad nos asusta, pues no sabemos lo que nos espera en la oscuridad. Por la noche, el sonido del crujir de las hojas, o de las ramas azotadas por el viento, o alguien susurrando, nos hace sentir incómodos. Lo mismo ocurre cuando oímos pasos acercarse, o cuando creemos ver figuras extrañas en las sombras: tal vez un ser humano o un animal grande, o algo horrible que apenas podemos distinguir. Hoy en día la mayoría de la gente dice que no cree en los fantasmas y los fenómenos extraños. Sin embargo, todavía temen a los muertos y a la oscuridad. Y todavía ven al hombre del saco aguardando entre las sombras. Y todavía cuentan historias de miedo, como se ha hecho siempre.

Estas historias de miedo te llevarán en un viaje extraño y temible, donde la oscuridad o la niebla o la bruma o el grito de una persona o el aullido de un perro convierten lugares comunes en lugares de pesadilla, donde nada es lo que esperas. Las historias de miedo tienen a menudo un propósito serio. Pueden advertir a los jóvenes de los peligros que les esperan cuando se enfrenten al mundo por su cuenta. Pero generalmente, contamos historias de miedo para divertirnos. Apagamos las luces, o dejamos sólo una vela encendida. Entonces nos sentamos en círculo y contamos las historias más aterradoras que conocemos. Te recomiendo que leas las historias de este libro, mientras todavía sientas valor en ti y antes de que oscurezca.

En esta colección de tres volúmenes, se recogen historias del folklore popular norteamericano. Una serie de narraciones que han tenido un gran éxito durante años en todo el mundo, ilustradas por el reputado artista Brett Helquist. Guillermo del Toro anunció que se encuentra trabajando en una adaptación a la pantalla grande. "Los primeros colonos norteamericanos solían entretenerse contando historias de miedo. Se reunían al anochecer en alguna cabaña, o alrededor de un fuego, y competían para demostrar quién era capaz de asustar más. Algunas chicas y chicos hacen lo mismo hoy día. Se reúnen en la casa de alguien, apagan las luces, comen palomitas de maíz, y se pegan unos sustos de muerte. Contar historias de miedo es algo que la gente ha hecho durante miles de años, y a la mayoría de nosotros nos gusta que nos asusten de esa manera. Algunas de estas leyendas son muy antiguas, y se cuentan en diversas partes del mundo. Y la mayoría de ellas tienen el mismo origen. Se basan en hechos que las personas vieron o escucharon o experimentaron, o que al menos piensan que así fue." Alvin Schwartz

"Superman and Batman first teamed up in these stories from comics'' 1950s Silver Age, reprinted here for the first time in one massive hardcover. In these tales, which feature frequent guest stars Robin, Lois Lane, Commissioner Gordon, and Perry White, the two heroes battle crime in the past, present, and future, including each other''s greatest foes: Lex Luthor and The Joker!"--

The earliest adventures of Superman, from 1943 through 1946, are collected for the first time together in one massive hardcover. In these early stories, Superman battles social injustice and political corruption, fighting for the common man, taking on crooked land developers, spoiled socialites and much more.

" Uma seleção imperdível de contos de terror, histórias de vinganças cruéis e relatos sobrenaturais, recontados por Alvin Schwartz. Alvin Schwartz escolheu as histórias do folclore americano e as lendas urbanas mais inquietantes e que fazem todo mundo tremer de medo há muito tempo. Isso porque essa tradição de contar histórias de terror começou há milhares de anos, com grupos se divertindo e se reunindo em volta de fogueiras para ver quem assustava mais. E é claro que um pouco de escuridão e muito silêncio fazem toda a diferença na hora de contar. Neste livro, você vai aprender como deixar todo mundo horrorizado e imaginando as criaturas mais estranhas e arrepiantes. Histórias assustadoras para contar no escuro é o livro perfeito para ser lido no escuro! "

More than 170 never-before-reprinted Superman Sundays from the 1950s. This second book (of three) features every Superman weekly strip from March 22, 1953 through June 24, 1956. In these tales, Superman encounters two escaped criminals from Krypton; challenges Lois to discover his secret identity in three different periods in history; battles the mysterious Prankster; meets the legendary Hercules; mixes it up with the Phantom Thief, a crook whom radiation turns invisible; encounters a flying horse named Comet (no, not the one belonging to Supergirl!); and is super-confused when he suffers from super-amnesia! Superman was created in 1938 by two ambitious Cleveland youngsters, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Their defender of the oppressed became an enduring smash sensation in comics, radio, animation, television, and motion pictures. He remains the little guy''s White Knight, battling terrestrial and extra-terrestrial menaces and standing for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

Featuring the 20-page "Moon of the Wolf" story... Batman faces a most unbelievable foe!

Superman and Batman must find out who has been supplying weapons to the Heavy-Weapons Gang. Please note this issue does not include any backup stories.

Lois accidentally learns Superman''s identity while he is trying to rescue Batman and Robin, so Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne exchange roles to convince Lois that Clark is not Superman.

This second book in the Superman Sundays series collects nearly 170 sequential Sunday pages that have never been reprinted. These classic comics, beginning August 11, 1946 and continuing through October 16, 1949, fill another major gap in the Superman mythos. In a full eighteen adventures, Superman''s travels take him around the globe, as well as through time and space. The Man of Steel solves the case of the Curiosity Crimes, becomes a rival for Cleopatra''s affections in ancient Egypt, is exposed to radiation that turns him into Superbabe, battles a prehistoric animal called a "Paleomatzoball" (!), reprises the "Superman''s Service to Servicemen" series with a couple of good deeds for veterans, encounters an ancient civilization in the lost valley of Ru, meets up with Angus the talking dog, and to top it all off, witnesses Lois marrying Clark Kent--or does he?! It''s classic Superman fun written by Jerry Siegel and Alvin Schwartz, and drawn by Wayne Boring.

Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o''clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before. . . . Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz''s most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

Are you brave enough for Scary Stories? Some boys and girls were at a party one night. There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was. "Don''t ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said. "The person inside will grab you." "A grave doesn''t scare me," said one of the girls. "I''ll do it right now. . . ." Welcome to the macabre world of Scary Stories, where folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up the most alarming collection of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. Here is a selection of extraordinarily chilling tales along with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

Pirates and Spanish galleons, clues to undiscovered hoards, and more—here is a collection of rich lore and legends, facts and myths, that will appeal to the treasure-seeker in everyone. "I doubt that today''s kids will be able to resist Alvin Schwartz''s new collection of stories . . . It''s just as exciting as his earlier gatherings of tales." —The Washington Post Book World "An excellent work on a high-interest subject, this will be a natural for book talks." —Starred, Booklist An NCSS-CBC Notable Children''s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

After encountering each other on vacation, Superman and Batman join forces to keep the world safe while agreeing to keep each other''s secret identities secret.

A profound investigation into the shifting nature of identity and reality • Looks at the ways thought is embodied and how it takes on a life of its own • Shows how Superman, an archetype of popular culture, is a perfect example of the nonlocality of quantum physics Writer Alvin Schwartz received a great deal of attention from fans when he began talking publicly about his seventeen-year stint writing Superman and Batman comics. One of the individuals who contacted him was no ordinary fan, but a seven-foot Buddhist monk named Thongden, a tulpa or individual who was thought into being by a Tibetan mystic. Thongden put Alvin Schwartz on the path without form, an amazing journey he took in the company of Hawaiian kahunas, quantum physicists, and superheroes. Superman, as it turns out, is also a tulpa, a being created by thought that takes on a life of its own and, in Mr. Schwartz’s words, is an archetype expressing the sense of nonlocality that is always present in the back of our minds--that capacity to be everywhere instantly. Superman is one of the specific forms that embodies our reality when we’re at our highest point, when we’re truly impermeable, indestructible, totally concentrated, and living entirely in the now, a condition each of us actually attains from time to time. Alvin Schwartz’s story is a personal journey through a lifelong remembrance of synchrony, inspiration, accident, and magic. As it unfolds it puts into vivid clarity the saving grace that inhabits every moment of our lives. The author travels as a stranger in a strange land, whose greatest oddity is that this land is our own.

Para todos aquellos que sean incondicionales de los relatos de miedo, este libro recopila las historias más escalofriantes del folclore americano.

Cuando llega la muerte, lo normal es que la historia termine. Pero en estos relatos, la muerte es sólo el principio... ¿Crees que si la parca te saluda hay lugar donde esconderse? ¿Te asustaría oír pasos en medio de la noche sabiendo que solamente tú estás en casa? ¿Estás diciendo que nunca has visto un fantasma? ¡Cuidado con estas historias! Te dejarán sin aliento una vez más...

With a trio of bestselling Halloween I Can Read Books--Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz, Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters by Nola Buck, and In a Dark, Dark, Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz--young ghouls and ghosts are sure to be delighted. Full color.

Bring the fiendishly gruesome characters of Alvin Schwartz''s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to life this Halloween with the Scary Stories Fright Pack. This spine-tingling parcel is packed with a paperback copy of the book, three vats of non-toxic face paint, and one tube of fake blood. Disguise yourself as a menacing monster or a ghastly ghoul. The possibilities are endless!

"Young readers will delight in Schwartz''s newest collection of frightening folk tales ... Schwartz''s choice of stories reflects his gift for recognizing what will motivate children to learn to read. Chess''s illustrations balance the scary stories by introducing many humorous touches."--The Horn Book

Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folktales and legends from various countries

A paperback edition of the popular Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is accompanied by a cassette version of the book, some fake blood, and glow-in-the-dark fangs.

Superstitions about such topics as love and marriage, money, ailments, travel, the weather, and death.

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death -- they''re all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories.

A collection of forty-six tongue twisters.