Part man, part…rock? Over seven feet tall and weighing over a thousand pounds, he is known as Concrete but is in reality the mind of one Ronald Lithgow, trapped inside a shell of stone, a body that allows him to walk unaided on the ocean's floor or survive the crush of a thousand tons of rubble in a collapsed mineshaft…but prevents him from feeling the touch of a human hand.These stories of Concrete are as rich and satisfying as any in comics: funny, heartbreaking, and singularly h...

Life as Concrete knows it is about to change forever.Former speechwriter Ron Lithgow returns as the title character in Paul Chadwick's critically acclaimed and award-winning miniseries. Trapped in an alien's rock-hard body, Lithgow is an accidental celebrity whose high profile is being courted by a front-page CEO. Though Concrete believes overpopulation to be an important issue, does he want to become the spokesperson for a controversial population control program? While Concrete m...

Standing in the shadow of celebrity has its ups and downs, as Concrete's personal assistant, Larry Munro, knows all too well. But there are darker places than any shadow, as Larry learns the hard way when he is taken hostage by a psychotic gunman who forces Larry to be his chauffeur on a road trip destined to end in disaster . . . unless Larry can muster the courage to act.The return of Paul Chadwick's award-winning Concrete has ushered in a resurgence of interest in the a...

A troubled man seeking spiritual renewal in the wilderness experiences a wholly unexpected rebirth-as a walking monolith, half a ton of animate stone able to perform astonishing feats of strength and endurance but forever denied many of life's fundamental pleasures. As Concrete, Ronald Lithgow becomes an overnight celebrity and the focus of dark government operatives desperate to keep the secret of his metamorphosis from the public. Concrete must struggle with the loss of his humanity whil...

Being a celebrity has its benefits . . . and its costs. Due to his status as the world's most unusual travel writer-being a thousand pounds of walking, talking rock will do that-Concrete is approached by a group of radical eco-warriors to see firsthand and write about their efforts to save old-growth forest. What begins as a lark soon turns into a harrowing struggle, and Concrete must decide whether to dispassionately observe or to join these people who would risk anything, even life itsel...

Big as a boulder and strong as an ox, he's Concrete, seven-feet of stony celebrity. That he's a government-created cyborg is the cover story, but in truth he's the mind of one Ronald Lithgow trapped inside a rocky shell of alien origin. Possessing powers allowing him to scale the highest mountain unaided or peel back the roof of a car like a pull tab, he is yet denied the simple human pleasures of fragile flesh.The return of Paul Chadwick's award-winning Concrete has usher...

When you're seven-feet plus of walking, talking stone, you're bound to draw the media spotlight, especially when you live in Tinseltown. Concrete's celebrity status is sometimes a pain in the buttress . . . but it does bring the occasional paycheck gig. When the producer of a low-budget science-fiction film approaches Concrete to use his prodigious strength to help save money on the film's FX budget, the siren call of Hollywood draws Concrete like a moth to a flame . . . a seven-thousand-d...

Cosa succederebbe se gli alieni trasformassero il tuo corpo in una massa rocciosa dalla forza e resistenza sovrumane? Cosa potresti fare con un tale potere? Quali problemi dovresti affrontare? La risposta non è così scontata come potrebbe sembrare.Concrete, la pluripremiata serie dell’autore americano Paul Chadwick, racconta con garbo e maestria le avventure di Ron Lightgow, scrittore di discorsi politici trasformato in una creatura di roccia da un misterioso incontro extraterrestre...

Continuano le avventure di Concrete, uno dei fumetti americani più amati di sempre. In questa nuova serie di storie, come sempre scritte e disegnate dal talentuoso Paul Chadwick, lo vediamo affrontare sfide incredibili, come la scalata dell’Everest da solo e la scoperta della propria... pubertà?

Apes! Sex fiends! Gangsters! Mad scientists! Tentacles! Yes, this MEGAPACK has them all, no less than 25 lurid tales ripped from the pages of pulp fiction magazines. For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find stories like "Blood for the Vampire Dead," "Mistress of Snarling Death," or "When Super-Apes Plot"?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They a...

Collects Star Wars: Empire (2002) #1-6, 10-11, 13-14, 19-22, 24-25, 31. Collected here are stories of the early days of the Rebel Alliance and the beginnings of its war with the Empire—tales of the Star Wars galaxy set before, during, and after the events in Star Wars: A New Hope! In this volume: Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine are targeted for assassination by rogue Imperial officers; Princess Leia gets her first taste of war and the sacrifices the coming rebellion will require; Vader, a...

Ogni mese torna il meglio dei fumetti legati a Star Wars! In contemporanea col cartaceo!In questo numero: Ian e Ciube tornano dalla loro missione su Coruscant, Luke deve fare i conti con l’amore perduto e Leila deve accettare una responsabilità maggiore all’interno della Ribellione. E tutto questo mentre Dart Fener forma una squadra d’élite di stormtrooper che guiderà personalmente!