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As all good card-carrying comic-book fans know, their sheer passion will never overcome narrow-minded critics and their baying cries of derision. There is far more to this perpetually underrated medium than a mix of art and prose. With this indispensable, spellbinding tome, writer/artist Scott McCloud rises to the challenge of dissecting what remains the most enigmatic of art forms. After all, says McCloud, "No other art form gives so much to its audience while asking so much from them as well". Over the course of 215 impeccably formed pages, McCloud joyously exposes and deconstructs a hidden world of icons in a most literate and valid manner. His charming guidance finds a place where Time and Space is effortlessly malleable and the reader is both a willing accomplice and necessary vessel for comics' singular magic. Cunningly presented in comic form, McCloud (or his comic equivalent) conducts a journey that spans thousands of years, taking in art from Prehistoric Man to the Egyptians to Van Gogh to Jack Kirby. Never has psychological and cultural analysis been so understandably clear, beautifully aided by clever visuals and his truly infectious love for the medium. By the end of this funny, charming, rare and exciting book, you'll not doubt the notion that a comic book "...is a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled ... an empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel to another realm". A fine exchange for a little faith and a world of imagination. --Danny Graydon

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Who Rules the Night is the second of two volumes collecting Knightfall, the Batman storyline in which Batman meets defeat. The aftermath of the devastating battle between Batman and Bane leaves Gotham City without a hero; that is until a new "Dark Knight" named Azrael appears. Azrael is a meaner, more violent version of Batman.

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The complete graphic novel.

Enter a world of titans and dragons, men and elves.

Xith, Last of the Watchers, returns after a long search, bringing with him one of the coveted Orbs of Power. When Delinna Alder touches the orb, she will be transformed forever and come to know the lethal price of her prize.

As Delinna and Xith are swept into a dangerous web of magic, treachery, and betrayal, their choices hold the lives of many and their world in the balance.

Fully linked and cross-linked with links to parts within the book. Scene by scene, picture by picture, the story comes together over hundreds of pages.

Rating: Teens, 13 and up only. Some mature subject matter.