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

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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.

Volume 52 - 1st printing. "MIGHTY THOR: Book 4!" Collects JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #121-125 and THOR #126-130. Written by STAN LEE. Art & Cover by JACK KIRBY. 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. Softcover, 240 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 420 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 53 - 1st printing. "Fantastic Four: Book 9!" Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #82-93 and ANNUAL #7. Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. 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 buckle up for a trip beyond your wildest imagination! First stop: a visit to the neighbor's place, Attilan, home of the Inhumans! Second stop: Paris is beautiful in the springtime - but according to the brochure, Latveria's lovely year round. Then again, the savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots. Third stop: Down Under. Way down under in the lair of the Mole Man! Last stop: The Thing takes an intergalactic tour as a gladiator in the Skulls' slave arena! You'd better make those travel plans today, True Believer - tickets for this trip are guaranteed to sell out! Softcover, 272 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 440 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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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.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Incredible Hulk: Book 3!" Collects TALES TO ASTONISH #80-101 and INCREDIBLE HULK (Vol. 1) #102. Written by STAN LEE and GARY FRIEDRICH. Art by JACK KIRBY, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE and MARIE SEVERIN. Cover by MARIE SEVERIN. 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! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 450 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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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.

Volume 58 - 1st printing. "Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos: Book 1!" Collects Sgt. Fury (1964-1981) #1-13. Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS Cover by JACK KIRBY 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! Softcover, 320 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 460 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 59 - 1st printing. "Ant-Man/Giant-Man: Book 1!" Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968) #27 and 35-52. Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, and ERNIE HART. Art by JACK KIRBY, DON HECK, LARRY LIEBER, and DICK AYERS. Cover by JACK KIRBY. 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! Softcover, 288 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 450 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 60 - 1st printing. "Golden Age Marvel Comics: Book 2!" Collects Marvel Mystery Comics (1939-1949) #5-8. By CARL BURGOS, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BILL EVERETT, AL ANDERS, BEN THOMPSON, and STEVE DAHLMAN. Cover by BILL EVERETT. 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! Softcover, 280 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 365 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 61 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Book 6!" Collects UNCANNY X-MEN #54-66. Written by ROY THOMAS, ARNOLD DRAKE, DENNIS O'NEIL and LINDA FITE. Art by NEAL ADAMS, DON HECK, WERNER ROTH and SAL BUSCEMA. Cover by Neal Adams. 1969: The X-Men, Marvel's poorest-selling title, was in dire need of a shot in the arm. Enter Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, and readers witnessed 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. Thrill to the introduction of mutant mainstay Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron, the Mutates and Sunfire; battles against the Living Pharaoh and the Sentinels, a classic team-up with Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, and the return of Magneto and Professor X! Softcover, 312 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 445 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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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.

Volume 66 - 1st printing. "The Human Torch: Book 1!" Collects stories from Strange Tales (1951-1976) #101-117 and ANNUAL #2. Art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Cover by Richard Isanove. After the debut of a quiet little magazine called 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! And 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 his scorchin' solo stories! Now, watch in wonder as the Torch goes to head-to-head against none other than Namor the Sub-Mariner, Spider-Man, Captain America, Paste-Pot Pete, the Wizard, the Sandman, the Living Bomb and more! If that ain't diagnosis teenage angst, then you can call me Freud! Softcover, 280 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 400 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.

Volume 70 - 1st printing. "Avengers: Book 6!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #51-58, Avengers (1963 1st Series) Annual #2, and Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) 1st Series #45. Written by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich. Art and cover by John Buscema. 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! It's cover-to-cover watershed moments for the Avengers: The Black Panther joins the team, the Avengers fight the X-Men, a new Masters of Evil debuts, the story of Bucky Barnes' tragic death is told in full for the first time, the new Avengers and the original Avengers face off in a reality-bending battle - and don't forget the first appearance of Ultron! And this storied Masterwork concludes with one of the most famous stories in all of Marveldom: the Vision's debut in "Even an Android Can Cry." Softcover, 256 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 470 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.

Volume 72 - 1st printing. "Warlock: Book 1!" 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. In 1972, Marvel Comics marched into a new era - an era in which super heroes increasingly reflected the world's turmoil and social unrest. And the hero for that era was the newly christened Adam Warlock! Mixing action and allegory, Roy Thomas and Gil Kane armed the character that Stan and Jack called "Him" with the sublime Soul Gem, and launched him on a wild ride across the cosmos to Counter-Earth. Hastened by the High Evolutionary to become the savior of this parallel planet, Warlock must rally humanity against the evil of the Man-Beast! This volume is a can't-miss foundation for Marvel's cosmic era, so reserve your copy today! Softcover, 296 pages, full color. - NOTE: Limited to 400 copies Cover price $24.99.