The Stone King

Grant, Alan

Series: Justice League of America

Genre: superhero


They are the world's greatest super heroes, fighting endlessly against corruption and injustice. Each of them alone is a formidable opponent of evil, but banded together their powers are unmatched. Ever ready, they stand united as the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA. Ancient pyramids awakened by the blood of a treacherous murder have unleashed death and destruction over Gotham. The harder the Superheroes try to fight the pyramids the more the neolithic stones react like a negative battery, draining the heroes of their powers and descending them into their own personal hell, to that which they fear most. Batman is the only one who manages to escape this wrath. As he strives to save his friends and Gotham, he embarks on a journey filled with black magic, shamans, and ancient rituals of terror and sacrifice. With a triumphant and explosive ending, this is a book that anyone who enjoys a great tale of sorcery will enjoy.

Spider-Man: The Secret of the Sinister Six

Castro, Adam Troy

Genre: superhero

Spider-Man battles the most dangerous Sinister Six line-up ever: Doctor Octopus, Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture, the tragic but deadly Pity, and the group's mysterious leader, the Gentleman - a villain who had a hand in the deaths of Spider-Man's parents! But what neither Spider-Man nor his enemies know is that the Gentleman is about to set his master plan into motion: destroying all the financial markets in the world and make himself the richest man in the world. As for the villainess Pity, Spider-Man has become convinced that she is his long-lost sister. But to get Pity to reject her life of crime and break free of the Gentleman's control, he needs conclusive proof - proof that only the X-Man known as Wolverine has. But time is running out for Spider-Man, for Pity, and for the world.

Election Day

David, Peter

Election Day

Genre: superhero


There's less than one week to go in the run-up to the nation's next general presidential election -- a heated political contest pitting the incumbent president against a popular challenger. But all bets are off when a heinous act of domestic terrorism results in a young boy being held hostage before the eyes of America...with the ultimate demands to result in nothing short of changing the face of history. As a nationwide investigation into the boy's possible whereabouts is quickly mobilized, military brass requests that the mutant Wolverine become involved as well -- there's simply no one more qualified with the tracking skills and vicious talent necessary to uncover the truth, even as the country threatens to descend into chaos....

Pride and Joy

Vaughan, Brian K.


Runaways: Pride and Joy


Genre: comic, manga, superhero


Series: Runaways




This is volume one of the series


All young people believe their parents are evil ... but what if they really are? Meet Alex, Karolina, Gert, Chase, Molly and Nico - whose lives are about to take an unexpected turn. When these six young friends discover their parents are all secretly super-powered villains, the shocked teens find strength in one another. Together, they run away from home and straight into the adventure of their lives - vowing to turn the tables on their evil legacy.

Hulk

David, Peter 


Hulk


Genre: superhero


The novel adaptation of the movie

X-Men

Rusch, Kristine Kathryn
Smith, Dean Wesley


X-Men


Genre: superhero


Outcasts from society, the X-MEN are genetic mutants, born with superhuman powers, who harness their special abilities for the greater good. But the human race they fight to protect rejects and fears--even hates--them.

Not all mutants seek to protect mankind. One terrorist group--led by the supremely powerful Magneto--seeks to strike first. Battling against prejudice and agents of intolerance, the X-MEN must establish a peaceful coexistence between mutant and mankind or they will surely perish . . .

Marvel Essentials: Spider-Man vol 9

O'Neil, Denny
Stern, Roger
Wolfman, Marv
Mantlo, Bill

Marvel Essentials: The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 9

Genre: comic, action, superhero


Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #186 - 210, Annual #13-14 and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual 1

Marvel Team Up

Conway, Gerry
Wein, Len

Marvel Team Up # 1 - 24

Genre: superhero, comic

This is a collection of Marvel Team-Up comics.  These comics usually featured Spider-Man teaming up with some other hero in the Marvel Universe.  In this book, Spidey teams up with The Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic, Ghost Rider, Ka-Zar, Submariner, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, the X-Men, and more.  There are also two Human Torch comics where he teams up with the Hulk and with Ice Man.

You can read these comics individually and do not have to read the whole book.

Batman: Dead White

Shirley, John

Batman: Dead White

Genre: superhero

Who better than BATMAN to protect the dangerous city of GOTHAM, where even the cops are crooks? But the latest imminent terror might be too much for the burgeoning CAPED CRUSADER, who is still carving out a place for himself in the minds of GOTHAM's criminals. There's a host of deadly new weapons in BATMAN's glittering, sinister city—in the hands of a psychotic mastermind called White Eyes. With his radical murder machine, the fiendish leader of GOTHAM's racist Bavarian Brotherhood can move beyond dealing drugs and hot guns to pursue his real passion: the white supremacist takeover of America.


*Side Note* - this book came with a warning about the harsh nature of it.