Tintin aids his old friend the Emir Ben Kalish and fights the ruthless Marquis di Gorgonzola.

Explorer, the exciting graphic anthology series which launched in Spring 2012 with The Mystery Boxes, continues with an incredible roster of comics artists who create amazing new stories around the theme of hidden places in volume two of the series, The Lost Islands.

"Cahira and Orion are twin monster hunters under the tutelage of Senan the Thorough. After an intense battle with an enchanted wither, their mentor is eaten and the twins are now alone! The two hunters go on a mission to get their mentor back, and meet an unlikely ally along the way! Stumbling into her underground home, Cahira and Orion meet Atria--a girl cursed as a monster lure! The twins convince Atria to join their rescue mission to use her monster-attracting...

"Despereaux, a mouse, meets and falls in love with a princess, gets banished to the dungeon (from which no mouse has ever returned)!, and is captured by a pack of hungry rats. Despereaux barely escapes with his life, but he honors his quest to act as a knight would - with bravery and courage in the face of danger." -- Back cover.

Billy dreams of being a great explorer like his parents, but when he and his friend Barrace, a duck and college linguistics professor, undertake four adventures, they discover little but trouble.

"Join Hello Kitty in her first-ever comic book adventures as she explores an underground realm, moonlights as an international super spy, climbs the Himalayas, travels back in time, and discovers that sometimes, the best place to get away from it all is between the pages of a good book." --Back cover.

While their parents are away doing research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with their cousin, Mister Come-and-Go, to Kokalaha Island, where they meet Aunt Lulu and become trapped in an erupting volcano.

John Blake and his mysterious ship are doomed to sail between centuries and when he meets a shipwrecked girl named Serena he promises to help get her back to her time, but first they must stop the sinister and powerful Dahlberg Corporation.

Forced to leave her home, Sasha quickly grows tired of life on her own but she is not sure that joining ShadowClan, led by Tigerstar, would be a better choice.