The names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are synonymous with comic books and together their partnership (which began in the 1940s) ushered in the Golden Age of comics and greatly influenced everything that followed. The Simon and Kirby Studio created such memorable characters as Captain America and the Sa[...]
The creators of" Captain America" and the "Boy Commandos" produced some of the hardest-hitting crime comics of the 1950s. Often featuring real-world criminals like Ma Barker, Al Capone, and Pretty Boy Floyd, and true-to-life events like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, these adventures were torn fr[...]
Set in the town of Berk, the comic relates the adventures of young Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless - plus Hiccup's father, Stoick the Vast, and Hiccup's friends Gobber, Snotlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut - and Astrid. Created by the hottest comic talents, Titan will publish six new books, contai[...]
Provides a guide to the principles and practice of construction contracts. Intended for both students and professionals working in the branches of surveying and construction, this book is based around the JCT 05 Standard Building Contracts. It sets out what should be done at each stage of the constr[...]
Steve Rogers might have been the prototypical 98-pound weakling, but that wasn't going to stop him from serving his country. Transformed by the Super-Soldier Serum into America's #1 fighting man, he became a symbol of patriotism, hope and perseverance on the eve of the nation's entrance into World W[...]
In late 1939, the fledgling Timely Comics published MARVEL COMICS #1 - introducing the Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and more to an unsuspecting populace. Seventy-five years later, Marvel Comics has become a world-renowned multi media empire, home to some of the most recognizable and beloved fictional ch[...]