When Annie meets Jonathan, no one tells her about his last girlfriend, a beautiful, popular girl who died mysteriously and who just might not be gone

Two friends venture out at night to see if a tree is really haunted in the fifth book in the Ghosts of Fear Street middle grade series from master of horror R.L. Stine—now with a brand-new look! No one ever goes into the Fear Street woods at night. Not if they want to come out again. But Dylan and Steve just found a cool tree house there—one that’s supposed to be haunted. Are the creepy stories true? Dylan and Steve are going to find out. They’re spending the night in the tree house in the woods. Just the two of them…and maybe a ghost.

"This classic ghost story from the author of The Last Unicorn follows Jonathan who's been living in a cemetery with a raven as his only friend amongst the newly dead until he discovers a pair of ghostly lovers bearing an extraordinary gift-the final chance for his own happiness"--

"From spy to Avenger, the enigmatic Black Widow has lived many secret lives. But how do these disparate episodes add up to the life of the heroic Avenger, and what is the thread connects her past to her future? Get ready for the solo film Marvel's Black Widow with this glimpse into the storied history of Natasha Romanoff in this story set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!"--Provided by publisher.

Spidey mania continues as Spider-Man swings into his third solo ongoing series! When MARVEL TEAM-UP came to an end, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man grabbed yet more of the spotlight in WEB OF SPIDER-MAN! Whether in his sleek black suit or classic red-and-blues, Spidey is ready to face new foes -- including Magma, the Vulturions, Chance, Future Max and the Smithville Thunderbolt -- as well as classic sparring partners like the Kingpin, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture and even the Hulk! Peter Parker makes a jaunt over the Atlantic for some adventures in the UK -- where he foils an assassination attempt on the prime minister! Then, back on this side of the Pond, he has to travel cross-country to retrieve a misplaced web-shooter! Plus: The all-time classic Spider-title crossover "Kraven's Last Hunt"! And Peter gets consigned to a mental hospital's Mad Dog Ward! COLLECTING: Web of Spider-Man (1985) 1-34; Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) 1-3; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 268, 293-295; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 131-133

Before he would set Amazing Spider-Man on the path to comics glory, master storyteller Roger Stern did a Spectacular job on Spidey's sister title! Producing a run of the wall-crawler's most memorable tales, Stern introduced a host of new and compelling characters - including the gangster Belladonna and a new love interest for Aunt May, Nathan Lubensky - and reinvigorated the Prowler and White Tiger. But don't worry, Stern left room to spare for iconic enemies! The Vulture returns - and he's brought his evil nephew Malachi with him! And another veteran of the Sinister Six, Mysterio, is up to no good, in league with a gang of Spider-Man's oldest villains! This Masterworks volume also includes a double-sized showdown with the man called Rapier! Collecting: Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 43-55, Annual (1979) 2

The groundbreaking stories that set the standard for an entire era of mystical adventure. Aided and abetted by lover Clea and man-servant Wong, the newly minted Sorcerer Supreme takes on Demons, the Dread Dormammu, Dracula, the Defenders, Death and Doctor Strange? Plus: Planet Earth is no more. The Master of the Mystic Arts fights alone against Eternity, as the world stands on the brink of oblivion. Collecting: Doctor Strange 1-29, Annual 1; Tomb of Dracula 44-45

The space opera era of the Avengers hits its stride in the stories presented within this collection of cosmic chronicles! Among the highlights of this tantalizing tome: nothing less than the fate of every living thing is at stake when Thanos, the nastiest nihilist this side of the nearest nebula, wages interstellar war against the Mighty Avengers and their allies Captain Marvel, Warlock, and a host of other galactic gladiators. Featuring Korvak, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Absorbing Man, the Squadron Sinister and more! COLLECTING: Avengers (1963)164-184, Annuals 7-8; Marvel Two-In-One Annual 2

Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents & reclaim her lost kingdom, a daring young heroine & would-be queen journeys to the besieged city on the plain to seek out its evil conqueror, the Usurper. Helprin's spellbinding tale reveals a city veiled in snow, at once divine & deadly. Evocatively told & beautifully rendered, it will enchant readers of all ages. Stunning color illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg capture the exhilaration of the story -- from the pulse of the masses in the palace square to the wrath of the bloodthirsty Usurper who scours the city streets after curfew, to the opulence of an intimate dinner party set for a thousand guests.

Mariko Tamaki's iconic run on She-Hulk, collected in its entirety for the first time! Jennifer Walters survived the second superhuman Civil War... barely. Now, she reenters the world a very different hero. Fueled by a quiet rage, Jen is determined to move forward with her life - but the pain of the past is always there. An undercurrent, a pulse waiting to quicken... and transform her into the one thing over which she has no control! But as Jen returns to legal practice, her newest client struggles with her own dark secrets. And a string of murders soon leaves Jen in over her head as a lawyer. Must she give in to her anger... and become the Hulk?! Plus, faced with a wave of monsters, can Jen help being pulled into the craziness as a force for good? And what happens when the nefarious Leader decrees: Jen Walters must die?!

A “riveting” tale (Kirkus Reviews) by a USA Today bestselling author: Eighteen-year-old Jason is running from a government agency that claims he’s at fault for his parents’ death… Is his destiny really written in a musty tome more than a thousand years old? Fulfilling his destiny may be a life or death situation for more than just himself. The fate of the world lies in the balance. -------- Detailed Description: Eighteen-year-old Jason Rogers’ life is turned upside-down when he finds himself in the custody of an unnamed government agency that falsely accuses him of being responsible for the explosion that caused the death of his parents. Anya is seventeen, a teenager who wishes she could be normal for once. But she’s not… and a secret government agency, headed by none other than her father, knows how to leverage the dangerous capability she was born with. All goes well for her until one of the agents turns on her. Jason and Anya find themselves an unlikely duo as one escapes from an unjust incarceration, and the other runs from the people who betrayed her. Ultimately, Jason’s escape makes him confront who and what he's become. Was his destiny really written in a musty tome over a thousand years ago? Anya’s trust for those she holds most dear wavers as she realizes betrayal may have fatal consequences. Trying to run from the burden of his destiny, Jason learns it could cost him not only his life, but Anya’s as well. The fate of the world lies in the balance.

To the fear-filled eyes of criminals everywhere, he is a man without a past--a Darknight Defender of the helpless and oppressed, a towering symbol of swift and vengeful justice, a wraith-like guardian of Gotham City's asphalt corridors. But to comic book fans throughout the world he is...Batman and he is a man with a mission. Now, for the first time in paperback, readers can discover the deepest secrets of the masked crimefighter, from his own origin to his first meeting with Robin, his partner in the war on crime. This spectacular re-telling of The Batman legend includes his initial encounters with his most menacing foes, as well as a fact filled tour through the Darknight Detective's secret headquarters, The Batcave. A veritable encyclopedia of the Cowled Crimefighter's past, The Untold Legend of the Batman will delight comic adventure fans everywhere!

A classic collected edition returns, just in time for the Man of Steel's biggest year yet! In this collection of Superman tales from the '70s, the Man of Steel finds himself facing more realistic challenges and issues that are representative of the era. Although he fought against some of his greatest enemies-such as Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and the Parasite-Superman also began to address societal issues and philosophical questions in these stories. In these tales of social conscience, Superman loses his vulnerability to Kryptonite and questions his role as Earth's protector, and the Man of Steel also revisits Smallville and looks back at his boyhood with older and wiser eyes. Originally published in 2000, this collection includes work by comics legends Jack Kirby, Dennis O'Neil, Elliot S! Maggin, Neal Adams, Curt Swan, Jose Luis Garcia-L pez, and more, and an introduction by Superman film star Christopher Reeve. This volume collects Superman #233, #247, #248, #249, #270, #271, #276, #286, #287, Action Comics #484, DC Comics Presents #14, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #133, and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #106.

Cable and X-Force are united under the pen of blockbuster writer Jeph Loeb! A new era begins as Cable revamps his mutant strike team and relocates to the X-Mansion - where Cannonball "graduates" to the X-Men, and Boomer gets unhealthily attached to the murderous prisoner named Sabretooth! But when Cable's wife Aliya returns from the future with a dire warning, he'll be swept up in a time-traveling battle to save his younger self from his arch-nemesis Stryfe! Plus: Cable's mentor Blaquesmith debuts, Caliban and the Mimic return, Grizzly goes bad, and Deadpool helps Siryn escape from...a mental hospital? COLLECTING: Cable (1993) 21-28, X-Force (1991) 44-48

Time has finally caught up with the Challengers of the Unknown. The world seems to have passed them by, and they are now relics, curious artifacts and faded celebrities. All that changes when their fabled mountaintop headquarters blows up and the quartet suddenly find themselves on trial for their lives. So begins the most audacious case of their careers. This graphic novel is the first creative pairing of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale, whose highly regarded partnership would give way to legendary works including BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN: FOR ALL SEASONS and CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME. Collects CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #1-8.

In 1957, following the dissolution of his partnership with Joe Simon, Jack Kirby returned to DC Comics. Among his new assignments was the Green Arrow feature that ran simultaneously in Adventure Comics and World's Finest comics, pitting the Emerald and his sidekick, Speedy, against a plethora of foes.

The Marvel Treasury Edition that celebrated 200 years of the United States of America is back, as big as life and better than ever! From the unparalleled imagination of Jack Kirby, it's a time-spanning adventure featuring Captain America on an incredible journey through his nation's past - from the American Revolution through two World Wars... and more! Steve Rogers meets major historical figures, makes quite an impact on Benjamin Franklin - and takes inspiration from two centuries of American struggle and progress! Reprinted in all its oversized glory along with suitably patriotic special features, this is one of the Sentinel of Liberty's wildest adventures of all, without which no Cap collection is complete! Collecting: Marvel Treasury Special: Captain America's Bicentennial Battles (1976) 1, Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976

Gargoyles series creator Greg Weisman returns with all-new stories in continuity with the epic Gargoyles television classic! One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, they were betrayed by the humans they had sworn to protect... frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and they live again! They are defenders of the night! They are Gargoyles! Reintroducing the Manhattan Clan, a family of Gargoyles at full strength, though modern New York City Is full or attractions and distractions, and each member of the clan has begun to go their own way. But their bonds will be tested when nefarious factions from all across the world attempt to steal that rarest, most precious or possessions... an unhatched Gargoyle egg!

Marvel's top talents of the 1970s take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' savage swordsman of Barsoom! John Carter, a hunted soldier on the Western frontier, is transported to an alien world filled with six-armed aliens, sinister super-science and the love of his life, the incomparable Dejah Thoris! A must-have science-fiction epic in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Collecting JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS #1-28 and ANNUAL #1-3.