John Barber

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  • Bibliography:
    75 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2010
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Multi-Author Series List

Marvel's Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange/Punisher: Magic Bullets (Sep-2017)

Marvel's Spider-Man

Spidey: School's Out (Dec-2018)

Marvel's The Punisher

Doctor Strange/Punisher: Magic Bullets (Sep-2017)

Star Wars

Mechanical Mayhem (Mar-2019)
Rise of the Wookies (Feb-2021)

Book List in Order: 75 titles

  • First Mole

    Author John Barber brings adventure to every bookshelf as he releases through Xlibris the first installment of the Mole Trilogy. Readers are taken to the most dangerous zones of Vietnam as they follow one mans exploits in First Mole.Captain John Bake...

  • Transformers: Sector 7

    • Spinning out of the hit movies Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- witness the secret history of SECTOR 7 and their torrid connections to the alien Transformers in this century-spanning tale that follows a cursed famil...

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation

    TRANSFORMERS 3 Dark of the Moon is one of the biggest blockbuster of the decade, and this beautifully illustrated adaptation of the story is the best place to live and re-live the adventure over and over! Join your favorite heroes: OPTIMUS PRIME and ...

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation

    • Did you ever wonder how the rivalry between Optimus Prime and Megatron began? What set these two friends off on such a climactic collision course? Transformers: Foundation is the answer. Unlock the most hidden secrets of Cybertron and witnes...

  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Rising Storm

    • Leading right into the mega-events of The Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Rising Storm sets the stage for the biggest, boldest threat to both Earth and Cybertron yet! Join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee on their quest to stop the dark forces on...

  • A Little Local Affair

    The strange circumstances of Alan Price’s death in a car crash is just the first in a series of bizarre events in the town of Fordhamton.Detective Inspector Harley is not convinced that it was suicide.As his investigations continue he finds that al...

  • Return to Fordhamton

    In this second part of the Fordhamton Trilogy the reading of Arthur Brown’s will threatens to expose some sexual relationships that a few of the town's residents would prefer to be kept well hidden. Any thoughts the Mayor and Councillors had of con...

  • Transformers 3 Dark Moon Movie Adaptation

  • The Last Resort

    In this final part of the Fordhamton Trilogy the Mayor suggests an Arts Festival as a means of improving the town’s image following their award by a national radio station as the third most boring town in BritainUnfortunately the first Fordhamton A...



  • G.I. Joe: Retaliation Movie Prequel

    Perhaps the most dangerous of all the Joes--their combination of stealth, cunning, power and raw courage is nearly unmatched. But what unspoken bond do they share? Find out their never-before-revealed secrets in this prequel to the summer's most anti...

  • G.I. Joe Movie Prequel: Retaliation

    Snake Eyes and Roadblock. Perhaps the most dangerous of all the JOEs -- their combination of stealth, cunning, power, and raw courage is nearly unmatched. But these two forces of might can't always see eye-to-eye. But when Storm Shadow and his ninj...

  • Transformers: Robots In Disguise Volume 1

    The war for Cybertron is over -- now the hard part begins! BUMBLEBEE and his fellow AUTOBOTS struggle to maintain control of a world without OPTIMUS PRIME! Bumblebee's provisional government is struggling and Prowl defends it against the DECEPTICONS ...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Volume 1

    • The war for Cybertron is over -- now the hard part begins! Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots struggle to maintain control of a world without Optimus Prime! Bumblebee's provisional government is struggling and Prowl defends it against the D...

  • Colours of the Underground

    When a known recluse is found dead on waste land miles from his home Detective Inspector Steve Winwood finds himself being dragged down into a web of corruption, blackmail and political intrigue. A property development company will stop at nothing in...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 2

    OPTIMUS PRIME has given up his title and is now Orion Pax, and he is on the trail of the deadliest DECEPTICON of all…SHOCKWAVE. The Decepticon Justice Division gets a turn as well, hunting those who disobeyed MEGATRON. And the DINOBOTS are back, he...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Volume 2

    • Optimus Prime has given up his title and is now Orion Pax, and he is on the trail of the deadliest Decepticon of all...Shockwave! The Decepticon Justice Division gets a turn as well, hunting those who disobeyed Megatron. And the Dinobots are...

  • The Cricket Club Murders

    The first victim was a retired schoolteacher with a wooden stake through his heart. The second was an attractive female student who had a swallowed a deadly silver bullet cocktail. Detective Inspector Steve Winwood did not believe in vampires, werewo...

  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

    6 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! Leading into the new hit game! Grimlock received a transmission from Swoop, who has discovered the source of the Decepticon's energon. Now learn what else Swoop found in the Sea of Rust! Written by JOHN BARBER and ...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 3

    OPTIMUS PRIME has given up his title and is now Orion Pax, and he is on the trail of the deadliest DECEPTICON of all…SHOCKWAVE. The Decepticon Justice Division gets a turn as well, hunting those who disobeyed MEGATRON. And the DINOBOTS are back, he...



  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Volume 3

    • Orion Pax -- the former Optimus Prime -- follows a rogue group of Decepticons into one of the greatest mysteries ever to face the Autobots! The mysterious Metrotitan arrives on Cybertron -- smashing into the ruins of the legendary Crys...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 4

    Megatron’s back… and CYBERTRON will never be the same. Everything BUMBLEBEE and his AUTOBOTS have built teeters at the edge of collapse -- and STARSCREAM has to make the choice his whole life has been leading to. And meet the new PROWL -- deadlie...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 5

    The fate of Cybertron is sealed-but what is the DECEPTICON scientist SHOCKWAVE planning? In the wastelands of CYBERTRON, he makes his move prompting SOUNDWAVE and the rest of the DECEPTICONS to step up and stop him but in the end they are faced with ...

  • Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Volume 4

    • THE RETURN! He's back... and Cybertron will never be the same! Everything Bumblebee and his Autobots have built teeters on the edge of collapse -- and Starscream has to make the choice his whole life has been leading to. And meet the new P...

  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Volume 5

    • The fate of Cybertron is sealed -- but what is the Decepticon scientist called Shockwave planning? In the wastelands of Cybertron, he makes his move -- and Soundwave and the Decepticons step up to stop him, but in the end they are faced ...

  • Seven Days in May

    When a reporter from the Rutherford Echo accidentally stumbles into a hotel room he finds the local MP engaged in a compromising sexual position. The room was being used to shoot a promotional film for clothing and accessories for the discerning adul...

  • The Gods in the Mirror

    The world is dark and mankind is on the verge of extinction. Small groups of humans live in isolation and scavenge artifacts left by the ancient people. The largest settlement is called Hustown and has nearly three hundred people. The town and the pe...

  • Epitaph

    A short science fiction story about the first deep-space mission to find a planet suitable for colonization. The explorers are hoping to be the ones to make First Contact but are disappointed when they realize they have missed their chance by the bli...

  • The Fordhamton Trilogy

    The Fordhamton Trilogy follows the town’s attempts to try to come to grips with a series of very odd and quite bizarre events; and a very nosy detective.A Little Local Affair - Vol 1 begins with the fall out following the suspicious death of Alan P...

  • The Russian Doll

    Cllr Bob Ball’s references to the Russian side of his family were always taken with a large pinch of salt. Until his Russian wife turned up at his funeral. Then strange things began to happen in Rutherford. The County Archivist is found murdered in...



  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Vol. 6

    The AUTOBOTS return to Earth—with OPTIMUS PRIME in command! But what brought them back—and what terrifying secret do the humans hold? Plus, GALVATRON is on Earth as well, with a plan to reshape it as he once did with Cybertron. A bold new...

  • Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Volume 6

    • The Autobots return to Earth -- with Optimus Prime in command! But what brought them back -- and what terrifying secret do the humans hold? Galvatron is on Earth as well, with a plan to reshape it as he once did with Cybertron. A bold ne...

  • The Lost Traveller

    When J’s car breaks down outside the village pub Ruth the landlady has no reason to disbelieve his explanation that he was just passing through. They have an instant attraction to the other. Whilst he waits for his car to be repaired J tells Ruth o...

  • Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Vol. 1

    Earth makes contact with an alien race—and G.I. JOE is on the front lines! But when the TRANSFORMERS arrive—well, let’s just say you’ve never seen TRANSFORMERS or G.I. JOE like this! Visionary comic book maker Tom Scioli (with...

  • Transformers, Volume 7: Combiner Wars--First Strike

    • Wheeljack awakens to find a strange, new Cybertron! The secret origins of Cybertron’s golden age are revealed to Optimus Prime -- and what he learns changes everything about the Autobots’ mission on Earth as all-out war erupts on the s...

  • Transformers, Vol. 7

  • Murder at the Fleetwood

    The Murder Mystery Weekend at the Fleetwood Arms Hotel takes on a literal meaning when one of the guests is found dead, apparently from a heavy blow to the head. When DCI Steve Winwood arrives at the hotel as breakfast is being served he is immediate...

  • Age of Eggstinction

    • When the Transformers lose their powerful Allspark, it ends up on Piggie Island -- and the world of Angry Birds turns robotic! Prepare to meet... the AUTOBIRDS and DECEPTIHOGS!
    ...

  • The Book of L:ife

    Whilst the directors of the Rutherford Corinthian Football Club arrive for a board meeting on the first floor Ben Davies a fellow director is found downstairs in the clubhouse bar with his throat cut.Newly promoted to Chief Inspector, Steve Winwood a...

  • Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Vol. 2

    The biggest space battle ever grows to universal proportions! Will the G.I. JOE team and the AUTOBOTS make peace-before COBRA and the DECEPTICONS end the warThe biggest space battle ever grows to universal proportions! Will the G.I. JOE team and the ...



  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise Box Set

    • The War for Cybertron is over! Now the hard part begins! Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots struggle to maintain control of a world without Optimus Prime. The provisional government is struggling and Prowl is defending it against the Deceptic...

  • Transformers, Volume 8

    The COMBINER WARS are over, and OPTIMUS PRIME faces the aftermath. Meanwhile, ARCEE confronts GALVATRON; SOUNDWAVE and COSMOS come face to face; TRACKS and NEEDLENOSE meet up again; and JETFIRE and KUP lead a team to investigate the mysterious ONYX s...

  • Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two, Volume 3

    The Lost Light finally reaches the Crystal City while Orion Pax follows a rogue group of Decepticons. Meahwhile, back on Cybertron, violence breaks out in the heart of the city and Prowl looks for someone to blame! Collects "More Than Meets The Eye" ...

  • When the Dead rise up

    A skeleton is found in a black plastic bag when a gas company trench is opened. The skeleton is of a Cavalier from the English Civil War.Another skeleton is discovered amongst the water pipes servicing the town square fountain. It is that of a local ...

  • Transformers, Volume 9

    OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to find his place on CYBERTRON where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. Meanwhile, on Earth, GALVATRON doesn’t care what anybody thinks. Collects issues #46â€"49....

  • Transformers, Volume 10

    ALL HAIL OPTIMUS! Backed by an army of zealous followers, OPTIMUS PRIME declares Earth to be a part of CYBERTRON’S Council of Worlds―and the DECEPTICONS and the people of Earth won’t take it lying down! Collects issues #50â€"55....

  • Action Man, Volume 1

    He’s the world’s greatest special agent… until he dies saving the planet, with all the world’s eyes on him. Now his young protégé has to step into the role―whether he’s ready or not! Collects issues #1â€"4 and the Revolution One-Shot....

  • The Naked Cellist

    What could possibly go wrong at the Rutherford Arts Festival? Plenty apparently; as DCI Steve Winwood finds out. Edwin ‘Eddie’ Searchfield a popular retired music teacher is found dead sitting beneath a painting of a naked cellist at the preview ...

  • Transformers: Titans Return

    Once he ruled CYBERTRON with a brutal (and literal) iron fist... left for dead four million years ago, SENTINEL PRIME is back. But in a world where STARSCREAM rules CYBERTON, OPTIMUS PRIME has invaded Earth, and MEGATRON is an AUTOBOT―SENTINEL does...

  • Revolution

    THE REVOLUTION BEGINS! Explosions rip across the Earth―and all signs of blame point to OPTIMUS PRIME and the TRANSFORMERS! G.I. JOE refuses to go quietly―and they assemble heroes big enough to stop the invaders! ACTION MAN and M.A.S.K. fight for ...



  • Revolution: Transformers

    The Revolution continues! Thundercracker and Buster save the World! A White House under siege by Dire Wraiths! Windblade on Earth! And a date with destiny for Krok, Crankcase, Fulcrum, Spinister, and Misfire!

    Collects The Transformers, More...

  • Transformers: Optimus Prime, Vol. 1

    REVOLUTION is over -- but the danger to Earth is just beginning. As OPTIMUS PRIME pulls Earth into the larger universe, he’s painted a target on it… and a new alien incursion begins when a corkscrew shaped craft drills into our world! Collects is...

  • Revolutionaries, Vol. 1: Crisis Intervention

    THE REVOLUTION MAY BE OVER--but the future is just beginning! Ripped from the pages of the hottest crossover of the year, the REVOLUTION team of John Barber and Fico Ossio continue the action! KUP is a CYBERTRONIAN literally older than the universe; ...

  • Doctor Strange/Punisher: Magic Bullets

    Marvel's Doctor Strange
    Marvel's The Punisher

    Collects Doctor Strange/Punisher: Magic Bullets #1-4. The Master of the Mystic Arts and the One-Man War on Crime unite their unique talents in the strangest team-up in comics! Because, when mafia demons strike, it'll take the combined skills of Docto...

  • Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two Volume 6

    Presenting IDW's Transformers comics in preferred reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series! Everything a beginner could need, everything a diehard could want.

    The end of everything! Shockwave makes a move millions of ye...

  • Revolutionaries, Vol. 2: Power and Glory

    The team-up of the year continues as the TRANSFORMERS' Kup and Blackrock, G.I. JOE's Mayday, and Action Man join forces with the likes of Optimus Prime, Sgt. Savage, and more to unravel the secrets of the newly-formed shared universe.


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  • Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook

    From the pages of Transformers, G.I. Joe, Rom, M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, Micronauts, Action Man, and Revolutionaries comes the ultimate guide to the heroic and villainous champions of Hasbro!

    The new post-Revolution universe's ...

  • Transformers: Optimus Prime, Vol. 2

    Confronting threats old and new while discovering the Transformers universe through the stories of fan-favorite Autobots. Featuring untold tales from the ancient past of Cybertron--and hints to the true fate of deceased Autobot Bumblebee!

    Opti...

  • Transformers: Redemption of the Dinobots

    Explore the Dinobots like never before! Three stories chronicling the intense violence and redemption that have shaped the Transformers' most famous Autobot squad. It's a rollercoaster of death and absolution, drenched in atmosphere and action.

  • Transformers: Optimus Prime, Volume 3

    New threats emerge, both on Cybertron and Earth, as the saga of Optimus Prime and the Autobots continues. What new future will the Transformers face?

    With Optimus Prime trapped on Cybertron, embroiled in the First Strike event, the Autobots on...

  • From Cybertron With Love

    Fan-favorite Autobot Bumblebee is recruited for a top secret mission, and 1960s London won't know what hit it when this robot in disguise goes undercover.

    It's high-tech, high-octane, high-clearance spy hijinks in From Cybertron With Love.

  • Transformers: Optimus Prime, Vol. 4

    Darkness falls over Cybertron as the legendary Onyx Prime returns, throwing the planet into chaos! What does this mean for Optimus Prime--and Earth?

    As Onyx and his comrades sow panic and dissension on Cybertron, Windblade defends an already t...

  • Spidey: School's Out

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Collects Spidey - School's Out #1-6. For the first time in print! Peter Parker just survived his first year as the Amazing Spider-Man ó as well as a year of high school! What is he going to do next? Heís going to Stark science camp! A week indoors ...

  • Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two Volume 8

    Presenting IDW's Transformers comics in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series! It's everything a beginner could need, everything a diehard could want.

    Rodimus leads a team of Autobots into Cybertron's pas...

  • Transformers: Optimus Prime, Vol. 5

    End of the Road! The Autobots are faced with multiple threats, one of them a danger not only to Cybertron, but to the whole Universe!

    Trapped between Shockwave's attack and Unicron's onslaught, Optimus and the Autobots struggle to make sense o...

  • Transformers: Unicron

    The end is nigh! Unicron, a planet-sized being that devours other worlds, has set its sights on Cybertron and all of its colonies--including Earth!

    Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and their friends must unite every Cybertronian, Earthling, and ally ...

  • Mechanical Mayhem

    Star Wars

    These ARE the droids you're looking for! Your favorite dysfunctional droid team, R2-D2 and C-3PO, bumbles through the Star Wars universe in these kid-friendly tales.

    First, R2-D2 tries to stop an Imperial spy from revealing a Rebel secret. But...

  • Star Trek vs. Transformers

    Four decades in the making, it's the crossover that fans have demanded! Kirk, Spock, and Autobots! Decepticons and Klingons! Optimus Prime and the Prime Directive!

    When Kirk, Spock, and the entire crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise investigate prob...

  • John Barleycorn Must Die

    On the recommendation of MI5 Detective Chief Inspector Steve Winwood is asked to come out of retirement to find one of their agents who has gone missing from the small English market town of Rutherford. He cannot think of a good reason why a departme...

  • Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two Volume 11

    Presenting IDW's Transformers comics in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series!

    OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to find his place on CYBERTRON where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. M...

  • Kaos

    Alan Price, local Councillor, local businessman and Chairman of the Football Club is found dead in a hotel room from a heart attack brought on by a truth drug slipped into his drink. The female suspect with whom he had lunch and then disappeared is l...

  • Rise of the Wookies

    Star Wars

    "Journey deeper into the world of Star Wars with these stories set just before the events of The Rise of Skywalker!

    With Kashyyk under siege from the evil First Order, can Chewbacca and the Wookiees successfully defend their home world? Next, ...

  • The Trees Have Goats

    Set six years after the Arab Spring, Morocco remains home to remarkable levels of violence against women. Dr. Jack Lockhart, an American professor of forestry, arrives in Morocco to research the famed argan forests and develops a beautiful, father-da...

  • The Marlowe Papers

    When Brian Bennett, Group Commissioning Editor of the Rutherford Echo invites DCI Steve Winwood as his ‘plus one’ to the VIP opening of the Shed Community Theatre Steve fears the worst. He is not wrong. But it is Brian who finds a dead bo...

  • Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Three, Vol. 3

    Presenting the final phase of IDW's Transformers universe in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series!Kup, Blackrock, Mayday, and Action Man join forces with the likes of Optimus Prime, Sgt. Savage, and more to unr...

  • Riddle of the Golden River

    On his first day back after his holiday Detective Chief Inspector Steve Winwood gets the report of a dead body found on the bridge over the Rutter river. In the early hours of the next morning a body is thrown against the front doors of the Fleetwood...

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John Barber has published 75 books.

John Barber does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Riddle of the Golden River, was published in September 2023.

The first book by John Barber, First Mole, was published in June 2010.

No. John Barber does not write books in series.
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