Most Popular Books by Fred van Lente

The awe-inspiring, adventure-loving, science-doing series co-created by EAST OF WEST''s NICK DRAGOTTA returns with an all-new story from superstar creators FRED VAN LENTE, TOM FOWLER, and JORDIE BELLAIRE! Tuck and Celine''s parents put their family in suspended animation to ride out the ecological apocalypse-but when the kids wake up to find Mom & Dad are gone, they have to make their way across a brave and terrifying new world to find the ''rents...using only their Howtoons projects to survive!

A (literal) battle of the minds! Generation Zero are trapped inside the Heroscape ? a twisted, extra-dimensional realm where they can explore the world as it looks through someone else?s eyes? And, unfortunately, it seems that most of their friends and neighbors have some pretty messed up stuff going on up there! They led insurgencies and counter-strikes, but can anything in this team?s precision military training prepare them for the darkness that lurks at the heart of Rook?s collective unconscious?

Animalia enters the ?HEROSCAPE?! Tap into the uncharted plane of reality called the Heroscape and you can see the world through anyone else?s eyes ? and find out how their reality is governed by their own inspirations! Now, as a mysterious force preys upon Rook?s citizens, Animalia must enter the Heroscape...and experience a world filtered through her own twisted imagination! But as Generation Zero?s most militant adolescent wunderkind enters a world populated by colorful monstrosities of her own design, Animalia must lock horns ? literally ? with demons both outward and within! ?HEROSCAPE? travels to the darkest corners of the mind right here as New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and acclaimed artist Diego Bernard (X-O MANOWAR) transform Generation Zero?s deepest desires into their darkest nightmares!

The bullet-ridden, body count-shattering conclusion! Sheriff Giulietta Romeo knows the real identity of Jennifer Blood--but Jennifer has turned the mob bosses of Bountiful against her, so the real question is, can she live long enough to prove it? With a final showdown imminent that neither Jennifer nor Giulietta may survive, we can make you only one guarantee about this issue: There will be Blood! By FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO FEDERICI (Red Sonja)!

Are the Psi-Lords real? Or are they just a myth? Get a first glimpse at the world beyond our own! After suffering a dramatic loss, the cosmic Quartet continues on with their mission to honor the memory of a fallen ally. The ultimate enemy revealed!

"Originally published in single magazine form as Big trouble in little China no. 21-25"--Indicia.

Though it looks like the (allegedly) retired crooks of Bountiful, Utah can run their dirt right under the nose of the Feds without any repercussions, everyone has to serve somebody. When the FBI comes to town demanding answers about the recent rash of murders, even the mob bosses of Bountiful have to snap to attention--but if corrupt Feds think their badges and warrants will keep them safe from the vengeance of Jennifer Blood...they''re about to learn how wrong they are! By FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO FEDERICI (Red Sonja)!

SAVIORS FROM MARS? Welcome back to Sunset City — where the boys crave brains and the girls are pretty! Having blown off a meeting with world-weary private investigator Vampirella, the fortified city’s iron-fisted ruler Purgatori now summons the Daughter of Drakulon to translate for a visitor who’s just crashed her saucer on the outskirts of town. Vampi doesn’t speak Martian, but the telepathic Dejah Thoris is quick to pick up the local tongue — and the news she brings is a bombshell. If Dejah’s story checks out, the cure to the all-male zombie plague is within Puragori’s grasp — she just needs to motivate Vampirella to hand it over after she finds it! The unquiet spirits of FRED VAN LENTE and MARCO FINNEGAN haunt the living reader through the unwholesomely compelling pages of Die!namite: Blood Red #2 — featuring shamblingly chic covers from EJ SU, ROBERTO MELI, DAVID COUSENS, and WILL ROBSON!

In this climactic issue, the Volk and the Crooked Cross gangs have gotten hold of Jennifer Blood’s Battle Diary and figured out that she’s been playing them against each other this whole time. Now they’ve got her cornered and marked for death — just the way she likes it! Forensics expert FRED VAN LENTE (Marvel Zombies) and crime scene photographer ROBERT CAREY (The Outsiders) deliver a comprehensive postmortem in Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary #5 — featuring additional image analyses from CAREY, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI!

Who are the cosmic beings known only as the Psi-Lords? And how will they change the course of the Universe in this brand-new ongoing series? Four astronauts awake in an otherworldly prison with no memory of how they got there! What is their connection to the Psi-Lords? And how will they escape? Fred Van Lente is crafting a lively sci-fi mystery, and Renato Guedes? art is (literally) out of this world.

The hit series returns, cuz you can’t kill a never-ending army of zombies... you can only hope to beat the $%&# out of them! Dynamite’s cross-company zombie crossover returns with even more undead mayhem! Evil Sonja and the Drakulonian sisters Vampirella and Pantha may have turned back the plague on Earth, but what happens when zombies from MARS start to invade?! Hear that cry in the jungle — that’s right, Tarzan has joined the insanity, and the Ape-Man has his hands full with ZOMBIE DINOSAURS in a lost valley! How does this incursion connect to Barsoom?!

Archer & Armstrong are going to war with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D Corps! (GULP!) That’s right, Valiant’s globetrotting adventure duo have been targeted for elimination by Project Rising Spirit’s most elite kill crew. Their mission? Assassinate the the newly appointed leader of a homegrown fundamentalist terror sect named…Obadiah Archer?! And if they could take out his mentally ill, alcoholic bodyguard who just happens to think he’s a 10,000-year-old immortal, that’d be swell, too! It’s an improbable mission with impossible odds. Do Bloodshot and the steely killers of the H.A.R.D. Corps stand a chance against two conspiracy-smashing heroes that never go down without a fight? Find out right here with the complete collection of the mayhem-soaked “Mission: Improbable” crossover, collecting ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: ARCHER #0, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #18-19 and BLOODSHOT AND H.A.R.D. CORPS #20-21 by acclaimed writers Fred Van Lente, Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart, and all-star artists Pere Pérez and Tom Raney!

THE END IS NEAR! Archer and Armstrong have survived their stay in the Hotel California, but now they are at the mercy of the Church of Retrology and the despicable Lizard King! What does this disgraced former rock star have in store for our dysfunctional duo, and what secret does he hold that has affected celebrities (both living and dead) for untold decades?

Collects Amazing Spider-Man #622-625. The Vulture is back and terrorizing the city of New York, and J. Jonah Jameson stands accused of masterminding his creation! And just when you thought the Rhino would be able to put his bad-guy past behind him, the new Rhino is back and demanding his blood!

It’s history in the breaking! After years of meditation and training, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to carry out the sacred mission of his family’s sect – locate and kill the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal known as Armstrong! But as this naive teenage assassin stalks his prey, he’ll soon find that both hunter and hunted are just pawns in a centuries-old conspiracy that stretches from the catacombs beneath Wall Street to the heights of the Himalayas. And Archer & Armstrong will have to work together if the future is to stand any chance of surviving the past’s greatest threat! From the New York Times best-selling creative team of writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies) and Clayton Henry (Incredible Herc), this volume collects ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1-4!

A little confused by time travel? DonÕt worry, these guys donÕt really understand it either. So theyÕre BREAKING HISTORY! With the universe on the brink of destruction, Ivar must turn to his closest relatives Ð Armstrong and Gilad Anni-Padda Ð to save Neela Sethi from the machinations of the Prometheans! The problem? These three guys couldnÕt be further apart. Time doesnÕt heal all wounds as the assault on Oblivi-1 begins! Join New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and rising star Francis Portela (Green Lantern Corps) as they kick off the next volume of the series that io9 calls Òimpressively shocking!Ó

There''s a new sheriff in the criminal-run town of Bountiful, and it''s Giulietta Romeo, Europe''s top hitwoman! Giulietta''s hot on the trail of Jennifer Blood, and needs to get her hands on the legendary vigilante''s "war journal" to help her--but the crooked judge who has it wants to strike a deadly bargain for it! It''s the annual Fourth of July celebration in Bountiful, and you can bet Jennifer Blood is bringing the fireworks! By FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO FEDERICI (Red Sonja)!

In this final issue: The group is betrayed, leading to a massive three-way battle that could spell doom for every one of our heroes! Will any survive? Only one thing is sure — it all ends here! Written by FRED VAN LENTE and featuring incredible art by EMAN CASALLOS and covers by STEVE ELLIS, BIAGIO D’ALESSANDRO, and CASALLOS, Pathfinder: Wake the Dead #5 also includes playable character stats officially sanctioned by the Pathfinder Society!