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Maude, now age 15, returns to her childhood summer camp to find that dark forces are lurking in the woods. MAN-EATERS: THE CURSED reunites the original MAN-EATERS Eisner-nominated creative team, led by NYT bestselling thriller writer, Chelsea Cain, for another tale of adolescent feminist derring-do and supernatural hijinks. Chock-full of ephemera, smart, laugh-out-loud funny, provocative, referential, scary, and compulsively re-readable. Each volume comes with a Patriarchy Reparations Packet. Collects MAN-EATERS: THE CURSED #1-5 & MAN-EATERS #13

"The world's best spies keep watch over the Bermuda Triangle from a mysterious island outpost teeming with supernatural intrigue, monsters, and evil villains set on global domination. The best of these spies is named Nora Freud (no relation). She knows eighty-seven ways to kill someone with a cocktail toothpick, and she's used thirty-two of them. Lately though, Nora has started to feel like she's going through the motions. Close the temporal portal. Assassinate the genocidal maniac. Have sex with the MI-6 agent. Plus, the island has gotten kind of touristy. She agrees to one last mission. But when Nora's troubled marine cryptozoologist sister shows up unexpectedly, warning of mermaid attacks, Nora realizes that boredom is not her biggest problem."-- Amazon.com

Dzięki mistrzowskiej znajomości sztuk walki, doktoratowi z biochemii i dowcipowi ostremu jak brzytwa Bobbi Morse pseudonim Mockingbird jest jedną z najlepszych agentek SHIELD. Ostatnio jednak dzieją się wokół niej dziwne rzeczy. Żeby odkryć, co jest grane, Bobbi musi rozwiązać zagadkę paranormalnych mocy, które właśnie się w niej przebudziły, złożyć wizytę w podwodnym laboratorium terrorystów i... ocalić królową Anglii. Potem wyruszy w rejs dla nerdów, na który zaprosił ją tajemniczy informator. Problem w tym, że statek zmierza prosto do Trójkąta Bermudzkiego... Komiks Mockingbird wyróżniono dwiema nominacjami do Nagrody Eisnera, w tym za najlepszy scenariusz. Odpowiada za niego Chelsea Cain autorka książek humorystycznych i popularnych thrillerów (m.in. Unik, Obłęd serca i Wirtuoz zbrodni). Ilustracje stworzyła polska rysowniczka Katarzyna Niemczyk (Age of Conan: Belit, Man- Eaters).

Middle schooler Maude turns into a werepanther when she gets her period. Will an in-patient, anti-pantherism clinic called Ruminations cure her through hormone adjustment therapy? Or will Maude overthrow the patriarchy, solve a series of murders, and uncover a global capitalist conspiracy? (HINT: IT’S THE SECOND ONE.) This volume wraps up the MAN-EATERS series and includes the inspirational and informative guide, “HANDBOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION,” plus never-before-published extras. Collects MAN-EATERS #9-12

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Man-eaters #1-4"--Copyright page.

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Man-eaters #1-4"--Copyright page.

Kick Lannigan wird erneut von John Bishop um Hilfe gebeten, um vermisste Kinder in Florida zu finden. Dabei stoßen sie auf kriminelle Machenschaften und die Entdeckung einer Leiche, die die Identität der entführten Frauen in Frage stellt.

"With a scientific mind and a lethal mastery of martial arts, Bobbi Morse has always been one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best agents, but now she's going solo! When someone close to her is murdered, Bobbi discovers some strange goings-on in the peacekeeping organization's own medical-and-recovery network. But when Lance Hunter's undercover gig at the London Hellfire Club goes south, Mockingbird sets off, battle staves at the ready, to save Hunter--and the Queen of England! From helping out a teen driven bonkers by her own new powers, to doing a little dog-sitting, Bobbi shows she's a woman of many talents!" -- Page [4] of cover.

De verleidelijkste vrouwelijke moordenaar is terug. Gretchen Lowell is beeldschoon, briljant en... een seriemoordenaar. Een klassieke femme fatale in de letterlijke zin van het woord. Gretchen, de aartsvijand en ex-geliefde van rechercheur Archie Sheridan, heeft iets speciaals gepland voor diens verjaardag. Ze slaat toe tijdens Halloween, wanneer veel mensen verkleed gaan als de moordlustige Gretchen en alleen Archie de echte Beautykiller herkent. Archie weet dat hij zich maar beter aan haar spel kan overgeven, maar Gretchen is gruwelijker en onvoorspelbaarder dan Archie ooit heeft kunnen bedenken.

Kick Lannigan, abducted at age six, goes into a tailspin when a second Amber Alert in a month signals the disappearance of a child in the Portland area.That's when the enigmatic Bishop approaches her with a proposition. He made a fortune as a weapons dealer and now wants to make good by using his resources to rescue abducted children. And he is convinced Kick's experiences and expertise can be mined to help rescue the abductees. Little does Kick know the case will lead directly into her terrifying past.