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"The critically acclaimed Superman: Red Son now collected in a brand new edition! In this vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, the ship carrying the infant who would grow up to become Superman lands in the midst of the 1950s Soviet Union, where he is raised on a collective. As he becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, the world changes drastically from what we know -- bringing Superman into conflict with Batman, Lex Luthor and others. This volume collect...
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2022
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IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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GN 200L
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English
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A page-turning sci-fi adventure set in 1953, featuring a clever girl who, against all odds, must outsmart bullies, the FBI, and alien invaders during the height of the communist Red Scare.
The New York Times Book Review calls Red Scare a "masterly graphic novel debut... tightly wrought, intense, unpredictable... breathtaking action sequences... pacing is remarkable... a virtuosic performance."
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Coldest city volume Prequel
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English
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After a string of botched assignments for MI6 in Berlin, David Perceval is being sent home. Even his final mission before leavinǵ ђؤ the defection of a Soviet scientist́ ђؤ goes badly wrong, as the coldest winter for 30 years descends on Europe. With transport out of Berlin impossible, and the KGB searching everywhere for their lost scientist, Perceval must improvise a deadly game of cat and mouse through the frozen city to keep the Russians...
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Coldest city volume 1
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2017.
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English
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Set in the days immediately preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall, "The Coldest City" follows two British spies through the streets of West Berlin and across the border to the East as they attempt to recover an item of vital interest to national-- and international-- security.
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[2015]
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English
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At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union green-lit a dangerously advanced mission. They sent a man farther into the cosmos than anyone has gone before or since. Lost in the stars, he encountered something unknown. Now he has returned, crash-landing in the Australian Outback. The few that have been able to reach him believe him to be a deity -- one that can bend matter, space, and even time to his will. Now the world's powers must decide for...
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2008.
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English
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What happens when the new weapons of mass destruction wield super-powers? That's the question posed in this gritty tale as a long-forgotten weapon from the Cold War resurfaces with destruction on its mind. This volume collects the disturbing finale to the engrossing series!
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2010.
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English
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A hero for the ages in a trio of war-torn tales! In "Operation: Zero Point," a squadron of anti-gravity Nazi aircraft rises from behind enemy lines! In "Prisoners of Duty," Steve Rogers is taken captive along with fellow infantrymen inside the forbidding walls of a Nazi-held castle. And in "America First!," the Commie-busting Cap of the 1950s uncovers a fifth-columnist plot that has its origins in the most unsuspecting of places! It's Cap action set...
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