Phil Hester

This oversized hardcover is jam-packed with gorgeous artwork and captivating stories from today’s heavy hitters in both mainstream and indie comics. Greg Pak and Tom Raney deliver a poignant tale of police officer returning to duty thanks to a supernatural replacement to his amputated arm in “Phantom Limb Ghostpuncher.” Cullen Bunn and Nathan Fox introduce us to the skateboarding, sword-wielding goth girl who fights against creatures of the night in “Dark, Dark World.” Phil Hester and Daniel Warren Johnson take us back to the world of Vikings in “Plunder.” Tyler Chin-Tanner and Toby Cypress combine desert dystopia with technotronic futurism in “The Wall.” Marguerite Bennett and Varga Tomi share one woman’s quest to tame a living, breathing mountain. In “The Beard,” Fred Van Lente and Alison Sampson present a woman with an unusual dilemma; her newfound facial hear has given her the ability to fly, give up one and so goes the other. Justin Zimmerman and Mike Lawrence show us the events of Word War I through the eyes of a young girls with a jet pack and wings in “Flyer.” Plus many, many more.

Spellbinding Swamp Thing tales from superstar writer Mark Millar and acclaimed artist Phil Hester are back in print, and collected in the omnibus format for the first time! Before Mark Millar was the superstar writer behind Kick-Ass, Wanted, and Kingsman, some of his first high-profile work in comics was more than 30 issues of DC/Vertigo s Swamp Thing, following the seminal work of writers like Alan Moore and Nancy A. Collins. In this run, Millar was joined by Phil Hester, one of the most celebrated artists in comics, also in an early point in his career. Hester subsequently gained renown for his work on Green Arrow, Firebreather, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, and more. This formative work from two of the medium s top creators returns in Swamp Thing by Mark Millar and Phil Hester Omnibus, collecting their full run on the series in the omnibus format, along with a slew of extras! This volume collects Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #140-171, with a brand-new introduction by Hester, a brand-new afterword by Millar, and a gallery of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes artwork.

Collects four graphic novels featuring your favorite Superpowers characters; The Death Defying Devil, The Owl, Masquerade, and more. Also includes the Project Superpowers Free Comic Book Day comic and the Project Superpowers Xmas special. 448 pages for one great price.

Jackie Estacado, having relocated to the secluded nation of Sierra Muñoz, teams with a scientist to elevate his powers but must face the Darkness itself, leaving a lasting impact on his soul. On his journey home, Jackie battles witches, wannabe gangsters, and even Aphrodite IV along the way. All without the power of the Darkness to help him. But can the devil known as the Sovereign, help return his soul and powers from the depths of Hell? Find out in this fourth complete volume of the Darkness. Featuring the beginning of the landmark run by writer Phil Hester and a myriad of all star artists. Collects THE DARKNESS Vol 3 #1-10 (Legacy #65-74), #75-88, The Darkness: Butcher, The Darkness: Lodbrok's Hand, & The Darkness: Shadow and Flame

Jackie Estacado, having relocated to the secluded nation of Sierra Muñoz, teams with a scientist to elevate his powers but must face the Darkness itself, leaving a lasting impact on his soul. On his journey home, Jackie battles witches, wannabe gangsters, and even Aphrodite IV along the way. All without the power of the Darkness to help him. But can the devil known as the Sovereign, help return his soul and powers from the depths of Hell? Find out in this fourth complete volume of the Darkness. Featuring the beginning of the landmark run by writer Phil Hester and a myriad of all star artists. Collects THE DARKNESS Vol 3 #1-10 (Legacy #65-74), #75-88, The Darkness: Butcher, The Darkness: Lodbrok's Hand, & The Darkness: Shadow and Flame

Dynamite proudly presents a prestige project by the world's greatest storytellers! Red Sonja, like you've NEVER seen before...all presented in beautiful black, white, and red! RON MARZ & EMILIANA PINNA push Sonja to her limits! ALEX MOORE presents a cascading adventure of the seas most high! FRANK TIERI and LEE FERGUSON will take you on a journey into darkness seen by none who've lived to tell the tale... PHIL HESTER throws Sonja into the dangerous den of a deadly religion... AMY CHU and ANTHONY MARQUES return to Red with a thrilling adventure... JACOB EDGAR and GIORGIO SPALLETTA spin a tale of talents, as various killers of different disciplines challenge Sonja, only to realize every weapon they wield is no match for a She-Devil... KURT BUSIEK (Astro City, Marvels) and BENJAMIN DEWEY (King In Black: Namor) take you to The Mountains Of Night, a foreboding haunt where the She-Devil With A Sword seeks a precious, priceless item... PHIL HESTER & HEIDI BLAIR introduce an ancient religion whose followers will protect their face no matter the deadly cost… AMY CHU & ANDRES LABRADA present a game of chance, of skill, of murder… RON MARZ & MIRKO COLAK take you to a frozen tundra far from Sonja’s home, where the arctic cold makes way for bloody betrayal… DAN ABNETT returns to the She-Devil for a savage story of conquest and revenge… And ANTHONY MARQUES and VINCENZO FEDERICI present bounding adventures of visual daring and delight…

#1 New York Times best-selling writer Brad Meltzer (Identity Crisis) and acclaimed artist Phil Hester (Green Arrow: Quiver) take Oliver Queen from the grave and onto the road for an adventure of past, present, and future! Oliver Queen has recently returned from the dead and like all iconic ghosts he s looking to get closure on some unfinished business. Packing his bags and hitting the road, Green Arrow will travel cross country with his old apprentice, now known as Arsenal, in search of lost treasures. Alongside encounters with Shade, Solomon Grundy, and Catman, Green Arrow will discover what it means to really live a life worth living. Honoring the Emerald Archer s past, present, and future Brad Meltzer and Phil Hester craft a quest that s sure to leave Green Arrow fan satisfied. Collects: Green Lantern #162-164; Green Arrow #1-39; Green Arrow Secret Files & Origins #1.

Introducing the United! This all-new all-star group of alien warriors represents all voices in the newly formed United Planets. A galactic Justice League, if you will. The first Legion of Super-Heroes? Sort of. The United comes to the new Justice League for help because the biggest threat to the universe is on the loose, and all roads lead to Superman. All this, and Aquaman has some surprising news. This big, bold, universe-spanning story serves as a perfect hopping-on point for fans curious where their favorite DC heroes go next! Plus: While the Justice League Dark regroups after hitting the books (literally), all eyes turn toward Gotham, where Merlin s followers gather to protect a mysterious weapon. Now it ll take not one knight but two to infiltrate the cult and save reality. Batman guest-stars as the Eternal Knight s new squire in this action-packed tale!

Because the future is getting weirder everyday, we give you XINO—an intra-ocular lozenge of subversive, surrealist science fiction to cure your awful awareness of it all. Try not to worry—the insertion process will be guided by the megawatt brilliance of comics’ brightest talents as they slowly tune your hopes, dreams, desires, paranoia, alienation, anxiety, and adrenaline to produce the desired results. Join Melissa Flores (The Dead Lucky, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Daniel Irizarri (Judge Dredd) as they surgically activate the hidden dimensions of the human senses; cult phenoms Christopher Condon (That Texas Blood) and Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade) debut the world's first intravenous video game system; underground radicals Jordan Thomas (Weird Work) and Shaky Kane (Bulletproof Coffin) surveil the suburbs for signs of covert infiltration; plus much, more from a startling cast of megawatt talents, including Phil Hester (Gotham City: Year One), David Lapham (Stray Bullets) and Maria Lapham force our collective psyche into unrecognizable new dimensions; award-winning and bestselling author Alex Segura (Secret Identity) and Zander Cannon (Kaijumax) embark on an intergalactic journey of revenge; François Vigneault (Titan) and Artyom Trakhanov (First Knife) deliver bleeding-edge technology to Paleolithic man; Dan McDaid (DEGA) takes weaponized incompetence to the next level; Connor Willumsen (Bradley Of Him) digs deep into our capacity for self-delusion—which doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That s about to change. Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today, and how it harbored and then unleashed the sin that led to the rise of the Dark Knight. Two generations before Batman, private investigator Slam Bradley gets tangled in the kidnapping of the century as the infant Wayne heir disappears in the night and so begins a brutal, hard-boiled, epic tale of a man living on the edge and a city about to burn.

THE BEST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE SERIES IN THE UNIVERSE! By now, everyone in the world knows Invincible. But what about the rest of the Invincible Universe’s heroes and villains? Atom Eve! Rex Splode! Brit! Best Tiger! This collection reveals the secret history of Invincible's closest allies, as well as the formation of a brand-new Guardians of the Globe team to fight the largest gathering of supervillains ever: The Order. Collects INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE #1-2, INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #1-3, GUARDING THE GLOBE (VOL. 1) #1-6, GUARDING THE GLOBE (VOL. 2) #1-6, and INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #1-12.

Introducing...the United! This all-new all-star group of alien warriors represents all voices in the newly formed United Planets. A galactic Justice League, if you will. The first Legion of Super-Heroes? Sort of. The United comes to the new Justice League for help because the biggest threat to the universe is on the loose, and all roads lead to...Superman. All this, and Aquaman has some surprising news. This big, bold, universe-spanning story serves as a perfect hopping-on point for fans curious where their favorite DC heroes go next! Plus: While the Justice League Dark regroups after hitting the books (literally), all eyes turn toward Gotham, where Merlin's followers gather to protect a mysterious weapon. Now it'll take not one knight but two to infiltrate the cult and save reality. Batman guest-stars as the Eternal Knight's new squire in this action-packed tale!

Michael Grey believes he’s an ordinary, unassuming, Midwestern insurance underwriter – and that’s the way the operatives of Stronghold would like to keep it. They’re the ones that wiped his memory and gave him this identity in the first place – because Michael’s actually an alien entity of incalculable power. And if he ever discovers the truth about himself (or, even worse, falls in love with, say, a Stronghold agent assigned to watch him) things could get catastrophic – cosmically catastrophic. Phil Hester (SHIPWRECK, Deathstroke, The Darkness) and Ryan Kelly (The Wicked + The Divine, Lucifer, Saucer Country) weave a tale of intergalactic horror, high adventure and tragic romance!

The Black Terror returns! Under the direction of Alex Ross, writer Phil (Darkness, Masquerade) Hester joins the team as writer and is joined by Jonathan (Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys) Lau for this thrilling second story arc! Collects all there volumes of Project Superpowers: Black Terror. Project Superpowers: Black Terror Volume 1 9781606900345 Project Superpowers: Black Terror Volume 2 9781606901304 Project Superpowers: Black Terror Volume 3: Inhuman Remains 9781606902349

The mysterious and deadly Redhand makes his move against the Kato family. With Mulan ailing, and Hayashi guarding her, it falls to Green Hornet to stand alone against the deadliest foe he has ever faced. An enemy with training and knowledge surpassing even his, an enemy who can't be found... until he strikes. Then the "Outcast" arc sees a new power rising in Century City. A bureaucrat has seized control of the entire city, and to cement his position, he enlists the help of a killer who wears the Green Hornet costume. Now, Britt Reid, Jr. must fight for his life, and for his father's legacy. The Green Hornet and Kato will have to get as down and dirty as their new foes to preserve everything their fathers left as legacy. In the end, nothing will ever be the same in Century City.

Three full graphic novels in one very large volume. First, Steve Austin, the iconic action hero of The Six Million Dollar Man, returns! Groundbreaking filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) rebuilds the world's first bionic man, making him better, stronger, and faster than ever before! Joined by Phil Hester and Jonathan Lau, his collaborators on the critically-acclaimed Green Hornet revival, Smith plunges Steve Austin into a dangerous world of espionage and high adventure. Reunited with Jaime Sommers (of The Bionic Woman fame), Austin must face a maniacal enemy built from deadly technology and dedicated to the collapse of entire nations!Second, Steve Austin, the unstoppable hero of The Six Million Dollar Man, tracks a deadly conspiracy to foreign territory, where he discovers his strangest adversary yet — the legendary Bigfoot! What is this unnatural creature of primal instincts and mechanical parts? What role does the Bionic Man play in the monster’s origin? If one such Bigfoot exists, could others still roam the wilderness... or be manufactured on an assembly line? Also, Steve Austin has a tearful reunion with Jaime Sommers. How will he react when he discovers a terrible truth — that he may have unwittingly been responsible for the tragic accident that transformed her into the Bionic Woman, and erased her memories?Third, Steve Austin, the iconic hero of television's Six Million Dollar Man, faces new threats both foreign and domestic! When the brutal dictator of Libue threatens to use whatever means necessary to squash the rebels of his wartorn nation, the American government sends the Bionic Man to prevent the detonation of nuclear missiles on millions of innocents. Meanwhile, the Office of Scientific Intelligence is under siege by rogue agents. Will Austin's close friend and OSI handler Oscar Goldman survive an attack on his life... and a mechanized terror with a face all too familiar?

A daring new vision of the iconic pulp hero Green Hornet by trailblazing filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy)! When a mysterious figure brutally and publicly murders his father, frivolous playboy Britt Reid Jr. inherits the legacy and mantle of Century City's greatest protector! Aided by his father's longtime ally, Kato, and an all-new, high-kicking female sidekick, the Hornet takes to the streets on a mission of justice. Presenting, for the first time ever, the complete comic book adaptation of Smith's unproduced Green Hornet screenplay, plus an explosive bonus storyline of the reimagined Green Hornet and Kato, courtesy of Phil Hester and series artist Jonathan Lau. High-octane action, drama, and humor, as only Kevin Smith can deliver!