Collecting the Invincible Ultimate Collection Volumes 5-6 into one massive slipcased tome! That''s almost 700-pages of pure Invincible goodness! This is a can''t-miss for any Invincible fan & a perfect addition to any reinforced sturdy bookshelf ...

Fully updated & revised Donald Rumbelow's classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts theories fictions & fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history The Complete Jack the Ripper lays out all the evidence in the most comprehensive summary ever written about the Ripper Rumbelow a former London Metropolitan policeman & an authority on crime has subjected every theory
- including those that have emerged in recent years
- to the same deep scrutiny He also examines the mythology surrounding the case & provides some fascinating insights into the portrayal of the Ripper on stage & screen & on the printed page More seriously he also examines the horrifying parallel crimes of the Dusseldorf Ripper & the Yorkshire Ripper in an attempt to throw further light on the atrocities of Victorian London

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This beautifully illustrated collection contains all of Jane Austen's novels retold for young readers including Pride & Prejudice Sense & Sensibility Northanger Abbey & Mansfield Park with notes on the characters "ations from the original text With links to websites to find out more about Jane Austen's life & times 400 pages full colour throughout Milbourne Anna ...

Long considered to be prime examples of late 1940s ‘headlight’ & ‘ Good Girl’ art comics issues of Junior & Sunny have been quite difficult to find & very expensive to obtain Until now! This Deluxe Gift Edition of The Complete Junior & Sunny presents the full run of these Al Feldstein written & illustrated comics along with a historical introduction by Grant Geissman Long considered to be prime examples of late 1940s ‘headlight’ & ‘ Good Girl’ art comics issues of Junior & Sunny have been quite difficult to find & very expensive to obtain Until now! This Deluxe Gift Edition of The Complete Junior & Sunny presents the full run of these Al Feldstein written & illustrated comics along with a historical introduction by Grant Geissman This 100-copy Limited-Gift-Edition features an exclusive leatherette cover & case as well as 16 collectible post cards & a temporary tattoo sheet ...

Long considered to be prime examples of late 1940s "headlight" & " Good Girl" art comics issues of Junior & Sunny have been quite difficult to find & very expensive to obtain Until now! Created written & illustrated by the legendary EC Comics artistwritereditor Al Feldstein for the notorious Victor Fox of Fox Feature Publications The Complete Junior & Sunny presents the full run of these comics Along with a historical Introduction by Grant Geissman the book also presents the one issue of Meet Corliss Archer that Feldstein did for Fox Although the stories are basically charming "typical teenage" period pieces Feldstein&s artwork for them often pushes the envelope for the time with titillating covers depicting ample "headlights" & often-suggestive images in the stories themselves It&s probably a good thing that Dr Fredric Wertham never found out about Junior & Sunny! Seduction of the innocent indeed! ...

A starter kit for learning Mandarin Chinese fast Along with three CDs & a pocket-sized guide it breaks up your learning into bite-sized chunks with simple conversations based on real-life situations & practice exercises giving you plenty of opportunities to test your newly acquired skills 416 pages DK ...

Volume One of The Complete Little Orphan Annie contains more than 1000 daily comics in nine complete stories from the very first strip in August 1924 through October 1927 In the pages of " Will Tomorrow Ever Come?" readers will discover how Annie escapes the orphanage & is ultimately adopted by " Daddy;" how she finds that loveable mutt Sandy & rescues him from being tortured; how she meets the Silos who become recurring characters throughout the series; how she joins the circus & first encounters Pee Wee the elephant; & how broke & alone she hits the road on a succession of dangerous yet spiritually uplifting adventures This volume also

Includes:: an index & a biographical essay by Jeet Heer -The Library of American Comics is the world&s 1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips with 14 Eisner Award nominations & three wins for best book About the Author Harold Gray was born in 1894 in Kankakee Illinois & debuted Little Orphan Annie on August 5 1924 & continued to write & draw the comic strip for forty-four years until his death in 1968

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America&s spunkiest kid is hospitalized after a car crash has to fight off a dope-pushing doctor meets " Crazy Kate" (who&s not all that crazy!) & helps the bearded old man named Zaney keep his secret formula out of Nazi hands When America enters the Second World War Annie protects the home front by forming the Junior Commandos a group that inspired tens of thousands of real-life children to collect newspapers scrap metal & other items needed for the war effort The fictional " Colonel Annie" meanwhile finds herself face-to-face with fifth columnists & a Nazi submarine! Daddy Warbucks true to his name is back making munitions & leads a mysterious army overseas This volume of The Complete Little Orphan Annie

Includes:: dailies & Sundays from November 24 1941 through August 7 1943 About the Author Harold Gray was born in 1894 in Kankakee Illinois & debuted Little Orphan Annie on August 5 1924 & continued to write & draw the comic strip for forty-four years until his death in 1968

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In the depths of the Second World War Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie&s most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves forgers & mindreaders The red-garbed orphan sees that petty politicians & their underworld companions can deprive a small town of freedom just as easily as can foreign spies & that a big city can be home to a larger & even more dangerous threat to national security To Annie&s initial joy " Daddy" Warbucks comes home from war but this time it&s not to be with his beloved adopted daughter but to die With " Daddy" gone Annie ends up terrorized by the wretchedly evil Mrs Bleating-Hart who robs Annie of her liberty in a very real & personal way Volume 11 of The Complete Little Orphan Annie reprints all daily & Sunday strips from August 8 1943 to April 14 1945 in the darkest hours before the dawn ...

It&s hard to keep a good man down & Oliver Warbucks is no exception With reports of his death greatly exaggerated Daddy is back & this time with World War II over he has to fight off a cadre of international businessmen who want him to hand over the secret of the atomic bomb! Meanwhile Annie discovers that lying dogs don&t always stay put when she has to stand trial for murder! & in a classic Harold Gray tale the little redhead finds respite on a seemingly bucolic farm run by a young woman & her grandfather but all is not what it seems Volume Twelve of The Complete Little Orphan Annie reprints all daily & Sunday strips from April 15 1945 to January 11 1947 ...