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Deep in the bayous of Louisiana, far from civilization’s grasp, a shadowed creature seen only in fleeting glimpses roils the black waters…a twisted, vegetative mockery of a man…a Swamp Thing! Created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, this shambling, muck-encrusted figure swiftly became one of DC’s most iconic characters of the Bronze Age of Comics, and his shocking stories have become classics in the gothic horror genre. Now, for the first time, all of these legendary early adventures are presented here in a comprehensive trade paperback edition. Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Vol. 1 collects the original short story “Swamp Thing” from The House of Secrets #92 and Swamp Thing #1-13, featuring all of Wein and Wrightson’s original run on the series and including art by Nestor Redondo, Michael Wm. Kaluta and Luis Dominguez.

Demonic forces have possessed Halloween masqueradersÑwhose costumes look eerily familiarÑand it''s up to the Justice League to save the day. To help solve this mystery, they''re joined by the Phantom Stranger!

Batman must find a murderer, and the first appearance Lucius Fox!

The dots are in place and the connections are moving at rapid pace. Unfortunately for the Comedian and Moloch, they''ll never keep up with the smartest man alive. Featuring cameo appearances by a certain pirate comic writer and an artist obsessed with monsters.

Collects X-Men (1963) #1 & #129, Giant-Size X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #171, #200, #213, #267 & #287, New X-Men (2001) #116 And Free Comic Book Day: X-Men 2008. Ever since Charles Xavier opened his school''s doors to the mutants of the world, his X-Men have welcomed those from all walks of life into their ranks! See how your favorite mutants joined your favorite mutant team! Witness the initiations of Marvel Girl! Wolverine! Colossus! Nightcrawler! Banshee! Storm! Kitty Pryde! Rogue! Magneto! Gambit! Bishop! And Pixie! Featuring the threats of the Hellfire Club, Fenris, Fitzroy, the N''Garai and the Shadow King!

The return of Red Tornado! Previously thought destroyed, Red Tornado rejoins the League and adopts a human identity, that of John Smith. But the return of T.O. Morrow could spell destruction for both Tornado and the League.

Whether itu0092s heroes looking to team up or villains trying to test their mettle, everybody loves an adventure with the ever-lovinu0092 blue-eyed Thing! And we have no doubt youu0092ll love the adventures this volume has in store. With Luke Cage, the Thing fights the giant monster Braggadoom! With Iron Man, he encounters the mythical hero Prester John! With the Golem, Son of Satan and the Scarecrow, murderous demons are conjured! With Morbius, itu0092s the return of the Living Eraser; with Ka-Zar, he lays a knuckle sandwich on a T. rex; with Spider-Man, itu0092s a MTIO/MTU crossover classic u0097 and with the FF, the Invaders and the Liberty Legion, the Thing travels back in time to World War II to battle the Third Reich! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #11-20 and ANNUAL #1, MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #47 and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #11.

Veteran writer Len Wein joins JUSTICE LEAGUE for the three-part ''Royal Flush!'' The cards are stacked against the remnants of the Justice League...and those cards are the Royal Flush Gang! Can even Superman and Wonder Woman save a team whose luck has run out?

500th Anniversary Issue. Starring Batman and Robin. Guest-starring the Phantom Stranger, the Elongated Man, Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

Collects Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 And #14; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #21, #50-51, #76-77 And #80-81; Spider-Man/Doctor Strange: The Way To Dusty Death; Untold Tales Of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter; And Material From Marvel Fanfare (1982) #6.

“THE HOUSE THAT HAUNTED BATMAN!” Batman checks up on Rupert Thorne, who now occupies a padded cell at Arkham Asylum. Batman is concerned as to why Thorne gave away all his plans and revealed his information, clearing Batman’s name in the process, and a clearly deranged Thorne explains that he was forced by the ghost of Hugo Strange, a man he killed on his quest to learn Batman’s secret identity.

ÒIF A MAN BE MADE OF CLAY...Ó Preston Payne will go to any lengths to regain his humanity. Can the Dark Knight put a stop to this monsterÕs reign of terror before more innocent lives are lost or will he too become a victim of the new Clayface? Plus, ÒTRUE HEROES NEVER SAY DIE!Ó Hawkman and Hawkwoman return from Thanagar only to find that in their absence, the Midway City Museum has been taken over by a mysterious man named Anton Lamont who has a plan of his own for Hawkman and Hawkwoman.

Robin goes missing and Batman finds a house that wasn''t there yesterday; strange things happen around Batman until he meets the owner of the house.

Collects Avengers (1963) #110-111, Incredible Hulk #172, 180 & 181, Captain America #172-175, Marvel Team-Up #23 & 38, Defenders #15-16 and Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4. The culmination of the Silver Age legacy of Marvel''s mutant misfits, the X-Men! Closing the gap between the end of the X-Men''s original series in 1970 and the debut of the All-New, All-Different team in 1975, the Marvel Masterworks present several X-Men tales that set the stage for Giant-Size X-Men #1! First up: Forced underground by anti-mutant hysteria run amok, the X-Men find themselves pursued by a secret adversary that seeks to pick them off one by one. And if being on the run wasn''t tough enough, here comes Magneto! Only the combined might of the X-Men and the Avengers can prevent the Master of Magnetism from unleashing a nuclear holocaust. Then, with the X-Men''s ranks dwindling, Professor X, Cyclops and Marvel Girl head West for reinforcements, but instead bump into the Incredible Hulk and the Juggernaut. (Ouch!) Next comes the culmination of the classic Secret Empire saga, where the X-Men find they share a common enemy with Captain America and join forces with the shield-slingin'' Avenger to save the nation and rescue their mutant comrades. Then, on the eve of the X-Men''s departure to face Krakoa the Living Island, Iceman and the Human Torch team-up to battle Equinox, the Thermo-Dynamic Man-and with his team missing, Professor X must enlist the Defenders to fight a resurgent Magneto and Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant! To top it all off, we''ve also included X-Man-to-be Wolverine''s very first appearance! The ol'' Canucklehead leaps from the top-secret Weapon X program and throws down in his first famous battle with the Incredible Hulk. It''s the all-time classic that made comic book history! There''s also the debut of Madrox the Multiple Man-Chris Claremont''s first X-Man-and the Beast vs. the Griffin. This X-tra special Masterworks volume polishes off the library of every X-Fan''s dreams-completing the original adventures of Marvel''s most-famous super team!

All-new adventures inspired by the classic Batman television series, including science fiction icon Harlan Ellison’s outline for the series’ “lost episode”-adapted by legendary scribe Len Wein and artist Jose-Luis Garcia Lopez! BEHOLD! King Tut, the foul pharaoh whose vile virus transforms the fair citizens of Gotham City into subservient zombies! BEWARE! The Archer, a robbin’ hood aiming to relieve Gotham City’s fine police force of its crime-fighting arsenal! BOUNDLESS! The unabridged evil of the Bookworm, and a mystical manuscript that could spell the end of Batgirl! BLIMEY! Londinium’s Lord Ffogg and his mind-altering mist give gas-lit Gotham a gloomy forecast: cloudy with a chance of pain! BESMIRCHED! The good names of Batman and Robin, reduced to a punch line by Gotham City’s new “stand-up” hero…the Joker?! BE AFRAID! In the Land of the Rising Sun, will Batman and Batgirl fall to the lethal lunacy of Lord Death Man?! BIPOLARIZING! The Dynamic Duo, doubled up by the dualistic misdeeds of the coin-tossing Two-Face?! But wait-the BEST is yet to come in BATMAN ’66, VOL. 4! Crusading creations by Jeff Parker, Tom Peyer, Rob Williams, Scott Kowalchuk, Dave Bullock, Richard Case, Leonardo Romero, Ruben Procopio and Sandy Jarrell. Collects BATMAN ’66 #17-22 and BATMAN ’66: THE LOST EPISODE #1.

The murder of a department store Santa Claus puts the JLA on the tail of the Key and his scheme to kill the JLA.

Featuring the 20-page "Moon of the Wolf" story... Batman faces a most unbelievable foe!

Individual issues originally published by Gold Key Comics from 1967 through 1979.

Collecting Iron Man (1968) #82-94 and Annual #3-4. Tony Stark is one of the Marvel Universeu0092s most advanced minds and experienced inventors u0097 but those talents are about to be turned against him, shaking him to his core! Looking to exploit Stark Industries tech, the Red Ghost kidnaps Tony. In the melee, Happy Hogan dons the Iron Man armor, but suffers severe injuries u0097 leading to a dangerous procedure that will once again turn him into the monstrous Freak! Meanwhile, NYPD Detective Michael Ou0092Brien begins an investigation aiming to nail Tony for the death of Ou0092Brienu0092s brother, the Guardsman. Add to that the Blood Brothers, the Controller, the Melter, M.O.D.O.K. and a new incarnation of the Molecule Man u0097 Iron Man must defend himself from threats from all corners before he loses everything!

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel! Once, there were infinite Earths. Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. But some worlds must now fight for their future-in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from places throughout time and space and sealed them behind impenetrable domes. Now, after a year, the domes will come down-and the heroes and villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume: WONDER WOMAN: Diana Prince must defend Gotham City against vampire versions of Batman’s arch-enemies Poison Ivy, Catwoman and the Joker himself, from the world of Red Rain! SWAMP THING: Sealed away from the power of the Green for a year, Alec Holland must regain his strength and defeat the Darkest Knight of all, vampire Batman! THE FLASH: Barry Allen, the key to the Crisis itself, must race to defeat the godlike tyrant of the Tangent Universe-Superman! NEW TEEN TITANS: The greatest Titans team in the history of the Multiverse squares off against the Tangent Universe’s deadly Doom Patrol! JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: It’s up to the Elongated Man to lead the second-string heroes of the Detroit Justice League and repel the invasion of the Tangent Universe’s Secret Six! The most iconic heroes of the CRISIS era fight the twisted heroes of two of the most popular Elseworlds universes in CONVERGENCE: CRISIS VOL. 2!

“THE PERFECT FIGHTING MACHINE.” A criminal employs Dr. Moon to transform a flabby, unloved man into a “perfect fighting machine” called the Gork, and sends him against an ailing Batman.

Collecting Marvel Premiere (1972) #15-25, Iron Fist (1975) #1-15 And Marvel Team-Up (1972) #63-64. A Himalayan expedition to find the mystical city of Ku0092un-Lun left 9-year-old Daniel Randu0092s parents dead. But Daniel found the path to Ku0092un-Lun and spent a decade there training under its immortal inhabitants u0097 becoming an unmatched master of martial arts and spiritual control! Armed with the shattering power of the Iron Fist, Daniel left immortality behind to return to the Western world and avenge his parentsu0092 deaths! In tales packed with wall-to-wall kung-fu action, Iron Fist runs a gauntlet through the Kara-Kai death cult, ninja adversaries and mystic dimensions u0097 joined by Misty Knight and Colleen Wing! Iron Fistu0092s skill in both mind and body will be tested u0097 until his final showdown with the Steel Serpent!

Collects Thor (1966) #242-259, Annual (1966) #5; Marvel Spotlight (1971) #30, material from Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #10. Writer Len Wein lifts Mjolnir aloft and rallies forth the armies of Asgard! When the Time-Twisters seek to destroy Earth, Thor embarks on an adventure with Zarrko the Tomorrow Man. It''s a battle through time (with dinosaurs!) that will astonish you to the end! Then, Thor fights the Firelord in the jungles of Latin America, and only Jane Foster can save him! The Warriors Three ramble off on a solo adventure, while Thor returns to Asgard to face the one and only Mangog! Their battle will rage across the length and breadth of the Fabled Realm - and take Thor to Hel in a quest to save Odin! Also featuring new "Tales of Asgard," Thor vs. Ulik the Troll and a giant-sized Annual epic with Hercules!

The annual team-up between the Justice League of Earth-One and the Justice Society of Earth-Two takes both to a brand new world: Earth-X, the home of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters!

Comics legends Len Wein and Joe Staton bring their unique storytelling flair to John Stewart, the Green Lantern in this special issue, along with a 1980s reprint from the same team! Also reprints a tale from the emerald warrior from GREEN LANTERN #172!

ÒBEDLAM BENEATH THE BIG TOP!Ó Batman invades a carnival to learn the ultimate secrets behind the ÒmurdersÓ of Talia and RaÕs al Ghul.

Relates the the history of the woman for whom Diana was named and the horror hidden beneath Paradise Island, and also introduces Cheetah, a deadly enemy who seeks possesion of Wonder Woman''s lasso of truth.

ÒSLAUGHTER IN SILVER.Ó Batman investigates the case of a skeleton found within a silver Batman statue, and crosses swords with master criminal Sterling Silversmith. Plus, ÒTHE MYSTERY OF THE FLYAWAY CAR!Ó featuring Hawkman and Hawkgirl!

Continued from JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #261. Guy Gardner, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and others battle Darkseid''s Warhounds and Glorious Godfrey with the fate of the world in the balance! Continued in SECRET ORIGINS #14.

Once upon a time, the world’s greatest heroine was reimagined by a comic book legend. More than 40 years after debuting in ALL STAR COMICS #8, Wonder Woman was reshaped by legendary comics creator George Pérez and returned to the public eye in 1986. This updated Amazonian Princess met with such acclaim that Pérez’s original six-month commitment to the title wasextended—and extended—until nearly five years had passed. Working with co-writer Len Wein and a host of talented inkers (including Bob McLeod, Dick Giordano, Bruce Patterson and Bob Smith), Pérez brought Wonder Woman to a new generation of readers—and to unprecedented levels of success. Now these groundbreaking stories are available in an all-new trade paperback edition. Collecting WONDER WOMAN #15-24 and WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1, this second volume in the series also includes a special gallery of archival art and information.

With the original X-Men captured, Professor X recruits an All-New, All-Different team to take on the mantle of the Uncanny X-Men! Including Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Sunfi re, and Warpath, this new international cast redefined super-hero teams forever. The transition won''t come easy, though. Wolverine and Cyclops will clash. X-Man will battle X-Man. Death and rebirth will visit the team, and an old nemesis will return. Also featuring the debut of Alpha Flight and the Weapon X program, the fi rst outer space saga with the Starjammers, and rare X-Men adventures. Comic-book titans Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and John Byrne guide their new X-Men through it all, raising the series to the peak of white-hot popularity. And it all starts here! COLLECTING: VOL. 5; GIANT-SIZE X-MEN (1975) #1, X-MEN (1963) #94-110, MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #53, #69-70, ANNUAL (1976) #1, IRON FIST (1975) #14-15, MATERIAL FROM FOOM (1973) #10.

Discover what happened before WATCHMEN. The team of legendary writer Len Wein and acclaimed artist Jae Lee—in his first DC Comics work in nearly a decade—delve into the mind of the smartest man in the world: Ozymandias. How does one go from the son of immigrant parents to becoming the world''s smartest man? Adrian Veidt begins his journey, both spiritual and physical, that will one day make him one of the most pivotal players in the world-changing events of WATCHMEN. Collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: OZYMANDIAS #1-6, "Curse of the Crimson Corsair."

More exciting horror and science fiction tales are collected in this eleventh volume of Vampirella Archives. These classic Warren-era storylines showcase Vampirella''s acting career as she meets supernatural menaces both on-screen and off, plus tales of ghosts, dragons, zombies, yetis, and all matter of unearthly danger. Collecting Vampirella Magazine #72-79, featuring the work of Jose Gonzalez, Esteban Maroto, Bruce Jones, Len Wein, and many more. Includes a wealth of bonus materials from a bygone era, including the "Feary Tales" feature on urban legends, the monthly "Scarlet Letters" column, "Vampi''s Vault" of creator biographies and literary reviews, and intact vintage advertisements.

As the JSAers go their separate ways after Mr. Terrific''s funeral, Power Girl wonders why the team disbanded in 1951 and Huntress relates the story as she heard it in ''The Defeat of the Justice Society!'' Plus, more tales featuring the Flash, Deadman, and Aquaman! NOTE: this issue is available only in black & white.

The Titans and Starfire safeguard the crown jewels of Sweden from a jewel thief.

Continued from ACTION COMICS #586. Demagogue G. Gordon Godfrey''s message of hate against the heroes continues to take hold of the populace while Flash, Black Canary, Shazam and more face off against the super villains of the world. Continued in COSMIC BOY #4.

In this new collection, Swamp Thing is out of his element as he shepherds a lost boy through a blinding blizzard and other hazards of a strange, frozen tundra. In this touching and harrowing tale of survival, the pair must navigate countless threats throughout a bewildering terrain-with a bloodthirsty snow monster hot on their heels. But how long can they rely on each other? Plus, on Halloween, the barrier between worlds grows thin-and only the Swamp Thing is strong enough to face the monsters that come from the other side. In addition, this book features the final Swamp Thing story from the monster’s co-creator, Len Wein. Originally intended as the start of a new series, it is presented here with art by Kelley Jones. Collects stories from SWAMP THING WINTER SPECIAL #1, SWAMP THING HALLOWEEN HORROR GIANT #1 and stories from CURSED COMICS CAVALCADE #1 and YOUNG MONSTERS IN LOVE #1.

Batman and the Hulk must join forces to defeat the Joker, who has been given unimaginable powers by an alien known as the Shaper of Worlds