Books like All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder
12 books with a reading profile close to All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder by Frank Miller. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Fog
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
An earthquake in a Wiltshire village releases an ancient, chemical fog from a deep fissure in the earth.
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Woom
Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment
Angel Herrera checks into Room 6 of the Lonely Motel, a place where he previously experienced profound personal tragedies.
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Tourist Season
by Carl Hiaasen
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
In 1980s Florida, a radical group called El Fuego begins a violent campaign to dismantle the state’s tourism industry by murdering visitors and publicists.
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Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
In this second volume, the mercenary team known as the Rat Queens must defend their city of Palisade against an intrusion from an ancient, cosmic horror.
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The Adventure Zone Vol.1: Here There Be Gerblins
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
In this graphic novel adaptation of the popular tabletop role-playing podcast, three unlikely adventurers—Magnus Burnsides the human fighter, Taako the elf wizard, and Merle Highchurch the dwarf cleric—embark on a quest…
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Subterranean
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
A team of specialists led by archaeologist Ashley Carter descends into a massive cavern system discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice.
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All My Friends Are Dead
by Avery Monsen
Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment
This small-format picture book uses dark humor to illustrate the inevitability of mortality through various solitary characters.
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Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment
In the quiet town of Archer’s Peak, children are vanishing into the woods, leaving behind only gruesome remains and one traumatized survivor named James.
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Breathless
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment
Journalist Cecily Wong secures a career-defining opportunity to interview a world-famous mountaineer as he attempts to summit Manaslu, one of the world's highest peaks.
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
Tucker Case, a disgraced pilot who crashed a pink jet into the Vatican, finds himself flying for a questionable missionary organization in Micronesia.
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Twilight Eyes
by Dean Koontz
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
Slim MacKenzie possesses a psychic ability he calls twilight eyes, which allows him to see Goblins—malevolent, non-human shapeshifters that mimic people to orchestrate human suffering and violence.
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How to Eat Fried Worms
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment
Billy Forrester enters a high-stakes bet with his friend Alan: if Billy can eat fifteen earthworms in fifteen days, Alan must pay him fifty dollars.
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