This ground-breaking synthesis of comic-book icons and modern cinematic sensibilities redefined an American myth and reshaped the face of modern graphic novels. And now a decade later it’s back…to inspire a new generation! This edition contains 28 pages of never-before-seen sketches art and text with a new cover designed by Chip Kidd. This is the tale of a tortured hero’s twilight and his efforts to save the city he had once sworn to protect from spiralling relentlessly into chaos. Batman’s struggles with a new breed of criminal the training of a new Robin and his fateful final encounters with Superman Two-Face and The Joker are all woven together seamlessly to mark a warrior’s mythic rite of passage.

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Four of the best episodes from the classic BBC radio comedy series which took comedy to a new level of outrageousness in the late 1960s. Kenneth Horne is the suave host whilst around him orbit those no-holds-barred satellites Kenneth Williams Betty Marsden Hugh Paddick and Bill Pertwee. Regular characters Julian and Sandy and Rambling Syd Rumpo make a number of appearances in amongst the usual comedy collage of sketches songs spoof series and news reports.

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Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s brilliant books about the nastiest periods in history have now – with the help of some astounding actors – been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. Featuring new extra material not found anywhere in the books these sound spectaculars are just as thrilling and spilling funny and fast as their printed counterparts. Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in! ; ; So if you want to hear the dreadful truth about Dad’s Army or how sweet rationing drove a teacher to steal from his pupils or what happened when an elephant got loose in the blackout the full foul facts about life on the home front are laid out before your ears. It’s packed with quizzes sketches and jokes as well as mini-dramas and real life re-enactments – telling you the kind of foul facts which just aren’t available from a classroom education! ; ; History has never been so horrible!

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