Best Selling Books by Fred Van Lente

Agent Price''s new mission pits him against a doomsday cult leader with a political agenda that poses a direct threat to the president. But a mysterious hive mind has more menacing plans for Brain Boy. He''ll have no choice but to go head to head--brain to brain--with the mysterious Men from G.E.S.T.A.L.T.! The Men from G.E.S.T.A.L.T. collects New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente''s electrifying second arc of psychic spy Brain Boy''s continuing adventures!

"This volume collects issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse Comics monthly Conan the Avenger series"--Copyright page.

The team behind IDW’S Comic Book History of Comics returns with a brand-new series! After World War II, “CARTOON COOL” brings a new hipness to toonmakers—but new dangers too! The legendary UPA defies Disney-esque cuteness to redefine the medium… but can they survive the House Un-American Activities Committee? Uncle Walt wades into controversy with The Song of the South. While over at Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes master Chuck Jones revolutionizes the short subject with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck!

Writer Fred Van Lente takes on the world''s most famous barbarian! Conan and the former slave girl Natala wander the desert as the only survivors of a vast army. Finally they arrive dying of thirst to the unwelcoming and desolate city of Xuthal, where a mysterious horror lurks in the shadows threatening to take any who step within the city! As the inhabitants sleep under the spell of the Black Lotus, Conan and Natala must escape if they wish to live! This enthralling volume collects issues #13--19 of the Dark Horse Comics series Conan the Avenger.

The entire team of Resurrectionists has been unlocked, but Lennox is closing in on them. If they want to defeat him, prevent their own deaths, and stop the cycle they''ve been stuck in for thousands of years, they''ll need to pull off an impossible heist as the Sojourn Corporation, a gang of angry criminals, and the NYPD bear down on them. Can Jericho Way and his team steal the past to fight the future? * From _New York Times_ best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Brain Boy_, _Archer and Armstrong_)! A tightly scripted and kinetic debut, one well worth considering.�ComicBook.com

Collects Deadpool Vs. The Punisher #1-5. It''s the Merc with a Mouth vs. the One-Man Army! When a man known simply as the Bank hires Deadpool to kill Frank Castle, it should be a simple task for Wade Wilson to execute, right? Except taking out the Punisher is a lot harder than Deadpool could have anticipated--especially since he likes the Punisher. A straightforward job becomes a knock-down-drag-out fight as they trade shot for shot. But things get complicated when the mercenary and the merciless Castle wind up embroiled in a bigger, messier conflict with the Bank front and center. The bloody and brutal fight never ceases regardless of what side Wade and Frank are on, even when it''s seemingly the same side--just because they have a common enemy doesn''t make them partners in crime. To the victor belong the spoils, but is there a clear winner here?

Resurrectionists are a select group of people who cannot only remember their past lives, but also become them. Framed architect-turned-thief Jericho Way and his crew of modern-day tomb robbers aren’t born knowing they’ve been trying to pull off the same heist for three millennia. First, they have to wake up. But with enlightenment comes grave danger—the eternally antagonistic Sojourn Corporation is now hot on their heels! Collects Resurrectionists #1–#6. “Resurrectionists [is] great! Action, intrigue, and mystery aplenty!”—Jim Zub (Conan Red Sonja)

Don’t touch that dial! It’s “SATURDAY MORNING FUNHOUSE”! We roll into the 1960s, during which a CBS executive named Fred Silverman had the brilliant idea to turn Saturday mornings into all kids programming, transforming the toon landscape forever! Hanna and Barbera are fired from MGM, but become the biggest animators in the country—but what happens to all the jobs sent overseas? In Japan, the animation industry begins taking its first few steps toward dominance, where Hayao Miyazaki begins learning his trade—and yearning for more!

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #602-611, Spider-Man: A Chemical Romance, Spider-Man: The Root Of All Annoyance, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom u0097 New Ways To Live #1-3, Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot #1-3, And Material From Web Of Spider-Man (2009) #1 And Amazing Spider-Man Family #6. The Chameleon returns with a terrifying new mission u0097 and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson squarely in his sights! And as JJJu0092s Anti-Spider Squad closes in, Peter Parker gets a brand-new job! Will it bring him closer to the newly returned Mary Jane or push her further away? Then, look out Spidey u0097 the Black Catu0092s back too, more dangerous than ever! And Raptor seeks revenge against the man he claims killed his family u0097 Ben Reilly, Spider-Manu0092s clone! Plus: Eddie Brock finds a new way to live u0097 as Anti-Venom! Jackpot makes the scene! And Deadpool strikes!

To pull off the highest-stakes heist in history, Jericho Waya Resurrectionist known as the Maker who''s been awakened to the knowledge and abilities of all of his past livesmust team up with the woman who helped ruin his current life: his ex-wife Adele. Way and the Scout need her skills, which means she needs to be unlocked. But will millennia after millennia of skills be enough to free their crew from the clutches of the evil Sojourn Corporation? From _New York Times_ best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Brain Boy_, _Archer and Armstrong_)!

Living it up at the Hotel California! Dead celebrities, an extra-dimensional hotel, the truth about The Doors?and that was all in our first issue! Fred Van Lente?s ground-breaking run continues as Archer & Armstrong face off against their greatest foe, The Lizard King, as the fate of reality itself hangs in the balance!

"This volume collects issues #7-#12 of the Dark Horse Comics monthly Conan the Avenger series."

?BREAKING HISTORY? IS ALL OVER! It all comes down to this! Ivar and his brothers ? Gilad, the Eternal Warrior, and Armstrong ? have led a suicide mission to rescue Neela Sethi and time itself. Now, as Oblivi-1 grows in power and threatens to destroy the very universe, they?ll make their last, dire, final move to save history. Will they do it? Well, the arc ain?t called ?Saving History? now is it?! New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and rising star Francis Portela (The Flash) team up to tear down the walls of time!

Stop rubbing your eyes, fanboy, they don''t deceive you! Everyone''s favorite Merc with a Mouth stars in a third on-going series, hacking and wisecracking his way across the Marvel Universe. First up: when master assassin Arcade and Nightmare, Lord of the Dream Dimension, join forces to destroy Wade Wilson and THE INCREDIBLE HERCULES, they get more than they bargain for, taking on two of the MU''s most irresponsible heroes! Drunken mayhem, bad jokes, and billions of dollars of property damage ensue!

Writer Fred Van Lente''s incredible run on Conan reaches its epic conclusion! Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, was born with a twin sister, Salome--but by an ancient doom placed on their bloodline Salome''s chest bore a scarlet half-moon birthmark: the mark of the witch! Left to die in the desert, Salome survived instead, and grew up to embrace her malevolent destiny . . . and now she''s back, to take vengeance on all of Khauran! Featuring perhaps the most famous event in the Conan mythos, Conan''s crucifixion, this spellbinding volume collects Conan the Avenger #20-25.

Collects Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005) #33-36. The all-new, all-ages, all-action fun continues! It''s wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody''s favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin and Venom! Plus: Will Harry Osborn succumb to his family''s evil legacy and don the guise of the Goblin?

?BREAKING HISTORY? ? PART 2! THREE BROTHERS VS THE FUTURE! With the universe on the brink of destruction, Ivar must turn to his closest relatives ? Armstrong and Gilad Anni-Padda ? to save Neela Sethi from the machinations of the Prometheans! The problem? These three guys couldn?t be further apart. Time doesn?t heal all wounds as the assault on Oblivi-1 begins! Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and Francis Portela (Green Lantern Corps) continue this time-shattering comics event!

The team behind IDW’S Comic Book History of Comics returns with a brand-new series! From Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyasaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in between! In this issue: Sound comes to cartoons, and Walt Disney takes the world by storm with Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphonies, and Snow White! A whole slew of icons are created, from the Fleischers’ Betty Boop to Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes stars! But it''s not all fun and laughter for the animation workforce, whose strikes brings the industry to its knees!

Ambushed while protecting an important statesman, Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy, finds himself wrapped up in political intrigue that could derail a key United Nations conference and that sets the psychic spy on a collision course with a man whose mental powers rival his own! Collects Brain Boy #0–#3. * New York Times bestseller Fred Van Lente (Archer & Armstrong). • Art by R. B. Silva (Superboy, Jimmy Olsen), and Freddie Williams II (Green Arrow, Captain Atom)!

Fred Van Lente and Guiu VilanovaÈs new series is an H. P. Lovecraft inspired take on a murder mystery.ðu0094Infinite Comix Det. Sebastian Greene fights for his life against an Innsmouth monster! And Det. Sana Fayez is hot on GreeneÈs trail, closer and closer to discovering his secret identity but hounded by fish-faced Mafiosi. Will they be able to survive long enough to stop the Juice Box Killer? Fred Van LenteÈs newest original comic series!

Ambushed while protecting an important foreign dignitary, Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy, finds himself wrapped up in political intrigue. An assassination plot that could derail a key United Nations conference sets Brain Boy on a collision course with a man whose mental powers rival his own! Get ready for a psychic smackdown over the streets of New York City! * Written by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Archer and Armstrong, G.I. Joe_) with art by R. B. Silva (_Superboy, Jimmy Olsen_)! 

The cosmic Quartet begins to master their jaw-dropping powers and unlock deeper meanings to their newfound abilities! Dangerous aliens have targeted the Quartet, and they?ll stop at nothing until they?ve eliminated the team. Plus, the lost history of the Psi-Lords revealed?!

Nothing is forever. So say the Null. ?The Wrath of the Eternal Warrior? gears up for its universe-shattering penultimate issue! ?Nothing is Forever.? That is the motto of the Null, the enemies of the Geomancers for centuries. Now, at last, the Null have found the key to the utter destruction of all that is ? and his name is Obadiah Archer! Can Aram and Gilad set aside their differences long enough to team up against Armstrong?s best friend ? and will any of them survive the final battle?

Fred Van Lente and Guiu VilanovaÈs new series is an H. P. Lovecraft inspired take on a murder mystery.ðu0094Infinite Comix Det. Sebastian Greene fights for his life against an Innsmouth monster! And Det. Sana Fayez is hot on GreeneÈs trail, closer and closer to discovering his secret identity but hounded by fish-faced Mafiosi. Will they be able to survive long enough to stop the Juice Box Killer? Fred Van LenteÈs newest original comic series!

ALL-NEW ARC! Archer and Armstrong and Aliens. Oh my! Mary-Maria, Archer?s arch-nemesis/love interest/adopted sister is back, ready to take over The Sect ? by any means necessary. And what better way to seize control of the secret society of secret societies than by unlocking their most secretive of secrets on the secretest place on Earth? And who but the Valiant Universe?s premiere team of conspiracy-busters can possibly stop her? Just when you thought this book couldn?t get any weirder, Archer & Armstrong storm Area 51?and things get weirder still!

Dennis Calero delves into the bloody world of corporate mergers in _The Suit_a real cutthroat businessman! Ken Pisani and Arturo Lauria bring their Geekie Award�winning political sci-fi drama _Colonus_ to the pages of _DHP_! And Brent Schoonover gets down and dirty with the Burial Brothers, featuring colors by Jordie Bellaire! Plus, new chapters of Fred Van Lente and Guiu Vilanova''s _Weird Detective_, Brendan McCarthy''s _Dream Gang,_ and Mike Grell''s _Tarzan_! If you are a fan of independent comics, there is simply no reason not to be reading this.� Infinite Comix

New creative team! New party of Iconics! New lands of Golarion to explore! The tantalizing prospect of a rendezvous with a Geb defector in possession of priceless secrets from that undead nation brings a diverse group of adventurers to the Nexian metropolis of Ecanus. When they find themselves cornered by the city''s remorseless Deathsealers, can the Iconics band together for survival—and escape a city full of hostile wizards alive? Get this debut issue with a unique, hand-drawn Ken Haeser sketch cover!

Time is almost up! Ivar has been keeping a secret from his partner-in-time, Neela, this whole time, and once she learns the truth their relationship will be history! Literally! Join New York Times best-selling creators Fred Van Lente & Clayton Henry for the epoch shattering conclusion of our first (time)arc!

HAWAII! Surfers! Bikinis! Evil zombies! Flesh-eating superheroes! And Vampirella meets the wrong end of Ash’s BOOMSTICK! Absolute batsh*t craziness from FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO CARRATU (Zorro)!

Who are the cosmic beings known only as the Psi-Lords? And how will they change the course of the Valiant Universe? Four space explorers awake in an otherworldly prison known as the Gyre with no memory of how they got there. Sent by space agencies from across the Earth and gifted with strange new celestial powers, these spacefarers will have to work together to survive. And out in these star-flung reaches, they?ll have nothing but their wits to guide them. That, and a mysterious voice in their heads that tells them if they want to escape and find their way home there is one thing they must do? Find the Psi-Lords. New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER; GENERATION ZERO) and stunning artist Renato Guedes (SHADOWMAN) team up for a brand-new, galaxy-bending adventure! Collecting PSI-LORDS #1?8.

When the United States Secret Service needs to stop an assassination before the killer''s even decided to buy a gun, they call the world''s most powerful telepath: Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy. But when the secret agent that can read anyone''s mind finds that a powerful psychic network has been hidden from him, Brain Boy begins to wonder whether he knows everything or nothing at all! * Written by _New York Times_ best-selling author Fred Van Lente (_Archer and Armstrong_, _G.I. Joe_) with art by R. B. Silva (_Superboy_, _Jimmy Olsen_)! 

Collects X-Men Noir #1-4. The Brotherhood is re-imagined through a Noir prism as Xavier, a discredited shrink sits in a jail cell, wondering what in the world his little refugees from the Xavier School for Exceptionally Wayward Youth are up to now. Other than staying one step ahead of Magnus and the Brotherhood, that is.

Collects Marvel Zombies 5 #1-5. MACHINE MAN IS BACK! Zombies of the multiverse, watch your rotting backs! To obtain a cure for the zombie virus for Morbius the Living Vampire, Aaron Stack, Agent of ARMOR, must traverse alternate realities hunting down the plague in all its myriad forms...with a most unusual (but somehow oddly appropriate) partner! First up: in the Alterniverse known as "The Territory," the Old West never died. But when the greatest gunslingers of Marveldom - Two-Gun Kid, Phantom Rider, Kid Colt, and many others - rise from their graves in Boot Hill, the stage is set for a High Noon showdown with flesh-eating outlaws the likes of which you''ve never seen! Also featuring a trip to Camelot to battle the original Black Knight!

Collects Marvel Zombies 4 #1-4. They''re nobody''s idea of heroes, but they''re all that stands between our world and an unstoppable apocalypse! They''re the new Midnight Sons, and their quest to track down the undead who escaped from A.R.M.O.R. will lead them around the globe and right to a cruise ship overrun with undead undersea-dwelling cannibals!

Collects Marvel Zombies Return #1-5. Nothing can withstand the Hunger, the insatiable drive that compels the undead super heroes to devour friends, family, heroes and villains alike. But now, the Marvel Zombies find themselves on a fresh world, ripe for the picking! Who can stop the super-powered undead?

Magnus discovers an Arctic research station that pre-dates the Age of the Singularity! What horrendous secrets will he discover, what will it mean for human and robotkind... and how do these discoveries continue to unlock The Gold Key Universe?

A perfect jumping-on point as Magnus: Robot Fighter begins an all-new story arc! Having finally reunited with his robotic father, Magnus has new purpose in life. But that doesn''t really matter if "dad" starts him off on a suicide mission! It''s Magnus: Agent of 1A!