When Edward takes Myrtle to the wood to see goblins, she fails to notice the strange creatures hiding among the thorn trees. Pulling tabs or turning the pages to activate pop-up figures reveals hidden goblins.

The colors are drained and the shadows come alive in this stark take on a dark classic! Presented in its original pencils and ink artwork by industry legend Jim Lee, BATMAN NOIR: HUSH highlights the grim, gritty atmosphere of Batman and Gotham City, and pits the Dark Knight against a city overrun with its legendary villains. As the likes of the Joker, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy and more throw Batman’s life into chaos, little do they know they have become pawns to the enigmatic Hush in an elaborate game of revenge against Bruce Wayne. This truly unforgettable story by two of comics’ top talents, writer Jeph Loeb (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN/BATMAN) and artist Jim Lee (JUSTICE LEAGUE: ORIGINS, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED), presents the Caped Crusader’s most personal case yet in stark black and white! Collects BATMAN #609-619 in black and white.

The third edition of this handbook is designed to provide a broad coverage of the concepts, implementations, and applications in metaheuristics. The book’s chapters serve as stand-alone presentations giving both the necessary underpinnings as well as practical guides for implementation. The nature of metaheuristics invites an analyst to modify basic methods in response to problem characteristics, past experiences, and personal preferences, and the chapters in this handbook are designed to facilitate this process as well. This new edition has been fully revised and features new chapters on swarm intelligence and automated design of metaheuristics from flexible algorithm frameworks. The authors who have contributed to this volume represent leading figures from the metaheuristic community and are responsible for pioneering contributions to the fields they write about. Their collective work has significantly enriched the field of optimization in general and combinatorial optimization in particular.Metaheuristics are solution methods that orchestrate an interaction between local improvement procedures and higher level strategies to create a process capable of escaping from local optima and performing a robust search of a solution space. In addition, many new and exciting developments and extensions have been observed in the last few years. Hybrids of metaheuristics with other optimization techniques, like branch-and-bound, mathematical programming or constraint programming are also increasingly popular. On the front of applications, metaheuristics are now used to find high-quality solutions to an ever-growing number of complex, ill-defined real-world problems, in particular combinatorial ones. This handbook should continue to be a great reference for researchers, graduate students, as well as practitioners interested in metaheuristics.

He's one of the most successful comic creators in history, known for epic stints on Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Men, Alpha Flight and more! Now savor John Byrne's wider influence on the Marvel Universe in this collection of shorter - but no less classic - runs on top-tier characters! Enjoy Byrne's definitive take on icons like Captain America, the Hulk, the Avengers, Wolverine and the Silver Surfer, as well as Black Widow and her fellow Champions! COLLECTING: CHAMPIONS 11-15; MARVEL PREVIEW 11; AVENGERS (1963) 164-166, 181-191; POWER MAN 48-50; MARVEL PREMIERE 47-48; CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) 247-255; SILVER SURFER (1982) 1; INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 314-319; WOLVERINE (1988) 17-23; MATERIAL FROM MARVEL FANFARE (1982) 29

Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on so many treasured American holidays and traditions, from Charlie Brown's infamous Christmas tree to Linus's obsession with the Great Pumpkin. And who can forget the most romantic―and occasionally loneliest―of all holidays? From Charlie Brown opening an empty mailbox every February 14th, to Sally Brown and her "sweet baboo" Linus, A Valentine for Charlie Brown is the perfect book to remind that special someone in your life just what love is all about, for better and for worse!

Collects Avengers (1963) 1, 4, 16, 57-58, 164-166, 273-277; Giant-Size Avengers (1974) 2; Avengers (1998) 19-22, 65-70; New Avengers (2005) 1-6; Avengers (2012) 1-3.

"Originally published in single magazine form as Red One #3-4"--Indicia.