Best Selling Books by Matt Fraction

It''s a shining, golden, new age for the Thunder God - and Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel are back to lead the charge! Thor and Sif dive deep into the heart of the fractured World Tree to reclaim an artifact from beyond time and space, an artifact that attracts the attention of the Silver Surfer. And when a herald such as he arrives on Earth, the arrival of his master is certain to follow. Prepare for the return of the World Eater. Prepare for the return of Galactus! Collecting MIGHTY THOR #1-6.

The last line of defense against the forces of the Unknown! Spinning out of the stunning ending of FEAR ITSELF, the final member of the Worthy is on a global rampage, and everyone''s favorite Marvel misfits must band together to solve a mysterious conspiracy deep in the heart of the Marvel Universe! What is the secret of Wundagore Mountain? Matt Fraction (FEAR ITSELF, THE MIGHTY THOR, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) returns with UNCANNY X-MEN cohort Terry Dodson (SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN) to relaunch Marvel''s mightiest non-team: the all-new, all-different, all-dynamic Defenders! COLLECTING: DEFENDERS (2012) #1-6, and material from FEAR ITSELF #7 AND POINT ONE

Collecting Punisher War Journal (2006) #1-12 And #1 B&W Edition. The Punisher is back u0097 with a vengeance! When a superhuman Civil War breaks out, Frank Castle finds himself square in the crosshairs of G.W. Bridge, a S.H.I.E.L.D. big gun who always gets his man. Frank should be lying low, but when spandex-clad bad guys start carrying badges well, thatu0092s something he just canu0092t abide. But can the Punisher play by Captain Americau0092s rules? In the waru0092s aftermath, Frank infiltrates a super-militia bent on igniting a bloody race war u0097 and led by a new Hate-Monger! With Bridge in hot pursuit, can the Punisher disrupt the National Forceu0092s plans u0097 or will he succumb to hate? Plus: An all-new look for the Punisher brings the Winter Soldier out of the woodwork. And can Frank stand up to the alien madness of WORLD WAR HULK?

The World''s Most Wanted is now the World''s Most Shattered... Tony''s closest friends and lovers have gathered to try and help the man rebuild his shattered consciousness, body, life and legacy...but when Tony gets the call, does he WANT to come back? CAN he...even with Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts, bridging the gap between the two worlds? And you didn''t think the bad guys were going to just sit back and let Tony rest and recuperate, did you? Invincible Iron Man (2008) #20-24.

Collects Defenders (2011) #7-12. The Defenders find their way to Wakanda and team with the Black Panther to face the lethal John Aman, the Prince of Orphans! What is Aman protecting that''s worth killing so many for so long? And just how is Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, going to steal it? Then: the Defenders are lost in space-time! What alternate universe will they find first ... and who is waiting for them? Finally, when the purpose of the Concordance engines are revealed, the team must act fast to save everything! What are the Death Celestials? How can the Defenders even hope to stop them? And how can you save the world when you can''t tell anyone it''s about to end?

The thrilling ADVENTUREMAN saga continues as Claire and her family find themselves drawn into an old war waged by a ghostly gangland empire, and the new realities of a life lived in the old-fashioned pulp hero world of Adventureman set in. High adventure, all-ages action, and spectacular thrills abound in a gorgeous new volume by this award-winning team. Collects ADVENTUREMAN: GHOST LIGHTS #1-2

Collects The Mighty Thor #12.1 and #13-17.His father in exile! His mother on the throne! Thor''s world is upside down - and what the heck is Donald Blake doing here, too?! As Thor readjusts to life on Earth, all Broxton - and all Asgardia - begins having the same nightmare. How can Thor fight a foe that''s not there?

The lives of three women intersect in a dark criminal underground. As fire and violence tears through their city over the course of a single day and night, they find that their lives are bound together by one manÑwho seems to be the cause of it all. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER: the first in a sequence of three graphic novellas by MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Hawkeye) and ELSA CHARRETIER (Star Wars, Infinite Loop), with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and exquisitely crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY.

Three strangers entangled by fate, coincidence, and cruelty find themselves at the end of the longest night of their lives, bound together against the dark forces of...wellÑfate, coincidence, and cruelty. Apart, none of them will see sunrise; together they might have a shot, in this thriller by MATT FRACTION and ELSA CHARRETIER, with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and stunning hand-crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY. One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER.

His father in exile! His mother on the throne! Thor''s world is upside down - and what the heck is Donald Blake doing here, too?! As Thor readjusts to life on Earth, all of Broxton - and all of Asgardia - begins having the same nightmare. What really happens in your room at night after you fall asleep? How can Thor fight a foe that''s not there? As the Enchantress completes her latest masterpiece of madness and mayhem, her Keep is unleashed on a slumbering Asgardia - and Blake is transformed into the revenge-crazed Deconsecrator! How far will Blake go to regain what he''s lost? And how can the Nine Realms escape a nightmare with no end?COLLECTING: THE MIGHTY THOR 12.1, 13-17

Collects Hawkeye #1-5 & Young Avengers Presents #6.ÿ The breakout star of this summer''s blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he''s out to prove himself as one of Earth''s Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world.

Tony Stark - Iron Man, billionaire industrialist, and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. - faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony''s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius, and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. What''s worse, he''s got Iron Man tech, and he''s every bit Iron Man''s equal and opposite, except younger, faster, smarter - and immeasurably evil! Star writer Matt Fraction and superstar artist Salvador Larroca join forces for this Iron Man epic! Collects Invincible Iron Man (2008) #1-7.

WHO ARE THE DARK X-MEN? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that''s just one of the huge surprises in "UTOPIA". Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren''t ready for is that Osborn is right. Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #513-514, X-Men: Legacy (2008) #226-227, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia; Dark Avengers (2009) #7-8, Dark X-Men: The Beginning (2009) #1-3, Dark X-Men: The Confession.

Collects Invincible Iron Man #29-33. Justine and Sasha Hammer''s implementation of Detroit Steel led to worldwide embarrassment for Tony Stark. But that was merely the opening salvo. With War Machine grounded by the Pentagon, Pepper missing the RT-charged heart that made her Rescue and Tony''s team struggling, Stark Resilient is in deep trouble.

The second half of World''s Most Wanted! Don''t miss out on this critically acclaimed blockbuster! Tony''s failing health makes the Iron Man too complicated to pilot. Hill hunts the world''s most un-huntable man. Pepper defies Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. itself. And all of Iron Man''s rogues'' gallery is after him and the billion-dollar bounty on his head... starting with the murderous Madame Masque! But believe it or not, there''ll soon come a time when everyone looks back on these as the good old days... Collects Invincible Iron Man (2008) #14-19.

With FEAR ITSELF over, Tony Stark must deal with the consequences of his startling actions. Hounded by the media, can Stark overcome his demon in time to repulse an attack by the Mandarin? Plus, Iron Man''s enemies take advantage of Tony Stark''s lowest ebb to destroy him, as Zeke Stane and a NEW Detroit Steel return! And as the wave of super villain attacks by reinvented classic rogues continues, Bethany Cabe goes on the hunt for Spymaster! COLLECTING: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 510-515

Collects Fear Itself: Book of the Skull & Fear Itself 1-7. As Odin and the Asgardians leave the Earth to fend for itself, the Avengers and the world''s remaining heroes battle the unstoppable tide of terror! And then - the Serpent''s Hammers fall! Who shall rise up and join the Serpent as the Worthy, living avatars of his evil? And how can the Avengers respond...to fear itself?

Collecting Invincible Iron Man (2008) #1-19. Tony Stark u0097 billionaire industrialist, Invincible Iron Man and now director of S.H.I.E.L.D. u0097 faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane u0097 the son of Tonyu0092s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah Stane u0097 has set his sights, his genius and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying the Stark legacy. Whatu0092s worse, Ezekiel has obtained Iron Man technology, and heu0092s every bit Tonyu0092s equal u0097 except younger, faster, smarter and immeasurably evil! Then, following the Skrullsu0092 Secret Invasion, Tonyu0092s entire life has been torn apart. What could make Iron Man the worldu0092s most wanted? Tonyu0092s failing health has made the armor too complicated to pilot, and he has Maria Hill on his tail u0097 not to mention his entire roguesu0092 gallery, all after the billion-dollar bounty on his head! And things only get worse from there!

In a city where unseen and incomprehensible forces conspired to bring three strangers together over the course of one insane and violent night, daylight breaks and the fate of those strangers finally arrives. The conclusion to this noir quartet of graphic novellas by MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ADVENTUREMAN) and ELSA CHARRETIER (The Infinite Loop, Windhaven), with MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and KURT ANKENY.

"He''d been born in the West Indies, sold into the Colonies, fled to London, then condemned to the penal colony in New South Wales. He wasn''t even thirty…He made me want to live again. Just so I could stay with him." His name was Achilles…and this is what happens when Andy returns, by MATT FRACTION and STEVE LIEBER (Superman''s Pal Jimmy Olsen). Then DAVID F. WALKER (BITTER ROOT, Naomi) and MATTHEW CLARK (The Punisher, Amazing Spider-Man) send Nicky on a suicidal solo mission in the Civil War South!

This noir mystery shot through with sex and violence exposes the seedy underbelly of the golden age of television, now collected for the first time in an all new paperback omnibus edition! Sex! Death! Live TV! It''s 1951, and the creator and star of the daily children''s show Satellite Sam turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a series of sordid secrets, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father’s last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession. This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV''s golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity. By the award-winning team of Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, ODY-C) and Howard Chaykin (Black Kiss, American Flagg!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues of Satellite Sam and an epilogue chapter created for the original hardcover collection.

Collects Hawkeye (2012) #17, 12-13, 15, 19, 21-22.

Collects Hawkeye Annual #1, Hawkeye #14, #16, #18, #20.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD? For Claire Connell, it means inheriting the legacy of legendary pulp hero the Adventureman. Now, Claire''s learning that fighting Adventureman’s fights means she''s the one who must face Adventureman’s foes, past AND present… Collects ADVENTUREMAN #5-9

When Suzie and Jon have sex, time stops—literally. Suzie and Jon break up and come together one last time in this gorgeous hardcover climax of the award-winning, bestselling, ground-breaking sex comedy/love story, SEX CRIMINALS—complete with flashforward epilogue, bonus content created exclusively for this volume, and a modesty cover beneath the dust jacket to enable shame-free public consumption—in the biggest, hardest SEX CRIMINALS yet. Collects SEX CRIMINALS #21-30, 69 Select praise for SEX CRIMINALS: "The most emotionally realistic and relatable sex comic ever made." —Wired Magazine “A smart, funny, sex-positive comic book for readers of all genders and predilections.” —Slate “The story transcends the sex and the jokes to take a hard, wet look at what humans do when we do sex...An astounding read.” —Boing Boing TRIM SIZE 7.25" x 10.875"

The Hammer Girls unleash DETROIT STEEL on a world hardly ready for that much metal and chrome, and God help anyone that gets in his way. Tony keeps sifting through the ashes of his old life and tries to rebuild who he is and what he does. Rhodey struggles to be a man of war in a peacetime empire. COLLECTING: Invincible Iron Man #25-28

Collects Hawkeye #6-11. Artist David Aja returns to the most critically acclaimed comic of 2012, as ace archer Clint Barton faces the digital doomsday of - DVR-Mageddon! Then: Cherry''s got a gun. And she looks good in it. And Hawkeye gets very, very distracted. Plus: Valentine''s Day with the heartthrob of the Marvel Universe? This will be...confusing. Marvel architect Matt Fraction continues his exciting, adventurous reinvention of the arrowed Avenger!

Revisit the vampire tale that kick-started a modern horror comics revival in this second collected deluxe edition. A town plunged into darkness, a group of vampires hungry for blood, and only a husband-and-wife sheriff’s team to stop them. This premise set the stage for an iconic horror franchise that went on to become a feature-length film from Sony Pictures in 2007. The story continues far beyond Barrow in this second deluxe edition. Co-creators Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, joined by new writers Matt Fraction and Dan Wickline, continue the vampiric saga in Bloodsucker Tales, The Journal of John Ikos, Dead Space, Picking up the Pieces, and Spreading the Disease, plus a number of extras that go behind the scenes of this innovative horror series!

DeCONNICK & DE LANDRO PRESENT: THE TRIPLE FEATURE! Ripped directly from the world of BITCH PLANET, a crack team of creators spin 15 teeth-clenching tales of rage, revolution, and ridicule. Patriarchy bewareu0083this sci-fi kidney punch can''t be stopped''! 100% Grade-A satire. Accept no substitutes. Collects BITCH PLANET: TRIPLE FEATURE #1-5

Her name was Wu Ao-Shi, and she was known as the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay...and that all came after she left K''un-Lun and took the power of the Iron Fist with her. Kicking her way out of the pages of The Immortal Iron Fist #2, this stand-alone issue tells the story of Wu Ao-Shi, from the moment she became the first woman to touch the heart of Shou-Lao the Undying, to her mysterious, controversial, and epic ending. Collects Immortal Iron Fist #7, #15-16 and Special #1, and Marvel Premiere #15.

With startling ease, a dangerous and aggressive secret organization called Leviathan has systematically wiped out all its competition. Now Leviathan is turning its sights to molding the world into its own radical vision of order. Can this new threat be stopped? Join Lois Lane as she leads Batman, Green Arrow, Plastic Man, Manhunter, and the Question-along with a couple of surprise sleuths-in search of the man who sits behind the cloak of Leviathan. But will whoever finds him first capture him...or join him? Collects Event Leviathan #1-6 and Superman: Leviathan Rising #1.