Best Selling Books by Bob Layton

Shakespeare''s AWOL and the H.A.R.D. Corps team is faced with a perilous decision -- rescue their colleague from the nest of alien spiders in Oregon, or stop Harada from buying his own country?

One of the most tumultuous eras in Iron Man history begins as Tony Stark goes after anyone and everyone wearing armor! Time for the Armored Avenger to start avenging! Tony Stark is back in the groove as Iron Man, from outer space to the ocean depths. But the new Stark Enterprises is on constant super-villain alert, under attack from familiar faces like Spymaster and new threats like the ethereal Ghost. And when Tony discovers that his technology has been stolen and abused, he declares war on anyone in armor! Iron Man''s new ruthless streak brings him into conflict with the U.S. government, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. And as his actions grow ever more extreme, he must battle an old friend in a new guise - Steve Rogers, aka the Captain! By the time the dust settles on these Armor Wars, the world might need a new Iron Man! COLLECTING: IRON MAN (1968) #215-232 and ANNUAL #9

The team travels to the Oregon wilderness to infiltrate a nest of alien arachnids and their strange machines. Meanwhile, Hotshot is inducted into the corps.

""Revival: Lifelines Part 1"" Obadiah Archer is a boy with a special talent and some very unusual parents. Once he escapes their clutches, he embarks on an international adventure that will take him from the sacred halls of a Tibetan monstrary to the filthy underpasses of Los Angeles. And when a mysterious stranger hires him to assassinate the inebriated immortal known as Armstrong, the world''s most mismatched crimfighting duo is born!

The Elseworlds miniseries continues! Suffering a serious injury to the head, actor Byron Wyatt is now convinced he has always been his most famous role...Batman. Now ÒBatmanÓ is set on getting revenge against studio mogul Jack Òthe JokerÓ Napier for WyattÕs Òmurder.Ó

“THE PAST IS ALWAYS PRESENT.” The heroes of the L.A.W. struggle to rescue the JLA before time runs out for all the world’s heroes! While the mysterious Avatar tightens his grip on the world’s last remaining defenders, Blue Beetle must come to terms with his guilt over the death of Dan Garrett-the original Beetle-and Judomaster confronts a surprise foe from his past.

""Crossroads"" Aric''s will to live is tested to its absolute limit as he leads his army of time-tossed barbarians to war against a trans-temporal empire!

With the main H.A.R.D. Corps team recovering from injuries, the ""B"" Team attempts to take out Harada. When the three-member strike team ends up out of their league against a team of Eggbreakers, the ""A"" Team comes to the rescue. And, a rookie makes the big leagues.

""Power Play"" The showdown with the machine-controlling villain Ax continues, but with his control of the X-O Manowar armor scrambled can Aric still prevail? Aric will show Ax what he does to bandits and Ken what he does to traitors!

That Dirty Yellow Mustard: Part 2 of 4. An eight issue series consisting of two four part stories. ""Internal Conflicts"" - The ""inside story"" of the Bad Eggs'' prehistoric world is revealed! Join the perilous adventures of Colin the Tapeworm as he gets all the inside poop on our cast of demented dinosaurs. It''s a ""worm''s eye-view"" of the Cretaceous Era as Colin passes from one host to another, piecing together a chain of ridiculous events that spell trouble for the rebellious raptors Ript and Claude, and tons of fun for you! So take a peek into a gastro-intestinal world you never knew existed, and hope that you never have the opportunity again! Hey, it doesn''t say ""Number 2"" on the cover for nothing. Featuring a Really Neat Cover that has nothing to do with the story, but Bob made Don draw it anyway!

At a ski resort in Aspen, Colorado, Carmen and Hwen are stalked by a deadly, protean servant of Master Darque looking for a reservoir of necromantic power to feed on.

To distract her from their marital frustrations, Carmen takes on a consulting job investigating a possessed man. In the mean time, Dr. Mirage''s mother decides now is the perfect time to visit her son. How will Dr. Mirage be able to break the news to his mother that he''s become a phantom?!

Bart must recover from his heart-wrenching betrayal quickly, or the future may just go up in smoke! More consequences of the Simms family''s activities in the forties! And something BIG may be coming to Earth, and it ain''t Orson Welles!

It''s H.A.R.D. Corps versus the Armorines, Round 1! When the Armorines lure the team to an abandoned airfield in the swamps outside Miami, the two powerhouses face off.

While Carmen struggles to make Hwen corporeal again, Master Darque lures the couple into his latest nefarious plan involving a strong man, a demolitions expert -- and Shadowman!?

Tensions run high when the team starts breaking in Maniac''s new replacement. Flatline''s first day back to life in the H.A.R.D. Corps may just be his last when things go disastrously wrong during his first live fire exercise.

""Seed of Destruction - Part 2"" From fitful dreams, Aric wakes to discover the good skin is taking him into the far reaches of space! There Rexo and the last of Aric''s one-time captors lie in wait, desperate to claim the Manowar armor as their own!

With one of their own dead at the hands of one Harada''s Eggbreakers, things are getting desperate for the team when the Harbinger Foundation tracks the team to their base of operations. But it''ll take more than that to keep the H.A.R.D. Corps down as the team goes on an unauthorized excursion to get payback for Maniac!