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Hot Pants and Spandex Suits
The superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and Spandex Suits offers a far-reaching look at how masculinity and femininity have been represented in American superhero comics, from the Golden and Silver Ages to the Modern Age. Scholar Esther De Dauw contrasts the bulletproof and musclebound phallic bodies of classic male heroes like Superman, Captain America, and Iron Man with the figures of female counterparts like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, who are drawn as superhumanly flexible and plastic....
Guardians Of The Galaxy By Al Ewing
Collects GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2020) #1-18, ROCKET #1-6 and material from GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL (2021) #1. Al Ewing brings his cosmic brand of storytelling to the Guardians of the Galaxy! Once, they were a team of misfits. Now they're a family, and they've earned their peace. But the universe is not a peaceful place - and it's only getting worse. Someone has to guard the galaxy. And for their first mission, the Guardians of the Galaxy must grapple with the vengeful gods of Olympus! Then, when the political map of the galaxy is radically redrawn, can the team handle a little peaceful diplomacy? Meanwhile, everyone thinks Peter Quill is dead - but instead, he journeys through a mythic world on the other side of reality! Knull and his symbiote dragons wreak havoc! And an expanded Guardians team faces the mystic threat of the Last Annihilation, but what is Doctor Doom doing with them?! Plus: When an old flame swims back into Rocket's life, it spells big trouble for the little furball.
What If...? Miles Morales
Collects What If…? Miles Morales #1-5. What if Miles Morales had never been bitten by a genetically enhanced spider? What if, instead, the U.S. government recruited, trained and granted him incredible powers with the Super-Soldier Serum, making him a friendly neighborhood Captain America? Or perhaps Miles was taken from everything he ever knew - his family, his home, his entire life - and transformed into the immortal weapon of war known as the Wolverine! If he was blasted by gamma radiation and turned into a Hulk, would Miles be man or monster? And are there other super heroes the many Miles of the Multiverse might have become instead of Spider-Man? You bet there are! Learn what makes Miles Morales a hero no matter the circumstances, no matter the reality!
Avengers By Jonathan Hickman
Collects Avengers (2012) #35-44 and New Avengers (2013) #24-33. Jonathan Hickman's acclaimed run reaches its epic conclusion as time runs out for the Avengers - and the world! For Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Illuminati, it's all been building to this. One by one, the realities of the Multiverse have collided and been destroyed, leaving the Marvel Universe as one of the last dimensions standing. Now the saga jumps forward eight months to the day of the Final Incursion! After the revelation of the Illuminati's desperate, world-shattering actions, the Avengers are fragmented. While one group seeks out the Illuminati for a confrontation, another takes the fight to the vicious new Cabal! But what has become of Tony Stark and Doctor Strange? Will all the battles they've endured - and all the sacrifices they've made - prepare the Avengers for the inevitable end of everything.
Avengers By Brian Michael Bendis
Collects New Avengers (2010) #1-16. The order changeth! But as the Marvel Universe enters a Heroic Age, who will assemble as the newest New Avengers? Where will they call home? And which Dark Avenger is sticking around for the ride? The latest roster has come together to take on the perils too dangerous and bizarre for any other heroes beginning with an interdimensional demonic threat to all existence! Then, a deep and deadly secret Nick Fury has kept buried for decades comes back to haunt the team but who were their predecessors in the 1950s? And when the madness of FEAR ITSELF hits home, the New Avengers battle alongside the Avengers, super-hero nanny Squirrel Girl fights alone and the status quo gets shaken up once again. The time has finally come for Daredevil: Avenger!
All-New X-Men
Since the discovery that the Terrigen Mists-the key to unlocking an Inhuman's hidden potential and powers-are LETHAL to mutants, the X-MEN and INHUMANS have been locked in a cold war. But as the Terrigen seeps into the Earth and reaches an irreversible tipping point, the X-Men are spurred into action to ensure the future of their species! And for Jean Grey and Fantomex, this means taking out of commission the Inhumans' deadliest weapon: Karnak! Collects All-New X-Men (2015) #17-19, Annual #1, X-Men Prime #1.
Marvel Knights Punisher By Garth Ennis
Collects Punisher (2001) #27-37 and Punisher War Zone (2008) #1-6. The Marvel Knights era of Punisher comes to an explosive close! First, guns meet blades as Frank faces perhaps the only person more deadly than he is: Elektra! Next, the Punisher heads to the Lone Star State for a high-noon showdown on the streets of Laredo! Then, when Daredevil, Spider-Man and Wolverine join forces to finally bring Franks killing spree to an end, can he make three of Marvels greatest heroes look like a confederacy of dunces? And how does the Hulk figure in to it all? Finally, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillons sequel to their classic Welcome Back, Frank sees the resurrection of Ma Gnucci turn the Punishers world into a war zone which is just the way he likes it!
Punisher Max
Collects Punisher MAX X-Mas Special, Punisher: Naked Kill, Punisher: Get Castle, Punisher: Butterfly, Punisher: Happy Ending, Punisher: Hot Rods of Death, Punisher: Tiny Ugly World, Untold Tales of Punisher MAX #1-5. Frank Castle's relentless war on crime continues! It's Christmas, and the Punisher is checking off his naughty list! Frank gets creative to take down snuff filmmakers! In the United Kingdom, he takes on some of Earth's hardest soldiers, the SAS, and unleashes his war wagon against a biker gang! But when a hit woman releases her lurid tell-all book, will the Punisher be her salvation, temptation...or damnation? Plus: stories from the murky world that exists in the Punisher's shadow, starring an opportunistic psycho, a frantic father, a mild-mannered accountant and the young son of one of Frank's victims.
Spider-Man
Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #592-601 and Annual #36, Spider-Man: The Short Halloween, Dark Reign: Mister Negative #1-3, Amazing Spider-Man: American Son Sketchbook and material from Amazing Spider-Man Family #7. A truly Amazing era of Spider-Man continues - with the former Green Goblin in charge! First, Spidey goes all-out, "24/7" to mess with J. Jonah Jameson - as a new Vulture makes his high-flying debut! But Norman Osborn is policing the nation with his Dark Avengers, and Peter Parker doesn't like that one bit! Whose side is the armored American Son on - and what will Osborn's Dark Reign mean for Mister Negative? Spidey will go from one of his greatest enemies to another when Doctor Octopus makes a comeback - like never before! Plus: Daredevil, a wedding and the return of one of the most important people in Peter's life!
Miles Morales Vol. 7
Collects Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018) #33-36, material from Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual (2021) #1. What lies Beyond for Miles Morales? Momentous events in the world of Peter Parker are about to have dire repercussions for both Miles and his metamorphic clone, Shift! But what does this domino effect of events mean for Ben Reilly, the new corporate-sponsored Spider-Man? Miles and Shift must descend into the darkness of the Assessor's HQ for answers - and when Space Stone-host Quantum enters the fray, the heroes' only hope might just be the Beyond Corporation! Plus: As Miles investigates a series of monster attacks in Brooklyn, he runs into Ms. Marvel's friend and ally, Amulet! Working together, can they get to the bottom of this mystery before the monsters take them down too?
