Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant HC (1987-Present) 1st Edition comic books 2010-2012

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.

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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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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.

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.