These vignettes on every day life, by one of the masters of the form, include a toy merchant obsessed with restoring a vintage diner, a comic-book archivist and indie filmmakers.

The villains known as the Secret Six face off against another group of criminals and visit the lost world of Skataris.

This alternate universe version of Spider-man must cope with mutants being outlawed and his good friend (and mutant), Kitty Pryde, hiding in his aunt’s home.

This series imagines Manhattan as the demilitarized zone in a second American civil war. This volume contains single-issue stories about some of players in the conflict are up to during the latest bombing campaign.

The new Batgirl must team-up with her predecessor Barbara Gordon to foil a plot by the Calculator, who has a score to settle with the former Batgirl who now operates as Oracle, an information broker.

Sentinel Prime, the mentor of Optimus, leader of the Autobots, is at the center of this adaptation of the latest “Transformers” film, which is scheduled to be released on June 29.

Will the mutant named Hope be the rescue or damnation of mutant kind? There may not be time to learn the answer as the X-Men try to save her from eradication.

The story of the rebirth of Jason Todd, the second Robin who was murdered by the Joker, is told here. As the writer put it, Batman’s “greatest failure has come back to haunt him in the flesh.”

He wears red, has a list and is checking it twice: Red Robin targets some villains plaguing Gotham City.

This collected edition of the web comic contains the strips from 2006 and commentary from the creators.

This political thriller asks the question, “Is it possible for personal privacy and national security to coexist?”

Jack Frost is on a mission to kill a dragon, but the one he’s pursuing is his dad. This volume concludes the series, a spin-off of “Fables.”

These series of adventures look at the early days of the star-spangled hero.

The Joker orchestrates a breakout in this parent-approved version of the Dark Knight.

The further adventures of Paige, Phoebe and Piper, picking up from where the popular television series left off.

Another canceled series gets a new lease on life in comic book form. This paperback focuses on a second American Civil War stemming from the events of Season Two.

Morning Glory Academy is a prep school with secrets. In this installment, each chapter focuses on the past of one of the students and how it shapes their present.

A key figure in the Mass Effect video game is the Illusive Man. In this original graphic novel, his back story is revealed.

Young women try to survive college, romance and life in New York.

Plutonian, the hero turned villain, is exiled to an alien asylum. But will it hold him?

The wartime heroes set up a nice base of operations and confront a new menace, Scythe.

Batman gets reacquainted with an old flame, Silver St. Cloud, and takes on a new partner in his war on crime.

The fantasy novelists Stan Nicholls brings his orcs saga to the graphic novel format. In this original story, a group of orcs fight to free themselves from a human witch.

This series, about a new species of vampire that does not have the traditional weakness, shifts to Las Vegas in the 1930’s and a number of corpses that have turned up drained of blood.

Batman must discover the true identity of the Black Mask while monitoring the completion of the new Arkham Asylum.

The Boys work with the C.I.A. to make sure super-heroes stay in line. In this volume, learn more about how the team came together.

In 1988, DC Comics conducted a poll to decide whether Jason Todd (the second Robin) should survive an attack by the Joker. He lost. The story lies within.

Roland Deschain continues his hunt for the spectral Man in Black in his quest for the Dark Tower.