Best Selling Books by Marvel Comics

Experience a fresh take on the Marvel Universe with this collection of stunning illustrations from over twenty exceptional Japanese artists, including Yasuhiro Nightow, Akira Himekawa, Peach Momoko, Yusuke Murata, and Yoshitaka Amano. Marvel Comics: A Manga Tribute explores Marvel’s rich and enduring legacy as a pop-culture phenomenon by paying homage to its most iconic characters and beloved stories. The book features a range of unique artwork, collected for the first time, celebrating characters from across the multiverse. A must-have for fans of Marvel Comics and Japanese art alike! -- VIZ Media

Collects Black Panther (2005) #39-41. When the Skrulls come to town, it''s all-out war in Wakanda! The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers, and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten-to-one. Cake walk, right? Think again! There''s a reason Wakanda had never been conquered, and the Skrulls are about to find out why - the hard way!

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #414-416, Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #7-10, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #235-239, Spider-Man (1990) #71-72, Spider-Man Team-Up #4, Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #13 and material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual ''96.. Peter Parker lies gravely ill in a hospital bed - so who''s that swinging around the Big Apple? It''s Ben Reilly, the former Scarlet Spider and newly christened Spider-Man! But our webbed rookie soon finds out his new super ID isn''t going to grant him a free pass when the likes of Swarm, Will O'' the Wisp, Dragon Man, the Lizard, and other baleful bad guys rear their malevolent heads!

Collects Uncanny X-Men #186, #198, #205, #214 & material from X-Men (1963) #53. Visionary artist Barry Windsor-Smith takes on the Uncanny X-Men as Storm and Forge find themselves trapped on a primitive paradise world with no hope of escape! Spiral and Lady Deathstrike target Wolverine for death! And Dazzler is hunted by the Marauders, with only the X-Men to save her! Plus: The original X-Men go toe-to-toe against Blastaar, deadly menace from the Negative Zone!

Collects Captain America (1968) #402-408. What has brown fur, fangs and a star-spangled shield? Why, it''s Capwolf! When old Cap foes Dredmund Druid and Deadly Nightshade begin mass-producing werewolves, Captain America investigates-only to become one himself! How will the world''s greatest Avenger get out of this one? Featuring a rare battle between Cap and Wolverine, and guest-starring Cable, Wolfsbane and Doctor Druid!

Collects Captain America (1968) #169-176. The Secret Empire was rarely more secretive or empirical than in this classic arc that sets Cap against a conspiracy out to frame and replace him in the American mind! And pay close attention to the man behind the curtain (or mask, as the case may be)! Corruption and cover-ups conclude with Cap quitting the Avengers, paving the way for his days as Nomad! With Nick Fury, the Black Panther, and Banshee! Guest-starring the X-Men (back before it was cool)! Featuring an early re-telling of Cap''s origin!

Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 169-180, Annual (1964) 11, Nova (1976) 12, Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 14

Collects Eternals (1976) #1-11. Jack Kirby reveals a secret history of heroes and horrors as humanity''s cousins, the Eternals and the Deviants, vie to inherit the Earth! It''s a time of titans, terror and time travel as only the King could conceive.

Collects What If? #27-32. The fifth installment of alternate-Earth action! The Phoenix lived, but the Hulk died! The Avengers take on the world, but Korvac destroys it! Plus: Eternals; Inhumans; and gods, gods, gods! Featuring Daredevil, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

Collects material from Jungle Action #6-24. In 1973 comicsu0092 first African super hero took the headlining slot in an ambitious ongoing series, beginning a 13-issue epic unprecedented in its time. Writer Don McGregor teamed with artists Rich Buckler and Billy Graham to tell u0093Pantheru0092s Rage,u0094 a story so huge it ranges across the savannah, into the deepest jungles and up to the snow-topped mountains of Wakanda. Over its course McGregor & Co. would define Tu0092Challa, give full depth and life to the Wakandas and their culture, while pitting the Panther against the murderous Erik Killmonger for control of the kingdom. Not one to rest on his laurels, McGregor then set out to raise the bar once again, sending Tu0092Challa to the American South to investigate the murder of Angela Lynne and its connection to the Klan and the history of the Soul Strangler.

Collects X-Men Origins: Wolverine #1, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #118-119, Wolverine (1982) #1-2, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #83-85. Witness the experiment that bonded Adamantium to Logan''s bones and claws, and learn the true story of how he joined the X-Men! Relive Wolverine''s first meeting and star-crossed romance with the beautiful Mariko Yashida, his duel of honor with Mariko''s criminal father Lord Shingen, and the introduction of the wandering ronin Yukio! Also featuring the first teaming between criminal duo Viper and the Silver Samurai as they clash with Black Widow, Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Amazing Spider-Man! Wolverine''s greatest adventure begins here!

Collects Eternals (1976) #12-19 & Annual #1. A time of titans, terror and time travel - as only the King could conceive! Imagine a race of immortal beings possessed of seemingly limitless superhuman abilities including energy projection, strength and flight. Once worshipped as gods, this fantastic group left Earth to explore the stars after warring with the Greek, Roman and Norse pantheons for supremacy over mankind. In 1976, Jack Kirby introduced what was to be his final great Marvel Comics creation: the Eternals! With nearly four decades of experience creating iconic characters, Kirby stretched his imagination to the limit for his last tale. Looking beyond the familiar ground of super heroes, Kirby crafted a cosmic epic that took comic-book fans on a spectacular adventure every month. Since Kirby''s groundbreaking work, the Eternals and their malevolent counterparts, the Deviants have become vital parts of the Marvel Universe.

Collects Age Of Heroes #1-4 plus material from Heroic Age Magazine. Marvel''s top talent comes together to usher in the Heroic Age! Having defeated Norman Osborn and his siege of Asgard, the heroes have been restored to their rightful place in this new era - and this collection helps gets you in on the ground floor! Featuring J. Jonah Jameson, Doctor Voodoo, Captain Britain and MI13, Spider-Man, Gravity, American Son, the Young Masters, Gauntlet, Sharon Carter, Victoria Hand, Maria Hill, Blue Marvel, Taskmaster, Squirrel Girl, Black Panther, Captain America, Zodiac, and Cloud 9.

Marvel Adventures Super Heroes (2010) 4, Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors 8, Free Comic Book Day 2009: Wolverine, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2010) 3 [research]

Collects Doctor Strange (1974) #68-74. Doctor Strange, the master of the mystic arts, starts his day by curing a mystically cursed sword and ends it by overthrowing a dimensional dictator! The Sorcerer Supreme faces threats on cruise ships, military bases and alien planets, seeking to restore the cosmic balance! And as the origins of the Dark Dimension stand revealed, Strange''s true love, Clea, heads the rebellion against her evil mother, Umar! Featuring the Black Knight and the Beyonder!

Collects New Warriors (1990) #1-6, Thor (1966) #411-412. His parents dead, Dwayne Taylor - a.k.a. Night Thrasher - set out to create a new family for himself and ended up with the premier super-team of the 1990s! Marvel Boy and Firestar! Namorita and Nova! Speedball! All they want to do is change the world! Decide for yourself how well they managed it in their trials by fire against Terrax and the Juggernaut! Also featuring anti-heroes Star-Thief and Psionex! Guest-starring Thor and the Inhumans!

Collects Avengers (1963) #112-119, Defenders (1972) #9-11. Earthu0092s Mightiest Heroes fight one of the greatest battles in super-hero history! Itu0092s hero against hero in the sensational summer hit of 1973: the u0093Avengers/Defenders War.u0094 Cap vs. Namor! Thor vs. Hulk! Itu0092s the original crossover clash, and thereu0092s never been another one like it. But first, there are even more trendsetting classics in store for you: Mantis makes her debut; the Lion God brings the Avengers to their knees; Vision and the Scarlet Witchu0092s relationship blossoms, but not without the intolerant objections of others; and the Swordsman joins the ranks of the Avengers.

Is man alone in the universe? Every myth and legend to emerge from the distant past points to a strange visitation from the stars!! Beings of great power have been on this earth -- and then departed. Who were they ? What did they do here? where they have gone? These awesome questions create the background for this exciting new saga of a day which lies ahead... the day of answers...

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #143-155. Peter Parkeru0092s life has never been easy, but itu0092s hard to take a turn for the worse when your dead girlfriend shows up on your doorstep. Oh, then thereu0092s that famous Parker luck, which means it does. It means, Spidey, youu0092ve been cloned! The Amazing Spider-Man launches into the storyline that shocked the comics world! The scheming Jackal takes our hero through the wringer as he not only must face one of his greatest personal tragedies, but also has to battle through the Scorpion, the Tarantula u0097 and himself! Youu0092ll also enjoy the blossoming of Peter and Mary Janeu0092s relationship, and even their first kiss, as well as the return of the Shocker and the Sandman u0097 and more!

Collects Ms. Marvel (1977) #1-14. The year was 1977, and Marvel was set to debut its latest and greatest new super heroine. NASA Security Chief Carol Danvers'' life had long been intertwined with the alien Kree''s interventions on Earth. But now it was time for this new woman in a new era to take on a new persona all her own: Ms. Marvel! As editor of Woman magazine, Danvers must contend with the Marvel Universe''s biggest blowhard, J. Jonah Jameson, while discovering her identity and origins as a super hero. Chris Claremont, continuing the series begun by Gerry Conway, brings to bear all the craft and character development of his renowned X-MEN run - while Jim Mooney, John Buscema and Joe Sinnott supply some of the most stunning art of the era!

Collects What If? #33-38. Iron Man stuck in time and Dazzler stuck in space! Elektra lives, Yellowjacket dies! The FF if they never got powers and Nova if he never lost them! Mortals, mutants and monsters - plus early yet brief resurrections of Phoenix and Captain Marvel, along with many other alternate oddities! All part of Marvel''s sixth collection of quantum continuity! Secrets of past, future and sideways revealed! Featuring Howard the Duck, Obnoxio the Clown, Aunt May and more!

Collects Avengers (1963) #101-110, Daredevil (1964) #99, Avengers (1963) #111. Earth''s Mightiest Heroes fight one of the greatest battles in super-hero history! It''s hero against hero in the sensational summer hit of 1973: the "Avengers/Defenders War." Cap vs. Namor! Thor vs. Hulk! It''s the original crossover clash, and there''s never been another one like it. But first, there are even more trendsetting classics in store for you: Mantis makes her debut; the Lion God brings the Avengers to their knees; Vision and the Scarlet Witch''s relationship blossoms, but not without the intolerant objections of others; and the Swordsman joins the ranks of the Avengers.

From the darkened depths rises a peril greater than any Thor has ever before faced. Mangog threatens to unsheathe the Odinsword and bring Ragnarok upon the Norse gods in this collection of Asgardian classics! Plus, a cosmic battle between Galactus and Ego the Living Planet; the return of "Him," the man who would come to be known as Adam Warlock; and the universe-shaking origin of Galactus! Thor''s adventures get personal, too, with a surprising revelation regarding Donald Blake, the return of Jane Foster, and the dramatic dance between Balder and the Norn queen Karnilla!

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #204-214. The Fantastic Four have been fighting Skrulls since their early days - and, somehow, it just never gets old... unlike the FF themselves! An aging ray has three-quarters of the foursome at death''s door, but they''ll fight the Skrulls to the finish alongside Nova and the Champions of Xandar - at least until a greater threat rises from the Champions'' own ranks! The Sphinx is ready to conquer the world, and Mr. Fantastic knows of only one opponent who can stop him: Galactus, who just wants to DESTROY the world instead! Includes the first appearances of Terrax the Tamer and H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot - but which one will prove the greater threat? Also featuring Spider-Man, Medusa, S.H.I.E.L.D., and cameos from across the chronicles of history!

Collects Thing (1983) #11-22 and Fantastic Four (1961) #274. It''s one of the grandest epics in the history of Aunt Petunia''s favorite nephew - that''s bashful Benjamin J. Grimm, the Ever-Lovin'' Blue-Eyed Thing, to you and me! Choosing to remain on the Beyonder''s Battleworld, Ben finds that while the planet may change, things are as hectic as ever for him! From duplicate Things to showdowns with classic monsters, Ben shows he has the right stuff no matter what the odds!

Collects material from Tales of Suspense #59-81. As America began preparation for the inevitable entry in World War II, a secret military project gave birth to the greatest one-man fighting force ever known-Captain America! Transformed by the Super Soldier Serum from a 97-pound weakling into the Star-Spangled Avenger, Steve Rogers led the charge to liberate the world from the Axis powers'' grasp. But before the war''s end an accident left Cap frozen in suspended animation and his sidekick Bucky dead, while the world turned on for decades. When the Avengers finally resuscitated him, Steve Rogers was greeted by a world vastly changed. He was a man out of time tormented by the death of his partner, but no less committed to the cause of fighting evil in all its forms. In this inaugural Silver Age Captain America collection, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby bring you the rebirth of an American icon in issue after issue of classic Marvel magic. You''ll read the classic origins of Cap, Bucky and the Red Skull; see the first appearances of such cornerstone creations as the cosmic cube and the beautiful Sharon Carter; and watch Cap face off against Baron Zemo''s Army of Assassins, the Sleepers, Batroc the Leaper, and his Nazi nemesis the Red Skull

Collects Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, Maximum Security #1-3, Captain America (1998) #36, Thor (1998) #30, Uncanny X-Men #387, Bishop: The Last X-Man #15, Iron Man (1998) #35, Avengers (1998) #35, Gambit (1999) #23, X-Men (1991) #107 And X-Men Unlimited (1993) #29. Welcome to Earth: penal colony for the universe''s deadliest villains! When the civilized alien races-influenced by the Supreme Intelligence and his newly evolved Kree-tire of Earth''s involvement in their affairs, they decide to make it their new prison planet! Featuring all the world''s greatest heroes-including the Avengers, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four-against the most bizarre and deadly threats they can conceive of! And on the forefront of the villainous attack? Ronan the Accuser and Ego the Living Planet.

Collects What If? #21-26. Captain America as the President of the United States? The Hulk a Microscopic Warlord? Doctor Doom a Hero? Gwen Stacy... alive? Only a few of the dynamic dimensional divergences in the Fourth Volume of Marvel''s original alternate earth epics! Featuring the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the Man-Thing and more! Plus revelations of some of the Marvel Universe''s most Eternal secrets!

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #156-168, Annual (1964) #10. Peter Parker''s past comes back to haunt him! Doc Ock has returned, and he''s brought the ghost of Hammerhead with him! And those two aren''t the only ones back from the grave: the Kingpin is out to resurrect his son - and he can only do it if Spider-Man dies! The danger doesn''t stop there, either, as the Punisher sets his sights on Spider-Man in an adventure guest-starring the X-Men''s Nightcrawler; dinosaurs rampage down Broadway in the war of the reptile-men; one of Spidey''s oldest foes hijacks the Spider-Mobile; and J. Jonah Jameson secures proof of Spidey''s secret identity in the return of the Spider-Slayer!

Learn magic from the God of Mischief! Everyone loves magic! Especially Marvel Comics’ Loki, who’s mastery of magic makes him one of the most dangerous—and beloved—antiheroes in all of The Nine Realms. And now, for the first time ever, Loki shares the secrets behind performing 35 tricks! Filled with classic Marvel comic book art and full-color photographs that illustrate easy-to-learn step-by-step instructions, readers of all ages will learn ways to amaze their friends, impress their family, and trick their goody two-shoes brother. And with guest appearances by other Marvel magic-wielders, including Doctor Strange, Wong, and The Scarlet Witch, Loki’s Book of Magic and Mischief offers something for every magic and Marvel fan!

Collects Thing (1983) #1-10. It''s Ben Grimm - the ever-lovin'', blue-eyed Thing- on his own for the first time, and he''s clobberin'' everything in sight! The Inhumans! Wonder Man! She-Hulk! Spider-Man! The Fantastic Four! The Yancy Street Gang! The Puppet Master! And the uncanny Goody Two-Shoes! Plus: The Thing proposes marriage, and it''s not to Alicia Masters!

Collects Incredible Hulk (1999) #601-605, Dark Reign: The List - Hulk. The Hulk is gone, transformed back to mild-mannered Bruce Banner - seemingly forever. But Banner knows the Hulk well enough to realize he never stays buried long. And while the rest of the world breathes a sigh of relief, Banner knows he must prepare - for the day when the monster returns. Traveling to a deserted corner of America, he finds the Hulk''s half-alien son Skaar waiting to take revenge on his father. The boy is young, angry...and powerful. But he''s not nearly a match for the Hulk. Not yet, at least. So now it''s up to Bruce Banner to train the boy. The lessons will be hard and will see Skaar stand against the greatest fighters in the Marvel Universe: Juggernaut, Wolverine, Daken and more. But there''s no room to pull punches because Norman Osborn has decided it''s time to bring back the Hulk. Has Banner trained Skaar enough to play David to Hulk''s Goliath and kill him once and for all?