Superman: Red Son is a comic book published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint. Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise “what if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?” The series was told across three large prestige format comic books. It mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such as Stalin and President Kennedy.
“X-Cutioner’s Song” is a crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics’ in twelve parts from the November 1992 to early 1993. It involved the Uncanny X-Men, X-Men (vol. 2), X-Factor, and X-Force.
By the early 1980s, Uncanny X-Men (under the authorship of Chris Claremont) had become one of the comic book industry’s most successful titles, prompting Marvel to launch The New Mutants, the first of several X-Men spin-offs.
“Messiah Complex” (also written “Messiah CompleX”) is a comic book crossover about the X-Men which ran from October 2007 to January 2008, published by Marvel Comics. The story is the climax of events that began with “House of M”, which led to the decimation of mutants in the Marvel Universe and the middle chapter of a three-part saga, which will continue in Messiah War set to be released in 2009.
Locke & Key: Head Games 1-6 Complete Locke & Key: Head Games is a six-issue comic book mini-series published by IDW Publishing (Grimm Fairy Tales) starting January 2009. It is written by acclaimed multi-awarded (Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection, the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award-2007) suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) and features astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez (Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show, Beowulf). “Beautiful art, imaginative panel layouts, character-driven writing, consistently creative…”; these are just some of the adjectives bestowed by reviewers on a series increasingly gaining notice as one of the best among current comic book publications. Issue #6 marks the end of the Head Games arc.
Enemy Ace: War in Heaven Complete (2-Part Graphic Novel) Garth Ennis’s Enemy Ace: War in Heaven (2001), with art by Chris Weston and Russ Heath, is graphic novel published as a 2-part serial in June 2001. Also released as a softcover trade paperback (TPB), it revives the first American fictional comic book character whose story is told from the enemy point of view, Germany’s best fighter pilot of World War I, Rittmeister Hans Von Hammer, a.k.a. “The Hammer of Hell.” This graphic novel recounts the pilot’s activities during World War II where he is persuaded to once again fight as a pilot of the Luftwaffe. Here Von Hammer’s character and story arc is based on several real-life German pilots’, notably Adolf Galland. Garth Ennis had the difficult task of writing what was essentially a sequel, in a different time period, and he succeeds. He was able to break free of the stereotyping mindset of the pop-culture media–including comics–and presents Enemy Ace as a paradox: Von Hammer is still a German who kills Americans and America’s allies. Yet, readers can admire Von Hammer for his courage and remarkable abilities.
X-Men The End Vol 1-3 X-Men: The End is a 2004-2006 trilogy of miniseries detailing the last days of the X-Men and their adventures in a noncanon future, part of their The End series. It is written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Sean Chen, with Greg Land & later Gene Ha doing the cover art.
Written by Keith Giffen and Simon Furman; Art and cover by Federico Dallocchio; Variant Cover by Shawn Moll and Doug Mahnke From the bestselling Blizzard computer game comes the most explosive sci-fi action comic ever created! Join the WarPigs, a disbanded team of outlaws reunited by their former captain for one last job: the assassination of Jim Raynor! Join creators Keith Giffen, Simon Furman and Federico Dallocchio for WildStorm’s explosive foray into the world of STARCRAFT with this new ongoing series!
Spook Show International is a horror anthology that ties in with Rob Zombie’s House of a 1000 Corpses movie and showcases a few of Rob Zombie’s original ideas. Issues 1-9
Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore, and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins. Originally published by DC Comics as a monthly limited series from 1986 to 1987, it was later republished as a trade paperback, which popularized the “graphic novel” format. To date, Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is also the only graphic novel to appear on one of Time’s lists of “the 100 Best English-language novels”, an annual feature of the magazine since it was founded in 1923. 
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