Veleúspěšná komiksová řada věrně odrážející původní předlohu spisovatele Roberta E. Howarda. Úchvatný příběh Conanova mládí, počínaje jeho narozením přímo na cimerském bitevním poli a konče dosažením dospělosti během slavné bitvy u Venaria. Kniha je kronikou prvních Conanových vítězství, ať už v boji či v lásce, a pozoruhodnou výpravou za kořeny Conanova slavného života. Zároveň je také skvělou ukázkou vypravěčského mistrovství scenáristy Kurta Busieka a výtvarníka Grega Rutha.
KDO JE VĚTŠÍ ZRŮDA? Mysteriózní bizarní příběh scenáristy Stevea Nilese s děsivou kresbou Grega Rutha, jaký jste ještě neviděli. Trevor žije s rodiči v zemědělské osadě izolované od civilizace. Rodina ve stodole ukrývá jeho znetvořeného bratra Willa, kterému je teprve šest let, avšak už nyní je velký jako dospělý a vládne neuvěřitelnou silou. Po léta se Trevor o svého bratra stará a snaží se ho chránit, ale to se má již brzy změnit. Společně totiž odhalí dávné tajemství své rodiny a s ním i hrůznou pravdu o celé osadě.
Built on a site of great and forgotten power, the mammoth Bentham International Hospital was to be the very definition of modern medical science at its best. But over the years, the spectres and dark secrets of the Hospital began to bore away at its heart, leaving its foundations cracked and vulnerable to the oldest of horrors and nightmares. When a prominent Commissioner of the City's Housing and Urban Development Department is brought to the Panopticon for evaluation after murdering her family, the haunted secrets of the hospital begin to unravel, leaving no one untouched. Julius, the prosthetic boy in room 13 is waking up. The black eggs are found. The lines between the patients and the doctors are blurring. This is where the end begins. Every cure is paid with a curse and every sin is birthed anew as the once brilliant light of modern medicine forsakes the world for the shadows it can no longer hide.
Some mysteries are too dangerous to leave alone . . . Nate's not happy about his family moving to a new house in a new town. After all, nobody asked him if he wanted to move in the first place. But when he discovers a tape recorder and note addressed to him under the floorboards of his bedroom, Nate is thrust into a dark mystery about a boy who went missing many, many years ago. Now, as strange happenings and weird creatures begin to track Nate, he must partner with Tabitha, a local girl, to find out what they want with him. But time is running out, for a powerful force is gathering strength in the woods at the edge of town, and before long Nate and Tabitha will be forced to confront a terrifying foe, and uncover the truth about the Lost Boy.
Introduction: Tennis amateurs and tennis professionals -- Amateur Associations along the American Atlantic Coast -- The West Coast game -- The cause célèbre of the pioneering professional -- Depression-Era developments in amateur and professional tennis -- Wartime Southern California professionals -- The cultural contexts of mid-century women's tennis -- The "Kramer Karavan" -- The world champion from "The Wrong Side of the Tracks" -- Tennis Opens -- The rise and demise of world championship tennis -- The impact of sports agents and agencies on professional tennis -- Women's professional tennis in the early Open era -- Conclusion: Professional tennis as global entertainment