Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present) 1st Edition comic books

Volume 101 - 1st printing. "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-1998 1ST SERIES) #88-99. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JOHN ROMITA and GIL KANE. Cover by GIL KANE. Introduction by Stan Lee. Prepare yourself for a collection of no-holds-barred Spider-Man classics that defined comicdom's favorite super hero unlike any other! Starting off with the return of one of Spidey's oldest foes, Doctor Octopus, the two archenemies set into motion a gut-wrenching series of events leading to the death of Captain George Stacy. Ally to Spider-Man and father to Peter Parker's ladylove, Gwen, Captain Stacy's death marks Spidey for murder and pits the entire city against him. Now with hero, villain and even the man-on-the-street after him, there's no moment for rest for the ol' web-slinger as he wriggles his way through threats from the X-Men's Iceman to the politicking Sam Bullit and former friend the Prowler. And it all leads into one of the landmark moments of Marvel history, the Comics Code defying "drug" issues. There's no question Stan Lee's Marvel Comics strove for a relevance that the competition could only dream of - and with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #96-98, that mission was placed front and center: Peter Parker's best friend, Harry Osborn, was revealed to be a drug addict. Letting a battle with Spidey's nemesis, the Green Goblin, take a back seat to the personal drama that scourged the real-life streets of the reader's world, the Lee/Kane/Romita team set a new standard for the mainstream's relevance. Stan Lee pens some of his greatest scripts, chock full of edge-of-your-seat drama and up-to-the-moment politics, while the incomparable artistic team-up of John Romita and Gil Kane launches into the most lavishly illustrated and panel-bursting artwork to ever grace the pages of a Marvel comic. There's no denying it, True Believer, these are Masterworks one and all! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1,615 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 102 - 1st printing. "Golden Age: Marvel Comics!" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #9-12. Written by JOHN COMPTON, STOCKBRIDGE WINSLOW, and RAY GILL. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BEN THOMPSON, AL ANDERS, IRWIN HASEN, and BOB OSKNER. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. The wait is over, and the stage is set. t's fire vs. water in the most famous battle of comics' Golden Age! Breaking new ground like none other, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS, the flagship title of Marvel's earliest days, started a craze that defines super-hero comic books to this day. With hero pitted against hero in a fight to the finish, you'd better place those bets and settle into your seats. 'Cause it's the final round of the Human Torch vs. the Sub-Mariner! Headlined by the lavish, manic and truly amazing Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett and the high-flying Human Torch by Carl Burgos, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS is a bona-fide treasure trove of Golden Age action and adventure. The awesome and idiosyncratic Steve Dahlman brings you Electro, the Marvel of the Age, the monster-stomping robot featured today in THE TWELVE, while Paul Gustavson's Angel woos damsels in distress and battles the undead evils of the subterranean realm, and the jungle adventurer, Ka-Zar the Great, protects the Belgian Congo from the threats of the outside world. Also featuring the wild Western tales of the Masked Raider, boy-adventurer Terry Vance and a host of four-color companions -- each painstakingly restored to provide you with the best experience of these truly classic tales. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

1st Edition - Volume 103 - 1st printing. "FANTASTIC FOUR!" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #105-116. Written by STAN LEE and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA, SR., and JACK KIRBY. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Introduction by Jon B. Cooke. The World's Greatest Comic Magazine marches forward with a new great artist, Big John Buscema, and the same great man - Stan "The Man" Lee - in A fresh set of epic adventures as only mighty Marvel can make 'em! It all begins when Johnny Storm's ladylove, Crystal, must leave the polluted human world for the Inhumans' sanctuary, but within her lies the secret solution to freeing the Thing from his rocky prison. Then, as Benjamin Grimm emerges with the power to change into the Thing at will, Reed Richards must descend into the dark of the Negative Zone to face entropic Annihilus and the mysterious Janus, the Nega-Man. But what good is controlling your powers, when you're losing control of your mind? The Thing goes on a rampage and New York City better look out because it can only end in the biggest, the baddest, the best fist-pounding, building-toppling, earth-shaking slobbernocker in Marvel history! The ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing goes toe-to-toe with the gamma-powered goliath, the Incredible Hulk, and only one will walk out alive. That's not all, though! Before the FF collect themselves, the all-powerful Over-Mind descends on the planet Earth - and you know it ain't gonna be good for real-estate values when the Watcher shows up, too. It's a menace so great that even the evil Doctor Doom joins forces with the FF, so reserve your copy today, True Believer - there's plenty more classics to come! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 104 - 1st printing. "ATLAS HEROES: FEATURING SUB-MARINER AND HUMAN TORCH!" Collects Sub-Mariner Comics (1941-1955) #33-42. Written by STAN LEE. Art by BILL EVERETT, DICK AYERS, MORT LAWRENCE, and HOWARD POST. Cover by SYD SHORES. Introduction by Roy Thomas. The Atlas Era Heroes hits the high-water mark of the 1954 revival with the sovereign of the seven seas, the Sub-Mariner! Collected for the first time ever, the Atlas SUB-MARINER series showcases Bill Everett's most lavish, most manic and most exciting interpretation of his undersea creation. Supported by Namora, Princess Fen and intrepid love interest Betty Dean, Namor faces off against the nefarious Prince Byrrah, his own doppelganger, giant crocodiles and Communists a-plenty in issue after issue of pre-Code action and marine adventure. From all-out invasions of the surface world to the perils of exile from Atlantis, these pages define the Sub-Mariner in a way never before, and perhaps never since, captured in any comic series! Along with Dick Ayer's Human Torch and backup stories featuring the terrors of the deep, you'll also be treated to Everett's tales of the young Namor and how he came to be the hot-headed protector the kingdom beneath the Antarctic ice. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 105 - 1st printing. "X-MEN!" Collects Amazing Adventures (1970-1976 2nd Series) #11-17, Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #150 and 161, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #92, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #4, and the rare UNCANNY X-MEN #67-80 and ANNUAL covers. Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, STAN LEE and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by TOM SUTTON, GIL KANE, HERB TRIMPE, BOB BROWN, MARIE SEVERIN and JIM STARLIN. Cover by GIL KANE. Introduction bySteve Englehart. Continuing the story of Marvel's original mutant adventurers, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS brings you the rarest X-Men appearances collected together for the first time ever! When the merry mutants hit the skids, they don't buckle under - they hit the road, and you're riding shotgun. So sit back and get ready for a set of stories that rock the X-Men world to this day! Pushed undercover by mutant paranoia run amok, the Beast sets off on his own, taking a genetic research job with the Brand Corporation. But Hank McCoy's scientific curiosity will come to curse him forever as an experiment gone horribly wrong turns him truly into a beast. Fanged, covered in head-to-toe fur, hunched over and driven to bouts of furious bloodlust, McCoy must struggle to retain his humanity as he struggles against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quasimodo the Living Computer, Juggernaut, the mutant Mimic and the emerging menace of the Secret Empire that seeks to rend the X-Men asunder. Meanwhile, you'll see Havok and Polaris head to the desert Southwest - but somehow excitement doesn't stray far when the green-haired magnetic mutant encounters the green goliath himself, the Incredible Hulk! Iceman engages in aerial battle with someone who might not call him "friend," the Amazing Spider-Man - but all is forgiven when the combined X-Men team-up to aid the wall-crawler against the living vampire, Morbius! This volume is a must-have for every mutant madman. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 106 - 1st printing. "JOURNAY INTO MYSTERY!" Collects Journey into Mystery (1952-1962) #1-10. Written by STAN LEE. Art by GENE COLAN, RUSS HEATH, JOHN ROMITA, JERRY ROBINSON, DICK AYERS, JOE MANEELY, TONY DiPRETA, ED WINIARSKI, JACK ABEL, PAUL REINMAN, JOHN FORTE, MORT LAWRENCE, SAM KWESKIN, CAL MASSEY, MAC PAKULA, VIC CARRABOTTA, JAY SCOTT PIKE, HOWARD POST, CARL HUBBELL, DICK BRIEFER, ED GOLDFARB, BILL BENULIS, AL LUSTER, and C.A. WINTER. Cover by RUSS HEATH. Introduction by Dr. Michael J, Vassallo. The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are taking a macabre JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY this October, and you're invited! It's a ten-issue fright fest from the pre-Code days when the scare reigned supreme, and the only thing more horrific than not having a dime in your pocket were the stories inside! Featuring artwork by a collection of the Atlas Era's finest, you'll be wowed by the gruesome turns of future Marvel Age greats Gene Colan, John Romita and Dick Ayers, and taken into a whole new world of horror by such titans of the 1950s as Joe Maneely, Tony DiPreta, Paul Reinman, Jay Scott Pike and more! So take one foot out of the grave, wrap your hands around a murderous intent to scare, and reserve your copy today! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 107 - 1st printing. "IRON MAN" Collects Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #2-13. Written by ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by GEORGE TUSKA and JOHNNY CRAIG. Cover by GEORGE TUSKA. Introduction by Dewey Cassell. Step back from the big screen and jump into the tales that made Marvel's Iron Avenger one of the world's most-famous super heroes! It's a new era for comics' most of sophisticated scientist/socialite, Tony Stark, as Archie Goodwin, E.C. Comics great Johnny Craig and the iron man of IRON MAN illustrators, George Tuska, take you on an amazing set of adventures! Just to warm you up, we've got Happy Hogan transformed into the Freak, one of Iron Man's earliest enemies back to settle a score, a wild adventure into the far-flung future and a good, old-fashioned bash-'em-up with the Crusher teamed with a twisted-metal duel with the buzzsaw blades of the Gladiator. And now, the main course! Iron Man's oldest and evilest of enemies, the Mandarin, returns and pushes the Golden Gladiator to the breaking point. First, he pits Iron Man against the Incredible Hulk in a battle of the titans that only one will walk away from, and then he tears him down with his discovery that Tony Stark is Iron Man! It's an all-time Iron Man classic that's so great that for good measure, we're also bringing you the carnage of the Controller, a threat so awesome that it brings Iron Man together with Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop it! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 108 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE: ALL-WINNERS" Collects All-Winners Comics (1941-1947) #9-14. Art by HARRY SAHLE, JIMMY THOMPSON, CARL PFEUFER, BOB OKSNER, GEORGE KLEIN, AL BELLMAN, VINCE ALASCIA, CHAD GROTHKOPF, DON RICO, AL FAGALY, ALEX SCHOMBURG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, ALLEN SIMON and AL GABRIELE. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. It's the titanic trio of the Timely Big Three - Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner - combined with Golden Age luminaries the Destroyer and the Whizzer in one all-out amazing series! Defending wartime America from Nazi airships, ape-men and anything and everything else the Axis can throw at them, the Human Torch and Toro burn up the comic page like it's still 1943. Captain America and Bucky parachute into adventures from mad scientists to buzz-bombing Nazis. Meanwhile, the Destroyer stops at nothing - including a battalion of Hitler impersonators - to stop the Nazi threat. And the Pacific Theatre won't be left waiting, not with the Sub-Mariner around! He takes it straight to the Emperor himself and comes back to clean up the docks while he's at it! But before you speed away, don't miss the Whizzer as he races through maddening mazes and thwarts the plans of kidnapping crooks! It's comic-book adventure at its purest, so reserve your copy today! Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 109 - 1st printing. "AVENGERS" 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. Introduction by Roy Thomas. 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 110 - 1st printing. "DAREDEVIL" Collects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #42-53 and Not Brand Echh (1967-1969) #4. Written by STAN LEE and ROY THOMAS. Art by GENE COLAN and BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH. Cover by GENE COLAN. Introduction by Gene Colan. The Man Without Fear faces his greatest threats yet in his fantastic fifth MASTERWORKS adventure! Matt Murdock has done battle with Marveldom's most maddening villains - but when he meets the Jester for the very first time, the rules change forever. Framing DD for murder, the Jester sets all of New York on a manhunt for the Man Without Fear! But there's another menace looking to push the stakes even higher: Starr Saxon, the mastermind who discovers DD's secret identity! Then comes the all-time Stan Lee/Gene Colan classic, "Brother, Take My Hand!" - a story that marked the ever-advancing march of super-hero comics into the social issues of the '60s by tackling the tale of a blinded Vietnam vet finding his way Stateside. It's a no-question classic! There's plenty of action, too, as DD jumps inside the ring to rub knuckles with Captain America, teeters over the city with Stilt Man, teams-up with the Black Panther and all the while struggles to rebuild his relationship with the lovely Karen Page. And as if that wasn't enough, we're rounding it out with the Stan and Gene's Not Brand Echh side-splitter, "Scaredevil, Defeated by the Evil Electrifico!" Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 111 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA" Collects Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #9-12. Written by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY and STAN LEE. Art by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, AL AVISON, SYD SHORES, MIKE SEKOWSKY, CHARLES NICHOLAS, JACK ALDERMAN, and CHAD GROTHKOPF. Cover by JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY. Mighty Marvel is bringing you another quartet of 64-page action-adventure greats featuring the one-and-only Captain America! From the personal files of Captain America comes comic-book adventure as only found in the bombastic Golden Age! Cap and Bucky battle the Black Talon, race through a spy ambush, sort out a mountain man feud, shrink down to fight pygmies, and venture to the wind-swept moors on the trail of the Hound of Cardiff Manor in the stories that put Captain America in the minds and into the back pockets of millions of Americans. Supported by the wartime tales of foreign correspondent "Headline" Hunter, the heroic Hurricane and Father Time, and Stan Lee's cartoon serial the Imp, these stories are pure Golden Age excitement from cover to cover! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 112 - 1st printing. "THOR" Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #163-172. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY. It's time to take another trip up the Rainbow Bridge to fair Asgard with the greatest team comics has ever known, Stan "The Man" and Jack "King" Kirby! Their Thor epics are the peak of cosmic action and mythic adventure, and these ten adventures will show you yet again just why. It all begins as the Mighty Thor takes a journey across time into an apocalyptic atomic future where man is now mutate, but there's no rest upon his return because then it's the god vs. god when Thor does battles with Pluto, Lord of the Underworld! And battles aren't the only thing you can bet on. Queen Karnilla pines for the noble Balder the Brave, while the amazing being known as "Him" (and known to Marvelites as Adam Warlock) takes the Lady Sif to be his perfect mate! Methinks that date may end in fisticuffs. Then it's a battle through Loki to find, and learn the amazing origin of, the one-and-only Galactus! It's a cosmic revelation as can only be brought to you by the King of Comics! But that ain't all! There's a knuckle-smashing showdown with the Thermal Man, the return of the Wrecker and a heart-wrenching astral adventure featuring Thor's former ladylove, Jane Foster. Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 113 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA: STRANGE TALES" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #11-20. Written by STAN LEE. Art by BILL EVERETT, GENE COLAN, JOE SINNOTT, BERNIE KRIGSTEIN, JOE MANEELY, JERRY ROBINSON, JIM MOONEY, GEORGE TUSKA, PAUL REINMAN, HARRY ANDERSON, TONY DIPRETA, ED WINIARKSI, SAM KWESKIN, and DICK BRIEFER. Cover by HARRY ANDERSON. Join the Marvel Masterworks as we take another dip into the well of pre-Code madness from the era when comics were no-holds-barred and horror was king! You'll be treated to dozens of tales from the dark side by such luminaries as Bill Everett, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Jerry Robinson and many, many more as they dig up the deepest, darkest tales of suspense and terror found anywhere this side of a mortuary. The Farmer takes a life, but what price will he pay when the chickens come home to roost? Is O'Malley's friend really the kind of guy you want to hang out with? Find out what makes even a monster afraid, and discover the sure-fire solution to father-in-law trouble! The 1950s were a time of gruesome stories and great art, and Stan Lee's Atlas had it all. What more can we say? The devil made us do it! Reserve that copy today! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 114 - 1st printing. "HUMAN TORCH" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976) #118-134. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY IVIE. Art by DICK AYERS, BOB POWELL, CARL BURGOS and JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Hot dog! It's a treat, the swingin' '60s solo adventures of the Human Torch come to cacophonous conclusion in this much-demanded Masterworks milestone! Written by the one-and-only sultan of the Silver Age, Stan Lee, and illustrated by the Bullen's professor of penciling, Darlin' Dick Ayers, these tales of the Torch (and his odd-couple partner, the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing) are bona fide and certified cover-to-cover fun! Join in as the Torch tests his mettle against the Wizard, the riotous Rabble Rouser and Plantman. Then, place your bets in the battle of fire and ice between Johnny Storm and the X-Men's Iceman, illustrated by Jack Kirby! After that we waste no time because it's team-up time. The Thing joins the show and wastes no time getting down to clobberin' time vs. Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, Paste-Pot Pete, the Beetle (not those Beatles, they come later), the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master. And before we close it all down comes...the Watcher! Guest-staring the Amazing Spider-Man, the X-Men, four guys named John, Paul, George and Ringo, and if that doesn't sell you on it, then I've got five words that will: "Thing in a Beatle wig." That's it! We stuck a fork in ya. So reserve that copy today, True Believer! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 115 - 1st printing. "Incredible Hulk" Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #111-121. Written by STAN LEE and ROY THOMAS. Art and cover by HERB TRIMPE. I smash, you smash, but nobody, that's NOBODY, smashes like Hulk smash! Welcome back for another set of gamma-irradiated adventures in the tragic saga of Dr. Bruce Banner and his green-skinned Mr. Hyde, the Incredible Hulk! Stan "The Man" and "Happy" Herb Trimpe have pulled out all the stops for you, and just to make sure the non-stop action doesn't miss a beat, Roy Thomas joins in to knock it up enough to make your teeth rattle! The Hulk bashes outer-space aliens, smashes the shifting Sandman, grapples with the deadly Mandarin, and faces the return of his earliest, deadliest enemy - the Leader - all the while defending himself against General "Thunderbolt" Ross and the U.S. Army. It's the Hulk at his absolute most-classic and just in case you had any doubts, we're rounding it out with bare-fisted battles against the Sub-Mariner, the Inhumans and the bizarre swamp beast, the Glob! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 116 - 1st printing. "Golden Age of Marvel Comics" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #13-16. Written by JOE SIMON, RAY GILL,and ANDREW MCWHINEY. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BOB OKSNER and BEN THOMPSON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. And now the flagship title of Marvel's Golden Age REALLY heats up! From day one Marvel Comics brought you Carl Burgos' blazing Human Torch and Bill Everett's undersea powerhouse Sub-Mariner, but two of the Golden Age's most thrilling characters just wasn't enough for MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS-Enter, the Vision! Created by Timely's titanic team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the Vision, burst into the Earthly world via Professor Enoch Mason's dimension smasher and brought to MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS an eerie crime-noir serial that sealed the comic's place at the very top of the Golden Age's greatest! Joined by the crime-fighting Angel, boy-adventurer Terry Vance, the caterwauling science fiction tales of Electro, and Ka-Zar's jungle action, there's no comparison for variety and excitement, so celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary and reserve your copy today! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 117 - 1st printing. "Avengers!" 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 118 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Journey into Mystery!' Collects Journey into Mystery (1952-1962) #11-20. Written by STAN LEE. Art by RUSS HEATH, BILL EVERETT, DON PERLIN, GEORGE TUSKA, DICK AYERS, MYRON FASS, PAUL REINMAN, MORT LAWRENCE, VINCE COLLETTA, JACK ABEL, TONY DIPRETA, HARRY ANDERSON VIC CARRABOTTA, PETE TUMLINSON, ROBERT Q. SALE, AL LUSTER, DOUG WILDEY, AL EADEH, BILL WALTON, JOHN FORTE, DON LORRINO, DICK BRIEFER, PABLO FERRO, MANNIE BANKS, and HOWARD POST. Cover by RUSS HEATH. It's time again to journey into the deepest, darkest, most terrifying recesses of Marvel history, so make sure you've got batteries in your flashlight and prepare yourself for another deadly dose of pre-Code horror! In 1953 the gloves were off, and for a thin dime you could experience all the horrors of the human imagination as portrayed in despondent four-color gorey. So if you're the sort that likes weird and shocking tales, shamble on up for ten issues of wall-to-wall zombies, ghosts, vampires and devil-dealing ne'er-do-wells illustrated by the very best of the Atlas Era! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 119 - 1st printing. "Warlock!" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #178-181, Warlock (1972-76 Marvel 1st Series) #9-15, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #55, Avengers Annual #7 and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2. Written by JIM STARLIN and BILL MANTLO. Art by JIM STARLIN and JOHN BYRNE. Cover by JIM STARLIN. The MARVEL MASTERWORKS line is proud to present one of comics' most mind-blowingly cosmic sagas. At '70s Marvel there was no who quite mastered the startling scope and high-concept complexity of truly cosmic adventure like writer/artist and overall Renaissance man, Jim Starlin. His first effort with Captain Marvel redefined a character. His second with Adam Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a high-water mark to this day. Taking the legacy laid out by Lee, Kirby, Thomas and Kane, Jim Starlin evolved Warlock to the next level, imbuing the character with the furies and inner demons of a man-god on the brink of insanity. Forced to confront the Magus, an evil version of himself, and the nihilistic menace, Thanos, Warlock's conflicts weren't just knuckle-grinding throw-downs, they were epic, existential struggles for the very soul. Culminating in the first-ever assembling of the Infinity Gems, and featuring the first appearances of such cosmic Marvel mainstays as Gamorra and Pip the Troll-not to mention an all-out struggle to save the universe joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man-this MASTERWORKs edition is definitive Marvel. So reserve that copy today, True Believer! Hardcover, 320 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 120 - 1st printing. "The Sub-Mariner!" Collects SUB-MARINER (1968-1974) #2-13. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN and MARIE SEVERIN. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Imperious Rex! Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner has returned for another MARVEL MASTERWORKS adventure! Writer Roy Thomas and a trio of definitive Sub-Mariner artists are going to take comic's first anti-hero on one of his greatest adventures of all time! It's Atlantean vs. Inhuman when Namor faces off against Triton. Then, our hero must march through Attuma and the bloodthirsty Tiger Shark, in his first appearance, but the truly epic confrontation begins when the man called Destiny returns and his Helmet of the Ancients is revealed to be the powerful Serpent Crown. It's evil influence threatens the lives of Namor and his love, the Lady Dorma, and sends them across the seas to Lemuria to destroy the Crown or be destroyed by it! We couldn't forget the all-time classic, earth-rattling face-off between Namor and the Thing, not to mention the touching return of one of the Atlantean prince's friends from all way back in comics' Golden Age. It's Marvel's mer-man at his very best! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 121 - 1st printing. "Golden Age: The Young Allies!" Collects Young Allies Comics (1941-1946) #1-4. Written by STAN LEE and OTTO BINDER. Art by AL GABRIELE, JACK KIRBY, CHARLES NICHOLASWOTJKOSWKI, and JACK ALDERMAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. The Young Allies, comics' very first boy-adventure team, leap into four-color action once more with their debut MARVEL MASTERWORKS volume! Super-hero sidekicks unite when Captain America's pal, Bucky and his Sentinels of Liberty team up with the Human Torch's protégé, Toro, and take on the Axis! And they won't waste a second getting down to business. Right from issue #1 they take the fight straight to Berlin and, rest assured, the Red Skull, and even Hitler himself, won't be walking out of this one without a bloody nose. Next up, the Black Talon returns from the pages of CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS to terrorize the Young Allies, or maybe that should be the other way around? There are 5th Columnists, Nazis, Imperial generals, spies, and action galore in each of these Timely classics. The Golden Age of Comics packed in cover-to-cover adventure, but there are few that can compare to the massive, 60-pages plus, issue-length adventures of the Young Allies! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 122 - 1st printing. "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-1998 1ST SERIES) #100-109. Written by STAN LEE and ROY THOMAS. Art by GIL KANE and JOHN ROMITA, Sr. Cover by JOHN ROMITA, SR. The Marvel Masterworks celebrate Spider-Man's centennial bow with ten classic Spidey adventures created by a quartet of the greatest talents in comics' history! Stan Lee and Gil Kane start it off with Peter Parker's attempt to cure himself from his spider-powers gone horribly wrong. Yes, it's the six-armed Spider-Man! And he'll need the extra arms to handle Morbius the Living Vampire, in his first appearance, and the cold rage of Lizard. Rascally Roy Thomas joins the fray and then takes Spidey and his bikini-clad gal, Gwen Stacy, into the forgotten jungle known as the Savage Land to face towering beasts, Kraven the Hunter, and J. Jonah Jameson to boot! When Stan returns the Spider Slayer comes with him, and right behind him is the talented pencil of John Romita. In what Romita cites as the favorite artwork of his storied Spidey career, Stan and the Jazzy One leap into an adventure teaming up Spidey and Doctor Strange against a mystic threat from Vietnam while Flash Thompson's life hangs in the balance! Comics don't come better than this, so reserve that copy today, True Believer! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 123 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Black Knight/Yellow Claw!" Collects Black Knight (1955 Atlas) #1-5 and Yellow Claw (1957) #1-4. Written by STAN LEE and AL FELDSTEIN. Art by JOE MANEELY, JACK KIRBY, JOHN SEVERIN, and FRED KIDA. Cover by JOE MANEELY. From the heroic times of King Arthur to the dangers of the Cold War, the Atlas Era brings you the greatest adventure stories from the 1950s. Presenting the original series of two legendary characters that have bridged the decades - all the way from the Atlas Era to the Avengers and Agents of Atlas - Black Knight and Yellow Claw are must-haves for every Marvel maniac! Sir Percy of Scandia may appear to be a foppish weakling, too timid to fight and the scorn of Camelot, but only Merlin knows the truth: Sir Percy is the gallant Black Knight! Come to drive Modred de Monfort from King Arthur's court, he wields the ebony blade against Norman invaders, dragons, imposters and usurpers to the throne. With the pencil of Atlas great, Joe Maneely, delineating the action,Black Knight is a sure-fire classic! Then comes Cold War tales of mystery, espionage and world domination from the pages of Yellow Claw! Illustrated by the incomparable trio of Joe Maneely, John Severin and -in a rare mid-50s Atlas appearance- Jack Kirby, F.B.I. Agent Jimmy Woo's mission to capture the century-old mystic from the root of the Himalayas is packed with gritty crime and unimaginable adversaries, from mind-bending mutants and UFO the Lightning Man to Temujai the Golden Goliath and the Living Shadows! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 124 - 1st printing. Collects Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #14-25. Written by ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by GEORGE TUSKA and JOHNNY CRAIG. Cover by GEORGE TUSKA. The life and times of Tony Stark have never been a quiet affair, but the tales coming at you in our latest and greatest Marvel Masterworks collection are going to drive the Golden Avenger to the brink like never before! As if being tethered to one of his oldest foes, The Unicorn, while his life hangs in the balance wasn't threat enough, Tony Stark finds himself replaced by his own S.H.I.E.L.D. Life Model Decoy. And this doppelganger doesn't just want to take Stark's place-he wants to take his life. So it's Iron Man vs. Iron Man like never before, while a ghost from the past returns in the form of the mysterious and alluring Madame Masque. That's not all, though! There's the return of the Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo, the tragic loss of a loved one, the continuing saga of Madame Masque's torment, a story of voodoo horror delineated by EC Comics great, Johnny Craig, and an epic throw down with the Sub-Mariner while Tony Stark looks to get into the movie business-Masterworks one and all! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. All Ages. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 125 - 1st printing. "The Inhumans!" Collecting Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #146-152, Amazing Adventures (1970-1976 2nd Series) #1-10, Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #95 and Marvel Super Heroes (1966-1982 1st Series) #15 with bonus material from Not Brand Echh (1967-1969) #6 & 12. Written by JACK KIRBY, STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, GERRY CONWAY and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by JACK KIRBY, NEAL ADAMS, MIKE SEKOWSKY and GENE COLAN. Cover by NEAL ADAMS. The uncanny Inhumans come to the MARVEL MASTERWORKS at last! In 1965, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave a strange family of outcasts their debut in the pages of Fantastic Four. Responding to their Shakespearean pathos and Kirby's out of this world character designs, the fans loved them-and wanted more! The mysterious origins of Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak and the rest of their wondrous, secret world was initially revealed in a series of Thor features. But that only whetted reader's appetites-and so came their first headlining series in AMAZING ADVENTURES! Launched by writer/artist Jack Kirby, the new series took the Inhumans to their roots, defending their kingdom against the aggressions of mankind-especially against the ultimate threat of the Mandarin. Then a team with uncanny credentials, Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, took up the crown and sent the Inhumans on a mythical exodus into the world of man. It was a saga exploring the social issues of the era and, of course, topped of with a heavy dose of Inhuman action! Also featuring a rare Medusa and Black Bolt tale from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES and a trio of satirical tales from NOT BRAND ECHH by Stan, Jack and their blushing Bullpen! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 126 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era Menace!" Collecting Menace (1953-1654 Atlas) #1-11. Written by STAN LEE. Art by BILL EVERETT, RUSS HEATH, JOE MANEELY, GENE COLAN, JOHN ROMITA, JOE SINNOTT, GEORGE TUSKA, WERNER ROTH, PAUL REINMAN, SHELDON MOLDOFF, JOHN FORTE, ROBERT Q. SALE, TONY DIPRETA, AL EADEH, BOB POWELL, JACK KATZ, and SEYMOUR MOSKOWITZ. Cover by BILL EVERETT. In 1953 horror comics were king and Atlas editor-in-chief, Stan Lee, launched a new title to make a bid for the throne-and that title was MENACE! Backed by the best of the best in his art stable-Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely, Gene Colan, John Romita, Joe Sinnott, George Tuska-Stan's new title became a high-water mark for pre-Code horror. Chock full of page after page of werewolves, vampires, zombies, ghosts, ghouls, double-dealing women and stone-cold killers with a sense of morality as dark as the ink on the page, MENACE lived up to its name-and how! It also showed hints of the Mighty Marvel future to come with running editorial commentary by Stan, reader contests, and characters like the infamous Zombie by Stan and Bill Everett, who would become the Marvel Age's own killer zombie, Simon Garth. MENACE is a must-have for all aficionados of comics' rollicking pre-Code days and the perfect entry point for readers looking to take their first adventure into the Atlas Era! Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 127 - 1st printing. "Deathlok!" Collects Astonishing Tales (1970-1976) #25-28, 30-36, Marvel Spotlight (1971-1977 1st Series) #33, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #46, Marvel Two-in-One (1974-1983) #27, 54 and Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #286-288. Written by RICH BUCKLER, DOUG MOENCH, BILL MANTLO, J.M. DeMATTEIS, DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT, MARV WOLFMAN, RALPH MACCHIO and MARK GRUENWALD. Art by RICH BUCKLER, MIKE ZECK, SAL BUSCEMA, RON WILSON and JOHN BYRNE. Cover by RICH BUCKLER. The MARVEL MASTERWORKS enter Phase Two of the Marvel Age of Comics with the debut of one of comics' most unique heroes-Deathlok! No longer a man, but a mockery of a man, an amalgam of reanimated flesh and computer circuitry, military strategist Col. Luther Manning has been locked in a state of living death. Stripped of his family, his humanity, but not his will, Manning has become the cyborg, Deathlok the Demolisher-a weapon of war programmed solely for destruction. A challenging blend of science fiction and psychological war journal, Deathlok set the pace for anti-heroes in the turbulent post-Watergate '70s. Illustrated by Rich Buckler and co-written by Doug Moench and Bill Mantlo, Deathlok's feature in ASTONISHING TALES forged a new path and pushed the moral relevance of Marvel Comics into a bold, and often frightening, new future. Collected for the first time ever, the complete Deathlok saga, culminating in a classic cross-time adventure with Captain America, is a must-have for each and every discerning Marvel reader! Hardcover, 352 pages, full color. Cover price $64.99.

Volume 128 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Sub-Mariner!" Collects Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #9-12. By CARL PFEUFER, GUSTAV SCHROTTER, AL GABRIELE and BASIL WOLVERTON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. From the heart of comics' Golden Age, come the adventures of the original anti-hero-Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner! A brash, proud and quick-tempered figure who bowed before the authority of no man, when the pall of fascism covered the world the Sub-Mariner responded with an unchained fury. Tearing down the Axis powers one battleship at a time, he embodied the fantasy of an America confronted by enemies on two fronts and with ample motivation to smash them both! Backed by the super-hero adventures of The Angel and comedy short-features by the likes of comic genius, Basil Wolverton, you'll find no other Golden Age hero with the wild, powerful and truly anarchic energy of the Sub-Mariner. So get out there and reserve your copy today, True Believer! Collecting SUB-MARINER COMICS Hardcover, 372 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 129 - 1st printing. "Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD!" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #154-168 and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968-1971 1st Series) #1-3. Written by JIM STERANKO and ROY THOMAS. Art and cover by JIM STERANKO. Don't yield, True Believers, because the MARVEL MASTERWORKS are backing one of the most influential series in comics history by one of the art form's prime movers, Jim Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Blending together influences from Pop art to Salvador Dali and across comics' history from Will Eisner to Wally Wood, Steranko's boundary-breaking style is an incomparable visual language that influences and inspires storytellers decades later. Chock full of high-stakes espionage and larger-than-life villains, from Baron Strucker and his Hydra hordes to the Yellow Claw and the horrific Hell Hound of Ravenlock, each adventure will have you on the edge of your seat. Topped with guest appearances from Captain America and the Fantastic Four-not to mention from out of the Atlas Era, the Marvel debut of agent Jimmy Woo-Steranko's S.H.I.E.L.D. is an uncontested high-water mark that every devotee of the medium must experience. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 130 - 1st printing. "Doctor Strange!" Collects Doctor Strange (1968-1969 1st Series) #180-183, Sub-Mariner (1968-1974 1st Series) #22, Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #126, Marvel Feature (1971-1973 1st Series) #1 and Marvel Premiere (1972-1981) #3-8. Written by ROY THOMAS, GARDNER FOX, STAN LEE, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by GENE COLAN, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, FRANK BRUNNER, P. CRAIG RUSSELL, JIM STARLIN, SAM KWESKIN, MARIE SEVERIN, HERB TRIMPE and DON HECK. Cover by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH. The Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Stephen Strange once again descends into to the eldritch depths of adventure in this amazing collection of Marvel Masterworks! Kicked off by Roy Thomas and the incomparable art team of Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, the good doctor battles his greatest adversary, the towering cosmic presence of Eternity. Although his solo series ends, Dr. Strange's saga against the Undying Ones continues as he teams-up with Sub-Mariner and the Incredible Hulk in a storyline that lays the seeds for the dynamic Defenders! Then, Stan "The Man" Lee and Barry Windsor-Smith raise the Sorcerer Supreme to new heights of otherworldly glory in the all-time classic Marvel Premiere series. Guided by Golden Age great Gardner Fox and a host of up-and-coming art talents from Frank Brunner to P. Craig Russell, Dr. Strange runs a gauntlet of Lovecraftian horrors from the depths of the ocean to the monoliths of Stonehenge in pursuit of Shuma-Gorath. After four volumes of Marvel-ous Masterworks, Doc Strange is just getting started! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 131 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Jungle Adventure!" Collects Lorna, the Jungle Queen (1953-1957) #1-9 (NOTE: #6-9 were LORNA, THE JUNGLE GIRL). Written by DON RICO. Art by WERNER ROTH, JIM MOONEY, JOHN BUSCEMA, GEORGE TUSKA, SYD SHORES and JIMMY INFANTINO. Cover by CARL BURGOS. LEOPARD-PRINT NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD! Beginning the complete collection of Atlas' action-packed 1950s jungle adventure comics, the Marvel Masterworks venture into the oh, so attractive heart of darkness to meet Lorna, the Jungle Queen! Her jungle-faring father mauled by a lion, the seventeen-year-old Lorna embraces her unexpected new home - becoming a fierce and stunning girl of the wild and the last word in jungle justice! Trained in the ways of the African wilderness by her mentor, M'Tuba, Lorna is joined by her ever-helpful monkey companion, Mikki, and the bold, two-fisted hunter, Greg Knight. From the murky Black Swamp to the Dead Lake, the pre-Code adventures of Lorna and her cast of characters find them pitted against vicious headhunters, voodoo priestesses, killer cavemen from the Lost City, and Agu the Giant-a gorilla that could give King Kong a run for his money! You'll also enjoy the tale of two Lornas and stalk creatures both strange and fierce as Lorna uncovers all the mysteries of the jungle. With lush artwork by Werner Roth at his career best, forget it, this is a jungle adventure from which there's no coming back. Get ready to go wild with ATLAS ERA JUNGLE ADVENTURES MASTERWORKS! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 132 - 1st printing. "Fantastic Four!" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #117-128. Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art and cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. The one and only First Family of Super-Heroing continue their mind-bogglingly imaginative adventures in stories crafted by some of the medium's greatest storytellers. Lead by Stan "The Man" Lee-in the culmination of his incomparable FF run-and the phenomenal artistry of John Buscema and Joe Sinnott, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing face-off against their greatest adversary ever. In a word...Galactus! The world devourer returns and either the Silver Surfer must submit to his will or the Earth dies! It's a four-part epic that will make a True Believer out of comic fans young and old. That's worth the price of admission alone, but since we're so nice there's also the Human Torch's struggle to rescue his ladylove Crystal from the alchemical clutches of Diablo; a progressive parable of social consciousness in the Marvel Manner that Stan Lee championed; the secret of the Monster from the Lost Lagoon; and Roy Thomas' regular-series writing debut on a three-part saga featuring the menacing Mole Man and sultry Kala, Queen of the Netherworld-and topped of with a retelling of the FF's origin! Guest-starring the Inhumans, the Black Panther, the world's weirdest babysitter-Agatha Harkness-and Richard Nixon, it's a comic extravaganza as only mighty Marvel can make them! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 133 - 1st printing. "Golden Age: Daring Mystery!" Collects Daring Mystery Comics (1940-1942) #5-8. Written by GEORGE KAPITAN and JOHN COMPTON. Art by JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, BILL EVERETT, CARL BURGOS, BEN THOMPSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, GEORGE KLEIN, HARRY SAHLE, LARRY ANTONETTE, ED ROBBINS, MAURICE GUTWIRTH, HARRY DOUGLAS, HENRY FLETCHER, FRED SCHWAB, BUD SAGENDORF, FRANK PRETSCH, and FRANK BORTH. Cover by JACK KIRBY. There's no age like the Golden Age! Timely Comics' second, sensational comic book series started off with an eclectic array of heroes and artistic talents that mixed pulp rawness with the exploding energy of the comic book medium. Now, with a fix on the new field, DARING MYSTERY COMICS brings in the big guns and lets loose! Featuring a who's who of Golden Age talent, these stories are a rollicking ride through the frenetic era that gave birth to America's greatest fictional creation, the super hero. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby bring you the original Marvel Boy, the 31st century space opera of Captain Daring, and the Fiery Mask. Bill Everett, master of the maritime hero, creates The Fin-Robin Hood of the Seas. Carl Burgos's Thunderer debuts as the powerhouse of justice. Ben Thompson unleashes the Blue Diamond, bullet-proof man. Harry Sahle introduces the super heroine Silver Scorpion. And Citizen V battles his way across war-torn Europe for victory! Also featuring Dynaman, Trojak the Tiger Man, K-4 and His Sky Devils, Monako Prince of Magic, Marvex the Super Robot, Breeze Barton, Stuporman, the Flying Flame and Mr. Million, DARING MYSTERY COMICS is a cornucopia of action and adventure! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 134 - 1st printing. "X-Men!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #110-111, Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #172, 180-181, Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #172-175, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #23 and 38, Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #15-16 and Giant Size Fantastic Four (1974) #4, plus the rare covers to Uncanny X-Men #81-93. Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, LEN WEIN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, BILL MANTLO, ROY THOMAS and TONY ISABELLA. Art by SAL BUSCEMA, DON HECK, HERB TRIMPE, GIL KANE and JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by GIL KANE. This is it! The culmination of the Silver Age legacy of Marvel's mutant misfits, the X-Men! Closing the gap between the end of the X-Men's original series in 1970 and the debut of the All-New, All-Different team in 1975, the Marvel Masterworks present several never-before-collected X-Men tales that set the stage for Giant-Size X-Men #1! First up: Forced underground by anti-mutant hysteria run amok, the X-Men find themselves pursued by a secret adversary that seeks to pick them off one by one. And if being on the run wasn't tough enough, here comes Magneto! Only the combined might of the X-Men and the Avengers can prevent the Master of Magnetism from unleashing a nuclear holocaust. Then, with the X-Men's ranks dwindling, Professor X, Cyclops and Marvel Girl head West for reinforcements, but instead bump into the Incredible Hulk and the Juggernaut. (Ouch!) Next comes the culmination of the classic Secret Empire saga, where the X-Men find they share a common enemy with Captain America and join forces with the shield-slingin' Avenger to save the nation and rescue their mutant comrades. Then, on the eve of the X-Men's departure to face Krakoa the Living Island, Iceman and the Human Torch team-up to battle Equinox, the Thermo-Dynamic Man-and with his team missing, Professor X must enlist the Defenders to fight a resurgent Magneto and Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant! To top it all off, we've also included X-Man-to-be Wolverine's very first appearance! The ol' Canucklehead leaps from the top-secret Weapon X program and throws down in his first famous battle with the Incredible Hulk. It's the all-time classic that made comic book history! There's also the debut of Madrox the Multiple Man-Chris Claremont's first X-Man-and the Beast vs. the Griffin. This X-tra special Masterworks volume polishes off the library of every X-Fan's dreams-completing the original adventures of Marvel's most-famous super team! Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. NOTE: The saga of the X-Men continues in Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men HC (2003) Vol. 1. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 135 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Tales to Astonish!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #21-30. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, GENE COLAN and BOB FORGIONE. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Prepare yourself for another dramatic dose of monsters from the mind of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko's strange suspense thrillers from TALES TO ASTONISH! There's more big monster rampages than you can shake a stick at with Trull the Inhuman-a mechanical beast that would make a monster truck shudder- the menace of Moomba, the Creature from Krogarr, the Gorilla-Man, the Abominable Snowman, and the first-ever appearance of Hank Pym, the man who would become Ant-Man! To top it off, there's Steve Ditko's suspenseful shorts that will take you to the farthest reaches of the universe and the darkest depths of the human soul. Each tightly-told tale is a lesson for mankind that will make you think twice before you turn out the light! These strange stories were the mortar in the foundation of the House of Ideas, where Stan Lee and his two greatest collaborators built the synergy and style that would turn the comics' world on its head. So sign up for your copy today, and experience the energy of their imaginations in its most raw form! Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 136 - 1st printing. "Inhumans!" Collects Inhumans (1975-1977 1st Series) #1-12, Captain Marvel (1968-1979 1st Series Marvel), #52-53 and What If (1977-1984 1st Series) #29-30 & Thor Annual #12, and Fantastic Four Annual #12. Written by DOUG MOENCH, SCOTT EDELMAN, PETER GILLIS, MARV WOLFMAN and MARY JO DUFFY. Art by GEORGE PEREZ, GIL KANE, KEITH POLLARD, AL MILGROM, RON WILSON, RICH HOWELL, BOB HALL, ALAN WEISS, DON PERLIN, JIM MOONEY, FRANK CHIARAMONTE, FRED KIDA, MIKE ESPOSITO, VINCE COLLETTA, BOB WIACEK, TERRY AUSTIN, JOE SINNOTT and SAM DE LA ROSA. Art by GEORGE PEREZ, GIL KANE, KEITH POLLARD and AL MILGROM. Cover by GIL KANE. Because one trip to Attilan and the world of the uncanny Inhumans just wasn't enough, the Marvel Masterworks present the amazing Lee/Kirby creations in their very first self-titled series! Come along and join Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak and loveable Lockjaw, as they struggle in battle against both Kree and Skrull in The War of the Three Galaxies! It all begins when Blastaar bursts into the Inhumans' Himalayan refuge to activate an ancient menace designed to devour the entire Inhuman race. That Kree monster is just the first salvo in a war that will lead the Royal Family to the stars and into battle side by side with Captain Marvel. And if cosmos-spanning war isn't enough to keep Black Bolt and company busy, the insane Maximus can always be relied upon to wreak havoc - and then only to whet the appetite for the coming of the Incredible Hulk! Illustrated by the king of detail-packed penciling George Perez, master of amazing anatomy Gil Kane, and 1970s up-and-comer Keith Pollard, with scripts by the fan-favorite writer that crafted many of the era's greatest epics, Doug Moench, it's a singular saga that's collected here for the very first time! Hardcover, 308 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 137 - 1st printing. "Avengers!" 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.

Volume 138 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Captain America!" Collects Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #13-16. Written by STAN LEE and OTTO BINDER. Art by AL AVISON, DON RICO and CHAD GROTHKOPF. Cover by AL AVISON. The Axis powers may have snuck one past Lady Liberty on December 7, 1941, but America stood ready to give them what for-and nobody was more ready than Captain America! Jumping behind the American war effort with an unmatched fervor, Timely put its star-spangled super hero front and center in patriotic adventures that set the standard for the booming comic book business. Across four jam-packed 64-page classics Steve Rogers and his sidekick, Bucky Barnes, battle Nazi invaders, fifth columnists, weird terrors, robotic menaces, The Red Skull and even Martians! Each issue bursts with action and the unbridled energy that made the Golden Age great! Featuring each and every story complete, including war correspondent "Headline" Hunter, Stan Lee's whimsical backup feature "The Imp" and the first appearance of the young patriot Roddy Colt, a.k.a. the Secret Stamp, the only thing you can't do is roll 'em up in your back pocket! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 139 - 1st printing. "Captain America!" Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #125-136. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by GENE COLAN. It's a twelve-pack of Captain America classics as only the Marvel Masterworks can bring them to you! Draped in the red, white and blue, there's no character in all of comics who represents America like Cap, and within these pages two of Marvel's greatest creators set him on a path through the tumultuous '70s that bears a character's, and a nation's, soul. In story after story Stan Lee and Gene Colan push the envelope for adventure as Cap goes behind enemy lines in Vietnam; teams with the Falcon to oppose the radical Diamondheads; and then sets out on a coast-to-coast road trip full of motorcycle gangs, rock festivals and the Red Skull! The excitement reaches fever pitch when the long, lost Bucky Barnes returns! Free from the guilt of his partner's death, Cap's slate is wiped clean, however, anything but a normal life is ahead-because Baron Strucker, Dr. Doom and M.O.D.O.K. are tied up in Bucky's return. Before the story's done you'll witness Cap vs. Bucky, the origin of M.O.D.O.K. and the beginning of the Captain America/Falcon team! Featuring guest appearances by Nick Fury, the Incredible Hulk and Peter Parker, and villains from Batroc to the Mole Man and the Monster Ape, they're classics one and all. Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 140 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Strange Tales!" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #21-30. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JOE MANEELY, TONY DiPRETA, JOE SINNOTT, JOHN FORTE, BILL EVERETT, GENE COLAN, JOHN BUSCEMA, CARMINE INFANTINO, BERNIE KRIGSTEIN, PAUL REINMAN, HARRY ANDERSON, ED GOLDFARB, DICK AYERS, BILL BENULIS, and JACK KATZ. Cover by HARRY ANDERSON. In the 1950s Mighty Marvel was known by another name-Atlas-and during that era of tension and paranoia Stan Lee brought together the best and brightest artists of the era, all to scare the pants off you! From titans of the times like Joe Maneely, Bill Everett and Bernie Krigstein, to young talents like John Romita, Gene Colan and John Buscema, they all came together to make Strange Tales one of the greatest horror mags of the day. Populated by vampires, ghouls, werewolves, mad scientists, stone-cold killers and outer space evils with an eye towards Earth, every issue brims with dark and horrific stories as could only be crafted in the days before the Comics Code. So come share a coffin with the Marvel Masterworks and take a strange trip to the time when horror ruled the racks and the only thing scarier than the stories was turning the lights out after you read them. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 141 - 1st printing. "Black Panther: Jungle Action!" Collects Jungle Action (1972-1976 Marvel) #6-24. Written by DON McGREGOR. Art by RICH BUCKLER, BILLY GRAHAM and GIL KANE. Cover by GIL KANE. Collected for the first time ever, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS bring you the ground-breaking, trend-setting Black Panther from JUNGLE ACTION! In 1973 comics' first African super hero took the headlining slot in an ambitious ongoing series, beginning a 13-issue epic unprecedented in its time. Writer Don McGregor teamed with artists Rich Buckler and Billy Graham to tell "Panther's Rage," a story so huge it ranges across the savannah, into the deepest jungles and up to the snow-topped mountains of Wakanda. Over its course McGregor & Co. would define T'Challa, give full depth and life to the Wakandas and their culture, while pitting the Panther against the murderous Erik Killmonger for control of the kingdom. Not one to rest on his laurels, McGregor then set out to raise the bar once again, sending T'Challa to the American South to investigate the murder of Angela Lynne and its connection to the Klan and the history of the Soul Strangler. A challenging storyline by a challenging storyteller, you'll read it and so much more in this much anticipated hardcover classic! Hardcover, 352 pages, full color. Cover price $64.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $29.00

Volume 142 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Human Torch!" Collects Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #9-12. Art by HARRY SAHLE, AL GABRIELE, CARL PFEUFER, ED ROBBINS, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, LARRY ANTONETTE and ART GATES. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. From the heart of the Golden Age of Comics, the white-hot hero of the decade, the Human Torch, comes burning at you with another exciting quartet of never before reprinted comic adventures! Between keeping America safe on the homefront and fighting the Axis powers abroad, the Torch and his kid sidekick Toro have their work cut out for them. They'll face Nazi rockets, Gestapo madmen, fifth columnists and more as they fight the good fight for the U.S.A. The action really gets going in the massive, 45-page "Death Dance of the Atlantic" when the Torch and Toro find the Sub-Mariner manning a Nazi U-boat. It's an action-packed dash to capture comics' most tempestuous sometimes-hero and decode the Axis' secret signal system, told in the manner that made Marvel great. Backed up by solo Sub-Mariner tales, along with the boy adventurer Jimmy Jupiter and humor shorts by the likes of Basil Wolverton, every issue is a cornucopia from Marvel's early years. Dig into the Golden Age and dig into history! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 143 - 1st printing. "Sgt. Fury!" Collects Sgt. Fury (1964-1981) #24-32 and Annual #2. Written by STAN LEE and ROY THOMAS. Art by DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Report for duty! It's time for another Marvel Masterworks mission with Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos! It's all-out action against the Axis powers, done in the Mighty Marvel Method as Fury and the Howlers protect the Manhattan Project and the atom bomb against Nazi spies and saboteurs; uproot an undercover agent who is none other than Red Skull; confront a traitor in their own ranks; and go mano-a-mano with Baron Strucker in a knock-down, drag-out fight battle in war-torn France. You'll also see revealed-for the first time-the origin of Nick Fury's eye-patch, follow Dum Dum Dugan as he goes it alone behind enemy lines, and experience the Allied push when Operation Overlord comes together on D-Day! Illustrated by the fightin' man's penciller, Dick Ayers, and scripted by Stan "The Man" and his armed-forces heir apparent, Roy Thomas, it's an all-out classic. Reserve your copy today or it's gonna be K.P. duty for you! Collecting. Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 144 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Tales of Suspense!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #21-31. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DIKTO, DON HECK and PAUL REINMAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. It's a jam-packed Tales of Suspense monster bonanza! And you know you can't keep a good monster down. No way, no how, and before they revolutionized the super hero set, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made monsters their daily diet. Klaag. Oog. Bruttu. Monstrollo. Skyscraper-tall lumbering beasts from outer space; muck-covered monsters from the Savannah swamps; lost world anachronisms from beyond time; and they were all here to teach humanity a lesson, whether we liked it or not. And after Kirby scares you with his creatures from the id, Steve Ditko will tear at your conscience-from the inside out-in tense suspense-thrillers cast with nervous-eyed dreamers and sweaty-palmed schemers, none of whom make it out with getting theirs. Each and every tale is executed by a master of storytelling-by the talents that defined the comic book medium for a generation-and each one is brought to you, gleamingly restored, in the fan-favorite Marvel Masterworks line! Hardcover, 296 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 145 - 1st printing. "Amazing Spider-Man!" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-1998 1ST SERIES) #110-120. Written by STAN LEE and GERRY CONWAY. Art by JOHN ROMITA, SR. and GIL KANE. Cover by JOHN ROMITA, SR. The tension-torn adventures of comics' most put-upon super hero, the Amazing Spider-Man, continue in another round of Marvel Masterworks classics! Stan Lee kicks it off with one of his craziest creations of all time, the Gibbon. And when that bestial baddy teams up with the vengeful Kraven the Hunter-well, it's enough excitement to give a hero an ulcer-and it does! Then, words between Peter's lovely gal Gwen and Aunt May push his doting aunt out of his life and into the arms of-an octopus! Doc Ock returns to do in Spidey, but with Hammerhead, the only gangster with more steel in his dome than in his gun, waging a turf war to take over the city it's open season on spiders! Always a man of the people, Spidey uncovers the machinations of a mayoral candidate who's not quite what he seems. Let's just say there's no doubt Richard Raleigh put the "action" in political action, alright? And topping it off comes a knuckle-busting, knock-down, drag-out fight between Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk that's one for the ages! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 146 - 1st printing. "Thor!" Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #173-183. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover 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, fullcolor. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 147 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Journey into Mystery: Book 3!" Collects Journey into Mystery (1952-1962) #21-30. Art by JOE MANEELY, JOE KUBERT, GENE COLAN, JOHN SEVERIN, REED CRANDALL, JOE ORLANDO, ROSS ANDRU, PAUL REINMAN, ANGELO TORRES, BILL BENULIS, MORT LAWRENCE, JOHN FORTE, DICK AYERS, JOE SINNOTT, VIC CARRABOTTA, JACK KATZ, PETE TUMLINSON, ED WINIARSKI, JAY SCOTT PIKE, BOB POWELL, BOB BROWN, and DOUG WILDEY. Cover by JOE MANEELY. The Marvel Masterworks' unmatched library of classic comics takes another undead shuffle into the world of Atlas Era horror with Journey Into Mystery! One of comics' most storied titles, Journey Into Mystery grew and changed with the times and styles of the comic-book field-from horror to fantasy, and monsters to super heroes, Stan Lee made it a trendy title to remember. With artwork by a cast of the medium's greatest talents-Joe Maneely, Gene Colan, Joe Kubert, John Severin, Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando and more, each and every tale is a dazzling treat set to shock, surprise and horrify! Beautifully restored with all the gruesomeness that made comics infamous, and topped off with an in-depth historical essay by noted historian Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, Journey Into Mystery is an exciting trip to the Atlas Era you won't want to miss! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 148 - 1st printing. "Defenders!" Collects Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #7-16, Giant-Size Defenders (1974) #1 and Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #115-118. Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, LEN WEIN and TONY ISABELLA. Art by SAL BUSCEMA, BOB BROWN and JIM STARLIN. Cover by GIL KANE. The Dynamic Defenders, comicdom's most famous non-team, launch into their second Marvel Masterworks collection with the granddaddy of all mega-events-the Avengers/Defenders War! Thor vs. Hulk! Silver Surfer vs. the Vision! Namor vs. Cap! It's a super hero battle royale orchestrated by the mystic menace Dormammu and the mischievous Loki. Concocted by Steve Englehart, the cross-title adventure is collected in full and has never looked better! And that's just the tip of the iceberg! This packed-to-the-gills collection also includes Attuma's invasion of the surface world; Hawkeye's joining the ranks of the Defenders; the all-time classic battle with the Squadron Sinister that brought Nighthawk into the Defenders' fold; a team-up with Professor X to stop Magneto and the his Ultimate Mutant; and at long last, the return of the Black Knight! They're classics that redefined super teams forever, one and all, so come join the revolution with the Marvel Masterworks! Hardcover, 312 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 149 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Marvel Comics!" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #17-20. Written by JOE SIMON, RAY GILL, and ANDREW MCWHINEY. Art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BOB OKSNER and BEN THOMPSON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. The greatest comic magazine of the Golden Age returns with the Marvel Masterworks! Headlining the heavy-hitters of the Timely era, Marvel Mystery Comics has it all-from top-of-the-field super hero action to bizarre mystery, otherworldly noir, jungle adventure and boy detectives! And it all starts off with the history-making Human Torch/Sub-Mariner team-up by the titanic talents Carl Burgos and Bill Everett! Then the Human Torch's sidekick Toro, the Flaming Kid, makes his Marvel Mystery debut. Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, takes his uniquely anarchic brand of action straight to the Nazis' noses, while the Angel's origin is revealed and he begins a multi-part crusade against the sexy villainess, the Cat's Paw. Rounded out by Jack Kirby's eerie agent of vengeance, the Vision; the wonderfully weird Electro; Terry Vance, School Boy Sleuth; and the adventures of Ka-Zar, it's the classic package that made Marvel famous! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 150 - 1st printing. "Marvel Team-Up!" Collects Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #1-11. Written by GERRY CONWAY and ROY THOMAS. Art by ROSS ANDRU, GIL KANE and JIM MOONEY. Cover by GIL KANE. How better to celebrate a Marvel Masterworks milestone 150th volume than with all Marvel's most-famous characters all piled into one amazing title-Marvel Team-Up! In the world of interconnected heroes that Marvel Comics pioneered, Team-Up made that formula a franchise and gave fans a much-desired double-monthly Spidey fix. Created by the same top-flight talents that brought you Amazing Spider-Man-Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru and Jim Mooney-MTU brings Spidey together with the Human Torch, the X-Men, the Vision, the Thing, Thor, the Cat, Iron Man and the Inhumans. That's enough super hero for anybody's diet! And with villains like Kang the Conqueror, Sandman and Morbius for dessert, Team-Up's will have you full-up with classic comic book adventure! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.