Most Popular Books by Mike Manley

Following the events of Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 1, Bruce Wayne is still M.I.A. because of debilitating injuries sustained during a recent clash with Bane. Now itÕs up to Jean-Paul Valley (a.k.a. Azrael) to carry the mantle of Batman in Gotham City. Unfortunately, Valley is wrestling with his own demons and is struggling to meet the high standards set by his predecessor. Now The Joker has resurfaced with a crazy new scheme to destroy the Dark Knight. But what happens when the Clown Prince of Crime realizes that something is amiss with his longtime archnemesis? The nine-volume saga of Batman: Knightfall continues in this fifth volume of the series. Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 2 collects Detective Comics #671-675, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #24-28, Batman #505-508 and Showcase Õ94 #7. Bonus material is also included.

Let''s go back to the time of rotary phones, party lines, TV screens that were fifteen inches, and the beginning of rock and roll. What was it like growing up in a Housing Authority project? Take a journey throughtime withnine friends in the fifties, as they try to show you kids are the same yesteryear as they are today. Or are they? Faith,friendship, and loyalty are the key words of the book. This book will make you laugh, cry, and wonder were the fifties the good old days. So when your grandkids ask,"How was it when you weregrowing up?"Hand them this book!Coach Mike Manley is a retired New York City physical education teacher. He often states there are 17,500 former students walking around sore from the thousands of pushups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, and chain breakers they did in hisclass His love of teaching, coaching, sports, and faith canbe traced back to his days growing up in a housing project. His book the Project Kids: Takes Us back to the 1950s.Many of the adventures with his eight friends will make you laugh, cry, and wonder how they grew up in such a small part of the world. Mike''s book took forty-eight years in the making, and now he can check it off his bucket list.Mike still coaches on Cape Cod where he lives with his wife Carol.

L’indagine su un omicidio a New York cambierà per sempre la vita di Pantera Nera: conoscerà Everett K. Ross, agente del governo americano incaricato di seguirlo, lascerà il Wakanda in balia di un nuovo regime e si troverà faccia a faccia con il diavolo in persona, Mefisto. La verità dietro questo colpo di stato potrebbe distruggere il rapporto di T’Challa con gli Avengers… e gli equilibri internazionali! Torna, a vent’anni dalla sua unica apparizione in Italia, e per la prima volta in un’unica uscita, una saga che è diventata un cult: i primi dodici numeri del rilancio Marvel Knights di Pantera Nera, scritto da Christopher Priest e illustrato da grandi artisti come Mark Texeira e Joe Jusko. [Contiene: Black Panther (1997) 1-12]

Religion is outlawed and blasé hedonism is the norm, in the skewed future of Doll and Creature. Unleashed into this godless society is a horrible new drug, Gray Matter, which physically transforms its users into monsters, called "Hydes." As the cities rot a mysterious creature emerges with only one instinct: hunt down the Hydes to rid society of them.

When downandout alien exterminator Heath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial plot to commit genocide against the human species, he must put down the bottle and resume his roll as a peacekeeper . . . as the last Fear Agent. This volume collects Fear Agent #1 #4 and sports new cover art! * A brand new edition from Rick Remender! “Fear Agent is absolutely everything I love about comics in one fantastic package.” – Matt Fraction, Casanova, Iron Fist, The Punisher

I nternational FTA tells the story of some Nigerian drug dealers who jumped bail while under the custody of the US federal agents. Unfortunately, the feds went after them across international waters, but it would take a lot more effort to track down these cunning, evasive foreigners than the feds had imagined. When a Nigerian drug dealer and his American partner fail to appear in a Federal Courthouse (FTA) after being released on bond, the U.S government doesn''t take it lightly. The two fugitives, along with their young unindicted co-conspirators, manage to find their way out of the country with the hope of being free forever. But, freedom is short-lived when the prosecuting attorney, James Cohen, vows to find and bring them to justice. With the assistance of the CIA, DEA, U.S. Marshalls and the U.S. Customs Authority, the government ventures across the Atlantic ocean in search of the fugitives. Suddenly, the discovery of three dead bodies of U.S. Federal Agents floating on the coast of the Atlantic ocean across the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, sends a strong message from the ring leader, Gabriel Ogar that the U.S. government may have encroached into the wrong territory.

"The Best of DRAW!, Volume Three compiles material from the sold-out issues #5, #6 and #7 of DRAW!, the professional "How-To" magazine on comics and cartooning, with previously uncollected material from issues #3 and #4!"--Publisher''s description

Featured here are tutorials by, and interviews with, the top artists in the comics industry: Erik Larsen (savage penciling), Dick Giordano (inking techniques), Bret Belvins (drawing the figure in action, and figure composition), Kevin Nowlan (penciling and inking), Mike Manley (how-to demo on web comics), Dave Cooper (digital coloring tutorial) and more! Learn from the pros as each artist presents their work step-by-step, conveying valuable tricks and tips along the way as it evolves to finished form. It''s a must-have for both beginning and experienced artists, as editor Mike Manley assembles this unprecedented wealth of information, including over 25 new pages of never-before published material!

Collects all four existing issues of KIERON DWYER''s underground cult classic adult humor series. Taking its cues from classic humor comics and magazines like MAD, National Lampoon, and underground comix legends like ROBERT CRUMB, LCD: LOWEST COMIC DENOMINATOR is a hilarious antidote to political correctness featuring art and stories by KIERON DWYER, RICK REMENDER, TONY MOORE, HILARY BARTA, BILL WRAY, MIKE MANLEY, and JOHNNY RYAN, et al. Includes a foreword by one of LCD''s earliest fans and supporters, GARTH ENNIS, creator of Preacher and The Boys. Collects LCD: LOWEST COMIC DENOMINATOR #0-3 (4 issues)

Stonemason, soldier, telephone engineer, Judo instructor, husband, father, wanderer. Poems, thoughts and reflections from a child of the 1930s. From 1935 to 2021. Musings on 9 decades. *Contains strong language*

Soon to be a major motion picture starring "Baywatch"''s Pamela Anderson, Barb Wire is an action-packed futuristic fantasy adventure. It is the year 2017 and the U.S. is in the midst of civil war. Can Barb, a sexy and tough bounty hunter, smuggle the rebel leader across enemy lines in time to defeat the forces of fascism?

I supercriminali si sono coalizzati e hanno deciso di “scambiarsi” le nemesi! Ma chi è riuscito a mettere d’accordo per un attacco coordinato alcune delle menti più perfide del pianeta? Nella conclusione dell’ambizioso crossover ideato dal mitico John Byrne si scopre finalmente chi ha orchestrato gli Atti di Vendetta… ma non prima che avvengano altri scontri epocali: Thor contro il Fenomeno! Quasar contro Venom! Magneto contro il Teschio Rosso! Inoltre: il debutto dei New Warriors! [Contiene: The Mighty Thor 411-413, Captain America 366-367, Quasar 6-7, Avengers 312, Avengers West Coast 54-55, Avengers Annual 19, Avengers Spotlight 28-29]

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