Asterel races against time to locate a token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city.

"Gahan Wilson is probably best known for his macabre Playboy cartoons--filled with charming monsters, goofy mad scientists, and melting victims--and his cutting-edge work in the National Lampoon, but in 1964, he brought his brilliantly controlled wiggly-but-sophisticated pen line to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Wilson's freaks and geeks found a home among the stories of the best fantasy and sf writers of the day, offering a welcome,...

"Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile ... there was ZERO YEAR. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, BATMAN VOL. 5: ZERO YEAR--DARK CITY is the concluding volume to Batman's origin story, as...

"A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcon's story City of Clowns. Oscar "Chino" Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father's other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father's murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent...

"Certain his twin is alive, Senri shifts his goal from avenging his brother to finding him. Enan is happy to join the search, relieved to see her friend's face light up with hope after living in darkness for so long. Following the threads of distant memories, Senri uncovers new clues that suggest his parents' involvement in a tangled plot, one that may well have led to their deaths. And now, as events continue to unfold, Senri fears Kazuto may be...

"Sun dreams of money. Moon dreams of scientific discoveries. When their paths cross with Team Skull, both their plans go awry... Sun and Moon are stranded in Ultra Space, home of the Ultra Beasts! Worse, they've lost Legendary Pokémon Lunala! Who can they trust in this alternate dimension? Things look dark for everyone--especially in Ultra Megalopolis, the city that has lost its light! Will our heroes ever get home?"--Page [4] of cover.

"Thanks to the Zepharos Empire's machinations, Eco's long-hidden dragon form has finally been revealed as an unspeakably powerful dragon hovering over the city of Fontaine. As a struggle for control ensues between Eco and the spirit of Mordred, the truth about Mordred and Prince Julius's dark fate is about to come to light"--Back cover.

"Decades ago, a being known as the Giant of Light joined together with Shin Hayata of the Science Special Search Party to save Earth from an invasion of terrifying monsters called Kaiju. Now, many years later, those dark days are fading into memory, and the world is at peace. But in the shadows a new threat is growing, a danger that can be faced by a new hero--a new kind of Ultraman... Shinjiro, Moroboshi, Hokuto, Jack, Taro, and even Shin Hayata--the...

"Naofumi is summoned to another world as a hero, but he finds himself the victim of a conspiracy--there's a warrant on his head for kidnapping the princess! They run to a nobleman's mansion to escape their pursuers, only to come face-to-face with someone from Raphtalia's dark past."--Back cover.

A collection of book reviews and literary essays by Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau which showcases the passion that made him a critic--his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to punk and hip-hop, artists from Lead Belly to Patti Smith, and fellow critics from Ellen Willis and Lester Bangs to Nelson George and Jessica Hopper. But Book Reports also teases out the popular in the Bible and 1984...