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Gotham City can be dangerous. No one knows this more than Barbara Gordon. Recovered physically but not emotionally, Batgirl is back on patrol. Unfortunately, others have their own ideas about how best to safeguard the city. These vigilantes will execute every criminal they find, down to the pettiest offenders. The answer to a maniac named Knightfall, a masked woman who wants to save Gotham, but not before drowning it in blood. Smart and skilled, she...

"Louison dreads going back to school for sixth grade--but luckily she's able to transform herself into a super-heroine named Wonder Pony to keep watch over the school and rid it of its mysterious monsters! Middle school wasn't exactly stable before, but it becomes a real struggle when sixth grader Louison is given the strength and powers of a pony by...a tiny pink toy pony that insists on being called Jean-Pierre? Now, Louison is saddled with the...

Amazo, the malevolent android with the combined powers of the Justice League of America, has become obsolete. What happens when he is replaced by a newer model? Frank Halloran, a young college student, is asking himself that question when he discovers that he is the cyborg son of the archvillain--Kid Amazo!

She can run faster than 60 mph, bend massive steel bars, jump from insane heights, and hear sounds you can only imagine. She's no ordinary schoolteacher. Jaime's story begins anew in these entertaining Season One episodes as she learns to deal with her new bionic abilities, becomes a top-secret agent for the Office of Scientific Investigations, and deals with her changed relationship with Steve.

Profiles girls and women who participated in the American Revolution by refusing to buy British merchandise, collecting money, and even going to war as wives, nurses, spies, or soldiers.

Filled with breathtaking artwork and based on original sources with photographs from the British Museum collection, this extraordinary collection profiles 50 powerful female figures from around the world and throughout history who have played an importantrole in shaping belief today. Filled with breathtaking artwork and based on original sources with photographs from the British Museum collection, this extraordinary collection profiles 50 powerful...

Celebrate the inspiring stories of Leia, Rey, Hera, Padme, Ahsoka, Rose, and Paige in this exciting graphic novel that covers every corner of the Star Wars universe! These stories are presented by a wide array of talent from across Star Wars novels, comics, and animation including Delilah S. Dawson, Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet, Beth Revis, Jody Houser, Arianna Florean, Devin Grayson, Eva Widermann, Valentina Pinto, and Nicoletta Baldari!

"World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman. How do we explain our newfound cultural investment in empathy and social justice? For decades, Joseph Campbell had defined our cultural aspirations in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, emphasizing the value of seeking glory and earning immortality. His work became the playbook for...

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls? Not in this book.The follow-up to Ben Brooks's New York Times bestselling Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, this book offers more extraordinary true stories of amazing people who broke the mold and changed the world for the better. The resulting message? Be yourself, and your dreams might come true.With the help of Quinton Winter's striking full-color illustrations, Brooks offers an accessible compilation...