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Humanity stands at the brink of extinction. Earth has been bombarded by forces beyond our understanding. In the aftermath, monsters roam the Earth while humanity is forced into a few small safe zones, but not all is lost. When the shadows fell, so too did hope. Progentitor rays birthed a new breed of humans, known as supers. Now those few are all that stands between mankind and death upon the claws and fangs of monsters.

In the neon metropolis of Neo Elysium, superheroines streak across the sky, villains destroy buildings on random weekdays, and honey reigns as the city’s favorite pizza topping. But for Arthur Ward, none of it matters. Until the night he becomes collateral damage in a clash between the rookie hero Solaris and the mad genius Doctor Bellreve. Broken, blinded, and drenched in a volatile chemical, Arthur should be dead. Instead, the chemical rewrites the laws of biology… and forces him to evolve. He becomes the impossible: the first male Empowered.

Just outside Los Angeles, a prisoner hidden away for 70 years sits up, gets off the bed and disappears through a solid wall. In Australia, a magician impresses audiences by producing real elephants. Nobody realizes it's not an illusion. Across the world, individuals and organizations with supernatural power suddenly detect the presence of something even they can't understand. At the center of it all, Seb Varden, a 32-year old musician with a secret in his past, slits his wrists, is shot dead and run over on the freeway.

Superheroes are supposed to be perfect. They're also not supposed to exist, but one has recently emerged, in defiance of all known laws of physics. Miranda Thomas is hardly concerned with any of that. She's focused on little else but her lifelong ambition of becoming a movie star ... until she discovers a fatally wounded woman who seems much more than human. This encounter gives Miranda an opportunity to become only the second superhero her world has ever known. But how can she become a perfect superhero when, for all her power, she's only human?

Seb Varden is starting to get used to life as a World Walker. With a body full of alien nanotechnology, the ability to travel anywhere instantly and - most surprising of all - a steady relationship with Meera Patel, things are finally looking up. Until Seb has his first blackout, starts meeting aliens and discovers a plan that threatens the entire human race. And, of course, Mason, the most dangerous Manna user, picks this particular moment to come after him and Meera.

With his secret out, Miles’ life has changed irrevocably. He is the center of a wave from the media that he had not anticipated. Both good and bad, Miles must now navigate the political structure of Point City.

Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy (TM) returns in the fourth volume of the popular Supervillainy Saga. Having discovered the world's greatest superhero slain by his doppelganger from another reality, Merciful: The Supervillain with Mercy (TM), and the arrogant President Omega, Gary dedicates himself to overthrowing both. Unfortunately, this is harder than it looks since Merciful has all of Gary's genre savviness while President Omega has the entire brainwashed United States military.

Randold, better known as Rand, was no ordinary individual. Despite his best efforts, he possessed an extraordinary secret—he was a Super. Well, technically speaking, he belonged to that exceptional group, but he concealed his true nature from the world. For Rand possessed a remarkable ability to manipulate all forms of energy, even the Superpowers of others, a power that, if discovered, would undoubtedly land him in dire trouble with the government. The consequences ranged from imprisonment to something far worse.

Rand is on a mission to ensure the survival of humanity in the face of formidable monsters. However, the odds are stacked against him. First, he must bolster the strength of the human race, particularly the Superheroes, who currently pale in comparison to their monstrous adversaries.

War is coming to the realms, and only Gryph and the power of his Godhead can prevent the apocalypse. With his loyal NPC Lex at his side, Gryph races to rescue a spy with information critical to the survival of his people. A spy who happens to be Gryph’s younger sister. But when an unknown foe rips Gryph from the Realms, Lex must lead a rag-tag bunch of companions to find the one man who can get Gryph back. Their quest has barely begun when Lex discovers that the Princes of Chaos have turned their eyes on the Mortal Realms. And where their gaze falls, destruction follows.

The Monster Girl Defense Force is really good at their job. They've carved out a small niche in an otherwise desolate and harsh world, and for the moment, all seems well. But trouble is on the horizon, and to stop it, they'll need something they haven't had in a long time. A man.

Abducted. Forced to fight against her will. Darcy has a 10,000-year-old secret buried in her genetic code. The Druid Gene makes her a target, but it may also save her. As a second year medical student, Darcy's life revolves around classes, studying, and her boyfriend Adam - until she treks through the desert, touches some mysterious stacked stones, and a network of glowing blue lines radiates under her skin.

Emma and Anna may have defeated the last foe to their Empire on Earth, but at a terrible price. The planet's atmosphere has largely burned off, and the remaining ecosystems are on the verge of total collapse. The other planets of the solar system offer a new home, new hope, and new threats.

The Goddess giveth and the Goddess taketh away. One minute Robert is fighting Demons in the pits of Hades and in the next he's standing in his old office at the local P.D. He's back in Vegas and wearing a badge, only something isn't right. He's human again and this isn't the Vegas he grew up in. This is somewhere else. Now Robert will have to navigate a world where magical creatures live openly with humans and magic spells are something you can buy at the corner store. If he can't find out why Gaea sent him here, he could be trapped forever in a place where he's mortal.

Gabriel Green just wants to go to college and figure out what he wants to do with his life. He is just a regular kid, well one with superpowers that is. He enrolls in the Gifted Program to learn how to use his gifts to help the world. He never dreamed he would get caught up in secret agents and supervillains.

They're not machines, cyborgs, demons, or monsters, and yet they are all of those things and more. Spawned from a horrifying program of gruesome human experimentation, they walk the earth as living nightmares. For decades they served their masters by secretly manipulating world events, eliminating enemies, terrorizing humanity, and toppling nations. But then they found themselves facing the power of the Quantum Man, and the terrifying fury of his cybernetic daughter.

When the beautiful and deadly Nacht Sirene comes calling, Capricious Whim's night to party with the villains of Imperial City turns into nothing but trouble. The pair are hunted by vicious and implacable foes from two dimensions. With Regulus missing, Sirene's loss of her powers, and Caprice's struggle with problems within her mind compounded with hasty decisions, the combination makes for a rough night which doesn't end. When you're a villain, having a bad night could mean a stint in jail...or worse.

Powerless and scattered across the centuries with no way to return to their own time, they wrestle with their fates: Steven and Niklaus, banished to the Florida coast of 1945 as a deadly hurricane threatens to tear the state apart. Archie and Emilio, struggling to survive the bitter winter and flying bullets of 1890 Wyoming. Audrey and Lena, entangled in the mob violence of 1930s Chicago as a specter from the past makes an ominous return.

Caught between life and death, all Callie wants is to live again. Homicide detective Callie Saunders knows that death isn’t all pearly gates and angels. After being hit by a bus, she finds that it's the ancient gods and goddesses of Greek mythology who are in charge of everything. So when Hades offers her a deal, she accepts. If she wants to be brought back to life, she’ll have to figure out who is trying to kill his son. But if she fails, both her soul and the world will be destroyed.

Imagine you woke up one day to find you had superpowers. What would you do? Samantha McAllister thought her biggest problem was paying the rent on time. When she discovered that she can move objects with a thought and soar through the skies, she quickly learned that her problems were just beginning. No one can hide in the modern age of technology. The government doesn't see her as a threat. They see her as a weapon.