Most Popular Books by Bob Layton

We continue Doc''s final battle as he comes face-to-face with the people he''s been dreading to meet ? his creators from the future! Plus, more of Bart''s grandson Jason as he comes one step closer to meeting his destiny.

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two studios vie for cinematic supremacy: Gotham Pictures, featuring the successful adventure serials starring Batman, and Arkham Studios, which is determined to shut the serial down at any cost...even murder!

""Besieged: Homecoming Part 1"" Aric is returned to his own time and, with the power of the X-O armor at his command, he''s determined to lay waste to the Roman Empire once and for all! But have his adventures in time and space changed him too much for his family, his love and his people to welcome this man returned with the power of a god?

The conclusion of Doctor Tomorrow''s battle against the Teutonic Knight, the Nazis'' greatest warrior. It''ll take more brains than brawn for the good Doctor to deal with this alien-armored Aryan!

Learn the secrets of Grandmother''s millennia long rule of Japan, the long lost Blood of Heroes, and long untold episode of Unity, in this tale of Shu Sugino...the rebel Rai!

While trying to sort out their shambled home, the Chaos Effect begins and makes Dr. Mirage corporeal again! Could the evil Master Darque be behind this strange phenomenon? Or is the cause something even more terrifying?

Pursued by Master Darque and an army of the undead, Dr. Mirage and his wife flee through the snowy slopes of Tibet. Slowly, Dr. Mirage realizes the nature of his new ghostly form, all the while seeking a way to defeat the rage of Darque.

When Steve Rogers refuses closer government control and resigns as Captain America, he becomes "The Captain," his old role is given to John Walker, formerly Super-Patriot, and both must adapt to their new positions as they fight America''s foes.

Back home in Miami, the Carmen and Dr. Mirage are facing the difficulties of a life together: how can one hold a ghost? Meanwhile, Master Darque begins to plot his revenge...

Doctor Tomorrow goes in an entirely new direction to deal with a new generation. Using his new contacts, he seeks out the daughter he never knew. But she''s not what he was expecting and he expects that she''ll hate him! Journey into the Space Age as the Race for Tomorrow continues...

""The Volcano''s coming, the Volcano''s coming!"", echo the words from Ript and Claude this issue, as Panaam collects his debt from our primordial heroes and forces them to spread the word to evacuate the jungle inhabitants to safety. But the rub, as they say, is that due to Ript and Claude''s past behavior, everybody thinks they''re trying to scam them. Jeez, and you thought Chicken Little had it bad.

Spurred by visions of nuclear disaster, Doctor Tomorrow races to dismantle the Nazi atomic program. But guarding it is the X-O of the 40s, the Teutonic Knight! Can Tomorrow''s future tech defeat a threat from beyond our world? Can he even survive intact?

The Elseworlds miniseries concludes! In the Golden Age of Hollywood, studio-magnate-turned-actor Byron Wyatt has lost himself in his on-camera character: the Batman! Meanwhile, rival studio chief Jack Òthe JokerÓ Napier makes an all-out play to take over his business. ÒBatmanÓ and ÒJokerÓ collide in the not-to-be-missed conclusion.

“MARTIAL L.A.W.” The heroes of the L.A.W. struggle to rescue the JLA before time runs out for all the world’s heroes! In the midst of a world-threatening conflict, we look back at the life of Hadley Jagger-also known as the legendary martial artist Judomaster! Forged in the fires of World War II, his origins contain the beginnings of Avatar-the being that, in the present day, threatens the entire world!

The team holds off the Malev Robots and forces them to retreat. Rai unites the Future Force to preserve humanity''s future.

Mama Fong arrives at the worst possible time -- just as the battle between Dr. Mirage and the shape shifter, The Otherman, is getting heated! But what can this strange villain be after? Will he stop at nothing to sabotage the Harbinger Foundation''s aerospace program and make Carmen his?!

In a lethal fight with the machine-controlling villain, Ax, Aric learns that his control over the X-O armor is slipping. Fearing it is the lingering influence of Master Darque, Aric turns to Dr. Mirage to help cleanse the armor of the necromancer''s taint.

Hwen''s hunger pains indicate his powers are fading -- and only Sandria Darque can help. In the face of this startling realization, the doctor decides to take up cooking.

The Doctor goes to war for the third time. Here he''ll meet a man he hasn''t seen in thirty years. Gilad the Warmaster from Eternal Warriors! They''re allied once again, but this time their agendas may not mesh - Gilad wants to free Vietnam from the aggression of a superstate, while Tomorrow wants to ease America out of the war! But if Gilad doesn''t like what Doc''s doing, how will Tomorrow stop a man who can''t die?