"Shame!" Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Liam Sharp.
The macabre Man-Thing returns in its very own series and takes its rightful place as the world's most startling swamp monster. Featuring the sorcery of the Sorcerer Supreme!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.
"The Journey!" Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Written by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Liam Sharp.
All your questions shall be answered as the Master of the Mystic Arts takes us on a journey to the center of the Man-Thing!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.
"Silent Night!" Guest-starring Devil-Slayer. By J.M. DeMatteis and Liam Sharp.
On a lonely Christmas Eve, Ellen and the macabre Man-Thing are approached by the mysterious Mr. Termineus, who comes bearing a strange gift.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.
Original Sin Tie-In (Spider-Verse Prelude) - Written by Dan Slott. Art and Cover by Humberto Ramos.
ORIGINAL SIN tie-in! The greatest untold secret of Spider-Man's world has a name - SILK! Who is this mysterious woman and what does she have to do with Black Cat and Electro?!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
"Catacombs!" Part 1 of 2. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek.
Angel has been kidnaped by a fanatical group of mutants that live below the streets of Manhattan. Now the X-Men race against the clock to save the life of the former teammate, but are they ready for what they find in the tunnels of the Morlocks?
NOTE: 1st appearance of Callisto and the Morlocks.
Cover price $0.60.
"Reunion!" Part 1 of 4. Guest-starring Corsair of the Starjammers. Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Dave Cockrum, Bob Wiacek, and Joe Rubinstein.
The swashbuckling space-pirate Corsair crash-lands on the school grounds of Xavier's Institute. He comes to the X-Men with a dire warning of impending doom. However, he may not get to deliver his message as he is pursued by an alien contingent of bounty-hunters determined to stop him. Plus, Cyclops finally learns the truth about his relationship with Corsair!
Cover price $0.60.
Cover by Ryan Ottley.
CARNAGE RULES! Witness the cerebral chaos caused by CARNAGE, brought to life by some of the greatest creators at Marvel! But beware, True Believers, true to their titular character's namesake, these spine-chilling tales are not for the faint of heart and presented in BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD!
36 pages, PC/B&W. Parental Advisory
Cover price $4.99.
2nd Printing. Written by Al Ewing and Various. Art by Sara Pichelli. Cover by Patrick Gleason.
CARNAGE RULES! Witness the cerebral chaos caused by CARNAGE, brought to life by some of the greatest creators at Marvel! But beware, True Believers, true to their titular character's namesake, these spine-chilling tales are not for the faint of heart and presented in BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD!
36 pages, PC/B&W. Parental Advisory
Cover price $4.99.
Cover by Patrick Gleason.CARNAGE RULES! Witness the cerebral chaos caused by CARNAGE, brought to life by some of the greatest creators at Marvel! But beware, True Believers, true to their titular character's namesake, these spine-chilling tales are not for the faint of heart and presented in BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD!
36 pages, PC/B&W. Parental Advisory
Cover price $4.99.
Direct Edition. Cover by Mark Bagley and Sam de la Rosa. Lethal Protector Part 2: War and Pieces, script by David Michelinie, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Al Milgrom and Sam de la Rosa
Venom is rejected by the underground dwellers he helped out; Spidey goes to Eddie's father for answers about his son; The Jury comes after Venom for killing its leader's son.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Sam Grainger. First appearance and death of Bull's-Eye in "The Assassination of Nick Fury!", script by Gary Friedrich (plot, dialogue), Herb Trimpe (plot), and Dick Ayers (plot), pencils by Herb Trimpe and Dick Ayers, inks by Sam Grainger
HYDRA Number 72 hires the services of Bulls-eye, a paid assassin, to kill Nick Fury; Fury is concerned that 3 CIA operatives have been killed, and feels SHIELD could handle the investigation better than they could; Fury picks up Laura for a date, and as they drive, they're followed all over town by Bulls-eye; Number 72 plans to turn NYC into a "bloody battleground" within the hour following Fury's death; Fury & Laura attend a concert by Country Joe & The Fish in Central Park, when Bulls-eye strikes! Abruptly, Number 72 decides this would be the moment SHIELD would expect HYDRA to strike - and changes his plans!; Instead, SHIELD converges on Central Park, and corner Bulls-eye, who decides to shoot it out with them. Dugan shoots Bulls-eye dead, then ponders if there's any pieces of SHIELD left to pick up.
36 pgs., full color. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.
Cover art by Herb Trimpe. Sanctuary!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Severin
As Bruce is being pursued by the police, he is picked up by Dr. Doom's limo and taken to the Latverian embassy; When Ross and his contingent of soldiers show up to ask Doom to relinquish his guest, he releases a Hulk robot instead; The army quickly destroys the robot, thinking they have done away with the real thing; Bruce bristles at the thought of having Doom as his savior so the villain gasses him and takes him back to Latveria; Doom uses his "subliminal inducer" on Banner, hoping to make both he and his monstrous alter-ego his willing servants.
36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Avengers (2010-2013 4th Series) #7-12 and 12.1.Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art by JOHN ROMITA JR. and BRYAN HITCH. Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.Marvel's super-secret brain trust, the Illuminati, reunites - and the Avengers team up with the incredible Red Hulk - as the Hood makes a crazy power move to bring the Infinity Gauntlet together once more! But the Hood has no idea of the power he's toying with and who's coming to earth to challenge him for it. Plus: the Avengers vs. the Intelligencia, the return of S.W.O.R.D. and the disappearance of Spider-Woman in a prologue to the Avengers saga that will rock the entire Marvel Universe. Guest starring the New and Secret Avengers!Hardcover, 176 pages, full color.Cover price $24.99.
1st printing.Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Cover by Mike McKone.An abomination, long thought buried, has resurfaced in a war-torn land. But now it wears an American flag. Faced with another nightmare reborn, Captain America will not stand for yet more death at the hands of a ghost from his past. Haunted by his greatest shame, Thor must renew the hunt for a familiar beast. At their side, an assemblage of allies united to end the threats no one of them could face alone.They are soldiers. Warriors. Comrades-in-arms. Mighty heroes led by a living legend, stronger together than apart.They are the Avengers.Hardcover, 7 1/20-in.x 11-in., 120 pages, full color.Cover price $24.99.
Edited by Roger Stern. Cover by Jack Kirby and Klaus Janson. Stories by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Bill Everett.
Stories of fantasy, science fiction, and the supernatural—these are Weird Wonder Tales! All reprints.
36 pages, full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.25.
All reprints: "Evil is a Baaaaad Scene" (script by Allyn Brodsky, art by Don Heck; from Tower of Shadows 4), "The Man Who Couldn't Be Touched!" (pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel; from World of Suspense 3), "There Were 3 Victims" (from Astonishing Tales 53), and "Man in the Dark!" (art by Pete Tumlinson; Mystic 37). Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Kidnap Caper." Cover by Gene Colan, Ed Hannigan, and Tom Palmer.
36 pages, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
All reprints from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #9. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. "Like a Chicken Without a Head!", art by Reed Crandall
A doctor recommends a surgical procedure whereby the head is removed from the body and the heart is kept beating by artificial means so as to lengthen the time available for surgery; No one listens to him though, and being tired of being mocked, he destroys his formula. "Rudolph's Racket," art by Al Eadeh; An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables. "Propaganda!", art by Manny Stallman. "Time Marches On!", art by Harry Anderson; A man attempts to build a clock that can run forever by repairing itself, but no one understands why and mocks him, until he runs out of time and the undertaker pulls by his clothes to reveal he had replaced his inner organs with clock mechanism.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.
"Blind Date"; "O'Malley's Friend" with art by Gene Colan; "No Answer" with art by John Forte; "The Man From Mars" with script by Stan Lee; and "The Voice of Doom!" Cover by John Romita. Stories by Mike Sekowsky, Gene Colan, John Forte, Stan Lee, Bob Fujitani, and Bill Benulis Sinnott.
Beware of these fear-filled suspense stories fill with action, intrigue and, best of all, monsters! All reprints from Strange Tales and Astonishing.
Cover price $0.20.
All reprints: "The Thing in Cell 13" with art by Steve Ditko (from Strange Tales 81); "The Invaders" with script by Stan Lee, art by Ditko (also from Strange Tales 81); "Greed" (from Strange Tales 36); and "I, The Robot" with art by John Romita Sr. (from Menace 11).
Cover by Larry Lieber and John Romita. Stories by Lee, Ditko, Tumlinson, and Romita.
36 pages, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
First 25c cover-priced issue. All reprints. "The Secret of The Black Planet" with script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko (from Tales of Suspense # 88); "We Found The Ninth Wonder Of The World!" with pencils by Jack Kirby (from Tales to Astonish 1); "The Mystery Planet" with pencils by Ruben Moreira? (also from Tales to Astonish 1); and "Beyond Belief" with art by Harry Lazarus (from Uncanny Tales 44).
Cover by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Chris Rule. Stories by Lee, Ditko, Kirby, Rule, Burgos, and Lazarus.
36 pages, full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
Cover art by Jim Steranko. Nick Fury stars in "And the Dragon Cried... Death!", script and pencils by Jim Steranko, inks by Frank Giacoia
As Fury escapes the monster octopus, The Yellow Claw spies on A.I.M.; Torn by her conscience, Suwan contacts Jimmy Woo who tells Fury of the Claw's plans to steal The Ultimate Annihilator from A.I.M. Fury meets Clay Quartermain who joins him on his mission to tackle an A.I.M. squad; They retrieve a dragon statue which the Claw steals, unaware it was only a duplicate. "Three Faces of Doom!", script by Jim Lawrence and Dan Adkins (co-plot), art by Dan Adkins; The Living Tribunal learns that Nebulos' staff is a force of evil which he must destroy; As the Tribunal & Nebulos battle, Strange fears for the life of the missing Victoria; The Tribunal uses "Cosmic Lightning" to begin destroying Nebulos' home planet; As Nebulos refuses to hand over his staff to the Tribunal, Strange wrests it away as Nebulos is buried under an avalanche. Marvel Marching Society info and coupon.
NOTE: 1st appearance of Clay Quartermain.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia. The Human Torch and the Thing star in "The Challenge of...The Watcher!", script by Stan Lee and Bob Powell (co-plot), pencils by Bob Powell, inks by Wally Wood
Though he is not permitted to interfere, The Watcher tells Ben & Johnny of how Kang time-travelled to the days of King Arthur, imprisoned Merlin, and took over the country; In order for the time stream to remain intact, The Watcher sends the pair back in time to defeat Kang; Cameos by Sue Storm and Reed Richards. "Earth Be My Battleground," script by Steve Ditko (plot) and Stan Lee (dialogue), art by Steve Ditko; Dr. Strange returns to earth but remains in hiding. Mordo's spirits discover Strange and pursue him; Meanwhile Clea distracts Dormammu by freeing The Mindless Ones; They attack, causing Dormammu to leave Mordo on his own. Strange flies into space and straight into the sun, the spirits fleeing and Mordo worried that it might spell his doom; Strange returns to The Ancient One, who in his weak, delirious condition, speaks of "Eternity"; Appearance by Clea.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.
Cover by Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Mike Esposito, and Vince Colletta. By Force of Arms!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan (as Adam Austin) and Vince Colletta
Neptune sends a group of electric eels to help Namor defeat the Demon of the Diamonds; Learning that Dorma has been exiled to the land of the Faceless Ones, Namor heads off to rescue her; Back in Atlantis, the citizens begin an active revolt against Krang. Another World, Another Foe!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, and Mike Esposito; Discovering the bullet that is lodged in the Hulk's brain, the Leader dissolves it with a laser and bathes our hero with gamma rays to give him strength; The Hulk still has Banner's mind but can no longer transform into human form thanks to the extra blast of radiation.
36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.
Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia. "The Monstrous Menace of the Mysterious Melter!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia
Tony Stark visits the construction site of his factory, where it's being rebuilt; Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts are also there and almost get injured by a faulty crane. In order to save them, Tony pushes Pepper out of the way, with him and Happy being hit by the rocks the crane is carrying; Pepper immediately rushes to Happy, and Tony realizes that she loves Happy, not him; Iron Man faces; The Melter escapes from jail and kidnaps Tony. "Back From the Dead!", script by Stan Lee, art by Gil Kane; The Red Skull, using a Bucky robot, lures Captain America into a trap.
36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
