Quite a few Kirby books for later this year to catch up on.

First off, a way in the future (November 2010 by the latest schedule), but most interesting of the new books, DC will as expected add BOY COMMANDOS BY JOE SIMON AND JACK KIRBY VOL. 1 to the hardcover set that already includes SANDMAN BY S&K and the soon-to-be-released NEWSBOY LEGION BY S&K. There were a lot of Boy Commando stories, so even if they keep it at just the stories that Kirby had a hand in they could fill four volumes like this, which I guess would be the plan. If they tried to make it a complete set (which would include some early work by the likes of Curt Swan and Carmine Infantino) that would be about 10 books. Anyway, big year for S&K fans, especially if the Titan published S&K SUPERHEROES book comes out this year.

Greg Theakston is publishing TEEN-AGED DOPE SLAVES AND REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS, a book of crime comics that came out from Eclipse in 1989. If the contents are the same as the original, two S&K stories, “The Bobby Sox Bandit Queen” (HEADLINE COMICS #27 [1947]) and “I Worked For The Fence” (HEADLINE COMICS #28 [1948]).

And from Marvel, as usual, lots of stuff. MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES OF SUSPENSE VOL. 3 HC is about half-Kirby, with covers and one or two stories every issue. MARVEL MASTERWORKS: SGT. FURY VOL. 3 HC is one of those trivial Kirby reprints, with just one cover by Kirby in this run, but a good one (and the one they chose for the cover of the book). AVENGERS: I AM AN AVENGER VOL. 1 TPB includes reprints of the origin of the team from #1 and the line-up shifting #16. ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 8 TPB gets to the period of Kirby’s return to Marvel, where he did most of the covers for the series. Should be about 15 Kirby covers in total.

THE BOY COMMANDOS BY JOE SIMON AND JACK KIRBY VOL. 1 HC

Writers: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

Artists: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

Collects: Stories from DETECTIVE COMICS #64-73 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #8-9, and BOY COMMANDOS #1-2

$49.99 US, 256 pg

November 2010

TEEN-AGED DOPE SLAVES AND REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS TP

(W/A) Various

Pre-Code comics at their worst! Teens run wild, get “hooked,” and more often than not wind up dead. Drugs, sex, and death. Top it off with a Kurtzman venereal disease story, and it must be on your coffee table. Impress your friends. Make them want what you have.

SC, 8×11, 112pgs, B&W $20.00

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES OF SUSPENSE VOL. 3 HC

Written by STAN LEE & LARRY LIEBER

Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK & PAUL REINMAN

Cover by JACK KIRBY

It’s a jam-packed Tales of Suspense monster bonanza! And you know you can’t keep a good monster down. No way, no how, and before they revolutionized the super hero set, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made monsters their daily diet. Klaag. Oog. Bruttu. Monstrollo. Skyscraper-tall lumbering beasts from outer space; muck-covered monsters from the Savannah swamps; lost world anachronisms from beyond time; and they were all here to teach humanity a lesson, whether we liked it or not. And after Kirby scares you with his creatures from the id, Steve Ditko will tear at your conscience—from the inside out—in tense suspense-thrillers cast with nervous-eyed dreamers and sweaty-palmed schemers, none of whom make it out with getting theirs. Each and every tale is executed by a master of storytelling—by the talents that defined the comic book medium for a generation—and each one is brought to you, gleamingly restored, in the fan-favorite Marvel Masterworks line! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #21-31.

304 PGS. $59.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: SGT. FURY VOL. 3 HC

Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS

Penciled by DICK AYERS

Cover by JACK KIRBY

Report for duty! It’s time for another Marvel Masterworks mission with Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos! It’s all-out action against the Axis powers, done in the Mighty Marvel Method as Fury and the Howlers protect the Manhattan Project and the atom bomb against Nazi spies and saboteurs; uproot an undercover agent who is none other than Red Skull; confront a traitor in their own ranks; and go mano-a-mano with Baron Strucker in a knock-down, drag-out fight battle in war-torn France. You’ll also see revealed—for the first time—the origin of Nick Fury’s eye-patch, follow Dum Dum Dugan as he goes it alone behind enemy lines, and experience the Allied push when Operation Overlord comes together on D-Day! Illustrated by the fightin’ man’s penciller, Dick Ayers, and scripted by Stan “The Man” and his armed-forces heir apparent, Roy Thomas, it’s an all-out classic. Reserve your copy today or it’s gonna be K.P. duty for you! Collecting SGT. FURY #24-32 & ANNUAL #2.

224 PGS $54.99

AVENGERS: I AM AN AVENGER VOL. 1 TPB

Written by STAN LEE, STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, JIM SHOOTER, DAVID MICHELINIE, WALT SIMONSON & LARRY HAMA

Penciled by JACK KIRBY, DICK AYERS, GEORGE TUSKA, GEORGE PEREZ, JOHN BYRNE, GENE DAY, GENE COLAN, BOB HALL, JOHN BUSCEMA & PAUL RYAN

Cover by PAUL RYAN

The Boisterious Beast! Tigra the Were-Woman! The Sensational She-Hulk! And of course, the Amazing Spider-Man! Avengers recruitment drives brought in all of them, and it’s a day unlike any other when those tales are teamed together for the first time! Plus: a member who comes back from the dead to rejoin and a literal trial by fire when two of Marvel’s most enduring characters – and one of mythdom’s most heralded heroes – join the team during the Inferno crisis! Also featuring the team’s first gathering and its first lineup revision into Cap’s Kooky Quartet! Guest-starring X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy and more! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) 1, #16, #137, #151, #181, #211, #221, #300 & #329.

216 PGS. $24.99

ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 8 TPB

Written by ROY THOMAS, BILL MANTLO, GERRY CONWAY, LEN WEIN & JIM SHOOTER

Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, RICH BUCKLER, GEORGE PEREZ, RON WILSON & SAL BUSCEMA

Cover by JACK KIRBY

With works by fan favorites such as Roy Thomas, John Buscema and George Perez, the Fantastic Four embark on some of their craziest adventures yet! Our heroes battle alternate versions of themselves across the dimensions, fight alongside the Invaders and the Liberty Legion during World War II, and team up with multiple allies to aid in their adventures — including Power Man, the Impossible Man, the Hulk, Thundra and Tigra! Also featuring some of the Fantastic Four’s greatest foes — including the Frightful Four, the Brute, Annihilus, Torgo, Gorr the Golden Gorilla, the Puppet Master and the Mad Thinker! Plus: the High Evolutionary vs. Galactus, with his new herald, the Asgardian Destroyer! And the first modern-age appearance of Marvel Boy, future member of the Agents of Atlas! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #160-179 & #181-183, FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #11, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #20 AND MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #1.

520 PGS. $19.99

Major release from the latest solicitations is a big collection of the S&K Newsboy Legion features from the 1940s, containing most of their run (a second volume would be mostly non-S&K, except for some covers, and then about a half-dozen post-war stories by Kirby). Kirby’s first issue of KOBRA, presumably the published version with various rescriptings and pasteups, also gets reprinted with some later stories of the character. From Marvel, softcover Masterworks continue with FF v3 and ESSENTIAL AVENGERS v7 features a bunch of Kirby covers, plus a “dreaded deadline doom” issue that features a partial reprint of #16.

THE NEWSBOY LEGION by JOE SIMON AND JACK KIRBY VOL. 1 HC
Written by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Art by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby and others
Cover by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Originally featured in STAR SPANGLED COMICS #7-32 (1942-1944), The Newsboy Legion stars a group of scrappy boys who fight crime in their home of Suicide Slum. Watched over by adult hero The Guardian, The Newsboy Legion battles crime through their own newspaper, taking on crooked politicians, slum lords, fifth column agents and much more.
Advance-solicited; on sale March 24 • 360 pg, FC, $49.99 US

KOBRA: RESURRECTION TP
Written by Martin Pasko, Jack Kirby, Greg Rucka, Eric Trautmann and Ivan Brandon
Art by Mike Nasser, Jack Kirby, Joe Bennett, Julian Lopez and others
Cover by Andrew Robinson
This graphic novel features the secret origin of KOBRA, the epic tale of their battle with CHECKMATE, the original KOBRA tale with art by Jack Kirby and more. Collected from KOBRA #1, DC SPECIAL SERIES #1, CHECKMATE #23-25 and KOBRA: FACES OF EVIL #1.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 17 • 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 3 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Covers by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Prepare yourself for another dose of the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine, courtesy of the world’s greatest comic collaborative team! Lee and Kirby set the standard for out-of-this-world imaginative adventure and launched the Marvel Universe with the Fantastic Four. Now, with all the Marvel U.’s super hero players in place, it’s time for the FF to run the gauntlet. The Thing throws down with the Hulk in a battle so huge it takes the combined might of the FF and the Avengers to stop it; the Sub-Mariner makes a play for Sue Storm; the FF tangle with the X-Men; Nick Fury drops by in the story that set the table for “Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.”; and even Dr. Strange makes an ever so astral appearance! Oh, and there’s villains, too! The Mole Man makes his first return since FF #1; Dr. Doom threatens the FF once more, and if he’s not evil enough for you, just wait ’til you see the surprise identity of the Hate-Monger! Just for fun, you’ll also get the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android, the Puppet Master, the Red Ghost, the outer space Infant Terrible, and the villain fans love to hate—Diablo! Collecting THE FANTASTIC FOUR #21-30.
248 PGS./All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4296-6

ESSENTIAL AVENGERS VOL. 7 TPB
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, TONY ISABELLA, SCOTT EDELMAN, GERRY CONWAY, JIM SHOOTER, BILL MANTLO & STAN LEE
Penciled by GEORGE PÉREZ, DON HECK, KEITH POLLARD, JOE SINNOTT, JOHN BUSCEMA, SAL BUSCEMA, PABLO MARCOS, GEORGE TUSKA, SAL TRAPANI & JACK KIRBY
Cover by GIL KANE
What do a Golden Age hero, a Western hero and a romance heroine have in common? They all join the Avengers during one of the team’s busier eras, presented here! Worlds, centuries and genres clash as the Avengers battle Kang in the past and the Serpent Crown on the Earth next door! Then, when civil war grips both Atlantis and Latveria, which side must the Avengers take? If it’s up to Doctor Doom, it’ll be the evil they know, not the evil they don’t! Plus: Graviton, the Grim Reaper, voodoo, mad science and more! Featuring the Champions, the Squadron Supreme and the Circus of Crime! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #141-163, ANNUAL #6 and SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP #9.
480 PGS./All Ages …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4453-3

Bunch of Kirby reprints in the latest batch of Marvel comics coming out in the fall. TALES OF ASGARD has some more modern coloured reprints. Mostly Kirby covers and a few issues of layouts in the second AVENGERS softcover Masterworks. Couple of Kirby reprints fill out the page count of some reprints of 1980s X-Men miniseries. The reconstructed “Lost FF” issue shows up in a paperback with some other stuff. PET AVENGERS has an issue of FF and a Kirby/Ayers monster story from JiM #57. And Namor finally gets an ESSENTIAL volume, so there’s a handful of Kirby pages in that.

THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY
#5 (of 6)
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

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 Marvel’s 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 Marvel’s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Re-live classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack’s 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 Marvel’s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and six extraordinary interlocking covers by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting the “Tales of Asgard” backup stories from THOR #129-136.
48 PGS./ Remastered Reprints /All Ages …$3.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by DON HECK with JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Brought together to fight the biggest menaces in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp represented the heavy-hitters of the super-hero set, but Marvel heroes don’t just hang out, they live, breathe, argue—and even fall out. In an innovative twist that would come to define the Avengers, Stan Lee chose to have those original Avengers depart, leaving Captain America alone to carry on. But it was who replaced them that really got reader’s attention. Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch—all conflicted and villains in their own right—became Cap ‘s new recruits creating a dynamic, unpredictable and exciting quartet that to many would become the Avengers’s heart and soul. So sit and back enjoy the evolution of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they battle Kang the Conqueror, the Mole Man, the Red Ghost, Count Nefaria, Baron Zemo’s Masters of Evil, the Mandarin and the Swordsman. With guest appearances by Spider-Man the Incredible Hulk himself, it’s a Marvel Masterwork from beginning to end! Collecting THE AVENGERS #11-20.
224 PGS./All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3708-5

X-MEN VS. FANTASTIC FOUR PREMIERE HC
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & STAN LEE
Penciled by JON BOGDANOVE & JACK KIRBY
Covers by JON BOGDANOVE
Old soldiers may fade away, but so do young mutants! On the verge of disintegration, Kitty Pryde seems resigned to her doom — but the X-Men will do anything to save her, even bargain with a worse doom…DOCTOR Doom! What stunning secret prevents Mister Fantastic and the Fantastic Four from saving the day instead? Is he terrified of failing because his greatest failure, the fateful rocket flight, might have really been his greatest success? Do the answers all come down to wunderkind Franklin Richards? Plus: the classic tale of the two teams’ original face-off in Marvel’s early era! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR VS. THE X-MEN #1-4 and FANTASTIC FOUR #28.
136 PGS./Rated A …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3807-5

X-MEN VS. AVENGERS PREMIERE HC
Written by ROGER STERN & STAN LEE
Penciled by MARC SILVESTRI, KEITH POLLARD & JACK KIRBY
Covers by KEITH POLLARD & MARC SILVESTRI
When Magneto’s on trial, he needs all the help he can get; he finds it in the remnants of his former fortress, Asteroid M! The X-Men aren’t sure what his scheme is, but they’re positive they don’t want the Avengers and the Soviet Super-Soldiers to find out first! Multi-team warfare with the eyes of the world on all three! Also featuring the X-Men’s fabulous first fight with the Avengers, to keep them from unleashing the legendary Lucifer! Collecting X-MEN VS. THE AVENGERS #1-4 and UNCANNY X-MEN #9.
136 PGS./Rated A …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3809-9

FANTASTIC FOUR: LOST ADVENTURES BY STAN LEE TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, RON FRENZ, JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA SR., JOHN ROMITA JR., BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, KERRY GAMMILL, RON FRENZ, AL MILGROM, JOHN BUSCEMA, MARC SILVESTRI, JERRY ORDWAY & NICK DRAGOTTA
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR
Stan’s back, and he’s brought the Fantastic Four with him! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made pop-culture history during the 1960s with their landmark run on FANTASTIC FOUR. Unabridged for 102 consecutive issues, the legacy of their work together has influenced the imaginations of comic-book creators and pop-art innovators. And guess what? It’s time to make room for a 103rd issue! A lost classic by Stan and Jack has made it into the hands of astonished FF fans everywhere! Featuring art by Kirby, much of which has never been seen by the public, this restoration project was finished off with scripting by Stan and inked by legendary FF delineator Joe Sinnott — marking a reunion of the dynamite combo that made the Marvel Age of Comics so scintillatingly super. Rounding out the contents are three other classic stories by Stan Lee that explore many different facets of the First Family and the universe they helped found. All have one thing in common: the heart, soul, wit and charm of Stan “The Man” Lee. Collecting THE LAST FANTASTIC FOUR STORY, FANTASTIC FOUR: LOST, FANTASTIC FOUR #296 & #543.
200 PGS./Rated A …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4047-4

PET AVENGERS CLASSIC TPB
Written by STAN LEE, STEVE DITKO, MARY JO DUFFY, SCOTT EDELMAN, PETER GILLIS, STEVEN GRANT, BRUCE JONES, LARRY LEIBER, WILL MURRAY, FABIAN NICIEZA, GREG PAK, LOUISE SIMONSON, DAN SLOTT, MARC SUMERAK & ZEB WELLS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JUNE BRIGMAN, BOB BUDIANSKY, ANDREA DIVITO, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, GIL KANE, VAL MAYERIK, TAKESHI MIYAZAWA, MICHAEL NETZER, DON PERLIN, JAVIER SALTARES, PAUL SMITH & SKOTTIE YOUNG
Cover by KARL KERSCHL
The Falcon, the Two-Gun Kid and many another will tell you: A hero’s best friend is his animal sidekick! A teleporting dog, a winged horse, a bouncing cat…and lookit the cute puppies! All part of the Marvel Universe animal kingdom showcased in this offbeat collection! Lockheed gone solo! The origin of Zabu! The Super-Apes triumphant! Magic; super-science; and squirrels, squirrels, squirrels! Featuring rarely seen early work by Fabian Nicieza, Greg Pak and other present-day Marvel headliners! Collecting material from THING #4, CAPTAIN AMERICA #220, KA-ZAR THE SAVAGE #14-15, X-MEN UNLIMITED #43, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #72, SPEEDBALL #6, MARVEL TALES #100, MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #8, AMAZING FANTASY #15, FANTASTIC FOUR #94, NEW DEFENDERS #150, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #4, FRANKLIN RICHARDS: HAPPY FRANKSGIVING, NEW WARRIORS #2 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #57.
208 PGS./ Rated A …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3966-9

ESSENTIAL SUB-MARINER VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, RAYMOND MARAIS & ARCHIE GOODWIN
Penciled by WALLY WOOD, GENE COLAN, JACK KIRBY, JERRY GRANDENETTI, BILL EVERETT, DAN ADKINS, WERNER ROTH, MARIE SEVERIN & JOHN BUSCEMA
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA
Ten years after the last issue of the Golden Age’s SUB-MARINER COMICS, the Avenging Son finally claimed a monthly feature in TALES TO ASTONISH, the entire run of which is presented here! Namor’s on an undersea quest, braving the Seaweed Man, the Demon of the Diamonds and other oceanic oddities for the power to protect his kingdom from his perennial would-be usurpers: Attuma, Byrrah and Krang! But even if he reclaims his crown, Puppet Master and the Secret Empire want him as their puppet king! Plus: Namor learns secrets of his past, but does his future lead only to…Destiny? Guest-starring Daredevil, Iron Man and the Hulk! Collecting DAREDEVIL #7, TALES TO ASTONISH #70-101, TALES OF SUSPENSE #80, IRON MAN & SUB MARINER #1 and SUB-MARINER #1.
504 PGS./All Ages …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3075-8

Pair of expected reprints in the latest Marvel solicitations, as the softcover MARVEL MASTERWORKS continue monthly in the same order as the hardcovers, getting to the first HULK series, five issues of which are by Kirby, and the re-coloured TALES OF ASGARD series continues, if that’s your cup of mead.

And yes, they’re publishing something called MARVEL BROMANCE. The Kirby story is a pretty good 10=page Captain America and Nick Fury team-up with inks by Frank Giacoia.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO
Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may have the appearance of a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Incredible Hulk! Hot off the success of the FANTASTIC FOUR, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s atomic update on the Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde tale, mixed the joy of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and added a heavy dose of psychological drama to create a formula that even decades later has readers clamoring for more. So for each and every purple pants loving Hulkophile, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS are proud to present the Hulk’s original six-issue solo series in one amazingly restored volume. You’ll meet Bruce Banner, Rick Jones, General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross of the U.S. Army and the lovely Betty Ross for the first time. You’ll see the Hulk’s first appearance as the gray goliath before he turned that familiar shade of green. You’ll watch the Hulk bust knuckles with the far-out Toad Men, the subterranean Tryannus, monstrous Mongu, and the Metal Master, and to make it that much better, the incomparable Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko illustrate it all. Collecting THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1-6
176 PGS./All Ages …$24.99

THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY #4 (of 6)
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

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 Marvel’s 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 Marvel’s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Re-live classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack’s 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 Marvel’s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and six extraordinary interlocking covers by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting the “Tales of Asgard” backup stories from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #121-125 & THOR #126-128.

48 PGS./Reprint/All Ages …$3.99

MARVEL BROMANCE TPB
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, STAN LEE, ROGER STERN, MARY JO DUFFY, CHRIS CLAREMONT, LEN WEIN, FABIAN NICIEZA, BOB LAYTON, DAVID MICHELINIE, CHRISTOPHER PRIEST & BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
Penciled by KERRY GAMMILL, GENE COLAN, MARK BAGLEY, JOHN BOLTON, JOHN BUSCEMA, PATRICK ZIRCHER, MARK BRIGHT, SAL VELLUTO, JACK KIRBY & BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
All New Cover by TBA
If This Be Bromance–! Marvel’s greatest buddies take the spotlight in this one-of-a-kind collection, and it’s male bonding like you’ve never seen — as Cable and Deadpool swap stories, Wonder Man and the Beast share a plane ride, Spidey and the Human Torch battle back-to-back, Wolverine makes a bet with Nightcrawler, Black Panther and Everett Ross lay their feelings on the line…and the Warriors Three set sail for fun! Plus: Captain America and the Falcon, Iron Man and Jim Rhodes, and more! Be here as Marvel says, “I love you, man!” Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP #121, CAPTAIN AMERICA #126, AVENGERS TWO: WONDER MAN & THE BEAST #1, POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #79, CLASSIC X-MEN #4, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #30, CABLE & DEADPOOL #19, IRON MAN #216, BLACK PANTHER #25, TALES OF SUSPENSE #78 and MARVEL FANFARE #15.

224 PGS./Rated A …$24.99

No shortage of Kirby reprints in the latest Marvel solicitations. The INHUMANS get a hardcover, including the back-ups from THOR, the Kirby written and drawn issues of AMAZING ADVENTURES and even one of Kirby’s NOT BRAND ECHH stories. I think all we need is a final THOR and a KA-ZAR MASTERWORKS to get all of Kirby’s Silver Age Marvel super-heroes reprinted in the Masterworks series. Oh, and I guess a few more NOT BRAND ECHH stories unless those were slipped in elsewhere? Anything else?

Elsewhere, the TALES OF ASGARD six-issue reprint is confirmed to be with very modern colouring, so buyer beware if that’s not your bag. Softcover Masterworks continue with a second X-MEN, and a few Kirby stories in some anthologies of mostly other stuff.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INHUMANS VOL. 1 HC
Written by JACK KIRBY, STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, GERRY CONWAY & ARCHIE GOODWIN
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, NEAL ADAMS, MIKE SEKOWSKY & GENE COLAN
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
The uncanny Inhumans come to the MARVEL MASTERWORKS at last! In 1965, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave a strange family of outcasts their debut in the pages of Fantastic Four. Responding to their Shakespearean pathos and Kirby’s out of this world character designs, the fans loved them—and wanted more! The mysterious origins of Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak and the rest of their wondrous, secret world was initially revealed in a series of Thor features. But that only whetted reader’s appetites—and so came their first headlining series in AMAZING ADVENTURES! Launched by writer/artist Jack Kirby, the new series took the Inhumans to their roots, defending their kingdom against the aggressions of mankind—especially against the ultimate threat of the Mandarin. Then a team with uncanny credentials, Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, took up the crown and sent the Inhumans on a mythical exodus into the world of man. It was a saga exploring the social issues of the era and, of course, topped of with a heavy dose of Inhuman action! Also featuring a rare Medusa and Black Bolt tale from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES and a trio of satirical tales from NOT BRAND ECHH by Stan, Jack and their blushing Bullpen! Collecting THOR #146-152, AMAZING ADVENTURES #1-10, THE AVENGERS #95 & MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #15 with bonus selections from NOT BRAND ECCH #6 & 12.
240 PGS/All Ages …$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4141-9

THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY #3 (OF 6)
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
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 Marvel’s 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 Marvel’s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Relive classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack’s 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 Marvel’s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and six extraordinary interlocking covers by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting the “Tales of Asgard” backup stories from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #113-120.
48 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

MARVEL 70TH ANNIVERSARY TPB
Written by BILL EVERETT, JOE SIMON, STAN LEE, LARRY LEIBER, STEVE DITKO, ROY THOMAS, BOB LAYTON, DAVID MICHELINIE, CHRIS CLAREMONT, FRANK MILLER, PETER DAVID, KURT BUSIEK, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, GENE COLAN, STEVE DITKO, JOHN ROMITA, NEAL ADAMS, JOHN ROMITA JR., JOHN BYRNE, FRANK MILLER, TODD MCFARLANE, ALEX ROSS, GEORGE PEREZ, MARK BAGLEY, JIM CHEUNG & STEVE EPTING
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Celebrate a senses-shattering 70 years of Marvel Comics with this fitting tribute to the storied history of the House of Ideas! This keepsake edition showcases the creative evolution of the Marvel Universe like never before by collecting some of the best stories from each of the past seven decades. With input from the True Believers themselves – the mighty Marvel fans – this is Marvel history as it was made! Collecting material from SUB-MARINER #1, CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #2-3, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #2, TALES TO ASTONISH #13, AMAZING FANTASY #12; and FANTASTIC FOUR #13, STRANGE TALES #115, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50, AVENGERS #93, IRON MAN #128, UNCANNY X-MEN #132, DAREDEVIL #168, INCREDIBLE HULK #340, MARVELS #0, AVENGERS #4, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #13, NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1 and CAPTAIN AMERICA #25.
344 PGS./Rated A …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3743-6

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & WERNER ROTH with ALEX TOTH
Covers by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
The Children of the Atom are back in their classic adventures from the Silver Age! Launched by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the X-Men blended super-hero action, teen angst, and a metaphor for the turbulent social and racial issues of the ’60s into one potent package! After laying the foundation for what would become comics’ biggest franchise, Stan and Jack passed the headmaster’s role of the Xavier School to Roy Thomas and Werner Roth, who would come into their own while crafting the tales of Marvel’s merry mutants. Collected in this second amazing MASTERWORKS volume, you’ll find the first appearance of the unstoppable Juggernaut, the cosmic Stranger, the mutant Mimic, and in a classic three-part saga, the mutant-hunting robot Sentinels. And for good measure we’re topping it off with the return of Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil mutants and a two-part tale featuring Lucifer, the early nemesis of Professor X. They’re mutant milestones one and all! Collecting THE X-MEN #11-21.
240 PGS./All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3700-9

ANNIHILATION CLASSIC TPB
Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, MARV WOLFMAN, MARK GRUENWALD, BILL MANTLO, DOUG MOENCH, SCOTT EDELMAN & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by DEREC AUCOIN, JACK KIRBY, JOHN BUSCEMA, PAUL RYAN, MIKE MIGNOLA, TOM SUTTON, MIKE ZECK & GIL KANE
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA, PAUL RYAN, GIL KANE & MIKE MIGNOLA
Discover the origins of space’s greatest heroes, before they guarded the galaxy from annihilation! Gathered here for the first time are a selection of classic tales featuring the stars of the cosmic Annihilation sagas. Watch Bug battle Annihilus across the Marvel Universe! Witness one of the first battles between Thanos and Drax the Destroyer! Behold the artificial man Him became the hero Warlock! Quake in fear as Groot from Planet X attempts to conquer Earth! And learn the secret origins of Quasar, Nova, Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon! Collecting BUG #1, TALES TO ASTONISH #13, NOVA #1, QUASAR #1, ROCKET RACCOON #1-4, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #6, LOGAN’S RUN #6, MARVEL PREMIERE #1.
240 PGS./Rated A …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3410-7

A big collection of the S&K Sandman (1940s and 1970s) is officially on the schedule. I’m seeing conflicting reports on whether this is softcover or hardcover, if anyone can get confirmation I’d appreciate it. Either way, some good stuff, a lot of it never before reprinted.

THE SANDMAN BY JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
Written by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby
Art and cover by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby

At last, the classic 1940s Super Hero series by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is collected from the pages of WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #6-7, ADVENTURE COMICS #72-97, #100-102 (1942-1946) and SANDMAN #1, the comic that reunited Simon & Kirby in 1974!

In the capable hands of Simon and Kirby, the Sandman left behind his trademark green suit, fedora and gas mask to become a brightly costumed adventurer on the trail of crime in the big city with the help of his sidekick, Sandy the Golden Boy. With a strong element of the fantastic in the form of haunted dreams and foes claiming to be figures of myth, these stories were perfect examples of the fast-paced, slam-bang adventures that made Simon & Kirby the most celebrated comics talents of the 1940s.

on sale August 12 • 304 pg, FC, $39.99 US

Harry Mendryk has had some news recently on Joe Simon’s upcoming reprints of S&K studio material from Titan, the first book still a few months away but more books already being added to the plans. And for those able to go to the New York ComiCon next month, Joe Simon will be there doing a panel and signing two limited edition lithographs featuring some sweet S&K art at the Titan booth.

A few other upcoming publications, details below. The Kirby work in the first two YOUNG ALLIES issues is minor, just covers and some splash pages apparently, but stuff that hasn’t really been reprinted before. Softcover Masterworks books continue with AVENGERS v1, an unidentified S&K Captain America story in a back-up to some new stuff. JACK KIRBY QUARTERLY #15 came out a few months ago (more details here), but is distributed to comic shops for the first time with the February 2009 solicitations (FEB094563).

JACK KIRBY QUARTERLY #15
This is the 15th-anniversary special of the original and fully-authorized magazine dedicated to the King of Comics, Jack Kirby! In addition to little-seen artwork, the main focus of this title is the in-depth analysis of various facets of Kirby’s work across the decades, from his crime comics and westerns to his fantasy and superhero work, plus non-comics television and film projects. Contributors include Marv Wolfman, Kevin Eastman, William Stout, Greg Theakston, Peter Laird, Paul Gravett, Paul Gambaccini, and Dez Skinn. This speicial issue includes 18 pages of rare interviews with Jack and Roz Kirby, including one of Jack’s final interviews. (Quality Communications) (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine, 68pgs, B&W $7.95

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & DON HECK

Pick up the adventures of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes from day one with the MARVEL MASTERWORKS! Comicdom’s greatest assemblage of super heroes burst onto the scene in 1963 as Marvel Comics revolutionized the comic-adventure art form. Gathering together to face the evil Loki, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp and the Mighty Thor formed the improbable core of the ever-changing super-team. But it was three issues later when, from the ice of the northern Atlantic, Captain America returned from the frozen depths that the Avengers truly took form. Illustrated by Jack Kirby and Don Heck, and written by Stan “The Man” Lee, you’ll find the first appearances of Kang the Conqueror, Wonder Man, the Space Phantom and Baron Zemo, the debut of the Masters of Evil and the Hulk’s departure from the team and “subsequent team-up with the Sub-Mariner to take down his former comrades. They’re Marvel Masterworks one and all!
Collecting THEAVENGERS #1-10
248 PGS $24.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE YOUNG ALLIES VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE, OTTO BINDER & VARIOUS
Penciled by AL GABRIELE, JACK KIRBY, CHARLES NICHOLASWOTJKOSWKI, JACK ALDERMAN & VARIOUS
Cover by JACK KIRBY

The Young Allies, comics’ very first boy-adventure team, leap into four-color action once more with their debut MARVEL MASTERWORKS volume! Super-hero sidekicks unite when Captain America’s pal, Bucky and his Sentinels of Liberty team up with the Human Torch’s protege, Toro, and take on the Axis! And they won’t waste a second getting down to business. Right from issue #1 they take the fight straight to Berlin and, rest assured, the Red Skull, and even Hitler himself, won’t be walking out of this one without a bloody nose. Next up, the Black Talon returns from the pages of CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS to terrorize the Young Allies, or maybe that should be the other way around? There are 5th Columnists, Nazis, Imperial generals, spies, and action galore in each of these Timely classics. The Golden Age of Comics packed in cover-to-cover adventure, but there are few that can compare to the massive, 60-pages plus, issue-length adventures of the Young Allies!
Collecting YOUNG ALLIES #1-4
288 PGS $59.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Penciled by MARCOS MARTIN
Cover and Variant Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Sketch Variant Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Leading off a series of celebratory specials commemorating Marvel’s 70th Anniversary, James (STARMAN, SUPERMAN) Robinson and Marcos (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) Martin bring you an untold story of the living legend. In the days before he becomes Captain America, a scrawny kid from Brooklyn named Steve Rogers shows the world that you don’t need a super-soldier serum to be a hero. Plus a classic Captain America tale from the Golden Age by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
48 PGS./One-Shot/All-New & Reprints $3.99

Couple of upcoming Kirby reprints announced recently. The issues of MARVEL MYSTERY in the Masterworks edition has the first four Vision stories, a few never reprinted before. Looks like the current plan is for the softcover Masterworks to follow the release order of the hardcover series, running monthly, so expect two volumes each of FF, X-Men and Avengers and one of the Hulk in 2009. Not sure what’s in that Fantagraphics SUPERMEN book, a few things could qualify under the premise. And that reprint of Atlas in the back of a book of recent Superman stories is out of left field.

SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF ATLAS HC
Written by James Robinson and Jack Kirby
Art by Renado Guedes, Jack Kirby, Jose Wilson Magalhaes and D. Bruce Berry
Cover by Alex Ross

Titans clash in this first hardcover collection of SUPERMAN tales from fan-favorite writer James Robinson (STARMAN)! Featuring SUPERMAN #677-680, this is the battle to end all others as Superman faces off with Atlas, lost god of myth. And when Atlas stakes a claim on Metropolis, it’s up to Superman and Krypto to take Atlas down.

As a bonus, this collection also includes FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL #1, the 1975 tale by Jack “King” Kirby that introduced Atlas!

on sale April 8 – 128 pg, FC, $19.99 US

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Covers by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE

In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse on the greatest revolution in comic book history, the Marvel Age of Comics, and right here in the pages of The Fantastic Four, you can experience it from page one. With the space race, on Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm shoot for the stars, but after their craft is bombarded by cosmic rays, they return to Earth with the startling powers of the Fantastic Four! These weren’t just any super heroes, though, they were a realistic, relatable, bickering and loveable family that couldn’t float their rent and didn’t always enjoy their superpowers. So come join the Marvel Masterworks and witness the first appearance of such Marvel U. cornerstones as the Skrulls and Dr. Doom, the Sub-Mariner’s return, the debut of the Mole Man and his many monsters, Miracle Man, the Puppet Master and more! Collecting THE FANTASTIC FOUR #1-10.

272 PGS/All Ages …$24.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS VOL. 4 HC
Written by JOE SIMON, RAY GILL, ANDREW MCWHINEY & VARIOUS
Penciled by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JACK KIRBY, PAUL GUSTAVSON, STEVE DAHLMAN, BOB OKSNER & BEN THOMPSON
Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG

And now the flagship title of Marvel’s Golden Age REALLY heats up! From day one Marvel Comics brought you CarlBurgos’ blazing Human Torch and Bill Everett’s undersea powerhouse Sub-Mariner, but two of the Golden Age’s most thrilling characters just wasn’t enough for MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS–Enter, the Vision! Created by Timely’s titanic team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the Vision, burst into the Earthly world via Professor Enoch Mason’s dimension smasher and brought to MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS an eerie crime-noir serial that sealed the comic’s place at the very top of the Golden Age’s greatest! Joined by the crime-fighting Angel, boy-adventurer Terry Vance, the caterwauling science fiction tales of Electro, and Ka-Zar’s jungle action, there’s no comparison for variety and excitement, so celebrate Marvel’s 70th anniversary and reserve your copy today! Collecting MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #13-16.
280 PGS/All Ages …$59.99

SUPERMEN! THE FIRST WAVE OF COMIC-BOOK HEROES (1939-41)
Edited by Greg Sadowski; Introduction by Jonathan Lethem

Of the 22 stories appearing in SUPERMEN! the vast majority haven’t seen print since first publication, including the notorious 1939 Wonder Man debut by Will Eisner. Wonder Man lasted one issue after a successful DC Comics lawsuit cited the similarity to its son of Krypton.

This lawsuit inspired more individual and offbeat approaches, and it’s on these mavericks and oddballs we focus this collection. The roster features such notables as Basil Wolverton, Jack Kirby, Jack Cole, Fletcher Hanks, Ogden Whitney, Lou Fine, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, and Dick Briefer. Fighting villainy is hard work and in SUPERMEN! it’s downright ruthless.

SC, 8 1/2 x 11, 176 pages, FC, $24.99

Bunches of recently announced upcoming Kirby. TwoMorrows brings the COLLECTED KIRBY COLLECTOR up to the end of the standard magazine format issues. All the tabloid issues are still available, so no idea if they’ll ever collect those in some format. And of course they continue with #52 (#51 should be out in a few weeks). DC collects Kirby’s dozen issues of OUR FIGHTING FORCES featuring The Losers, some great stuff in there. Marvel starts a softcover version of their Masterworks line. A few pages of Kirby inked by Ditko in that first release, obviously expect much more Kirby in other probable releases. The old Masterworks hardcover line is still catching some strays, like one Kirby story and a bunch of covers in the second Human Torch volume. And the original X-Men get a thick OMNIBUS volume collecting all of the issues with Kirby pencils and layouts and beyond, including almost all the covers he had a hand in.

COLLECTED JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR – Volume 7
288 page Trade Paperback – Edited by John Morrow

This seventh trade paperback completes the compilations of the first thirty regular-size issues of The Jack Kirby Collector, the critically acclaimed magazine about Kirby’s life and career. This volume reprints Jack Kirby Collector #27-30, with in-depth looks at Jack’s 1970s Marvel Comics work, and his ’80s work in comics and animation, plus a special two-part focus on how widespread Kirby’s influence is! It features rare interviews with Kirby himself, plus new interviews with Watchmen’s ALAN MOORE and DAVE GIBBONS, NEIL GAIMAN, Bone’s JEFF SMITH, MARK “Luke Skywalker” HAMILL, and others! See page after page of rare Kirby art, including a NEW special section with over 30 pieces of Kirby art never before published, and more! Edited by John Morrow.
ISBN-13: 978-1-605490-12-0
ISBN-10: 1-605490-12-1
$29.95 US

THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #52
Winter 2009 – 84 pages – Tabloid Format

This issue spotlights Kirby Obscura, uncovering some of Jack’s most obscure work! Learn about such little-known projects as an unused Thor story, his unseen Bruce Lee comic, his animation work, his stage play, and see original unaltered versions of pages from Kamandi, Demon, Destroyer Duck, and more! It also includes a feature examining the last page of his final issue of various series before editorial tampering (complete with lots of surprises)! There’s also Mark Evanier’s regular column about his former boss, two huge Kirby pencil art galleries, a complete Golden Age Kirby story, a color Kirby front cover inked by DON HECK, and a color back cover inked by PAUL SMITH! Edited by John Morrow.
$10 US

THE LOSERS BY JACK KIRBY HC
Written by Jack Kirby
Art by Jack Kirby, D. Bruce Berry & Mike Royer
Cover by Jack Kirby & Mike Royer

For the first time, Jack Kirby’s tales of World War II are collected! In 1974, while Jack Kirby was hard at work on such mind-bending epics as MISTER MIRACLE and KAMANDI, he also created a series of stories that drew on his own experiences in World War II. Starring DC war heroes Johnny Cloud, Captain Storm, Gunner and Sarge, this volume features stories in which The Losers stop a German attack using a tactic found in a comic book, German and American athletes who faced each other at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin meet again on the field of combat, and much more! Don’t miss this amazing collection of tales from OUR FIGHTING FORCES #151-162, and featuring a foreword by best-selling author Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN).

on sale March 11
240 pg, FC, $39.99 US

THE X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JAY GAVIN,
WERNER ROTH & JACK SPARLING
Covers by JACK KIRBY & ALEX ROSS

In 1963 the slow boil of the Marvel super-hero revolution exploded in a full eruption with a slate of new heroic adventurers that redefined comic-book adventure forever. Joining the Fantastic Four, the Amazing Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and Dr. Strange came the Avengers and an odd sister book featuring a weird assortment of brand new characters: Cyclops, the Beast, Iceman, the Angel, Marvel Girl, and the mysteriously-named Professor X. They were the X-Men, and little did anyone know that they would come to take the comic book business by storm. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby billed their new creations “The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!” and while their mutant powers were certainly weird, the binding concept of this band of heroes, a group feared, hunted and hated because the of prejudice of their fellow man was pure Marvel relevance, striking at the heart of Civil Rights battles of the time. So join us as we collect in this massive, painstakingly restored, archival volume as we recount the earliest adventures of the world’s most-famous super-hero team as they encounter for the very first time their nemesis Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Juggernaut, Ka-Zar and the Savage Land, Master Mold and the Sentinels, and many more of Marvel’s greatest heroes and villains. Supplemented with a bevy of behind-the-scenes bonus material, critical and historical essays, and original artwork, this volume is a bona fide must-have for each and every X-addict! Collecting THE X-MEN #1-31.
768 PGS./All Ages …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2958-5

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 1 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by STEVE DITKO with JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO

Celebrate Marvel’s 70th anniversary by experiencing the tales of the world’s most-famous super heroes from the very beginning! The Marvel Masterworks have brought readers deluxe hardcover collections of Marvel’s classics from the Golden Age, Atlas Era, and the mighty Marvel Age, and now you can join in the Masterworks excitement with our new, monthly Marvel Masterworks trade paperbacks. And where better to start than where comics’ most robust line of archival comic collections began-the Amazing Spider-Man! In 1962 in the pages of a comic book slated for cancellation, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko gave birth to one of the most-enduring icons in American popular culture-the one and only Amazing Spider-Man! Turning the concept of a super hero on its head, they imbued the young, guilt-ridden Peter Parker with the fantastic powers of an arachnid and the fantastic pressures of an everyday teenager. The combination was pure magic. So join us in the following pages as we present stories of spectacular web-slinging adventure from Spidey’s very beginning including, the tragic origin that started it all, the first appearances of the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson, Doctor Octopus, the Sandman, the Vulture, Electro, and guest-star nods by the Fantastic Four and Human Torch. And to top it off, we’ve packed this volume full of bonuses galore, including the complete original artwork to Spider-Man’s Amazing Fantasy #15 origin from the Library of Congress archives! Collecting AMAZING FANTASY #15 & THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1-10.
272 PGS/All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3692-7
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 1 TPB – DM ONLY
272 PGS/All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3693-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE HUMAN TORCH VOL. 2 HC
Written by STAN LEE & LARRY IVIE
Penciled by DICK AYERS, BOB POWELL, CARL BURGOS & JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY

Hot dog! It’s a treat, the swingin’ ’60s solo adventures of the Human Torch come to cacophonous conclusion in this much-demanded Masterworks milestone! Written by the one-and-only sultan of the Silver Age, Stan Lee, and illustrated by the Bullen’s professor of penciling, Darlin’ Dick Ayers, these tales of the Torch (and his odd-couple partner, the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing) are bona fide and certified cover-to-cover fun! Join in as the Torch tests his mettle against the Wizard, the riotous Rabble Rouser and Plantman. Then, place your bets in the battle of fire and ice between Johnny Storm and the X-Men’s Iceman, illustrated by Jack Kirby! After that we waste no time because it’s team-up time. The Thing joins the show and wastes no time getting down to clobberin’ time vs. Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, Paste-Pot Pete, the Beetle (not those Beatles, they come later), the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master. And before we close it all down comes…the Watcher! Guest-staring the Amazing Spider-Man, the X-Men, four guys named John, Paul, George and Ringo, and if that doesn’t sell you on it, then I’ve got five words that will: “Thing in a Beatle wig.” That’s it! We stuck a fork in ya. So reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting STRANGE TALES #118-134
256 PGS./All Ages …$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3505-0
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE HUMAN TORCH VOL. 2 HC – VARIANT EDITION VOL. 113
256 PGS./All Ages …$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3506-7