New Releases by Brian Azzarello

One is the World''s Greatest Detective with unlimited resources for his vigilante quest for justice. The other is a soldier; a black-ops killer who does whatever it takes for the greater good. What happens when the two meet? We''ll never know because Michael Cray, code-name Deathblow, is dead. The Dark Knight faces the daunting task of finishing a job that someone else started, but for reasons that remain a mystery, refused to finish. That someone was Michael Cray. Collecting the 3-issue miniseries by Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, WONDER WOMAN), with stunning, evocative art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER, BATMAN: NOEL), Tim Bradstreet (HELLBLAZER, Punisher covers) & Mick Gray (PROMETHEA).

The Eisner award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS--writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Rissoe, reunites to tell the story of the baddest Minuteman of all. When last we saw Lono in 100 BULLETS, Dizzy Cordova had shot him through the chest ... but Lono always was too tough to die. Now, after the final events of 100 BULLETS, Lono finds himself in Mexico working on the side of the angels. Collects the entire eight-issue run of this limited series.

Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang''s critically acclaimed Wonder Woman reintroduces the New Gods! Wonder Woman''s world is shocked to its core when her eldest brother, the First Born, is freed from his slumber. Now, with her family in ruins and her friends scattered, she must turn to Orion and the New Gods of New Genesis to save herself and Zola''s newborn from the First Born''s wrath! Collects WONDER WOMAN #19-23.

A New York Times Bestseller! Wonder Woman has finally discovered her heritage, as well as all the family that comes along with it. However, as she digs deeper into her familial tree, there''s as many Gods that are willing to lend her a hand as there are those that would do her harm. WW continues on her search for her friend Zola''s baby, not knowing who she can trust. So when she discovers New God Orion at her doorstep, is he here to help her--or destroy her? Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS) and illustrators Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins blend superheroics with ancient mythology in this critically acclaimed graphic novel WONDER WOMAN VOL. 3. Collects issues #0, #13-17.

When you''re the daughter of a God-King, a family feud can threaten the whole universe.That Wonder Woman''s discovered her true identity-daughter of the Queen of the Amazons and Zeus, King of the Gods-she''s learning this lesson the hard way: from her father’s jealous wife Hera to his prodigal sun Apollo, an array of Olympians are out to destroy her-and the innocent, potentially omnipotent baby Zeus recently fathered with a human woman…Quest to save the child-and her own skin-has forced her to team up with a motley crew of demigods and deities. But Olympus isn''t the only pantheon in play: in the far reaches of space, a race of New Gods prepares to send its greatest warrior into battle-not to save the child, but to destroy it. And in the frozen wastes at the edge of the Earth, an old god arises, with old scores to settle.Woman''s mettle is about to be tested-but will it be melted down entirely? Gods forbid…Olympus and outer space, WONDER WOMAN: IRON (collecting issues #0, #13-18), is modern mythmaking and icon-shattering at its pulse-pounding best, from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling team Brian Azzarello (JOKER, 100 BULLETS), Cliff Chiang (GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY), along with a pantheon of talented artists including Tony Akins (JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER) and Goran Sudžuka (Y: THE LAST MAN)!

When last we saw Lono, Dizzy Cordova had shot him through the chest. Now, after the final events of 100 BULLETS, Lono finds himself in Mexico working on the side of the angels.

You''ve never seen the streets of Gotham City like this before! Bringing the same neo-noir flavor and grimy realism that have distinguished his work100 BULLETS, artist Eduardo Risso, with writing from his frequent creative partner Brian Azzarello, stitches together gorgeous, brutal Batman tales that will haunt you long after you''ve finished reading. Eduardo Risso and his dramatic renderings of the Caped Crusader with collaborator, Brian Azzarello. brings Gotham''s protector out of the shadows and into stunning black and white. BATMAN NOIR: EDUARDO RISSO pits Batman up against some of his greatest villains including the Joker, The Penguin, Killer Croc and others in a way that has never made this Knight darker. This deluxe hardcover edition collects BATMAN #620-625, FLASHPOINT: BATMAN - KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1-3, stories from WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-12 and the short story from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #8.

The complete 12-part saga from SUPERMAN #204-215 written by Brian Azzarello with sensational art by Jim Lee! A cataclysmic event has struck the Earth. Millions of people have vanished without a trace. No one is left unaffected; not even Superman!But after a year, Superman is left with many questions. For a hero who tries to have all the answers, it''s torture. And, just as the action heats up and the stakes are raised, one huge question emerges: Just how far is Superman willing to go ''For Tomorrow?''

To find a dangerous pyrokinetic, Batman must figure out a decade long mystery involving a government killer code-named "Deathblow," but unfortunately for Batman, Deathblow has been dead for ten years.

Wonder Woman’s world is shattered when a secret her mother, Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, kept all her life is revealed: Diana is not clay brought to life, but is in fact the child of Zeus! In this reimagining of Diana’s history, superheroics and mythology seamlessly blend as Brian Azzarello (JOKER, 100 BULLETS) creates a new direction for one of the world’s best-known heroes. With stunning art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins, Wonder Woman has never looked better. Nuanced and bold, this new beginning of the iconic character is considered one of the greatest stories in the history of the Amazon Warrior. WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 1: BLOOD—the critically acclaimed and best-selling series—collects issues #1-6 from the New 52 era.

With the world distracted by war, the secret organization the Golden Tree plans on taking over and Doc Savage joins forces with the Spirit, Batman, and others in trying to stop it.

The first six issues of the critically acclaimed new Wonder Woman series are collected here in WONDER WOMAN VOL. 1: BLOOD! Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life-and when Wonder Woman learns who her father is, her life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera-so why is her sinister daughter, Strife, so eager for the truth to be told? Superstar writer Brian Azzarello creates a new direction for one of DC''s best-known heroes, with spectacular art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins!

Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Victor Santos Cover by Lee Bermejo Richard "Junk" Junkin has always lived on the wrong side of trouble. A former pro football star whose career was cut short by injury (and a nasty gambling problem), Junk now spends his time dreaming of what might have been, selling cars in Jersey and lusting after the boss''s unbelievably spoiled, unbelievably sexy and unbelievably rich daughter, Victoria. So when the boss asks him to be Victoria''s personal bodyguard while she tears up the New York City club scene, Junk leaps at the chance. But before long, he''s finds that Victoria wants a lapdog and not a chaperone, someone who''s going to do all of her dirty work-all of it-someone who wants to get filthy rich... From Brian Azzarello, the multiple Eisner Award-winning writer of Vertigo''s long-running crime series 100 BULLETS and the smash-hit graphic novel, JOKER, and artist Victor Santos, the creator/writer/artist of the hit French series Young Ronin. Advance-solicited; on sale August 19 - 200 pg, B&W, 5.5" x 8" - $19.99 US - MATURE READERS

"You will be blown away."-AIN''T IT COOL NEWS Brian Azzarello brings to THE JOKER all the visceral intensity and criminal insight that has made his Vertigo graphic novel series 100 BULLETS one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning series of all time. This original graphic novel tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City. The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he''s none too happy about what''s happened to his Gotham City rackets while he''s been "away." What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and, of course, The Batman, and heaven help them all. Told through the eyes of his loyal (but naive) henchman Jonny Frost, JOKER is a true noir crime novel: a harrowing journey into a city of rain-soaked streets, dirty sheets and nothing but bad choices.

Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso''s tale of power and revenge winds through Chicago, Miami, Atlantic City and Juarez in STRYCHNINE LIVES, collecting issues #59-67 of the award-winning series. With the Houses of the Trust warily circling each other, looking for the right angle to take in their impending war, the remaining Minutemen continue to pick their sides - and set up their own battle plans.

Reprinting issues #31-36 of the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning VERTIGO series, 100 BULLETS: THE COUNTERFIFTH DETECTIVE brings to light another chapter in the story of Agent Graves and the remnants of his old outfit the Minutemen. In this fifth suggested for mature readers collection by acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello (HELLBLAZER, BATMAN/DEATHBLOW: AFTER THE FIRE), featuring art by Eduardo Risso (BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS) and a new cover by Dave Johnson, Agent Graves presents his trademark attaché case containing a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to Milo Garret — a small-time private dick who''s just gotten out of the hospital after losing an argument with his car''s windshield. With his face covered in bandages, Milo has become an invisible man in more ways than one. As his latest case draws him into the shadowy world of the Trust, he''s forced to confront the blank space that is his past and figure out what it has to do with the attaché case he''s holding in the present… and do it before what he doesn''t know ends up finishing the job that the windshield started.

Reprinting 100 BULLETS #50-58, unraveling the tangled mystery of the Trust as Wylie Times becomes the latest Minuteman to be reactivated by the Trust''s one-time enforcer Agent Graves. But which side will he choose?

Discover why Luthor chooses to be the proverbial thorn in Superman''s side and why he sees himself as humanity''s savior from an untrusted alien being.

When a woman is found dead in the Gotham landfill, Batman''s investigation leads him down a path of love, betrayal, and death which causes him to reflect on his city, his life, and himself.

A graphic novel in which Sergeant Rock and the men of East Company search for an escaped German officer who killed his fellow prisoners.

This third collection of this modern noir classic contains an Eisner Award-winning storyline in which the enigmatic Agent Graves pulls a young man by the name of Loop Hughes into his web of intrigue and deception. Armed with one of Agent Graves'' "special" briefcases, Loop tracks down his long-lost father and is soon drawn into his dad''s world of mob enforcement. As Loop acts on his deepest inner desires and violence erupts, Agent Graves'' ulterior motives are chillingly revealed along with more clues about the intricate conspiracy that he is orchestrating. Collects issues #15-19.

In this dark and intriguing collection, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches ordinary citizens and gives them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person that has wronged them. Offering his clients an attach_ case containing proof of the deed and a gun, he guarantees his "clients" full immunity for all of their actions, including murder. In these opening chapters, Dizzy Cordova, a Latina gangbanger who has just finished a prison sentence, is given the chance to avenge her family''s murders, and a downtrodden bartender receives the opportunity to exact revenge against the woman that ruined his life.

Hard Time'' part 1! Stripped of his trademark trench coat, his pack of Silk Cuts, and the safety net of his personal connections, Constantine must adapt to an environment unlike any other he''s experienced: a hard place governed by even harder men, where weakness is rewarded by death.

What would you do if you were given the opportunity and the means to get away with murder, scot-free? Thats the question posed in 100 Bullets, a new graphic novel that combines elements of hard-boiled crime stories and paranoid espionage thrillers. The mysterious Agent Graves offers his clients a gun and immunity from prosecution, enabling them to get revenge against those who ruined their lives. Suggested for mature readers.

Writer Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS) and superstar artist Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) unite to begin an epic! As people around the Earth disappear, a new threat tests Superman like never before! Plus, meet Father Leone, a figure who will play an important role in The Man of Steel''s life.

The Gods walk among us. To them, our lives are playthings. Only one woman would dare to protect humanity from the wrath of such strange and powerful forces. But is she one of us--or one of them? WONDER WOMAN begins anew under the creative team of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang!

The thrilling conclusion to the FLASHPOINT tie-in limited series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso! Thomas Wayne comes face-to-face with the smiling face of his greatest enemy and greatest tragedy.

Hera, Queen of the Gods, does not take her vengeance lightly--and if Wonder Woman is so foolish as to stand in the way of her whim, then Wonder Woman is her enemy. But it''s Hera''s daughter that Diana should truly fear. The Goddess of Discord is coming to Paradise Island!

Wonder Woman has left Paradise Island behind, but Hera is just arriving. Without the Amazons'' most powerful daughter to protect them, can they withstand the wrath of a God who once favored them? And why would Zola want Diana to march right back into the eye of the storm?

Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life--and when it''s revealed, Wonder Woman''s life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera herself!