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Grabbed up by the United States government and thrown into training camps, orphans around the country have been raised to become America's next generation of super-spies. Now, as adults, they live among us, ready for "the family" to call them back into action. Collects the complete four-issue limited series
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WHY WE LOVE IT: Written by Michael Alan Nelson (SUPERGIRL, HEXED) and drawn by newcomer Mariano Navarro, PROTOCOL is an action-espionage series with a compelling cast of young characters struggling with their transition into adulthood. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: PROTOCOL is a tense thriller perfect for fans of fun spy fiction like TV's Alias or Mission: Impossible. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Grabbed up by the United States government and thrown into training-orphans...
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This second of four collected volumes in the massively popular Orphans series from Italian masterminds Roberto Recchioni and Emiliano Mammucarifocuses on the relationship between two enigmatic members of the Orphan squad, Sam and Ringo. Both were affected by the devastating tragedy that left the world in turmoil, and their conscripted military training leads to some soul-bearing drama revealed in flashback. Meanwhile, in the war-torn present, grown-up...
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Being a member of this family means a lifetime of death, danger, changed identities and buried memories. After the mysterious murder of a fellow orphan, our agents are thrust head first into another mission. On the tail of the high society funders of the terrorist operation Black Friday, our agents are further from the truth then they could ever imagine.
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Continuing the decades-spanning tale that began with adevastating energy beam strikingthe Earth from outer space, razing much of Europe and instantly killing a sixth of the world population, this third volume further explores both the past and present of the infamous Orphan Squadron, an elite military force trained since being rescued from the disaster to locate the alien entity responsible and avenge humanity. However, it seems the true enemy is...
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A devastating energy beam strikes the Earth, instantly killing a sixth of the world population. Deemed to be a premeditated attack by aliens from a distant planet,a Serbian scientist named Jsana Juric and a Japanese army colonel named Takeshi Nakamura gather a group of orphaned children who survived the disaster to become lethal soldiers trained to invade the hostile planet in hopes of preventing a repeat attack. Divided into teams, the children get...
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After refusing to take part in the initiation ritual, Boris, Bastien, and Hina are facing three long years at the Institute of Excellence; no one will talk to them, theyre forced to sleep in a storage closet, and the cafeteria has always just run out of dessert as soon as they show up. But no chocolate pudding is the least of their worries Franck, the ritual president, is being forced to make amends for his failure, and Bastien has been selected for...
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From the mind of legendary comics creator Stan Lee, the architect of the Marvel Universe, comes Alliances: Orphans, a brand-new original graphic novel set in the New York Times best-selling Alliances universe, co-written by Lee with Luke Lieberman (Red Sonja) and Ryan Silbert (The Coldest Case). This cosmic adventure features fully painted artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz, who handles the prologue and cover, and Szymon Kudranski. Orphans blasts readers...
11) The Truman Virus
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In 2012, cancer is on the rise, and when world renowned scientist Lance Truman's cure backfires, an escaped test subject, along with two lost and confused orphans, travel the country to undo the damage Truman's cure has created!
12) Betty Boop #2
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Lenny Lizardlips wants to turn Grampy's house into a nightclub to bring hot tunes to the widows and orphans. A noble goal, surely? But all is not what it seems. Fiendish deeds are afoot! Time to call... the Department of Jazz! Brand-new, Fleischer-styled hijinks for Betty Boop, Koko, Bimbo and her friends.
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Having joined with a quasi-military adventuring band, fighter farm girl Clariette has survived her first, fierce taste of battle. Now, she and the wounded troops arrive at a town filled with orphans. There, a dear friend pleads for help in rescuing one child from nearby, but will Clari be caught between this and her obligations to the Warriors of Dawn?
14) Far Arden
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Meet Army Shanks -- crusty old sea dog and legendary brawler of the high Arctic seas! He's got just one mission: to find the mythical island paradise known as Far Arden, which lies hidden (so they say) in the wintry oceans of the far North. But there's more than just water standing between Shanks and his goal: he'll have to contend with circus performers, adorable orphans, heinous villains, bitter ex-lovers, well-meaning undergraduates, and the full...
15) Out There Vol 2
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Six people are all that remain of El Dorado City, a former bustling Metropolis. When its city leaders sold away the town's soul, four high school students - now orphans - were all that stood between the demon and his world domination. Now, with the town's entire population decimated, the survivors hunt for answers. Within the pages of an old comic lie the key to saving them all. From Crimson creators Humberto Ramos (Spider-Man) and Brian Augustyn...
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Off the coast of Ismyre, a group of illicit magicians have built a school for orphans, educating them in the ways of long forgotten divinations. From high up in this forbidden home, a young scholar keeps dreaming visions of a terrible future and looks out across the ocean for answers. As her dreams become more frequent, and more terrible, she must figure out how to act herself. B. Mure returns to the world of Ismyre for another quiet and fantastical...
17) Crater XV
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You've never seen a Cold War like this! In CRATER XV, the follow-up to 2009's Eisner-nominated FAR ARDEN, Kevin Cannon weaves together an intoxicating tale of swashbuckling adventure, abandoned moon bases, bloodthirsty walruses, rogue astronauts, two-faced femme fatales, sailboat chases, Siberian pirates, international Arctic politics, and a gaggle of horny orphans. Mixed up in all of this are Army Shanks, our salty sea dog still reeling from a devastating...
18) Giants Volume 1
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Greed and ambition collide with survival and the love of family in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by giant monsters whose only goal is destruction! A cataclysm of unknown origin unleashed a race of massive creatures whose presence has driven humanity underground. There, two orphans discover that the most dangerous monster is ambition, which unchecked, will grow until it devours you. In their first work for American comics, the Valderrama Bros....
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A humorous Victorian-era set social fable told in pure Dickensian tradition. Follow the titular pair of street orphans on adventures far and wide. PUBLICATION IN 5 VOLUMES - COMPLETED SERIES. London, 1887. While the British Empire is at its peak, and influences the majority of the world, most of London still lives amid poverty, disease, and crime. Basil and Victoria are two of the thousands of orphaned street urchins who survive by hustling, selling...
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A humorous Victorian-era set social fable told in pure Dickensian tradition. Follow the titular pair of street orphans on adventures far and wide. PUBLICATION IN 5 VOLUMES - COMPLETED SERIES. London, 1887. While the British Empire is at its peak, and influences the majority of the world, most of London still lives amid poverty, disease, and crime. Basil and Victoria are two of the thousands of orphaned street urchins who survive by hustling, selling...