Marvel Comics solicitations September 2011

ART OF SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC
Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by JOHN ROMITA
Comics’ most iconic character gets his own coffee-table book chock full of the best Spidey art through the decades! The names of the great artists cascade down through the years: Ditko, Romita Sr., Kane, Andru, Romita Jr., McFarlane, Bagley, Deodato, Garney, Martin and more — from 1962 to today, they’ll all be represented. The finest art — augmented by sketches, pencils and character designs from the Marvel Vault — combined with commentary from the creators who’ve helped shape the web-spinner’s world, will make THE ART OF SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC a book for fans to treasure forever.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. VOL. 3

Written by VARIOUS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by JIM STERANKO
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are proud to present the continuing adventures of Col. Nick Fury in the Swinging Sixties! The irascible Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s series was a truly innovative lightning-in-a-bottle merger of comics and the spy craze of the day, and where better to start our collection than with a Nick Fury origin issue housed inside an iconic Jim Steranko cover? Next up: Steranko’s last S.H.I.E.L.D. epic, “Whatever Happened to Scorpio?,” will dazzle you before we launch into a new era of adventures including a moon-busting space mission, a mind-bending trip Fury may never come back from and a sub-earth battle with Supremus! Then, Nick Fury faces one of his oldest enemies in the Hate-Monger (a.k.a. Adolf Hitler); the British invade as Steve Parkhouse and Barry Windsor-Smith offer the one-shot “Hell Hath No Fury;” and Hydra returns with its sights set on assassinating the S.H.I.E.L.D. director. It’s a cliffhanger that will shock and surprise you! Also packed with cool covers from the Colonel’s many S.H.I.E.L.D. reprint comics, and his appearance from MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #31, this Masterworks completes every fan’s classic Nick Fury library! Collecting NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #4-15, AVENGERS #72 and MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #31


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE U.S.A. COMICS VOL. 2 HC
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.


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 6 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA with DON HECK & LARRY LIEBER
Cover by JOHN ROMITA & DEAN WHITE
Take another swing through the life of the Amazing Spider-Man! Peter Parker’s been taken to the edge, and he’s come back — but now he faces the Kingpin! And the boss of New York City’s crime scene doesn’t just have it in for Spider-Man, he’s looking to deep-six both Spidey and Mr.-Hugs-and-Kisses himself, J. Jonah Jameson. Will the web-slinger save the day, or will he do a favor for all humanity and let Jonah take a well-deserved dip with the fishes? Then, it’s horror on the home front when Peter Parker becomes the third wheel to comics’ odd couple. Yes, Aunt May’s found a new friend — in the person of Dr. Otto Octavius! Yowza! While a klonk on the head may help Spidey forget that one, teaming up with Doc Ock isn’t going to improve his image as public Enemy No. 1! Also featuring a rumble in the urban jungle with Ka-Zar, the return of Jolly Jonah’s Spider-Slayer, the first appearance of Captain Stacy, plenty of go-go dancing by the gorgeous Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, and a huge Hollywood SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL adventure with the Human Torch! You know the drill if you wants the thrills: Reserve your copy today, True Believer! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #51-61 and ANNUAL #4.

AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS — SINS OF THE PAST PREMIERE HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, MARK BRIGHT & DANNY FINGEROTH
Penciled by AL MILGROM, MARK BRIGHT & STEVE DITKO
Covers by AL MILGROM & ALEX SAVIUK
It’s the greatest heroes of the left coast! Hawkeye! Mockingbird! Tigra! The Thing! Wonder Man! Iron Man! Hank Pym! Firebird! See these unlikely allies take on the quirky and deadly threats of Graviton, Headlok, the Griffin, Razorfist, Zzzax, Master Pandemonium, Whirlwind and more! Guest-starring Nick Fury and the Cat People! Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #10-16 and ANNUAL #1, and AVENGERS ANNUAL #15.

DRACULA
Written by ROY THOMAS
Penciled by DICK GIORDANO
Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDEVIC
Dracula lives! Since 1897, Bram Stoker’s DRACULA has mesmerized audiences as a novel, in movies — and in comics. Now, this definitive comics collection tells the tale of Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Abraham Van Helsing and Count Dracula in the story that invented the vampire genre: the classic DRACULA! This volume from master comics artisans Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano spans more than three decades of work, starting in Marvel’s DRACULA LIVES! magazine in 1974 and concluding in STOKER’S DRACULA in the 21st century. Thomas and Giordano’s brilliant adaptation is presented here in color for the first time, brilliantly rendered by June Chung! Read the greatest comics adaptation of one of literature’s greatest works! Collecting DRACULA #1-4.

ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL. 6
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.

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