Written by VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by GIL KANE Captain America and the Falcon continue their partnership against some of their greatest foes (the Red Skull, Arnim Zola the Bio-Fanatic and the Corporation) and some of their most bizarre (the Swine, Doughboy and the Vamp/Animus)! Featuring guest appearances by the Hulk, Nick Fury and Sharon Carter! Plus: the debuts of the Constrictor and the Super-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! And the origin of Steve Rogers! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #206-230 and ANNUAL #4, and INCREDIBLE HULK #232. 512 pages. /Rated A
It's action aplenty as the star-spangled Avenger takes on - and is brainwashed by - the hate group National Force! But what shocking secret does its leader, the Grand Director, hold - and who's really pulling the strings? The answers will cost Captain America dearly! Next, Cap breaks into an impenetrable safehouse, clashes with the Punisher while investigating a mob hit, battles the grotesque Adonis and teams with Nazi hunters to right a decades-old wrong! Then, all-star creators Roger Stern and John Byrne take the helm, putting Cap through his paces against Machinesmith, Dragon Man, Batroc, Mr. Hyde and Baron Blood! But as Cap learns new details about his past, he mulls a daunting future: Will Captain America run for president? Guest-starring Daredevil, Union Jack, Nick Fury, the Avengers and the Hulk! Collecting Captain America (1968) #231-257. [(W/A) Various (CA) John Byrne]
Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH & ARNOLD DRAKE Penciled by WERNER ROTH, JACK SPARLING, DAN ADKINS, ROSS ANDRU, DON HECK, GEORGE TUSKA, JIM STERANKO, BARRY SMITH & JOHN BUSCEMA Cover by GIL KANE Enemies both infamous and obscure abound in another archive of the X-Men's early adventures! Mainstay malefactors like Magneto and the Juggernaut are joined by the thunderous threat of Factor Three! Plus: the first appearances of Banshee and Polaris! Mimic vs. the Super-Adaptoid! Subterranean civil war! The X-Men's first individualistic uniforms! The return of a Golden Age great...and the death of Professor X!? Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and the Avengers! Featuring Ogre of Thunderbolts fame! Collecting X-MEN #25-53 and AVENGERS #53. 640 pages. /All Ages [Gil Kane]
Who else but Marvel would set up a robot from the future to play matchmaker for a femme fatale and the Man Without Fear? Mister Kline's android-laden efforts steer Daredevil and the Black Widow together for a trial whose tribulations could mean the end of the fabled Nelson and Murdock partnership! Then the redman and the lady in black relocate to the City of the Golden Gates, but that's not Cupid aiming at them: It's Hawkeye the Marksman! Plus sagas of savagery in South America, indestructible intrigue, and cosmic conflicts with both sides against the Earth! Also featuring the Purple Man, Electro, the Owl, the Gladiator, and more from Daredevil's enclave of enemies! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting DAREDEVIL #75-101 and AVENGERS #111. [Written by Gerry Conway, Gary Friedrich, Steve Gerber & Steve Englehart / Penciled by Gene Colan, Barry Smith, Alan Weiss, Sam Kweskin, Syd Shores & Don Heck / Cover by Rich Buckler]
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, MARK GRUENWALD, STEVEN GRANT & DON PERLIN Penciled by DON PERLIN, SAL BUSCEMA, AL MILGROM & KERRY GAMMILL Cover by SANDY PLUNKETT The Hulk! Dr. Strange! Namor! The Silver Surfer! The Beast! Valkyrie! Gargoyle! Along with their offbeat allies Daimon Hellstrom, Hellcat, Overmind, Iceman and Moondragon, they are Defenders all - but which heroes will stay, and which ones will go? And why? Witness the dynamic non-team's amazing adventures in Asgard, against all-powerful aliens, in Hell and in a dimension of rhyming aliens! Plus: the secret origins of Valkyrie and the truth behind the Elf with a Gun! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #107-124, NEW DEFENDERS #125, AVENGERS ANNUAL #11 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #119.
The FF face-on against their greatest foes like. Dr. Doom, Diablo and the Frightful Four, and meet Marvel's biggest stars like Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men and the Avengers!
This volume collects perhaps the greatest of the legendary Fantastic Four stories - including the first-ever appearances of the Black Panther, the Inhumans, the Negative Zone, and the Silver Surfer and Galactus. Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #41-63 and ANNUAL #3-4. 520 pages. /All Ages
With Captain America, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and the Thing around, it's hard to stand out in a crowd - but somehow, the Man-Thing manages it! Citrusville, Florida, faces censorship, prejudice, psychosis and ghost pirates in stories as relevant today as they were more than twenty years ago! Sorcery, snowmen and super-soldier serums! Demons, dementia and D'Spayre await - but have no fear, because, well, if you do... Collecting MAN-THING (1974) #15-22 and (1979) #1-11, GIANT-SIZE MAN-THING #3-5, MARVEL TEAM-UP #68, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #43, and DOCTOR STRANGE #41. [Written by Steve Gerber, Michael Fleisher, Chris Claremont, Dickie McKenzie, J.M. Dematteis, Annette Kawecki & Ralph Macchio / Penciled by Tony Dezuniga, Alfredo Alcala, Rico Rival, John Buscema, Jim Mooney, Bob Wiacek, Don Perlin, Larry Hama, Ed Hannigan, Val Mayerik, Ron Wilson, Mike Ploog, John Byrne & Gene Colan / Cover by Bob Wiacek]
Written by MARK GRUENWALD, RALPH MACCHIO, MARV WOLFMAN, STEVEN GRANT, TOM DEFALCO, DAVID MICHELINIE, A. BRODSKY & ALAN KUPPERBERG Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, JOE SINNOTT, GEORGE PÉREZ, GENE DAY, CHIC STONE, JERRY BINGHAM, RON WILSON, PABLO MARCOS, MICHAEL NETZER, FRANK SPRINGER, ALAN KUPPERBERG, JIM CRAIG, BOB BUDIANSKY & BRUCE PATTERSON Cover by BOB BUDIANSKY Life's not one thing after another, it's the same THING over and over again! Join Benjamin J. Grimm, Quasar, Giant-Man, and FF members and X-Men alike against foes old and new, all-powerful and somewhat less powerful! With several sensational storylines in one volume, including Project: PEGASUS, the Beyonders and the Serpent Crown! Plus: the fate of the Hydro-Men! War in the Negative Zone! Time paradoxes, secrets of alien procreation, dinosaurs, disco, dementia and more! Guest-starring the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Inhumans, the Howling Commandos and others! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #53-77 and ANNUAL #4-5. 592 pages. All Ages.
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, MIKE W. BARR, MARY JO DUFFY, DENNY O'NEIL, STEVEN GRANT, KURT BUSIEK & FRANK MILLER Penciled by RUBY NEBRES, FRANK MILLER, KERRY GAMMILL, DENYS COWAN, RICARDO VILLAMONTE, KEITH POLLARD, GREG LAROCQUE, ERNIE CHAN & KLAUS JANSON Cover by DENYS COWAN Organized crime, interdimensional evil, espionage, vampirism, the Elite Odd Couple of the Eighties can handle it all! The origins of Power Man and Iron Fist are retold as figures from each past return to haunt both! Plus the savage Sabretooth! The untouchable Unus! Goldeneye, Stoneface, and Hammerhead! Also featuring more of New York's finest heroes: Daredevil, Moon Knight, el Aguila, and the Daughters of the Dragon! Special guest appearance by Elektra: Assassin! Collecting POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #76-100 and DAREDEVIL #178. 616 pages. All Ages.
Thor, God of Thunder, wields Mjolnir across the nine worlds to save lives and thwart those who would imperil the Earth the Absorbing Man, Demon Druid and Mercurio the 4th-Dimensional Man and the greatest threats the universe has ever known: Mephisto; Xorr the God-Jewel; Ego the Living Planet; and Surtur, the Fire-Demon! Also featuring Asgardian favorites the Warriors Three, Balder, Heimdall, Odin and Sif! Collecting THOR #196-220.
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by MARC SILVESTRI & RICK LEONARDI The X-Men are dead to the world, and evildoers a-plenty are willing to make the hoax a reality! See the debuts of characters and concepts that sculpted the struggles and souls of the mightiest mutants for years to come - including the Reavers, Genosha and the Conover Crusade! The Brood barge in and the Marauders mix it up, topped off with a dose of demons who whip up an awe-inspiring Inferno! Guest-starring Magik and the Goblin Queen! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN 229-243, ANNUAL 12 & X-FACTOR 36-39.