Peter May

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #46-50.
Was the radioactive spider bite that granted Peter Parker his amazing abilities an accident…or something more? Now the mysterious Ezekiel offers him a shocking explanation: Peter may be the latest in an ancient line of humans gifted with supernatural spider powers. But Peter won't have much time to ponder his origins, as his existence has drawn the attention of Shathra, an otherworldly being who sees Spider-Man as her prey. Overpowered and on the run, the web-slinger has only his wits and his courage to keep him from becoming Shathra's next meal. The Life and Death of Spiders also features the long-awaited reunion of Mary Jane and Peter. With one last chance to be together, will this couple finally reconcile?

Nominated for a 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award: a decade of informed, provocative, cantankerous and hilarious cartoon opinion pieces for Reason magazine from our favorite libertarian curmudgeon, on topics ranging from Stupid War to Stupid Sex and, of course, Stupid Politicians.

NVRLND is a dark and magical re-imagining of PETER PAN set in the present-day landscape of Hollywood. Wallflower turned wild-child Wendy Darling befriends the fiery Tiger Lily and falls into the music rave scene of the underground club NVRLND. Intoxicated by the music Wendy falls for the enigmatic Peter, lead singer of the band The Lost Boys. Peter is everything a girl could desire: Handsome, daring and reckless. Wendy discovers that Peter is mixed up with the mysterious tattoo artist James Hook, who preys upon the young who flock to Peter, hooking them on the new designer drug, Pixie Dust. You think you may know the truth about NVRLND but the truth is you know nothing. NVRLND is a story for anyone who never wants to grow up…but may not live long enough to have a choice.

Almost from the moment he became Spider-Man, Peter has been haunted by the memory of his beloved Uncle Ben - murdered by a common thief, a man the headstrong teen had refused to stop when he had the chance just a few days earlier. With Uncle Ben's death, Peter learned dearly the valuable lesson that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. Now, can Peter summon the necessary power, and bear the weight of responsibility for one more battle? His Aunt May is there. So is his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. As Spider-Man fights on with a seemingly mortal wound, their lives hang in the balance as well as his. Can Spidey succeed where he previously failed? Will he have to give his life to earn redemption? Uncle Ben is dead. What will Peter do to keep Aunt May alive? COLLECTING: Ultimate Comics Spider -Man 156-160

is a 4-issue limited series with cover dates December 2008 to March 2009 conceptualized to fit into the new Marvel Noir Universe under the Marvel Knights imprint. In this world, their more famous characters are re-imagined in the gritty, grainy world of detective novels and black and white movies, hence the cognomen, "noir." The setting is Manhattan immediately after the Great Depression...

This 6-part limited series by Peter B. Gillis of fame adapts Peter S.Beagle's novel of the same title into the medium of comic books, and for once, it's an adaptation done right. The story unfolds at a very smooth pace, as the unicorn first becomes aware that she might be the last of her kind and decides to find if there are others left. A simple enough premise yet it evokes such a strong feel for its setting and world that you almost lie back and immerse yourself in it. The art from Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon provide a soft, beautiful line with gentle colors that saturate and soak into the page. Their panel sequences flow into one another in a manner that cannot be achieved in any other media. Beagle's story points out that most people in its world don't recognize a unicorn when they see one; perhaps they've become too jaded, or have lost their sense of the fantastic. If you read The Last Unicorn you'll find any sense of the fantastic that you might have otherwise mislaid. All issues are Minutemen scans, save for the last and current issue #6 which is a just-as-good GreenGiant scan. Issues #1-3 are packed into a single-download RAR archive. The rest are individual comic book files.

is a one-shot publication of Marvel Comics as part of its Ender's Game series, adapted by Marvel Comics from the novel (1985), a science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. It and its sequel (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both of American science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years. Its first two just-concluded concurrent series, and --naturally already posted by yours truly--dealt with the protagonist Ender Wiggin and his friend Bean but left out subplots involving Peter's other genius older siblings, Valentine and Peter as found in the novel (and who will become leading characters in Card's later Ender Wiggin novels). This one-shot attempts to remedy that.

Battlefields is a comic book metaseries written by Garth Ennis, comprising three mini-series, each illustrated by a different artist and published by Dynamite Entertainment. The completed Volume 1 thereof is divided into three self-contained mini-series of three issues each, all of which are set during WWII: the first mini-series, with artist Russell Braun, titled The Night Witches is set on the Eastern front and concerns a women-only Soviet bomber regiment; the second series, with artist Peter Snejbjerg, titled Dear Billy concerns a British nurse, who had survived rape and attempted execution by Japanese soldiers in Singapore, and her relationship with a decorated flying ace; and the third series is Tankies with artist Carlos Ezquerra, and is about an inexperienced British tank crew of Londoners in a Churchil Tank led by a Geordie veteran as they attempt to catch up with their company, enduring attacks by Nazi Tiger tanks as the Battle of Normandy rages on. Ennis announced that a second volume of Battlefields is to be published in 2010 with a similar format, with two storylines being sequels to Night Witches and Tankies. The other, Happy Valley, is also the first of these to be published, with art by P. J. Holden. As is typical of Ennis' work, stark, granular and searing commentaries on war and its effects on the human condition.

is a 4-issue limited series with cover dates February to May 2009 conceptualized to fit into the new Marvel Noir Universe. In this world, their more famous characters are re-imagined in the gritty, grainy world of detective novels and black and white movies, hence the cognomen, "noir." The setting is Manhattan immediately after the Great Depression...