Best Selling Books by Bill mantlo

He strikes from outer space...and nothing can stop him! Marvel Comics is proud to present the iconic early adventures of the greatest of Spaceknights - Rom! Centuries ago, Rom pledged his life to protect his planet, Galador, from the evil Dire Wraiths. Now, Rom has tracked these vile creatures across the cosmos to Earth, where they have infiltrated the highest levels of power - including S.H.I.E.L.D. itself! Armed with his energy analyzer, only Rom can see the Wraiths' true form - and with his neutralizer, he can blast them into Limbo! But what will Earth make of this armored invader? Will Rom's quest be aided or hindered by encounters with the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Jack of Hearts, Nova, and Power Man and Iron Fist? And when Galactus targets Galador, can Rom and his fellow Spaceknights save their homeworld from destruction? Collecting ROM (1979) #1-29 and POWER MAN AND IRON FIST (1978) #73.

As Rom continues his mission to eradicate the vile Dire Wraiths hiding in plain sight on Earth, his actions bring him into contact--and occasional confict--with a host of familiar faces...good, bad and cosmic! Featuring Doctor Strange, Namor, Shang-Chi, the Thing, Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Skrulls, the In-Betweener and the Living Tribunal, Rom's solemn quest puts him at the heart of the Marvel Universe!--

The epic climax of Marvel's classic saga of the Spaceknight! Rom has exposed the vile Dire Wraiths hiding in Earth's midst -- but that only means his accursed enemies become more bold...and more deadly! It's a good thing Rom has allies, including his armored companion, Starshine, and fellow heroes including Nick Fury, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Alpha Flight and the New Mutants -- but will perennial sidekick, Rick Jones, be his new best pal? As the Dire Wraiths scale up their invasion plans, seeking to merge their Wraithworld with Earth, Forge of the X-Men lends a technological hand -- and, in the final fight to save the world, practically every Marvel super hero joins the fray! But, if Rom can complete his mission at last, what will that leave for the Spaceknight? Can he find his happy ending, back on Galador? Collecting ROM (1979) #51-75 and ANNUAL #3-4, and INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #296.

Earth has been invaded by a coalition of alien empires and Australia has already fallen. Can out heroes mount a counterstrike before it's too late?

Marvel's hell-bound super hero, Ghost Rider, hits the road for a second Marvel Masterworks! Johnny Blaze's adventures begin with the return of Zodiac, an organized crime gang powered by agents of hell, in a plot that can only be foiled with the help of the super-heroic Stunt-Master! Then, after fighting for his very soul against Satan himself, Ghost Rider fi nds himself teamed up with the Ever-Lovin' Thing, in mortal combat against the ever-angry Hulk and in league with the ever-courageous Champions! And if you thought the Orb was fi nis, think again as Marvel's deadliest eyeball returns to extract another pound of Ghost Rider fl esh! Plus: with Karen Page having joined Ghost Rider's cast, Daredevil makes the scene in a crossover classic drawn by John Byrne! COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (1973) 6-20; MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) 8; DAREDEVIL (1964) 138

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS with a new printing of the comic book that started it all! The Autobots and Decepticons have brought their conflict to Eart and the world will never be the same again! This issue will be printed on newsprint and will feature an all-new variant cover celebrating the history of the TRANSFORMERS!

Avengers storytelling doesn't get much more dramatic than the tales in this Marvel Masterworks, as the disgraced Yellowjacket reaches rock bottom! Meanwhile, Earth's Mightiest Heroes join the Defenders to take on Nebula, and team with Drax the Destroyer in battle against -- Thor and Moondragon?! Two new members join the team (spoiler: it's She-Hulk and Hawkeye!), and the blustery bowman gets right into the action in a classic team-up with Scott Lang, the Ant-Man, against the Taskmaster! And the Black Knight shows up for a stirring two-part tale! Capping off this volume is the classic VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH miniseries, where Vizh and Wanda's attempts at suburban bliss are rocked by deep revelations -- including the identity of Wanda's father! COLLECTING: Avengers (1963) 217-226, Annual (1967) 11; Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) 1-4; material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) 3

A clássica fase da lendária dupla Bill Mantlo e Sal Buscema continua a toda! O Corruptor tem o Hulk sob seu controle, mas seu plano de usá-lo para emboscar os Vingadores acaba atraindo um grupo de heróis muito diferente! Bruce Banner é separado de seu alter ego gigantesco e recebe o poder do... Capitão Universo?! Um encontro com o Alto Evolucionário! E uma complicada tentativa ao lado de Betty Ross e Rick Jones para curar Bruce Banner e se livrar do Hulk de uma vez por todas!

Neste volume, a clássica fase de Bill Mantlo e Sal Buscema nas rédeas do título do Hulk chega a um de seus ápices criativos! O Líder engana o Hulk e os Vingadores e os manda em uma perigosa viagem pelo tempo. Como se não bastasse isso, o cruel Zzzax renasce e volta a ameaçar o alter ego do Dr. Bruce Banner! E ainda: uma viagem espacial que definitivamente não estava nos planos do herói!

Nesse novo volume da série que republica as mais clássicas histórias do Hulk, o lendário roteirista Bill Mantlo e o adorado desenhista Sal Buscema colocam o Golias Esmeralda contra inimigos clássicos do personagem, como os Alienígenas e o cruel e brilhante Líder. Mas nem tudo é tragédia na vida de Bruce Banner!

La Visione. Un androide almeno a prima vista freddo e irreprensibile, oltre che indistruttibile grazie alle sue capacità sovrumane. Scarlet. Una strega mutante con l’abilità di influire sul campo probabilistico. Il loro amore, e la loro unione, sembrano improbabili anche con i poteri di lei, eppure nel 1975 si sono sposati, cominciando una vita coniugale poi durata molti anni che ha reso la Visione e Scarlet una delle coppie più amate dell’Universo Marvel. Testi di Bill Mantlo (Incredible Hulk) e Steve Englehart (Captain America), disegni di Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099) e Don Heck, il cocreatore di Iron Man. [CONTIENE GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS (1974) #4 E THE VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH (1982) #1-4]

Finalmente raccolte insieme tutte le storie realizzate per Spider-Man da Frank Miller, il maestro di Daredevil, Sin City e Batman: The Dark Knight Returns! Ospiti speciali Dr. Strange, i Fantastici Quattro, Daredevil, Punisher, Cage e Iron Fist! Apparizione a sorpresa per Killgrave l’Uomo Porpora, il villain del telefilm Jessica Jones! Un libro prezioso con storie dei primi anni 80 (rimasterizzate e ritradotte) ormai entrate nel mito del Tessiragnatele!

Acompanhe o que acontece quando o heroico casal finalmente resolve oficializar a união, deixando a vida de aventuras de lado em favor da quietude dos subúrbios! Essa combinação perfeita levou a um casamento no Limbo, e um horror digno de Dias das Bruxas manteve a magia do casamento! Mistérios do passado de Wanda se resolvem! O Visão finalmente se entende com seus irmãos adotivos! Mas... quem é o pai da Feiticeira Escarlate?

Algo impensável (e muito ruim para o nosso Golias Esmeralda) aconteceu: MODOC e o general Ross se uniram e liberaram o Abominável! Enquantoo isso, uma amiga de Bruce Banner sofre uma transformação terrível. E o Mestre do Picadeiro força Banner a se tornar o Hulk, ameaçando controlar sua mente para sempre. E o cientista ainda cai sob a influência de um mafioso moribundo!

O Golias Verde continua sua involuntária jornada, caindo agora em território comunista e encontrando os Supersoldados Soviéticos! Depois, no Japão, Glenn Talbott, o sucessor de "Thunderbolt" Ross, finalmente localiza o Hulk com seu Vagão de Guerra e tenta assassiná-lo! De volta à América, um confronto contra o Homem-Absorvente! A descoberta de uma estranha casa de vidro! E chega a hora de o Hulk aceitar que ele é, na verdade... Bruce Banner!

Neste último volume da coleção, o Incrível Hulk retorna das violentas Guerras Secretas e se vê frente a frente a um Max Hammer aprimorado pelos raios gama. E com o Golias Esmeralda novamente revertendo a seu estado selvagem, somente o Doutor Estranho será capaz de resolver a situação... mas talvez não da forma que seu colega espera!

Em combate contra o Capitão Marvel, o Gigante de Jade é encolhido a níveis subatômicos e retorna ao mundo microscópico de sua amada Jarella, um reino que já conhecia de outras aventuras. Na capital K'ai, o herói ajuda os habitantes a lidar contra um poderoso inimigo: o Jardineiro, detentor de uma das Joias do Infinito!

¡Un tomo que recupera la mítica primera miniserie protagonizada en solitario por La Visión y La Bruja Escarlata! La más extraña pareja de superhéroes ha dejado su puesto en Los Vengadores para buscar la paz que se le ha negado todos estos años. En Leonia (Nueva Jersey) les espera una nueva vida, pero no tan convencional como a ellos les gustaría. Una historia sorprendente, donde sale a la luz uno de los mayores misterios del Universo Marvel. Además: el especial donde tuvo lugar la boda de la pareja.

O Incrivel Hulk é convocado para ajudar uma raça alienígena a combater o Mestre das Galáxias, mas um mal-entendido faz com que Rick Jones seja irradiado por raios gama! No espaço, ele conhece ninguém menos que Rocky Racum, em sua primeira aparição no Universo Marvel! Um encontro de gigantes: Hulk, Sasquatch e Wendigo! E um ponto de virada em sua vida: o Hulk agora é... inteligente?!

Cloak und Dagger sind Marvels neueste TV-Serienhelden. Dieser Comic präsentiert eine Zeitreise durch ihre ganze Geschichte: zu ihrem Debütkampf gegen Spider-Man; ihrer Konfrontation mit den Runaways; ihrem Abenteuer mit den X-Men; und ihrer verhängnisvollen Begegnung mit dem Bandenboss Mr. Negative...

Prima di diventare uno dei Guardiani della Galassia, Rocket Raccoon era lo sceriffo di Mezzomondo, il maggiore pianeta del Quadrante Keystone. Qui si trovò in mezzo a una guerra commerciale tra Judson Jakes e il potente Lord Dyvyne, che impiegava al proprio servizio la Brigata dei Conigli Neri guidata dallo spietato Blackjack O’Hare... La prima miniserie dedicata a Rocket Raccoon, firmata Bill Mantlo & Mike Mignola, con inoltre la storia che segna la prima apparizione di Rocket (by Mantlo/Buscema) e le avventure di Star-Lord scritte nel 1978/81 da Chris “X” Claremont & Doug Moench, e disegnate da Tom Sutton, Gene Colan, Carmine Infantino & Bill Sienkiewicz!

The 70s sci-fi cult classic by Bill Mantlo returns, collected in paperback for the very first time! Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden made The Micronauts a Marvel Comics hit defined by a cosmic scope, high-stakes drama and a hearty helping of fun. At the heart of the Micronauts saga was a world torn asunder: Baron Karza has taken over Homeworld, a microscopic planet in the throes of rebellion. Those who don't die at Baron Karza's hands wind up in his Body Banks, their limbs and organs plundered as a horrifying new currency for planetary elites. Society's only hope is a randomly formed group of freedom fighters--or was the formation of the Micronauts random? The enigmatic Time Traveler holds a secret that might just be the salvation of Homeworld. COLLECTING: THE MICRONAUTS (1979) #1-20 & ANNUAL (1979) #1

The Masterworks rampage into the incredible Bill Mantlo era of Hulk! Mantlo's five-year run redefined comics greenest meanest goliath. It kicks off when the Hulk from unleashes his rage on Gamma Base. By the time the dust settles, Hulk is exiled to Jarella's world where he crosses paths with the cosmic Gardener, an owner of an Infinity Gem. Then, it's back to Earth for a chilling fight against Jack Frost in a tale drawn by the legendary Steve Ditko. A double-sized 250th issue features a team-up and tussle with the Silver Surfer, after which it's a "Trial by Monster" as Hulk finds himself in the middle of a civil war between monster men. The indelible art of Sal Buscema makes page after page a Marvel Masterwork! COLLECTING: Incredible Hulk (1968) 245-255, Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 25, material from Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 26

"The darkness hideth not from thee...the night shineth as the day..." Detective Brigid O'Reilly wants to arrest them, Father Francis Delgado wants to reform them - but does anyone really understand them? A year after they debuted as anti-drug vigilantes in Spectacular Spider-Man, Cloak and Dagger's secrets were revealed in their own mini-series, collected here for the first time! See the duo's first meeting and transformation, their battles against criminals, and their struggles with themselves - as only two of the eighties' authorial and artistic experts could present them! Collects Cloak & Dagger #1-4.

"Michael Morbius is one of the most tragic figures in all of the Marvel-Verse--transformed by his own hand into a living vampire! Watch him struggle against his bloodsucking impulses in astonishing adventures that blend super heroics with horror! In Spider-Man's first encounter with Morbius, our hero has his hands full ... all six of them! Can Spidey tackle his vampiric new foe, and old enemy the Lizard, while ridding himself of four unwanted extra limbs?! Then, Morbius joins the Thing in a fight to avoid being wiped out by the Living Eraser! Michael is haunted by a ghost from his past--and compelled by a bond of blood!"--