Best Selling Books by Christopher Hastings

Collects How to Read Comics the Marvel Way #1-4, Ms. Marvel (2014) #1, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 And Spidey #1. Presenting a universal gateway into the House of Ideas! Comic books can sometimes be like a foreign language to the uninitiated - with their own unique storytelling tools, visual shorthand and narrative conventions. Many clever cartoonists and scribes have shared their theories on the grammar of comics, but it's never been done in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Get ready, because Mysterio has trapped Spider-Man inside a comic book - and Spidey's going to help you navigate through the gutters, balloons, panels, pencils and more! Plus: See how top talents speak the "language of comics" in action-packed adventures featuring Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur!

Superfan becomes super hero! Gwen Poole was an avid comic book reader...until she found herself transported into the Marvel Universe! Now, surrounded by characters that she knows everything about -- including their secret identities! -- and fully aware of the tropes of superhero storytelling, Gwen is determined not to be an "extra" in this brave new world. But her attention-seeking journey from mercenary to Avenger (okay, West Coast, but still...!) is complicated when she learns how to manipulate the comic books she herself appears in! As her continuity dramas get ever more convoluted, will Gwen go big...or go home? COLLECTING: Gwenpool, The Unbelievable (2016) 1-25, Rocket Raccoon and Groot (2016) 8-10, Champions (2016) 5, Edge of Venomverse (2017) 2, West Coast Avengers (2018) 1-10, Superior Spider-Man (2018) 7-8, Gwenpool Strikes Back (2019) 1-5; material from Howard the Duck (2015B) 1-3, Gwenpool Special (2015) 1, Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up (2016) 1, Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) 1

Collects Gwenpool, The Unbelievable #11-15 and material from Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up #1. Gwen Poole continues to make friends and influence people across the Marvel Universe! But what will some of Marvel's greatest heroes make of Gwen and her bizarre perspective on the world they live in? Whatever happens, it'll be Unbelievable!

Collects Unbelievable Gwenpool #0-4. The hero who could have been you takes center stage in her own series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic-book reader — until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can’t be, right? This must all be a hoax or an imaginary story or something. And that means no consequences! With that philosophy, Gwenpool just may be Marvel’s least responsible character to date! And getting into the merc business is a good way to start — until it pits her against Thor! Place your bets on the Goddess of Thunder vs. the Oddest of Wonders! And if Gwen somehow survives that encounter, with no skills or training, she’ll face the wrath of M.O.D.O.K.! Being in a comic book is not as easy as it looks!

FIRST TIME IN PRINT! It’s a Marvelous case of mistaken identity when Wade Wilson, the Regeneratin’ Degenerate you know as Deadpool, kills the wrong secret agent — and has no choice but to take his place and complete his mission! But can Deadpool keep an object of paradoxical power out of the wrong hands? Pitted against the deadly terrorist organization called GORGON, it’s up to Wade Wilson to finish what his superspy victim started as only Deadpool can — with excessive violence, a healing factor and more than a few laughs along the way!

ALL-NEW STORY! ALL-NEW SONJA'S! PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR NEW READERS! A low-level criminal is suddenly making a big mysterious underworld splash...which is remarkable, considering that the guy's very recently DIED. Sounds like a case for NOIR SONJA. But not only does N.S. have to solve The Mystery Of The Successful Cadaver, she's got to manage the arrival of a whole new cadre of Sonja's that'll throw her investigation for a loop...

It's a Marvelous case of mistaken identity when Wade Wilson, the Regeneratin' Degenerate you know as Deadpool, kills the wrong secret agent - and has no choice but to take his place and complete his mission! But can Deadpool keep an object of paradoxical power out of the wrong hands? Pitted against the deadly terrorist organisation called Gorgon, it's up to Wade Wilson to finish what his superspy victim started as only Deadpool can - with excessive violence, a healing factor and more than a few laughs along the way! Collecting Deadpool: Secret Agent Deadpool (2018) #1-6

C’mon, grab your friends and head to distant lands in this new Adventure Time compendium, collecting stories from some truly mathematical authors—including Mariko Tamaki, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Cannon, and more—as well as the radical Adventure Time shorts from the series’ original run! Crowning the Best Princess Ever, conquering a mysterious Hot Air Balloon Race & Vocabulary Refresher, navigating life with their very own doubles, finding a way to bring inspiration back to the pages of a comic book, cute puppies (cute puppies!!!) . . . it’s just another day in the life of Finn, Jake, and all their friends in the land of Ooo! These tales and more are waiting in the pages of this Adventure Time compendium, collecting issues #62–75 from authors Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me), Delilah S. Dawson (Sparrowhawk), Kevin Cannon (The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy), and more, and artists Ian McGinty (Bee and PuppyCat), Joey McCormick (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Jorge Monlongo (Napoleon Dynamite), and more!

Gwenpool hat sich mühsam ihren Platz im Marvel-Kosmos erkämpft. Nun fürchtet sie, dass ihre Serie eingestellt wird, falls ihr nicht ein Paukenschlag gelingt. Und was lockt mehr Leser an, als Spider-Man zu demaskieren? Vielleicht erhält Gwen ja die proportionalen Kräfte einer Spinne, falls Spidey sie beißt. Oder ist es besser, die Ehe von Sue und Reed Richards zu zerstören? Die chaotische Comic-Verrückte, die selbst zur Comic-Figur wurde, ist zurück. Und sie tut alles dafür, dass es so bleibt. Wird sie es schaffen oder für immer aus unserem Blickfeld verschwinden?

Spider-Man et Deadpool font équipe pour le plus grand plaisir de Wade Wilson (mais pas de Peter Parker) ! Dans ces trois aventures, les héros retrouvent le Caméléon, l'incroyable Hulk ou encore le ringard Hypno-Disco.

Sie war einst ein Comic-Fan wie ihr. Bis Gwen Poole eines Morgens in einer Welt aufwachte, in der all ihre Lieblings-Comicfiguren offenbar real waren. Aber geht ja nicht. Muss alles Fake, ein Traum oder sonst was sein. Und seither benimmt sich Gwen, als wäre sie die Heldin eines Videospiels. Bühne frei für Marvels verantwortungslosestes Vorbild aller Zeiten: Gwenpool!

Gwenpool findet es affengeil, eine Comic-Figur zu sein. Doch ihr Abenteuer mit Spider-Man Miles Morales geht übel in die Hose, weil sie noch lieber ein böses Mädchen ist. Als Gwen dann die Leitung von MODOK wird sie nicht nur vom Gesetz gejagt. Ihre einzige Chance: Chaos stiften und sich nicht um die Konsequenzen scheren.

Betretet das Venomverse! Das große, unglaubliche Venom/Spider-Man-Event startet mit diesem Sonderband und einer Invasion mehrerer Parallelwelten durch außerirdische Symbionten. In anderen Realitäten des Multiverse übernehmen und verwandeln sie Deadpool, X-23, Gwenpool, Ghost Rider und eine Figur aus der postapokalyptischen Welt von OLD MAN LOGAN ...

You may have several triggers to investigate the feasibility of moving a workload or set of workloads to the IBM® System z® platform. These triggers could be concerns about operational cost, manageability, or delivering the agreed service levels, among others. Investigating the feasibility of a possible migration or transition to any other platform, including System z, requires a number of basic steps. These steps usually start with an understanding of the current workload and its pain points, and end with a business case to move the workload. It is important to find out how easy a migration is going to be and how much risk will be involved. In this IBM Redbooks® publication we offer thoughts on how to move through these steps. We also include a chapter with a System z technology summary to help you understand how a migrated workload may fit on the platform. Our focus in this book is on workloads that are mission-critical and require a high level of availability, including disaster recovery.