Marvel Masterworks Avengers HC (1988-Present Marvel) 1st Edition comic books 2008-2010

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #69-79.

Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by SAL BUSCEMA, JOHN BUSCEMA and FRANK GIACOIA. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

Avengers assemble!

The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are bringing you yet another collection from the heyday of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

You know it's trouble when Kang the Conqueror drops in from the 41st century, but this time he pits our heroes against Hyperion, Nighthawk, Dr. Spectrum and the Whizzer - the Squadron Sinister - in a cosmic chess match! And as if one menace wasn't enough, then from across time the Avengers must also face the combined combat skill of the Captain America, Sub-Mariner and Human Torch of 1941! Next, it's a focus on the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther, as he infiltrates the supremacist Sons of the Serpent. But when he's captured, will the Serpents use T'Challa to incite a war that will tear the nation apart? Then it's the return of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, but with them in two comes a barbarian as only Big John Buscema can draw them, Akron the Magnificent! And before you close these pages you'll find out how to rent an Avenger when they become heroes for hire, see the return of the Man-Ape and the Lethal Legion, and enjoy guest-stars galore with the Black Knight, Nick Fury, Captain Marvel and Black Widow!

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

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 10 - 1st printing. Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #89-100.

Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by NEAL ADAMS, SAL BUSCEMA, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH and JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH.

The Marvel Masterworks bring you the original be-all, end-all Avengers event-Kree/Skrull War-in the march up to Avengers #100! Caught in the crossfire, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of star-spanning proportions! For those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls, have gone to war, and our planet is situated on the front lines! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, bring about an end to the fighting before humanity becomes a casualty of war? And what good are even a dozen super-powered champions against the vast military machines of two of the great empires of the cosmos? The key to victory lies with the expatriate Kree Captain Mar-Vell and his human host, honorary Avenger Rick Jones! And because one super-saga wasn't enough, we'll wrap it up with a three-part classic that assembles every Avenger from day one against the combined threat of Ares and the Enchantress in Avengers #100.

Written by fan-favorite Roy Thomas and featuring the trend-setting artwork of Neal Adams and Barry Windsor-Smith, there's no disputing the fact they're Marvel Masterworks one and all!

Hardcover, 304 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.