Best Selling Books by Fred Van Lente

Living it up at the Hotel California! Dead celebrities, an extra-dimensional hotel, the truth about The Doors?and that was all in our first issue! Fred Van Lente?s ground-breaking run continues as Archer & Armstrong face off against their greatest foe, The Lizard King, as the fate of reality itself hangs in the balance!

Collects Marvel Zombies 2 #1-5, Marvel Zombies 3 #1-4, Marvel Zombies 4 #1-4, Marvel Zombies Return #1-5 and material from Marvel Spotlight: Marvel Zombies Return. The Marvel Zombies have left Earth, turning their ravenous attentions to outer space! But when the zombies finally return home and find a tiny pocket of mankind still alive, will they feast on flesh once more — or can they learn how to overcome their all-consuming hunger? Then, dimension-traveling zombies have found their way into the Marvel Universe, and no one is safe! Machine Man, Jocasta, Morbius, Werewolf by Night and the Son of Satan must repel the undead epidemic — but will they uncover the traitor lurking within their own headquarters? And when the Marvel Zombies are unleashed on yet another unsuspecting dimension, can the guilt-ridden undead Spider-Man stop a gruesome history from repeating itself?

Resurrectionists are a select group of people who cannot only remember their past lives, but also become them. Framed architect-turned-thief Jericho Way and his crew of modern-day tomb robbers aren’t born knowing they’ve been trying to pull off the same heist for three millennia. First, they have to wake up. But with enlightenment comes grave danger—the eternally antagonistic Sojourn Corporation is now hot on their heels! Collects Resurrectionists #1–#6. “Resurrectionists [is] great! Action, intrigue, and mystery aplenty!”—Jim Zub (Conan Red Sonja)

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #602-611, Spider-Man: A Chemical Romance, Spider-Man: The Root Of All Annoyance, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom u0097 New Ways To Live #1-3, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot #1-3, And Material From Web Of Spider-Man (2009) #1 And Amazing Spider-Man Family #6. The Chameleon returns with a terrifying new mission u0097 and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson squarely in his sights! And as JJJu0092s Anti-Spider Squad closes in, Peter Parker gets a brand-new job! Will it bring him closer to the newly returned Mary Jane or push her further away? Then, look out Spidey u0097 the Black Catu0092s back too, more dangerous than ever! And Raptor seeks revenge against the man he claims killed his family u0097 Ben Reilly, Spider-Manu0092s clone! Plus: Eddie Brock finds a new way to live u0097 as Anti-Venom! Jackpot makes the scene! And Deadpool strikes!

Don’t touch that dial! It’s “SATURDAY MORNING FUNHOUSE”! We roll into the 1960s, during which a CBS executive named Fred Silverman had the brilliant idea to turn Saturday mornings into all kids programming, transforming the toon landscape forever! Hanna and Barbera are fired from MGM, but become the biggest animators in the country—but what happens to all the jobs sent overseas? In Japan, the animation industry begins taking its first few steps toward dominance, where Hayao Miyazaki begins learning his trade—and yearning for more!

Writer Fred Van Lente''s incredible run on Conan reaches its epic conclusion! Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, was born with a twin sister, Salome--but by an ancient doom placed on their bloodline Salome''s chest bore a scarlet half-moon birthmark: the mark of the witch! Left to die in the desert, Salome survived instead, and grew up to embrace her malevolent destiny . . . and now she''s back, to take vengeance on all of Khauran! Featuring perhaps the most famous event in the Conan mythos, Conan''s crucifixion, this spellbinding volume collects Conan the Avenger #20-25.

Während Comic-Bestseller-Autor Fred Van Lente das DuoHoward the Duck und Machineman auf Zeitreise schickt, um eine Zombie-Invasion der Historie zu verhindern, kredenzen Horror-Romanciers wie Jonathan Maberry und David Wellington eigenständige Storys mit den von Robert Kirkmangeschaffenen Marvel Zombies.

Mit dem Bestseller MARVEL ZOMBIES schuf "The Walking Dead"-Erfinder Robert Kirkman ein äußerst lebendiges untotes Faulfleisch-Franchise. Das trifft nun auf die offizielle Marvel-Kontinuität, wenn Machine Man sowie der lebende Vampir Morbius und seine Legion of Monsters eine Invasion der gefräßigen Marvel-Zombies verhindern müssen. Zum ersten Mal in einem Band!

At last - the essential origins and early adventures of Valiant''s most powerful heroes and allies, collected between two covers for the first time anywhere! Celebrate 25 years of the largest independent superhero universe in comics with these all-star explorations of Valiant''s indelible comics book icons, including X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot, Archer & Armstrong, Shadowman, and many more! Who they are, how they came to be, and what they fear the most! This is your essential one-stop guide to the biggest heroes, villains, and super-teams that the Valiant Universe has to offer, just in time for Valiant''s 25th Anniversary Celebration! Collecting Archer & Armstrong #0, Bloodshot #0, Harbinger #0, Punk Mambo #0, Quantum and Woody: The Goat #0, Shadowman #0, Unity #0, X-O Manowar #0, and material from Archer & Armstrong #25, Bloodshot #25, Harbinger #25, X-O Manowar #25, and FCBD 2014: Valiant Universe Handbook #1.

The team behind IDW’S Comic Book History of Comics returns with a brand-new series! From Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyasaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in between! In this issue: Sound comes to cartoons, and Walt Disney takes the world by storm with Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies, and Snow White! A whole slew of icons are created, from the Fleischers’ Betty Boop to Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes stars! But it''s not all fun and laughter for the animation workforce, whose strikes brings the industry to its knees!

Ambushed while protecting an important statesman, Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy, finds himself wrapped up in political intrigue that could derail a key United Nations conference and that sets the psychic spy on a collision course with a man whose mental powers rival his own! Collects Brain Boy #0–#3. * New York Times bestseller Fred Van Lente (Archer & Armstrong). • Art by R. B. Silva (Superboy, Jimmy Olsen), and Freddie Williams II (Green Arrow, Captain Atom)!

After an agent of the dreaded Black Seers of Yimsha assassinates the king of Vendhya, his sister Yasmina- now a queen- vows revenge! But her plans are derailed when Conan kidnaps her, and soon the Cimmerian has ruthless mercenaries, vengeance-crazed tribesmen, sinister sorcerers, and an entire army hard on his heels! Before it''s all over, to rescue the very woman he kidnapped, Conan will have to confront the Black Seers inside their impenetrable mountain fortress!

“A delightful, educational spin on history—and plenty of jokes,” said School Library Journal. “Sheer joy,” praised Booklist in a starred review. Finalist for the 2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award in Middle Grade Nonfiction U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that Theodore Roosevelt protected the environment and was the cousin of President Franklin Roosevelt. But did you also know that he was the inspiration for the teddy bear, wrote adventure books, and once gave a speech with a gunshot wound in his chest? Wimpy Kid meets the Who Was... series in these hilarious new graphic novels—where the history is real and the jokes are fake—from New York Times bestselling comic book author Fred Van Lente and award-winning cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey. Historically accurate and highly entertaining, Action Presidents’ bold and hilarious comic-style illustration is perfect for curious minds, filled with timelines, maps, charts, and more, readers will keep learning until the last page.

**CELEBRATING A HALF-CENTURY OF TERROR!** It''s Uncle Creepy''s golden anniversary, and his loathsome legacy lives on in this milestone of macabre monstrosity! Prepare for putrid productions from Fred Van Lente (_Conan the Avenger_), Corinna Bechko (_Star Wars: Legacy_), Peter Bagge (_Bat Boy_), Art Baltazar (_Itty Bitty Hellboy_), and a horrible host of sinister surprises! Don''t miss out! * New stories from fan-favorite writers Fred Van Lente and Corinna Bechko! * Anniversary cover by Dustin Nguyen revealed soon! * Itty Bitty Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie frontispiece by Art Baltazar!

Archer & Armstrong are going to war with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D Corps! (GULP!) That?s right, Valiant?s globetrotting adventure duo have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit?s most elite kill crew. Their mission? Assassinate the the newly appointed leader of a homegrown fundamentalist terror sect named?Obadiah Archer?! And if they could take out his mentally ill, alcoholic bodyguard who just happens to think he?s a 10,000-year-old immortal, that?d be swell, too! It?s an improbable mission with impossible odds. Do Bloodshot and the steely killers of the H.A.R.D. Corps stand a chance against two conspiracy-smashing heroes that never go down without a fight? Find out right here with the complete collection of the mayhem-soaked ?Mission: Improbable? crossover, collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18-19 and BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20-21 by acclaimed writers Fred Van Lente, Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart, and all-star artists Pere P?rez and Tom Raney!

The team behind IDW’S Comic Book History of Comics returns with a brand-new series! From Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyasaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in between! Part One: Silent...but Deadly (Funny!) shows how the animated cartoon began with the first movies under the lawsuit-happy watch of Thomas Edison… cartoonist Winsor McCay shows how ''toons can make you feel as well as laugh… the Fleischer Brothers revolutionize the technology of animation… and an obscure filmmaker from Kansas City named Walt Disney gets his first big break! The perfect companion piece to CBHoC, the Comic Book History of Animation focuses on the filmmakers and beloved characters of the past century and a half, and is essential for fans of the medium and “toon newbies” alike.

You must be this tall…to DIE! Once upon a time, in a strange land called Florida, a masked psycho starts murdering cast members of the Storybook Kingdom theme park in ways identical to the gory original Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Princess-turned-detective Tanith is the only person who can unmask the killer before she and her friends are all Dying Unhappily Never After! Toon-themed terror from six-time New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies), artist Chris Panda (Chocklit Shoppe of Horrors: Night Shift, Rom: First Strike), and letterer Becca Carey (Radiant Black, Golden Rage).

The cosmic Quartet begins to master their jaw-dropping powers and unlock deeper meanings to their newfound abilities! Dangerous aliens have targeted the Quartet, and they?ll stop at nothing until they?ve eliminated the team. Plus, the lost history of the Psi-Lords revealed?!

Ambushed while protecting an important foreign dignitary, Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy, finds himself wrapped up in political intrigue. An assassination plot that could derail a key United Nations conference sets Brain Boy on a collision course with a man whose mental powers rival his own! Get ready for a psychic smackdown over the streets of New York City! * Written by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Archer and Armstrong, G.I. Joe_) with art by R. B. Silva (_Superboy, Jimmy Olsen_)! 

Gory fairy-tale murders continue to plague the Storybook Kingdom amusement park, but Prince Prince Charming (yes, his name is Prince) and his Queen’s Guard (a.k.a. park security) care more about covering up the slayings than solving them. Defying her bosses, Princess-Detective Tanith ventures into the Spooky Forest to solve the mystery, only to find herself in a life-or-death encounter with the masked killer in the bowels of Dracula’s Castle!

In a battle between two telepaths, any bystander is a potential ally . . . or a potential enemy! Matt Price, code name Brain Boy, must defeat a mad mental giant but he''ll have to survive a mob of mind-controlled New Yorkers to do it! * _New York Times_ best selling author Fred Van Lente (_Archer and Armstrong_, _G.I. Joe_) ,with action-packed art by R.B. Silva and Rob Lean (_Superboy_)." "It''s big and explosive and it''s the inking that really stands out . . . The art team [is] firing on all cylinders.�Newsarama 

Highlighting the illustration of Brian Ching and Guiu Villanova, Conan Omnibus 7: Witchcraft and Warfare offers over 400 story pages of ancient empires, bloodstained steel, and vile magic. Award-winning comics writer Fred Van Lente adapts Robert E. Howard''s "Xuthal of the Dusk" and "A Witch Shall Be Born." To heal his broken heart, Conan travels to the desert kingdoms to peddle his sword arm and seek treasure. But there will be little time for mourning when the barbarian warrior encounters his nemesis, the Stygian necromancer Thoth-Amon!

When the United States Secret Service needs to stop an assassination before the killer''s even decided to buy a gun, they call the world''s most powerful telepath: Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy. But when the secret agent that can read anyone''s mind finds that a powerful psychic network has been hidden from him, Brain Boy begins to wonder whether he knows everything or nothing at all! * Written by _New York Times_ best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Archer and Armstrong_, _G.I. Joe_) with art by R. B. Silva (_Superboy_, _Jimmy Olsen_)! 

Collects Captain America (1968) #133, Incredible Hulk (1968) #287-290, Super-Villain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.''s 11 #1-5, Fantastic Four: Ataque del M.O.D.O.K.!, Marvel Adventures the Avengers #9, M.O.D.O.K.: Assassin #1-5, material from Tales of Suspense (1959) #93-94, Iron Man Annual #4. M.O.D.O.K. takes on the Marvel Universe in this heady collection of his greatest hits! A.I.M.’s most bizarre creation, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, has a brain as powerful as it is oversized — and a burning desire for world domination! Watch as M.O.D.O.K. butts heads with Captain America, Iron Man, the Champions, the Hulk and the Fantastic Four — and even takes a bride?! Plus: M.O.D.O.K. gathers a team of villains for the ultimate heist! And on Battleworld, M.O.D.O.K. is the fearsome Merc with the Maw! But what happens when the Avengers are transformed into M.O.D.O.K.s too?!

Though her signature combination of psychological manipulation and brutal violence, Jennifer Blood has the Volk white supremacist prison gang and the Crooked Cross biker fanatics tearing at each other’s throats. But now that she has provided the spark to light the flames, the resulting conflagration may be too big to contain — and threatens to consume everyone Jennifer cares about! Trusted reporters FRED VAN LENTE (Marvel Zombies) and ROBERT CAREY (The Outsiders) deliver all the details in Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary #4 — featuring additional coverage from CAREY, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI!

In this issue: ANIME! ANIME! ANIME! How Japan conquered the world with a multipronged assault of giant robots, psychic bikers, and sailor moons! But Japan''s greatest animator, Hayao Miyazaki, rejects fantasies of power—and teaches everyone how to appreciate the power of fantasy! Also: Everyone remembers the smash-hit Pixar Image Computer that was in every household throughout the 1980s, right? No? Oh, right. It was a huge failure. But maybe you heard of the ground-breaking animation studio it spawned instead?

The police have the Storybook Kingdom theme park in lockdown as they grill witnesses of the fairy-tale murders…but that just makes everyone trapped inside the next potential victim of the terrifying masked slasher known as The Girl With No Hands. Princess-Detective Tanith has been imprisoned in Storybook Jail, accused of The Girl’s crimes herself—can she escape in time to learn the hideous secret lurking in Rapunzel’s Tower?

So…once upon a time, a suburban housewife spent her nights as a mobster-murdering assassin, named JENNIFER BLOOD. Then she died…or did she? Because in the cozy cul-de-sacs of Bountiful, Utah, a noticeable number of normal people have gone missing. And by “normal,” I mean “mobsters under witness protection.” And by “missing,” I mean killed by someone that looks, sounds, and murders a lot like JENNIFER BLOOD… By FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO FEDERICI (Red Sonja)!

From the dawn of the dinosaurs?to the Battle of Trafalgar?to the end of time itself?the first century-spanning adventure of IVAR, TIMEWALKER starts here! At this very moment in Geneva, Switzerland, history is being made. A thousand meters underground inside the Large Hadron Collider, researcher Neela Sethi is about to discover time travel ? and jeopardize her life in the process. But she doesn?t know that yet. Ten minutes from now, every deadbeat chrononaut, wannabe conqueror, and misguided protector of the timestream will be banging down her door. Good thing that the legendary Ivar, Timewalker, got there first? right? Now it?s down to history?s most jaded, most tempestuous time traveler to stop the worst of everything that is, was, and will be? before time runs out! New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG, Amazing Spider-Man) and Clayton Henry (HARBINGER, Incredible Hercules) begin a clock-stopping odyssey into the distant past, far future, and every moment in between right here with the first volume of Valiant?s latest epic ? intro-priced at just $9.99 for new readers!

Monströse 250 Seiten um Robert "The Walking Dead"Kirkmans Marvel-Zombies in deutscher Erstveröffentlichung! Diesmal wird nicht nur die Squadron Supreme zum Untoten-Problem. Howard the Duck, Dum Dum Dugan u.a. müssen zudem in einer Alternativwelt kämpfen, in der Nazi-Zombiesden Zweiten Weltkrieg gewonnen haben ...

Who will be the fairy-tale serial killer’s next victim among the “cast members” of the Storybook Kingdom theme park? Prince Prince Charming (yes, his name is Prince) of the Queen’s Guard? Joelle, the Littlest Mermaid? Jamar, a.k.a. John Henry, the Steel-Driving Man? Two of the above? All of the above? Princess-Detective Tanith must save them by exposing the masked killer in time!

New creative team! New party of Iconics! New lands of Golarion to explore! The tantalizing prospect of a rendezvous with a Geb defector in possession of priceless secrets from that undead nation brings a diverse group of adventurers to the Nexian metropolis of Ecanus. When they find themselves cornered by the city''s remorseless Deathsealers, can the Iconics band together for survival—and escape a city full of hostile wizards alive? Get this debut issue with a unique, hand-drawn Ken Haeser sketch cover!

CREATION, ANNIHILATION...AND THE DEBUT OF AN ALL-NEW TIMEWALKER! As history falls apart around her, only one man can help Neela Sethi save IvarÕs lifeÑand time itselfÑand that man is...Ivar! Wait...what?! Can Neela teach a new Timewalker the ropes of time travel as time collapses? Or will the universe finally meet its doom? Find out right here as Harvey Award-nominated artist Pere Pu008erez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) joins New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (THE DELINQUENTS) for IVAR, TIMEWALKER. Collecting IVAR, TIMEWALKER #9-#12

"Collecting a treasure trove of Conan one-shots, short stories, and miniseries from the finest creators in all of graphic fiction. With nearly 700 pages of clashing swords, malefic wizardy, and forgotten kingdoms--The Conan Reader is a vast, priceless hoard ripe for the taking!"--