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"A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots a day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space -- not toward the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts -- from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan -- have left their lives behind to travel at warp speed as the earth reels below. We...
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Image Comics
Publication Date
[2017]
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English
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Tim-21, Telsa and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile Andy and his rag-tag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revealtions.
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Publication Date
[2025]
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English
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"Jean Grey is the Phoenix once more, burning with power and possibility! She is Jean Grey. She is Phoenix. She fights for life. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one else can: She yearns to. And when a desperate S.O.S. from Nova brings the Phoenix to the edge of a black hole where hundreds of souls hang in the balance, Jean is dedicated to protecting innocents. But whatever she does - or fails to do - will bring...
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Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Publication Date
2021.
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English
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"Summoned before the Emperor, Prince Kiem-a famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild-is commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire. But the Jainan suspects his late husband's death was no accident. And Prince Kiem discovers that Jainan is a suspect himself. But broken bonds between the empire...
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"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"-- Provided by publisher.
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Phantom Orbit follows Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, who discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of the seventeenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. He takes the puzzle to a senior scientist in the Chinese space program and declares his intention to solve it. Volkov returns to Moscow and continues his secret work. The puzzle holds untold consequences for space warfare. The years pass, and they are not kind to Volkov. After the...
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Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 2
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English
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Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very human emotions. But when her ship was badly damaged, Lovelace was forced to reboot and reset. Now housed in an illegal synthetic body, she's never felt so isolated. But Lovelace is not alone. Pepper, an engineer who risked her life to reinstall Lovelace's program, has remained by her side and is determined to help her. Because...
12) Orbit: Misfits
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Witness the rise, fall, and rise again of the original titans of horror punk in "Orbit: The Misfits" by Joe Paradise and Martin Gimenez. Compiled from decades of rumors overheard in NJ record shops, this graphic biography is a retrospective of one of the hardest core bands ever to emerge from the NYC Punk scene.
13) Orbit: Metallica
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Few bands have achieved the success and status afforded the heavy metal pioneers known simply as Metallica. Metallica's sound, a raw fury few can match, has stood the test of time and placed members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, Cliff Burton, and Kirk Hammett in an exclusive club of artists. Read about the formation of the band in this special issue of Orbit. Cover by famed artist David A. Frizell.
14) Orbit: Megadeth
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
Description
What goes together better than comics and rock music? Rock 'N' Roll Comics Megadeth is one of the most acclaimed comics! It is back in print! Featuring the beginning of the band and their members Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman & David Ellefson. Also featuring a back-up story about the band Tesla. As featured on CNN, Time Magazine, People Magazine, LA Times, Forbes, and MSNBC! Orbit is a comic book biography series that focuses on the people that...
15) Orbit: Eminem
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Introducing the latest addition to the comic book realm: the biography of Eminem! While most comic book heroes boast just a single alter ego, Marshall Mathers, also known as "Eminem" and "Slim Shady," defies convention with not one, but two personas. Given the whirlwind of drama, tragedy, and triumph that has characterized his life, one might even wonder why he doesn't possess a third alter ego!
16) Retrograde Orbit
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Avery Hill
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
At the outer edge of their solar system, on the mining planet Tisa, Flint and her mother live in the colony of Swift Springs. Displaced by a nuclear event, Flint's family had settled there two generations ago to become miners. After apprenticing at the refinery, every day for Flint is tedium - and she can't stop thinking about what life had been like at their old family home. But is the home that her family has built for her enough, or will the irradiated...
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2025.
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English
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Seventh-grade Alex's favorite things to do are watching YouTube videos of rocket launches with his Papi and spending hours on the NASA website reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows he'll have to study hard in order to get there. But Alex is in his grade's SC (self-contained) classroom, which means doing the same dull worksheets every day and reading books his sister read back in the third...
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
From the minds behind Fame, Female Force, and The Tenth Muse comes a chilling new entry in the ORBIT line! Orbit: Classic Monsters dives deep into the literary origins of horror's most enduring icons. Explore the story of Frankenstein, Dracula, the werewolf, the mummy, and the ghost, each reimagined through rich storytelling and stunning visuals. But these tales are more than history. They're evidence. Framed by the tense interrogation of a mysterious...
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
TidalWave has created the comic book biographies on the other Beatles, so now it is time to read about the world of Sir Ringo Starr in comic book form. Read about how overcame life-threatening illnesses during childhood to how he became one of the world's best drummers of all time in The Beatles. The "Orbit" comic book series has been featured in "Rolling Stone" magazine, "Time" magazine, "People" magazine and has featured musical artists such as...
Publisher
TidalWave
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
Description
He changed the face and tone of radio for a raw, edgier generation and then set his sites on TV, movies, books and satellite broadcasting. Howard Stern, the pioneering "shock jock" and self-proclaimed "King of All Media" was selected as the first subject to be featured in Bluewater Productions' latest biography comic title "Orbit."











