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Publisher:
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date:
[2020]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
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Publisher:
DC Comics
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
THREE WORLDS. ONE WAR. THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR...SUPERMEN? Legendary writer Neal Adams presents SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN. In the not-so-distant future, Apokolips has been destroyed. Krypton has been reborn. Earth is safer than ever. And from Metropolis to the Middle East, the Man of Steel soars through the skies-righting wrongs and saving lives all over the world. Until the day a mysterious ship appeared in the sky, and everything Superman...
Author:
Publisher:
Winged Hussar Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
This is the story of a man who was the original prototype of Superman presented against the background of Jewish history and its impact on the Superman culture. It tells the story of Zishe Breitbart who in many respects could have served as a role model for Superman - including his nickname "Superman of the Ages". He was born in Tsarist Russian (Poland) in the 1880's and died in Poland in the 1920's but in between he developed the reputation as "the...
Author:
Publisher:
DC Comics
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
HEIR TO THE KINGDOM! Return to the world of Kingdom Come as the Flash discovers the fate of Superman's missing ward, Boy Thunder. The Multiverse-spanning World's Finest duo of Batman and Superman rush to Earth-22 to rescue their lost friend, only to discover a world that doesn't know the Multiverse and that is consumed by the thrall of the all-powerful Gog and his disciple, Thunderman! Join Mark Waid (The Flash, Shazam!) as he returns to his bestselling...
Author:
Publisher:
DC Comics
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Description:
"From legendary writer/artist Neal Adams comes a threat so epic it will take more than one Man of Steel to handle it in this new 6-issue miniseries! Superman is facing his worst enemies as terror is taking hold of Apokolips. There's also another planet that has been deemed as the New Krypton which is facing some of this evil"--
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found. Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper comes face-to-face with his family's greatest secret: his long-lost father, who's been shot with a gun that traces back to Mitchell Siegel's 1932...
8. Superman
Language:
English
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As an infant, Superman is sent to earth from the doomed planet Krypton. As he grows up, he learns he has super powers which he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. But the time comes when Superman's powers for good are revealed to the world. Superman battles with supercriminal Lex Luthor and his cohorts as they attempt to destroy California by activating the San Andreas fault.
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Publisher:
DC Comics
Language:
English
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Imagine a reality where the world's most powerful super-being does not grow up in Smallville, Kansas - or even America, for that : RED SON is a vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, that reveals how the ship carrying the infant who would later be known as Superman lands in the midst of the 1950s Soviet Union. Raised on a collective, the infant grows up and becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, and the world changes drastically from what we know - bringing...
10. Soulfire
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Publisher:
Aspen Comics
Language:
English
Description:
Featuring a special opening recap of the Soulfire series for old and new readers alike, issue #8 lays the groundwork for the upcoming conclusion! Barely escaping Japan with their lives, Grace, Mal and the gang venture further along their journey towards the Everlands. But, other more deadly obstacles, even more dangerous than the relentlessly pursuing dragon, lie in their way. How much more can Malikai take in order to learn the true secret behind...
11. Bizarro Day!
Author:
Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
Boys 4-6 will love this action-packed Step into Reading leveled reader that features Superman, Batman, and the rest of the DC Super Friends in a high-flying adventure. The heroes have their hands full when Superman's oddball opposite Bizarro comes to Metropolis intent on becoming a hero. Will the Super Friends be able to help him before he causes more harm than good?
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Celebrate 30 years of one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium with the anniversary edition of the undisputed graphic novel masterpiece Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in this saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, 10 years after the Dark Knight's retirement. Forced to take action, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new...
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Publisher:
A360 Media, LLC
Language:
English
Description:
Eighty-five years after his debut, we still get a thrill when we hear that phrase, all these years later, it continues to inspire hope, offering us the chance to see the perfect hero flying in to save the day. Superman is the first superhero, but he is also a great immigrant story. He is, after all, an alien, in every sense of the word, who has come from across the universe to become the perfect embodiment of the American Dream. Small town boy
...15. Hip-pocket papa
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Publisher:
Charlesbridge
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 650L
Language:
English
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When the eggs of the hip-pocket frog hatch, the father sits "while the tadpoles wiggle up his hind legs and into the hidden pockets on his hips." But that is only the beginning of a fascinating adventure--the father must evade predators while searching for the perfect place for his froglets to emerge.
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Publisher:
DC Comics
Language:
English
Description:
NO MORE POWERS. NO MORE SECRET IDENTITY. NO MORE SUPERMAN? Superman's downfall, impossible as it seems, has come at the hands of Vandal Savage. After eons of seeking a method to draw back to Earth the meteor that granted him immortality, Savage has discovered he can realize that goal by tapping into the Man of Steel's super-abilities, and in turn the combined might of the Justice League. With the Last Son of Krypton powerless to stop him, the immortal...
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Publisher:
A360 Media, LLC
Language:
English
Description:
From the Curse of the Hope Diamond to the Billy Goat curse that kept the Chicago Cubs out of the World Series for a hundred years, prepare to be enthralled as we delve into fascinating stories of inescapable dooms. We'll explore biblical curses (like Cartaphilus, who assaulted Jesus on his way to the crucifixion and was doomed to walk the Earth until the second coming) to historical curses (like the mysterious deaths that befell the crew who
...18. Superman III
Publisher:
Warner Home Video
Language:
English
Description:
Meet Gus Gorman, a naïve computer programming natural. For Gus, a keyboard is a weapon - and, as a result Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Superman's human side comes out as he sees Lana Lang at his Smallville High School class reunion. Superman becomes his own worst enemy after a Kryptonite exposure.
19. Heroes
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Language:
English
Description:
Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship--and dreams--in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the "enemy" because his mother is Japanese American.
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Series:
Scarlet Pimpernel volume 1
Language:
English
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution, first published in 1905. The novel was written after Orczy's stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London and popular success earlier in 1905, after a first run in Nottingham in 1903. The Scarlet Pimpernel is the name of a chivalrous Englishman, Sir Percy Blakeney, in...