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1) The Iliad
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced off in an epic battle that rewrote history--the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer's legendary account of this decade-long ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. In this thoroughly researched and artfully rendered graphic novel, renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer's epic. Dynamic illustrations...
Publisher
Yoe Books!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
224 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An action-oriented medium, comics have long used wars - real and fictional - as narrative fodder, often with a strong message attached. Buried in rare comics published during the Cold War were powerful war, fantasy, and sci-fi stories that strongly condemned war and the bomb, boldly calling for peace. While a few comics of the time portrayed the horrors of war, the more blatant anti-war stories were largely unappreciated or so cloaked in metaphor...
Author
Publisher
Vertical Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
178 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
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Description
"One year after the incident at Whitechurch, Cain Madhouse leads a band of Incarnates and rouses disgruntled citizens to create a rebel nation called New Patria. Schall returns to Rivulet Wood to pay her respects to her father's grave. A new military unit whose sole mission is to wipe out the remaining Incarnates hunts for Hank, who has gone to ground while on his own mission to put his former Incarnate subordinates to peace" -- page 4 of cover.
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
150 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Lower Your Sights is an anthology that focuses on the consequences of war, the peace/relief effort, and mental health. In addition to tales from today's hottest creators, the collection includes art pieces and write-ups from numerous Ukrainian illustrators. All proceeds are being donated to the Ukrainian-based Voices of Children to provide psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by war.
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"FACING ANNIHILATION. The Survey Corps's quest for the truth of the world inside the Walls has brought them back to Titan-infested Shiganshina District, a mere stone's throw from Eren's childhood home. They have come to execute Erwin's final gambit, reclaiming Wall Maria and the secrets of humanity's past. But the Colossus Titan, the Armored Titan, and the Beast Titan have been waiting for them, and saving humanity will require the most difficult...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
258 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A spy thriller that takes an assortment of familiar superheroes and reinvents them as covert agents during World War II and the Cold War. The Bat, The Clock and The Owl are the Unholy Three, a group of Allied spies that must capture the albino smuggler Jack the Grin before he sells Hitler's greatest weapon to the highest bidder. Later, the Unholy Three are joined by new agents as they attempt to stop KGB operatives from discovering a weapon that could...
9) Red scare
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
236 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the Korean War, Peggy's small hometown is rife with anti-Communist hysteria. But Peggy has bigger problems: She's struggling to recover from polio. Taunted by her classmates, Peggy just wants to be a normal kid, until she stumbles across a mysterious object that gives her the power to fly. Unscrupulous operatives from the American and Soviet governments seek the object to overturn the tense political stalemate, and Peggy finds...
10) Infinity
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Yet when the oldest race in the universe marks Earth for destruction, it's time for Captain America to think grander still. As the most powerful team ever assembled head into space to join an intergalactic alliance against the ancient builders, an old enemy deems their home unprotected. Thanos, the mad titan, unleashes his forces on Earth in the latest chapter of his endless quest for death. But even a world without Avengers has its defenders. Among...
11) The coldest city
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in the days immediately preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall, "The Coldest City" follows two British spies through the streets of West Berlin and across the border to the East as they attempt to recover an item of vital interest to national-- and international-- security.
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Atomic blonde: the coldest city softcover first edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As communism collapses and the Berlin Wall crumbles, an undercover M16 spy is killed while carrying priceless information--a list containing the name of every spy in Berlin. But no list is found on his body.
13) Halo
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
128 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 26th century, Earth's United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, a coalition of aliens, are engaged in a war within the Halo universe for ultimate control, in a collection of four stories depicting various conflicts during the struggle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
194 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two-hundred years in the future, Alita has returned to Mars to meet Erica. However, what should be a blissful reunion is anything but.
Author
Series
Battle Angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
192 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system's most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl named Yoko.
Author
Publisher
Archaia, a division of Boom! Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
173 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a second robot attack on the Taylor farm leaves the family picking up the pieces once again, Roman's younger brother Oswald becomes increasingly suspicious of Jet Jones's connection with the flesh and blood family that has harbored him. A new evil looms on the horizon and the Taylors will need Jet's help to stop it if they are to keep the farm, and the family, safe.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Even though Mila is no longer 9 years old, her childhood memories sometimes overtake her. What happened there, halfway between dreaming and insomnia, continues in other forms here, twenty years later. Whether it's seeing a very old photo taken by her father, a red balloon rolling at her feet, or just lining up at a wicket, something still trembles in her. If the clouds sometimes remind her of where she came from, she guesses that they can also teach...
18) Newsprints
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever. But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she's a girl, she'll lose everything...
Author
Series
The ballad of Yaya volume 1
Publisher
Lion Forge Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
93 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 13 x 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shanghai, 1937. War rages across China, leaving children of all walks of life helpless victims. In the chaos, Yaya, the daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant, meets Tuduo, a little boy form the streets, and together, they embark on an extraordinary adventure..."--Page[4] of cover.
Author
Series
I survived volume 9
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With his French village under Nazi control, Paul Colbert joins a secret resistance after rescuing an American paratrooper and gets his chance to make a difference in the midst of the largest invasion in history, working to do his part in turning horror into hope.
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