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2023.
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"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
2) Steelheart
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The #1 New York Times bestseller from Brandon Sanderson, the author of Oathbringer, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy. And don’t miss the rest of the Reckoners series: Firefight and Calamity.
How far would you go for revenge if someone killed your father?
If someone destroyed
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Pub. Date
2017.
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340 pages ; 21 cm.
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Some people are born to greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them… and some are just drawn like that.As the creator of a popular new comics franchise, Jane Maxwell knows a thing or two about heroes, but has no illusions of being one herself. All of that is shattered, however, when she finds herself swept into a parallel world—one where her characters are real, and her parallel self is their leader.
4) Firefight
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2015.
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419 pages ; 24 cm.
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"David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their match in Regalia, a High Epic who resides in Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan"--
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[2020]
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403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called 'hero' leaves her badly injured. So, of course, then she gets laid off. With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the...
6) Steelheart
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[2013]
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386 pages ; 24 cm
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At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.
7) The Vindico
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Vindico volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
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298 p. ; 22 cm.
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When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Heroes, they kidnap and begin training five teens, but James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam will not become the next generation of evil without a fight.
9) Calamity
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[2016]
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David and the Reckoners must face the most powerful High Epic of all to find redemption for his closest friend, Prof.
11) Sanctuary
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2018.
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465 pages ; 22 cm
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A citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar's space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. When a routine drill goes sideways and Kenzie is taken hostage by rioting prisoners, at first, she's confident her commanding officer will secure her freedom. But there's a sinister threat looming, something...
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2023.
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410 pages ; 22 cm
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"1954: The Winter Soldier is the Soviet Union's greatest weapon. Assigned the most dangerous covert missions from the USSR's secret military branch, and guided by a handler who knows him better than he knows himself, he has only one purpose: to obey orders. But he wasn't always the Winter Soldier . . . 1941: As World War II begins, sixteen-year-old Bucky Barnes is determined to enlist in the US army--if only the local commander will stop getting in...
15) Supernova
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2019.
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552 pages ; 24 cm
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"All's fair in love and anarchy... Supernova, the epic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter egos, their allies, and their greatest fears come to life. Secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed as anarchy once again threatens to reclaim Gatlon City."--provided by publisher.
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Unbeatable Squirrel Girl volume 12
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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"To all things, an ending! As the series kicks off its final story, Brain Drain is missing! And the hitherto invincible Doreen Green will have to face certain defeat to save him! It's the nuttiest Squirrel Girl story ever as lives hang in the balance, narrative threads are resolved, shocking reveals are, um, revealed--and the greatest villains in Marvel history team up to take out the one thing that's stood in their way: Doreen! We're talking big...
17) Arch enemies
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Renegades volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
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474 pages ; 25 cm.
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Nova and Adrian fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. It was a short-lived victory-- the Anarchists still have a secret weapon. And Nova's double life is getting more complicated: as Insomnia, she is a member of the Renegades; as Nightmare, she is an Anarchist. And Adrian has some secrets of his own. Together they can save the world ... but time is running out ... -- adapted from jacket.
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2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"When the Asgardian cycle of life begins again after Ragnarok, Thor's brother Loki comes back as ... Thor's sister! Loki returns with a sense of purpose, seeking a fresh start to write her story anew. But her newest scheme could be the greatest trick she's ever pulled. What secret lies behind her female form? What dread endgame does she have in mind for Thor... and for Balder the Brave? And with whom will she forge an alliance of evil? The answers...
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Blue stars volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
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171 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"When cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma, they get off to a rocky start. Outgoing Riley misses her Muscogee cousins but is sure that she and Maya will be instant BFFs. Meanwhile, introvert Maya misses her parents, on active duty in Japan, and just wants some space to herself. At school, Maya joins Robotics Club and Riley bonds with fellow gymnasts. Just when they start to feel at home, their...
20) Vote Loki
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[2016]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Loki is may things: god, trickster, brother, son, villain, even hero. Now he wants to add one more title to the list: President of the United States! That's right, the God of Mischief wants to be ruler of the free world! But is this just another scheme? One fact is certain: With Loki's winning smile and silver tongue on the campaign trail, this election just got a lot more interesting! He'll soon have the American people eating out of the palm...
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