Best Selling Books by Bob Layton

X-O Manowar (1992-1996) #11 ""Alien Whispers: Seed of Destruction Part 1"" Aric dons the good skin for the first time since his return from the past, only to find it changed. The armor''s new form, together with sinister dreams of a golden seed and an alien arena, promise to reveal the true origin of the X-O armor!

Prehistory and present day collide as hyper-intelligent dinosaurs ransack Manhattan! With mankind suddenly at the bottom of the food chain, Aric will need to enlist some help to win this fight. But will the combined might of X-O Manowar and his new allies be enough to save New York from these cannibalistic sauroid underground dwellers?

Dr. Mirage and Carmen are pursued by a necromantic parasite created by Master Darque to an explosive confrontation inside an abandoned silver mine. Can Hwen defeat a being of pure necromantic energy -- and stop thinking of Carmen''s ex-husband -- before being eaten alive?

""Retribution: Prologue"" At last, the origin of X-O Manowar revealed! How did Aric of Dacia become a slave to the Spider-Aliens? At what terrible cost was the X-O Manowar armor made? And how did Aric come to find himself in the modern day?

""A Call to Arms"" The Geomancer warns of a grave threat to all of existence! Aric and the Harbinger renegades team up to fight temporal slavers and an army from beyond time and space!

While Carmen struggles to make Hwen corporeal again, Master Darque lures the couple into his latest nefarious plan involving a strong man, a demolitions expert -- and Shadowman!?

We continue Doc''s final battle as he comes face-to-face with the people he''s been dreading to meet ? his creators from the future! Plus, more of Bart''s grandson Jason as he comes one step closer to meeting his destiny.

Unable to control the armor any longer, Aric finds himself lost, his world slipping away. Is this truly the final fate of the armored Visigoth, or is there something more sinister at play that is making him relive his early days as X-O Manowar in strange and vivid dreams?

Learn the secrets of Grandmother''s millennia long rule of Japan, the long lost Blood of Heroes, and long untold episode of Unity, in this tale of Shu Sugino...the rebel Rai!

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two studios vie for cinematic supremacy: Gotham Pictures, featuring the successful adventure serials starring Batman, and Arkham Studios, which is determined to shut the serial down at any cost...even murder!

“THE L.A.W. AND ORDER!” The miniseries concludes! The Living Assault Weapons wrap things up, but are things worse now than when they started? Whose life has been altered by the experience? Which member vows secrecy? Who leaves the group? And which member abandons their costumed identity? All is revealed in the shocking final issue.

Pursued by Master Darque and an army of the undead, Dr. Mirage and his wife flee through the snowy slopes of Tibet. Slowly, Dr. Mirage realizes the nature of his new ghostly form, all the while seeking a way to defeat the rage of Darque.

Parapsychologist Doctor Hwen Mirage and his brazilian bombshell, kickboxing-expert wife Carmen Ruiz are in world class, stuff-of-legend love. A love so strong it transcends time, space, death, and the sorcerous power of Master Darque. But can it withstand the second life of Dr. Mirage as an insubstantial specter of necromantic energy incapable of holding, kissing or even touching his wife?

Mama Fong arrives at the worst possible time -- just as the battle between Dr. Mirage and the shape shifter, The Otherman, is getting heated! But what can this strange villain be after? Will he stop at nothing to sabotage the Harbinger Foundation''s aerospace program and make Carmen his?!

In a lethal fight with the machine-controlling villain, Ax, Aric learns that his control over the X-O armor is slipping. Fearing it is the lingering influence of Master Darque, Aric turns to Dr. Mirage to help cleanse the armor of the necromancer''s taint.

Hwen''s hunger pains indicate his powers are fading -- and only Sandria Darque can help. In the face of this startling realization, the doctor decides to take up cooking.

The Doctor goes to war for the third time. Here he''ll meet a man he hasn''t seen in thirty years. Gilad the Warmaster from Eternal Warriors! They''re allied once again, but this time their agendas may not mesh - Gilad wants to free Vietnam from the aggression of a superstate, while Tomorrow wants to ease America out of the war! But if Gilad doesn''t like what Doc''s doing, how will Tomorrow stop a man who can''t die?

The Geomancer brings the secrets of the 41st century back to the 20th century, and unleashing the Blood of Heroes and the legacy of the Rai with it!

Asteroid A-271 is plummeting towards Earth, and President Eisenhower has made a personal plea for Doctor Tomorrow to itnervene. But Tomorrow smells a set-up. Using his incredible future technology he breaks into the top secret computer databases of the fifties. But here he''ll find more than just files and tape-drives. He runs smack into the most dangerous person he will ever meet - a twelve year-old Native American from the future named Mushroom Cloud!

“THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR!” The JLA has vanished...and only a strange assemblage of heroes stands against the deadly Avatar! The Avatar will stop at nothing to eliminate all the world’s military forces...including its superheroes! The JLA has already been banished to another dimension; Captain Atom’s been abducted; and now only Blue Beetle, the Question, Sarge Steel, Nightshade and Judomaster remain. But is one of them a traitor to the cause?

“THE PAST IS ALWAYS PRESENT.” The heroes of the L.A.W. struggle to rescue the JLA before time runs out for all the world’s heroes! While the mysterious Avatar tightens his grip on the world’s last remaining defenders, Blue Beetle must come to terms with his guilt over the death of Dan Garrett-the original Beetle-and Judomaster confronts a surprise foe from his past.

""Besieged: Homecoming Part 1"" Aric is returned to his own time and, with the power of the X-O armor at his command, he''s determined to lay waste to the Roman Empire once and for all! But have his adventures in time and space changed him too much for his family, his love and his people to welcome this man returned with the power of a god?

When Steve Rogers refuses closer government control and resigns as Captain America, he becomes "The Captain," his old role is given to John Walker, formerly Super-Patriot, and both must adapt to their new positions as they fight America''s foes.

Après le sauvetage in extremis d''un héliporteur du S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Man apprend que Nick Fury cherche à s''emparer de sa société, Stark Industries, au nom du gouvernement. Pire encore, le trafiquant d''armes Justin Hammer parvient à prendre le contrôle de son armure. Pour Tony Stark, c''en est trop. Il perd pied et sombre peu à peu dans l''alcoolisme... David Michelinie (Amazing Spider-Man), Bob Layton (Secret Wars) et John Romita Jr (Daredevil) signent les épisodes les plus marquants de l''existence de l''Avenger doré. [CET ALBUM CONTIENT LES ÉPISODES IRON MAN (1968) 120 À 128.]

È TEMPO DI VENDETTA PER IRON MAN! Tony Stark è tornato a vestire l’armatura di Iron Man. Nemici vecchi e nuovi come Spymaster e l’etereo Fantasma minacciano le Stark Enterprises, ma cosa farà Stark quando scoprirà che la sua tecnologia è stata rubata per scopi malvagi? La risposta è dichiarare guerra a chiunque indossi un’armatura, che sia dello S.H.I.E.L.D. o degli Avengers, senza risparmiare un vecchio amico come Steve Rogers, alias il Capitano. Alla fine di questa guerra delle armature, il mondo potrebbe aver bisogno di un nuovo Iron Man… [CONTIENE IRON MAN (1968) #215-232 & ANNUAL #9]

At last - the landmark issue that laid the foundation for the future of the Valiant Universe, featuring the first appearance of Bloodshot! Guest-starring X-O Manowar, Archer, Shadowman, Toyo Harada, the Eternal Warrior and a cast of thousands, the next generation of Valiant heroes begins here! But just what is the Blood of Heroes? And how will it create a legacy that stretches from the modern day into the distant future?

La Terra è stata privata dei suoi campioni ed è tenuta in ostaggio. Due entità antiche e misteriose hanno rapito i supereroi del pianeta per metterli l’uno contro l’altro, in una sfida con in palio la vita… e la morte! Nuovi eroi emergono e altri vengono messi alla prova, nel primo evento della Marvel che ha radunato tutti i suoi personaggi, Contest of Champions. Inoltre, per la prima volta in Italia, l’epilogo della saga: gli Avengers contro la Legione dei non vivi! [Contiene: Contest of Champions vol.1 #1-3, West Coast Avengers Annual #2, Avengers Annual 16]

Complotti aziendali, un’accusa di omicidio, decine di super criminali da affrontare… ce n’è abbastanza per far sprofondare nell’abisso anche il più nobile tra gli eroi, e per spingerlo a cercare conforto dove sarebbe meglio non farlo. Ma, una volta toccato il fondo, riuscirà l’uomo dentro l’armatura a rialzarsi o verrà definitivamente sopraffatto dal demone dell’alcol? Una delle storie più drammatiche e importanti di Iron Man, che ha ridefinito per sempre il personaggio portando alla luce le sue debolezze e al tempo stesso la sua grandezza. Di David Michelinie (The Amazing Spider-Man), Bob Layton (X-Factor) e John Romita Jr. (Daredevil). [CONTIENE IRON MAN (1968) 120-128]

Quand les héros les plus puissants de la Terre s''aventurent dans d''étranges constructions d''origine extraterrestre apparues sur notre planète, ils ne se doutent pas des ennuis qui les attendent... Quelques instants plus tard, ils se retrouvent en effet projetés dans un monde où ils devront se battre contre quelques-uns des super-criminels les plus dangereux. C''est ainsi que commence une guerre au cours de laquelle les Avengers, Spider-Man, les X-Men et les Quatre Fantastiques défient le Dr Fatalis, Ultron, Galactus et bien d''autres vilains. Le vainqueur obtiendra le pouvoir absolu ! Retrouvez le tout premier crossover Marvel, écrit par Jim Shooter (Starbrand) et illustré par Mike Zeck (Captain America). Cette saga légendaire a changé l''histoire de la bande dessinée.