Best Selling Books by Howard Chaykin

In the Golden Age of television, Ruff and Reddy were on top of the entertainment worldÉuntil the world turned, and they were forgotten. Now, Ruff is a washed-up television actor. Reddy is a clerk in an upscale grocery store. Can a hungry young agent convince the two one-time partners to make a comeback-and convince the world that it wants to see the famously infamous dog-and-cat comedy team back in the spotlight? DonÕt miss it if you can!

"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

È il 1977 quando esce il primo film di Star Wars. Nello stesso anno la Marvel dà alle stampe la serie regolare ambientata nell’universo di George Lucas, che ha per protagonisti Luke, Ian, Leila, Lord Fener, Obi-Wan e Ciube! È il primo di tanti tasselli che ancora oggi vanno a completare uno degli universi narrativi più amati di sempre. Si inizia con l’adattamento a fumetti del film, punto di partenza della più grande saga di fantascienza mai creata. Sei episodi che ci porteranno dalla fuga dei droni fino allo scontro finale sopra e dentro la Morte Nera. Una pietra miliare del fumetto di scifi firmata da autori del calibro di Roy Thomas e Howard Chaykin!

Superman tries to start a new life with his few surviving friends in a post-apocalyptic world, but earth then faces an even graver threat that may leave him alone again.

The Doomsday Clock ticks ever closer to Midnight--and only the SHADOW and his faithful companion MARGO LAINE can hope to hold back the hour of annihilation…

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!

The doomsday clock tolls for mankind--and only one man can save both nuclear powers from Armageddon in the breathless final chapter of what may be the SHADOW'S final adventure. "With The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow, Chaykin returns to the character that made his career in grand style, displaying that underneath the icon, there is still just an artist who wants to tell an entertaining story. It's an amazing time to be a Chaykin fan." - Newsarama

All-new original graphic novel, modernizing the formative first days of this super-hero icon that defined pop culture! Billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark lived a life of wealth and privilege. That all changed when an on-site visit to a war-torn nation went horribly wrong, leaving Tony gravely injured in the hands of dangerous extremists - one a former friend. When asked to build a weapon, Tony instead constructed a mechanized suit of armor and escaped. But the horrors he left behind are coming for retribution, and the only way to stop them is for the carefree playboy to become the Iron Man!

With a movie in development from director Steven Spielberg, DC collects this acclaimed 1988 series starring the World War II aviator known as Blackhawk for the first time. BLACKHAWK is currently in development as a movie from director Steven Spielberg! Howard Chaykin's 1988 miniseries is collected in book format 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 #1-3, SECRET ORIGINS #45, ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #601-608, 615-622, 628-635; WHO'S WHO '87 UPDATE #1 (Lady Blackhawk profile), WHO'S WHO UPDATE '87 #1 (Blackhawk & Blackhawks profiles).

Five extraordinary survivors of a not-so-random terrorist attack put the pieces of their giant jigsaw puzzle back together just in time for their faces to be plastered all across the media as the perps! But the mystery deepens as their personal histories are revealed, and they discover that they are all connected by a lot less than six degrees.

The surviving Challengers fight to save the world and regain their humanity! Master storyteller Howard Shaylin concludes his epic reconstruction of the Challengers of the Unknown in a way no one could see coming.

It's Orion vs. a strength-increased Kalibak, in a battle to determine who rules Apokolips! But what secret does Desaad hold, and will it help or hurt Orion?

Five extraordinary people with seemingly nothing in common share the bond of surviving a cataclysmic event. In a world devoid of super-heroes, they come together and discover that everything they know has been a lie, that the world we live in is not the one we believe it to be. To survive, they must unite and face the true masters of our universe. It's a world where literally anything can happen, and probably will!

The origins of the Challengers are revealed! The curtain is pulled back just enough to get a glimpse of who our heroes are, who they were and how they came to be. Unfortunately, one of the Challengers will meet their final fate. The only question is, which one?

An Elseworlds tale Someone is stealing the children of Gotham City. There is also a new creature of the night people are calling The Batman. One night someone sees the Batman near a wagon of kids, and surmises that he is stealing the children. This peaks the interest of visiting escape artist and showman Harry Houdini. So he makes a promise to help the police track down The Batman. Yet when he finally meets the mysterious figure, Harry knows that he is the hero, and not the villain, of the story. The two team up and discover that the children have been kidnapped by an albino, but all evidence points to a puppet master for the albino, so they continue to work together to stop the heinous crime.

Five strangers thrown together by a random act of terrorism discover that all is not as it seems. Tugged and manipulated by the powers that really run the world, these extraordinary individuals now must find out who the puppet master behind the curtain is, and how they can cut the strings.

The remaining Challengers come face to face with the masters of the world and learn that the masses have been manipulated for quite some time. Now it's up to the Challengers to free the world and beyond from Hegemony's insidious grasp!

Trapped in a strange rift in time, Green Lantern and Space Ghost are forced to battle a variety of foesÑand each other! And even if they manage to survive, they will be thrown into a world with no concept of interstellar travelÑor even what an alien is! Stripped of their weapons by a xenophobic culture, the duo will have to battle to regain themÑbut what happens when Space Ghost dons the Emerald Ring and Hal Jordan put on the Power Bands? And in the backup feature, Ruff and Reddy were once the toast of nightclubs, variety shows, late night chat fests and Broadway. Learn how they became the comedic duo of yesterdayÉbefore they hit rock-bottom today!