Fred Van Lente

After years of training, Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to root out and kill the infamous Great Satan of his parents' sect. Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer's target – the hard-drinking year-old immortal known as Armstrong. Together, this unlikely pair of heroes is about to stumble headfirst into a centuries-old conspiracy that will bring the whole of ancient history crashing down on the modern day

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The flesh-eating inhabitants of a parallel world have come to our Earth, aiming to spread their virus in a full-scale biological invasion. Interdimensional defense agency A.R.M.O.R. recruits Machine Man to travel to the zombie-infested world with the Mighty Avenger Known as Jocasta. The squabbling duo only have eight hours to obtain the blood needed to create an anti-zombie serum and defeat the undead epidemic. But if they don't make it back in time,...

"Tony Stark's life is in a downward spiral. Obadiah Stane has taken his company and his fortune, leaving Stark to live on the streets of Los Angeles. He is even too destitute to fuel his armor, and his fellow heroes have decided not to help him, to see whether the once-great man can build himself back up. Believing he can help the residents of his new neighborhood, the impoverished Imperio section of L.A., Tony begins to rebuild his company and his...

Siblings Celine and Tucker use the basic principles of energy to experiment with everyday objects, in a story where their scientific gadgets will help them survive Earth in the distant future.--

"It's Halloween in Pico Mundo, California, and there's a whiff of something wicked in the autumn air. While the town prepares for its annual festivities, young fry cook Odd Thomas can't shake the feeling that make-believe goblins and ghouls aren't the only things on the prowl. And he should know, since he can see what others cannot: the spirits of the restless dead. But even his frequent visitor, the specter of Elvis Presley, can't seem to point Odd...

"Four Spartans. Team Black. Taken from their mothers' cribs, they trained side by side in a top-secret Navy program on the planet Reach. They formed a bond stronger than any civilian could conceive and no enemy would dare try to sever if they wished to live. And now they've crash-landed on a forbidding piece of rock floating in the middle of a well-known Covenant supply route. Two Covenant soldiers, Thon and Reff. Soldiers in the brutal war against...

We all know that Abraham Lincoln gave the historic Gettysburg Address and ended the Civil War. But did you also know that he pardoned the first White House turkey, once snuck into Washington in disguise, and grew his famous beard because an eleven-year-old girl said it made him look less ugly?! Read all about the radical rail-splitter, supreme speaker, and paramount president Abraham Lincoln in the second Action Presidents book, where the history...

We all know that John F. Kennedy was a World War II hero and a pro at giving speeches. But did you also know he survived shark-infested waters, tried to steal a dictator's beard, and once used a coconut to send a secret message? Read all about the king of Camelot, beloved Bostonian, and awesome orator John F. Kennedy in the fourth Action Presidents book, where the history is real and the jokes are fake!

After travelling to Mount Wundagore in search of Magneto, Wolverine has been dubbed the last knight of Wundagore by the High Evolutionary, at the loss of his animal nature, and Kitty Pryde has been turned into a cat woman. Now the two must fight off the legions of the Man-Beast, save the town of new men, and convince the High Evolutionary to return them to normal.

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde travel to Transia in search of Magneto. While there, they come across a town of animal folk who explain that the town's new men have been disappearing at an alarming rate while strange lights have begun emanating from the peak of Mount Wundagore. Wolverine accompnies one of the town leaders to investigate while Kitty attempts to call for additional assistance from the X-Men.