Most Popular Books by J. Torres

It's Valentine's Day at Titans Tower! But when Robin's number one fan Larry is playing cupid, will the Teen Titans really want to get struck by love's arrows?

Introducing Geo-Force! He's Terra's big brother and he looks like big trouble--especially when he thinks the Teen Titans are the enemy.

Somebody has kidnapped Beast Boy, Pantha and Gnarrk, and they've all been taken to The Arena to fight its champion gladiator, Private Hive!

When Robin's out of commission, it's up to the rest of the team to gather everyone and anyone who's ever been a Titan to help save the day.

This first original graphic novel in an exciting new series is based on the popular hit television show, "Degrassi: The Next Generation." It presents two "off screen" stories, shown from a different perspective, tying both the show and the book together.

Mr. Freeze bids farewell to Gotham City via a permanent deep freeze. Both Batman and Bruce Wayne must determine Freeze's motives in order to stop him from icing all of downtown Gotham!

Starfire happens upon a lost, baby Wildebeest while visiting the 'Mall of Shopping' and decides to look for the missing child's parents.

During the war between the Amazons and the U.S., Sarge Steel was abducted, and Nemesis is determined to find his missing boss! But with Wonder Woman still reeling from the battle, will she have time to rescue Diana Prince's commander?

Batgirl and Robin have to channel Batman's detective skills in order to catch Clayface and Man-Bat, who are still on the loose‹but how do you follow in the footsteps of The Dark Crusader, who's always two steps ahead of everyone‹--What Would Batman Do?' part 2 of 2.

Nightwing returns from the future to warn the Teen Titans of an evil that could destroy them, but is that evil Robin himself?

The Teen Titans battle a slew of new female villains--Marionette, Joy Stick, Pink X and Mad Maud--all modeled after some of their deadliest villains. Can Robin and the gang discover the secret behind them?

Bring on The Batman! When night falls, the caped crusader comes out to fight crime in Gotham City. Join Batman as he rounds up the city's worst criminals in this book with thirty-two pages of crime-fighting activities and coloring pages. And, best, of all, the book comes with a tube of glow-in-the-dark paint!

Jason's daring rescue of his hometown, Shimmer City, has made him a hero and local celebrity. But while the press may be enamored with Jason and his giant robot, Jason's little sister Juni and their grandpa are decidedly unimpressed. Jason doesn't have time to bask in his newfound fame and glory, though. A mysterious beam of light is closing in on the Shimmer City Museum and similar columns of energy are appearing in other locations all over the world. It's up to Jason and his cybernetic pal, Chiron, to discover the shocking truth about these weird rays and their connection to visitors from another world.

The Teen Titans thought they were the only team in town...so who are all these new teen superheroes popping up all over Jump City?

When there's trouble, you know who to call...but who does Robin call when the other Titans are in danger? This time he recruits Aqualad, Kid Flash, Speedy and Wonder Girl!

J. Torres, who used memory to great effect in THE COPYBOOK TALES, now casts his eye back to the early '60s, when pop music ruled the airwaves. DAYS LIKE THIS follows the formation of "Tina & the Tiaras," a new girl group, as they rise up the charts and overcome personal obstacles to become stars. Featuring stunning art by newcomer Scott Chantler that's reminiscent of the clean lines of vintage graphic design from the period.

The Doom Patrol makes its debut in the pages of TEEN TITANS GO, as we learn some secret details of Beast Boy's life before he joined the Titans.

Alison Dare is back in this new collection of stories! Thrill as Alison and her boarding school friends journey into the "Heart of the Maiden!" Shriek with girlish glee at the adventures of the costumed avenger The Blue Scarab! And laugh and learn as world renowned archaeologist Dr. Alice Dare teaches a thing or two about museum mayhem! All of your favorite adventurers are here in tales by the dynamic duo of J. Torres & J. Bone!

This special double feature starts with Speedy and Aqualad going toe-to-tentacle with a nasty sea monster. Then it's up to Cyborg and Beast Boy to put a stop to Dr. Light before he gets his hands on Cy's power batteries!

The Teen Titans are going on a ÒPicnicÓ! Well-everyone but Raven, who doesnÕt quite understand the invitation/riddle and is about to explode from frustration.

The Teen Titans visit Paradise Island for some fun and games, but someone who wants to take down Wonder Girl is about to put a wrinkle in their plans.

When Robin catches Starfire, Raven and Cyborg making paper airplanes, he warns them that they’re dangerously close to unlocking “The Deadliest Art”: origami. Then, the Titans are shunned by social media elites when a bad after-action photo reveals them as “Posers.” Can they finalize a successful stance in time to defeat their next great menace? Collects issues #31-36.

First, a tale of times past featuring Beast Boy and the Doom Patrol. Then, Kid Flash and Jinx face off against some new foes, the brother and sister threat of Kid Kold and Ice Kate.

Dark Horse is thrilled to bring to readers of all ages Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. This Free Comic Book Day story is an excellent excellent entry point to this wonderfully charming and imaginative world! When an earnest young man starts vying for her attention, Mai wonders if he is her ticket out of the dumps after her break up with Fire Lord Zuko. Little does she know, this fellow has a secret that will point her to a destination she least expects—danger!

Larry the Titan returns! But the magic imp accidentally frees the super-deformed Titans from the margins of the comic book page and lets them roam free in the 'real' world!

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for sun hats and desert boots. Explorers Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet get into trouble as they cross the hottest desert on the planet. Not

The book traces Manny's elaborate career of deviance: from his early experiences with gang life, to encounters with gambling, experiences in New York City, with Synanon and finally with the California Department of Corrections. The book provides descriptions that illustrate many key issues touched by the more abstract concepts of formalized theories of criminal behavior.

"By drawing on local productive histories, producers throughout the European Union (EU) and in parts of the United States have banded together and come up with unique and creative strategies for distinguishing their products in a market-place which is dominated by standardized and homogenized food products. One of these strategies, place-based labeling draws on the uniqueness of products that can only be produced in a certain geographical area, and only under certain conditions..."--Introd. p. 2.

An action-packed graphic novel that shows no friendship is impossible On a camping trip with the Junior Rangers, Jay feels like the odd one out. He's determined to get a photo of Bigfoot--but none of his friends believe Bigfoot exists. But if there's no such thing as Bigfoot, why is there a giant footprint? And who is stealing all the snacks? Meanwhile, Sass the Sasquatch and her curious forest friends are playing practical jokes on the campers. On the last day of camp, disaster strikes when Jay falls into a rushing river. Sass comes out of the woodwork--despite her parents' warnings to stay away from humans!--just in time to save his life. Soon after, Jay and Sass become fast friends, proving that nothing is impossible when it comes to friendship. Told in ten short chapters, this is an accessible book with an action-packed story line perfect for building early literacy skills, with sequential illustrations that provide contextual clues to the text.

Phase Transitions in Grey Matter: Brain Architecture and Mind Dynamics relates the complex systems that we know as 'mind' and 'brain' to simple concepts in physics such as 'phase transition' and 'criticality' and establishes a close mathematical link between them. A serious review of live issues in science - from interaction and correlation to emergence, scale invariance, attractors, noise and chaos-this book demonstrates their relevance to intelligence and consciousness. The result is a significant and useful portrait of what 'mind' currently means to science and aggregates widely dispersed and sometimes hard to find topics into one resource. Key highlights: --Provides a coherent basis for the existence of criticality in the brain, and shows how some of its main outstanding properties may be understood --Deeply explores the assumption that phase transition is the most relevant concept to understand the mind --Offers a strong foundation for those interested in making a complete and useful portrait of the brain This book is for advanced graduate and graduate students in physics, applied mathematics, biology and medicine. It is an excellent resource for practitioners and those curious about recent advances in neurosciences.

Jesse sees dead people, monsters, demons, and lots of other things that go bump in the night that no one else can see. No one except his ailing grandmother - a woman who used her visions to help those living in her small town in the Philippine countryside. The same rural community in all the scary stories Jesse's heard about. Man-eating ogres in trees. Farmhouses haunted by wraiths. Even pigs possessed by the devil. Upon his grandmother's passing, Jesse has more and more supernatural experiences leading him to believe that he's cursed. But he has no choice but to face his demons and whatever else might be awaiting him at grandma's house.