Fred Van Lente Books in Order

The Silencers enforce the Provenzano crime family’s power while defending it against superheroes. When their leader Cardinal plans to retire, a rival syndicate attacks, threatening to drag him back into the violent life he hopes to leave.

Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey introduce influential philosophers through short comic biographies and humorous explanations of their ideas. The collection uses visual storytelling and anecdotes to make philosophical theories approachable alongside the lives of their creators.

This comic collection explores the lives and ideas of thinkers including Machiavelli, Descartes, Marx, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Derrida. Humorous biographies introduce their different approaches to politics, knowledge, belief, and existence through condensed visual stories.

This comic collection explores the lives and ideas of philosophers through humorous biographical episodes, including the pre-Socratics, Kant, and Francis Bacon. Visual jokes and unlikely comparisons introduce difficult arguments while connecting thinkers across different periods of intellectual history.

Sam Garrison discovers that his bargain home sits in a neighborhood plagued by crime. Joining his neighbor Mark as a masked vigilante seems a way to protect his family, until Mark’s darker intentions entangle Sam in a dangerous agenda.

When Franklin stays with the Power family, siblings Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie recount how they became superheroes. Their experiences learning to understand and control their abilities reveal the challenges of growing up with extraordinary powers.

Tired of being pursued by A.I.M., M.O.D.O.K. recruits an unlikely team of villains for a major heist. Their powerful prize attracts rivals throughout the criminal world, making survival after the theft more difficult than stealing it.

Shape-shifting Skrulls impersonate the Power Pack and commit crimes in their names. Captured and sent to an intergalactic reform school, the four superhero siblings must confront the consequences of their stolen identities and find a way to clear themselves.

Odd and his friends investigate a new mystery as Odd’s abilities sharpen and the darkness around him grows bolder. This graphic installment mixes teenage life with supernatural danger, showing how quickly one good deed can turn into a fight.

After losing his company and fortune to Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark rebuilds in a struggling Los Angeles neighborhood. Bringing jobs and hope makes him an unwitting challenger to the Pride, the supervillains secretly controlling the district.

Iron Fist turns his resources toward helping people wrongly convicted of crimes, beginning with former secretary Jennie Royce. Partnered with volatile young Power Man Victor Alvarez, he must investigate her case while facing new enemies and training his inexperienced teammate.

A rumor that Taskmaster has become a traitor brings a billion-dollar bounty and armies of his former students hunting him. Fighting the criminals he once trained, he must uncover who framed him and confront questions about his own identity.

Teenage assassin Obadiah Archer arrives in New York to kill the immortal Armstrong on orders from his family’s sect. Discovering a larger conspiracy, the unlikely pair must work together against forces manipulating both of them.

Armstrong’s estranged brother, the immortal Eternal Warrior, receives a mission to destroy Obadiah Archer. As Archer and Armstrong continue their struggle against the Sect, they face an opponent whose centuries of combat experience make him exceptionally dangerous.

Archer and Armstrong venture into the Faraway, a mysterious realm connected to the origins of the Boon. Their journey reaches back into the history of Armstrong and his immortal brothers, where ancient adventures hold secrets that still shape their world.

The secretive factions of the Sect erupt into open warfare after centuries of uneasy cooperation. Archer and Armstrong are the only people capable of stopping the conflict, but an unexpected division places the partners on opposing sides.

Project Rising Spirit sends Bloodshot and the H.A.R.D. Corps to eliminate Obadiah Archer, newly identified as the leader of a dangerous fundamentalist sect. Armstrong stands beside him as a lethal assignment becomes a clash between unlikely allies and formidable hunters.

Archer travels to Los Angeles with Armstrong to uncover the truth about his biological parents. Their search leads into the Church of Retrology and a Hollywood hotel, where celebrity worship conceals another conspiracy and disturbing secrets about his origins.

Psychic government operative Matt Price is ambushed while protecting a statesman and uncovers a plot threatening a United Nations conference. Political intrigue brings Brain Boy into conflict with an opponent whose mental abilities may equal his own.

Matt Price investigates a politically motivated doomsday cult threatening the president, but discovers a more dangerous intelligence behind the mission. A mysterious hive mind forces Brain Boy into a psychic confrontation with the Men from G.E.S.T.A.L.T.

After sorcerers assassinate Vendhya’s king, his sister Yasmina vows revenge, but Conan’s decision to kidnap her upsets her plans. Mercenaries, tribesmen, an army and the Black Seers pursue them, turning the abduction into a struggle for survival.

Stories explore Armstrong’s first drink, a Timewalker adventure, Mary-Maria Archer’s origins, and the rise of a new One Percent. These episodes expand the conspiracies and complicated histories surrounding Archer, Armstrong, and the people drawn into their adventures.

Researcher Neela Sethi is about to discover time travel when competing travelers begin converging on her. Ivar arrives first, pulling her into a journey across history as he tries to prevent threats from the past and future from destroying her life.

With the universe nearing destruction, Ivar enlists Armstrong and Gilad to rescue Neela Sethi from the Prometheans. Old divisions between the brothers complicate their assault on Oblivi-1, where protecting her may depend on overcoming wounds time has not healed.

Quantum and Woody collide with Archer and Armstrong in a chaotic race through American folklore. The ill-matched adventurers must work together to stop the Hobo King and survive a cross-country quest none of them is equipped to handle responsibly.

In 1927 Shanghai, inexperienced Templar Darius Gift undertakes his first mission while trying to restore his family’s reputation. When his mistakes threaten the operation, the mysterious Black Cross emerges from the shadows with an agenda of his own.

As history collapses, Neela Sethi must save Ivar and time itself with help from another version of him. Teaching an inexperienced Timewalker to navigate the timestream becomes a desperate task while the universe approaches destruction.

A prisoner in the dungeons of Tripoli faces a transformation when the Templar Order offers him a new role. Becoming an agent of honor draws him into the continuing Black Cross saga and the Order’s long-running struggle.

Hired by a criminal financier to kill the Punisher, Deadpool discovers that Frank Castle is a difficult target. Their escalating fight draws both into a larger conflict with their employer, but a shared enemy does little to end their hostility.

Former child soldiers with psychic abilities form Generation Zero to help other young people. Investigating the suspicious death of Keisha Sherman’s boyfriend brings them to a booming Michigan town whose apparent prosperity conceals something far more disturbing.

Generation Zero enters the Heroscape, a dangerous dimension shaped by imagination, to uncover their town’s hidden connections to it. Friends’ secrets and enemies’ fears become tangible threats as fantasies from Rook, Michigan turn into deadly encounters.

Nine comedians accept an invitation to a famous entertainer’s private island, only to find it deserted and cut off from communication. As guests begin dying, their competing personalities and professional grievances become clues in a murder mystery steeped in show-business satire.

A series of bizarre New York crimes points to horrors beyond space and time seeking to bring back the Old Ones. Detective Sebastian Green may be the only investigator capable of stopping them, because he is a monster himself.

This comic biography follows George Washington as a Revolutionary leader and America’s first president, including his reluctance to take office. Historical information, visual jokes, timelines, and maps introduce young readers to both his achievements and personal quirks.

Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency become a comic biography combining historical events with visual humor. Alongside the Gettysburg Address and Civil War, the book introduces lesser-known details of his education, work, and habits to young readers.

Comic-book artist Mike Miller arrives at San Diego Comic-Con grieving his mentor, then becomes a suspect when a former editor is killed. Investigating connections between the deaths sends him through convention culture, industry rivalries, and buried disputes in an effort to clear himself.

On a devastated Earth in the forty-first century, War Mother protects a community holding scientific knowledge and engineered resources. With its survival at stake, she and her sentient rifle seek a new homeland beyond their enclave’s dangerous borders.

This comic biography explores Theodore Roosevelt’s public achievements and unusual personal history, from environmental protection to adventure writing. Humorous illustrations, maps, and timelines introduce young readers to the president behind the teddy bear and his enduring reputation.

This comic biography introduces John F. Kennedy through his wartime experiences, speeches, and unexpected personal adventures. Visual humor accompanies historical information, including his survival at sea and use of a coconut to communicate a rescue message.

This graphic history traces animation’s development through its filmmakers, studios and characters. Moving from early experiments to television cartoons and computer-generated films, it follows creative breakthroughs, business rivalries and the international growth of an art form.

Vampirella, John Carter, Red Sonja and other unlikely heroes face a spreading threat that turns familiar worlds into horrors. Their separate mysteries collide as they struggle against enemies whose transformations threaten everyone they might still be able to save.

Assassin Giulietta Romeo’s extradition flight is shot down over an Atlantic island ruled by a displaced mob duke. Caught between feuding criminal brothers, she must survive their revenge and the monstrous servants who enforce the island ruler’s power.

Mobsters living under witness protection begin disappearing from the suburban streets of Bountiful, Utah. The killings resemble the work of Jennifer Blood, a housewife turned assassin believed dead, raising doubts about how safe their new lives really are.

A wounded woman arrives at a clinic serving criminals, where its surgeon believes he has captured Jennifer Blood. His plan to sell her collides with a dying hitman’s own intentions, turning the hospital into a battleground.

In 1861, Pinkerton detective Kate Warn and trainee Hattie MacLaughlin investigate a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Moving through rural Maryland and secessionist society, they face a crisis when Kate’s exposed identity forces Hattie to weigh friendship against their mission.

This graphic history traces the development of tabletop roleplaying games from their earlier roots to contemporary popularity. Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler examine how players build shared stories, why the games endure and what they reveal about their participants.

Pursuing a runaway horse lands Gaston in the king’s private hunting grounds and then in prison. A royal adviser offers him freedom in exchange for a dangerous mission, putting his confidence and supposed tracking prowess to the test.

Presented as comics, this history follows the people who shaped comic books, graphic novels and manga. Creators, publishers and critics drive a story of artistic ambition, controversy and changing ideas about what the medium can accomplish.