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

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.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collecting Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #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.

In 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, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $90.00

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Amazing Adventures (1970-1976 2nd Series) #11-17, Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #150 and 161, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #92, and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #4.

Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, STAN LEE and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by TOM SUTTON, GIL KANE, HERB TRIMPE, BOB BROWN, MARIE SEVERIN and JIM STARLIN. Cover by GIL KANE.

Continuing the story of Marvel's original mutant adventurers, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS brings you the rarest X-Men appearances collected together for the first time ever!

When the merry mutants hit the skids, they don't buckle under - they hit the road, and you're riding shotgun. So sit back and get ready for a set of stories that rock the X-Men world to this day! Pushed undercover by mutant paranoia run amok, the Beast sets off on his own, taking a genetic research job with the Brand Corporation. But Hank McCoy's scientific curiosity will come to curse him forever as an experiment gone horribly wrong turns him truly into a beast. Fanged, covered in head-to-toe fur, hunched over and driven to bouts of furious bloodlust, McCoy must struggle to retain his humanity as he struggles against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quasimodo the Living Computer, Juggernaut, the mutant Mimic and the emerging menace of the Secret Empire that seeks to rend the X-Men asunder. Meanwhile, you'll see Havok and Polaris head to the desert Southwest - but somehow excitement doesn't stray far when the green-haired magnetic mutant encounters the green goliath himself, the Incredible Hulk! Iceman engages in aerial battle with someone who might not call him "friend," the Amazing Spider-Man - but all is forgiven when the combined X-Men team-up to aid the wall-crawler against the living vampire, Morbius!

This volume is a must-have for every mutant madman.

Includes the rare Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #67-80 and ANNUAL covers.

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $90.00

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.