Christopher Cantwell

Nightwing and Deadman team up to face ghosts of the past, and the action continues across the DC Universe in this anthology collection! In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, top talent and rising stars unite to deliver a variety of memorable stories starring both Batman and his allies in Gotham City, and also heroes across the DC Universe. This volume features Nightwing and Deadman facing the ghosts of the circus, as presented in spectacularly horrific detail by horror maestros Tim Seeley and Kelley Jones! Their journey will reveal long-forgotten secrets and they might wish it hadn't. Elsewhere or when Mark Russell and Jon Mikel team for a time-traveling tale starring Booster Gold and the Jurassic League! Batman and Guy Gardner encounter an alien invader, courtesy of Joshua Hale Fialkov and Lisandro Estherren! Plus, stories starring the Flash and more, in a must-read anthology for any DC fan. This volume collects stories from Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13-16.

Born from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, Eisner Award–nominated writer Christopher Cantwell (Plastic Man No More, Briar) and Eisner Award–nominated illustrator Tyler Crook (Harrow County, The Lonesome Hunters) present the year’s most taut and breathtaking graphic novel event . . . Convicts Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin have washed ashore in San Francisco after surviving their infamous escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in June 1962. They soon meet their gruff and disappointed handler, a mysterious young woman who''s also running from something, and hope to quickly get their way north to the border-if they can even make it out of Modesto alive. As a dogged federal manhunt and chance encounters threaten the desperate convicts, everyone involved is about to discover the same bloodstained truth: Life on the run is an even more hellish prison than Alcatraz could have ever been . . .

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer meets Encyclopedia Brown in the hard-boiled detective adventure KID MAROON, where big city crime and corruption can only be cracked by the Kid – or can it?“Crimeville’s always been a lousy scum stain.” - Kid Maroon, the world’s only hard-boiled boy detective. Two years ago, Walden Maroon outgrew his small town slice of Americana known as Tiny Falls, his loving parents, and the low stakes mysteries involving missing butterflies and stolen cookies. Since then, he’s dwelled within the gritty, gangster-ridden cesspit of a city known as Crimeville, where murders, vice, and corruption are the city’s bread and butter. Where the unholy trinity of Greed, Squalor, and Despair permeates both the air the citizens breathe and the ground on which they walk – and die. But at 12 years old, Kid is weary. When a string of horrific killings and arsons spring up in the streets, can he crack the case with his quick wits and slingshot? Or does Kid Maroon secretly yearn for what he’s never gotten to be … a kid? From bestselling writer Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man, Doctor Doom, The Blue Flame, Halt and Catch Fire) and star artist Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love)! For fans of: Comics series, serials, and graphic novels: Dick Tracy, The Spirit (Will Eisner), Sin City (Frank Miller), Richard Stark’s Parker series (Darwyn Cooke), Criminal (Ed Brubaker/Sean Philips), Reckless (Ed Brubaker/Sean Philips ),100 Bullets (Brian Azzarello/Eduardo Risso), The Question (Steve Ditko/Denny O’Neil/Denys Cowan), Road to Perdition (Max Allan Collins), Powers (Brian Michael Bendis/Michal Avon Oeming), EC Comics crime/suspense stories, hardboiled detective genre, and Golden Age comics. Novels: Richard Stark’s (Donald E. Westlake’s)Parker Crime novels (including The Hunter and Kiss of Death), Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer books (including I, The Jury), Dennis Lahane books (including Mystic River and Shutter Island), Hard Case Crime, Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon) , Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe (Farewell, My Lovely and The Big Sleep), Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), John MacDonald’s Lew Archer (The Moving Target), Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins (Devil in a Blue Dress), and Max Allan Collins. Films and series: BRICK (2005 film), movies and series based on the classic hardboiled novels and characters

Batman is face to face with an imposter in a poignant and heartfelt tale of redemption! Plus, more unique stories including Superman takes on a memory-melting mystery! In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, comics top writers and artists take on the citizens of Gotham City and beyond in a one-of-a-kind anthology series, presenting tales you won t find anywhere else. Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol. 2 is headlined by 'Batman: Pygmalion,' a story both written and drawn by superstar artist Guillem March. An injured Batman wakes up in an unfamiliar home but when he s face to face with another Dark Knight, who s really pulling the strings? Plus, Superman is confronted with a relic from his past sparking an enigmatic era-spanning adventure in 'Order of the Black Lamp' from writer and Halt and Catch Fire co-creator Christopher Cantwell, and acclaimed artist Javier Rodriguez. Finally, fan-favorite vigilante Wild Dog looks to find his place in the crimefighting landscape in 'Here Comes Trouble' from Peacemaker Tries Hard! writer Kyle Starks and Green Lantern artist Fernando Pasarin! This volume collects stories from Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1-3 and #6-9.

After receiving a near-fatal injury from Korvac, Tony Stark lands in emergency triage with his life on the line. If he takes off his armor, he will die! With Hellcat on the psychological ropes and Tony's other allies recuperating from their own near-death experiences, can Iron Man muster the mettle he needs to chase Korvac back into space and stop the mad demigod's quest for ultimate power? War Machine just might be the friend that Tony needs! Prepare to go interstellar as an unlikely band of heroes pursues their enemy to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, where near-certain death awaits at Korvac's hands. And as Moondragon reaches across the universe to help Hellcat reclaim her once-powerful mental abilities, Patsy Walker will have to face her demons -- including the literal Son of Satan himself! COLLECTING: Iron Man (2020) 6-10

Tony Stark is looking to restart his engine. He's going back to basics, putting away his high-tech toys and high-profile image so he can get his hands dirty again. It's time to put on some old-fashioned metal - and fly! But can Tony really lay that Stark-sized ego down? Life just isn't that simple, something that old friends and frustrating foes are quick to point out. So Iron Man takes the fight back to basics, and back to the streets - facing down old-school villains like Arcade and the Absorbing Man. But what's really going on in Tony Stark's head? As old friends like Hellcat try to help him find peace of mind, lurking on the horizon is a threat that Tony - and the entire cosmos - hasn't seen in years. Prepare for the new saga of Korvac! Iron Man (2020) 1-5