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Volume 43 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA" Collects Captain America Comics #1-4. Written by Joe Simon. Art by Jack Kirby. Introduction by Roy Thomas. 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, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 55 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE ALL-WINNERS" Collects All-Winners Comics (1941) #1-4. Written by CARL BURGOS, STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON & BILL EVERETT. Art by CARL BURGOS, AL AVISON, JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, BILL EVERETT, JACK BINDER, PAUL GUSTAVSON, PAUL REINMAN, ALLEN SIMON, MIKE SEKOWSKY, JOHN FORTE, BOB POWELL, HOWARD JAMES & AL GABRIELE. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Marvel Comics proudly presents more Golden Age greats, collecting the first four issues of ALL-WINNERS COMICS, from 1941-42 - newly remastered and restored. The Human Torch, Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Destroyer, the Whizzer and more battle for victory for America - both together and in solo adventures! Hardover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 68 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA - TALES OF SUSPENSE" Collects TALES OF SUSPENSE 1-10. Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER & VARIOUS. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT, AL WILLIAMSON, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, & RUSS HEATH. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. What's Halloween without a little scare? Well, how about a big scare?! A big scare in the form of monsters galore, and another awesome Atlas Era addition to the Marvel Masterworks! In 1958 Atlas Comics Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee was joined by two titanic talents: Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Together this trio of storytellers launched Tales of Suspense and its sister title, Tales to Astonish, and along with them the beginnings of a creative revival that would change comics forever. With startling twist-enders featuring Martians, killer robots, and massive monsters like Diablo, Cyclops and Monstro they, hand in hand with a growing group of artists including Don Heck, Joe Sinnott and John Buscema, began to burn up the racks with a style and creativity that comics hadn't seen in years. With artwork by an absolute who's who of comic-book talents, this volume is an absolute must-have for fans with a desire to dig into the foundation would be built into the Marvel Age of Comics! So strap on your tin-foil hat, grab your ray gun, and get ready to dive into one of the most amazing eras of comics history! Featuring an introduction by noted Atlas Era historian, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 76 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE USA COMICS!" Collects USA Comics (1941) #1-4. By JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, CHARLES NICHOLAS, AL AVISON, PHIL STURM, SYD SHORES, STAN LEE, BASIL WOLVERTON, MIKE ROY, FRANK GIACOIA, AL EADEH, ED WINIARSKI, GEORGE KLEIN, MIKE SEKOWSKY, and AL GABRIELE. Cover by JACK KIRBY and JOE SIMON. Introduction by Michael J. Vassallo. Marvel proudly presents more Golden Age goodness from 1941. The Defender! Major Liberty! Rockman! Rusty! The original Young Avenger! The origins of the Whizzer, Jack Frost and the Vagabond! Captain Terror turns back a deadly Nazi undersea invasion! Stan 'The Man' himself chronicles the historic first meeting of the USA heroes! This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, some collected for the very first time! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 81 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Sub-Mariner: Book 2!" Collects Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #5-8.

Written by Bill Everett. Art By Bill Everett, Carl Pfeufer, Al Gabriele, Kermit Jaediker, Gustav Schrotter, Mickey Spillane, Art Gates, and Ray Houlihan. Cover By Alex Schomburg. Introduction by Roy Thomas.

Get ready for more and more unusual, exciting, different and terrific adventures on land, in air and on sea!

Tales of action, mystery and thrills with death and danger on every page. Marvel proudly presents more Golden Age goodness from the SUB-MARINER COMICS of 1942. Sub-Mariner faces off against 'Piracy at the Ocean's Bottom.' 'Smashes an Uprising at Manilla,'and 'Fights the Periscope Peril' in more wartime action while the Angel tackles a 'Genius for Murder' and 'The Firing Squad!' Plus, 'Pop's Whoppers' and 'Tubby and Tack.'

This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, some reprinted for the very first time!

Hardcover, 372 pages, full color.

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Volume 85 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA: STRANGE TALES!" Written by STAN LEE and HANK CHAPMAN. Art by JOE MANEELY, JOHN ROMITA, GENE COLAN, RUSS HEATH, JOE SINNOTT, BILL EVERETT, BERNIE KRIGSTEIN, JIM MOONEY, DICK AYERS, ED WINIARKSI, MANNY STALLMAN, GEORGE TUSKA, and TONY DIPRETA. Cover by BILL EVERETT Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo. Prepare yourself for a haunted Halloween full of pre-Code horror courtesy of the Marvel Masterwork's Atlas Era! We're turning the clock back to 1951, the time when horror reined supreme in comics. These never-before-collected stories of ghosts, ghouls, monsters, morgues, vampires, and more than just a few terrors-that-dare-not-speak-their-names aren't just some of the most frightening tales ever published, they're also by a frightening array of star comic-book talents! See why Gene Colan says 'He Wished He Was a Vampire;' Look out when Bill Everett gives 'The Evil Eye;' Come along as Russ Heath finds a planet that may, or may not, be 'Uninhabited;' Prove to Bernie Krigstein if you were 'The Boy Who Was Afraid,' and to stand in shock and amazement at the bevy of stories lurking just around the corner by Stan Lee's right-hand man of the '50s, comics great Joe Maneely! Hardcover, 260 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 88 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE HUMAN TORCH!" Collects Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #5b-8. Story and art by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, MICKEY SPILLANE, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, and ART GATES. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Marvel presents more Golden Age goodness from 1941-1942. (Yes, folks, odd numbering was not solely the province of modern comic books; the Torch's solo book had two #5s) This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures featuring two titanic and epic-length battles between the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. First, amidst a raging World War, Sub-Mariner declares all-out war on the surface world attacking Hitler, Stalin & Mussolini before he sets his sights on New York City. Only the Human Torch, Toro, Kazar, the Patriot and the Angel stand in his way of total world conquest. Then the most fantastic plot in the history of modern warfare plunges the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner into an epic struggle against each other when the villainous Python hypnotizes Torch into aiding Hitler's cause. Plus, Torch and Toro face off against the Secret Arsenal, the Legion of Despair and Agent X. Also featuring 'Tubby & Tack,' 'Swoopy the Fearless,' stories by pulp legend Mickey Spillane and Basil Wolverton's 'Peculiar People.' Hardcover, 266 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 89 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE: DARING MYSTERY!" By JOE SIMON, WILL HARR, MAURICE GUTWIRTH, MIKE ROBARD, SAM COOPER, DEAN CARR, BEN THOMPSON, LARRY ANTONETTE, RAY GILL, BOB WOOD, CHARLES PEARSON, JOE CAL CAGNO, FRED SCHWARZ, GREGORY SYKES, RUSSELL A. BANKSON, and PHIL STURM. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Ronin Ro. Following the phenomenal success of Marvel Comics #1, Timely released its second superhero anthology Daring Mystery Comics, in January 1940. This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures that introduce brand-new characters into the Marvel mythos (several of whom will be appearing in The Twelve by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston). See the startling introduction of the Fiery Mask where he faces the fantastic thriller of the walking corpses. Soldier of fortune John Steel sneaks behind enemy lines. The Phantom Bullet, scourge of the underworld, faces off against a dastardly band of Head Hunters. District Attorney Dennis Burton decides to take the law into his own hands as the Laughing Mask and then later as the Purple Mask. Meet the Phantom Reporter - cub reporter by day...scourge of the underworld by night. Plus: The Texas Kid; Monako, Prince of Magic; Flash Foster, Phantom of the Underworld, Barney Mullen, Sea Rover; Zephyr Jones and his rocket ship; Trojak the Tiger Man; Captain K-4 and his Sky Devils; Mr. E; Dale of the FBI; Breeze Barton in the Miracle City; Marvex the Super-Robot; Captain Strong of the Foreign Legion; Whirlwind Carte of the Interplanetary Secret Service; and more! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 91 - 1st printing. "ANT-MAN/GIANT-MAN!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968) #53-69. Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, LEON LAZARUS, and AL HARTLEY. Art by DICK AYERS, DON HECK, STEVE DITKO, LARRY LIEBER, CARL BURGOS, and BOB POWELL. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. Hank Pym and his ladylove, Janet Van Dyne, make their highly requested return to the Marvel Masterworks in the concluding volume of Ant-Man/Giant-Man's Silver Age adventures! Penned by no less than "The Man" himself, Stan Lee, and illustrated by an unmatched cadre of Bullpen embellishers from "Dazzling" Dick Ayers and "Sturdy" Steve Ditko to Golden Age greats Carl Burgos and Bob Powell, you'll need high pockets to hold onto the action and adventure that's in store for you. Giant-Man and the winsome Wasp have the decks stacked against them as they go up against an array of antagonists from the wild and weird Human Top, Porcupine, Colossus and the Wrecker to the Incredible Hulk, Attuma and Spider-Man! Also presenting the debut of the world's tallest Avenger's new look and the Wasp's own solo feature! You don't need to be one of the smartest minds in the Marvel Universe to know it's time to reserve your copy today! Hardcover, 298 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 98 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA TALES OF SUSPENSE!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #11-20. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, PAUL REINMAN, and REED CRANDALL. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Roger Langridge. It seems you just can't scare the love of a good 80-foot thing from another dimension out of a Marvel Masterworks fan. We're not one to argue with anyone whose postal code reads "Unknownable Beyond" - so with regrets to the mailman, prepare your post office box for the likes of Sporr, Gor-Kill, Elektro, the Colossus, Metallo and Kraa the Unhuman! This collection from the beyond is full of more amazing monster firsts than Masterworks we've yet imagined, and there's no evidence better than the first-ever father/son space-monster invasion. Yes, it's none other than the fan-favorite Goom, and Googam, Son of Goom! Complemented by tales of thrilling suspense and sci-fi from Marvel Founding Fathers Steve Ditko and Don Heck, there's a something for anyone and everyone looking for a break from the bounds of reality in TALES OF SUSPENSE! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 99 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA!" Collects Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #5-8. Written by JOE SIMON , JACK KIRBY, and STAN LEE. Art by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, CHARLES NICHOLAS, AL AVISON and AL GABRIELE. Cover by JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Gerard Jones. From the heart of comics' Golden Age come the earliest adventures of the greatest patriot to grace the four-color page: Captain America! Created on the eve of America's entry into World War II, these stories are full of jaw-busting battles against the Nazi menace, mad scientists, crazed carnivals and mysteries at the ballpark that could only come from Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - two of the medium's greatest visionaries! But there's more to enjoy than just the adventures of Cap and Bucky; you'll also meet Stan Lee's wartime correspondent, "Headline" Hunter; the mighty Hurricane; Father Time; and Tuk, Cave Boy - and enjoy house ads, Sentinel of Liberty updates and puzzle pages in these complete and fully restored collections of the rarest hits from the Marvel archives! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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Volume 154 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Mystic Comics!" Collects Mystic Comics (1940-1942 1st Series) #1-4. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Hot on the heels of the smash comic book hit of 1939, Marvel Comics, publisher Martin Goodman called up two companion titles to join his emerging comics line, post-haste. And now, for the first time in 70 years, the Marvel Masterworks bring the last of that trio of titles-Mystic Comics! Chock full of pulp-style men of action, hard-boiled gumshoes, mythical strongmen, undead avengers, and-of course-super heroes, Mystic Comics is a roller-coaster thrill ride back to the earliest days of comic books, when freewheeling writers and artists threw out wild ideas to a public with an insatiable appetite for comics. In this fully restored collection you'll encounter comics first super-stretching hero-Flexo the Rubber Robot; the hero from beyond the grave-the Blue Blaze; the Dynamic Man, Master Mind Excello, the invisible Dr. Gade, Dakor the Magician, Zara of the Jungle, the Space Rangers, Hercules, the devil-possessed Black Widow, and more! Featuring an in-depth introduction by noted comics and pulp historian Will Murray, this volume is a priceless adventure into the Golden Age of comics! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 156 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era: Strange Tales: Book 4!" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #31-39. Cover by HARRY ANDERSON. From the heart of the 1950s comes another dose of horrific monsters, unhinged lunatics, rampaging robots, and outer space invaders-the hallmarks of the explosive Atlas Era! Yes, it's a new batch of classics from the time when your comics kept you up at night. Chock full of stories-most never before reprinted-that run the spectrum of twists, surprises and shocks, Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales features a host of artistic talent rarely seen a single series! So prepare yourself for just a few of the shocks they have in store for you: Werner Roth will find out whether or not you're made of "Flesh and Blood." Joe Sinnot sets off the "Danger Signal." Like it or not, Paul Reinman will discover whether you're "Man or Beast." John Romita sets his sights on "The Target." And Bill Everett reveals "Karnoff's Plan." Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales is a dark trip into the wry and subversive heyday of horror comics that pushed comics hysteria to the breaking point. So why don't you see what all the hubbub was about and come join us for a scare? Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 167 - 1st printing. "Incredible Hulk: Book 6!" Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #122-134. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by HERB TRIMPE and SAL BUSCEMA. Cover by HERB TRIMPE. Oh yeah, MARVEL MASTERWORKS fans, it is time to Hulk out! Roy Thomas and the man who made ol' Purple Pants his mission for nearly 100 issues, Herb Trimpe, bring you a stack of INCREDIBLE HULK classics that'll leave you feeling green and liking it. It starts off the way it should - with a fight. The Hulk and the Thing go mano-a-mano once more to prove which one is the strongest force in the Marvel Universe! Then, with Reed Richards' help, the man inside the monster is freed - allowing Bruce Banner to at long last step up to the wedding altar with the lovely Betty Ross. But when the Leader returns with the Rhino at his side, happily ever after is the last thing he has in mind. Also featuring an earth-shaking battle between the Hulk and the Avengers, the Absorbing Man, a team-up with Dr. Strange, the return of the swamp-born Glob, the unbelievable separation of Banner and the Hulk into separate beings, the hordes of Hydra, and a green-powered drive to overthrow the cruel dictator Draxon. You wouldn't want to make Hulk angry - so reserve that copy today, True Believer! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 980 copies. Cover price $59.99.

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Volume 326 - 1st printing. "The Spectacular Spider-Man: Book 5!" Collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #56-66 and ANNUAL #3.

Written by Roger Stern, Bill Mantlo, Marv Wolfman, and David Anthony Kraft. Art by Jim Shooter, Jim Mooney, John Byrne, Vince Colletta, Ed Hannigan, Greg LaRocque, Al Milgrom, Bob Hall, Jim Sherman, Alan Weiss, Marie Severin, Rick Parker, Bob Budiansky, Keith Pollard, Bob Wiacek, Steve Mitchell, Frank Giacoia, and John Romita, Sr. Cover by Frank Miller and Bob Wiacek.

Roger Stern's seminal writing run concludes, and Bill Mantlo returns for a fan-favorite second stint!

After a run-in with the Jack O'Lantern, Spider-Man must protect Marla Madison - noted scientist and J. Jonah Jameson's one true love - from the deadly Will-O'-the-Wisp! The Ringer menaces Spidey's world in a tale drawn by John Byrne, setting up a double-sized issue featuring Stern's retelling of Spider-Man's origin!

Then, Mantlo pits Spidey against a cavalcade of his deadliest rogues: Kraven, Electro and the Molten Man!

And in one of the most timeless tales in SPECTACULAR history, teen-runaways-turned-heroes Cloak and Dagger make their debut!

Plus: An Annual that takes Spidey to the "Dark Side of the Moon" with Man-Wolf!

Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Rated T

NOTE: Limited to 882 copies.

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Volume 374 - 1st printing. "Iron Man: Book 18!" Collects Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #183-192, Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) Annual #7, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #134 and Jack of Hearts (1984) #1-4. Written by Denny O'Neil, Bob Harris, and Bill Mantlo. Art by Luke McDonnell, George Freeman, Don Perlin, Ron Frenz, Steve Mitchell, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Mike Esposito, Hilary Barta, and Eduardo Barreto. Cover by Luke McDonnell, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey. One of the darkest eras in Tony Stark's long history continues as Iron Man battles Iron Man! Dennis O'Neil and Luke McDonnell's rich storytelling in the latest Marvel Masterworks is a compelling exploration of what makes a man and what makes a hero. Brought to his knees by the bottle and by Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark continues his struggle to regain control of his life. Meanwhile James "Rhodey" Rhodes fights to rebuild the empire Stark lost, but the Iron Man armor may drive him mad first. The tension between these headstrong heroes builds until it explodes in a historic war of Iron Men. Only one man can wear the red-and-gold. Who will it be? This volume also features the never-before-reprinted solo saga of Iron Man's compatriot Jack of Hearts, revealing his mysterious origins in a cosmic quest. Hardcover, 416 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $75.00.

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Volume 377 - 1st printing. "The Spectacular Spider-Man: Book 8!" Collects [Peter Parker,] The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) #92-100, [Peter Parker,] The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) Annual #4, Web of Spider-Man (1985-1995 1st Series) #1 and Questprobe (1984 Marvel) #2. Written by Al Milgrom, Bill Mantlo, Bob DeNatale, and Louise Simonson. Art by Al Milgrom, Herb Trimpe, Kerry Gammill, Sal Buscema, Ron Randall, Greg LaRocque, Jim Mooney, Carlos Garzon, Vince Colletta, and Geof Isherwood. Cover by Al Milgrom. Introduction by Ralph Macchio. Visionary creator Al Milgrom writes - and draws - Spider-Man's second ongoing series in the leadup to its historic 100th issue! Kingpin's hitmen are closing in, your girlfriend-who doesn't even want to know the real you-broke up with you, and your new alien costume wants to kill you. What's that, you say? Yup, it's just another day for Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man! Writer/artist Al Milgrom spins a series of wonderful web-slinging adventures in the run up to Spectacular Spider-Man #100. He introduces new villains in the Lee/Ditko mold like the Answer and the Spot and (literally) resurrects classic characters like Silvermane as killer cyborg! The Kingpin's the man pulling the strings throughout. Will his leverage on the Black Cat mean Spidey won't see issue #101? Also featuring an Annual exploring Aunt May's younger days and the rare Spider-Man installment of Questprobe. Hardcover, 336 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $75.00.