Marvel Comics December 2009 solicitations

Marvel Comics has announced its offerings for December 2009. Here are items that look interesting to me:


THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY
Written by Stan Lee, penciled by Jack Kirby, covers by Olivier Coipel and Kirby.
The legend has come true! By the will of the gods, I am alive! I am invincible! I am ‹ THOR!!! And so began the very first epic tale of Marvel¹s most revered hero, the mighty Thor, whose legend would grow alongside the success of Marvel comics, making him the most exciting super hero of all time! Never has Thor been more sensational than during these early tales, crafted by Marvel¹s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Re-live classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack¹s stories of the Norse Gods and Thor before he came to Earth as Don Blake. Witness as these masters breathe life into the thunder god and some of Marvel¹s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and acover by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY #1-6.
256 pages, $29.99.


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 2 TPB
Written by Chris Claremont and Bill Mantlo, penciled by Dave Cockrum, John Byrne, Bob Brown and Tony Dezuniga, cover by Dave Cockrum and Dean White.
Jean Grey falls from the heavens in order to save her teammates¹ lives -- to reemerge from the ashes as The Phoenix! And though they may have saved one of their own, the X-Men must next face a fight from within the family. The Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy drive the Children of Atom to the edge of disaster, pushing Storm into the depths of childhood horrors and testing the mettle of Colossus and Wolverine to their utmost. And then, with the X-Men at their seeming breaking point, comes the return of Magneto! Then it¹s off to the stars and to the Shi¹ar empire to meet the Starjammers, Lilandra, Deathbird, and the Imperial Guard! Also featuring the first appearance of Weapon Alpha, the cornerstone of both Alpha Flight and Wolverine¹s storied past in Weapon X, and a baseball game so wild it could only be the X-Men ­ this second volume of Uncanny Masterworks extends the legacy of Marvel's mutants! Collecting X-Men #101-110.
192 pages, $24.99.


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 3 HC
Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, penciled Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan and Bob Forgione, cover by Kirby.
Another dramatic dose of monsters from the mind of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko¹s strange suspense thrillers from Tales to Astonish! There¹s more big monster rampages than you can shake a stick at with Trull the Inhuman -- a mechanical beast that would make a monster truck shudder­ the menace of Moomba, the Creature from Krogarr, the Gorilla-Man, the Abominable Snowman, and the first-ever appearance of Hank Pym, the man who would become Ant-Man! To top it off, there¹s Steve Ditko¹s suspenseful shorts that will take you to the farthest reaches of the universe and the darkest depths of the human soul. Each tightly-told tale is a lesson for mankind that will make you think twice before you turn out the light! These strange stories were the mortar in the foundation of the House of Ideas, where Stan Lee and his two greatest collaborators built the synergy and style that would turn the comics¹ world on its head. So sign up for your copy today, and experience the energy of their imaginations in its most raw form! Collecting Tales to Astonish #21-30.
272 pages, $59.99.


IRON MAN: IRON MONGER PREMIERE HC
Written by Denny O'Neil, penciled by Luke McDonnell, Rich Buckler, Sal Buscema, Herb Trimpe and Mark Bright, covers by John Byrne and Bright.
He's lost his armor and his fortune, but not his nerve! Tony Stark's back on his feet after everything Obadiah Stane has thrown at him, but now the bilious billionaire is taking away Stark's friends...one of them forever! The enmity spanning more than thirty issues ends in a steel-plated slugfest from which only one can walk away! Plus: vision quests and extradimensional intrigue! Madame Masque and Thundersword! And the debut of the Scourge of the Underworld! Guest-starring the West Coast Avengers! Collecting Iron Man (1968) #193-200.
208 pages, $29.99.


BLACK WIDOW: WEB OF INTRIGUE PREMIERE HC
Written by George Perez, Ralph Macchio and Gerry Conway, penciled by Perez, Bob Layton, Paul Gulacy and George Freeman, covers by Perez.
It¹s been a long lively life for Natasha Romanova ­ in the Avengers, the Champions, S.H.I.E.L.D. and elsewhere ­ but could it end with her surrounded by international assassins? Old enemies and new are using her instructor, her mentor and her ex-husband against her ­ or so it seems ­ but who and what can be trusted in a spy¹s landscape of lies? Guest-starring Nick Fury, Jimmy Woo and other espionage experts! Collecting MARVEL FANFARE (1983) #10-13; BIZARRE ADVENTURES #25 and BLACK WIDOW: THE COLDEST WAR GN.
176 pages, $24.99.


WHAT IF? CLASSIC VOL. 6 TPB
Written by DANNY FINGEROTH, STEVEN GRANT, FRANK MILLER, ROGER STERN, ALAN ZELENETZ, JOHN BYRNE, BILL MANTLO, TOM DEFALCO, ALAN WEISS, DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT, DAVID MICHELINIE, RICH MARGOPOULOS, ALAN KUPPERBERG & MORE Penciled by MIKE VOSBURG, DON PERLIN, FRANK MILLER, STEVE DITKO, GREG LAROCQUE, JOHN BYRNE, ARVELL JONES, ALAN WEISS, PATY COCKRUM, DAN REED, ALAN KUPPERBERG & MORE Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Iron Man stuck in time and Dazzler stuck in space! Elektra lives, Yellowjacket dies! The FF if they never got powers and Nova if he never lost them! Mortals, mutants and monsters ‹ plus early yet brief resurrections of Phoenix and Captain Marvel, along with many other alternate oddities! All part of Marvel's sixth collection of quantum continuity! Secrets of past, future and sideways revealed! Featuring Howard the Duck, Obnoxio the Clown, Aunt May and more! Collecting WHAT IF? #33-38.
240 pages, $29.99.

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