Arena comic books issue 1

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Cover by Dave Johnson (W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW! Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Mike Perkins. (W) Dennis Hopeless. (A) Kev Walker. Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW! Cover price $2.99.

Blank Variant Cover (W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW! Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Skottie Young (W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW! Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Covers by Andy Kubert. Written by Keith Champagne Art by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens. Get ready for COUNTDOWN: ARENA - a 4-issue weekly event written by Keith Champagne (JSA) with art by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens (GREEN ARROW) that pits the DCU's greatest heroes against themselves! The villainous Monarch begins the last chapter of his campaign against the Monitors, combing the entire Multiverse to enlist the most powerful - or deadly - heroes and villains from throughout existence to join his army. The abducted must battle one another in Monarch's specially constructed Arena, where only the strongest will survive to join his battle against the Monitors. Carefully selected from worlds throughout all 52 universes, including characters from SUPERMAN: RED SON, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT, JSA: LIBERTY FILES, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NAIL, and TANGENT, among many others, three versions of each hero will walk into the Arena, and only one will walk away. Welcome to THE ARENA, where Monarch's only rule is to survive at all costs. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

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Limted Editon Variant Cover by Dale Eaglesham. Written by Keith Champagne Art by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens. Get ready for COUNTDOWN: ARENA - a 4-issue weekly event written by Keith Champagne (JSA) with art by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens (GREEN ARROW) that pits the DCU's greatest heroes against themselves! The villainous Monarch begins the last chapter of his campaign against the Monitors, combing the entire Multiverse to enlist the most powerful - or deadly - heroes and villains from throughout existence to join his army. The abducted must battle one another in Monarch's specially constructed Arena, where only the strongest will survive to join his battle against the Monitors. Carefully selected from worlds throughout all 52 universes, including characters from SUPERMAN: RED SON, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT, JSA: LIBERTY FILES, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NAIL, and TANGENT, among many others, three versions of each hero will walk into the Arena, and only one will walk away. Welcome to THE ARENA, where Monarch's only rule is to survive at all costs. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $18.00

Add to cart Very Good $10.00

Add to cart Very Good $12.00

1st printing. Story and art by Bruce Jones. On a lonely stretch of mountain road, a mother and daughter, running from the trials and turmoil of city life, run headlong into a nightmarish world beyond anything they've ever seen before. Welcome to the Arena, feel the terror! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #411-419 and ANNUAL #11-12, Ghost Rider/Captain America: Fear (1992), U.S. Agent (1993 1st Series) #1-4 and material from Silver Sable and the Wild Pack (1992-1995) #15.

Cover by Rik Levins. Back Cover by Lee Weeks.

Captain America goes undercover!

To infiltrate an A.I.M. weapons expo, Cap must defeat an army of super villains - while disguised as his deadly foe Crossbones! Even with Falcon and Diamondback for backup, can Cap survive a showdown with every villain from Batroc to M.O.D.A.M.? Maybe once Shang-Chi arrives to lend his deadly hands!

Then, Captain America joins Black Panther and Ka-Zar for some jungle action in the Savage Land - but the titanic Terminus is out of their weight class!

When Silver Sable and the Wild Pack hunt Viper, whose side is Steve on? Cap and Ghost Rider are made to know fear by the Scarecrow! And the U.S.Agent must solve the mystery of Scourge!

Softcover, 496 pages, full color. Rated T+

Credits by:

Written by Mark Gruenwald, Roy Thomas, David Wohl, Howard Mackie, George Caragonne, James Brock, Peter Sanderson, Barry Dutter, and Gregory Wright.

Art by Rik Levins, M.C. Wyman, Larry Alexander, Lee Weeks, Steven Butler, James Brock, Rich Yanizeski, Grant Miehm, Danny Bulanadi, Kathryn Bolinger, Charles Barnett III, Al Williamson, Keith Williams, Fred Fredericks, and Pam Eklund.

NOTE: Book 19 of the Captain America Epic Collection - Years Covered: 1992-1993.

Cover price $44.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Kill or Die!" Collects Avengers Arena (2012) #1-6. Written by Dennis Hopeless. Art and Cover by Kev Walker and Alessandro Vitti. Cover by Dave Johnson. Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman teens - including members of the Runaways and Avengers Academy - are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World - where secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. As Cammi and Hazmat battle the mysterious Deathlocket, X-23 and Juston Seyfert's Sentinel join the fray - but who's stalking the heroes in their sleep? Who are the students of the Braddock Academy? What's up with Chase and Darkhawk? Who is not what they seem? And which player will draw first blood? Betrayal! Secrets! Murder! We dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic...NOW! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

Story, Art and Cover by Rob Durham. After recovering from the Marshville fires Cavewoman and Maggie are spirited off to the 23rd-century. There they are forced to participate in 'Demise' the future's most merciless blood sport. Don't miss out as Meriem takes on four of the most deadliest killers ever to walk the Earth. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Virgin Cover by Connie Valentina. Story and Art by Rob Durham. After recovering from the Marshville fires Cavewoman and Maggie are spirited off to the 23rd-century. There they are forced to participate in 'Demise' the future's most merciless blood sport. Don't miss out as Meriem takes on four of the most deadliest killers ever to walk the Earth. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Budd Root Special Edition Virgin Cover by Budd Root. Story and Art by Rob Durham. After recovering from the Marshville fires Cavewoman and Maggie are spirited off to the 23rd-century. There they are forced to participate in 'Demise' the future's most merciless blood sport. Don't miss out as Meriem takes on four of the most deadliest killers ever to walk the Earth. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Rob Durham Special Edition Virgin Cover by Rob Durham. Story and Art by Rob Durham. After recovering from the Marshville fires Cavewoman and Maggie are spirited off to the 23rd-century. There they are forced to participate in 'Demise' the future's most merciless blood sport. Don't miss out as Meriem takes on four of the most deadliest killers ever to walk the Earth. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Comic, Gaming and Toy News. Marvel's Punisher Artist Hugh Haynes Interviewed; Grand Prize Give-Away - Autographed Original Art by Hugh Haynes; George Perez Southern Knights Poster Insert. Punisher and Microchip cover by Hugh Haynes. Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

1st printing.

Written by Blake Northcott.

Superhumans live among us, but none of them want to save the world. Instead, they're competing in 2041's deadliest sport: "Arena Mode." Hoping to win enough money for life-saving surgery, Matthew Moxon enters the eventm but in a battle against superhumans he's the only competitor without a super power.

An expert at tilting the odds in his favor, Mox has a strategy, an inside track, and his friends to help. But in a competition with demigods, he's the only one without a super power, and he's armed with nothing more than his rapidly-diminishing brain cells.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Atlus. Art and cover by Aiya Kyu. Translated by Adrienne Beck. The casts of PERSONA 3 and PERSONA 4 collide! A dormant anti-shadow suppression weapon named Labrys has been stolen! Mitsuru Kirijo and Aigis begin investigating its whereabouts. Meanwhile Yu Narukami returns to Inaba to reunite with his friends, the Investigation Team. What he finds waiting for him there is a strange fighting tournament held inside the TV World! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

1st printing. Written by Philippe Thirault. Art and cover by Jorge Miguel. Ex-soldier, and widower, Frank Sokol must face the ghosts of the past when he returns to his native Croatia with his Canadian-born 11-year-old son, Ben. But when Ben is kidnapped, Frank will be forced to mend deep-seated familial wounds, and resort to his military training to get him back. Nothing will prepare him for what his search for his boy will uncover. This original, fast-paced, and visceral tale, written by Philippe Thirault (Miss: Better Living Through Crime) and drawn by Jorge Miguel (The Z Word), catapults us deep into the seedy underworld of a country whose violent past still echoes into a fractured present. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $11.50

Add to cart Very Fine $13.50

1st printing. Collects Countdown Arena (2007 DC) #1-4.

Written by Keith Champagne. Art by Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens. Cover by Andy Kubert.

The villainous Monarch begins the last chapter of his campaign against the Monitors, combing the entire Multiverse to enlist the most powerful - or deadly - heroes and villains from throughout existence to join his army. The abducted must battle one another in Monarch's specially constructed Arena, where only the strongest will survive to join his battle against the Monitors.

Carefully selected from worlds throughout all 52 universes, including characters from SUPERMAN: RED SON, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT, JSA: LIBERTY FILES, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NAIL, and TANGENT, among many others, three versions of each hero will walk into the Arena, and only one will walk away.

Welcome to THE ARENA, where Monarch's only rule is to survive at all costs.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

1st printing. Written by Brett Lewis. Art by Gordon Purcell, Brad Gorby and Mark Heiki. Starring NBA superstar Chris Webber of the Sacramento Kings in an action/adventure that's out of the gym and out of this world. Poster centerfold. Photo inside back cover. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 9 1/2-in., 12-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.00

Add to cart Near Mint $17.00

1st printing. By Steve Englehart. An explosive new Max August magickal thriller from one of the great comics masters Legendary comics writer Steve Englehart returns to the adventures of Max August in the fourth novel in his fantasy thriller series. Max August was once a regular guy, before he learned the ways of magick and immortality, and now he must face the vast, worldwide conspiracy known as the Necklace. The Necklace plots a massive catastrophe fueled by the magical power of a demonic entity. Max will need all his magick, and all the help he can get, for him to have any chance to thwart the attack and survive to fight another day. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, Text Only. Cover price $28.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

1st printing. Written by Jeff Krell. Art and cover by Sue Bielenberg and Jeff Krell. After being left at the altar, Arena retreats to Manhattan and joins her family's ad agency. Arena takes off on her own in a career girl humor comic titled "Arena Takes Manhattan." It's in the tradition of Millie the Model and Katy Keene, but with a more modern sensibility. Softcover, 9-in. x 6-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Collects Avengers Arena (2012) #1-18.

Written by Dennis Hopeless and Christos Gage. Art by Kev Walker, Alessandro Vitti, Riccardo Burchielli, Karl Moline, Mark Pennington, and Jason Gorder. Cover by Dave Johnson.

Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman teens - including members of the Runaways and Avengers Academy - are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die. And only one of them will make it out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that tests each combatant's skills, stamina and morals. Welcome to Arcade's Murderworld - where secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game! Cammi and Hazmat battle the mysterious Death Locket, and X-23 and Juston Seyfert's Sentinel join the fray - but who is the killer stalking the heroes in their sleep? Who are the students of the Braddock Academy? And why does Darkhawk equal death? As emotions run high and the bloody final battle draws ever closer, who will find a way to survive?

Softcover, 408 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

1st Printing - Batman Live is a touring stage show, including theatrical, circus and stage-magic elements, that focuses on the DC Comics superhero Batman and the origin story of the Boy Wonder, Robin. Along the way, the Dynamic Duo are pitted against a rogues gallery of formattable foes with the likes of Riddler, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Scarecrow, and Harley Quinn, as well as Batman's potential love interest, Catwoman. Softcover, 14", 8", Horizontal Format, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing.

Written by Art Baltazar, Franco Aureliani, and Gabe Eltaeb. Art by Dario Brizuela.

The tyrant Malvir, who wants to be accepted into the Red Lanterns, kidnaps the Green Lanterns and forces them to fight monsters in his arena!

Presenting Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011-2013) #5 in a beautiful reinforced Library Binding format!

Hardcover, 32 pages, full color.

1st printing. Fight and survive towards the one throne waiting at the end in Persona 4 Arena! The fighting game spinoff to the legendary Persona 4 RPG has already itself become an instant classic. Now this spectacular art book collects the artwork behind the landmark title, including character designs, rough sketches, storyboards and pinups. All this plus character profiles, story summaries, creator interviews and more! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Written by Mark Oshiro. Art and cover by Andie Tong.

On the planet Vespaara lies the Arena, a series of battlefields where fighters known as Hunters face off in teams to compete in front of roaring crowds. Newest to their ranks is Rieve, a Force-sensitive orphan from Corellia with abilities she can barely control, and a past she desperately wants to leave behind. But Rieve gets off to a rocky start, strugging with her lack of confidence both inside the Arena and with her fellow Hunters. And when a mysterious stranger begins stalking the Arena, Rieve fears her troubled past has finally caught up with her!

Includes original illustrations based on the game characters!

Hardcover, 5-in. x 6-in., 384 pages, Text (with 2C Illustrations).

Cover price $14.99.