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Book Links: Superhero Graphic Novels

Superheroes jumpstarted the comics business back in 1939, but many new faces have joined the ranks of caped crusaders alongside classics like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. For superpowered struggles between good and evil -- whether in a hero's heart or across galaxies -- start here!

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  • Wolverine. Deadpool. Doctor Doom. Thanos. There's one hero who's beaten them all, and now she's got her own book! And to celebrate she's set her sights even higher - much higher. We're talking Galactus! But first Doreen Green, aka Squirrel…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC, [2016] — YGN NORTH Henderson
  • X-Men

    Age of Apocalypse : the Complete Epic. Bk. 1

    The death of Charles Xavier causes a rift in reality where the genocidal Apocalypse has taken over the world and only a small group of mutants, led by Magneto, fight against him for freedom.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Marvel Comics, [2005] — YGN MAR XME
  • To prove that he is going back to his past role of killing people, Deadpool makes a plan to eliminate his old friend, Cable, but finds he has to fight some dinosaurs along the way.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., [2018] — GN SUPERHERO DEADPOOL DESPICABLE 1
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    the Ultimate Collection. Vol. 1

    Eastman, Kevin B.,
    Describes the early adventures of the crime-fighting mutant turtles, including their efforts to stop robot mouse exterminators reprogrammed to eat almost anything, find their missing mentor, and explore the facility TCRI, which has links…
    Graphic NovelSan Diego, Calif. : IDW, 2012. — YA Eas
  • In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the 'supes' don't get out of line. And someone will! Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The…
    Graphic NovelMount Laurel, NJ : Dynamite Entertainment, [2019] — FIC ENN
  • When a tragic accident takes the life of the only family she's ever known, 16-year-old Raven is sent to New Orleans to start over. She soon discovers that she can hear the thoughts of others around her...and another, more disturbing, voice…
    Graphic NovelBurbank, CA : DC Ink, [2019] — YAGN DC TEEN TITANS
  • Stepping out on her own Faith Herbert is determined to become the hero she always knew she could be, but after uncovering a deep-rooted alien conspiracy her plan to fly solo becomes tougher than she ever thought.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Valiant Entertainment, 2016. — TEEN GN FAITH 1
  • This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but…
    Graphic NovelNew York, N.Y : DC Comics, [2011] — YA Joh
  • Al Simmons was an elite government soldier, until he was killed in battle and then resurrected from the ashes of his own grave, reborn as a disfigured creature from the depths of Hell. With no memory or knowledge of his former identity,…
    Graphic NovelBerkeley, CA : Image Comics, [2006] — 741.5973 McF
  • Civil War

    a Marvel Comics Event

    Millar, Mark
    The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? A conflict has been brewing from more than a year, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother - and all it will take…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Comics, 2007. — YAGN MARVEL
  • Geeky high-school student and self-styled crime fighter Dave Kizewski dons a spandex costume and assumes the identity of "Kick-Ass" while tackling formidable adversaries from the criminal underground. By the creator of the graphic novel,…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Pub., 2010. — 741.59 MIL
  • Chronicles the events that led to Bruce Wayne's becoming Batman and his first year fighting crime.
    Graphic NovelNew York : DC Comics, [2005] — GN BAT
  • Freed once again from Arkham Asylum, The Joker threatens Gotham's top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and his beautiful daughter, and the origin of the Clown Prince of Crime reveals the thin line that separates Batman's nobility and The…
    Graphic NovelBurbank, CA : DC Comics, [2019] — 741.59 MOO
  • Features the Victorian era adventures of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, comprised of Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray, Detective Thomas Sawyer, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
    Graphic NovelLa Jolla, CA : America's Best Comics, 2000. — YA Moore, Alan
  • Exceptional graphic artwork brings to life the story of the Watchmen as they race against time to find a killer, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
    Graphic NovelNew York : DC Comics Inc., 1987. — 741.5973 MOO
  • Half Batman. Half Joker. Combining everything that makes the Caped Crusader a hero and the Clown Prince a killer, the Batman Who Laughs is the Dark Multiverse's deadliest criminal mastermind. Now he's come to Gotham to turn Bruce Wayne's…
    Graphic NovelBurbank, CA : DC Comics, [2019] — AGN SNY
  • The Avengers, the New Warriors, and the X-Men square off against the omnipotent Thanos, who has become the most powerful being in the universe, looking to enslave or destroy all who stand in his way.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., [2011] — YGN Infinity Gauntlet
  • Killed in action, soldier Ray Garrison is brought back from the dead by Project Rising Spirit, a private military contractor trafficking in violence. Infused with cutting-edge nanotechnology, Bloodshot's nanites make him a nearly…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Valiant Entertainment, 2019. — GN SUPERHERO BLOODSHOT
  • As six superheroes unite to attend their adopted father's funeral, they must deal with their individual problems and team up to save the world from different foes.
    Graphic NovelMilwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2008. — GN SUPERHERO UMBRELLA 1
  • Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American girl from Jersey City who lives a conservative Muslim lifestyle with her family, suddenly acquires superhuman powers and, despite the pressures of school and home, tries to use her abilities to help her…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Marvel Worldwide, Inc., [2014] — YA FIC WIL