As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics„The New 52 event of September 2011, this new volume of Superboy takes us to the labs of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E., where the scientists thought he was just an experiment - and a failed one at that! But with the combination of Kryptonian and human DNA, the Clone turns out to be more than just set of data when his stunning powers was revealed. Written by comic industry veteran Scott Lobdell, this new title from the DC Comics„The New 52 lineup follows Superboy as you haven't seen him before! Collects issues #1-7.
H'El has come to Earth! A figure from Krypton's past has come to Earth, hoping to revive the dead planet—in place of this one. Superman, Superboy, Supergirl and the Justice League stand ready to fight, but whose side is everyone on? As hero fightsagainst hero, will the Kryptonians be able to defeat H'El, who is their equal in every way? The first Super-crossover in the New 52 is here in SUPERMAN: H'EL ON EARTH, written by Scott Lobdell, Mike Johnson and Tom DeFalco, with art by KennethRocafort, Mahmud Asrar, RB Silva and more. Collects SUPERMAN #13-17, SUPERBOY #14-17 and SUPERGIRL #14-17.
Mystica è disposta a tutto pur di resuscitare l’amata Destiny. Anche mettersi fra Charles Xavier, Magneto e Moira MacTaggert, i mutanti a cui si deve la nascita di Krakoa. Ma Nimrod e il resto dell’organizzazione nota come Orchis sono pronti ad approfittare di questa guerra ai vertici della nazione mutante. Jonathan Hickman, accompagnato da superstar della matita come Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli e R. B. Silva, porta a termine la sua gestione delle X-testate con una saga ricca di colpi di scena e momenti drammatici. E il fato di Krakoa cambierà per sempre… [CONTIENE: INFERNO (2021) 1-4]
“Mentre dormivate, il mondo è cambiato”. Con queste parole, il Professor X ha annunciato agli abitanti della Terra la nascita della nuova nazione mutante, Krakoa. È un rifugio per tutti gli Homo superior, con le proprie regole e la propria lingua. In cambio dell’essere riconosciuta dalle altre nazioni, offrirà all’umanità incredibili scoperte scientifiche. Il sogno della coesistenza pacifica tra umani e mutanti è morto… è tempo di un nuovo sogno. Il visionario Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, Secret Wars) reinventa il presente, il passato e il futuro dei mutanti accompagnato dalle spettacolari tavole di Pepe Larraz (Uncanny Avengers) e R.B. Silva (X-Men Blue). [CONTIENE HOUSE OF X 1-6, POWERS OF X 1-6]
Collects X-Men (2019) #5, X-Force (2019) #5, Marauders (2019) #5, Excalibur (2019) #5, Fallen Angels (2019) #5, New Mutants (2019) #5. The Dawn of X heralds fresh dangers! The X-Men face the surprising return of an old nemesis! Deadly choices carry dark consequences for X-Force - and Domino and Forge must pick up the pieces as the team faces a major setback! The battle of Madripoor begins as Captain Pryde’s Marauders are caught between the island’s forces and the Black King’s machinations! Deep within Excalibur’s Lighthouse, locked inside her mysterious coffin, Rogue dreams! The Fallen Angels welcome Husk and Bling! as they join Psylocke and company on their mission to stave off Apoth and his children! And deep in Shi’ar space, Deathbird returns - and she won’t let the New Mutants get in the way of what she wants!
Fan-favorite writer Gail Simone (BATGIRL) pairs with artist J. Calafiore (RED LANTERNS) in the final hurrah for the misfit mercenary team. The Secret Six have never been more divided. Bane and Jeannette have split off from the rest of the group and formed a team of their own, recruiting King Shark, Lady Vic, Dwarfstar and Giganta. But a deal too good to pass up in the lost world of Skartaris will bring BaneÕs new team directly into the crosshairs of his former comrades in Scandal SavageÕs original Secret Six. With neither team prepared to back off, itÕs a six-on-six super-villain battle royal! Plus, the Secret Six trade blows with Lex Luthor, the Doom Patrol and the minions of hell! And it all comes to a final stand of heroes versus villains in Gotham City. Collects SECRET SIX #25-36.
Pendant que vous dormiez, le monde a changé." C'est avec ces mots que le Professeur X a annoncé aux Terriens la naissance d'une nouvelle nation mutante sur l'île de Krakoa. C'est le refuge de tous les homo superior : ils y parlent leur propre langue et vivent selon leurs lois. En échange de leur reconnaissance par les autres pays, ils promettent à l'humanité des produits pharmaceutiques révolutionnaires. Le rêve d'une coexistence pacifique entre humains et mutants n'est plus. L'heure est venue d'en avoir un autre... Le visionnaire Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, Secret Wars) réinvente le passé, le présent et l'avenir des mutants, à travers les planches spectaculaires de Pepe Larraz (Uncanny Avengers) et R.B. Silva (X-Men Blue).
Collects X-Men Gold (2017) #1-6. In the wake of their war with the Inhumans, the X-Men are at a crossroads - where do they go from here? Luckily, one beloved X-Man has the answer to that question! Now, Xavier's dream comes full circle as Kitty Pryde returns to lead the team into a golden future! Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Rachel Grey and Old Man Logan will renew their mission to protect a world that hates and fears them, as the next chapter in the saga of the X-Men begins! But even as the new team rises out of the ashes of IVX, a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants isn't far behind. And when their rampage through New York City begins, there will be some surprisingly familiar faces in their ranks! Who has turned their backs on the X-Men...and why?
Thomas Blake has been the focused leader of the Secret Six since they formed, but lately he's grown increasingly violent. When his son is kidnapped, Catman begins an inexorable march of brutal vengeance across the world, to track down the criminals responsible. And this is no cat and mouse game - because Thomas Blake always hunts to kill."--P. [4] of cover.
La mort de Wolverine a laissé les élèves de l'école pour jeunes mutants orphelins d'un professeur d'exception. Les dernières volontés de Logan font état d'un remplaçant solide mais quelque peu surprenant : Spider-Man. Le Tisseur parviendra-t-il à transmettre diverses connaissances aux apprentis X-Men tout en débusquant un traître au sein du groupe ? Ce volume présente la mini-série Spider-Man and the X-Men, scénarisée par Elliott Kalan (Spider-Man/Deadpool) et illustrée par Marco Failla (Ms. Marvel, Harley Quinn).
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, this new volume of Superboy takes us to the labs of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E., where the scientists thought he was just an experiment - and a failed one at that But with the combination of Kryptonian and human DNA, the Clone turns out to be more than just set of data when his stunning powers was revealed.
What does the epistle to the Hebrews mean when it calls Jesus "Son"? Pastor and New Testament scholar R. B. Jamieson probes the complexity of the Christology presented in the epistle to the Hebrews. Exploring the paradox of this key term, Jamieson argues that "Son" names both who Jesus is eternally and what he becomes at the climax of his incarnate, saving mission.
Arising out of The Third International Symposium held in New Jersey, this book represents the state-of-the-art in ocean management. From the Baltic to the Caribbean, from the Adriatic to the Atlantic, the problems of ocean management are fully discussed, and proposals made to meet the challenges of the next decade. This book will be of immense inte
Professor Kimbell's classic study illuminates the first fifteen years of Verdi's composing career, the era that culminated in his trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Verdi had become an acknowledged master of the peculiar brand of Romanticism that flourished in Italy in the 1830s and 40s; this background is examined in its political, social and literary light, and his consequent transformation of Italian operatic conventions is analysed. The four parts of Professor Kimbell's book range over biographical, documentary, literary and close-analytical ground. Attention is given to individual operas in order to show how Verdi assimilated and developed the Romantic tradition in his work.
This book takes readers from very basic research concepts, such as ‘causality’ and ‘variables’, to the application of different types of statistical analyses. The first two chapters introduce the scientific method and causality, and assess the degree to which the major types of research designs used in health care studies allow researchers to make causal inferences. The book concludes with a detailed description of the seven critical factors that must be controlled to draw causal inferences from experimental studies. The rest of the book covers levels of measurement, i.e. nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales; operational definitions; risk factors, independent and dependent variables, and other kinds of variables; how to calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and variability; the normal curve; commonly used measures of association and what they mean; criteria that have been suggested for inferring causality from nonexperimental research; and different types of t-tests. This book provides fundamental and practical knowledge about research methodology that is essential for health care chaplains, and students and professionals in other health care fields and the social sciences. The chapters in this book were originally published as articles in the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy.
This book is a result of years of research on the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis. It gives a vivid description of the crisis, analyses the numerous factors that influence it, and explains a way to end it by democratic means. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a Resolution is a unique book among those written on the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis for a number of reasons. It is the only book on the market that looks at the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis in a comprehensive manner. Every other book written on the subject focuses only on some selected aspects of the crisis. At the same time those written before do not help the reader understand the present intricacies of the crisis. A close look at all the books so far written on the subject reveals that Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a Resolution is the first book to: reach readers in both the academic and non-academic environments; help the reader fully understand the historic context of the ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka; discover and discuss in a co-ordinated manner the hidden factors that influence the crisis; expose the disguise of the elite and dynastic-type post-colonial rule as democracy, and the unbuddhist influence of some Buddhist monks on the ethnic crisis; remind the British, the last colonial power of Sri Lanka, of their responsibility for the present predicament of the Sinhalese peasantry and "stateless" Indian Tamils; suggest a complete solution to the crisis with a new democratic model of governance, which is equally applicable in principle to other countries suffering from ethnic strife; and Outline a way to implement the solution in the present political climate. This is the first time a person outside social science academia and the journalistic world has written a book on the subject, giving the citizen's point of view on the ethnic crisis combined with a democratic solution. In his solution, the author suggests a new, bottom-up approach to the crisis, with the people at the centre of the decision making process, instead of the top-down approach that has so far failed. The Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a Resolution is a book of 85,000 words. It also includes a number of explanatory maps, tables, and charts. It is an easy-to-read, concise and up-to-date book that has the answers to the burning questions raised by those committed to finding a lasting solution to the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis. It is a book of interest to everyone everywhere interested in the phenomenon of identity politics, and in matters of democratic processes to ensure the civil, human and political rights of the entire citizenry. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a Resolution has five chapters. The first chapter introduces the reader to the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis and the objectives and organisation of the book. The second chapter gives a historical background to the crisis. It takes the reader through three phases of Sri Lankan history: pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial. It is useful for the reader to know the historical background of the crisis to fully understand its present complexities. The third chapter identifies the root cause of the crisis and explains 10 main factors that have contributed to its escalation into a separatist war since independence in 1948. The fourth chapter stresses the importance of a new political beginning for Sri Lanka as a multiethnic independent nation, and explains eight basic factors that should constitute the foundation for such a new beginning. Then it discusses the varied governing systems developed in other democracies in the world, and proposes a new democratic governing model for Sri Lanka. The model addresses the ethnic issues in Sri Lanka and formulates a way to establish genuine democracy in the country, giving the power of self-determination to all its peoples. This chapter also explains how the country would be able to implement such a new mo
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