Best Selling Books by Christopher Hastings

ALL-NEW STORY! ALL-NEW SONJA’S! PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR NEW READERS! A low-level criminal is suddenly making a big mysterious underworld splash…which is remarkable, considering that the guy’s very recently DIED. Sounds like a case for NOIR SONJA. But not only does N.S. have to solve The Mystery Of The Successful Cadaver, she’s got to manage the arrival of a whole new cadre of Sonja’s that’ll throw her investigation for a loop…

"Originally published in single magazine form as Adventure time no. 50-53"--Indicia.

THE THRILLING CONCLUSION! THE BATTLE OF ALL SONJA’S! Heaven, hell, and everywhere in between converge in this explosive finale from CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!namite)!

Jeepers, this issue is quite a flashback! Let’s figure out where Gata came from—and all these thought monsters, too! No way it’s from the same place, right? Also featuring the story “Flowers for Paulticore” (Part One)!

It’s D.I.Y. Dungeon Time! In order to learn more about his family, Finn decides to build a dungeon just like his father used to—but building a dungeon is hard work, especially when all the guards you hire steal your treasure and all the monsters you capture die . . . maybe some old magic will do the trick?!

Behold…BLUE SONJA! She wears leather! Rides a motorcycle! Shoots guns! Beats the hell out of every villain that gets up in her grill! But nothing can prepare this badass champion for…HELLGOOP!? By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (Dejah Thoris)!

Penelope, a future incarnation of Finn, has found that super-cool sword in Finn’s super-cool moon dungeon! And in the hands of a hero who can’t be injured, it’s going to save all of Ooo! And it’s—wait. Uh. Penelope has totally been injured before? Well, you know what, let’s give it a try anyway!

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMIC BOOK TO EVER COME OUT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Starring: RED Sonja, BLUE Sonja, GREEN Sonja, ORANGE Sonja, SAINT Sonja, HELL Sonja, and MANY, MANY, MANY MORE! An evil god punishes Sonja''s across dimensions. What’s the punishment? SONJA’S MUST KILL OTHER SONJA’S. The battle for SONJA SUPREMACY BEGINS IN THE EVENT OF 2021, by CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Gwenpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!NAMITE)!

Collects Thanos (2016) #13-18 And Thanos Annual (2018) #1. Ask the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe how they fear the universe will end, and in their most honest moment, they will answer with two words: u0093Thanos wins.u0094 And now, it looks as though that disturbing thought is about to become a horrific reality! See what happens when the Mad Titan gets his way! Thanos journeys to the end of time and his moment of complete victory and still isnu0092t happy with what he sees. Witness the Mad Titanu0092s greatest glory u0097 and ultimate shame! And no matter what form Thanosu0092 victory takes, is there any way that anyone u0097 or anything u0097 can possibly survive? Featuring the Silver Surfer and introducing the all-new cosmic Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider!

Finn and Jake have infiltrated the Bear Kingdom in their hunt for the Olyfaunt Drive! But they find the kingdom preparing for war at the behest of the King of Ooo. This can’t be good! Can the two best buds spy their way out of this one? Also featuring the story “Sir BMO”!

RE-ENTER THE SONJAVERSE! Writer CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Gwenpool) and artist PASQUALE QUALANO (Dejah Thoris) return to the mysterious Sonjaverse with more tales ripped from the multiverse where every dimension and every timeline has its own distinct version of everyone’s favorite She-Devil With a Sword! NOIR Sonja. YELLOW Sonja. PURPLE Sonja. BLUE Sonja. Each from a world all their own, from a rain-slicked city of grim mysteries to a steampunk world filled with demons, even a far-flung future of mech and kaiju. But each of them is under the watchful eyes of HELL SONJA, who gathers all the Sonjas in the epic finale where all hell breaks loose! Collecting Sonjaversal #6-10, plus a complete cover gallery!

Welcome to the gothic steampunk world of YELLOW SONJA! You’re just in time to watch YS struggle to trust her recently-resurrected vampire-hunting family. Meanwhile, Sonja Noir discovers that the roomful of mobsters she killed a SECOND time is starting to attract a bevy of paranormal weirdness. How are these two resurrecting tale connected? Find out, courtesy of CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!namite)!

Finn, Jake, and Marceline have escaped the endless sands of the west and have found their way to . . . a giant BMO? And when this giant BMO thinks Finn didn’t have fun being a rootin’, tootin’ cowboy, he resets everything! How, you ask? Well, because everyone’s in BMOWORLD, now! Nothing whatsoever is going to go wrong with this!

After making a deal with primordial ooze found in a Radio Hut, BMO has become the all-powerful creator of BMOWORLD! But as Finn and Jake try to find a way to get through to their friend and get out of this genre-defying video game, they realize there’s something a little fishy about Nepter . . .

Princess Bubblegum has scienced Finn small so he can enter Jake’s gut and find the source of his mysterious I-can-still-cook abilities! But they’ve gotta travel the digestive tract fast—every resident in Ooo’s getting really, really hungry! Also featuring the story “Worst Day”!

It''s the 1970s. Things are going great. Steve Austin (used to be an astronaut, now has robo-parts & a laser eye) heads to Japan to help Secret Agent Niko Abe stop a madman with missiles. Steve figures, no sweat. But then...sweat. How''s Steve going to complete his mission, when his fancy $6,000,000 body starts (DRASTICALLY) depreciating in value!?

Final issue! The worlds of Purple Sonja, Yellow Sonja, Sonja Noir begin collapsing on themselves. In order to save them, they must learn the humongous secret…what is HELL SONJA’s grand design!? By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (Dejah Thoris)!

In the far-flung sci-fi future, PURPLE SONJA and her mech act as scouts for a space pilgrimage of the remaining members of humanity fleeing Earth. This scouting is made difficult by the return of Purple Sonja’s greatest enemy Kaiju descending upon her. Her demise is all but assured, until she receives help from…HELL SONJA!? By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (Dejah Thoris)!

BMO sits down to tell a story of the old days—a story of love, cool and cute puppies, and mathematical adventures. It’s the oversized last issue of the original run of Adventure Time!!!

It’s all (obviously) led to this! Steve Austin: Barely alive! His body: Not-at-ALL functional! Secret Agent Niko Abe: Exhausted from trying to save the world while dragging a broken-down-cyborg all over the place! Can our jarringly-positive hero pick his nearly-worthless @$$ up in time to stop a secret assassination!?!?!?

FIRST TIME IN PRINT! Itu0092s a Marvelous case of mistaken identity when Wade Wilson, the Regeneratinu0092 Degenerate you know as Deadpool, kills the wrong secret agent u0097 and has no choice but to take his place and complete his mission! But can Deadpool keep an object of paradoxical power out of the wrong hands? Pitted against the deadly terrorist organization called GORGON, itu0092s up to Wade Wilson to finish what his superspy victim started as only Deadpool can u0097 with excessive violence, a healing factor and more than a few laughs along the way!

The mind-bending adventures of a host of Sonja’s continues in Dynamite’s most ambitious Red Sonja tale yet! TEAM SONJA flies toward the space-based temple, home of the gods of the universe! Thing about gods, though…they’re not always on your side. By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!namite).

Home Alone, the boys are left to defend their lair against would-be bandits! What is Woody?s dark secret? The truth is finally revealed!

On a planet long ago ravaged by flood, the Hell Sonja team seeks out a ghost pirate ship that drives witnesses mad on sight. The only way to stop the ship is to dive to the drowned city below, reprogram a long-dead interdimensional portal, and plunge the cursed ship directly through to Hell! So, y’know, just another Wednesday. By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool, Gwenpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (Sonjaversal)!

"Originally published in single magazine form as Adventure Time No. 35-39"--Copyright page.

Collects A+X (2012) #13-18.

Language teachers are often afraid to teach pronunciation because they lack essential, basic knowledge or training in phonetics and phonology. To correct this situation, this lively, interactive book links all three in a manner that allows future and current language teachers to translate research findings into classroom approaches. The authors focus on practical, pedagogical, and theoretical aspects of phonetics, phonology, and pronunciation. While many books in the area separate phonetics and phonology into different subject areas with limited practical application, and most treat pronunciation independently, this book entails the interaction of all three. This quick introduction helps readers gain the basic knowledge, goals, and techniques they need to add pronunciation to their teaching. To address the need for language teachers to have access to materials that blend applied linguistics theory and second/foreign language teaching, this book focuses on practical and theoretical aspects of phonetics, phonology, and pronunciation. As language teachers are often asked to teach pronunciation without crucial knowledge or training in phonetics and phonology, this book links all three in a manner that allows future and current language teachers to translate research findings into classroom approaches. While many books in the area separate phonetics and phonology into different subject areas with limited practical application, and most treat pronunciation independently, this book entails the interaction of all three while connecting classroom practice to theory by drawing pedagogical implications from a discussion of applied linguistics research.

Collects How to Read Comics the Marvel Way #1-4, Ms. Marvel (2014) #1, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 And Spidey #1. Presenting a universal gateway into the House of Ideas! Comic books can sometimes be like a foreign language to the uninitiated - with their own unique storytelling tools, visual shorthand and narrative conventions. Many clever cartoonists and scribes have shared their theories on the grammar of comics, but it''s never been done in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Get ready, because Mysterio has trapped Spider-Man inside a comic book - and Spidey''s going to help you navigate through the gutters, balloons, panels, pencils and more! Plus: See how top talents speak the "language of comics" in action-packed adventures featuring Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur!

Are the Hell Sonjas leading a raid on Heaven itself? A war between two opposite realms? That''s what it seems until it''s revealed that the Sonja team have taken a mission in a virtual reality paradise for the dead, a planet-sized computer mainframe that keeps digital soul copies happy in perpetuity. The Heaven Server has been corrupted by a living, jacked-in hacker that wishes to rewrite the afterlife to his wishes, and it''s up to the Sonjas to wrangle his digital soul before they can pull the plug on his body, dragging both down to Hell!

Collects Gwenpool, The Unbelievable #11-15 and material from Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up #1. Gwen Poole continues to make friends and influence people across the Marvel Universe! But what will some of Marvel''s greatest heroes make of Gwen and her bizarre perspective on the world they live in? Whatever happens, it''ll be Unbelievable!

Welcome to HELL…SONJA. She’s the Queen of Damnation. She lords over the fiery pit of eternal hunger and suffering. But now, she’s had enough of this evil s**t. She will bind together lost souls, and rove the multiverse to fill Hell’s belly with only the most deserving of its punishment. If someone so wicked is beset upon you, if you’re desperate enough, if no one else can help, maybe your prayer will be heard by…HELL SONJA. By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool, Gwenpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (Sonjaversal)!

When old friends and enemies suddenly reappear in Ooo, Finn and Jake have to abandon their work building a dungeon and try to save the day, but they might need some help.

The world?s worst superheroes unleash brand-new superpowers! But can Woody?s new visions of the future be trusted when it leads the duo to face their arch-rival DOCTOR TOILET?! (No, they most certainly cannot.)

“THE $1,475,964 MAN” In this issue: KRAKKA-CHAKKA-BRAKA-PACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve Austin gets hit by lightning. That’d kill anybody else. But for a broken-down-and-battery-depleted-former-astronaut-turned-cyborg-secret-agent-in-Japan-desperate-to-save-the-world kinda guy like Steve? Just what the doctor ordered. By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (The Unbelievable Gwenpool! Secret Agent Deadpool! Adventure Time! I Am Groot!) and DAVID HAHN (Batman ’66! Bombshells: United!)!

Collects Unbelievable Gwenpool #0-4. The hero who could have been you takes center stage in her own series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic-book reader u0097 until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they canu0092t be, right? This must all be a hoax or an imaginary story or something. And that means no consequences! With that philosophy, Gwenpool just may be Marvelu0092s least responsible character to date! And getting into the merc business is a good way to start u0097 until it pits her against Thor! Place your bets on the Goddess of Thunder vs. the Oddest of Wonders! And if Gwen somehow survives that encounter, with no skills or training, sheu0092ll face the wrath of M.O.D.O.K.! Being in a comic book is not as easy as it looks!