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I took some RAD pics of the Freemasons Hall, that time, btw (which is being extended into an already VERY SMALL public park in the middle of #CorkCity centre, for some insane reason) if anyone's interested! *Disclaimer: The pics aren't that rad. #Cork #CorkCityCouncil #GreenSpaces #PublicAmenities
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Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/trial-opens-masonic-lodge-network-paris-freemason-mafia-france #Paris #Freemasons #WorldNews #France #Europe #UkNews #Mafia #OrganisedCrime
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The #masonic #pentagon would have #credibility if it released the video showing what hit it on 9/11. Don't forget about #freemason #7WTC. #TopSecret access not needed to see the B S. Pentagon equals #pentagram.
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Justice, Faith, and Brotherhood: Reflections on Rawls, Christianity, Freemasonry, and Modern Politics
After writing my previous reflection on John Rawls and his idea of justice behind a “veil of ignorance,” I found myself continuing to sit with the question of fairness in society. Not just as a philosophical exercise, but as something deeply personal. Over time, that question does not stay in the classroom. It moves into how we see the world, how we interpret faith, how we understand brotherhood, and even how we engage with modern political movements. As a Christian, and someone who […] -
Justice, Faith, and Brotherhood: Reflections on Rawls, Christianity, Freemasonry, and Modern Politics
After writing my previous reflection on John Rawls and his idea of justice behind a “veil of ignorance,” I found myself continuing to sit with the question of fairness in society. Not just as a philosophical exercise, but as something deeply personal. Over time, that question does not stay in the classroom. It moves into how we see the world, how we interpret faith, how we understand brotherhood, and even how we engage with modern political movements. As a Christian, and someone who […] -
Justice, Faith, and Brotherhood: Reflections on Rawls, Christianity, Freemasonry, and Modern Politics
After writing my previous reflection on John Rawls and his idea of justice behind a “veil of ignorance,” I found myself continuing to sit with the question of fairness in society. Not just as a philosophical exercise, but as something deeply personal. Over time, that question does not stay in the classroom. It moves into how we see the world, how we interpret faith, how we understand brotherhood, and even how we engage with modern political movements. As a Christian, and someone who […] -
Justice, Faith, and Brotherhood: Reflections on Rawls, Christianity, Freemasonry, and Modern Politics
After writing my previous reflection on John Rawls and his idea of justice behind a “veil of ignorance,” I found myself continuing to sit with the question of fairness in society. Not just as a philosophical exercise, but as something deeply personal. Over time, that question does not stay in the classroom. It moves into how we see the world, how we interpret faith, how we understand brotherhood, and even how we engage with modern political movements. As a Christian, and someone who […] -
Justice, Faith, and Brotherhood: Reflections on Rawls, Christianity, Freemasonry, and Modern Politics
After writing my previous reflection on John Rawls and his idea of justice behind a “veil of ignorance,” I found myself continuing to sit with the question of fairness in society. Not just as a philosophical exercise, but as something deeply personal. Over time, that question does not stay in the classroom. It moves into how we see the world, how we interpret faith, how we understand brotherhood, and even how we engage with modern political movements. As a Christian, and someone who […] -
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Top ten posts in March 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/01/top-ten-posts-in-march-2026/ #AA #Abaddon #abominableCrime #absolute #accordingToTheFashion #advancedMagician #albertusMagnus #Alchemy #aleisterCrowley #american #AmericanWitch #anneRice #archivalFinds #artsClub #astralProject #astralProjection #babalon #barriersToEntry #basicPrinciples #basicTraining #basisOfMagic #BehmenistPrinciples #BehmenistThought #beliefs #bend #berlin #bestTen #blinderWearingSheep #blood #body #BrianJGibbons #cabala #ceremonialMagic #chatbot #class #colinWilson #consciousness #consecration #conspiracy #conspiracyTheories #CosmicEvilToys #cosmologicalConcerns #Craft #culturalCurrents #dailyPractice #DanielMitsui #DavidConway #destroying #diary #earlyModernPeriod #edit #elements #endeavours #EricaMCornelius #esotericSociety #esotericTraditions #esotericists #everyWord #everydayLife #Expression #failures #fatalResults #FelixJohnTaylor #follow #FoucaultSPendulum #FranzKafka #Fraterאוהבהנו #freemasons #FrenchOccult #FrenchSecretService #GastonDeMengel #gender #goldenAge #gospel #GreenDragon #HeinrichHimmler #hermeticism #holyMountain #human #IkeVil #imaginativeExploration #inform #intelligenceOperators #interfereWith #JEdwardCornelius #jacobBoehme #journeyToTheEast #KaAba #kabbalah #Khabs #Khu #kill #lam #life #literaryArts #literaryHistory #livedExperiences #london #LuciferianSalons #magic #magicArts #magicalAlphabets #magicalPractice #magicalRecipes #magicalTheory #magicalTraining #makeItLogical #man #March2026 #MariaDeNaglowska #MarshallWSL #masonicLodges #mechanicalOracle #memories #mercilessly #modernMagic #modernWitch #moralStatus #mostIntense #mysteries #mysticalThought #narrativeHistory #naturalLaw #NaziMysteries #NaziMysticism #Nu #obscureSources #obsessions #occult #occultRevival #occultThought #occultUnderground #occultism #occultist #offeredUp #ohevHanu #OnSexualFreedom #philosophy #phrases #poetry #Polaires #politicalSchisms #practicalMagic #primer #progressiveIdeals #realities #religion #religiousValues #reneGuenon #ritualEquipment #RomanticNotion #sacredSong #saints #sanctuary #satan #secretSociety #Self #seminalWork #seriousStudent #sex #sexScandals #sexualIdeology #sexualNature #sexuality #societyOfWriters #soul #spellcraft #spiritualEnlightenment #story #strangerThanFiction #study #subconsciousness #successes #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #supremeSacrament #supremelySacred #tablesOfCorrespondences #talismanicMagicAndProphecy #tarot #teachings #temple #terms #TheAlchemist #theHermeticOrderOfTheGoldenDawn #TheRevivalOfMagickAndOtherEssays #thelema #ThelemicPath #ThelemicPhilosophy #ThelemicPractice #ThelemicStudy #Thelemite #ThomasAquinas #timingOfRituals #toTheSoul #topPosts #topTen #traditional #traditions #tryToEdit #UmbertoEco #unbelievableClaims #Victorian #VictorianSexuality #VisualArts #WBYeats #waterItDown #whiteLighters #whoSWho #wicca #will #WilliamBlake #witch #womanhood #women #worthy #yourOwnSoul -
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The History of Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Founding Fathers and Freemasonry
📰 Original title: Philadelphia's founding years were rife with conspiracy fears about 'godless' Freemasons and the Illuminati
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/the-history-of-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-the-founding-fathers-and-freemasonry/?redirpost=0ded0ab9-1961-4eca-b481-5a0ade2e5ce1
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Vladimir Kličko: Být neutrální ve válce znamená být válčící stranou
Bývalý ukrajinský mistr světa v boxu a současný podnikatel v rozhovoru pro deník DER STANDARD vyzývá k zaujetí jasného postoje proti Rusku. Putin se nespokojí pouze s Ukrajinou.
Pane Kličko, jak se máte?
Podle okolností – pokud
https://www.freemag.one/2024/05/12/vladimir-klicko-byt-neutralni-ve-valce-znamena-byt-valcici-stranou/
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The Latin register of William Molart, prior of Canterbury, records a 'respectable Lodge' being called in 1429 under the patronage of Henry Chichely, the Archbishop of Canterbury, comprising Thomas Stapylton as Master, John Morris as Warden, fifteen Fellow Craft and three Entered Apprentice Masons, all named. Chichely is claimed to have been Grand Master of English Masons until 1443.
#Freemasonry #Freimaurerei #Masonry #2B1ASK1 #History #Literature #Canterbury
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When Freemasons Call You ‘Profane’—The Arrogance They Can’t See
https://youtu.be/zupM4De8afQ
#Freemasonry #MasonicWisdom #MasonicTeachings #EsotericKnowledge #ManlyPHall #AlbertPike #OccultKnowledge #HiddenTruths #SecretSocieties #MysterySchools #TruthSeeker #SpiritualAwakening #Enlightenment #Philosophy #Symbolism #TheGreatWork #ForbiddenKnowledge #MindControl #Gnosticism #HiddenAgenda #EgoTrap #CriticalThinking #Hypocrisy #SelfReflection -
https://releaseswing.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/the-lost-symbol-dan-freemasonry/ the lost symbol dan freemasonry #buku #novel
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Co chtějí pravicoví populisté v EU?
Jejich hlavním cílem již není odchod, ale spíše reorganizace Unie zevnitř. Rozsah hrozby, kterou pro Evropu představují pravicoví populisté, závisí na chování středových stran.
Středové strany by měly vést věcnou debatu o potřebě evropsk
https://www.freemag.one/2024/05/29/co-chteji-pravicovi-populiste-v-eu/
#Politika #Balkn #Brusel #DerStandard #EU #Evropa #Koncepty #Le #Maarsko #migrace #Nmecko #Populist #panlsko #ViktorOrbn #Volby #VystoupenZEU -
Co chtějí pravicoví populisté v EU?
Jejich hlavním cílem již není odchod, ale spíše reorganizace Unie zevnitř. Rozsah hrozby, kterou pro Evropu představují pravicoví populisté, závisí na chování středových stran.
Středové strany by měly vést věcnou debatu o potřebě evropsk
https://www.freemag.one/2024/05/29/co-chteji-pravicovi-populiste-v-eu/
#Politika #Balkn #Brusel #DerStandard #EU #Evropa #Koncepty #Le #Maarsko #migrace #Nmecko #Populist #panlsko #ViktorOrbn #Volby #VystoupenZEU -
Co chtějí pravicoví populisté v EU?
Jejich hlavním cílem již není odchod, ale spíše reorganizace Unie zevnitř. Rozsah hrozby, kterou pro Evropu představují pravicoví populisté, závisí na chování středových stran.
Středové strany by měly vést věcnou debatu o potřebě evropsk
https://www.freemag.one/2024/05/29/co-chteji-pravicovi-populiste-v-eu/
#Politika #Balkn #Brusel #DerStandard #EU #Evropa #Koncepty #Le #Maarsko #migrace #Nmecko #Populist #panlsko #ViktorOrbn #Volby #VystoupenZEU -
The “most fortunate of the city politicians”: the thread about the life and times of Orlando Hart
Last week’s thread about the bankers Sir James Hunter Blair and Sir William Forbes contained a caricature by the prolific John Kay that satirised the local political scandal of “The Levelling of the High Street” as part of the construction of the South Bridge. On the left is a local politician by the name of Orlando Hart.
Orlando? I didn’t at first believe there was a man in 18th century Edinburgh called Orlando! Lowland Scotland in the 18th and 19th century had a habit of naming their sons from a rather small pool of names – work by Richard Rodger on the 1861 Census has shown that a full 50% of boys in Edinburgh were named either John, James, William or Robert and the top 10 most popular names accounted for 79% of all boys. But it turns out I was totally wrong, and Orlando Hart was one of a population of (probably) just two Orlandos in the whole country at this time. I am informed (thank you Corpyburd on Twitter) that this seed of doubt, on my part, has a name – The Tiffany Problem. This is when people do not believe something historical is true, because it sounds modern, and takes its name from people associating the name Tiffany so strongly with the 1980s and a certain pop star that they cannot believe it was a relatively common medieval name. So I just had to try and find out a bit more about this exotically-named man.
So who was Orlando Hart? When and where he was born, I do not know, I cannot find any birth registration for him, but based on the known facts of his life he was probably born between 1720-30. Hart wasn’t a particularly common surname in Edinburgh at the time, only 12 boys and 8 girls named Hart were registered born in Edinburgh in the 20 years 1715-1735. So unless he was born under a different name as one of those 12, I assume he may not have been born in Edinburgh. In 1751 we get our first solid record of him, when a journeyman1 shoemaker of his name married Elisabeth Henderson of the Water of Leith Village at the West Kirk of St. Cuthberts.
East View of St. Cuthbert’s or Old West Kirk, as it was, by James Skene, 1827 © Edinburgh City Libraries- A journeyman is a craftsman who had finished their trade apprenticeship but was not their own master, i.e. he worked for another ↩︎
Children followed; (Mac)Duff in 1755 (named after a friend), Archibald in 1760 and Katharine in 1766. A son also named Orlando Hart, was buried in 1772. Like many aspiring and connected men of the time, Orlando was a Freemason; in 1755-57 and again in 1761-62 he was a Grand Steward in the Grand Lodge of Scotland – a man clearly getting somewhere in life. It is evident he was popular amongst his contemporaries, in 1757 he was elected to the Monarchy of the Jolly Sons of St. Crispin – a fraternal organisation for shoemakers and by 1760 he was noted as a “Shoemaker in Lady Yester’s Parish“. Lady Yester’s – or the South East Parish of Edinburgh – served the portion of the city south of the Cowgate and east of College Wynd. The church moved from a 17th century building in the High School Yards to a new one on Infirmary Street in 1805.
Lady Yester’s Parish Kirk on Infirmary Street, 1820 by Thomas Hosmer Shepher. © Edinburgh City Libraries.But Orlando Hart was moving upwards in life and didn’t stay still long, 3 years later he was a “Shoemaker In the Mint” – the old Royal Mint of Scotland, north of the Cowgate where Coinyie-House Close now stands. He is recorded as being shoemaker to James Boswell in the latter’s correspondence.
The Mint by James Skene, 1824. the mint is on the right with that same staircase. © Edinburgh City LibrariesSuccessful and popular as a shoemaker and a freemason, it was natural that local politics should follow and in 1766 he was elected Deacon of his Trade Incorporation, the Cordiners. (Cordwainer was the ancient word for a shoemaker, who made shoes from new leather – Cordoba, from the Spanish city of Córdoba where the best shoe leather traditionally came from. A “cobbler” in contrast was someone who repaired, or re-made, shoes.) The Deacon was the most senior office holder of his Trade, elected by and from amongst his peers. It also conferred him a seat on the town council as a representative of his Trade. Further success followed, in 1771 he was elected Convenor of the Trades, the most senior officer of all the city’s Trade Incorporations.
Cordiner’s Hall, “near the College” (where Old College of the University now lies). A watercolour by James Skene, 1820. © Edinburgh City LibrariesHis rise did not stop there. By 1773 he was a Magistrate – a legal officer of the Town Council in the lowest level of courts – again the Trades had a right to put forward a candidate for one of these positions. The Town Council and its officers at this time was a mixture of elected councillors and also a balance of seats held by the representatives of the Trades and the Merchants. By now, Orlando Hart’s business has moved to the centre of the Old Town, “Opposite the Guard“, meaning the old guard house lodge in the centre of the High Street, between the Tron Kirk and St. Giles. A prestigious address, in a time before the Old Town was yet to be supplanted by the New Town as the place to do business.
Old Guard House of Edinburgh, James Skene, 1827 © Edinburgh City LibrariesNot content to be just a successful Shoemaker, freemason, man of his Trade and local politician, he was also quite a dab hand with his golf clubs. Golf was a pastime that occupied the important men of the city and was as much a place to fraternise and do business as to improve your handicap. When the Royal Burgess Golfing Society reformed in 1773, who should be elected club captain but Orlando Hart?
“Cock O’ The Green”, a John Kay caricature showing Alexander McKellar, an obsessive golfer on Bruntsfield Links and contemporary of Orlando Hart.He represented the City as a Commissioner of the Convention of Royal Burghs, where the representatives of the various Burghs would gather once or twice a year to thrash out the issues of the day, and also at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland alongside the Lord Provost of Edinburgh (the most powerful local politician in all of Scotland). In 1775 he was once again elected Deacon Convenor of the Trades – for a good 25 years of his life he was constantly in one office of local government or another. These were positions elected from and amongst his peers, a mark of his popularity amongst them. John Kay’s brief biography says he was “Considered one of the most fortunate of the city politicians… He possessed a happy knack of suiting himself to circumstances, and was peculiarly sagacious in keeping steady by the leading men in the magistracy”. What this means was that Hart was always careful to align himself to the most senior men in the council, whomever they may be, without treading on the toes of others. He was awarded the honorific (and profitable) office of Keeper of the Town Water Works.
“The first Waterhouse or Reservoir, Castlehill”, a John Le Conte watercolour of 1840 showing the old water reservoir and house on the Castle Hill which supplied the city, and was a convenient location for the housing of a fire engine. © Edinburgh City LibrariesIn 1787, Orlando Hart’s name appears at the back of an important book as subscriber to “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” – the Edinburgh reprint of Robert Burns’ sensational début publication, which saw the good and the great of the city clamouring for the author’s favour. A year later, his name pops up in another interesting place; as being called to assize as a Juror in the case of one William Brodie – Deacon Brodie to you and I. Brodie was a man who had once held an equivalent office of local government, Deacon, as Orlando, but the latter was not selected to sit on the jury.
Stinking Edition, 1787 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Robert Burns. So called because of a printing error where ‘Skinking’ became ‘Stinking’. CC-by-SA 4.0 Rosser1954Hart must have been well into his sixties by 1791 when he was once again elected as one of the two Town Councillors representing the Trades. By this time he must also have been exceptionally wealthy, as he bought a feu on Charlotte Square – the newest and most prestigious development in town – to build himself a house. That feu was for number 6, which he bought for £290. He spent probably spent ten times that on completing the house to Robert Adam’s plans (a total c. £490k in 2023). Number 6 Charlotte Square is of course Bute House, residence of the First Minister of Scotland.
Bute House, 6 Charlotte Square, CC-by-SA 2.0 Scottish GovernmentIt is not clear if Orlando Hart ever lived in the house himself, he died on September 9th 1793, no more than a year after its completion and just months after being elected as one of the managers of the Public Dispensary of Edinburgh . His wife, Elisabeth Henderson, died exactly a week later. Macduff Hart, who was his sole surviving son by this time, inherited Orlando Hart & Sons shoemakers. It was from the estate of Orlando Hart that No. 6 was sold to the Craufurd family in 1796, Mrs Isabella Craufurd being the widow of a banker and owner of a plantation and 600 slaves in Jamaica. She took up residence there with her son.
That was the life and times of Orlando Hart; I have yet to find his registry of death so cannot identify where Hart’s Ground, the family burial plot was. I also suspect he may have been godfather to a number of children as I can find boys born in Edinburgh during his lifetime of his name – Orlando Hart Baillie (son of a Shoemaker) and an Orlando Hart Wilson, who would go on to enjoy a relatively successful naval career.
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Each Mason in a Lodge who has a role to play in the Ritual has their own symbol or sign. The two main supporting officers have two each, and the Master three.
The Master of the Lodge sits before the Tracing Boards, which contain the plan of work for the Lodge, a position dating back to the time of operative Masons, and the directions the Apprentices and Journeymen would be given from the architectural plans held by the Master Builder.
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Masonic Hall in Cheltenham, England
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The Consecration of a Lodge usually happens just once, when the Lodge is first opened officially by their Grand Master, and the Charter of the Lodge is handed over as recognition that this new Lodge is Just and Regular.
In East Germany, in the early Nineties, many Lodges forced to close by the National Socialists were re-opened and Consecrated once more, allowing them to work after almost fifty years of darkness.
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Marvelous Market: Best New Comics April 8
High Literature, Godzilla, and High Literature With Godzilla
GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE was one of my favorite comics last year. We’re getting a series of one-shots with a similar concept, starting this week.
Hello and welcome to the Marvelous Market, my weekly guide for anyone interested in going to a comic book store today. In addition to a full list of new # 1s and new volume 1s, I’ll be giving you my top 4 recommendations in 4 categories. Like Houston legend Mike Jones rapped, “We’re still tippin’ on four-fours.” I’m going to give you the top four new comics, top four ongoing comics, the top four graphic novels, and the top 4 preorders.
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New Issue # 1s
EVERYONE LOVES A JEWEL THIEF # 1
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What’s a struggling writer to do except…pull off a jewel heist!
Novelist C. Scott Frederiksson hasn’t written anything of note in years. He’s about to lose his adjunct position at the University, be dropped by his agent, and possibly dumped if he doesn’t publish a hit and soon.
Scott has it all figured out. A masterfully scripted spectacle to dazzle the masses without doing any real harm. A local celebrity will be robbed of her prized possessions, and Scott will come out on the other side as an antihero, showered with publicity and a lucrative new book deal.
But he can’t do it alone. Every compelling heist needs a crack team of like-minded crooks, and Scott’s top recruits are his old high school D&D group and their ragtag townie friends coming in clutch with the getaway Geo Storm.
It’ll either be the greatest story C. Scott Frederiksson has ever told, or someone’s going to end up dead. Maybe both!
Grab a D20 and roll for stealth in this new heist-acular adventure from Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell because “Everyone Loves a Jewel Thief”!
THE FURY OF FIRESTORM # 1
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The community of Bedford, Colorado, is a sleepy small town. The people say hello to their neighbors, attend town hall meetings, and root for the local high school football team on Friday nights. But this idyllic small town is thrown upside down when the Nuclear Man arrives and starts… experimenting. Firestorm has turned buildings to sand and people to glass with no remorse and no warning. But what exactly provoked Ronnie Raymond to commit this heinous act, and can anyone contain the fury that is Firestorm?
Brought to you by the incredible team of Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash, JSA) and Rafael De Latorre (The Penguin) comes the next epic in the Next Level line.
GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE PRESENTS: ROMEO & JULIET AND GODZILLA # 1
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The explosive literary mashup series returns! But this time, Godzilla is taking on the classics one story at a time. O Godzilla, Godzilla, wherefore art thou Godzilla? First, it’s invading the Bard’s most revered play, Romeo & Juliet. Families at war! Forbidden love blossoming! Godzilla on its path of destruction! Fair Verona won’t be so fair for long!
And that’s not all: Tom Scioli is returning to the series to write and illustrate a backup story starring the legendary thief entitled “Robin Hood and the Monster of Nottingham!”
THUNDERCATS X SILVERHAWKS # 1
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CIVILIZATIONS COLLIDE IN THE CROSSOVER EVENT OF THE MILLENNIUM! When Panthro originally set out on his mission to launch a new satellite high above Third Earth, he never imagined that he would wind up changing the destiny of two entire galaxies. But as soon as he boarded the mysteriously deserted space station and began digging into its workings, that destiny was set in motion — and now the day of reckoning is at hand!
Alerted to an anomaly at a long-dormant base in a quarantined sector, The Copper Kid, Quicksilver, and Chromium — the SilverHawks’ newest member — defy Stargazer’s orders and set out on their own to investigate. But as soon as they land on the forbidden planet, they are confronted by a fearsome band of strange, cat-like warriors — and quickly find themselves in a fight for their lives!
The battle is joined by more ThunderCats, including several whose fearsome abilities threaten to overwhelm the isolated SilverHawks. But when a second vessel appears in orbit, it becomes clear to Panthro that reinforcements are on their way — and not even the Eye of Thundera will be able to stop them!
ThunderCats mastermind DECLAN SHALVEY kicks off his greatest Thunderan saga to date with ThunderCats X SilverHawks #1, both writing and drawing this 40-page inaugural issue that serves as the spectacular opening chapter in his 15-part crossover event spanning three titles over five months!
Featuring astronomically appealing covers from SHALVEY, LUCIO PARRILLO, ERIC CANETE, and BEN OLIVER, as well as a special piece of classic ANIMATION ART, ThunderCats X SilverHawks #1 also features two tremendous incentive editions — a special cover reproducing Declan Shalvey’s original layouts for the issue, and an autographed edition of Ben Oliver’s cover signed by ThunderCats original series voice actor LARRY KENNEY!
Ongoing Series
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN # 13
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Tomar-Re is here, and he will not allow Jo Mullein’s inexperience to compromise his mission. It’s Anomaly versus Anomaly!
BLEEDING HEARTS # 3
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Poke returns to his horde after meeting Mama and Rabbit—profoundly changed and a bit confused. He’s experiencing things he cannot explain…things like compassion and sadness. He’s tried his best to convince Mama that he means them no harm and that they should stay hidden, but for Mama, trust is something hard-earned. So how much of a risk is she willing to take? And can Poke keep the latest hunting party from descending upon their hiding spot?
THE MORTAL THOR # 9
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THE RADIOACTIVE MAN! Radiation can pass through solid walls. Radiation destroys human tissue. Radiation cannot be hit with a piece of wood and metal. Sigurd Jarlson is only human. Dr. Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man, is not. Somewhere in the city, a man with a hammer faces a fight he cannot win…
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TRANSFORMERS # 31
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THE SECRET OF MEGATRON REVEALED! Megatron has a vision that will change the course of his life. And no one in the Energon Universe is safe.
Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers, and OGNs
THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL vol. 1 TP
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A queer, literary fantasy about the stories that shape us—and what happens when we outgrow them.
Hector Ramirez dreamed of changing the world with words. Years later, he’s given one last chance: to help reboot the fantasy series that shaped his childhood. But when he discovers the author has vanished into his own creation, Hector is pulled into a realm built from fiction and ruled by a story that refuses to end.
He’s not alone. Along for the journey is Al, his nonbinary teen child searching for their place in both the real world and the story that now threatens to consume them. Alethea, once the series’ bright young mage heroine, also fights alongside them as a battle-worn warrior, questioning whether she still belongs to the story she was created to serve. Together, they must uncover the forces tearing this world apart and what it means to live inside a story that no longer wants you.
As fiction and reality collide, Hector, Al, and Alethea face a painful truth: to move forward, they’ll have to confront the very story that made them.
From writer FRANK J. BARBIERE (FIVE GHOSTS) and artist MORGAN BEEM (Swamp Thing: Twin Branches), THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL is a lush, character-driven fantasy for fans of Nimona , Lore Olympus, and MONSTRESS—a mythic, deeply human story about creation, queerness, and finding yourself in the ruins of someone else’s myth.
Collects THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL #1-5.
CORTO MALTESE: The Fate of Venice and Other Adventures TP
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International award-winning graphic novelist Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese returns to American readers in a new collection of classic Corto tales, featuring a brilliantly executed wild chase through Venice for a vital occult treasure!
Artist Hugo Pratt’s most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures.
Corto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. In “Fable of Venice,” a riddle from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of reality.
A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists, budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!
In addition, this collection of quintessential seafaring adventures also presents the Corto Maltese classics “The Secret of Tristan Bantam,” “So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,” and “The Seagull’s Fault,” making this book an exciting introduction to Pratt’s work.
EVERYTHING DEAD AND DYING TP
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The Walking Dead meets Essex County in this haunting, rural character piece set during a zombie outbreak.
Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead — including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one thing standing in the way of his family and those who hope to kill them for good.
Eisner Award-nominated creators Tate Brombal (Barbalien, Batgirl) and Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood, Newburn) team up for this original story.
Collects all issues #1-5.
PUNK’N HEADS TP
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This band plays together, lives together…and unfortunately two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock!
Hannah Lipsky isn’t sure what’s happening. She dreamed of becoming a fine art painter, but after breaking up with her girlfriend, she’s suddenly dropped out of art school, moved into a flophouse, and gotten roped into singing in a campy horror-punk band. With costumes. To make things even more complicated, she might be hooking up with her housemate/bandmate/high school crush, Jerry. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy.
Critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated creators Nicole Goux (Forest Hills Bootleg Society, Pet Peeves) and Dave Baker (Everyone Is Tulip, Mary Tyler MooreHawk) join forces for a raucous and revealing new graphic novel about making music, making mistakes, facing your past, and choosing your future.
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BEN TEN # 1
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A fresh take on a 21st Century classic! Fan favorite BEN 10 returns in an all-new series that will appeal to longtime fans and new readers alike. When a mysterious meteor crashes to Earth, 10-year-old Ben Tennyson discovers the Omnitrix, a high-tech alien gauntlet of incredible power and potential. With this device on his wrist, Ben has the power to transform into incredible alien forms. But can he control this power? If the story sounds familiar, think again!
This is the modern, definitive take on Ben 10 from the team that created him – Man of Action – kicking off with writer Joe Casey, joined by amazing artist Robert Carey, with covers by Carey, Man of Action member Duncan Rouleau, Dustin Nguyen, Sebastian Piriz, and a special MYSTERY VARIANT BLIND BAG containing one limited edition of the issue selected randomly from a range of covers exclusive to this offering! Please The number of Blind Bags is limited, and allocations may occur.
THE BOOK OF JUSTKO TP
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The Book of Jusko showcases the very best of Joe Jusko’s decades spanning career and painted legacy.
In 1992, Joe Jusko’s Marvel Masterpieces trading card set exploded into pop culture—redefining how the world saw superheroes with raw power, larger-than-life drama, and breathtaking realism in every brushstroke. It became a cultural landmark, inspiring generations of fans, artists, and collectors.
Now—due to overwhelming demand—we’re opening the vaults to celebrate the full scope of Jusko’s legendary career. Inside you’ll discover iconic illustrations, rare and unpublished works, private commissions, trading cards, and personal archive pieces—some revealed here for the very first time.
This is the definitive collection of Joe Jusko’s art—a must-have for anyone who treasures painted comics, fantasy illustration, or fine art.
HELLBOY AND THE BPRD: 1955-1957 TP
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This second collection of Hellboy’s earliest days as a B.P.R.D. agent takes him across the globe in adventures that tie in to the darkest corners of the Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comics.
Join Hellboy and his fellow agents on globe-trotting horrifying mystery adventures from a fire ghost in a forgotten dinosaur theme park to vengeful demons in Hong Kong, Cold War weapons tests that lead to mutilated monsters in the South Pacific to a forgotten ghost in a NYC potter’s field and more, plus the true story of Hellboy’s turn on the silver screen in Mexican luchador films!
This volume collects Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. across volumes 1955, 1956, and 1957, from a slew of extraordinary talents including Mike Norton, Alison Sampson, Shawn Martinbrough, and more in this paperback edition!
SHE-SPAWN # 1
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A former solider, assassin, superhero, and mother, Priest now finds herself pulled into a brutal confrontation with an angelic cult determined to sacrifice a child in the name of their God. What begins as a mission quickly becomes something far more personal, forcing Jessica to confront the regret and responsibility that have followed her long after she stepped into the role of She-Spawn.
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