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"Which superpower would you choose--flight or invisibility?" It's a fun little game we play at dinner parties or on social media. This month's titles include characters who have the power--or the potential power--of flight or invisibility. Perhaps they will inform your decision. But, really, which would you choose? Are you sure?
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Fables : Happily Ever After Volume 21, Happily ever after
by Bill Willingham
"In the aftermath of Bigby Wolf's destruction, a shift in the Fables' underlying power structure threatens to split the community into two warring factions - one led by Snow White, the other led by her sister Rose Red."
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Batman : Arkham origins
by Adam Beechen
"The best-selling video game comes to comic books in BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS! In the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, Black Mask orders a hit on the Dark Knight and assassins from all across Gotham City answer the call. Batman must defeat the likes of Deathstroke, Bane, The Joker, Copperhead and others while trying to find out what Black Mask is up to. Collects digital chapters #1-14"
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Henni
by Lasko-Gross
Dissatisfied by her life in a town ruled by strict religious dogma, Henni sets out on her own to explore the world around her in search of truth and adventure
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Owly : Flying Lessons
by Andy Runton
Owly--a very cute owl who wishes to make friends with the other animals in the forest--learns that everyone is special and it's okay to be different. All ages.
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Captain Marvel : in pursuit of flight
by Kelly Sue DeConnick
After changing her superhero name, Captain Marvel tries to live up to the legacy of her fallen predecessor, while facing a time-traveling adventure that's intricately linked with the woman who inspired her military career
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A Flight of Angels
by Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
At an impasse over what to do with an unconscious and injured angel found in a forest, a group of fairies decide to determine his fate with a tribunal, where each individual shares a story about angels
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The nobody
by Jeff Lemire
The Nobody takes H.G. Wells's timeless character of "The Invisible Man" and brings him into a modern small town, using him as a cipher to explore themes of identity, fear and paranoia, and how they can turn a small community in on itself and destroy eventhe most pure of friendships
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Gadget Girl : the art of being invisible
by Suzanne Kamata
Aiko Cassidy, a fourteen-year-old with cerebral palsy, tired of posing for the sculptures that have made her mother famous, dreams of going to Japan to meet her father and become a great manga artist, but takes a life-changing trip to Paris, instead
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X Factor : Invisible Woman has vanished by Peter DavidSue Richards has disappeared, and her son Franklin figures that the premiere detective agency in the Marvel Universe has the best chance of finding her. Except Reed Richards doesn't seem especially cooperative in helping them locate his missing wife--what is he hiding, and does it have anything to do with the coming Darkness?
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, century 1910
by Alan Moore
In a monumental tale that details the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the Knife. Original.
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Young X-men 2 : Book of Revelations
by Marc Guggenheim
The Young X-Men have a brand-new line-up, but one of them isn't a mutant - and doesn't know it! Also, discover the secret origin of Ink. The bad-boy of the Young X-Men has been shrouded in mystery, but that ends here, and the truth will shake the team of young mutants. Plus, the Young X-Men face the next generation of super-powered villains! Collects Young X-Men #6-12, and X-Men: Manifest Destiny #3.
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DC : the new frontier
by Darwyn Cooke
World War II is over, the Cold War has begun--where are the heroes of tomorrow? Journey from the end of the Golden Age to the late 1950s, a bold new era for the super-hero. Encounter “keepers of the flame” including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman, all of whom survived the anti-hero sentiment of the Cold War, as well newcomers like test pilot Hal Jordan and scientist Barry Allen, poised to become the next generation of crime-fighters. Age 12 and up.
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