Comic Wars

The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history -- Marvel Comics – and the outsized personalities who made Marvel including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby. “Sean Howe’s history of...

Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through the progress of comics in the 20th century and beyond. Follow the history from the golden age of newspaper comic strips - Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy - to the midcentury superhero boom - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman - and from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights to the graphic novel’s rise.

Up in the sky! Look! It's Superman! Almost everyone knows about the man from Krypton who, disguised as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent working with the fearless Lois Lane, fights for the vulnerable and the oppressed. But few know the truth about this indelible character's creation. From...

In this story from the novel, “SuperHero – Retirement”, when a recently retired SuperHero in his Alternative Identity meets his daughter’s father-in-law to be sparks fly.

Si crees que las súper-luchas entre superhéroes no se pueden superar, es porque necesitas conocer la rivalidad entre las compañías que los crearon. Guerra de negocios: Marvel vs DC narra la batalla interminable entre las dos editoriales de comics más grandes del mundo por ganar el corazón, los sueños y los bolsillos de millones de personas.

The second novel of the Kilo-Five Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo! 2553. Welcome to humanity’s new war: silent, high stakes, and unseen. This is a life-or-death mission for the...

Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted. He told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed coeds in an Iowa home-economics class, and ogled Shirley MacLaine. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller and Marilyn Monroe. The trip took place in the 50s, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles.

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends In 1984, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter brought Marvel’s heroes and villains together for an epic battle that became the template for comic book crossovers and impacted Marvel’s storylines for decades, including major changes to the Spider-Man...

The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game industry as it grew from niche hobby to hundred-billion-dollar enterprise. Video games are dominating the planet. In 2020, they brought in $180 billion dollars globally—nearly $34 billion in the...

In this story from the novel, “SuperHero – Retirement”, not happy with where their relationship is going, a SuperSorceress gives her SuperBoyfriend some SuperMotivation.

The second installment of the action-packed fantasy thrill ride that began with The Accidental Hero! Jack and his fellow students are now well into their School of Thought training and are “sidekicking” for official, card-carrying super heroes. But even though Jack feels more at home in the...

X-Men meets Blake Crouch in the explosive conclusion to Daniel Price’s genre-bending Silvers trilogy about six extraordinary people whose fates become intertwined on an Earth far different from our own...one that is headed for utter destruction. It's been two years since the world collapsed in...

Bloomsbury presents Mrs Tim of the Regiment by D.E. Stevenson, read by Rebecca McClay The classic comic novel based on the author's real experiences as the wife of a British Army officer in the 1920s ‘The writer's unflagging humour, her shrewd, worldly wisdom, and her extremely realistic...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover Graham Greene’s blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. 'Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks...

Smoke rolls through the forests. Tanks burn beside the railway line. Horses charge through artillery fire as Poland fights for survival on the first day of the Second World War. Under Fire – Mokra is a brutal and immersive collection of twelve interconnected stories set during the Battle of Mokra on 1 September 1939, where the Polish Volhynian Cavalry Brigade stunned the advancing German war machine with fierce resistance, hidden anti-tank guns, daring cavalry attacks, and stubborn determination. Through the eyes of tank commanders, cavalry troopers, infantrymen, Stuka pilots, artillery ...

In this short story from the novel, “SuperHero- Retirement”, recently retired Arch-Villains can’t help themselves. It’s so good to be bad.

World leaders disappear one by one ...including the U.S. President. In this humorous and surprisingly touching romp across France, Iraq, and China, the world hangs in the balance as international leaders are drawn toward an ancient dream, leaving the world in the clutches of a power-crazed madman. Even if the magical land of Shangri-La is a fantasy, the idea of eternal youth has irresistible allure. Who better to exploit the dream than a disgruntled criminal with revenge on his mind? And who better to settle the truth of the matter once and for all than a young American grad student with a ...

In this short story from the novel “SuperHero – Retirement”, a recently retired SuperHero gives a young SuperHero lessons on humility.

Brought to you by Penguin. A blistering sequel to Northern Wrath. The story continues... Wolves howl. The trickster Loki breaks free from his chains. A demon is loose from Muspelheim. In the battle to come, all shall die, but Ragnar will do anything to save his gods. Einer scours the nine worlds...

What if the world’s not ending, it’s just having an allergic reaction to itself? Step into the wings of the Apollo Theatre with Reggie Porter, the most dangerous man in British comedy (according to Zara, his manager, and possibly MI5). With a biro, a Greggs leaflet, and six pages of forbidden insight, Reggie isn’t just doing a set, he’s detonating sacred cows one punchline at a time. From gay frogs to £6 cheddar, from God to oat milk, The Gig is not a short story, not a manifesto, and definitely not safe for anyone still clinging to certainty. It’s a stand-up sermon. A comic ...