Most Popular Books by Greg Rucka

Cutter'' part 1! Artist Jock joins writer Greg Rucka for his final Batwoman tale! Batwoman investigates a string of grisly attacks that have left the victims mutilated or dead. But what does this case have to do with the kidnapping of a socialite ten years ago, and what evidence can The Dark Knight himself bring to light on this macabre mystery?

The hammer falls this Halloween! From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning writer GREG RUCKA (LAZARUS, Stumptown, Gotham Central) and superstar artist NICOLA SCOTT (Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Earth 2)! Detective Rowan Black works robbery/homicide for the Portsmouth PD, but her greatest mystery is the truth about herself...both who she has been, and who she will become. Yet there are others in Rowan''s world with very long memories, and the power that one person holds, another will always covet. PLUS, each issue also features an all-new work of original fiction by GREG RUCKA! A new gothic-noir ongoing series about legacy, destiny, redemption...and the price of magic.

Living in the shadow of the Dark Knight makes the detectives of Gotham''s police force determined to prove they have what it takes to enforce the law in a city rife with criminals--with or without Batman''s help.

For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By the end, they wonder-will they be able to escape with their lives? Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan "Jad" Bell, is Wilsonville''s lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse. Trained since the age of seventeen to save innocent victims from impossible hostage situations, Jad scrambles to assess the threat and protect the visitors. He will come face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way-and presents a threat Jad may not be able to stop.

Brother I, a satellite created by Batman, tracks the movements of every human and metahuman on Earth. Now, the government''s spy division Checkmate has taken control of the satellite and the insane Maxwell Lord has hijacked Checkmate and manages to reprogram the satellite to wreak havoc.

Batman meets CSI in this third collection from the awardwinning series. Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about a fellow officer''s strange mutation. Plus, the dead body of Robin is found on the streets, forcing the detectives to solve the case while dealing with Batman and The Teen Titans.

A modern-day detective fiction series based in Portland, Oregon, featuring Dex Parios, a female private investigator with a gambling problem. When one of investigator Dex Parios''s dearest friends is brutalized following a Portland Timbers match, Dex is determined to get to the bottom of the attack no matter who stands in her way! Dex kicks more than just soccer balls in her pursuit of the assailant in this new softcover edition of the critically-acclaimed series from Eisner Award-winner Greg Rucka and new series artist Justin Greenwood.

The monumental crossover event that changed Gotham City and the Dark Knight forever collected in one volume for the first time. After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate ''No Man''s Land'' live amidst a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies including the enigmatic new Batgirl, Nightwing, Oracle and Robin must fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour and return Justice to the destroyed city. Includes Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116-121, Azrael: Agent of the Bat #51-57, Batman #563-568, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83-88, Detective Comics #730-735, Catwoman #72-74, Robin #67, The Batman Chronicles #16-17, Nightwing #35-37, Batman: No Man''s Land (Collector''s) #1, Batman: No Man''s Land Gallery #1, and Young Justice In No Man''s Land #1

Both Batman and the Huntress lost their parents to violent crime. Batman vowed not to take revenge but the Huntress made no such promise and that is why she is the prime suspect in a gangland killing.

"Ex-cop Renee Montoya was at the end of her rope, until her friend Vic Sage -- the original faceless avenger known as The Question -- passed on his masked persona to her before his untimely death. Now as the new Question, Renee is on the hunt for the near-mythical ''Crime Bible'' -- a dark text that has been passed between master criminals for years"--Jacket.

“THE LIES” Chapter One. Why has the Lasso of Truth stopped working for the Amazon Princess? Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman’s past unravel her present! THEY SAID IT: “Drawing Wonder Woman isn’t just drawing a comic, it’s drawing an icon—the most famous and recognizable female superhero in the world,” exclaims artist Liam Sharp. “To get to draw her in her 75th year, with a new storyline scribed by no less than Greg Rucka, makes this without a doubt the most important drawing gig of my 30 years in comics.”

Written by Greg Rucka Art by Drew Johnson, James Raiz, Sean Phillips and Ray Snyder Cover by J.G. Jones A new volume collecting WONDER WOMAN #206-213! The deadly Medousa comes calling, and Wonder Woman''s world is turned completely upside-down. After a terrible sacrifice, the Amazing Amazon must prove herself once again to her comrades in the JLA and to the world!

A new era begins for DETECTIVE COMICS as Batwoman strikes Gotham City! Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war - one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. Written by Greg Rucka with stunning art by J.H. Williams III, you''ve never seen anything like this!

The war between dataDyne and the Carrington Institute is heating up. Carrington offices around the globe are being systematically targeted and destroyed by unknown forces, and the casualties are mounting, and more importantly profits are dwindling. Joanna Dark, fresh from her first mission--Codenamed INITIAL VECTOR-- and now operating as a full-fledged secret agent for the Carrington Institute, is assigned to hunt down and destroy those responsible for the attacks. But her search for the faceless enemy leads her not just into another bloody battle with hypercorp dataDyne--but headlong into a global conspiracy that''s been shaping the world for decades. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Greg Rucka (DETECTIVE COMICS, CHECKMATE) joins original THE QUESTION series artists Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz for the return of Vic Sage! The Black Lantern rings have made their way to Earth and disturbed the grave of the original Question. Now, the faceless man returns as Black Lantern Vic Sage targets his former protŽgŽÑand current replacementÑRenee Montoya. It''s the Question vs. the Black Lantern Question vs. Lady Shiva in the ultimate throw-down!

Greg Rucka''s fan favorite private eye is back in a new ONGOING series illustrated by Justin Greenwood (Image Comics'' THE FUSE)! Things never go according to plan for Dex Parios--it doesn''t matter whether it''s work or play. When a weekend of soccer fun (both playing and watching!) turns ugly, it''s up to Dex to get to the bottom of the violence before a heated rivalry transforms into an all out war!

The penultimate chapter in Greg Rucka''s Harvey Award-winning story arc, Josie Mac joins the cast of GOTHAM CENTRAL as both sides of Renee Montoya''s life comes crashing down! "Half a Life" Part 4!

Ex-cop Renee Montoya was at the end of her rope, until her friend Vic Sage - the original, faceless avenger known as The Question - passed on his masked persona to her before his death. Now as the new Question, Renee is on the hunt for a near-mythical book used by master criminals.

The second volume of the Eisner and Harvey Awardu00adu00ad-winning GOTHAM CENTRAL series is collected in hardcover, brought to you by acclaimed writers Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, and artist Michael Lark, with additional art by Greg Scott, Brian Hurtt and Stefano Gaudiano. This volume also features an introduction by Duane Swierczynski. Cops just don''t have it easy in the city of the Bat. Not only do they have to deal with the violence and corruption of the world''s most notoriously crime-infested city, catering to some of the most insane and homicidal criminals, but they also have to deal with a vigilante who''s hell-bent on playing by his own rules. And to make things worse, the Joker is terrorizing the city at Christmastime-randomly executing people with a rifle, and no one from the Mayor on down is safe! Plus, more stories involving the girl whose job it is to turn on the Bat-signal, a series of gruesome murders that grab the attention of The Huntress, and an old case of unfinished business for disgraced detective Harvey Bullock. Collects issues #11-22 of the original series.

RA’S AL GHUL IS DYING From award-winning author Greg Rucka (BATWOMAN, WONDER WOMAN) and comics legend Klaus Janson (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Daredevil), BATMAN: DEATH AND THE MAIDENS: THE DELUXE EDITION tells the gripping story of the final days of Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s al Ghul has lived for hundreds of years, but he is not immortal. Without access to his life-giving Lazarus Pit, death will come to the Demon’s Head just as it would anyone else. Ra’s knows his days are numbered, but his life’s work is far from complete. Time and again the Dark Knight has thwarted him, but now, in his final days, Ra’s must turn to the Batman for help. In exchange for his aid, Ra’s offers Batman the opportunity of a lifetime—the chance to speak with his dead parents. But the reunion is not what Batman imagined, and what Martha and Thomas Wayne have to say to their son will profoundly change both the man and the hero. This volume includes the complete nine-issue miniseries and prologue story as well as behind-the-scenes sketches and commentary.

Bridgett Logan, the private investigator girlfriend of Atticus Kodiak, guards the secret of a past she would rather forget, but in order to help a friend, she will journey back through hellish memories.

A ''World Without Superman'' is a very dangerous place, indeed, and only the all-new Nightwing and Flamebird stand between the good (and not so good) folks of Earth and an impending shadow of doom! Eisner Award-winning writer Greg Rucka (FINALCRISIS: REVELATIONS) teams with rising star Eddy Barrows (TEEN TITANS) to kick off a bold new era for ACTION COMICS!

In the wake of the Cataclysm, Wayne Manor''s defenses have been destroyed and only one thing stands between looters and the discovery of the Batcave: Alfred Pennyworth. Plus, Huntress searches for a vanished school bus, and Renee Montoya''s brother tells her about one of his jet fighter battles in the Gulf.

Who is…Yitzhak? The hulking figure briefly seen and spoken about in the TALES THROUGH TIME now takes the stage—GREG RUCKA and LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ introduce a mystery that will alter the lives of the immortals forever…however long they have left! In present-day Paris, Andy and Nile pull a high-risk, high-stakes museum heist to steal a single unlikely item in a caper by VITA AYALA (Children of the Atom, Static) and NICOLA SCOTT (BLACK MAGICK, Wonder Woman: Year One)!

Sixty-seven hundred year old Andromache “Andy” the Scythian, Nicolo “Nicky” of Genoa, Yufus “Joe” al-Kaysani, and newbie immortal Nile Freeman return to the good fight in the acclaimed miniseries by New York Times bestselling creators GREG RUCKA and LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ…now a major motion picture! When you’ve waged war as long as Andy and her squad, you’ve gotten your hands more than bloody. Now, the day has come to confront the sins of the past. But as Nile struggles to make peace with the team, the last person Andy ever expected to see again returns to challenge not only what Andy believes in, but what the team is willing to fight for. Collects THE OLD GUARD: FORCE MULTIPLIED #1-5

"ASCENSION I," Conclusion Rowan, Alex, and Detective Nicky Colt find themselves drawn into the same moment of crisis as the CEO seems poised to lose control of her corner of the Abyss. As tragedies loom on every front, Rowan must decide if she will allow things to run their course and have the lives of those she cares for come to their tragic endsÑincluding her own or, by her will, change the reality that is rising around her.

The heroes of the world unite for a memorial service following the devastating World War III--including the Big Three together again at long last! The penultimate chapter to the weekly series by writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid.

The story focuses on the Gotham City Police Department and the difficulties of its officers living and working in Gotham City, home of Batman.

So runs the code that the vigilante known as the Huntress has followed all her life. Now, in the aftermath of Gotham City''s "No Man''s Land," someone is out for Huntress''s blood, and her code of omertà is leading her into destruction. What fuels this single-minded devotion to vengeance? How did a little girl named Helena Bertinelli grow up to be the Huntress? Finding out may be the only way that a man called the Question can keep her alive. But even if he can gain her trust, the Question can only push her so far. In the end, only the Huntress can choose which road she will take -- the path of justice, or the path of vengeance. BATMAN/HUNTRESS: CRY FOR BLOOD collects the acclaimed six-issue miniseries created by Eisner Award-winning writer Greg Rucka (DETECTIVE COMICS) and Eisner Award-winning artists Rick Burchett (BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES) and Terry Beatty (BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES).

Advance-solicited - On sale APRIL 21 - 144 pg, FC, $24.99 US Written by James Robinson, Greg Rucka & Sterling Gates Superman''s pal Jimmy Olsen takes center stage in this new collection of tales from SUPERMAN''S PAL JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #2, SUPERMAN #691, SUPERGIRL #44, ACTION COMICS #880 and SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #6.

Kate Kane is outed and forced to leave West Point Academy. When she lands in Gotham City, she meets officer Renee Montoya and has a fateful encounter with the Dark Knight that will forever change her life! "Go" part 2.

WAHRE BESTIEN Wonder Woman kämpft mit dem Lasso der Wahrheit und der Macht der Götter für das Gute. Auf einmal aber muss sie erkennen, dass jemand ihre persönlichen Erinnerungen manipuliert und ihre eigene Geschichte verändert. Noch schlimmer für sie ist, dass ihr der Weg in ihre Heimat, zur Paradiesinsel der Amazonen, verwehrt wird! Um dieses Rätsel zu lösen, verbündet sie sich sogar mit ihrer langjährigen Feindin, der bestialischen Cheetah. Sie ahnt nicht, dass zur gleichen Zeit ihr ehemaliger Liebhaber Steve Trevor mit seiner Spezialeinheit in die Gewalt eines afrikanischen Warlord gerät, der über finstere Kräfte gebietet... Der Start der sensationellen neuen WONDER WOMAN-Serie, geschrieben von Top-Autor Greg Rucka (GOTHAM CENTRAL) und mit Zeichnungen von Liam Sharp (GEARS OF WAR) und Matthew Clark (FINAL CRISIS).

A conjuring doesn''t work out as planned, and one man''s life is in danger . . .but when you have the powers of the devil at your fingertips, how bad can it get? Double-crossed and angry, the mystery man is on the hunt . . . and Veil is his target. From Eisner Award�winning writer Greg Rucka (_Whiteout_, _Stumptown_, _Queen & Country_, _Gotham Central_)!

Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD... and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate. Now someone is targeting Rowan, someone who knows her secrets and means to expose her... or worse. Collects BLACK MAGICK #1-5.

The truth about Veil leads even more eyes to focus on the strange young woman found wandering out of an empty subway tunnel. Passions run high around her as the body count increases, but is she just an object of desireor a force to be reckoned with in her own right? From Eisner Award winner Greg Rucka!