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In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
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Examines some of the great on-screen romances of Hollywood's golden era, with trivia, behind-the-screen anecdotes, biographical profiles, memorable quotes, and a host of movie stills and poster art, in a volume that captures the film magic of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and other notables.
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"For the first time ever, Dark Horse is proud to collect Frank Miller and Walt Simonson's classic RoboCop vs. the Terminator comic books in graphic novel format! Comics' greatest creators pit the supreme machine killer against the ultimate cybernetic cop in one of the most celebrated crossovers ever! When fate reveals that the technology that built RoboCop will lead to the creation of Skynet, Alex Murphy must engage in time-twisting battle against...
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Frank Miller's Sin City volume 2
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Photographer Dwight McCarthy tries to live a clean life and avoid trouble because he knows what he's capable of. When a girl from his past shows up, professes her love for him, and tells him she's in way over her head, he knows trouble has found him. Now people are gonna get hurt.
52) Holy terror
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"There's a deadly menace somewhere in Empire City and 'The Fixer' only has until dawn to save his town...and civilization as we know it. Holy Terror chronicles this desperate and brutal quest of a hero as he is forced to run down an army of murderous zealots in order to stop a crime against humanity. Empire City is in peril...and a whole lot of folks need killing. From the bestselling, critically acclaimed writer/artist Frank Miller, creator of...
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Daredevil volume 2
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A classic Marvel hero redefined by one of comics' greatest visionaries! A Marvel Comics mainstay since 1964, Daredevil got a new lease on life in a landmark 1979-1983 run by writer-penciler Frank Miller and inker-penciler Klaus Janson, whose daring reinvention of the character quickly made Miller one of the biggest and most influential stars in the comic-book industry. Miller puts his own stamp on established cast member such as reporter Ben Urich,...
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Based on the comic book series by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr., a prose adaptation exploring the origin story of the crime-fighting vigilante.
Raised by a single father and tormented by bullies, Matt Murdock thought he understood how to survive on the streets of his New York City neighborhood. Until his life was irrevocably altered when he was blinded by radioactive materials while saving a man's life. But the accident also left Matt with...
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Sin City volume 4
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"It's his last day on the job and honest Detective John Hartigan has one loose end left to tie up. Little Nancy Callahan, age eleven, has been kidnapped by a lunatic who likes to hear little girls scream. Nancy isn't his first victim, and she won't be his last-unless Hartigan can put a stop to him, no matter how important the heinous psycho's father is. But this case is drowning in more perversion than even Hartigan realized . . . If justice is possible...
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Sin City volume 2
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Stuck with nothing but a seedy gumshoe job, a tattered string of failed romances, and his demons, Dwight's thinking of all the ways he's screwed up. And what he'd give for one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb gray hell that is his life. He'd give anything to cut loose, to just feel the fire, one more time. But he can't let himself lose control again, can't ever let the monster out . . . And then Ava calls.
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At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed in the air and it's a 21st century spacecraft hovering over the Earth, skipping ahead millions of years in technological development only to imply that man hasn't advanced very far at all psychologically. U.S. scientist Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to the...