Best Selling Books by Howard Chaykin

Joel Breakstone, a GI liberator of Buchenwald and brutally damaged goods, follows a path of vengeance that leads to redemption in a violent journey into his own heart of darknessu0084in a spiritual adventure from comics'' contemporary master of crime and punishment, HOWARD CHAYKIN. Collects MIDNIGHT OF THE SOUL #1-5

Five. Five. Five intent on committing a second unspeakable act of murderous terrorism. Five intent on avenging that first slaughter, then murdering that other quintet before its mission can be completed. And of course, it''s a love story.

On the fringes of the Rann-Thanagar War, G''Nort of the Green Lantern Corps must find an arbiter to broker a peace deal! What neutral part does he find? None other than Guy Gardner! Wait...Guy? Peace? Neutral?

Comics is long overdue for a revolution, and it gets one—new stars, new talent, and new fans who can’t get enough of both. And every new success story starts the same way: by killing someone else’s.

MINISERIES CONCLUSION A desperate race toward dawn a suburban bloodbath the deeper truth of memory and a tentative and fragile peace.

An America sundered. An America enraged. An America terrified. An America shattered by greed and racism, violence and fear, nihilism and tragedy... ...and that''s when everything really goes to hell

Collects Sub-Mariner (1968) #61-72; Marvel Spotlight (1971) #27. The Sub-Marineru0092s royal bearing and tempestuous attitude have made him a lightning rod for action and excitement since day one. The adventures in store for you here u0097 completing the Sub-Marineru0092s original MARVEL AGE series u0097 will be no exception to the rule. It begins when Dr. Hydrou0092s human-amphibian hybrids attack Atlantis. Namor wins the day, but his people oppose him after he takes in the outcast army. Then, a nerve gas explosion leaves Namor crippled and unable to defend his realm from Orca and an upstart kingdom. Reed Richards will craft a new costume to help him fight again, but nothing will be able to contain the rage of the Savage Sub-Mariner! Also featuring u0093Tales of Atlantis,u0094 a backup feature exploring the legends of Atlantis!

Cousin Eerie''s back to write you a prescription for terror! Prepare to show symptoms of psychological disturbance after psychotreatment by Professor Al Ewing and Kelley "Sawbones" Jones, while Dan Jolley, MD and Dr. Norm Breyfogle diagnose you with eternal doom! It''s time for your annual chilling checkup! Stomach-turning tales ripped from _Grey''s Scarenatomy_! Kelley Jones (_Criminal Macabre_) and Norm Breyfogle (_Batman_) lay down the ink with surgical precision! Monster gallery by Howard Chaykin!

He''s the most despised man in America...the colossal screw up who doomed New York City. In a last ditch attempt to hold on to his manhood, this cosmic loser assembles a quartet of serial murderers in a pathetic and desperate search for his own redemption. Fat chance.

They’ve known for years it’s the beginning of the end...so why won’t the damn business just die already? Hopes and dreams are floated and crushed, and crushed again…but new blood, with new eyes, can see a new path emerging from the mist, a fog that veterans thought just hid one more cliff.

The most despised man in America finds himself at the crossroads of faith, of redemption, and of love...as Frank Villa is virtually alone in one last desperate attempt to countermand history repeating itself in its march to annihilation. I know just how he feels.

LA LARGA ESPERA HA TERMINADO, POR FIN LLEGA EL GRAN CLÁSICO DE HOWARD CHAYKIN.En un futuro distópico en el que los gobiernos están controlados por corporaciones y la población dominada por los medios, los Plexus Rangers son la fuerza del orden que intenta mantener el status quo. Pero el nuevo recluta Reuben Flagg no solo está dispuesto a mantener a raya a las bandas callejeras, también será la única esperanza frente una conspiración nazi y la dominación corporativa total.American Flagg! es el gran clásico de los años 80 creado por Howard Chaykin. Todo un hito del arte secuencial gracias a sus innovadoras técnicas de narración visual, a la vez que una historia de ciencia ficción llena de acción, sexo y humor sin dejar de lado la crítica a la sociedad de consumo. Incluye:- AMERICAN FLAGG! no1-14 USA- AMERICAN FLAGG!: HARD TIMES.

For decades, every new generation has just been younger players taking over dead men''s jobs. But now, a new breed genuinely innovates and renders the old guys useless while they''re still walking.

Ruff and Reddy have hit the skids, plunging from A-list to “huh?” to “wait, who?” and finally to “who cares?” Next stop for these pathetic has-beens on the treadmill to oblivion is the convention circuit—where their agent turns a potential disaster into a goldmine of publicity—and the comeback begins.

Out of the ashes of Harbinger Wars, Bloodshot is about to join the weaponized men and women of the Harbinger Active Resistance Division ? the black budget, technologically augmented strike force where the powers are dangerously unstable and every mission is a one-way ticket into the meat grinder. With a reluctant leader calling the shots and a new crop of untested rookies manning the frontline, Bloodshot is about to take H.A.R.D. Corps on a brutal, globe-spanning cavalcade of missions against the Harbinger Foundation, Project Rising Spirit?s own rogue operators, and the conspiracy-smashing duo of Archer & Armstrong. Get ready for a gasoline-drenched, synapse-snapping suicide run where no one is safe and heroes always die trying! Acclaimed writers Christos Gage, Joshua Dysart, and Peter Milligan join an all-star cast of artists ? including Emanuel Lupacchino, Howard Chaykin, Bart Sears, Lewis LaRosa, and more ? here for the explosive final act of Bloodshot?s smash-hit ongoing series, re-presented in its entirety for the first time ever in a prestige-sized hardcover format and packed with 20+ pages of rarely seen bonus materials and special features! Collecting BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #14-23, BLOODSHOT #24-25, BLOODSHOT #0, BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS: H.A.R.D. CORPS #0, and ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18-19.

Collects Captain America Theater Of War One-Shots - America First, Operation Zero Point And Prisoners Of Duty.

In the rough-and-tumble, dog-eat-dog world of the business of show, betrayal is just another fact of life…but when Ruff and Reddy betray the one person who believed in them, there’ll be hell to pay—and pay again and again and again!

Collected in book form for the first time! Polish pilot Janos Prohaska-better known as Blackhawk-is on American soil and in trouble. Accused of Communist leanings, he stumbles across a plot to overthrow the U.S. government and bomb New York City concocted by former Nazis out for revenge. Collects Blackhawk: Blood & Iron #1-3, plus stories from Action Comics Weekly #601-608, #615-622, and #628-635 and Secret Origins #45.

It''s New Year''s, 1950... the end of a tumultuous decade. Lamont Cranston, the man that the world and the underworld know all too well as The Shadow, has had enough. It''s time for the mysterious nemesis of crime to hang up his cloak, his slouch hat, and his twin .45s, and retire from public life. But despite this momentous decision, Margo Lane and the rest of The Shadow''s agents fear that mankind, teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, may not be quite ready to be bereft of the dark avenger. Howard Chaykin, whose 1980s revival of The Shadow at DC Comics reinvigorated the character for comic lovers everywhere, returns to tell a mind-blowing tale of the Master of Men! Who know what evil lurks in the heart of men? Howard Chaykin knows!

"Poisonous and bitter, an absurdly funny sucker punch demanding to be spat out." —Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals) The infamous, hardboiled-erotica series is collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover omnibus featuring new material. It’s been a long, long time…one last time. Collecting for the first time every stop along the way on Howard Chaykin’s transgressively groundbreaking trail, the BLACK KISS OMNIBUS collects the legendary 1988 series, its 2012 sequel BLACK KISS 2, plus the BLACK KISS XXXMAS SPECIAL and, created just for this volume, the all-new 28-page BLACK KISS HALLOWEEN, which will mark Chaykin’s final excursion into this world’s hardboiled erotic noir. Throw in a look back at the project’s long history of sensationalism and censorship, plus a large assortment of extras from across nearly four decades, and this 400-page collection will be the definitive shelf-filler that once again makes readers ask that vital question…does it have to be so dirty? Collects Black Kiss #1-12, Black Kiss 2 #1-6, and the Black Kiss XXXMas in July Special

A murderer?s row of comic talents ? Peter Milligan (Hellblazer), Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey), B. Clay Moore (JSA: The Liberty Files), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg), Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX), Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), and many more ? come together for a collection of stories from throughout the bullet-riddled history of Valiant?s most brutal and relentless hero! Meet the man behind Bloodshot ? or is he? ? when one soldier?s untapped killer instinct takes over in ?The Glitch?! Then, Russian superpies don?t die easy as ?Sleepers? takes Bloodshot deep into the biting cold of a former Soviet state and face to face with an enemy eerily similar to himself. Plus: the origin of Bloodshot retold, Howard Chaykin?s ?Protocol?, and much more! Collecting BLOODSHOT #24, the oversized BLOODSHOT #25 anniversary extravaganza, and an exclusive Director?s Cut of BLOODSHOT #1 ? featuring a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes look inside the script, art, and character designs of the blockbuster first issue that set Bloodshot in motion!

A murderer?s row of all-star talents is going all-in for an oversized, 48-page milestone anniversary blowout chronicling the classified history of Valiant?s most dangerous, most brutal, most relentless hero ? BLOODSHOT! Meet the man behind Bloodshot ? or is he? ? when one soldier?s untapped killer instinct takes over in a feature-sized lead tale of blood, guts, and heart by Peter Milligan and Lewis LaRosa! PLUS?an all-new story by comics master Howard Chaykin! The original BLOODSHOT launch team of Duane Swierczynski and Manuel Garc?a join forces again for an all-new adventure! AND?Duffy Boudreau and Al Barrionuevo take you on Bloodshot?s journey from the end of the line with H.A.R.D. Corps to the Colombian jungle where Unity found him! Along with many more bonus stories and artwork, a complete cover gallery, and more!

Jack KirbyÕs two wartime kid gangs share their first adventure together in a novel-length tale written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin! When the Boy Commandos arrive in New York on the trail of a secret Axis agent, theyÕre greeted as turf invaders by the crime-fighting Newsboys! Can these kids put aside their rivalry and join forces to protect the home front? Also features a Kirby reprint!

Envy...self-loathing...jealousy...self-destruction...backstabbing—and that’s just Monday in this business they call show. Ruff and Reddy are not ready for this maelstrom of malice that’s a daily affair in the entertainment-industrial complex, while Pamela Chyron, their increasingly hard-bitten agent, finds herself cleaning up one mess before she’s finished burying another. It’s hell out there in Hollywood!

For 100 Dynamite issues, The Shadow has known what evil lurks in the hearts of men. To commemorate, Dynamite Entertainment brings together master storytellers to celebrate the purveyor of justice who proves that crime does not pay. Join MATT WAGNER, HOWARD CHAYKIN, and FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA as they pen, pencil, and ink stories so mesmerizing they don''t even need a girasol! Also joining us will be The Shadow alumni MICHAEL USLAN, CHRIS ROBERSON, and VICTOR GISCHLER, paired with top artists, to show the weed of crime bears only bitter fruit! This is ONE centenarian celebration you WON''T want to miss.