Most Popular Books by Barbara Kesel

Comics biggest talents come together to form an exciting all woman team of creators and bring you stories to celebrate the 40th aniversary of Joan Jett''s seminal albums! "BAD REPUTATION and I LOVE ROCK ‘n'' ROLL hit audiences like an atom bomb, defining a sound that became a soundtrack that would span generations. Now, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of these seminal albums, an unparalleled team of women creators bring these songs to life as 20 stories."

The mysteries surrounding the source of Hawk and Dove''s costumes and powers are starting to unravel.

In this Post-Crisis blockbuster, Superman teams up with the heroes from Crisis on Infinite Earths to challenge the power of the Volt Lord!

Fluttershy knows her way around knitting! But her hidden talent starts to take on a startling new form, one that could be the next ''''big thing'''' in Ponyville! Will timid Fluttershy be able to handle the spotlight? The pressure is only going to increase with a visit from Princess Celestia!

His brother, Dove, is dead. The Teen Titans have thrown him off the team. Hawk is a man living on the edge...and just about anything can give him the push that will send him tumbling over into the abyss. HAWK & DOVE is the story of this man...and of the person chosen by the fates and the forces of Order to become his new partner, Dove. Hawk has drifted in his turmoil since Dove died, but now as the battle heats up between the Lords of Order and Chaos, he realizes that only Dove can save him from giving in to his bestial nature...if he can be saved at all.

The hunt for Hawk begins as Hank Hall is wanted...dead or alive...in "Crossed Signals"!

Hawk and Dove and the New Titans continue their team-up as they fight the mastermind of Georgetown''s recent mechanical madness: the evil alien robot Scarab.

The Untouchables...they only look like 1930s gangsters, but they''re pure current-day evil, a gang that''s literally untouchable.

Superboy is missing, and Roxy will do anything to find him! She calls in the likes of Batman, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Steel, Supergirl, Oracle, and Knockout in search of some major help!

The Titans soon learn that they not only have to contend with the notorious Royal Flush Gang, but they must also face the villains'' young protegees as well: a group of overzealous teens whose numbers include former Titan Danny Chase.

Disgruntled student Max Fuller takes his revenge on the school president and student body by releasing a poisonous gas on campus.

Lanie and Ken have gotten to many super heroes, and Superboy''s next on their list! But even worse, Superboy''s back in the sights of Principal Mack Harlin, who''s more determined than ever to get Superboy out of Hawaii!

Rainbow Dash wakes up to discover that here wings have VANISHED! It''s up to the relatively newly-winged Twilight to help her friend find out the source of the mysterious occurrence.

Superboy suddenly finds himself on a mysterious island full of unaging inhabitants. But before this tropical Neverland pans out for the lost Superboy, he''s got to get his newfound friends off the hook with some nasty pirates and soldiers who''ve also been stuck on the island!

Featuring the secret origins of the original Hawk and Dove in ÒBONDS.Ó Plus, ÒADVENTURES INSIDE EARTHÓ tells the origin of Cave Carson!

ÒALL WARS MUST END!Ó Hawkman and Hawkwoman engage Darkwing and his Thanagarian forces in final battle!

Collecting chapters 14-19 of The First. When gods break their vows, death is certain to follow. In the land of the First, dissent has erupted into open warfare. Seahn, young turk of House Dexter, has forsaken his ideals and his House to find power on the other side. Both sides are caught up in a tide of emotion and eruption of old hatreds. War seems inevitable. But war isn''t what two manipulative mentors have in mind for the gods of the CrossGen universe, as they take a direct hand in altering the course of history.

A fight like this only happens once in a thousand years as the Giants reach the nation of Markovia! Local heroes Geo-Force and Terra do what they can against the behemoths, with help from guest stars Steel, Supergirl, the Teen Titans, Flash and Green Lantern! Meanwhile, Superman Blue, J''onn J''onzz and Aquaman team up to keep a giant from crushing Lori Lemaris'' underwater city.

Annja Creed is a world-traveling archeologist who also happens to be the heir to Joan of Arc’s mystic sword. In this debut story, Annja’s drive to explore unrecorded, shadowy history leads her to Virginia City in search of a rumored manuscript that could change the public perception of Mark Twain forever. But a very powerful mystery man doesn''t want anyone to find the truth, and will stop at nothing — not even murder — to keep Annja away from the answers she seeks.

In an Elseworld where Supergirl was raised by Wonder Woman and Batgirl is a vigilante who keeps Gotham City safe from villainy, there could never be two more different super-heroines. But when the love of Supergirl''s life is kidnapped by the Joker, the champions of Gotham and Metropolis must form a reluctant partnership.

Don''t miss this new edition of the title collecting the 5-issue miniseries from 1988, as these two dissimilar heroes meet for the first time and battle Kestrel, a Super-Villain intent on the destruction of Hawk.

A collection of short graphic stories featuring characters from Marvel Comics, among them Iron Lantern, Spider-Boy, Thorion and the Magnetic Men.

Is This Finally the End for Gotham City? The city''s peerless protectors, the famous Caped Crusaders, Batman and Robin, steel themselves against the storm clouds that even now gather to rain danger and disaster down on Gotham''s citizens, and, what''s more, bring the curtain down on what will surely be the hard-working heroes'' final battles against the forces of evil! Once you open this book, the die is cast. The last cathode-ray tube adventures of the dashing Dynamic Duo will be yours for perusal and pondering, a smorgasbord of sallies with the Joker, the Penguin, Catwoman, Egghead, King Tut, and more dissected and discussed by the cream of the crop of ebullient essayists with only one powerful purpose behind their efforts: Call them as they see them, for better or for worse! Join Jim Beard, creator and editor of Gotham City 14 Miles and the Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ''66, as he braves the battlements and bulwarks of Batman''s third season, the unaired Batgirl test pilot, and a special surprise essay of his own crazed concoction. But fear not for him, friends! For at his side trod a passel of pundits poised to ward off the vile villains who lurk within these pages, as well as budget cuts and waning energies that threaten the very fabric of the once terrific television series! OOOFF! you''ll cry when BOFF! the show is done and SPLATT! the Subterranean Blue Grotto will be closed forever! Featuring Special Guest Essayists: Sam Agro James Aquilone Ben Bentley Michael Bailey Cliff Biggers Ed Catto Keith DeCandido John S. Drew Sean Dulaney Clifford Dymowski Chris Franklin Bob Greenberger Dan Greenfield Rich Handley Forrest Helvie Barbara Kesel Paul Kupperberg Brian K. Morris L.E. Perez Stacey Smith?

Granted powers by mystical entities, Dawn Granger and Hank Hall are two ordinary college students with the ability to transform themselves into Hawk and Dove whenever they are in danger. With their powers based on chaos and order, Hawk is an agent of anger and unpredictable behavior while Dove is a hero based on calmness and strategy. Together, they use their contradictory abilities and styles to fight against injustice wherever it appears. In Hawk and dove these two dissimilar heroes meet for the first time and work together against Kestrel, a super-powered villain intent on the destruction of Hawk.

The world of Elysia is home to a race of gods. For eons, their superiority was the only constant in the universe that was their playground. Until a mysterious and unpredictable power keeps appearing in the hands of the mortals who populate various little worlds in their universe.

Sephie is a sheltered young girl with a fairy tale life until her father dies and she finds herself at the center of a power struggle and quickly learns there is more than love in the world. Full color.

The classic DC Comics Forgotten Realms series gets collected for the first time! Join Priam, Vartan, Ishi, Foxilon, and Minder aboard the Realms Master, captained by the powerful mage Dwalimor Omen, as they seek to dispose of dangerous magic items that threaten the Realms! This action-packed second volume collects issues #9-14 of the fan-favorite series, plus the TSR Worlds Annual that introduces Spelljammer to comics!

Veteran super-soldier Sam Rey and his friend Roiya are part of a centuries-long war between humans and the lizard-like Saurians.

Comics biggest talents come together to form an exciting all woman team of creators and bring you stories to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joan Jett''s seminal albums! "BAD REPUTATION and I LOVE ROCK ''n'' ROLL hit audiences like an atom bomb, defining a sound that became a soundtrack that would span generations. Now, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of these seminal albums, an unparalleled team of women creators bring these songs to life as 20 stories."