Most Popular Books by Ed Brubaker

The deluxe edition featuring critically acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker''s seminal run on the Dark Knight and The Joker. Witness Batman''s first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.

"The killer known as Zeiss is prepared for every trick Batman might try. And with experimental surgeries enhancing his eyes and reflexes, Zeiss can react at lightning speed, blocking any punch with ease. Batman is one of the most skilled fighters on the planet, but can even he defeat an enemy who can anticipate his every move?"--

The second issue of the hottest series of 2012 is here! In modern times, Nicholas Lash searches for answers about the mysterious woman who ruined his life, while in the mid-1950s, reporter Dominic Raines is drawn down that same murderous path... The award-winning team of Brubaker and Phillips keeps the heat on high in this epic horror noir.

In this new volume collecting CATWOMAN #10-24 and CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1, The Black Mask, longtime foe of Batman, has his sights set on Gotham City’s East End to house his drug trafficking empire. When Selina Kyle discovers the Black Mask’s intentions, she declares war against his operation. Don’t miss the noir-style tales written by Ed Brubaker!

"BRUBAKER PHILLIPS" runaway hit just keeps coming! Dylan is being hunted by both the good guys and the bad guys, but his mission must go on, regardless. And remember, every issue of KILL OR BE KILLED has the extra back-page content BRUBAKER PHILLIPS fans have come to expect.

You all know the story: a beautiful woman seduced by a secret agent into revealing secrets and helping him on his mission...but what happens to them once the agent is gone? Find out in issue three, as Velvet tracks Agent X-14''s most recent asset down very dark paths.

"Originally published in single magazine form as GOTHAM CENTRAL 1-40, GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK ONE: IN THE LINE OF DUTY, GOTHAM CENTRAL BOOK TWO: JOKERS AND MADMEN."

The bestselling crime series returns in strikingly designed new editions from Image, starting where it all began: CRIMINAL, VOL. 1: COWARDu0084a new take on noir that turned the heist story on its head and created a whole new underworld for BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS to explore. BRUBAKER & PHILLIPSÍ recent series FATALE and The FADE OUT have brought their work to a wider audience of new readers, and now is the perfect time to show them the work that made the award-winning teamÍs reputation! ñBrubaker and PhillipsÍ books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.î -Brian K. Vaughan

Collects Fear Itself #7.1: Captain America (2011), Winter Soldier (2012) #1-14. He’s been Bucky and Captain America — now, James Barnes returns to the role of the Winter Soldier! When ex-Russian sleeper agents awaken, the trail leads to Latveria, and Winter Soldier and Black Widow come face-to-face with Doctor Doom! Can Marvel’s superspies prevent war with Latveria? Can Barnes stop the sleepers he himself trained? Old enemies resurface with new identities, and Winter Soldier and Black Widow’s hunt gets personal after a savage murder. Now, Barnes must save the Widow from her own past! But even with help from Avengers teammates Wolverine, Captain America and Hawkeye, the Winter Soldier must decide whether he is willing to sacrifice everything to save his love. Master CAPTAIN AMERICA writer Ed Brubaker wraps up his critically acclaimed run here — and nobody escapes unscathed!

The Man Who Stole The World'' continues as VelvetÍs search becomes a race for answers amid politics, high business, and murder!

Dylan has committed himself, but now trapped behind the walls of a mental institution, he finds the evil and corruption of the outside world have followed him there. Collects KILL OR BE KILLED #15-20

On the run from her own agency, Velvet must find out what really got Agent X-14 killed, and the only way to do that is retrace his steps... and that''s a pathway of dead bodies, ruined lives, and angry mercenary soldiers. And along the way, one of Velvet''s darkest secrets is revealed. Don''t miss the second issue of this white-hot new series, from the hit creators of the CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER saga!

BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS best-selling occult noir series continues its second arc, as the dark secrets of mid-70s Los Angeles begin to creep into Josephine''s new life. Drugs, sex, cults, fame, and murder, all walk hand in hand in the shadow of demonic forces.

Velvet walks a deadly path into the past for answers, as her story takes its darkest turn yet!

SOON TO BE A HIT SHOW ON PRIME STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM! In this first installment of the bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning crime noir series, readers meet Leo, a world-class pickpocket who is pressed into helping the cops pull off a heist. But when the job goes terribly wrong, Leo must go into hiding, his dire situation escalates, forcing the thief to put his skills to the test. Originally published in 2007, this smaller, sharper, 6x9 format edition of CRIMINAL VOL. 1: COWARD is just the beginning of the critically acclaimed comic book series from Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips—the creative team behind Fatale, Night Fever, Where the Body Was, and more.

Who framed Bruce Wayne? Convicted of killing Vesper Fairchild, Bruce Wayne was sent to Blackgate Prison - only to escape, triggering a citywide manhunt. Now assuming only his Dark Knight identity, the Batman has renounced civilian life and is operating deeper in the shadows than ever before. Hi surrogate family--Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Batgirl and Alfred--have determined that Bruce has been framed. But by whom? On the trail of poisoned heroin on Gotham’s streets, Batman begins to unravel the final pieces of the mystery. BATMAN: BRUCE WAYNE - FUGITIVE features the groundbreaking concluding chapter to the BATMAN: BRUCE WAYNE - MURDERER? saga with story and art from some of DC Comics’ top talents including Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson, Kelley Pluckett, Scott McDaniel, Damion Scott and more! Collects BIRDS OF PREY #43; BATMAN #603-604, #606-607; DETECTIVE COMICS #771-775; BATGIRL #29, #33; GOTHAM KNIGHTS #30-32 and AZRAEL #91.

The fourth arc ends with a bang! If Dylan can''t get to the trouble, well...it''ll just come to him. Trapped in an insane asylum, Dylan fights for his life and whatever future he may have! And don''t forget, every issue of KILL OR BE KILLED contains extra back pages, articles, and art!

The next book in the red-hot RECKLESS series is here! ""Oh man, this book pushed every crime fiction button for me...Bliss."" —PATTON OSWALT Bestselling crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. It''s 1988, and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul. How hard could that be, right? But what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn, and Ethan will risk everything that still matters to him. Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS, PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED—and a must-have for all BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS fans!

Six months ago, Crossbones kidnapped the Red Skull''s daughter, Sin, from a government re-education facility and disappeared into the night. Now, he and his spawn of infinite evil have come to the American Midwest to tear a new hole in A.I.M. - but none of them counted on Cap and Agent 13 stumbling into the mix. Collects Captain America (2004) #15-21.

The best-selling crime series continues in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. CRIMINAL, VOL. 3: THE DEAD AND THE DYING -- It''s the ultimate ''70s noir from the noir masters! A beautiful but damaged woman returns home with nothing but vengeance on her mind, and two best friends, one the son of the city''s crime kingpin, are caught in the crossfire. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS get experimental, with three interlinking viewpoints that tell a tragic tale.

The fifth book in the bestselling RECKLESS series is here! Crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS present yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. In the wake of the 1989 earthquake, Ethan takes a trip to San Francisco to search for a missing woman. But almost immediately, he finds himself going down a path of darkness and murder in a case unlike anything he’s faced before. FOLLOW ME DOWN is the most intense of the RECKLESS books so far and yet another hit from the most acclaimed team in comics, creators of PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, THE FADE OUT, and KILL OR BE KILLED. A must-have for all BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS fans!

In this stylized book of mystery and science fiction, a drug-dealing car thief must discover the secret behind his visions in order to save the world. Twenty years after the devastating Cataclysm, society has been separated into sectors in which the rich are able to enjoy machine-generated weather and sunlight while the poor are forced to live an eternally dank and dark existence. Banished to the dismal Sector 5, the angst-ridden Beezer discovers that the corrupt city police are hunting him because of his experiential visions of a pre-apocalyptic world. Now Earth''s reluctant savior must learn his true origin and the meaning of his visions before he is captured and killed. This trade reprints critically acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker''s DEADENDERS issues 1-16 as well as Vertigo Winter''s Edge #3!0

Collects Books of Doom #1-6. From the black steppes of Eastern Europe, to the college campuses of New York City, and finally to the throne of Latveria -- this is the life of Von Doom! From his earliest disasters to his scientific triumphs to the tragedy of the fractured man he would become, this is the story you know, and the one you don''t.

Collecting Eisner Award-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker''s first twenty-five landmark issues of Captain America in one titanic tome, plus the Captain America 65th Anniversary Special and Winter Soldier: Winter Kills one-shots! This deluxe hardcover, fat-packed with extras, features the story that stunned readers worldwide and sent shockwaves through the entire Marvel Universe: the death of Captain America! Also including the return of Cap''s wartime partner, Bucky Barnes, as the Winter Soldier; the death and life of his greatest enemy, the Red Skull; and the emergences of a new threat, General Aleksander Lukin, the head of one of the most powerful corporations in the world! Captain America (2005) 1-25, Captain America 65th Anniversary Special (2006) 1, Winter Soldier: Winter Kills (2007)

The fourth book in the bestselling RECKLESS series is here! Crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS present yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. It’s the winter of 1989 and Ethan is out of town, so this time, Anna has to tackle the job on her own. When a movie scream queen asks her to prove the mansion she’s renovating isn’t haunted, Anna will stumble into the decades-long mystery of one of Hollywood’s most infamous murder houses…a place with many dark secrets—some of which might just kill her. Another hit from the award-winning creators of PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED—and a must-have for all ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS fans!

The final book in ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS''s best-selling horror-noir epic. The secrets of the immortal Femme Fatale and her adversary come to light before their final explosive confrontation. Collects FATALE #20-24.

Teenage Ellie has always had romantic ideas about drug addicts. The tragic, artistic souls drawn to needles and pills have been an obsession since the death of her junkie mother ten years ago. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is what it appears to be, she''ll find another, more dangerous romance and find out how easily drugs and murder go hand-in-hand. MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES is a seductive coming-of-age story, a pop and drug culture-fueled tale of a young girl seeking darkness and what she finds there. This gorgeous, must-have hardback is the first original graphic novel from ED BRUBAKERand SEAN PHILLIPS, the bestselling creators of CRIMINAL,KILL OR BE KILLED, THE FADE OUT, FATALE, and INCOGNITO.

The turning-point issue of the series so far! Dylan begins to find his way clear of the demon''s curse, but he''s trapped in a mental hospital, and no one will believe him! And remember, each issue of KILL OR BE KILLED contains extra content and articles only available in the single issues.

Part two of the most intense arc of FATALE so far! Nicolas Lash and Josephine finally meet again, as everything we know about Fatale gets flipped on its side... when the hunted becomes the hunter.

BRUBAKERÊandÊPHILLIPSÊbestselling series is finally collected under one cover! Grad student Dylan must kill one person who deserves it every month, and the deeper he gets in, the more he realizes how many people there are that deserve it. Catcher in the RyeÊmeetsÊDeath WishÊin a dark take on the vigilante genre that became a cracked reflection of the world around us. This deluxe paperback edition contains 20 issues ofÊKILL OR BE KILLED, as well as the covers and a new afterword by ED BRUBAKER.

As Dylan hides from the NYPD, Kira begins to get suspicious of some of his mysterious behavior. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS newest hit book keeps hitting! And remember that every issue has all the extra back page articles and art their fans have come to expect.

For years, Selina Kyle has prowled the skyline of Gotham City as its most famous thief, Catwoman. But when word spreads of Catwoman''s demise, Selina decides to leave the costumed world behind and continue her trade cloaked in the shadows. Unable to enjoy her newfound anonymity for too long though, Selina decides that she must return to her infamous persona. Donning a new costume and attitude, Catwoman returns to the streets and sets her sights on the serial killer that has been preying upon the streetwalkers she calls friends.

All the threads of the mystery come together, as Charlie and Gil barrel headfirst towards trouble!

BATMAN: WAR GAMES BOOK TWO collects for the first time the complete epic conclusion of the “War Games” saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever! Stephanie Brown, also known as the vigilante Spoiler, has made her former partner Batman’s training scenario a chilling reality. The various crime families are leaderless…the soldiers running for their lives while trying to grab a piece of the underworld pie for themselves. Batman is stunned to learn that the wave of terror and death threatening his beloved Gotham City originated closer to home than he ever imagined, and that someone he once trusted is responsible for the carnage. Now the streets are safe for no one. One master criminal emerges from the shadows, taking full advantage of the chaos, and he begins to consolidate the underworld in his grip. The Dark Knight and his allies have failed to contain the violence threatening Gotham City’s citizenry. The media have exploited the situation so people think Batman is acting against their best interests. Worse, he has lost the trust and support of Police Commissioner Akins, just when he needs it the most. Collects BATGIRL #56-57, BATMAN #632-634,642-644, BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #183-184, BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS #57-58, BATMAN SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS ALLIES 2005, BATMAN SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS VILLAINS 2005, CATWOMAN #35-36, DETECTIVE COMICS #798-800, #809-810, NIGHTWING #97-98, and ROBIN #130-131

Caught in the crossfire between the police and the Russian mob and his sanity Dylan begins to realize his problems are more dire than he thinks. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS multiple Eisner-nominated series keeps racing from hit to hit in this action-packed third arc!

Dylan s''enfonce toujours un peu plus dans les ténèbres, tandis que les forces de police de New York sont aux trousses de ce type masqué qui s''en prend aux salopards de la ville. Le justicier malgré lui finit par se rendre... Mais coincé entre les murs d''un hôpital psychiatrique, il constate que le Mal et la corruption qui règnent à l''extérieur l''ont suivi là où il est maintenant...

Collects FATALE #11-14: The third arc of the hit series hits stands the same day as the next one begins! From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and the old west, these tales of horror and myth and the mystery of the Femme Fatale reveal secrets even our heroine doesn''t know about yet. Bold and experimental, this is pulp noir horror at it''s finest.

Dan Farraday, private detective and skip-tracer, comes to town looking for a dangerous woman. This issue begins the long and winding tale of THE SUMMER OF ''88'' the story of the last days of Teeg Lawless. As always, CRIMINAL contains back page art and articles only found in the single issues.

Ed Brubaker''s legendary take on the life and death of Captain America begins here - including the pursuit of the mysterious Winter Soldier, the fight against a deadly new incarnation of the Red Skull and a slow-burning conspiracy that seeks to shatter Cap''s world. Full of political intrigue and suspense, fast action, high adventure, and explosive art by Steve Epting, Michael Lark, Mike Perkins and more, Captain America has never been more noble, more decisive and more ready to give his all for freedom than in Brubaker''s definitive run of stories. Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #1-25, CAPTAIN AMERICA 65TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and WINTER SOLDIER: WINTER KILLS.