Aurora West, daughter of Arcopolis's last great hero, seeks to uncover the mystery of her mother's death, and to find her place in a world overrun with monsters and corruption.

During summer vacation, Babymouse heads to the beach for a fun-filled week of sun, sand, and surfing where she encounters a shark, which puts quite a damper on her dreams of being a surfing star.

"After shocking the world with a new Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Marvel continues to make international headlines as Captain America answers his ravaged country's call to become its new president! But while Steve Rogers battles to reunite a divided America, another leader--Kitty Pryde--embraces her destiny to build a mutant army to take on the Sentinels to save her own kind..."--P. [4] of cover.

"Deception has been company to Zayne Carrick's group of galaxy-traveling adventurers ever since they banded together during his time as a fugitive Padawan on the run from the Jedi Order. Now Zayne and his con-artist partner Gryph are finally learning the truth about the fierce and mysterious Jarael and the strange Mandalorian deserter, Rohlan Dyre. Jarael's resurfacing past shines light on the obsession that Rohlan seems to have for her--but it also...

"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!"--Publisher's web site.

"Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel--are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare when the mysterious lab known as the 'School' turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. Now it's up to Max to organize a rescue, but...

"In an epic story arc that began with Avengers Disassembled--and extended through the House of M, Civil War, and Secret Invasion--the greatest villains of the Marvel Universe are ready to make their final move against a target from time immemorial: the hallowed halls of Asgard! ..."--P. [4] of cover.

"Poor Bobo! He's a pet bat. His owner is Sarah Bellum, the new super genius at school. When Sarah uses Bobo to help show off her new cosmic copy machine to the class, something horrible goes wrong. Luckily, Buzz Beaker, our local hero, is not far away. He and Sarah have to come up with a plan to save Bobo and his millions of bat-winged copies. What a booboo!"--P. opposite t.p.

Still yearning to be seen as heroes, Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha set out to rescue ten thousand chickens from a high-tech cage farm--but one unexpected problem is Mr. Snake himself, also known as "The Chicken Swallower."

They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys ... and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are tired of being the villains. Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Piranha?!...