Highlights from Marvel's January offerings.
THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT with JOHN BYRNE, MARY JO DUFFY, SCOTT EDELMAN & BOB LAYTON
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE & DAVE COCKRUM with JOHN ROMITA JR., BRENT
ANDERSON, MICHAEL GOLDEN, PAUL SMITH, GEORGE PEREZ, JOHN BUSCEMA, BOB
McLEOD, KEN LANDGRAF & JIM SHERMAN
Covers by STUART IMMONEN & JOHN BYRNE
Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne took a little reprint
series called X-MEN and turned it into the all-new, all-different titan
that conquered comicdom. Now, you can experience the thrills and
excitement of their classic tales from “The Dark Phoenix Saga” to “Days
of Future Past” and so much more in this enormous Omnibus! Including the
debuts of X-universe mainstays Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde, the threat
of Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto’s return, Wolverine’s
first solo story and a rare Savage Land adventure — plus the original
ending of “Dark Phoenix” and a host of bonus stories! Collecting X-MEN
(1963) #132-141, ANNUAL (1970) #4-5; THE UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #142-153;
AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #10; MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #1-4; MARVEL TREASURY
EDITION (1974) #26-27; MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #100; BIZARRE ADVENTURES
(1981) #27; PHOENIX: THE UNTOLD STORY (1984) #1.
912 PGS./Rated T …$99.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 16 HC
Written by LEN WEIN with BILL MANTLO
Penciled by ROSS ANDRU with GIL KANE
Cover by ROSS ANDRU
Peter Parker’s past comes back to haunt him in his latest and greatest
Marvel Masterworks volume! Doc Ock has returned, and he’s brought the
ghost of Hammerhead with him! And those two aren’t the only ones back
from the grave: The Kingpin is out to resurrect his son, and he can only
do it if Spider-Man dies! The danger doesn’t stop there, either, as the
Punisher sets his sights on Spider-Man in an adventure guest-starring
the X-Men’s Nightcrawler, dinosaurs rampage down Broadway in the war of
the reptile-men, one of Spidey’s oldest foes hijacks the Spider-Mobile,
and J. Jonah Jameson secures proof of Spidey’s secret identity in the
return of the Spider-Slayer! Reserve your copy today! Collecting AMAZING
SPIDER-MAN (1963) #156-168 and ANNUAL #10.
288 PGS./Rated T …$69.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 6 TPB
Written by ROY THOMAS with ARNOLD DRAKE, DENNIS O’NEIL & LINDA FITE
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA with DON HECK, WERNER ROTH & SAL BUSCEMA
Cover by NEAL ADAMS & RICHARD ISANOVE
1969: The X-Men, Marvel’s poorest-selling title, was in dire need of a
shot in the arm. Enter Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, and readers witnessed
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. Thrill to the introduction of
mutant mainstay Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron, the Mutates and
Sunfire; battles against the Living Pharaoh and the Sentinels, a classic
team-up with Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, and the return of Magneto and
Professor X! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #54-66.
312 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION: DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT TPB
Volume 9 in the Captain America Epic Collection
Written by ROGER STERN, JOHN BYRNE, BILL MANTLO, JIM SHOOTER, DAVID
MICHELINIE, AL MILGROM, JM DEMATTEIS, DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT & MORE
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, GENE COLAN, LEE ELIAS, MIKE ZECK & ALAN KUPPERBERG
Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Even for Captain America, life has rarely been this eventful! Battling
the robotic Dragon Man above New York, considering a run for president,
and saving Manhattan from fiery destruction at the hands of Batroc and
Mr. Hyde is all in a day’s work. And a trip to England proves to be no
vacation, either, as Cap encounters the vampire Baron Blood and the
chilling Ghost of Greymoor Castle! Back home in the States, our hero
learns Hollywood plans to make a Captain America movie — the only
problem is, his greatest foe, the Red Skull, has a very different script
in mind! Finally, Cap must prevent Morgan MacNeil Hardy from rewriting
the American dream — but can even Spider-Man help him stop the cyborg
SULTAN from destroying Washington, D.C.? Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA
(1968) #247-266 and ANNUAL #5.
496 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
WARLOCK BY JIM STARLIN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
Written by JIM STARLIN
Penciled by JIM STARLIN
Cover by JIM STARLIN
At ’70s Marvel, no one mastered the startling scope and high-concept
complexity of cosmic adventure like Jim Starlin! And his work on Adam
Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a
high-water mark to this day. Starlin evolved Warlock to the next level,
imbuing the character with the inner demons of a man-god on the brink of
insanity. Forced to confront an evil version of himself and the
nihilistic menace Thanos, Warlock’s conflicts weren’t just
knuckle-grinding throw-downs — they were epic, existential struggles for
his very soul. Featuring the first-ever assembling of the Infinity
Gems; the debuts of Gamora and Pip the Troll; and an all-out struggle to
save the universe joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and
Spider-Man! Collecting STRANGE TALES (1951) #178-181, WARLOCK (1972)
#9-15, AVENGERS ANNUAL #7 and MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2.
328 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
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