Most Popular Books by Steve Vance

ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER YORK HOUSE It was such a lively old house, elegant and airy, but it had one minor flaw. The people who checked in, never checked out-alive. Undaunted by rumors of evil, Cathy Lockwood walked right into the festering heart of the crumbling mansion, determined to find her brother. She was sure he was alive-in some form-and she swore she''d rip York House apart, timber by timber, to find him. She thought nothing human or inhuman could scare her away-until she confronted the horrifying secret that waited for her in the dark, fetid basement. The she could scream to high heaven, but only hell would hear her.

MaryAnn lives with her mama on a little piece of land in Duncan County, Georgia. If you''re smart, you''ll keep your distance. She''s a strange one, that girl, always wearing a hood to hide her face from the light of day. No one can remember what she looks like. The kids make fun of her. The grown-ups say she''s evil. Now this big-city educator has come to town. Her name is Lola Aragon and she thinks she can help MaryAnn. Save her. Welcome her to a normal life. But everyone knows MaryAnn isn''t normal. Lola Aragon has to learn the truth the hard way. The truth about MaryAnn. And why everybody calls her … SPOOK

In the hills of Southern California, a series of violent and gruesome deaths occurs within the space of a few hours. The murders are attributed to some unknown, savage animal.Precisely one month later, college student Meg Talley is attacked in the same manner. Astonishingly, she survives, but when she insists that her assailant was a hideous monster-like creature, she is called hysterical. Journalist Douglas Morgan, private eye Nick Grundel, and horror novelist Blake Corbett, however, have each theorized that the mangling, incredible though it seems, might be the work of a werewolf. Now they team up with Meg to peruse an intensive investigation. When a suspect is apprehended and confined, the four are on hand. But neither skeptics nor believers are prepared for the bone-chilling terror and cataclysmic violence that will be unleashed in the night of the January full moon…

Everyone but Ann thought that Carl Urbanowich was a harmless man who had lost his mind. Ann believes his fantasies of power and tries to stop him from ending the earth. She risks her life to prevent the catastrophe. Can she prevent him from smashing our planet into four individual solar systems?

An Elseworlds classic! Raised without knowledge of his alien heritage, unaware of his powers of flight due to a childhood trauma, the Last Son of Krypton carves an unexpected destinyÑthat of a superstar athlete and pop culture icon!

The Madison Facial and Cranial Surgery Center is famous throughout the world for helping victims of birth defects and traumatic injuries. The world doesn’t know, however, that the center does very special work for the government as well—providing new faces, new identities, and new personalities for select patients creating perfect assassins for clandestine "wet work". When butchered bodies begin turning up on the other side of the country, FBI agent Russell Montgomery immediately recognizes the handiwork of vicious serial killer Calvin Peter Bryant, known as the Prince of Darkness. But that’s impossible—Bryant is dead, shot and killed by Montgomery himself. Can the Prince of Darkness somehow still be alive and killing? The only way Montgomery can find out is by following the trail of victims—a trail that seems to lead right to the Madison Center.

This collection includes legendary artist Jose Luis Garci a-Lo pez''s dynamic work on Superman from the 1970s forward! This collection includes stories from DC Comics Presents #41, Realworlds: Superman #1, Superman, Inc. #1, Superman: Kal #1, Superman #347, World''s Finest Comics #244, #255 and #258, and Action Comics #1000, plus dozens of pages of cover art and more!

No matter where-or when-evil hides, the Justice League is ready to defeat it! This collection of all-ages stories set in the animated world of Justice League Unlimited include a trip to the future where our heroes team up with the Legion of Super-Heroes to try to defeat Kilg%re! The Justice League also travel to medieval Camelot-helping Shining Knight defend his kingdom from Morgan Le Fey and her evil army! And it’s a trip to the Wild West as Wonder Woman, Elongated Man, and Vigilante enlist the help of Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, and El Diablo to go up against the Time Commander! Collects Adventures in the DC Universe #10, Justice League Adventures #28, #30, and #34, and Justice League Unlimited #9 and #19.

Roger Griffin''s lifetime dream lay before him. He stood within an immense interstellar vessel that had lain beneath the Wyoming mountains for millennia. It had remained a virtually impenetrable fortress to the scientific teams that prowled its two-mile-long exterior-until they managed to pry open the door. Then the dream of scientific discovery became a horrific nightmare as an earthquake awakened the long dormant brain of the malfunctioning spacecraft-and rocked the door shut. Griffin and his fellow survivors frantically tried to escape, but the ship''s computer took steps to rescue itself and exterminate the humans in board. Suddenly, the newly awakened control room displayed a clock for its terrified inhabitants to see. Its lights blinked in and off, but the message was clear: Six hours until lift-off. Six hours to live. Six hours to die.

A CIRCLE OF DEATH The shapeshifter stalked the moonlit night, thirsting for blood, hungering for the flesh of new victims. Once a man, now a grotesque monster, he left behind him a bloody trail of mangled corpses. Before him lay only more death. A RING OF MADNESS They were the believers, men and women sworn to exterminate the beast from the face of the earth. But all their strength could not prevent the hunters from becoming the hunted. For soon they were trapped in a terrifying game that led not to death—but to everlasting pain and eternal hell. Their only hope for survival was to succumb to the powers of the shapeshifter they had once sought to destroy. Terror comes in many forms.

The surprising conclusion finds Deadman discovering the shocking secret of who has been sending him on these missions to save the doomed heroes and why-but he may not like the answer.

A special two-part tale, “Death and the Maiden,” featuring guest art by José Luis García-López and Eduardo Barreto! A police detective is on the trail of a serial killer, and Deadman just can’t resist lending a ghostly hand. But Boston Brand finds more than he bargained for when he meets the woman of his dreams-a woman targeted for death…

A police detective is on the trail of a serial killer, and Deadman just can’t resist lending a ghostly hand. But Boston Brand finds more than he bargained for when he meets the woman of his dreams-a woman targeted for death.

The latest adventures of everyone’s favorite dead hero continue! Deadman learns that crime lord Duroc’s latest shipment of drugs contains an ingredient that will turn users into homicidal maniacs, and the only way he can stop it is by becoming one of them!

Deadman fights to save an abandoned child from the clutches of its mercenary mother, the evil Nanda Parbat exile named Onyx, only to be caught in the crossfire between her and the assassin known as Sensi.

Now readers can share Groening''s and Vance''s shocking dream visons--such as "The Last Eligible Man on Earth", "The Incredible Shrinking Apartment", and "The Marriage that Would Not Die"--via the original lobby cards which form the latest volume in this pioneering tear-and-mail library of low moral fiber.

“DEAD END!” A battle rages though the streets of Metropolis as Superman and Doomsday fight to the death! It’s a death Deadman can’t prevent, but he can make sure the body-and soul-of the Man of Steel aren’t used to further the cause of evil.

Deadman fights to save an abandoned child from the clutches of its mercenary mother, the evil Nanda Parbat exile named Onyx, only to be caught in the crossfire between her and the assassin known as Sensi.

A new, all-ages collection featuring Wonder Woman in action with the Justice League, Green Lantern, Catwoman and Cheetah! Collects ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #1, 3, 11 and 19.

“DEAD LOSS.” Deadman is summoned to an abandoned warehouse just in time to observe the torture of Jason Todd-the second Robin-at the hands of The Joker! Deadman tries to intervene, but the fate of Robin’s life is preordained. The fate of his afterlife, however, is another issue entirely.

Eddie is just another kid on the street-a little shy, a little gangly, a little meek-until he crosses the path of a local street tough named Pete. And that’s when Pete decides to turn the bookish “Superboy’s” life around in Realworlds: Superman, the newest Prestige one-shot exploring the real-life influence exerted by the DC Universe’s most iconic characters.

The latest adventures of everyone’s favorite dead hero continue! Boston Brand discovers that the intended recipient of the explosive package that killed a pair of grave robbers is a former resident of Nanda Parbat, a man Deadman has sworn to track down and bring to justice. But Sirna seems to be only a small cog in a much bigger machine...one that may threaten the future of the entire civilized world.

“DEAD AGAIN BOOK ONE: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.” A mysterious force summons Deadman to help prevent the heroic self-sacrifice of Barry Allen-the Flash-during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. But the unexpected appearance of a dark force named Darius Caldera has complicated matters that go beyond life or death.

The latest adventures of everyone’s favorite dead hero continue! At the bottom of the ocean, Deadman must wrest control of a nuclear submarine before it completes a mission of destruction!

Boston Brand stars in his own ongoing series! Deadman investigates the mysterious death in Cairo of a legless band leader and discovers that the body itself, being returned to the United States for its final rest, holds a secret that threatens to unleash a new kind of horror on the Earth!

“DEADLOCK!” The battle royal continues as Mongul teams up with the Cyborg Superman to kill Hal Jordan and destroy Coast City-unless Deadman can stop it. And if he does manage to save the life of Earth’s greatest Green Lantern...is that necessarily a good thing?

Aquaman''s origin is retold in a story narrated by someone close to him that he doesn''t even know is still alive! Plus: a map of Atlantis; an environmental magazine''s interview with Tempest that gets pretty heated; a timeline that details the key moments in the history of Aquaman; and more!

Final issue. The innocent offspring of Nanda Parbat’s most evil couple once again is in the custody of his mother. But will he use the secret powers she has unlocked inside him to betray his newfound family...or to destroy Deadman?

The ÒLegends of the Dead EarthÓ Annuals continue: only a mysterious speedster-sage and his ragtag gang of students can turn the tide of tyranny that an oppressive galactic empire holds over a small planet. And itÕs his newest student, a hyperactive boy with a nonexistent attention span, who may prove to be the key to saving the day.

Retaining the appeal and humour of the TV show, this set of original Simpson stories appears in comic book form.

Written by Steve Vance and D.A. Stern; Art by various THE BIG BOOK OF VICE examines humanity''s worst habits in all their sinful glory. Ranging from true acts of debauchery to harmless infatuations, this guilty pleasure exposes the negative aspects of alcohol, gambling, tobacco, prostitution, drugs, pornography, candy, pinball machines, comic books and video games. Also expanding its reach to touch on the dens of immorality and the greatest advocates of errant behavior, this comic-style book includes special features on Las Vegas, Sodom, Phoenix City, Larry Flynt, Carrie Nation, and Timothy Leary.

Lavishly Illustrated in full colour by Steve Vance with design and paper engineering by Roger Culbertson and Joseph DiDomenico. This is an enchanting celebration of wisdom. A pop-up treasure filled with marvelous paper sculptures. Each page has a "Life Lesson" quote spoken by a comic character.

It''s tough being the new girl in town. Starting over at a new school. Not having any friends. Especially when the popular girls all have super-powers!Lauren is the new girl in the mall-and-beach town of San Narciso, CA. Even though this is her third high school in two years, she''s determined to call this one home. But she quickly finds herself trying to navigate the minefield of the teenage social hierarchy! Should she hang with the outcasts or with a clique of super-powered popular girls? What mystery lies just beneath the school''s brand-new walls? And through it all, what to wear? Collects Bad Girls #1-5

Bobby is skeptical of the long, worldwide hibernation, and why he is only person who cannot fall asleep.