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Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Ed Piskors acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Book 3 highlights Run DMCs rise to fame and introduces unassailable acts like Whodini, The Fat Boys, Slick Rick, and Doug E Fresh. The Beastie Boys become a rap group. Rick Rubin meets Russell Simmons to form Def Jam. The famous TV pilot to the dance show Graffiti Rock and the documentaries Style Wars and Breakin and Enterin are all highlighted in this comprehensive volume spanning 1983-1984. Ed...
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Book 4 charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam records, and introduces new branches on the "tree": Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, and Biz Markie. This volume is also jam-packed with films Hollywood released in an attempt to cash in on the phenomenon, like Breakin, Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, Krush Groove and more.
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1984, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breatheds Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in December 1980 and it soon became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The endearing and quirky denizens of the strip included Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, Michael Binkley, Cutter John, Bill the Cat, and...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Barnabas fights for his very soul! But is it even worth saving? The Collinwood estate is rocked to its core. Some allies will not survive this conflict! The cataclysmic future of 1984 will be changed this issue, but will it be for the better or the worse?
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A glimpse of the dark future of the Collins' bloodlines is revealed. What horrors reside in Collinwood in the year 1984? Will Barnabas be able to find out where it all went wrong and stop it? Or has his family's fate already been written in blood?
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the fight against the soulless Barnabas Collins and his vampire army, how far will Nicholas Blair go to change the horrible future glimpsed in far-off 1984? Could his decision lead the Collins clan into an even darker future? Or will his actions be too late to save a trusted ally?
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In 1984, a teenager finds a cassette on the streets of Tokyo, Japan. At home, the teen sticks the mysterious tape into his Walkman and pushes play. Suddenly, an Oni-like creature awakens deep below the apartment building. It surfaces, seeking out the irritating music and chasing the boy to the rooftop, where both their fates will be decided.
8) Vandroid
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The year is 1984. Washed-up mechanic Chuck Carducci is contacted by an old roommate from his MIT days to team up on a new project using cutting-edge artificial intelligence. With salvaged electronics from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, high-performance van parts, and a plutonium-ion battery dubiously procured by a mysterious financial backer, Chuck builds a robot so human, yet so powerful, it can only be called VANDROID! Collects the high-octane adventures...
Publisher
Scout Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
BLACK CARAVAN IMPRINT: In 2020, Rock God Nick Dillion will step off the stage for the final time, ending his 37-year career as the head of the Metal Band: Gods of Brutality. They are about to release their final album, completing the story he set out to tell 37 years before. In his final interview, Nick reveals that when he died for 1 minute, 24 seconds in 1984, he was actually in hell, where he was tortured by demons. In an act of desperation, Nick...
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Picking up where STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK left off, Admiral Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise face off with evil versions of themselves in the fan-favorite Mirror Universe! Admiral Kirk and his crew must battle against a very familiar foe, as forces from the Empire have crossed an interdimensional breach to wreak havoc in Federation space. Deception and desperation unfold as the Empire tries to conquer another universe, and it...
11) Suicide Risk #2
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When there are only villains, being a hero makes you a...SUICIDE RISK. After barely surviving a super-powered bank heist gone horribly wrong, beat cop Leo Winters vowed to try and find a way to stop them. Following a lead, he discovered two lowlifes who seemed to be able to grant a person powers...for the right price.
Thing is: you don't get to choose which power. It's seemingly random, a crap-shoot, a risk. And now Leo will find out just how big...
12) SwordQuest
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In 1984, Peter Case was on his way to being crowned champion of SwordQuest, set to win the last of four contests and lay claim to a golden sword worth over $50,000! But when the game was discontinued, Peter found himself without a game to finish. Now, over thirty years later, Peter's stuck in a different kind of game entirely - the game of life, and he's losing fast. But when he learns that all the prizes meant for the SwordQuest contest of his youth...
13) SwordQuest #1
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The Atari Age returns to comics with the most unexpected story of the year: SwordQuest! In 1984, Peter Case was on his way to being crowned champion of SwordQuest, set to win the last of four contests and lay claim to a golden sword worth over $50,000! But when the game was discontinued, Peter found himself without a game to finish. Now, over thirty years later, Peter's stuck in a different kind of game entirely -- the game of life, and he's losing...
14) The Collector
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY BOOM! LOVES IT: The late Sergio Toppi remains one of the great master sequential artists whose work inspired a generation of illustrators and comic artists who followed him. The Collector is Toppis longest-running original series, now translated into English for the first time since its debut in 1984.
WHY YOULL LOVE IT: Toppis breathtaking line work and composition will leave you staring at his pages for hours. While this edition serves as much...
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Alberto Breccia's Dracula is composed of a series of brutally funny satirical misadventures starring the hapless eponymous antihero. Literally defanged (a humiliating trip to the dentist doesnt help), the protagonists glory days are long behind him and other, more sinister villains (a corrupt government, overtly backed by American imperialism) are sickening and draining the life out of the villagers far more than one creature of the night ever could....
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Red and Rover is about every boy who loves a dog, and every dog who loves a boy.
First there was Bogey and Bacall, then Butch and Sundance. Now Red and Rover have taken center stage as the most captivating twosome around. Ten-year-old Red and his faithful canine companion, Rover, forged their fellowship in a gentler time, when friends were forever and loyalty was unquestioned. Red and Rover have an endearing partnership that brings them-and the strip's...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited sequel to Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984, the first book to illustrate the videogame phenomenon...
In the years since the original Supercade was first published, the next generation of gamers have come of age. Raised in the aftermath of the crash - the grand arcade palaces of the early 80s replaced by battered Neo Geo cabinets in laundromats and the few remaining game parlors begging for play - they are...