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Marvel Masterworks X-Men HC (1987-2010 Marvel) 1st Edition comic books

  • Issue #5-1ST
    Marvel Masterworks X-Men HC (1987-2010 Marvel) 1st Edition 5-1ST
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #43-53, Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #53, and material from Ka-Zar (1970 1st Series) #2-3 and Marvel Tales (1964-1994 Marvel) #30.

    Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ARNOLD DRAKE & JERRY SIEGEL. Art by JIM STERANKO, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, DON HECK, JOHN BUSCEMA, WERNER ROTH & GEORGE TUSKA. Cover by JIM STERANKO.

    Buckle down your mortarboards, students of Marvel's merry mutants, 'cause we've got a summer crash course in X-Men classics coming your way! Lesson #1: It ain't easy being an X-Man. No sooner has their mentor, Professor X, died than who shows up but Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Only a study in teamwork with Earth's Mightiest Heroes can help our grieving heroes make the grade! Lesson #2: Think twice before inviting family over. A friendly house call from the Juggernaut or Polaris, the daughter of Magneto himself, isn't the summertime bliss the brochure may have described! Lesson #3: Battling a bevy of baddies including Mesmero, Blastaar, the Red Raven, Warlock and Computo may cause cramps. Be sure to stretch before jumping into this pool! And for extra credit you can pull an all-nighter with the origins of Iceman and Beast, along with a rare solo story featuring the Angel!

    Consult guest instructors Jim Steranko, Barry Smith and John Buscema this July or risk failure at the end of the term. Dismissed!

    Hardcover, 304 pages, full color.

    NOTE: Vol. 5-Up have the Silver Dust Jackets.

    Cover price $49.99.

  • Issue #8-1ST
    Marvel Masterworks X-Men HC (1987-2010 Marvel) 1st Edition 8-1ST

    Volume 8 - 1st printing. 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.

    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!

    Includes the rare covers to Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #81-93.

    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.

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