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Manga Essentials
Enjoy this selection of essential manga by Westmont Public Library Librarian, Gil!
Posted by Adult Services on September 23, 2021
Essential Graphic Novels
Enjoy this selection of some of the best graphic novels available with your Westmont Library card!
Posted by Alex C. on September 16, 2021
Invincible Vol 1: Family Matters
Invincible follows teenage hero Mark Grayson as he develops his powers at the age of seventeen. Son of the Viltrumite (but human-passing) superhero Omni-man and unpowered human woman, Deborah, Mark Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on July 8, 2021
Primer
Ashley Rayburn feels different. What are you supposed to do with a boatload of creativity and nowhere to put it? With her birth father in prison and her frequent moves Read more...
Posted by Kimberly S. on March 25, 2021
Gotham High
What if Bruce Wayne made his way back to Gotham a little sooner than everyone thought? What if he and the Joker were actually school mates? Maybe even friends? Long Read more...
Posted by Kimberly S. on September 3, 2020
Titans: The Complete First Season
The first season of Titans is a superhero story is the spiritual successor to that violent, gritty blend of comic book film-making which began with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 26, 2019
Spider-man: Homecoming
In this superhero action/adventure movie, we join Peter Parker (Spider-man) after his big debut with the Avengers. The famous Tony Stark (Iron Man) has made Peter his protegee, equipping him Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 31, 2019
Black Hammer Vol. 2: The Event
Marooned in a small country farm town, Abraham Slam and his family of strange heroes cannot leave. Their adventures in Spiral City woking as unlikely heroes seem like another life Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on August 28, 2018
Wonder Woman (Rebirth, Vol. 2): Year One
After returning Steve Trevor to Man’s World, Diana finds herself detained in a military base. She’s alone, scared, and she can’t make anyone understand her. But then, she’s visited by Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on February 21, 2018
Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition
The story begins with Batman finding a bloodstained smiley-face button in the Bat Cave. What does it mean and where did it come from? The Dark Knight can’t even begin Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 11, 2017
Mother Panic, Vol. 1: A Work in Progress
Batman isn’t the only hero in Gotham, anymore. Violet Page is on the scene now and she’s not happy. A celebrity of every gossip magazine in Gotham, there’s something boiling Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 9, 2017
Batgirl and The Birds of Prey (Rebirth, Vol. 1): Who is Oracle?
The name “Oracle” has been haunting Babs – no, literally. The criminals she takes down seem to be getting their information from Oracle, and what’s worse, it looks like they’re Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 9, 2017
Supergirl (Rebirth, Vol. 1): Reign of the Cyborg Supermen
Supergirl’s certainly got her work cut out for her. She needs to get Cameron Chase, the formidable director of the D.E.O., to trust her, her foster parents to hone their Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on August 23, 2017
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 1)
Wilhelmina Murray has been tasked with an intriguing adventure. She is to find and recruit gentlemen of certain talents for espionage work for the British Empire, as per her superior, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 5, 2017
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Falling prey once again to the DC comics bug after seeing Wonder Woman, I picked up Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Opening with a Bruce Wayne seemingly at the end Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on June 26, 2017