V Gothamu nabývají zločiny různých podob, ale zřídka kdy se skrývají za fasádou příčetnosti. Šílený kloboučník založil Gang z říše divů a páchá nepravosti inspirován Lewisem Carollem. Srazí snad Batmanovi hlavu.
Michael Smith hledá pravdu o tom, po čem touží a kým ve skutečnosti je. Když jednoho dne náhle ožije Enigma, hrdina jeho oblíbeného komiksu z dětství, Michael se rozhodne jej najít a setkat se s ním. Čeká ho nebezpečná výprava, během níž bude muset čelit celé řadě sice netradičních, avšak tradičně nebezpečných padouchů. Až do této chvíle Michael jen utíkal. Teď konečně pátrá po pravdě, která ho osvobodí, pokud bude mít dost odvahy postavit se jí tváří v tvář. Speciální souborné vydání oceněného, průlomového příběhu o sebeobjevování a sexuální identitě obsahuje též novou předmluvu od scenáristy Petera Milligana, doslov od výtvarníka Duncana Fegreda, přes padesát stránek skicáře, dosud nepublikované ilustrace a střípky ze zákulisí tvorby komiksu.
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It is the 1950s, the age of nuclear science, and myth-buster Dr. Randolph Stein embarks on a dangerous deep-sea quest to disprove the existence of the legendary underwater city of Atlantis. But Stein is soon confronted by the growing threat of mutiny within his superstitious submarine crew, and a series of horrific and unexplainable events that test his rational, scientific mind. Atlantis just might be real after all...and its protector, the dreaded Sub-Mariner, will do anything to prevent its discovery! To survive the black waters of the depths, Stein is forced to question everything he stands for. Writer Peter Milligan and painter Esad Ribic take you deep into the ocean's secret places...to an unknown world where man's own fear and guilt drive them mad, and a mysterious man-like figure haunts the depths. COLLECTING: SUB-MARINER: THE DEPTHS 1-5
The surreal superhero epic penned by Peter Milligan is back in print, now collected in omnibus format for the first time! Along with fellow classics like The Sandman, Animal Man, and Hellblazer, Shade, the Changing Man--a subversive reinvention of a character created by comics legend Steve Ditko--helped usher in the era of DC's Vertigo imprint, populated by stories with a distinctly mature sensibility and fearless creative vision. Now, Shade, the Changing Man--written by acclaimed scribe Peter Milligan and with art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Pennington, and more--is collected in the omnibus format! Shade, the Changing Man starts with Kathy George's encounter with Shade's arrival on Earth from his home dimension of Meta--in the body of her parents' killer. From there, Shade and Kathy journey into America's collective unconscious to find the evil known only as The American Scream. From there, it's a mind-bending journey into the heartland of a nation, in the most celebrated work of Milligan's prolific career! Collects Shade, The Changing Man #1-50; Who's Who #7 and #15, and a story from Vertigo Jam #1; Vertigo Gallery: Dreams and Nightmares #1, along with a brand-new introduction by Peter Milligan.
Peter Milligan and Michael Allred reboot X-Force into the reality stars X-Statix in their bright and bold 21st-century deconstruction of the X-books! Sex. Money. Power. Fame. That's what drives these mutant heroes! But what really happens when an X-team becomes huge media stars? Find out in this wild examination of celebrity culture -with a far higher body count than any reality TV show! Fall in love with the Orphan, the Anarchist, Dead Girl, Phat, Vivisector, U-Go Girl, the incomparable Doop and more -but don't get too attached, as there's no guarantee that any of them will make it out of each battle alive! And when the team relaunches their brand as the X-Statix, will it propel them to even greater fame? Or will the interactive O-Force become the hot new thing? COLLECTING: X-FORCE (1991) 116-129, BROTHERHOOD (2001) 9, X-STATIX (2002) 1-5
Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by CHRIS BACHALO, BRYAN TALBOT, MARK PENNINGTON & RICK BRYANT Cover by JAMIE HEWLETT Shade and Kathy George conclude their dangerous journey into the heartland on the trail of the deadly American Scream in this new SHADE collection featuring issues #14-19 of the acclaimed series.
John Constantine is an unconcerned, somewhat amoral occultist with a British working-class background. He's a hero, of sorts, who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery, and genuine magical skill.In this latest volume in the graphic novel series, Peter Milligan (BATMAN, HUMAN TARGET, X-Statix), one of Vertigo's most popular and prolific scribes writes the adventures of Constantine for the first time. John digs his fingers deep into his bumpy past and discovers that old wounds and new loves are both best left untouched. 12 years ago in Liverpool, there was a bloody dockers' strike. Things fell apart when a union leader caved-in to the bosses. Today, John Constantine has a new girlfriend and an extraordinary, horrible new skin A weeping, dark, knobby scab covers part of his body. And it's growing. What's thebizarre link between this skin fungus and a largely forgotten chapter of British Trade Union history?
From the depths of the outback comes a wildly anarchic heroine whose acid-crazed adventures include bounty hunting, appearing on the Dame Edna show and a short-lived career in the bloody and vicious world of kangaroo boxing.
