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

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Volume 51 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE HUMAN TORCH" Collects Human Torch (1940) #2-5a. Written & Illustrated by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, and JOE SIMON. Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG. Introduction by Roy Thomas. 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. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 52 - 1st printing. "MIGHTY THOR" Collects JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #121-125 and THOR #126-130. Written by STAN LEE. Art & Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. Holy Mjolnir, True Believer! 'Tis time for another monolithic masterpiece of Mighty Thor mania! And how! We lieth not, we're preparing an assaulting assemblage of Asgardian artifacts as only Stan and Jack could articulate them. Featuring the one and only Thunder God in the tales that put the cosmic in comics. It all kicks off with a slobbernocker of knock-down, drag-out proportions with the Absorbing Man in the very halls of Asgard! While in the outskirts of outer Mongolia (yes, that far out) a Demon powered by a mystic Norn stone dwells. Thor may be able to handle this magical miscreant, but how will he fare in a toe-to-toe with the Prince of Power, Hercules-especially when the All-Father Odin has cut the Thunder God's power in half? All we'll say is it's safer than betting on the ponies! It all leads to a battle of epic proportions that takes the Thunder God to the depths of the Underworld itself to fight the legions of Pluto! And lest we forget the titanic Tales of Asgard! Nay, we dare not! Prepare yourself to learn the secrets of Ragnarok and more. Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 53 - 1st printing. "Fantastic Four: Book 9!" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #82-93. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. FIELD TRIP! That's 'Field Trip' as defined in the Lee/Kirby Dictionary, which means you'd better pack that bag lunch in unstable molecules and strap yourself in for a trip around the universe beyond your wildest imagination! First stop: A little visit to the neighbor's place, and hanging with the incomparable Inhumans and titanic team-up against Maximus the Mad! Second stop: Europe. Paris is beautiful in the springtime, but that's nothing. According to the brochure, Latveria's lovely year round. You might want to take that visitor's guide with a grain of salt, though. The savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots. Third stop: Down under. Way down under for a big-time battle with the Mole Man! Last stop: Now here's a trip that's far out. The ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing gets whisked away on a galactic tour as a gladiator in the scurrilous Skrulls' slave arena! If that's not enough outer-space exotica for ya, then welcome yourself to a world wrapped in the Roarin' Twenties! With tour guides like Stan and Jack, you'd best make those travel plans today, True Believer. Tickets for this trip are guaranteed to sell out! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1,614 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 54 - 1st printing. "AVENGERS" Collects Avengers #41-50 and Annual #1. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON HECK & GEORGE TUSKA. Cover by DON HECK. Introduction by Roy Thomas. The year was 1967, and what a year it was to be an Avengers fan. Why? Because Earth's Mightiest Heroes gained one of Earth's Mightiest artists-the one and only John Buscema! If an artist like Big John teaming up to create the titanic Thomas/Heck/Buscema triumvirate isn't enough to wet your whistle for amazing tales of the adventurous Avengers, then get a load of the manic Marvel Masterworks they have in store for you: Prince of Power, Hercules goes mano-a-mano with the Dragon Man; Captain America mixes it up with the Russian Red Guardian for the Red, White and Blue; the entire dag-blamed Avengers battle the Super-Adaptoid; Goliath and the Wasp face a blast from their shrinking past as they fight the Whirlwind. And a hero redeems the role of the Black Knight only to have the Avengers lose their teammates, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, to Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants-it's a cosmic balance, bub! And let us not forget, Avengers past and present joining together in combat against a sextet of baddies built up by the Mandarin. It's a story so huge it could only be contained in the first-ever Avengers Annual! Remember, True Believer, there's no guarantee that a yuletide gift this hot won't ignite, so don't forget to fireproof the ol' fir tree. Cover price $54.99.

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.

Volume 56 - 1st printing. "INCREDIBLE HULK" Collects Tales to Astonish #80-101 and Incredible Hulk #102. Written by STAN LEE & GARY FRIEDRICH. Art by JACK KIRBY, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE & MARIE SEVERIN. Cover by MARIE SEVERIN. Introduction by Stan Lee. Brace yourself, True Believer, Hulk is smashing his way into another marvelous monster-sized Masterworks! The batty bullpen declareth that you'd better hide behind a Hulk-Buster because it's not a happy Hulk who faces off against the likes of bombastic Boomerang, the android Hulk-Killer and the one and only Abomination in his classic first appearance by Stan 'The Man' and Gil Kane! That's only the warm up, though! The cosmos itself shudders when the strongest man-like being in the Marvel U goes toe-to-toe with the Silver Surfer, Prince Namor and the Mighty Thor himself! Grab a crash helmet, bunker down and prepare yourself to be Hulk-inued! Hardcover, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1350 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 57 - 1st printing. "TALES TO ASTONISH (ATLAS ERA)" 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. Introduction by Stan Lee. 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! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 57 - 2nd and later printings. "Atlas Era Tales to Astonish: Book 1!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #1-10. By STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, AL WILLIAMSON, DON HECK, and JOE SINNOTT. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. 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! Hardcover, 264 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 58 - 1st printing. "SGT. FURY" Collects Sgt Fury (1964) #1-13. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. WHA-HOOO! It's time for Marvel's first-ever war Masterworks with tales of Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howlin' Commandos in thick of ol' WWII! And for the icing on the cake, it's a titanic team-up of the mighty talents of Sgt. Stan Lee and Infantryman Jack Kirby! That's a pair storytellers so explosive you better make sure you keep your lid on when you read this one, soldier! Prepare yourself for drama, intrigue, humor and action galore as Fury, Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howlers as they battle more Nazis than you can shake a bayonet at, team-up with Captain America and Bucky, battle the nefarious Baron Strucker and Zemo, and set out to capture Adolf Hitler himself! With a pedigree like that, get off your duff and reserve your copy today, goldbrick! That's an order! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 59 - 1st printing. "ANT-MAN/GIANT-MAN" Collects Tales to Astonish #27 and 35-52. Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER & ERNIE HART. Art by JACK KIRBY, DON HECK, LARRY LIEBER & DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Dick Ayers. Burned under the magnifying glass of overwhelming demand, Mighty Marvel has given in to give you our smallest hero in his big Masterworks debut! Lee and Kirby's second hero creation, scientist Hank Pym, invented an amazing growth serum and a cybernetic helmet making him the Astonishing Ant-Man! Teamed up with the winsome Wasp, the tiny twosome battle a sensational array of mini- and maxi-sized menaces from the Scarlet Beetle to the Black Knight! And if that's not enough to occupy a man of science, he's also defending the good ol' U.S. of A's secrets from the commie hordes! But we've got more than just miniature mayhem for you, True Believer. You can look forward to the birth of the biggest Avenger there ever was-Giant-Man-so run, don't walk, and reserve your copy today! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 60 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE MARVEL MYSTERY" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #5-8. Written & Illustrated by CARL BURGOS, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BILL EVERETT, AL ANDERS, BEN THOMPSON, and STEVE DAHLMAN. Cover by BILL EVERETT. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Marvel proudly presents more Golden Age goodness, reprinting issues 5-8 of MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS from 1940. This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures, some reprinted for the very first time! See the Human Torch join the police force! Witness the execution of the Sub-Mariner! Plus: In the wake of the Sub-Mariner's attack on New York City, the Torch and the Sub-Mariner face off in their historic first meeting! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 61 - 1st printing. "X-MEN" Collects Uncanny X-MEN #54-66. Written by ROY THOMAS, ARNOLD DRAKE, DENNIS O'NEIL & LINDA FITE. Art by NEAL ADAMS, DON HECK, WERNER ROTH & SAL BUSCEMA. Cover by NEAL ADAMS. Introduction by Roy Thomas. 1969: The X-Men, Marvel's poorest selling title, flagging in sales and on the verge of cancellation, was in dire need of a shot in the arm. A new direction. A new vision. Enter Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, and True Believer, you had better grab onto your hat and get ready for one of the most amazing evolutions in Marvel history! These two titanic talents threw caution to the wind with sensational stories that brought the X-Men in synch with the thriving youth culture of the late '60s. Adams' lavish and dynamic visuals merged with Thomas' challenging and contemporary stories to create a comic book series that throbbed with the pulse of the times like none other. Prepare yourself for the introduction of mutant mainstay Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron, the Mutates, and X-Man-to-be Sunfire! Not to mention, the Living Pharaoh, a classic team-up with Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, as well as the return of Magneto and Professor X! Unquestionably a high-water mark of the '60s X-Men, this massive volume, loaded with extras, caps off-but will not end-the original team X-Men Masterworks! Hardcover, 294 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 62 - 1st printing. "FANTASTIC FOUR" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #94-104. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY & JOHN ROMITA. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee.

Includes Articles by John Morrow, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Roy Thomas, Mark Evanier and Greg Theakston.

Certifiably the World's Greatest Comic Collaboration, the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Fantastic Four run stands as one of the high-water marks in the history of the medium. The ten titanic years on the title laid the very foundation of the Marvel Universe, and birthed more amazing concepts and creative characters than perhaps any series before or since. In this Masterworks volume, we celebrate the entire Lee/Kirby run with essays by critics, creators and luminaries in the field of comics. But it just ain't waxing nostalgic, True Believer! This is a Marvel comic, after all! Expect plenty of explosive action and family drama a-go-go as the FF build up to their 100th issue featuring everyone from Doc Doom to Dragon Man! They'll also help mankind take one giant leap when the Kree's robot Sentry tries to stop the Apollo 11 moon landing! Just for good measure, we'll throw in the uncanny Inhumans and Attilan, and the whole shebang comes to a head when the mutant menace, Magneto, teams up with Namor in a bid to conquer the world-Nixon is not pleased! Hardcover, 246 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1550 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 63 - 1st printing. "RAWHIDE KID" Collects RAWHIDE KID #17-25. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY, DON HECK, DICK AYERS & PAUL REINMAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. Saddle up, buckaroos! It's time for the Marvel Masterworks to tame the wild, wild West with the one and only Rawhide Kid! Back before Stan 'The Man' and 'King' Kirby spun stories of sensational super heroes, they told the tale of a young man who bore two Colt six-shooters and his mission to bring law to the American frontier. 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! We guarantee you won't be able to hold on to your ten-gallon hat when you read the tale 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! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 64 - 1st printing. "CAPTAIN AMERICA" Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #101-113. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY & JIM STERANKO. Cover by JIM STERANKO. Introduction by John Morrow. Mighty Marvel is unfurling a new Masterworks crafted by an incomparable trio of talents-Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko! It's the best of '60s Marvel dynamism and design in one Captain America-packed volume! It's all set off by four-issue rumble with the Red Skull! When the Nazi ne'er-do-well attachs an H-Bomb fuse to Cap, he has no choice but to serve the Skull or America will suffer nuclear annihilation! Even a healthy thumping on Batroc the Leaper and the Trapster, can't cure the Man Out of Time's woes over his lost companion, Bucky. Relive Cap's amazing origin and learn how he met Bucky Barnes. If all that calamity from 'The King' Kirby wasn't enough, strap on your psychedelic crash helmet for a course in 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 in a battle with Hydra. We don't need to say it, but we can't help ourselves-'Nuff Said! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 65 - 1st printing. "IRON MAN" Collects Tales of Suspense #66-83 and Tales to Astonish #82. Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS & AL HARTLEY. Art by DON HECK & GENE COLAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Tom Field. The Iron Avenger returns for another round of Marvelous Masterworks Mayhem, and this one's gonna go straight down to the final bell, True Believer! So buckle up your red and gold retrorockets and get ready for adventure a'plenty as only Marvel can make it! Stan 'The Man' and the Dynamo of Delineation, Don Heck, will pit Tony Stark against the undersea menace Attuma, the Dream-Maker and the massive menace of the Titanium Man in classics without compare. But then the order changeth! After defining the series for nearly 30 issues, Don Heck passes the torch to no less than Gene 'The Dean' Colan, whose lush illustrations take the Invincible Iron Man to spectacular heights! Yup, Mssrs. Colan and Lee dive into a who's who as the Mandarin returns, Ultimo attacks and Iron Man goes toe-to-toe with Namor the Sub-Mariner in one of Marveldom's earliest cross-over epics! This baby's so going to move so quick that you won't have to worry about rust, but you may just have to slap on a pair of oven mitts before handling! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1475 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 66 - 1st printing. "HUMAN TORCH" Collects Strange Tales #101-107 and ANNUAL 2. Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, JERRY SIEGEL, ROBERT BERNSTEIN & ERNIE HART. Art by JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Dick Ayers. Turn back the clock to 1962. After the debut of a quiet little magazine called The Fantastic Four and a relatively unknown teen hero named Spider-Man, Mighty Marvel decided to go out on a limb and put these two risky ideas together into a featuring starring...The Human Torch. With Jack Kirby on art, man, talk about yer risky business, True Believers. But, believe it or not, yes, even with that kind of pedigree it was a sure-fire hit! Johnny Storm the thrill-seeking, impulsive teen wonder of the Fantastic Four set the world on fire in these scorchin' solo stories! He's going to head-to-head against none other than Namor the Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man, Captain America, Paste-Pot Pete, the Wizard, the Sandman and the Living Bomb! If that ain't diagnosis teenage angst, than you can call me Freud! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1460 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 68 - 1st printing. "SPIDER-MAN" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #68-77 and MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #14. Written by STAN LEE Art by JOHN ROMITA, JIM MOONEY & JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by JOHN ROMITA. Introduction by John Romita, Sr. It's time for another round of webslinging wonderment by two of the men who put the 'master' in Masterworks, Stan 'The Man' Lee and 'Jazzy' John Romita. They'll be coming at you in this arachnid eighth volume with a storyline as epic as they come: The Saga of the Stone Tablet! All the swingin' calamity and social consciousness kicks off with the Kingpin's quest to decipher an ancient clay tablet whose secrets promise great power. Poor ol' Spidey gets into the mix and after saving the day finds himself branded Public Enemy No. 1 ('natch). With the Kingpin on one side and J. Jonah Jameson turning up the heat in the Daily Bugle, things go from bad to horrible with the introduction of Man-Mountain Marko and Maggia bossman, Silvermane. It's a Peter Parker pressure cooker only gets that only gets turned up from there! Also featuring battles with Quicksilver, the Shocker, and the Lizard along with an extra-special bonus, the 1968 Stan Lee/Ross Andru Spidey yarn from Marvel Super-Heroes 14. Hardcover, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

Volume 69 - 1st printing. Collects THOR (Vol. 1) 131-140 & ANNUAL 2. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Stan Lee. We've been ordered from on high, True Believers, and Marvel doesn't say 'Nay' to our ol' buddy Odin! That's right, it's time for another captivating Masterworks collection of the one and only Mighty Thor! A masterpiece of immortal action, cosmic scope, and boundless drama, Stan and Jack's Thor collaborations mark a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe, and that's no small accomplishment coming from the imaginations of the most celebrated creators in comics! And boy, oh boy, bunky, do they knock it up a notch, a cosmic notch, with the tales we'll be bringing you here! It all begins when the Thunder God is captured by Rigellian colonizers and taken on a trip to the Black Galaxy to confront the one and only Ego, the Living Planet! It's non-stop action, action, action from there as he journeys to Wundagore Mountain to meet the matchless High Evolutionary and his menagerie of man-beasts! It all wraps up with a trio of titanic tussles between Odin's Son and Ulik the Troll, the Growing Man, and the Destroyer! There's a soft spot to these tales too, so don't forget your hanky as Thor struggles to reconcile his love for the mortal Jane Foster, and then there's the return of a certain Lady Sif...The cup runneth over with drama and delight! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1625 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 70 - 1st printing. Collects AVENGERS (Vol. 1) #51-58, ANNUAL #2, & UNCANNY X-MEN #45. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON HECK, and WERNER ROTH. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Get ready for Earth's Mightiest Heroes matched with two of comics' mightiest talents, Roy Thomas and John Buscema, as the Marvel Masterworks take you on a trip through one of the most stellar creative periods in Avengers' history! This baby's full to the brim with an amazing array watershed Avengers moments-the Black Panther joins the team, a pitched battle between the Avengers and the X-Men, the debut of the new Masters of Evil, the details behind Cap's fateful battle with Baron Zemo, a reality-bending battle between the current Avengers and the original Avengers, and the first appearance of the evil Ultron-5! Oh, and don't worry, we didn't forget-it all closes out on one heck of a high note with the first-ever appearance of the Vision and one of the most famous stories in all of Marveldom, "Even an Android Can Cry!" Bring your tissues, True Believer, 'cause this one's gonna get ya right there. Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1550 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 71 - 1st printing. "GOLDEN AGE - ALL-WINNERS!" Collects All Winners Comics (1941) #5-8. By Carl Burgos, Howard James, John Forte, Harry Sahle, Al Avison, and Bob Powell. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Introduction by Greg Thickston. See the golden age in its glory as 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, one of the few enemies Captain America had to fight more than once! Plus meet little-known characters like the Black Avenger, Raffles the Cracksman, and the Whizzer's sidekick Slow Motion Jones! With text stories by Mickey Spillane! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 72 - 1st printing. "Adam Warlock" Collects Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2, Warlock (1972-76 Marvel 1st Series) #1-8, and Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #176-178. Written by ROY THOMAS, MIKE FRIEDRICH, RON GOULART, GERRY CONWAY, and TONY ISABELLA. Art by GIL KANE, JOHN BUSCEMA, TOM SUTTON, BOB BROWN, and HERB TRIMPE. Cover by GIL KANE. Introduction by Roy Thomas. As the 1970s dawned, Marvel Comics marched into a new era. An era whose heroes increasingly reflected the turmoil and social unrest of the time. And as Marvel's heroic pantheon evolved, a newly christened hero debuted to herald that new era: Adam Warlock! Mixing super-hero action with equal parts social consciousness and allegory, writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane, in some of the most accomplished work of his career, launched Warlock on a wild ride across the cosmos to Counter-Earth! Hastened by the High Evolutionary to be the savior of this parallel planet, Warlock, armed for the first time with his soul gem, must do battle with the evil Man-Beast for the very planet itself! Featuring guest-appearances by Dr. Doom, Reed Richards and Incredible Hulk, this volume of never-before-collected stories is one you won't want to miss, and you can bet your pet rock on that! Hardcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1470 copies. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 73 - 1st printing. "Atlas Age Heroes: Book 1" Collects Marvel Boy (1950-51) #1-2, Astonishing (1951) #3-6, and Young Men (1950) #24-28. Written by STAN LEE. Art by BILL EVERETT, JOHN ROMITA, CARL BURGOS, RUSS HEATH, and WAYNE BORING. Cover by CARL BURGOS. Introduction by Roy Thomas. As the '50s dawned and the Atlas Era was born, the day of the Nazi-stomping super hero had passed, and in its place came a new style of hero reflective of the changing times. Heroes born of bizarre atomic science that battled otherworldly alien menaces, and patriotic poster boys that battled back the Communist hordes. Marvel Boy: Rejecting the tyranny of Earth's governments, scientist Dr. Matthew Grayson built an experimental spacecraft and traveled to the planet Uranus with his infant son, Robert. In this incredible environment, young Robert developed marvelous powers of telepathy and superhuman strength, combined with a pair of amazing photonic wristbands. These astonishing powers made him Marvel Boy, cosmic protector of the solar system! The Hero Revival: The year was 1953, and with fear of Communism clutching the nation's attention, Atlas Comics publisher Martin Goodman tapped Stan Lee - along with artists John Romita, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos and Russ Heath - to stage a revival of the most-famous super heroes of the era. Bursting onto the pages of YOUNG MEN, the Human Torch, Captain America and the Sub-Mariner made their explosive return to the comics scene! The inaugural volume of a line collecting the exceptionally rare 1950s appearances of Captain America, the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, Marvel Boy, the Black Knight and more, this volume is just the first peek into a historical bridge between the Golden Age and the Marvel Age of Heroes no fan should be without! Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Volume 74 - 1st printing. "DAREDEVIL!" Collects DAREDEVIL (Vol. 1) #33-41 and FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol.1) #73. Written by STAN LEE. Art by GENE COLAN and JACK KIRBY. Cover by GENE COLAN. Introduction by Stan Lee. It's an identity crisis for Daredevil as Matt Murdock juggles a bevy of baddies seeking to sully his good name while he juggles the triple-identity of Matt Murdock, Mike Murdock, and DD! You just might want to ready your slide ruler for tragedy with this kind of trigonometry. After a dust-up with the Beetle, the Trapster attempts to trick the Fantastic Four into attacking DD by disguising himself as none other than ol' hornhead himself! Wiser minds prevail, but only until none other than Dr. Doom steps up to the plate! In one of Daredevil's most amazing Silver Age adventures, he goes toe-to-toe with Doc Doom-in opposite toes! You guessed it, the Latverian monarch switches bodies with Daredevil bringing on a battle that drags the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and Thor into the mix in one of Marvel's first crossover bonanzas! As if kicking him out of his own body wasn't enough, next the Exterminator tries to evict Daredevil from the time stream! With the Unholy Three at his employ to clobber the hornhead back into the Stone Age, he's got a good chance of succeeding 'cause there's at least one cast member that won't be making it out of this adventure alive. Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 75 - 1st printing. "DOCTOR STRANGE!" Collects DOCTOR STRANGE (Vol. 1) #169-179 and AVENGERS (Vol.1) #61. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by GENE COLAN, TOM PALMER, and DAN ADKINS. Cover by GENE COLAN. Introduction by Roy THomas. With the Marvel Age of Comics running full tilt, 1968 brought with it a massive expansion of the Marvel line, and the good Doctor Strange finally landed his own practice. Headed up by no less than Rascally Roy Thomas, paired with the one of the Silver Age's greatest art teams in Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, this trio of talents would take the Master of the Mystic Arts to new horizons beyond our wildest imaginings! It all starts off with the Sorcerer Supreme's tragic origin, followed by the return of the nefarious Nightmare - and then, it goes straight into overdrive as Doctor Strange must face Eternity and Dormammu with the lives of Clea and Victoria Bentley hanging in the balance! But it doesn't stop there! Next comes one of the greatest Doc Strange epics of all as he battles the Sons of Satannish in an adventure that will leave him changed...forever! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $29.00

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.

Volume 77 - 1st printing. "IRON MAN!" Collects TALES OF SUSPENSE (Vol. 1) #84-99, IRON MAN & SUB-MARINER #1 and IRON MAN (Vol. 1) #1. Written by STAN LEE and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art and cover by GENE COLAN. Introduction by Arlen Schumer. Mr. Tony Stark, the Swingin' '60s Sultan of Science, is back again as none other than the Invincible Iron Man! Brought before the United States Senate to divulge the secrets of Stark Enterprises, the stakes have never been higher for the Iron Avenger. But survival in the halls of government means risking the life of his closest confidante, when the Mandarin mistakes an armored Happy Hogan for the real deal! There's no time for recovery even after a face-off against the many rings of the Mandarin - because waiting right in the wings are the Mole Man, the Melter and the Crusher! And lemme tell ya, executive privilege don't mean nuts to these ne'er-do-wells! With a return adventure to Vietnam, the communist terror of the Titanium Man and the evil ideologues of A.I.M. lined up in a row after that, you can bet your bottom dollar that it'll be an action-packed ride straight through to the debut of Iron Man's very own solo-series! It all comes courtesy of Stan 'The Man' and Gene 'The Dean' - so you can invest now, these guys are a safe investment if there ever was! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 78 - 1st printing. "INCREDIBLE HULK!" Collects Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #103-110 and Annual #1. Written by GARY FRIEDRICH, STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, BILL EVERETT, and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by MARIE SEVERIN and HERB TRIMPE. Cover by JIM STERANKO. Introduction by Herb Trimpe. It's time for more Masterworks mayhem from the house-shakin' Hulk! Now headlining his very own title again for the first time in six years, the Green Goliath has twice the space to shake the Earth with his mighty rage, and you can bet Mighty Marvel is going to take advantage of every square inch of that space! See the beginnings of the Hulk's first outer-space adventure versus the Space Parasite! Place your bets for the strongest man-monster in the Marvel U.-ol' Greenskin or the Rhino! Then it's road-trip time! The mighty Hulk travels continents far and wide, and believe it or not, he doesn't make too many friends along the way! It's a travelogue of destruction that's going to leave the Mandarin, the Inhumans, and the entire Savage Land rubbing a sore jaw in the wake of a freight train named 'Banner.' Guest-starring Nick Fury and Ka-Zar, this baby's guaranteed to give your greenback's worth! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 79 - 1st printing. "SUB-MARINER!" Collects TALES TO ASTONISH (Vol. 1) #88-101, IRON MAN and SUB-MARINER (1968) #1, and SUB-MARINER (1968-1974) #1. Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, ARCHIE GOODWIN, and RAYMOND MARAIS. Art by BILL EVERETT, DAN ADKINS, GENE COLAN, JOHN BUSCEMA, MARIE SEVERIN, and WERNER ROTH. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Introduction by Roy Thomas. After a five-year drought, it's time for Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner to come ashore with a second spectacular Masterworks offering. One of Marvel's oldest and most storied characters, the Sub-Mariner protects the undersea kingdom of Atlantis from the threats of the murky deep, and from those pesky pink-skinned land lubbers! In this volume, you'll be treated to the amazing illustration of Namor's creator, Bill Everett, as he brings his unmatched ability to craft action and adventure in all things aquatic. You'll also be graced by the first scripts of heir apparent to the scripting crown of Atlantis, Roy Thomas, as he builds the foundation for the Sub-Mariner's leap into his very own solo series! With head-to-head battles with the Hulk, guest art by Gene Colan and the first of John Buscema's classic run on the character, you'll need an aqualung not to be drowned out by the majesty of this Masterworks! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 80 - 1st printing. "THOR!" Collects THOR (Vol. 1) #141-151. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Marl Eanier. Long live Asgard, True Believers! What better way to herald the return of the God of Thunder, than to usher in another Mighty Thor Masterworks! After years of honing the tragedy and intrigue of the Son of Odin, Stan and Jack hit a stride that would produce the most mythic tales in all of Marveldom. Beginning with a pair of irredeemable uglies, Replicus and the Super-Skrull, the adventure then takes itself up a Norse notch when the evil Loki conspires to have Thor stripped of his power and vanquished to Earth! Stranded there, he must struggle to survive the machinations of his scheming half-brother, while attemping to regain the graces of All-Father Odin. Last, but not least: Enter one of the most beloved baddies in all of the Asgardian entourage - The Wrecker! The decidedly mortal Thor must battle to his very last breath against this crowbar-wielding wingnut, who himself is powered with Asgardian might! And we'll warn you now, the last note is a tragic one as Thor faces his ladylove, Sif - in the body of the undefeatable Destroyer! It's drama as only the Masters of the Marvel Age can make it! Hardcover, 232 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 82 - 1st printing. "Captain Marvel: Book 2!" Collects Captain Marvel (1968-1979 1st Series Marvel) #10-21.

Written by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, Arnold Drake, and Archie Goodwin. Art By Gil Kane, Don Heck, Dick Ayers, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Tom Sutton, and Frank Springer. Cover By Gil Kane. Introduction by Roy Thomas.

Get ready for the trip of a lifetime with another all-out cosmic classic Captain Marvel Masterworks!

The space-born hero, Mar-Vell's continuing battle against the vicious Kree Col. Yon-Rogg continues this second sensational volume. But Yon-Rogg's attempts to destroy the good Captain only send him to higher levels of power and consciousness - and to the great Zo - in one of the most psychedelic happenings four colors can capture! But the true transformation comes when the titanic team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane combine to take the man long torn between two planets and two loves, and tear him between two people! You'll see the truly cosmic Captain don the Nega-Bands that bond him to Rick Jones for the first time in one of Mar-Vell, and Marvel's, greatest moments!

Guest-starring Black Widow, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk!

Hardcover, 264 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 83 - 1st printing. "NICK FURY!" Collects Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #135-153, Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #78 and Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #21. Written by STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, ROY THOMAS, and DENNIS O'NEIL. Art by JACK KIRBY, JIM STERANKO, JOHN SEVERIN, JOE SINNOTT, DON HECK, HOWARD PURCELL, and OGDEN WHITNEY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by John Morrow. Having revolutionized everything from war to Westerns to good ol' super heroes, in 1965 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby set their sights on the spy game. With Cold War covert ops snagging headlines and James Bond topping the box office, Marvel's greatest minds unveiled a whole new wild world upon the comic book faithful. So break out your Priority A-1 Clearance, and get ready to dive into the world of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Featuring more amazing gadgets and world-dominating baddies than you can shake a Heli-Carrier at, this Masterworks collects, for the first time ever, the complete early S.H.I.E.L.D. extravaganzas. With guest stars including Tony Stark, Captain America, and Nick's trusty team of Dum Dum Dugan, Gabriel Jones, and Jasper Sitwell, not to mention the Marvel debut of comics visionary, Jim Steranko, this book is truly a watershed of Silver Age wonder! You know it. We're not going to hold you back, so say it loud, say it proud, 'Don't yield, back S.H.I.E.L.D.!' Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 84 - 1st printing. "AVENGERS!" Collects AVENGERS (Vol. 1) #59-68. Written by ROY THOMAS. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, SAL BUSCEMA, and HOWARD PURCELL. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble once again under the banner of the crème de la crème of comics collections-the Marvel Masterworks. Joined by the titanic talents of John Buscema, Gene Colan, and Barry Windsor-Smith, AVENGERS scribe, Roy Thomas, elevates the intrigue to fever pitch in yet another watershed collection. Featuring Hank Pym's first turn as Yellowjacket, Hawkeye's metamorphosis into Goliath, the wedding of Giant-Man and the Wasp, a solo adventure with the Black Panther, and building to a boil with a battle against the one and only Ultron, we dare to catch your breath while reading this classic collection! And to top it all off, we're including Roy Thomas and Howard Purcell's rare Black Knight tale from the pages of MARVEL SUPER-HEROES! Reserve that copy today, True Believer! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

Volume 86 - 1st printing. "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!" Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #78-87. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JOHN ROMITA, SR., JOHN BUSCEMA, and JIM MOONEY. Cover by JOHN ROMITA, SR. Introduction by John Romita, Sr. Well tickle my webs and call it time for another offering of the greatest, friendliest, webslingingest super hero of all - the Amazing Spider-Man! The adventures Stan 'The Man' and the Jazzy One, John Romita, have in store for you in this ten-spot of tales are enough to make even ol' J. Jonah Jameson fall in love with Spidey. Well, maybe not, but that means you've no competition for a date with the likes of the Prowler in his first appearance; the beautiful Black Widow seen for the first time in her sultry new spy gear; an underworld family in-fight between the Kingpin and the Schemer including Vanessa Fisk's entrée into Marveldom; and the Chameleon, Electro and the Kangaroo, a poor assemblage that's always a bridesmaid and never a bride. It's not just the most colorful array of villains in comics, of course! There's melodrama aplenty in the fashion that could only befit poor Peter Parker. See how Mr. Luckless himself handles not only the loss of his powers and glowing Gwen's fear of Spidey, but how he wiggles his way out of revealing his identity right before Gwen, MJ, and the gang's very eyes! We'll be waiting, so don't forget that corsage, most Fearless Front Facer! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 1,740 copies. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 87 - 1st printing. "RAWHIDE KID!" Collects Rawhide Kid (1955-1979) #26-35. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY, JACK DAVIS, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, GENE COLAN, PAUL REINMAN, AL HARTLEY, and SOL BRODSKY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Mark Evanier. They're not just the pair that created the world's most-famous super heroes; Stan Lee and Jack Kirby prove they're the kings of all comics, with a one, two-gun second Rawhide Kid Masterworks! The man from the Texas town of Rawhide, Johnny Bart, is the fastest draw in the wild West, but that kind of reputation doesn't come easy, and with the law on his trail it's all for one for the Rawhide Kid. Every no-good varmit west of the Mississippi from Mister Lightning to the Barker Brothers to Jasper Jelko is looking to build his rep over the Kid's dead body, and when you've got friends like Jesse James, who needs enemies?! So do yerself some good book learin', reserve your copy today, and one day you might be just as good as the roughest, toughest, rootin'est, tootin'est cowboy who ever kicked back a glass of milk! Hardcvover, 242 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

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.

Volume 90 - 1st printing. "UNCANNY X-MEN!" Collects Uncanny X-Men #141-150. Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT. Art by JOHN BYRNE, DAVE COCKRUM, and BRENT ANDERSON. Cover by DAVE COCKRUM. Introduction by Terry Austin. The X-Men return for another milestone Marvel Masterworks of beginnings, endings and maybe even the beginning of the end! Chris Claremont and John Byrne raised a rag-tag group of mutants from a burning ember to an all-out firestorm that topped the world of comics. And they'll ride out that flame with one of the most influential X-Men stories of all-"Days of Future Past!" Feared, hated and now on the road to extinction, Marvel's Children of the Atom face a bleak future of mutant concentration camps and a world where heroes are a thing of days gone past. Only by leaping back through time can Kitty Pryde's future self hope to stop the events that created this dystopian nightmare! Claremont and Byrne close out their classic run together with a fan-favorite Kitty Pryde holiday tale, but things only pick up from there with the return of the man who first delineated the all-new, all-different X-Men-Dave Cockrum! Cockrum and Claremont put their team in a slow-pressure cooker with Arcade, Dr. Doom, Garokk and then blows its top with the return of Magneto in a double-sized anniversary extravaganza! Featuring guest-appearances by Spider-Woman, Dazzler, not to mention the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, there's no question this one's for the ages! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

Volume 92 - 1st printing. "Atlas Age Heroes: Book 2!" Collects Men's Adventures (1951-1954) #27-28, Captain America Comics (1941-1954 Golden Age) #76-78, Human Torch Comics (1940-1949) #36-38 and Marvel Super Heroes (1966-1982 1st Series) #16. Featuring Captain America, Human Torch, and the Savage Sub-Mariner. Art by JOHN ROMITA, DICK AYERS, BILL EVERETT, MORT LAWRENCE, and BOB POWELL. Cover by JOHN ROMITA. Introduction by Roy Thomas. The Atlas Era Hero Revival continues with the adventures of the comics' most famous trio of Communist conquering heroes: Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner! Beginning with the Big Three's anthology adventures in Men's Adventures, we then dive headlong into Captain America's complete 1954 solo series. Illustrated by Bullpen legend John Romita in some of his very first super hero stories, you'll see Cap and Bucky fight Fifth Columnists, Commie spies and even the Soviet Electro! Next up, it's the Human Torch and Toro! Returned from his slumber by an atomic bomb, the Torch has rejoined his young sidekick in a battle to clean up threats as amazing and entertaining as vampires, killer robots and his 1950s nemesis, the Vulture. Their crime-fighting adventures even take on a global purchase, stretching all the way to the 38th Parallel and Communist Korea! And finally, for a quick taste of what's to come in Atlas Era Heroes' next volume, comes an assortment of Bill Everett's lavishly drawn tales of the lord of the Atlantis, Namor the Sub-Mariner. Considered by many to be the definitive take on the character, Everett's '50s Sub-Mariner is nothing less than treasure from the deep! We'd be remiss to leave you without a bevy of historical bonuses, including a rare Human Torch tale that went unprinted for more than a decade, original artwork, Atlas Era house ads and an introduction by Hero Revival scholar extraordinaire Roy Thomas. Hardcover, 230 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.

Volume 93 - 1st printing. "CAPTAIN AMERICA!" Collects Captain America (1968-1996 1st Series) #114-124. Written by STAN LEE. Art by GENE COLAN, JOHN ROMITA, SR., and JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by GENE COLAN. Introduction by Gene Colan. Steve Rogers is dead. Long live Captain America! The Sentinel of Liberty returns in another series of Marvel Masterworks adventures by the crème de la crème of the Bullpen's unmatched artists and Stan "The Man" Lee. While the world thinks Steve Rogers dead, he continues on in secret as Captain America - but one identity crisis leads to another when the Red Skull returns and uses the power of the Cosmic Cube to switch bodies! Only with the help Sam Wilson, the Falcon - the world's first African-American super hero - can Cap regain his true identity and defeat his Nazi nemesis? There're also adventures against the Scorpion, Suprema and a classic Cap college campus story from the students' rights era that proves if ain't relevant, it ain't Marvel! And lest we forget, Cap's beautiful gal, Sharon Carter; guest-appearances by the Avengers, Nick Fury and Rick Jones in the guise of Bucky; and the looming menace of M.O.D.O.K. and the men of Advanced Idea Mechanics! So forget your war bonds and invest in Cap Masterworks, this one's guaranteed greatness! Hardcover, 232 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 94 - 1st printing. "ATLAS ERA: TALES TO ASTONISH!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #11-20. Written by STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER. Art by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, and PAUL REINMAN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Michael Allred. Ready your fallout shelter, check your 4th-dimensional passport, and get ready for a trip into the wild and wooly days of the Atlas Era! The Marvel Masterworks have prepared another heaping helping of towering terrors that eat atom bombs for breakfast and psychological mind-benders of scintillating suspense. Led by Jack "The King" Kirby, there's a whole passel of monsters from beyond the edge of imagination eager to smash their way into your town. From swamp beasts, terrorizing trees, atomic ants and Gorgilla, the gorilla who'd give King Kong a run for his money. If collateral damage is what your desire, then Groot, Krang, The Blip, Rommbu, Thorr and X, The Thing That Lived, are your best friends and your insurance agent's worst nightmare. While Kirby tested the tensile strength of newsprint, Steve Ditko challenged readers to look through the pages of comic books and into new dimensions. His parables of suspense and wrenching psychological tension will leave you curled up and screaming for more - whether you like it or not! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $47.99.

Volume 95 - 1st printing. "CAPTAIN MARVEL!" Collects Captain Marvel (1968-1979 1st Series Marvel) #22-33 and Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #55. Written by JIM STARLIN, MIKE FRIEDRICH, STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, and MARV WOLFMAN. Art by JIM STARLIN and WAYNE BORING. Cover by JIM STARLIN. Introduction by Roy Thomas. He's back and better than ever - the hero that wouldn't die, Captain Marvel! After a few years in hiatus, mighty Marvel's space-born super hero returned, and under the aegis of writer/artist Jim Starlin, his story would achieve a scale never before imagined! Stripping the Kree Captain down to his very core and forcing him through a gauntlet of past opponents, Starlin then brought to the fore one of Marvel's pre-eminent cosmic menaces for the very first time: the mad Titan, Thanos. With the stage set and the players from unearthly entity Eon to Drax the Destroyer and the mighty Avengers pulled into the fray, the good Captain led the fight against Thanos and his Cosmic Cube in a confrontation that would redefine super-hero epics forever! Featuring an introduction by Jim Starlin and an extensive selection of bonuses, this Marvel Masterworks volume is the definitive collection of the creative arc that defined Captain Marvel! Hardcover, 288 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 96 - 1st printing. "THOR!" Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #153-162. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Arlen Schumer. The epic saga of the God of Thunder continues as the Marvel Masterworks present another volume of Mighty Thor masterpieces by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! And there's no holds barred from these masters of storytelling from page one: The evil Loki, God of Mischief, has created a dilemma of Asgardian proportions (natch!). Only with the medical skill of his guise as Dr. Donald Blake can Thor save the life of the lovely Lady Sif, but only with the power of Thor can he keep Loki at bay! Meanwhile, in the darkened depths, a threat greater than any Thor has ever before faced rises when the malignant Mangog threatens to unsheathe the Odinsword and bring Ragnarok upon the Norse gods. It's a tale considered by many to be Lee and Kirby's most-pulse pounding Asgardian epic. Need we say more? We do! Because with Stan and Jack, there's always more amazing revelations around the corner. Like the startling secret hidden from Donald Blake, and a galaxy-spanning adventure that includes the origin of Galactus and a melee that pits Thor and Ego the Living Planet up against the infamous world devourer! Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

Volume 97 - 1st printing. "SGT. FURY!" Collects Sgt. Fury (1964-1981) #14-23 and Annual #1. Written by STAN LEE. Art by DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Introduction by Dick Ayers. Get off your duff, goldbrick, and get ready for another k-ration of the adventures of Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos! From the heart of the Marvel Age Stan Lee and Darlin' Dick Ayers bring you an assortment of WWII adventures that define the "War comic for people who hate war comics!" That means it's for you AND everybody else, bunky! Fury and his crack squadron tackle the Axis powers across both the European and Pacific theatres - over land and under sea, from scorching sands of North Africa to the darkest jungles of Burma, there's no order too tall for the Howlers! They'll square off against Baron Strucker and his cadre of Nazi commandos, the Blitzkrieg Squad; meet the young Hans Rooten for the first time; and before you finish turning these pages, one will fall in the line of duty, forever changing the life of Nick Fury. To top it off, we're including the first SGT. FURY ANNUAL, featuring a rare adventure of the Howlers in the Korean War and the story of Fury's promotion to Second Looie! Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

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.

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.

Volume 100 - 1st printing. "Defenders!" Collects Sub-Mariner (1968-1974 1st Series) #34-35, Marvel Feature (1971-1973 1st Series) #1-3 and Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #1-6. Written by ROY THOMAS and STEVE ENGLEHART. Art by ROSS ANDRU and SAL BUSCEMA. Cover by NEAL ADAMS. Introduction by Roy Thomas. Afterword by Steve Englehart. Leap into the adventures of the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest non-team! Bonded in a mutual mission are the mightiest misfits in the Marvel U: the Incredible Hulk, the Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer. But these warriors three don't rest on bylaws and butlers; they - along with the Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange, and the defiant Valkyrie - come together only in moments of utmost crisis. Facing enemies from across the incomprehensible divide, the Defenders square off against Dormammu; the Nameless One; the Enchantress; and a dark menace from Dr. Strange's past, the sorcerer Cyrus Black. It's not just baddies they do battle with, though. In a prelude to the epic Avengers/Defenders War, Hulk, Namor and the Silver Surfer go head-to-head with the mighty Avengers in a fight that pits hero against hero like none other! Hardcover, 246 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.