New Releases by Christopher Hastings

Supervillains and mad scientists are on the loose and only the world''s worst superhero duo can save us! Eric and Woody Henderson have been a lot of things - fractious foster brothers, washed up failures, and, ever since the freak accident that gave them their powers, reluctant crime fighting partners. But now against all odds they''ll be Earth''s LAST hope of stopping a coalition of mad scientists from destroying the planet! Superstar scribe Christopher Hastings (The Unbelievable Gwenpool) and astonishing artist Ryan Browne (Curse Words) team up for a side-splitting superhero adventure!

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!?!?!?

A compilation of the most memorable and important Jake-centric Adventure Time stories published by KaBOOM! It’s Adventure Time with Jake and you! Join Jake on the most algebraic adventure imaginable with tales all about the best canine pal you could ask for in the Land of Ooo. From teaching everyone how to cook to teaming up with Finn to fight every foe imaginable, Adventure Time: Jake collects all the stories that make the Eisner Award-winning series perfect for fans of all ages. Join an all-star cast of creators, including Christopher Hastings (Adventure Time, Gwenpool), James Asmus (The Amazing Spider-Man), Derek Fridolfs (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society), Nicole Andelfinger (Lumberjanes, Regular Show), and more in this timeless collection of Jake’s greatest Adventure Time stories.

“THE $68,004 MAN” Steve Austin’s body is rapidly decreasing in value, due to samurai swords, KGB agents, and lightning. Still, he’s determined to save the world…except that he’s been beaten up and thrown underwater…and the scientists that rebuilt his body didn’t think to make him buoyant… By CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (The Unbelievable Gwenpool! Secret Agent Deadpool! Adventure Time! I Am Groot!) and DAVID HAHN (Batman ’66! Bombshells: United!)!

“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!)!

CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (The Unbelievable Gwenpool! Secret Agent Deadpool! Adventure Time! I Am Groot!) and DAVID HAHN (Batman ’66! Bombshells: United!) proudly present a story from a time when there wasn’t internet, but there WERE cyborgs! It’s the 1970s. Things are going great. Steve Austen (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!?

Gwenpool macht sich neue Freunde. Zuerst bringt ein berüchtigter Vampir ihr Blut in Wallung. Dann zockt sie in einem Liverollenspiel auf Leben und Tod gegen Gamer-King Arcade und Deadpool! Am Schluss gehts ab nach Hollywood. Ein Kurztrip zur einzig wahren Hawkeye Kate Bishop, dem neuen Ghost Rider und ... Zwergen?!

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!

Betretet das Venomverse! Das große, unglaubliche Venom/Spider-Man-Event startet mit diesem Sonderband und einer Invasion mehrerer Parallelwelten durch außerirdische Symbionten. In anderen Realitäten des Multiverse übernehmen und verwandeln sie Deadpool, X-23, Gwenpool, Ghost Rider und eine Figur aus der postapokalyptischen Welt von OLD MAN LOGAN ...

Wachstumsstörung mit Folgen: Groot wächst nicht mehr und geht den anderen Guardians als übermütiger Baby Groot auf die Nerven! In Folge seiner Unvernunft landet er schließlich sogar alleine in einer gefährlichen fremden Dimension, wo ihn niemand versteht. Von Autor Christopher Hastings (DEADPOOL) und Zeichner Flaviano (HARLEY QUINN/POWER GIRL).

Gwenpool findet es affengeil, eine Comic-Figur zu sein. Doch ihr Abenteuer mit Spider-Man Miles Morales geht übel in die Hose, weil sie noch lieber ein böses Mädchen ist. Als Gwen dann die Leitung von MODOK wird sie nicht nur vom Gesetz gejagt. Ihre einzige Chance: Chaos stiften und sich nicht um die Konsequenzen scheren.

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.

Sie war einst ein Comic-Fan wie ihr. Bis Gwen Poole eines Morgens in einer Welt aufwachte, in der all ihre Lieblings-Comicfiguren offenbar real waren. Aber geht ja nicht. Muss alles Fake, ein Traum oder sonst was sein. Und seither benimmt sich Gwen, als wäre sie die Heldin eines Videospiels. Bühne frei für Marvels verantwortungslosestes Vorbild aller Zeiten: Gwenpool!

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 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!

Spider-Man et Deadpool font équipe pour le plus grand plaisir de Wade Wilson (mais pas de Peter Parker) ! Dans ces trois aventures, les héros retrouvent le Caméléon, l''incroyable Hulk ou encore le ringard Hypno-Disco.

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

Best part of living in a world of comic book heroes? TEAM-UPS, BABY! Gwen meets Miles Morales, SPIDER-MAN, and it ends...badly! Man, oh, man, she is not a good person! It gets dark! We promise this is not a Civil War II tie-in! COLLECTING: GWENPOOL, THE UNBELIEVABLE 5-10

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!

Loki is many things: god, trickster, brother, son, villain, even hero. Now he wants to add one more title to the list: President of the United States! That''s right, the God of Lies wants to be ruler of the free world! But is this just another scheme? One fact is certain: With Loki''s winning smile and silver tongue on the campaign trail, this election just got a lot more interesting! He''ll soon have the American people eating out of the palm of his hand, but can would-be President Laufeyson sway the media? And what will be his response when the heroes of Earth launch their attack ad? A crisis in Latveria offers Loki the chance to demonstrate his foreign policy...but surely he wouldn''t cause a national catastrophe just for a little good press? Would he? COLLECTING: VOTE LOKI 1-4; MATERIAL FROM JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY 85, AVENGERS (1963) 300.

Get an inside look at the land of Ooo as told from the perspective of Fionna and Cake, the fan-favorite, gender-swapped versions Finn and Jake. Do you dream of going on an adventure but find yourself standing in your living room in a suit of armor with no idea what to do next? Unsure of which fighting moves to use against the hordes of bad guys attacking your town? Did you purchase the Smock of Invisibility but suspect that it’s actually a regular smock and everyone is just ignoring you? If so, thank globness you’ve picked up this handy adventure manual, written by professional adventurers Fionna the Human and Cake the Cat. Fionna and Cake are experts at the art of the quest. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, they cover everything from sword collections and dangerous flora and fauna to exotic locations like the Cemetery for the Fallen Awesome and the Grasslands bazaar. The pages are packed with rare and curious artifacts that Fionna and Cake have collected on their travels, such as a “Congratulations! You’ve Chosen Your Partner for Battle” greeting card and an embarrassing baby photo of Marshall Lee. Whether you’re an experienced traveler looking to brush up on the latest adventuring techniques or a newcomer starting out with only a rucksack and a wooden sword, How to Warrior by Fionna and Cake has something for you! Rare and exclusive artifacts include: -Exclusive Card Wars card -Card Wars comic booklet -“Congratulations on Making a Clone” greeting card -“I Saw Your Ex Yesterday” sympathy card -Receipt from the Sophisticated Gnashing Maw Boutique -Prince Gumball’s Candy Citizen Creator [Cartoon Network block logo] [Federator logo] TM & © Cartoon Network. (s16)

When everyone thinks Dr. McNinja is killed by a vengeful astronaut ghost, it''s his chance to infiltrate the criminal organization of King Radical. But should he who fights rad monsters beware of becoming one himself?

Many things have changed in the landscape of English language teaching in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 35 years since the British Council published the booklet English Language Teaching Profiles. Therefore, this book will present readers with an up-to-date summary of the current situation for English language teachers and learners in what is now referred to as KSA. Dr. Hastings presents a clear and concise account of the rise of English language teaching and learning in KSA, at the national and at the local level, from when the nation state was first established in the early 1930s to the present day.

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

"''Black ninja/White ninja''" written by Benito Cereno; ''A death in the family'' written by Benito Cereno and illustrated by Anthony Clark."

You may have several triggers to investigate the feasibility of moving a workload or set of workloads to the IBM® System z® platform. These triggers could be concerns about operational cost, manageability, or delivering the agreed service levels, among others. Investigating the feasibility of a possible migration or transition to any other platform, including System z, requires a number of basic steps. These steps usually start with an understanding of the current workload and its pain points, and end with a business case to move the workload. It is important to find out how easy a migration is going to be and how much risk will be involved. In this IBM Redbooks® publication we offer thoughts on how to move through these steps. We also include a chapter with a System z technology summary to help you understand how a migrated workload may fit on the platform. Our focus in this book is on workloads that are mission-critical and require a high level of availability, including disaster recovery.

You may have several triggers to investigate the feasibility of moving a workload or set of workloads to the IBM® System z® platform. These triggers could be concerns about operational cost, manageability, or delivering the agreed service levels, among others. Investigating the feasibility of a possible migration or transition to any other platform, including System z, requires a number of basic steps. These steps usually start with an understanding of the current workload and its pain points, and end with a business case to move the workload. It is important to find out how easy a migration is going to be and how much risk will be involved. In this IBM Redbooks® publication we offer thoughts on how to move through these steps. We also include a chapter with a System z technology summary to help you understand how a migrated workload may fit on the platform. Our focus in this book is on workloads that are mission-critical and require a high level of availability, including disaster recovery.