Marvel Masterworks Deluxe Library Edition Variant TPB (2009-2014 Marvel) comic books 2012-2014

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Volume 43 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Captain America: Book 1!" Collects Captain America Comics (1941 Golden Age) #1-4. Written by Joe Simon. Art and cover by Jack Kirby. Steve Rogers might have been the prototypical 98-pound weakling, but that wasn't going to stop him from serving his country. Transformed by the Super Solider Serum into America's No. 1 fighting man, he became a symbol of patriotism, hope and perseverance on the eve of the nation's entrance into World War II. Never before and never since has comics seen a hero as timely as Captain America! Now, at long last, you can experience the original Golden Age adventures of the Sentinel of Liberty from his 1941 inaugural appearance. You'll meet Bucky Barnes and the Red Skull, behold Simon and Kirby's trend-setting brand of storytelling, and even read Stan Lee's first comic-book tale! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 850 copies. Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 45 - 1st printing. "Invincible Iron Man: Book 2!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #51-65. Written by STAN LEE, and Don Rico. Art by DON HECK. Cover by JACK KIRBY. The Marvel Masterworks bring you Iron Man's Silver Age adventures, crafted in the mighty Marvel manner by Stan "The Man" Lee and "Dashing" Don Heck! There's the return of Iron Man's arch-nemesis, the Mandarin, and said vile villain's origin. Then, witness the first appearance of the Avenger-to-be Hawkeye - but he's not playing on the side of angels here. No, he's teamed up with the Black Widow against Iron Man! And if that's not enough for ya, Iron Man must test his mettle against no less than Captain America and his own Iron Man armor as the new Iron Man fights the old! It's a slam-bang barrage of Marvel classics with drama galore and a little '60s Russkie "Red Scare" that can't be beat. Reserve your copy today! Softcover, 240 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 460 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 46 - 1st printing. "Captain America: Book 2!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #82-99 and Captain America (1968 1st Series) #100. Written by STAN LEE and ROY THOMAS. Art by JACK KIRBY, GEORGE TUSKA, JOHN ROMITA and DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Strap on your shield, and prepare for a barrage of Stan and Jack's best! It's page after page of Captain America classics from the Marvel Masterworks! Take a front-row seat as Cap goes head-to-head with the likes of the Super-Adaptoid, the robotic creation with the combined powers of the entire Avengers; cast your vote in the court of public opinion when the Red Skull attempts to convince the people of America that Cap's turned traitor; and meet the horrendous head of A.I.M. - the one and only M.O.D.O.K.! And as if that wasn't enough, the man who murdered Bucky - Baron Zemo - returns in a saga guest-starring Nick Fury, the Black Panther and Sharon Carter that culminates in the debut of Cap's solo series! Reserve your star-spangled copy today! Softcover, 240 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 450 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 51 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Human Torch: Book 1!" Collects Human Torch (1940) #2-5a. Written & Illustrated by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, and JOE SIMON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Marvel presents more Golden Age goodness, reprinting the first four issues of HUMAN TORCH, 2-5a, from 1940-41. (Yes, folks, odd numbering was not solely the province of modern comic books; the Torch's solo book started with issue 2 and had two 5s.) This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, including the introduction and origin of Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid. See the Torch and Toro fight side-by-side with the Sub-Mariner, as he once again crashes into New York City! Also featuring the adventures of Microman, Mantor the Magician, the Fiery Mask and the Patriot. Hardcover, full color. Softcover, 280 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 420 copies. Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 54 - 1st printing. "Avengers: Book 5!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #41-50 and Avengers (1963 1st Series) Annual #1. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art and Cover by John Buscema. Earth's Mightiest Heroes gain one of Earth's Mightiest artists: the one and only John Buscema! Big John joins Roy Thomas for the beginning of their classic Avengers collaboration. And here's what they have in store for you: Hercules goes mano-a-mano with the Dragon Man, Captain America mixes it up with the Russian Red Guardian, the Avengers battle the Super-Adaptoid, Goliath and the Wasp fight the Whirlwind, and a hero redeems the role of the Black Knight - only for Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to defect to Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! And topping it off, Avengers past and present join together against the Mandarin and his cadre of villains in the first ever Avengers Annual! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 465 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 55 - 1st printing. "Golden Age All-Winners: Book 1!" Collects All-Winners Comics (1941-1947) #1-4. Written by Carl Burgos, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Simona, and 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 and Al Gabrielle. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Marvel Comics proudly presents more Golden Age greats 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! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 370 copies. Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 57 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA: TALES TO ASTONISH: Book 1!" Collects TALES TO ASTONISH (1959-1960) #1-10. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, AL WILLIAMSON, DON HECK, and JOE SINNOTT. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Marvel Masterworks have brought you classic stories from Marvel's Silver Age super-hero heyday and the start of it all with its Golden Age. Now thrill to the first offering of Marvel's Atlas Era! Before the dawn of the Marvel Age, the comics world sat astride the shoulders of Atlas Comics - a world full of gun-fighting outlaws, romantic heartbreak, death-defying heroism in battle, terrifying depths of horror, and visionary science fiction. In TALES TO ASTONISH return to the days when atomic monsters roamed the Earth and alien invasions were a daily occurrence. Marvel's classic creators will make you quake at the sight of the 9th Wonder of the World! You'll tremble before the Things on Easter Island! Beware the might of Mummex-King of the Mummies! Flee before the Giant from Outer Space! Dare defy the Floating Head! Prepare to be Astonished! Softcover, 272 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 430 copies. Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 62 - 1st printing. "Fantastic Four: Book 10!" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #94-104 and Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure (2008). Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. Certifiably the World's Greatest Comic Collaboration, the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR run stands as one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of comics. Across ten titanic years, they laid the foundation of the Marvel Universe and birthed more amazing concepts and characters than perhaps any series before or since. But that's enough waxing nostalgic, True Believer! This is a Marvel comic, after all! Expect plenty of explosive action and family drama including Dr. Doom, a mission to save Apollo 11, the Inhumans, the Sub-Mariner, Magneto and more! Top to it off, we celebrate the entire Lee/Kirby run with essays by critics, creators and comics luminaries - as well as the completed original version of Stan and Jack's "lost" FF issue! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 450 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 63 - 1st printing. "Rawhide Kid: Book 1!" Collects Rawhide Kid (1955-1979) #17-25. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, and PAUL REINMAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. The MARVEL MASTERWORKS tame the wild, wild West with the one and only Rawhide Kid! Before Stan "the Man" and "King" Kirby spun stories of sensational super heroes, they told the tale of a young frontiersman who bore two Colt six-shooters! After his Uncle Ben Bart was killed at the hands of outlaws, Johnny Bart made it his personal mission to bring justice to the town of Rawhide. Packed full of shootouts and showdowns, renegades and rustlers, guns and girls galore, these Western yarns will be sure to please you in the Mighty Marvel Manner! So hold on to your ten-gallon hat when you read tales of the Terrible Totem, the Kid's battle against the bank-robbing Bat, and the war with Wolf Waco! Lasso your copy today, True Believer! Softcover, 248 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 345 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 64 - 1st printing. "Captain America: Book 3!" Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #101-113. Written by Stan Lee and Jim Steranko. Art by Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko. Cover by Jim Steranko. The MARVEL MASTERWORKS proudly unfurl one of the greatest runs in Marvel history: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko's CAPTAIN AMERICA! We begin with the Red Skull in a plot that forces Cap to do his nemesis' bidding or risk America's nuclear annihilation! Its Kirby action at its best with Batroc the Leaper and the Trapster, and Lee drama at its deepest as Cap relives his first meeting with - and the death of - Bucky Barnes. Last, but most certainly not least, comes Jim Steranko! The master of the medium will take you on a ride like none other with Cap vs. the Hulk, the return of Bucky and...the death of Captain America! Softcover, 296 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 450 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 65 - 1st printing. "Iron Man: Book 3!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #66-83 and Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #82. Written by STAN LEE. Art by DON HECK. Cover by JACK KIRBY. The Iron Avenger returns, courtesy of Stan the Man and the Dynamo of Delineation, Don Heck! The men who "built" Tony Stark pit our hero against the undersea menace Attuma, the Dream-Maker and the Titanium Man in classics without compare! Then, after defining the series for nearly 30 issues, Don Heck passes the pencil to Gene "the Dean" Colan, whose lush illustrations take Iron Man to spectacular new heights! Colan and Lee plow straight into a who's who of villains when the Mandarin returns, Ultimo attacks, and Iron Man goes toe-to-toe with Namor the Sub-Mariner in one of Marveldom's earliest crossover epics! Softcover, 264 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 450 copies Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 67 - 1st printing. "Amazing Spider-Man: Book 8!" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-1998 1ST SERIES) #68-77 and Marvel Super Heroes (1966-1982 1st Series) #1. Written by STAN LEE. Art by John Romita and John Buscema. Cover by John Romita. It's time for another round of web-slinging wonderment from two of the men who put the "master" in Masterworks - Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.! Their classic "Saga of the Stone Tablet" kicks off with the Kingpin's quest to decipher an ancient clay tablet whose secrets promise great power. But Spidey soon gets caught in the mix and finds himself branded Public Enemy No. 1! With the Kingpin on one side and J. Jonah Jameson on the other, turning up the heat in the Daily Bugle, things go from bad to horrible when the mob gets involved. It's a Peter Parker pressure cooker! Also featuring battles with Quicksilver, the Shocker and the Lizard, along with a rare Stan Lee/Ross Andru Spidey story from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #14! Softcover, 248 pages, full color - NOTE: Limited to 500 copies Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 68 - 1st printing. "Atlas Era Tales of Suspense: Book 1!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #1-10. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT, AL WILLIAMSON, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, and USS HEATH. Cover by JACK KIRBY. In 1958, Stan Lee stood before the decimated Atlas line. Having gone from editor of a line of dozens of titles to just eight, Stan refocused his efforts on only biggest and best: enter TALES OF SUSPENSE! Anchored by the visual talents Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Don Heck, this new "big monster" book became part of a creative revival that would change comics forever. Their twist-ending tales featuring Martians, killer robots and massive monsters were the very foundation for what would become Marvel's super-hero House of Ideas. 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! Softcover, 272 pages, full color - NOTE: Limited to 400 copies Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 69 - 1st printing. "Thor: Book 5!" Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series - Journey Into Mystery) #131-140 and ANNUAL #2. Written by STAN LEE. Art and Cover by JACK KIRBY. A masterpiece of immortal action, cosmic scope and boundless drama, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's THOR marks a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe - and in this collection they kick their efforts up a cosmic notch! It begins when Thor is captured by Rigellian colonizers and pitted against Ego, the Living Planet! The action continues non-stop from there as Thor faces the High Evolutionary and his man-beasts, battles the Ulik the Troll in the under-earth menace's first appearance, and confronts the unstoppable Destroyer! There's a soft spot to these tales, too, as Thor struggles to reconcile his love for the mortal Jane Foster. And when Lady Sif returns, the cup runneth over with drama and delight! Softcover, 264 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 440 copies Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 71 - 1st printing. "All-Winners Comics: Book 2!" Collects All-Winners Comics (1941-1947) #5-8. Cover by Alex Schomburg. You've been conscripted into the Golden Age in all its glory with ALL-WINNERS COMICS! Captain America stops a plot against General Douglas MacArthur! The Human Torch foils a plan to freeze the English Channel! The Destroyer fights the forces of the Devil himself! Plus: the Sub-Mariner, the Whizzer and more! With such wartime villains as the Stone-Man Slayer, Doctor Togu the Vampire, the Mock Mikado and Doctor Crime - and little-known characters like the Black Avenger, Raffles the Cracksman and Slow Motion Jones - there's no way you can lose with this spectacular collection of Golden Age tales! Softcover, 280 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 325 copies Cover price $24.99.