Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - beginning with the first two superstars of the Flying Forties! The original Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner get along as well as fire and water, and several of Timely's greatest comics feature the twin titans clashing in fantastic feature-length fisticuffs! A rivalry for the ages is born when Namor, mistreated by the surface world, attacks New York - and the Torch stands in his way! As World War II rages, Namor decides to create peace by flooding the planet! Can the Torch and his young sidekick, Toro, bring Namor back to his senses? They'd better - because the Nazis are on the attack, and the Golden Age archrivals must put aside their differences aside and unite against a common foe! Collecting material from Marvel Mystery Comics #7-10 and Human Torch Comics #5B, #8 and #10.
Steve Rogers might have been the prototypical 98-pound weakling, but that wasn't going to stop him from serving his country. Transformed by the Super-Soldier Serum into America's #1 fighting man, Steve became a symbol of patriotism, hope and perseverance on the eve of the nation's entrance into World War II. Never before and never since has comics seen a hero as timely as - Captain America! Now you can experience the original Golden Age adventures of the Sentinel of Liberty from his 1941 inaugural appearance! You'll meet Bucky Barnes and the Red Skull for the first time, behold Simon and Kirby's trend-setting brand of storytelling, and even read Stan Lee's very first comics tale! Collecting Captain America Comics #1-12.
Written by VARIOUS Penciled by HARRY SAHLE, AL GABRIELE, CARL PFEUFER, ED ROBBINS, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, LARRY ANTONETTE & ART GATES Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG From the heart of the Golden Age of Comics, the white-hot hero of the decade, the Human Torch, comes burning at you with another exciting quartet of never before reprinted comic adventures! Between keeping America safe on the homefront and fighting the Axis powers abroad, the Torch and his kid sidekick Toro have their work cut out for them. They"ll face Nazi rockets, Gestapo madmen, fifth columnists and more as they fight the good fight for the U.S.A. The action really gets going in the massive, 45-page "Death Dance of the Atlantic" when the Torch and Toro find the Sub-Mariner manning a Nazi U-boat. It's an action-packed dash to capture comics" most tempestuous sometimes-hero and decode the Axis" secret signal system, told in the manner that made Marvel great. Backed up by solo Sub-Mariner tales, along with the boy adventurer Jimmy Jupiter and humor shorts by the likes of Basil Wolverton, every issue is a cornucopia from Marvel's early years. Dig into the Golden Age and dig into history! Collecting HUMAN TORCH #9-12. 264 pages. /All Ages.
It's no mystery why MARVEL COMICS took the four-color hero world by storm - it featured some of the greatest characters and creators of comics' Golden Age! And today you can experience the stories that founded Marvel as the Golden Age Marvel Masterworks march on. In our second volume, the Human Torch joins the police force, the Sub-Mariner is put on trial - and gets the electric chair! - the Angel takes on the mob, Ka-Zar defends his jungle kingdom, and Electro and Professor Zog continue their wild adventures. You'll also see history made when the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner cross over into each other's series for comics' first hero vs. hero battle! Collecting Marvel Mystery Comics #5-8. [(W) Bob Davis, Various (A) Various (CA) Alex Schomburg]
Written by STAN LEE, JOE SIMON, RAY GILL & VARIOUS Penciled by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, BEN THOMPSON, BOB OKSNER, AL GABRIELE, SID GREENE & VARIOUS Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG The series that made Marvel the biggest name in comics continues its heralded run in the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Headlined by the hottest hero of the Golden Age, the Human Torch, and the anti-hero with a temper just as fiery, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS presents a collection of stories that defined the medium! Torn from the turbulent headlines of 1941 America, each tale crackles with the tension of a nation on the brink of war - and there's no doubt these heroes were ready to fight! And arriving on the scene to prove it is Jeffrey Mace, a.k.a. the Patriot, making his MARVEL MYSTERY debut! Of course, each 64-page issue is also jam-packed with the adventures of Ka-Zar, protecting his jungle domain from Nazi invaders; school-boy sleuth Terry Vance and his monkey compatriot, Dr. Watson, solving mind-boggling mysteries; other-dimensional hero the Vision, fighting the weirdest menaces imaginable; and the gritty Angel, battling evil from gangsters to ghosts! Collecting MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #21-24. 280 PGS/All Ages
Collecting SUB-MARINER COMICS #1-4. [(W/A) Various (CA) Alex Schomburg]
Written by VARIOUS Penciled by SYD SHORES, VINCE ALASCIA, ALEX SCHOMBURG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, BASIL WOLVERTON, CHIC STONE & VARIOUS Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG Hot on the heels of the explosion of star-spangled super heroes, U.S.A. COMICS presented a wild and wooly selection of patriotic characters fighting for the Red, White and Blue. From the Victory Boys and the American Avenger to wilder heroes like Roko the Amazing, the Blue Blaze and the Fighting Hobo, U.S.A. was a comics magazine bursting at the seams with crazy concepts. But with the Second World War raging, it became clear there was only one hero who could headline a book titled U.S.A.: Captain America! Backed up by the Destroyer, Marvel Boy and the Whizzer - as well as the adventures of regular joes like Sergeant Dix and Jeep Jones, and true tales of WWII - U.S.A. COMICS was the perfect dose of four-color excitement for the American G.I.! Sporting some of the most famous covers of comics' Golden Age, the early Captain America issues of U.S.A. are some of the rarest Marvel comics of all time, and they're collected here for the first time ever! Collecting U.S.A. COMICS #5-8.
