Collecting the latest 'Northlanders' stories exploring everything from the art of Viking single combat to the role of women in the Viking world, this volume also includes the return of the original 'Northlanders' artist Davide Gianfelice to illustrate a code to volume one.
Un cómic de ciencia ficción que no te dejará indiferente. LOS NUEVOS MUNDOS NO SE DESCUBREN, SE CONSTRUYEN. Estamos en el año 2112 y el apocalipsis es exactamente como se esperaba: los ríos se desvanecen, los océanos ascienden y la sociedad se desmorona. La humanidad ha perdido la esperanza, excepto por un grupo de supervivientes nativoamericanos que han descubierto un portal para viajar en el tiempo y han averiguado el momento en que la historia dio un brusco giro para peor: América. Convencidos de que la única forma de salvar el mundo es reescribir su pasado, envían a uno de los suyos al año 1492 a una sangrienta misión sin retorno para matar a Cristóbal Colón antes de que alcance el llamado Nuevo Mundo... pero derribar un icono no es tarea fácil, y el futuro pagará un abrumador precio si les sale el tiro por la culata. Stephen Graham Jones, escritor habitual en los listados de libros más vendidos del periódico New York Times y autor de My Heart Is a Chainsaw y The Only Good Indians, presenta el primer capítulo de su debut en las series regulares de cómics junto al artista Davide Gianfelice. Esta recopilación incluye la etapa completa de Earthdivers: Kill Columbus, ilustraciones conceptuales exclusivas y una introducción del propio Stephen Graham Jones. ""...una más que retozona aventura de viajes en el tiempo. Un examen desgarradoramente relevante del proyecto americano"". — Scott Snyder Autor de Dark Spaces: Wildfire y Batman, habitual en los listados de más vendidos del periódico New York Times. ""Earthdivers es la razón por la que leo cómics, un concepto pertinente contado con audacia"". — Pornsak Pichetshote Autor de The Good Asian.
Il mondo moderno si è trasformato in una distopia terribile, ma le cose non sono sempre state così disperate. Un tempo il nostro pianeta, sotto l'egida dei super uomini conosciuti come Jupiter's Circle, era un'utopia felice. Era semplice distinguere fra il bene e il male, e gli eroi erano puri e infallibili. Ma era davvero così? Dalla mente di Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Ultimates, The Secret Service), quello che è stato definito "il promemoria di quello che è possibile in una storia di super eroi". [Contiene: Jupiter’s Circle l-6 e Jupiter’s Circle 2 l-6]
Le monde moderne est devenu une dystopie. Mais la situation n'a pas toujours été aussi désespérée. Jadis, sous l'égide de surhumains réunis sous le nom de Jupiter's Circle, notre planète était plus proche du paradis. Il était facile de distinguer le bien du mal et les héros étaient intègres et infaillibles. Du moins, c'est ce que l'on croyait... Née de l'imagination de Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Ultimates, Kingsman : Services Secrets), cette épopée exploite tout le potentiel du genre super-héroïque. [Cet album contient les 12 épisodes de Jupiter Circle Book One et Two]
Out of the shadows of the first millennium come those who will define the next. Circa A.D. 980, an accomplished Viking named Sven returns to his family estates in Orkney. Used to lush Mediterranean palaces, exotic women and epic combat, Sven only intends to claim his inheritance before excaping this cold backwater forever. But his ruthless uncle Gorm has stolen Sven's brithright. Viewed as both an outsider and a traitor, Sven embarks on a one-man war against his uncle's organization, only to find himself drawn back into a past he'd tried so hard to leave behind"--Page 4 of cover.
At the end of the grim and barbaric dark ages, one warrior culture reigns supreme in the wastelands of the frozen North: the Vikings. When Sven of Orkney - now relocated to the sophisticated city of Constantinople - learns of his father's death, he returns to his home in the hope of inheriting a fortune. But what he discovers is treachery; his father murdered by his uncle Gorm, who has stolen Sven's birthright. But is Sven still Viking enough to reclaim what is his by right? And will he be tough enough to face down not only Gorm, but marauding Saxons? The all-new series by Brian Wood (Demo) and Davide Gianfelice (Dylan Dog) is a bloody tale of murder, sex and war to bring out everyone's inner Norseman!
The turf war between the Fureys and the Limms comes to a violent conclusion and a poor, half-blinded Eddie is caught in the middle. Will his last act bring order to the chaos on Greek Street? Or will his life end in tragedy?
This 2006 book is a controversial reappraisal of the Italian occupation of the Mediterranean during the Second World War, which Davide Rodogno examines within the framework of fascist imperial ambitions. He focuses on the European territories annexed and occupied by Italy between 1940 and 1943: metropolitan France, Corsica, Slovenia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Western Macedonia, and mainland and insular Greece. He explores Italy's plans for Mediterranean expansion, its relationship with Germany, economic exploitation, the forced 'Italianisation' of the annexed territories, collaboration, repression, and Italian policies towards refugees and Jews. He also compares Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany through their dreams of imperial conquest, the role of racism and anti-Semitism, and the 'fascistization' of the Italian Army. Based on previously unpublished sources, this is a groundbreaking contribution to genocide, resistance, war crimes and occupation studies as well as to the history of the Second World War more generally.
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