Marvel Masterworks comic books issue 9

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The Avengers: Book 2!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #11-20.

Written by Stan Lee.Art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck. Introduction by Stan Lee.

It was 1961 and out of the fertile imaginations of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others emerged the Marvel Age. First came the Fantastic Four, soon to be followed by the Amazing Spider-Man, the Mighty Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, Iron Man, and the Uncanny X-Men. These were Marvel's heroes, stalwart and true, ready to face any and all threats to mankind. Marvel Masterworks were created to give fans a chance to experience this phenomenon from the beginning.

Hardcover, 212 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 160 copies.

Cover price $29.95.

Volume 9 - 2nd and later printings. "The Avengers: Book 2!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #11-20.

Written by Stan Lee.Art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck. Introduction by Stan Lee.

It was 1961 and out of the fertile imaginations of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others emerged the Marvel Age. First came the Fantastic Four, soon to be followed by the Amazing Spider-Man, the Mighty Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, Iron Man, and the Uncanny X-Men. These were Marvel's heroes, stalwart and true, ready to face any and all threats to mankind. Marvel Masterworks were created to give fans a chance to experience this phenomenon from the beginning.

Hardcover, 212 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 160 copies.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $11.00

Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The Avengers: Book 2!" Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #11-20.

Written by Stan Lee, Larry Ivie, and Larry Lieber. Art by Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Chic Stone, Dick Ayers, Mike Esposito, and Wally Wood. Cover by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone. Introduction by Stan Lee.

Brought together to fight the biggest menaces in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp represented the heavy-hitters of the super-hero set, but Marvel heroes don't just hang out, they live, breathe, argue-and even fall out.

In an innovative twist that would come to define the Avengers, Stan Lee chose to have those original Avengers depart, leaving Captain America alone to carry on. But it was who replaced them that really got reader's attention. Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch-all conflicted and villains in their own right-became Cap 's new recruits creating a dynamic, unpredictable and exciting quartet that to many would become the Avengers's heart and soul. So sit and back enjoy the evolution of Earth's Mightiest Heroes as they battle Kang the Conqueror, the Mole Man, the Red Ghost, Count Nefaria, Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil, the Mandarin and the Swordsman.

With guest appearances by Spider-Man the Incredible Hulk himself, it's a Marvel Masterwork from beginning to end!

Softcover, 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $60.00

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #82-93.

Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY.

FIELD TRIP!

That's 'Field Trip' as defined in the Lee/Kirby Dictionary, which means you'd better pack that bag lunch in unstable molecules and strap yourself in for a trip around the universe beyond your wildest imagination! First stop: A little visit to the neighbor's place, and hanging with the incomparable Inhumans and titanic team-up against Maximus the Mad! Second stop: Europe. Paris is beautiful in the springtime, but that's nothing. According to the brochure, Latveria's lovely year round. You might want to take that visitor's guide with a grain of salt, though. The savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots. Third stop: Down under. Way down under for a big-time battle with the Mole Man! Last stop: Now here's a trip that's far out. The ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing gets whisked away on a galactic tour as a gladiator in the scurrilous Skrulls' slave arena!

If that's not enough outer-space exotica for ya, then welcome yourself to a world wrapped in the Roarin' Twenties! With tour guides like Stan and Jack, you'd best make those travel plans today, True Believer.

Hardcover, 264 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #173-183.

Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY, JOHN BUSCEMA and NEAL ADAMS. Cover by JACK KIRBY.

The mountain giants are on the march! Surtur has broken free! Odin sleeps, while Loki has claimed the throne of Asgard! In short, all Ragnarok is about to break loose! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby bring you another set of adventures with all the power and majesty that one of comics' most-famous runs can bring. Even across their many epics of the Eternal Realm, none can match the build-up and battle that Stan and Jack have for you in these pages! When the dust settles, Loki's evil spells lead to a body-swap between the God of Thunder and his mischievous half-brother that brings Thor to the gates of hell. With Kirby backed by none other than comics legend Neal Adams, it's a comic-art lover's dream! Then Big John Buscema steps up to carry the hammer and wastes no time making history when Thor journeys to Latveria. It's a fight for the ages, and you'll witness Dr. Doom's horrible face revealed to boot! Also featuring Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime, Ulik the Troll, the Crypto-Man, the cosmic Stranger and earth-shaking Abomination and Mephisto! It's page after page of action and adventure in the manner that made Marvel a household name.

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #82-93 and ANNUAL #7.

Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by Jack Kirby.

Field trip! That's "field trip" as defined in the Lee/Kirby dictionary, which means you'd better pack that bag lunch in unstable molecules and buckle up for a trip beyond your wildest imagination!

First stop: a visit to the neighbor's place, Attilan, home of the Inhumans! Second stop: Paris is beautiful in the springtime - but according to the brochure, Latveria's lovely year round. Then again, the savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots. Third stop: Down Under. Way down under in the lair of the Mole Man! Last stop: The Thing takes an intergalactic tour as a gladiator in the Skulls' slave arena!

You'd better make those travel plans today, True Believer - tickets for this trip are guaranteed to sell out!

Softcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #54-67.

Written by Mike Friedrich, Steve Gerber, Jim Starlin and Bill Everett. Art by Jim Starlin, George Tuska, Craig Russell and Vince Colletta. Cover by Gil Kane.

Iron Man's adventures take on a cosmic dimension in the latest lavishly restored Marvel Masterworks collection! Tony Stark faces an entirely new league of villain as we witness the first appearances of Thanos, Drax the Destroyer and Moondragon! Then, a gauntlet of his greatest villains - from the Mandarin to Whiplash - pushes Iron Man to his limits before a new Dr. Spectrum enters the fray! And their four-part epic stands against the backdrop of an increasingly tense love triangle between Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and Pepper's husband, Happy Hogan.

Topped off with an Avenger vs. Avenger battle pitting Iron Man against the Mighty Thor, these Marvel classics are essential reading for every Iron Man aficionado!

Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #176-192.

Written by Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella, Bill Mantlo, Marv Wolfman, and John Warner. Art by Sal Buscema, Frank Robbins, and Herb Trimpe. Cover by Gil Kane.

Englehart, Buscema and Robbins bring you one of the most influential Captain America sagas of all time in the latest Marvel Masterworks!

Disillusioned by government corruption and shaken by the revelations behind the Secret Empire, Steve Rogers renounces his role as Captain America! As the Falcon fights on, Rogers wrestles with his place in the world - and becomes Nomad, a man without a country! In his new identity, Nomad must overcome the power of Madame Hydra and the mystical Serpent Crown. And the Red Skull's return forces our hero to make a choice - with the Falcon's life hanging in the balance! Rounded out by adversaries including Nightshade, the Druid and Doctor Faustus, these are the stories that defined Captain America for a generation!

Hardcover, 352 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #85-96.

Written by Gerry Conway. Art by Gene Colan. Cover by Gil Kane.

Teamed with the Black Widow, Daredevil continues his adventures in the latest and greatest Marvel Masterworks yet!

DD must make his decision between Karen Page and Black Widow - and when he does, it means it's time to head West...where he and the Black Widow begin their exploits in San Francisco! There, they'll face new challenges and classic villains - Electro, Killgrave the Purple Man and Mr. Fear, just to name a few. And they'll do it while looking better than ever, courtesy of the unmatched art team of Gene Colan and Tom Palmer!

There's no doubt these are true Marvel masterworks, so don't be shy - reserve your copy today!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #80-88 and Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #140.

Written by ROY THOMAS and HARLAN ELLISON. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, SAL BUSCEMA, HERB TRIMPE, and FRANK GIACOIA. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

Rascally Roy Thomas and Big John Buscema are back again with another batch of true Avengers classics! They've packed so many fantastic firsts into these pages, there's no time to delay so here we go: First you'll meet a new face in the Marvel Universe, the Native American hero, Red Wolf!

Then, it's all-out invasion when the Zodiac take over Manhattan, followed by the first appearance of the Defender-to-be, Valkyrie and the Lady Liberators. Then comes a set of other-dimensional threats that helped defined a decade: the sword-and-sorcery menace, Arkon, and the evil super-team, the Squadron Sinister. Follow that up with the origin of the Black Panther, and a crossover classic penned by Roy and the award-winning titan of speculative fiction, Harlan Ellison, that pits the Avengers with the Hulk in an adventure that changed ol' Greenskin forever.

With guest-star appearances by Peter Parker, Aunt May, the Fantastic Four, Black Widow, the Inhumans' Medusa, Professor X and Roy Thomas himself there's no denying that the entire Marvel Universe has fallen in for this one, so reserve that copy today, True Believer!

Hardcover, 224 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects The Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #157-170.

Written by Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Steve Englehart, and Chris Claremont. Art by Herb Trimpe. Cover by Herb Trimpe.

Artist Herb Trimpe is joined by writer Steve Englehart for another Hulk-sized Marvel Masterworks edition! But first, a trip to Counter-Earth, where Hulk confronts his most-hated enemy: Bruce Banner! Add in the Rhino and the Abomination, and the action and drama can't be contained! Then, Hulk heads for Canada where the X-Men's Mimic returns, and the Wendigo makes his first appearance! And Hulk's travels will take him both over land and undersea until he returns to the United States to unleash his vengeance on General Thunderbolt Ross! When the malevolent M.O.D.O.K. mutates Betty Ross into the Harpy, Hulk must save her - even if she's now married to Glenn Talbot - in an adventure that ends like every Hulk story ought to: with the green goliath battling giant monsters!

Hardcover, 304 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) 1st Series #168-175, ANNUAL #7, X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills GN (1982 Marvel) and Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) #1-4.

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT. Cover by PAUL SMITH.

The Uncanny X-Men had become the biggest franchise in comic books by 1982. Chris Claremont's writing rose to find perhaps his most poignant and challenging expression of the mutant metaphor in "God Loves, Man Kills," while his work with Frank Miller on WOLVERINE skyrocketed the character's popularity.

With culmination of Paul Smith's classic run-featuring the growing romance between Kitty Pryde and Colossus, the first appearance of Callisto and the Morlocks, Rogue's debut as an X-Man, and the wedding of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor-this Marvel Masterworks is nothing short of a marathon of mutant milestones!

Hardcover, 432 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Doctor Strange (1974-1987 2nd Series) #47-57 and stories from from Marvel Fanfare (1982-1992 1st Series) #6, Crazy Magazine (1973-1983) #88 and material from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983-1984 Marvel) series.

Written by Roger Stern and Marc DeMatteis. Art by Gene Colan, Dan Green, Marshall Rogers, Terry Austin, Brent Anderson, Joe Rubinstein, Michael Golden, Paul Smith, Kevin Nowlan, and Charles Vess. Cover by Paul Smith.

This Halloween, the Marvel Masterworks cast an enticing spell with the newest volume of Doctor Strange! All-time great writer Roger Stern joins a host of the best artists ever to draw the Master of the Mystic Arts. The result? Pure magic. The tales in store feature the return of classic enemies such as Nightmare, Baron Mordo and Dormammu; introduce Morgana Blessing; team Stephen Strange with Brother Voodoo; draw Clea into a war for the Dark Dimension; and send Strange back in time - both to ancient Egypt alongside the Fantastic Four and to World War II with Nick Fury!

Painstakingly restored and packed with extras galore, this amazing tome honors one of greatest eras in Doctor Strange's history.

Hardcover, 336 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #78-87.

Written by STAN LEE. Art by JOHN ROMITA, SR., JOHN BUSCEMA, and JIM MOONEY. Cover by JOHN ROMITA, SR.

Well tickle my webs and call it time for another offering of the greatest, friendliest, webslingingest super hero of all - the Amazing Spider-Man! The adventures Stan 'The Man' and the Jazzy One, John Romita, have in store for you in this ten-spot of tales are enough to make even ol' J. Jonah Jameson fall in love with Spidey. Well, maybe not, but that means you've no competition for a date with the likes of the Prowler in his first appearance; the beautiful Black Widow seen for the first time in her sultry new spy gear; an underworld family in-fight between the Kingpin and the Schemer including Vanessa Fisk's entrée into Marveldom; and the Chameleon, Electro and the Kangaroo, a poor assemblage that's always a bridesmaid and never a bride. It's not just the most colorful array of villains in comics, of course! There's melodrama aplenty in the fashion that could only befit poor Peter Parker. See how Mr. Luckless himself handles not only the loss of his powers and glowing Gwen's fear of Spidey, but how he wiggles his way out of revealing his identity right before Gwen, MJ, and the gang's very eyes!

We'll be waiting, so don't forget that corsage, most Fearless Front Facer!

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $44.00

NOTE: Limited to 414 copies.

3rd Edition - Volume 9 - 1st printing. "The Avengers: Book 2!" Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #11-20. Written by Stan Lee, Larry Ivie [as Paul Laiken], and Larry Lieber. Art by Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Chic Stone, Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo), and Wally Wood. Cover by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone. Introduction by Stan Lee. The original Marvel Masterworks collection of the Avengers, re-released at last! By popular demand! Back in hardcover, beautifully restored to match the original comics and boasting expanded bonus material! Welcome to Marvel's reMasterworks! Brought together to fight the biggest menaces in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp represented the heavy-hitters of the super-hero set, but Marvel heroes don't just hang out, they live, breathe, argue-and even fall out. In an innovative twist that would come to define the Avengers, Stan Lee chose to have those original Avengers depart, leaving Captain America alone to carry on. But it who replaced them that really got reader's attention. Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch-all conflicted and villains in their own right-became Cap 's new recruits creating a dynamic, unpredictable and exciting quartet that to many would become the Avengers's heart and soul. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $75.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $45.00

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects The Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #92-102 and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #101. Written by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Barr. Art by Don Perlin, Jerry Bingham, Steve Ditko, Pablo Marcos, Joe Sinnott, Al Milgrom, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Sal Trapani, and Jack Abel. Cover art by Al Milgrom. Introduction by J. M. DeMatteis. J.M. DeMatteis begins his celebrated tenure with comics' most famous non-team, the Defenders! Along with artist Don Perlin, he'll take Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Nighthawk, Hellcat and the Son of Satan on wild adventures into the occult - and against each other! These weird tales begin with a broken Eternity; evolve to include demons, Dracula and the Devil-Slayer; and culminate in a double-sized issue #100 extravaganza! If the Defenders can't prevail, it'll be hell on Earth - literally! Collectively known as "The Six-Fingered Hand Saga," it's one of the most compelling Defenders adventures of all time. This beautiful hardcover edition also features the first appearance of the Gargoyle, the return of original Defenders the Silver Surfer and the Sub-Mariner, and a tragic turn for Nighthawk! Hardcover, 312 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $75.00.