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Not even Pike''s holy healing could remove the scar Grog received during the ritual his friends interrupted under Gatshadow, but reaching people who could provide answers is difficult. As often happens in these situations, a stranger approaches the party with an offer: he''ll get them access to a wizard''s tower in exchange for stealing a magical item while they''re there. Simple enough. What could go wrong? More hijinks are on the way from award-nominated writer Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things) and first series artist Olivia Samson.

The gang found themselves in 1500s Europe, during the Guelders Wars. Graham, Yaz, and Ryan were better prepared than The Doctor, thanks to the show ‘Hidden Human History’ – not that she’s jealous of the podcast. Investigating rumors of demons hunting the local townsfolk, the gang discovered a group of Stilean Flesh Eaters. Surprised at being discovered, the aliens lashed out at the nearest Time Lord…

With Will ''''the Wise'''' rescued from the Upside Down, the party is finally back together again, but each kid has been affected by their struggle to save their town from real monsters. Mike strives to get Will and the others back into Dungeons & Dragons with the hope that they can find some normalcy in playing their favorite game.

The Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors accidentally created an alternate timeline where Earth was overrun by Sea Devils. Discovering the Skithra were actually behind the invasion, they teamed up once more, along with the fam, a war-torn Rose Tyler, and human-friendly Skithra Queen to set things right…

DER KAMPF IST VORBEI Zehn Jahre nachdem die Jedi nahezu ausgelöscht wurden, hält sich Obi-Wan Kenobi auf Tatooine im Verborgenen. Dort wacht er heimlich aus der Ferne über Luke Skywalker, den Sohn seines ehemaligen Schülers Anakin Skywalker, der auf die dunkle Seite wechselte und zu Darth Vader wurde. Der Hilferuf eines alten Freundes zwingt Obi-Wan, sein Exil zu verlassen und sich seinem einstigen Lehrling erneut entgegenzutreten. Der Comic zur Disney+-Serie Obi-Wan Kenobi! Dieser Band enthält US-STAR WARS: Obi-Wan Kenobi (2023) #1-6

The Doctor and the Master have been arch rivals for as long as they can both remember – which is a very long time! One wants to save the universe, the other, rule it. But as two of the last remaining Time Lords, they share a deep bond that will always entwine their destinies.

Epic Adventures, Lifelong Friendships! Follow the crew from Hawkins, Indiana, as they discover the legendary monsters and epic adventures of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game together. Long before the dreaded Demogorgon took one of them to the Upside Down, watch Mike, Lucas, and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over the game that would define their childhood. See the party come together as a team through communal stories and perilous quests to learn important lessons about friendship and find the courage to stand up to the bullies that challenge their everyday. D&D and Stranger Things together in comics! Comics/gaming powerhouse writers join forces!

Months have passed since Eleven defeated the Mindflayer by closing a gate to the Upside Down—saving her friends and probably the world. Life is rapidly changing for the young group of friends and despite all they have been through they are finding time to play D&D again. This time, new members are joining the party.

OGNI GRANDE STORIA HA UN INIZIO! Mike, Will, Lucas e Dustin sono il nucleo originario dell’amatissima banda di ragazzi protagonista di Stranger Things, nonché degli enormi appassionati di Dungeons & Dragons. Ma come sono diventati amici, prima ancora di lanciare incantesimi e sfidare mostri spaventosi da mondo fantasy? E che ruolo hanno avuto le campagne di D&D nel rafforzare la loro amicizia fino a farla diventare un legame per la vita? Sedetevi e mettetevi comodi: tutte queste domande – e molte altre! – stanno per avere risposta! Lo sceneggiatore dei fumetti di Dungeons & Dragons Jim Zub (Champions, Avengers) unisce le forze con Jody Houser per raccontarci una storia vissuta dai protagonisti di Stranger Things e svolta in parallelo ai fatti raccontati nella serie TV, grazie ai disegni di Diego Galindo (DC vs. Vampires: Killers) e ai colori di Msassyk!

Eine brandneue, abgeschlossene Comic-Geschichte aus der Welt des Netflix-Serienhits. Dieses offizielle Prequel zu Stranger Things, das vor der ersten Staffel einsetzt, dreht sich um die junge Francine, die unter dem Namen Sechs mit anderen Kindern in einem Labor der US-Regierung in Hawkins landet, wo man ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten freisetzen will...

An escaped subject from Hawkins Laboratory discovers her twin sister has just burned down the mental hospital that held her captive and is on the loose. Hot on her trail, she tracks her dangerous sibling down, hoping to mend their familial bonds. Will the sisters be able to make up for the lost time and damage done by their time in Hawkins Lab, or have those bridges already been burned?

Introducing the ultimate supervillian revenge squad! The villains are coming! Faith?s most fearsome foes and ruthless rogues?including Chris Chriswell, Murder Mouse, Dark Star, and Sidney?have finally united, creating an unstoppable coalition of evil with one goal in mind: Destroy Faith Herbert! Together, they are The Faithless...and if Los Angeles? greatest hero doesn?t think fast and fly even faster, they?re going to ground the sky-soaring psiot for good! Join acclaimed writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Star Wars: Rogue One) and stratospheric artists Joe Eisma (Archie, Morning Glories), Marguerite Sauvage (Shade, The Changing Girl), and Kate Niemczyk (Mockingbird) as they send Valiant?s high-flying hero headlong into a deadly gauntlet of unstoppable adversaries hellbent on wreaking revenge and ruin! Collecting FAITH #9?12.

Hello! Is anybody home? Vox Machina is tasked to investigate the whereabouts of Sir Fince after his disappearance. After some poking and prodding, clues lead the team to a mysterious basement. What dark surprises await our heroes in the bowels of his homestead? The campaign continues with series IV of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins, from the New York Times bestselling team of Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things), Noah Hayes (The Avant-Guards), Diana Sousa (Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins, Mall Goth), and Ariana Maher (James Bond, Xena)!

FAITH BEGINS! VALIANT?S MOST DEMANDED HERO STEPS OUT OF HARBINGER?AND INTO AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert ? a psionically gifted ?psiot? discovered by the Harbinger Foundation ? has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she?s always known she can be ? complete with a mild-mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it would? When she?s not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of Angels? own leading superhero ? the sky-soaring Zephyr! But flying solo is going to be tougher than she ever thought when Zephyr uncovers a deep-rooted alien conspiracy. Two-bit burglars and car thieves are one thing, but when the world needs a hero to stave off a full-blown extraterrestrial invasion, will Faith find herself in over her head?or ready for her biggest challenge yet? Rising star Jody Houser (Orphan Black) and explosive artists Francis Portela (Green Lantern) and Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells) pilot a new chapter for Valiant?s high-flying hero right here in Faith?s first-ever limited series!

Writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Faith) and artist Gabriel Guzmán (Mass Effect, Star Wars) join forces for StarCraft, a new series further exploring the expansive universe of Blizzard''s hit video game. Seen from the point of view of a young, inexperienced engineer, a group of terran space scavengers hope to pull off the job of their lifetimes, ignoring a recent United Earth Directorate treaty to pillage a derelict protoss ship. The scavengers'' dangerous plan is compounded by the fact that the protoss ship is in a decaying orbit above a backwater planet. If their time doesn''t run out and Dominion police forces don''t bust them, will protoss or zerg factions in the outer rim find and execute them?

The incredibly influential fantasy novel comes to comics! Fitz begins to settle into his new life in Buckkeep, though even here among new friends, stares and whispers haunt his every step. But the power growing within him is stirring, and Fitz will learn to have to control the ancient forces of his blood, or face certain destruction! The first comics installment of best-selling author Robin Hobbs''s Assassin''s Apprentice!

The young heroes of Hawkins find themselves swept up in a sea of change after saving their town from Soviet spies and horrific creatures. Their favorite bookstore has shuttered, and Will and Eleven are moving away, but before they go, the party has one last epic quest to finish.

Il y a peu, Harley Quinn a bien cru qu''elle avait perdu Poison Ivy pour toujours... À nouveau réunies, elles ont maintenant la ferme intention de profiter de la vie. Imaginez donc la réaction de la reine de Coney Island quand sa meilleure amie devient la cible d''une nouvelle menace ! Ou plutôt... sa réaction quand elle réalise qu''Ivy a bien changé, et qu''elle fait plus que flirter avec le côté obscur ! Harley se laissera-t-elle séduire par cette nouvelle facette, ou saura-t-elle tenir tête à son alliée de toujours ? Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #1-6

Every second counts as acclaimed writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Star Wars: Rogue One), explosive artist Stephen Segovia (NINJAK, Action Comics), comics legend Barry Kitson (Fantastic Four), and special surprise guests push Faith into a centuries-spanning fight for existence alongside the greatest heroes of the valiant universe?past, present, and future!?Faith ?Zephyr? Herbert ? former member of Unity, current Harbinger Renegade, and Los Angeles? #1 superhero ? is the universe?s last, best chance at survival! Centuries from today, a devious artificial intelligence has unleashed a blistering attack on the very foundations of time?one that is the unwriting history from beginning to end! Now, with her options exhausted, Neela Sethi, Timewalker ? the self-appointed protector of what is and will be ? has returned to the 21st century to recruit Earth?s greatest champions of today and?tomorrow ?to oppose this existential threat?and she needs Faith to lead them! But why Faith? And why now? Fly to the farthest edges of the future right here in a death-defying race to save time itself as Faith leads the charge alongside Valiant?s greatest heroes?and becomes a new legend for the ages!

The first installment of Robin Hobb''s New York Times bestselling fantasy epic, The Assassin''s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy), comes to life in comics form!

This spine-tingling comic based on the hit Netflix series follows Will Byers'' struggle to survive in the treacherous Upside Down. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight a division of ABDO.

Haunted heroics! Faith Herbert has lost many allies throughout her life? Her mother. Her father. Even a fellow Renegade. Despite this, Los Angeles? high-flying hero has always defined herself by more than tragedy. But what happens when Faith must literally confront the ghosts of her past? A mysterious force is wrenching the passed spirits of Faith?s most loved ones back from beyond the grave...and into our world to break her mind and spirit! Can Faith overcome her greatest fear?or will these ghosts soon make her one of their own? Jump on board the best-selling independent superhero series of 2016 right here as rising star Jody Houser (Mother Panic) and acclaimed artists Meghan Hetrick (Red Thorn) and Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells) push Faith into the crosshairs of a frightful new foe!

Dark Horse is thrilled to announce tales from two diverse worlds in our FCBD Gold Offering featuring Netflix''s Stranger Things and a spooky trip into Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston''s Eisner Award-winning series Black Hammer with a cover by Chun Lo. In Stranger Things, writer Jody Houser and artist Ibrahim Moustafa bring the adventuring party back together after Eleven''s disappearance, as Nancy and Steve find a way to lift the spirits of a despondent Mike. Perhaps all it takes is a roll of the dice. Then, in the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series creator Jeff Lemire, guest writer Ray Fawkes, and artist David Rub’n, take the reader on an EC-style tour through Madame Dragonfly''s mysterious Cabin of Horrors to witness two groups of brand-new Black Hammer heroes from the past! Learn more at FreeComicBookDay.com.

What''s hiding beneath Gatshadow? The members of Vox Machina track the missing Grog back to his old home in Westruun, where he appears to have been drawn to the local cursed mountain. Of course, he has. Giant spiders, evil skeletons, and something even more nefarious stand in the unlikely heroes'' way when they venture under the mountain to find their friend! From award-nominated writer Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things) and first series author Olivia Samson, with colorist MSASSYK (Isola, Gotham Academy) and letterer Ariana Maher (James Bond, Xena)!

The unlikely heroes of Vox Machina are back in action! Join familiar faces from Critical Role''s smash-hit first campaign as their escapades in Stilben lead them toward new adventure--and a dire threat to Grog when he goes missing in the night. Tracking him down will see the party lose one member, gain another, and reveal parts of Grog''s secret past. But first, his friends have to actually find him. From award-nominated writer Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things) and first series author Olivia Samson, with colorist Michele Assarasakorn (Isola, Gotham Academy) and letterer Ariana Maher (James Bond, Xena)! Collects Critical Role - Vox Machina Origins series II #1-#6.

When a strange figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt Camp Know Where''s serene woodland scene, Dustin must still get on the same wavelength as his fellow campers before tensions rise to a boiling point. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Novels is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.

Future meets past as the Valiant Universe comes full circle! Faith Herbert and Neela Sethi, the newest Timewalker?s first attempt at saving time from being unwritten has failed?which means it?s time to rewind the clocks and star? Wait, didn?t this happen already? No matter which heroes she recruits, Faith?s attempts at saving the time stream keep ending in disaster, throwing her in an endless loop of doomed missions! To break the cycle, Faith and Timewalker will have to call upon their strangest recruit yet for a last ditch effort to save the universe! Jump back to the future with Eisner Award nominee Jody Houser (FAITH, Mother Panic) and rising star Diego Bernard (X-O MANOWAR) as they bring the summer?s most epic event to its penultimate chapter?again?

"As rivals for the favor of the Emperor, Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader may seem like unlikely partners for a crucial mission! Yet this formidable twosome has worked together before. Years ago, Thrawn and the man once known as Anakin Skywalker were joined in the hunt for Padmé Amidala. Now, as each man carves his own way through the galaxy, they will find themselves bound together once more by the Emperor''s will--and they will be each be tested to their limits by an enemy worthy of their formidable combined might!"--

As Dustin arrives for a session at Camp Know Where without the friendship or support of his Hawkins adventuring buddies, he''ll navigate the complexities of a new social pecking order. While also faced with a tribe of nerdy bullies, an evil threat haunts the budding scientists and camp counselors. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Novels is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.

The final voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise continue with the amazing crew of writer Jody Houser (STRANGER THINGS, HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY) and artist Silvia Califano (THE X-FILES: CASE FILES)! With the Klingon threat behind them, the crew of the Enterprise begins their victory tour of the original planets of the Federation. But they’ll soon discover that for all of the danger they faced on the five-year mission, the biggest threat of all may be something closer to home.

New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, Green Lantern) and Valiant-exclusive sensations Pere P?rez (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) lead off a centuries-spanning look at X-O Manowar?s past, present? and future!? From the outcome of a bloodstained battle on the frontier of the Roman Empire that continues to be felt to this day, to the last days of Aric of Dacia and the future of the X-O Manowar armor all the way to the year 4001 A.D.! Then: The life and times of the unstoppable X-O Manowar loom large as a massive cast of rising stars and superstar talents ? including Amy Chu (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death), Adam Gorham (DEAD DROP), Jody Houser (FAITH), Mike McKone (Teen Titans) and more ? come together for tales of Valiant?s most powerful hero?and his allies and foes alike! Collecting?X-O MANOWAR 2016 ANNUAL #1, BOOK OF DEATH: THE FALL OF X-O MANOWAR #1, and 4001 A.D.: X-O MANOWAR #1

When Will Byers finds himself in the treacherous Upside Down, he discovers he''s not alone. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.