Busiek, Kurt

Compiles the first year of "The Avengers" as written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by George P?rez, and includes copies of the original sketches and script from the first issue, as well as Busiek's notes.

Superman's friend and coworker, Jimmy Olsen, develops super powers of his own and becomes Mr. Action, and the two battle Kryptonite Man and other forces as Jimmy's past is revealed.

After nine-year-old Bruce Wainwright, who is obsessed with Batman comics, loses his parents to a violent crime, he is sent to a private boarding school where he battles grief, rage, and revenge. Then a bat-like creature brings justice to his parents' killers, and proceeds to follow Bruce throughout the years. While Bruce wonders if this creature is good or evil, his long-repressed rage threatens to explode and destroy him and the city of Boston.

Superman battles the sinister Insect Queen, a villain with mysterious connections to Lana Lang.

Presents stories about the heroes, villians, and other citizens who inhabit the cartoon world of Astro City, and the crimes and mysteries that accompany them.

A small-town boy comes to the wondrous metropolis of Astro City in hopes of becoming one of its renowned superheroes and finds himself face to face with its dark side.

"In the wake of Identity Crisis, the JLA decides the time has come to tell Batman that they stole part of his memory. But, the League is attacked by the Secret Society of Super-Villains -- out for vengeance now that their own memories are restored. As the JLA battles, the Martian Manhunter confronts Despero -- the alien conqueror and the one behind the villains' memory-restoration. By the time the dust settles, the JLA may have won the battle but lost the war!"--.