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Series
Concrete volume 1
Language
English
Description
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:...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 5
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (205 pages : chiefly illustrations)
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 6
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 3
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 1
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 1
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 6
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete volume 1
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Concrete Jungle volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a rogue telepath begins hijacking unsuspecting minds and bodies to commit vicious crimes, crooked Detective Annie Brunson is charged with cracking the case with her new straight laced telepathic partner, Faith Jones. Set among a backdrop of urban decay, exotic aliens, robots, and genetic mutations. In this city, there are no good guys. There are no bad guys. There are only survivors.
Author
Series
Concrete Jungle volume 2
Language
English
Description
Detective Hill unleashes her telepathic abilities in an extraordinary way in the hunt for Atom City's rogue mind-hijacker. As for her newly appointed partner, Annie? She's busy meeting up with a powerful old acquaintance at a seedy exotic strip club with nothing but bad intentions on her mind. The sci-fi goodness continues in Sheldon Allen and Karl Mostert's retro detective story.
Author
Series
Concrete Jungle volume 3
Language
English
Description
Annie enlists the aid of two "associates" to help her confront a ruthless pimp connected to the mind-hijacked dead prostitute. But is Annie seeking to bring the pimp to justice, or is she seeking to serve him notice about who really runs the streets of Atom City? If you thought our girl was all talk and not about that action, wait until you get a load of this issue!
Author
Series
Concrete Jungle volume 4
Language
English
Description
A rare moment of weakness leads Annie to seek salvation for a damaged youth. Meanwhile, Detective Jones finally confirms the location of the murderous mind hijacker, setting up a dangerous confrontation with the unexpected source of the telepathic mayhem. Trust us, you won't see the ending to this volume coming.
Author
Series
Concrete Jungle volume 1
Language
English
Description
The year is 1986. The streets of Atom City-Miami crawl with extraterrestrials, robots, and genetic mutations. Crime is a plague. There are no good guys. There are no bad guys. There are only survivors. When a rogue telepath begins hijacking unsuspecting minds and bodies to commit vicious crimes, crooked Detective Annie Brunson is charged with cracking the case with her new straight laced telepathic partner, Faith Jones. Concrete Jungle is a science...
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