The Invisibles
10 best books like The Invisibles (Grant Morrison): From Hell, Kingdom Come, Asterios Polyp, Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories, Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints, Immortal Hulk, Volume 2: The Green Door, Immortal Hulk, Volume 3: Hulk In Hell, House of X / Powers of X, Harrow County, Vol. 2: Twice Told
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 0861661419 |
"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim, subconscious underworld. A radiant abyss where men meet themselves. Hell, Netley. We're in Hell."
Having proved himself peerless in the arena of reinterpreting superheroes, Alan Moore turned...
| Author | Mark Waid |
| ISBN | 1563893304 |
Writer Mark Waid, coming from his popular work on Flash and Impulse, and artist Alex Ross, who broke new ground with the beautifully painted Marvels, join together for this explosive book that takes place in a dark alternate future of the DC Superhero Universe. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and almost...
| Author | David Mazzucchelli |
| ISBN | 0307377326 |
The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait.
Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect...
Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories
| Author | Warren Ellis |
| ISBN | 1563897776 |
Elijah Snow, a hundred year old man.
Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful and bored woman.
The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines.
Infatuated with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists of the late 20th Century uncover...
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
| Author | Frank Miller |
| ISBN | 1563899299 |
It's been three years since the events of The Dark Knight Returns, and everything is just fine. At least on the surface. What the world at large doesn't know is that it's a total sham. A perfectly choreographed, pretty little world where everything that's ugly, or even potentially disturbing,...
Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures--and to the land itself--in a way she never imagined.
A southern gothic fairy tale from the creator of smash hit The...
Immortal Hulk, Volume 2: The Green Door
| Author | Al Ewing |
| ISBN | 1302912569 |
As Bruce Banner struggles to control the undying monster within, he finds himself hunted by his old friends and allies. To what lengths will the Avengers go to stop a monster of their own making? And the mysterious scientists of Shadow Base have their own plans for Banner, though they may just find horror...
Immortal Hulk, Volume 3: Hulk In Hell
| Author | Al Ewing |
| ISBN | 1302915061 |
Jackie McGee is in Hell. Carl Creel is in hell. Walter Langkowski is in Hell. Eugene Judd is in Hell. Carl Burbank is in Hell. Los Diablos is in Hell. Shadow Base is in Hell. New Mexico is in Hell. Planet Earth is in Hell. We are all in Hell... and so is the IMMORTAL HULK. It whispers through many mouths. It destroys...
| Author | Jonathan Hickman |
| ISBN | 1302915703 |
Mutants are the future, and the future begins now! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINITY, SECRET WARS) takes the reigns of the X-Men universe with artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva to change the way you look at every X-Men story. HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X intertwine to reveal the secret past, present,...
Harrow County, Vol. 2: Twice Told
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1616559004 |
Evil twin!
Yeah, it's been done to death, but it's still a fun trope.
Ok, so this was one of the many times when irony kicked me in my tits. Just as soon as I gave up on the library ever finding their missing copy of this volume (it had been in book limbo for 3 or 4 months), and decided to go...
Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America
| Author | Chris Arnade |
| ISBN | 0525534733 |
Widely acclaimed photographer and writer Chris Arnade shines new light on America's poor, drug-addicted, and forgotten--both urban and rural, blue state and red state--and indicts the elitists who've left them behind.
Like Jacob Riis in the 1890s, Walker Evans in the 1930s, or Michael...
Harrow County, Vol. 8: Done Come Back
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506706630 |
The dramatic conclusion to the series about Emmy--the Good Witch of much haunted and harrowing Harrow County, her friend Berenice, the Skin Boy, and a bunch of scary, sometimes bloody creatures. The last volume focuses, not surprisingly, on the mortal combat between Emmy and the original hanged witch,...
Harrow County, Vol. 3: Snake Doctor
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506700713 |
I think the first thing I should mention is that I haven't been able to read volume 2 of Harrow county yet. Apparently, something happened to my library's copy, so after a few months of waiting...? Yeah, I just decided to go ahead and read this anyway.
But even without having read the previous...
Harrow County, Vol. 4: Family Tree
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506701418 |
A little of the spooky stuff near Halloween never hurt anyone, right?
Family Tree is exactly what it sounds like, and we all get to find out a bit more of Emmy's past and where her bloodline comes from.
And it turns out, she has a family that's just as fucked up as everyone else's.
There's...
Harrow County: Library Edition Volume 1
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506710646 |
The first chapter of the highly acclaimed, Eisner nominated horror fantasy tale in deluxe, oversized hardcover format.
Collects the first two volumes of Harrow County in a deluxe, hardcover, and oversized format with a new cover, sketchbook material, essays, "Tales from Harrow County"...
Harrow County, Vol. 7: Dark Times A'Coming
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506703976 |
Things are heating up in this supernatural fantasy as young heroine Emmy Crawford prepares to face off against old foes in the horror-plagued town of Harrow County
Something evil has returned from the grave and joins forces with Emmy's wicked family for a brewing monster war! Will she be able...
Harrow County, Vol. 6: Hedge Magic
| Author | Cullen Bunn |
| ISBN | 1506702082 |
Well, well, well: The sixth volume of the harrowing Harrow County comes into my hands, just in time for Halloween, heh heh heh. Emmy is a good witch in this creepy but also somehow tender southern gothic tale, protecting her town, trying to keep her haints in control. Until now, when friend Bernice loses...
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1606904183 |
In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the "supes" don't get out of line. And someone will! Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The Female are The Boys: A CIA-backed team of very dangerous people,...
