Mike Costa – författare

For decades, Stealth has waged war on crime in Detroit, but now he’s taken his pursuit of justice too far. Only reporter Tony Barber knows that behind Stealth’s reckless behavior is an older man battling Alzheimer’s—his father. A father unwilling to accept that he’s no longer the hero this city needs... with enemies all too eager to force his retirement. Created by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri, STEALTH is an action-packed series, perfect for readers who enjoy Black Panther and Iron Man.

For decades, Stealth has waged war on crime in Detroit, but now he’s taken his pursuit of justice too far. Only reporter Tony Barber knows that behind Stealth’s reckless behavior is an older man battling Alzheimer’s—his father. A father unwilling to accept that he’s no longer the hero this city needs…with enemies all too eager to force his retirement. Created by ROBERT KIRKMAN and MARC SILVESTRI, STEALTH is an action-packed series, perfect for readers who enjoy Black Panther and Iron Man. Collects STEALTH #1-6--

Jonathan Hickman's vision for the end of the world through divineretribution continues with an electric new chapter from writer Mike Costa! Afterthe cataclysmic battle of gods, the human religions are left in tatters andcivilization in ruin. The human-born goddess Gaia has laid claim to Earth andvery few dare to oppose such an absolute divine ruler. But, oh so many gods haveyet to make their play, this time they have seen the folly of their peers...nowthey plan and plot and prepare to bring Armageddon! Divine vengeance unwinds inthe pages of God Is Dead and the very earth itself is the prize for theremaining gods of old. Now in our darkest hours, the things we prayed to havecome once more, and they seek revenge!Collects issues #7-12 of the ongoing God Is Dead comic bookseries.

Peter Parker, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson have one major thing in common - the Venom symbiote changed their lives! Now, the inky-black alien returns in spectacular fashion, manipulated by the terrifying Maniac to cast a whole new shadow of terror over the Marvel Universe. Mighty Marvel scribes Dan Slott and Mike Costa join forces with the artistic powers of Ryan Stegman and Gerardo Sandoval to send a lightning bolt through New York's seedy underworld... and nobody's getting out unscathed! Collecting, Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. Alpha (2017) #1, Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #792-793, Venom (2016) #159-160, and Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. Omega (2018) #1.

Der Alien-Symbiont, der Eddie Brock einst zu Venom machte, findet einen neuen Wirt. Dieser ist absolut skrupellos -kann den Symbionten beherrschen! Um daraus Profit zu schlagen, wendet er sich an die Verbrecherkönigin Black Cat. Doch auch Spider-Man und andere wichtige Figuren der Venom-Mythologie schauen zum düsteren Auftakt vorbei.

Spider-Mans tödlichster Gegner als finsterer Antiheld! Zum Start der Legacy Ära werden 150 US-Hefte mit Venom gefeiert! Pünktlich zum Jubiläum ist Eddie Brock wieder mit dem Symbionten verbunden. Und obwohl es einige Schwierigkeiten gibt, muss es der tödliche Beschützer mit Stegron aufnehmen. Dabei trifft Venom auf Moon Girl und Devil Dinosaur ...

Eddie Brock und der außerirdische Symbiont sind zusammen der Antiheld Venom. Als Unschuldige unter der Erde vom blutrünstigenKraven gejagt werden, muss Venom ihr tödlicher Beschützer werden – und wird selbst zur Beute!

Eddie Brock und der außerirdische Symbiont sind wieder Venom. Doch der frühere Agent Venom Flash Thompson will seinen alten Partner zurück, und auch der brutale Ex-Venom Lee Price hat große Pläne für alle Symbionten. Spider-Man steht ein heißer Tanz zwischen zu vielen Venoms bevor, zumal auch seine kriminelle Verflossene Black Cat mit von der Partie ist...

Venom will als Held für das Gute kämpfen. Doch obwohl er gegen Shocker und Scorpion vorgeht, traut ihm Spider-Woman nicht über den Weg -greift an! Zudem wird Venom von einer alten Bekannten ins Visier genommen, und der Symbiont hat ein Geheimnis vor seinem Wirt. Plus: Eine verrückte Story, in der Venom und Deadpool verschmelzen.

Eddie Brock und sein Symbiont sind wieder Venom! Nun erfährt Eddie auf die harte Tour, dass das Alien einst mit einem Soldaten im galaktischen Krieg zwischen den Skrulls und den Kree verbunden war. Er trifft sogar auf den ersten Wirt, der noch immer Besitzansprüche hat. Der Kampf um das Venom Vermächtnis führt Eddie bis ins Weltall …

KRIGET ÄR SLUT. Varför tog egentligen inbördeskriget mellan Autoboter och Decepticons slut? Varför startade kriget från första början? Var MEGATRON alltid en hänsynslös tyrann? Hur gick OPTIMUS PRIME från att vara en vanlig poliskonstapel till bäraren av MATRIXEN? Vilken roll spelade en av Cybertrons senatorer i allt det här och vad hände med senatorn? Vad är egentligen institutet? Varför har SWERVE bommat igen sin bar? Och… varför är allt egentligen WHIRLS fel? Svaret på alla dessa frågor (och många fler) får du i den här boken – den andra boken i berättelsen om besättningen ombord på rymdskeppet DEN FÖRLORADE LYKTAN.

The Windy City versus the King of the Monsters! Godzilla takes aim at Chicago!Join a star-studded crew of Chicago comics creators through four epic stories across the Windy City. The L train experiences its worst delays yet, Godzilla interrupts a major sporting event, and a new Chicago-based superhero reaches the end of her rope!Features a superstar lineup of creators including Tim Seeley (The Local Man, Grayson), Mike Costa (God is Dead) and Ryan Browne (Eight Billion Genies, Curse Words), Caroline Cash (PeePee PooPoo Comics), and Ezra Clayton Daniels (Upgrade Soul, BTTM FDRS)!

Venom is back in his classic form, and deadlier than ever! The symbiote you know and love has returned to New York City. No more "Agent of the Cosmos." No more "Lethal Protector." It's time for a new Venom, and it's great to be bad. But now that Venom is back on Earth, just who has bonded with him - and turned him back into a slathering, fanged monster? As the symbiote returns to its old ways, sink your teeth into the deadliest Venom story yet! One that will draw old friends - like Mac Gargan, the Scorpion! And a certain other former host of the Venom symbiote, known for web-slinging, wall-crawling and wisecracking! That's right: It's Venom vs. Spider-Man like never before! Collecting VENOM (2016) #1-6.

Like a thunderbolt from heaven, the epic first chapter of JonathanHickman’s God is Dead is here! Mankind has argued over theexistence of gods since the dawn of time. In modern eras it’s beenfashionable to mock religious believers with taunts of scientific testimony andfact. But when the gods of old begin to reappear on earth and claim the domainof man for their own, the world is thrown into a state of utter anarchy. NowHorus walks the streets of Egypt, Zeus has taken over the Sistine Chapel, andOdin is coordinating the dissection of the earth among the returned deities.Mankind held sway over the world for thousands of years and their hubris overthat time has made them powerful, but when faced with the divine, can mortalweapons put an end to the second coming of the gods? After the missiles fly andthe tanks roll, the gods still remain. As the world tumbles toward apocalypse, agroup of scientists seek to do the impossible...give birth to the gods ofscience. As the greedy deities battle for absolute rule over the material world,a new divinity arises and the world will tremble beneath the war of thegods!God is Dead Volume 1 collects Hickman’s entire first chapter ofGod is Dead issues #1-6.

Mankind prayed for salvation. As the gods of mythology fought and destroyedaround them, they hoped and spoke in hushed tones of the return of the ChristianGod. Now Jesus Christ has risen and once again walks among mortals. Butthousands of years of recounting the stories of the Bible won't prepare peoplefor the truth about the All Powerful. They believed that Jesus was the savior ofthe human race and that he would return to do so again. Now the Son of God hascome back — but the images of his gentle touch are absent! Sacrilege andblasphemy are the order of the day as the human race attempts to cope with thetrue intentions of God returned. The most audacious arc of God is Deadhas arrived as Mike Costa delivers the intensity and darkness in a world ofdivine wrath. Collects issues #13-18 of the ongoing God is Dead comic bookseries.

Release the Titans! Jonathan Hickman’s revolutionary world combinesthe best fictional elements of mythology and science fiction into a uniquenarrative. Series author Mike Costa (G.I. JOE) brings the legendaryTitans back to a world ravaged by the arrogance of the squabbling gods. Nowmountain-sized giants crush everything beneath their feet as they lay waste togod and man alike. The world that has endured destruction and horror at thehands of petty deities now must once again bear the weight of a god war —or be annihilated! This volume collects issues #19 – 24 of the ongoing God is Deadseries.

The Great Deceiver threw the world into chaos when after millennia ofplotting and planning he finally killed God. Now Satan has initiated a pact torelease the Titans upon the pantheons of gods still fighting for dominion overman. After all the Earth has been through, after all the pantheons have done toeach other, after all the centuries of hate have boiled to the surface, whatcould possibly unite the Gods of old? Something unspeakable is coming to thisdevastated planet. Series author Mike Costa opens a world-shattering new story as the worstfears of the most powerful deities come true — the Titans have returned!More powerful than ever, and with horrific giant beasts at their bidding, theTitans are back and plan to eliminate the gods once and for all! And after theyhave laid waste to the heavens, what hope do the mortals of Earth have againstmonsters the size of mountains? This volume collects issues #25-30 of the ongoing God is Dead series.

The Titans are on the verge of being driven back into imprisonment, but acornered animal is very dangerous. Now their ultimate ally has been called andGaia, the mother of titans and the very Earth itself has come to their aid. Whatforce can stand against the very soul of the world? The threads of the Godis Dead universe finally are woven together in an unforgettable arc as“American Gods” joins the primary storyline and Gabby, the girl whowould be a god, must once again save humanity.This volume collects issues #31-36 of the ongoing God is Deadseries.

Mike Costa has turned the world of God is Dead into one of the mostoriginal and innovative series being published. The battle for divine controlof the Earth and humanity has delivered a universe of petty squabbling gods thatembody the primitive ideals that created them and has turned that history into amodern work of horror that stands alone in its uniqueness. Now the fate offollower and fighter alike is cast as the final showdown between man and godcomes to pass. The forces of a shattered world have aligned and are all thatstand between hope for a future and the annihilation of the very planet. Canhumanity retake the world for itself or is this the final countdown to the endof everything? This volume collects issues #37 - 42 of the ongoing God is Deadseries.

Reunited, and it feels so good! Or rather, feels so bad! Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote are back together, web-slinging their way around New York again - and a host of creators from the character's near 30-year history are here to celebrate! With questions still lingering about how the symbiote was separated from Flash Thompson, what lies in its future now that it's reunited with Eddie Brock? Will he be the city's lethal protector once again, or revert back to a sadistic, Spider-hating villain? There's only one way to find out! Collecting: Venom #150-153 (subject to change).