Ben Acker

When Ming the Merciless launched an all-out assault on planet Earth, the colorful band of heroes known as Kings Watch led the resistance, and triumphed! Now, across the cosmos and in the dark corners of our very planet, Earth's defenders continue the mission, separate and yet together in spirit! Pursued across space, Flash Gordon and his friends Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov must rally the oppressed people of Ming's dominion to the cause. But can one man -- even someone as fearless as Flash -- navigate the shifting allegiances of countless races to unite for the common cause? Mandrake the Magician, the world famous illusionist, puts on a show you'll never forget, as he faces the all-new, all-deadly Cobra! Can he stop her from amassing Earth's most dangerous mystical artifacts in a bid for global domination? On the distant planet Arboria, a ragtag team of misfits searches for a legendary figure known as Jungle Jim -- a hard-drinking, somewhat mad explorer with power over the forest itself -- to save a captive revolutionary from Ming's death sentence! The Phantom is dead! Lothar, the world's strongest man, assumes the mask of The Ghost Who Walks until he can track down the true heir to the heroic legacy... but the sole survivor of the Walker bloodline is already neck-deep in danger! Prince Valiant, a knight who would dare any adventure, gets his fondest wish... as Mandrake plucks him from the timestream and hurls him headlong into the fight against Ming alongside the strangest incarnation of Kings Watch ever assembled!

This fourth wall-breaking middle grade collection of spooky, scary, and spoopy stories for fans of Lemony Snicket and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might just help you survive the night in a house full of vampires. If you are reading this book, then you must be trapped in that spooky house with those vampires. Sorry about that. But You might just make it out if you manage to tell them one scary story each night in accordance with standard vampire rules. Don't know any scary stories? Good thing you found this book Every tale in this tome is true...more or less (more more than less). You get a little bit of everything in this monster mash: from hitchhiking phantoms to women in white, a carnivore beast that loves a good vacation to a haunted mannequin with a bug problem, killer phones, concerned werewolves, you name it. Everything you need to keep those vampires on the edge of their seats--and well away from your neck. But beware...don't get too comfortable. Names have power, and if you whisper about too many things in the dark, they might just hear you.

This fourth wall-breaking middle grade collection of spooky, scary, and spoopy stories for fans of Lemony Snicket and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might just help you survive the night in a house full of vampires. If you are reading this book, then you must be trapped in that spooky house with those vampires. Sorry about that. But You might just make it out if you manage to tell them one scary story each night in accordance with standard vampire rules. Don't know any scary stories? Good thing you found this book Every tale in this tome is true...more or less (more more than less). You get a little bit of everything in this monster mash: from hitchhiking phantoms to women in white, a carnivore beast that loves a good vacation to a haunted mannequin with a bug problem, killer phones, concerned werewolves, you name it. Everything you need to keep those vampires on the edge of their seats--and well away from your neck. But beware...don't get too comfortable. Names have power, and if you whisper about too many things in the dark, they might just hear you.

Outlaws killed Miranda Coler and her family, but Miranda can't die until she exacts her revenge in this unflinching Western with a supernatural twist. Miranda Coler lived an unassuming frontier life before her husband and child were killed in front of her, she herself left for dead. Little did the killers know that Miranda is cursed, unable to die until she exacts vengeance against those who have wronged her... Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, the creative masterminds behind the smash hit The Thrilling Adventure Hour, and Andrew Miller, creator of the CW's The Secret Circle, with gorgeous illustrations by Hannah Christenson (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons, Harrow County), Death Be Damned is an unflinching Western with a supernatural twist that explores the toll one takes while on a quest for revenge.

The greatest comic strip heroes of all time, united to battle a menace bazillions of light years from Earth! Ming the Merciless, conqueror of worlds, failed to claim our planet for his empire, thanks to its mightiest champions: Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, Prince Valiant, Jungle Jim, and two generations of The Phantom. Their home saved, our heroes strike out upon a new daring, space-faring quest: to save one of their own from Ming's dastardly clutches, the intrepid reporter Dale Arden!

In 1968, Sal Buscema joined Marvel Comics and quickly became one of theirmost dependable artists. Sal came into his own, pencilling some of Marvel'sbiggest storylines. He also had a 10-year-run on the Hulk and drew 100consecutive issues of Spectacular Spider-Man. The life and career of thislegend of the comics industry is explored through an exhaustive interview withthe artist, complete with samples of his arwork.