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As a private eye in New York City, it’s Jessica Jones’s job to investigate humanity’s worst, unleashed impulses. Possessing superhuman strength and endurance does nothing to help her process other people’s tragedies, much less her own slate of unresolved traumatic issues. Realizing drinking and hitting things is no way to cope with her problems—no matter how much fun it is—Jessica gives therapy a try. But she finds it hard to look after herself when so many people need help.

Nakedman Race Harleson runs for US president - and runs interference between scoffing, scared humanity and an intervening alien race of contractor/mercenaries who have clamped down on the plutocratic pharaohs of the modern age. In the thrilling conclusion of Volume One of Nakedman: Uncomfortable Tales of Epic Adventure, Race and Ellen both end up having to risk everything for a mere outside chance to save the world...and not just from alien invaders.

Making a name for myself as a Villain in Panopolis is hard work. Six months ago, my boyfriend broke me out of jail. Now he's spending most of his time defending our turf against other Villains he accidentally freed along with me. And my new psychic powers are not only impossible to control, but they're also giving me migraines.

Daisy Moore's life couldn't be any more picturesque until an unexplainable storm comes out of nowhere, ripping her life apart. After being rescued from the wreckage by an attractive young fireman, Derek Wagoner, Daisy finds herself skyrocketed into a world she never could have imagined existed, with a new team of characters that are much more than human. Bewildered, learning that superhumans live outside of the safety of comic strips, Daisy's life is now constantly at stake and in the hands of a superhuman destined for destruction. Can she navigate through this new normal?

No one knows the secrets he keeps. No one knows of the worlds that exist right alongside ours. Benton is human, but he walks the line between two worlds: the mundane and the supernatural; the commonplace and the extraordinary. As a rare Fire Elemental Warlock, he finds himself in trouble more often than he cares to admit. It doesn't help that his sister is a Faery Queen of the Summer Seelie Court.

The sequel to Fahrenheit's Ghost.

In the year 2272, a technologically advanced African civilization has formed, and the West has fallen due to global warming and political tension. In this year, East Africa is tearing apart, and tensions are brewing due to a major earthquake caused by the splitting of the Great Rift. As more and more people suffer, large numbers have turned to crime and violence. In these sad times, the area has become ripe with fear and darkness.

Kashim Shettima, the state Governor of Borno, emerged from a meeting and made the following statement to journalists at the presidential villa after a meeting with President Jonathan: “Boko Haram are better armed and are better motivated than our own troops. Given the present state of affairs, it is absolutely impossible for us to defeat Boko Haram."

In this enchanted adventure story, 12 orphans must get to the Tree of Keys to find their magical key. As they reach for their keys and pass the Threshold of Fire, they transform into Super Astro Heroes. Twelve kids, 12 Astro Heroes, 12 stories. The mission: fight evil with your own talents! Does Nefos the Distorter have a chance? Will Zalinda the Harmonizer prevail? Will each Astro Hero emphasize the best or the worst of their star power? If ever there were a time for the Astro Heroes to save the planet, it is now.

Battered and bruised but never defeated, Alice is determined to defeat Phantasm, once and for all. With a carefully constructed double life and a new team by her side, the nightmare villain’s days are numbered. That’s why Marco and Lionel’s timing couldn’t be worse. With one look at the man she loves, all the feelings she buried come rushing back, and her carefully constructed world is thrown into chaos.

Here collected for the first time are the thrilling and hopefully hilarious tales of the world's most embarrassed superhero. "Everyman" Race Harleson just wanted to do his guard shift and pick up his check - so the cosmos decided he'd get to be special, giving him Superman-like powers including strength, flight, and virtual invulnerability...so long as he's completely naked while he fights crime and saves the world.

Xana Jace keeps her head down. It isn't easy when you stand seven feet, eight inches tall. She works the night shift and stays out of trouble, striving only to be reunited with her son. But she's running out of time. The strange disease that compels her body to grow also threatens to choke her heart. When a masked gangster terrorizes the small community that shelters her, Xana is left with a terrible choice, and just 24 hours to discover the truth that everything she believes is a lie.

What if you had all kinds of superhero powers, but they only worked if you were stark naked? That's the world these days for Race Harleson, reluctant savior of humanity. One of Race's most unpleasant (and dangerous) nemeses, the shameless Space Invader, is at it again. But this time, the supervillain with the personal privacy issues has put everyone in an awkward position, for his terrifying misdeeds have awakened something deep beneath the ground - something so mighty and monstrous that even the arrogant baddie is in fear for his life.