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After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate ''No Man''s Land'' live amidst a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies continue their fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour. Taking on a new costume and persona as Batgirl, the Huntress joins forces with Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, while Nightwing, the former Robin, tries to help the city''s remaining citizens in any way he can. But as Batman begins to realize that he is fighting a fight he can''t win, he collapses into a state of despair from which he may never recover. NO MAN''S LAND VOL. 2 collects stories from some of the great Dark Knight scribes of all-time, including Denny O''Neil, Greg Rucka, Kelley Puckett and Chuck Dixon. Collects BATMAN #567-568, DETECTIVE COMICS #734-735, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #119-121, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #87-88, BATMAN CHRONICLES #17, ROBIN #67, NIGHTWING #35-37, CATWOMAN #72-74, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #56-57 and YOUNG JUSTICE: NO MAN''S LAND #1.

Codename: Patriot'' Part 2! Nightwing & Flamebird are hot on the trail of the psycho sleepers when they run into another deadly duo—Reactron and Metallo! What do these two want, and how does it tie in with General Lane''s plans? Meanwhile, Superman and Supergirl arrive on Earth searching for the shooter, but will their actions end up causing more harm than good? And in part 2 of the new co-feature, Captain Atom''s memory is falling apart right in the heat of battle—can he keep it together without annihilating an entire town? Luckily a deadly new player is about to take that choice out of his hands—permanently...

Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee team-up for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows everyone''s favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the Millennium Falcon on a top-secret mission for the Rebellion. Hidden in the story are also hints and clues about the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-read for fans old and new!

After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate “No Man''s Land” live amid a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies continue their fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour. In this final volume, Lex Luthor swoops in to help rebuild Gotham City—but his secret plan is to secure the ownership of much of the city''s real estate! In the chaos of the waning days of the city''s crisis, The Joker strikes, kidnapping a number of infants and killing members of the Gotham City Police Department. The end of this epic saga features such creators as Greg Rucka, Denny O''Neill, Chuck Dixon and more! Collects BATMAN CHRONICLES #18, BATMAN 3572-574, DETECTIVE COMICS #739-741, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #125-126, ROBIN #73, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #93-94, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #59-61, NIGHTWING #38-39, BATMAN: NO MAN''S LAND #0 and BATMAN: NO MAN''S LAND GALLERY #1.

When Danielle Wellys invokes the ritual of Hiketeia, Wonder Woman takes her on as student and servant and, by the laws of the gods, must protect her even against Batman, who wishes to bring Danielle to justice for past crimes.

Before they banded together to battle the evil First Order, Rey, Poe, and Finn led very different lives. These are their stories . . . before the awakening. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Episode VII: The Force Awakens with this first-ever paperback edition of the New York Times best seller! A shadow has been cast across the galaxy. Where once there were hope and peace, now there are fear and the looming clouds of war. The First Order is rising, its power growing, and the new Republic may well be powerless to stop it. Three individuals will find themselves drawn into the heart of this conflict: FN-2187 is a stormtrooper trained by the First Order and plagued by doubt. On Jakku, a young woman who calls herself Rey struggles to live in an isolation necessary for her own survival. And among the stars, Poe Dameron strives to serve a Republic he has always believed in as sinister powers threaten to break his resolve. These are their stories in the days, weeks, and months before The Force Awakens.

No Man''s Land tie-in issue! Gotham Central''s Detective Renee Montoya finds her brother alive and well in the aftermath of the earthquake, keeping company with the neighborhood Good Samaritan--Two-Face! Plus, a young couple tries to survive in an apartment that was once the Joker''s hideout.

"AWAKENINGS II," Part Five In the wake of an officer-involved shooting, Rowan''s lies are threatening to unravel. The Ascension threatens tragedy for those closest to Rowan.

After weeks and weeks of mental anguish, questionable actions, and great leaps of faith, Ralph Dibny''s emotional journey finally comes to a close. How far can one man stretch before he breaks? Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid provide the answer in Week 42.

What the hell is the deal with Rowan Black, anyway? For that matter, just how many "real" witches are there? What is the bond that ties Rowan and Alex together? Is the series really coming back, or is this just the creative team messing with your heads? Yes, it''s true the critically acclaimed series returns with a standalone story detailing how Rowan was awakened to her family''s legacy...and the enormous cost of being its inheritor.

BOOK 1: AWAKENING, PART 2 of 5. Rowan considers a spark, a hand, a body.

In a dystopian near-future government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and posession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family''s holdings through deception and force as their protector, their Lazarus. Shot dead defending the family home, Forever''s day goes downhill from there.

Just as Wonder Woman is starting to deal with her blindness, the Cheetah returns and teams with the Reverse-Flash! Then Athena sends Wonder Woman on a journey of unimagined peril!

After spending a year cut off from the rest of the nation as the lawless “No Man’s Land,” Gotham is rebuilding. The people have returned and law has been restored-as much as it ever can be in Gotham. Crime and gang activity are still rampant, and tensions are growing between factions of Gothamites who remained in the city throughout the military cordon and those who evacuated but are now returning to their homes. With so much at stake, Batman and the police department have their hands full maintaining the newly restored peace. But that fragile status quo is threatened when Ra’s al Ghul and his shape-shifting accomplice, Whisper A’Daire, spur the city’s gangs into a turf war over a mysterious serum that offers eternal life to whoever drinks it… Comics legend Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN, BATWOMAN) with artists Shawn Martinbrough (THIEF OF THIEVES) and Steve Mitchell (THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) bring Batman and his city back from the brink of destruction in this first volume of the sequel to the best-selling epic BATMAN: NO MAN’S LAND. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #742-753.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Greg Rucka’s The Last Run. Atticus Kodiak knows where people go to hide. That’s why he and Alena Cizkova have come to a secluded Georgian town in the former U.S.S.R. What he doesn’t know is what his friend and neighbor Bakhar Lagidze was hiding from. Bakhar and his entire family have been viciously murdered—all except for Lagidze’s fourteen-year-old daughter, whose nightmare is just beginning. To rescue her, Atticus must enter a lethal web that stretches from Russia to Istanbul, from Dubai to Las Vegas, and into the very heart of evil. But what troubles Atticus the most is that Alena, once one of the world’s most fearless assassins, is clearly terrified of what Atticus will uncover—and what he’ll become when he does.

Sixty-seven hundred year old Andromache “Andy” the Scythian, Nicolo “Nicky” of Genoa, Yufus “Joe” al-Kaysani, and newbie immortal Nile Freeman return to the good fight in the acclaimed miniseries by New York Times bestselling creators GREG RUCKA and LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ…now a major motion picture! When you’ve waged war as long as Andy and her squad, you’ve gotten your hands more than bloody. Now, the day has come to confront the sins of the past. But as Nile struggles to make peace with the team, the last person Andy ever expected to see again returns to challenge not only what Andy believes in, but what the team is willing to fight for. Collects THE OLD GUARD: FORCE MULTIPLIED #1-5

Soft Targets'' Finale! The Joker is finally apprehended and behind bars, but is it all just a part of his mad plan and continuing game of cat and mouse between the Clown and Bat? Find out in the conclusion to a story by both GOTHAM CENTRAL writers, Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker!

Natasha Romanoff ha sempre condotto una vita avventurosa. Un tempo spia al servizio dell’Unione Sovietica, in seguito è diventata una super eroina, un membro degli Avengers e un agente dello S.H.I.E.L.D. I suoi giorni come Vedova Nera rischiano però di essere giunti al termine! Yelena Belova è la prima studentessa della Stanza Rossa ad aver superato i punteggi di Natasha, e ora è pronta a prendersi il titolo che ritiene le spetti di diritto. In un unico volume le tre minisierie che tra la fine degli anni 90 e l’inizio del decennio successivo hanno ridefinito il personaggio di Black Widow, scritte da Devin Grayson e Greg Rucka e illustrate da J.G. Jones, Scott Hampton e Igor Kordey, in un indimenticabile concentrato di spionaggio, azione e tragedia. [Contiene Black Widow (1999) 1-3, Black Widow (2001) 1-3 e Black Widow: Pale Little Spider (2002) 1-3]

Collecting the first three LAZARUS SOURCEBOOKS, covering the lands ruled by Carlyle, Hock, and Vassalovka, now in one volume. With revised and expanded content, including additions to reflect developments in LAZARUS as the series moves into the year X+67 with ñFRACTURE,î beginning summer of 2018

''FAMILY,'' Part Three Forever, now a ''guest'' of Family Morray in Mexico, shares a message and ultimatum, and gets to know her opposite number, the Morray Lazarus, Joacquim. In Los Angeles, the Twins continue their plot against their father, using Forever as their pawn.

Diana confronts her greatest enemy face-to-face! And while conflict on Olympus threatens to shake the foundations of Wonder Woman''s life, mortal forces conspire to bring her down once and for all. ''Down to Earth'' part 4.

Tara Chace may be the most dangerous woman alive. She can seduce you into believing she’s the woman of your dreams—or kill you with the icy efficiency of an executioner. As the new head of Special Operations for British Intelligence, she no longer has to court death in the field—she wants to. Throw away the old rules, the old school, the old-boy network. The world of international espionage is about to learn the hard way that spying is no longer merely… A Gentleman''s Game Greg Rucka’s electrifying thrillers have pushed the boundaries of suspense fiction to where few have dared to go. Now, in A Gentleman’s Game, one of the genre’s most fearless writers brings readers of international espionage his most fearless heroine yet: a no-holds-barred woman who’s as lethal as an assassin’s bullet. When an unthinkable act of terror devastates London, nothing will stop Tara Chace from hunting down those responsible. Her job is simple: stop the terrorists before they strike a second time. To succeed, she’ll do anything and everything it takes. She’ll have to kill again. Only this time the personal stakes will be higher than ever before. For the terrorist counterstrike will require that Tara allow herself to be used as bait by the government she serves. This time she’s turning her very life into a weapon that can be used only once. But as she and her former mentor race toward destiny at a remote terrorist training camp in Saudi Arabia, Tara begins to question just who’s pulling the trigger—and who’s the real enemy. In this new kind of war, betrayal can take any form...including one’s duty to queen and country. Based on the graphic novel series that won the coveted Eisner Award, A Gentleman’s Game is an electrifyingly realistic, headline-stealing thriller with an unforgettable protagonist—one who redefines every rule she doesn’t shatter.

Whatever happened to the caped crusaders? Find out in Week 30, which features appearances by Nightwing, Robin, the new Batwoman and Bruce Wayne!

"ASCENSION I," Part One The acclaimed series returns, from the New York Times bestselling team GREG RUCKA and NICOLA SCOTT (Wonder Woman). Rowan Black is a cop. Rowan Black is also a witch. Throughout her life, she has struggled to keep these things separate. Now, the walls are beginning to crumble, and RowanÑalienated from her friends, under investigation on the job, and stalked by mysterious forces who are literally hell-bent on using RowanÕs power for their own benefitÑis on the verge of crumbling with them. And if these combined forces donÕt manage to destroy RowanÑshe might just destroy herself first.

Natasha Romanoff ha sempre condotto un’esistenza quantomeno avventurosa. Addestrata come spia in Unione Sovietica, ha in seguito cambiato schieramento e si è affermata come un’eroina valorosa. Ma ora i suoi giorni come Vedova Nera potrebbero essere giunti al termine: Yelena Belova, una giovane e promettente “studentessa” della Stanza Rossa, infatti, ha tutte le intenzioni di reclamare tale titolo per sé. Tre miniserie complete ci mostrano uno scontro generazionale senza precedenti tra due assassine implacabili e ci raccontano un’avventura in solitaria di Yelena ambientata nel mondo del crimine moscovita. Storia di Devin Grayson (X-Men: Evolution) e Greg Rucka (The Punisher), disegni di J.G. Jones (Marvel Boy), Scott Hampton. (Batman: Night Cries) e Igor Kordey (X-Treme X-Men). [CONTIENE BLACK WIDOW (1999) 1-3, BLACK WIDOW (2001) 1-3, BLACK WIDOW: PALE LITTLE SPIDER (2002) 1-3]

Wonder Woman gegen Batman! Sie ist Superheldin, Prinzessin der Amazonen und Diplomatin in der patriarchalischen Welt. Doch dann bindet ein uraltes Ritual Wonder Woman an eine ihr völlig unbekannte junge Frau. Die ist eine Mörderin, die von der Polizei gejagt wird und die Prinzessin Diana nun beschützen muss! Dafür stellt sie sich nicht nur furienhaften Rachegöttinnen, sondern auch Batman entgegen, der die Verbrecherin ihrer gerechten Strafe zuführen will! Schließlich kommt es zum unerbittlichen Kampf zwischen Wonder Woman und dem Dunklen Ritter... Eine großartige, in sich abgeschlossene Graphic Novel, geschrieben vom preisgekrönten Top-Autor Greg Rucka (GOTHAM CENTRAL) und gezeichnet von Fanliebling J. G. Jones (BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN).

Bridgett Logan, the private investigator girlfriend of Atticus Kodiak, guards the secret of a past she would rather forget, but in order to help a friend, she will journey back through hellish memories.

"AWAKENINGS II," Part Three The Hammer is in Portsmouth. Alex learns the name of one enemy and the face of another. And Rowan''s troubles only grow as both Samhain and the baby come due.

Batman must face having to take down Detectives Montoya and Allen after they commit a daring armed robbery. What is behind their sudden act of crime, and can Batman uncover the truth before more of the Gotham PD fall prey to this criminal behavior?

"AWAKENINGS II," Part One The Holy has been desecrated, the Hammer is closing in, and the Dunridge case hits a snag one that only reinforces Morgan''s growing suspicion that the killer he and Rowan are seeking may be none other than Rowan herself.

With the Man of Steel temporarily out of the picture following the events of ''New Krypton'', Jimmy must put together the pieces regarding the mysterious Project 7734 - and it''s worse than he imagined. Thankfully, he has the help of an alien hero Mon-El and Steel''s niece Natasha Irons - but will they be enough to defeat Codename: Assassin?

"FRACTURE: PRELUDE," Part One Four years ago, Jonah Carlyle was spared execution by his sister, Forever. This is what happened next. The critically acclaimed series returns to set the stage for the events of X+67 and beyondÑand the coming Fracture.

Lex Luthor throws a parade--one rubbing his new Infinity Inc in the face of the Justice Society! And what sort of madness goes on during Thanksgiving at Oolong Island? Find out in the latest installment of the weekly series by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid!

The Hunt for Reactron'' starts here! Spilling out of the stunning finale of ''Codename: Patriot,'' Supergirl and Flamebird find themselves at each other''s throats! What''s happened to these two childhood friends to put them at such odds, and can Nightwing calm them down before the situation escalates? And just what are they going to do about all of the guys who are surrounding them? You know, the guys in the tanks? Continued in SUPERGIRL #45! Plus! James Robinson and Greg Rucka''s Captain Atom co-feature continues! What is happening to Captain Atom, and more important, what''s happening to his mind? Team Breach is on hand to lend some answers, but Atom probably isn''t going to like them.

Witness the gritty side of the Gotham City Police Department from their perspective, as teens dressed as Robin the Boy Wonder start turning up dead. In this final hardcover collection of GOTHAM CENTRAL, the dead body of Robin the Boy Wonder is found on the streets. Now the detectives of Gotham Central must try to solve the mystery of his death while dealing with his associates, Batman and the Teen Titans.

Dead Robin'' part 1! Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker join together once more for the penultimate GOTHAM CENTRAL tale. All the detectives of the Major Crimes Unit become involved after a dead body turns up--a dead body dressed as Robin, the Boy Wonder!

World War III! Black Adam goes on a rampage and the various heroes of the DC Universe must work together to stop him. This issue coincides directly with the WORLD WAR III limited series.