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3 reviews
Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, ...

Marvel Comics, 2005

Welcome to the time when Giant(-Size)s walked the Earth!
While I have not been impressed with the majority of Marvel's choices for their recent "high-quality" format (aka: overpriced) trade paperbacks, GIANT-SIZE MARVEL is a welcome addition to the ranks. You'll shell out some dough for this one, but you know what? It's actually worth it. For a `70s Marvel zombie like myself, this trade paperback is pure candy, as it collects a good chunk of the ...

Iron Man (1st Series) #84
Len Wein, Roger Slifer

Marvel, 1976

Versus the Freak; Marvel Value Stamp B56 ; "Night Of The Walking Bomb!"

Essential Luke Cage/Power Man, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)

1 review
Don McGregor, Bill Mantlo, ...

Marvel Comics, 2006

"Who is the man that'd risk his neck for his brother-man?" (Has it already been used?)
One of the good aspects of Mr. Cage (and I don't mean Nicholas, of course!!!) is that he doesn't want to be a world-saving superhero; although he wears a rather flashy costume and, sometimes, goes toe-to-toe with superheavies like "Dr. Doom" (but, then again, who hasn't had a run-in with him in the "Marvel Kingdon?"), he makes it quite clear that he's only trying to make a living, and, if he has ...

Iron Man (1st Series) #85
Len Wein, Roger Slifer

Marvel, 1976

"...And the Freak Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Essential Marvel Two-In-One, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)

1 review
Marv Wolfman, Roger Slifer, ...

Marvel Comics, 2007

The next chapter in a great collection of stories.
Marvel Two-In-One was an opportunity for Marvel to continue on the "Team-Up" bandwagon of the 70s using The Thing as the stable character throughout. While the first volume of this collection dealt mostly with one-shot stories, this second volume picks up as the series had started to catch its stride. There are several stories that spread out over multiple issues, and we see the inclusion of such ...

Essential Marvel Two-In-One Volume 1 TPB (Essential)

3 reviews
Len Wein, Mike Friedrich, ...

Marvel Comics, 2005

The Thing stars with ....
If you are a Marvel comics fan this is superb value for money. You get 29 episodes (although some stories run over more than one episode) featuring The Thing with a variety of other Marvel superheroes. The Hulk, Sub Mariner, Dr Strange, Daredevil, Captain America, Thor, Iron-Man and many others battle alongside, and occasionally against, Ben Grimm in these stories. The artwork as always is ...

The Omega Men #4 July 1983
Roger Slifer

DC Comics, 1983

Essential Defenders, Vol. 3 (Marvel Essentials)

5 reviews
Steve Gerber, Gerry Conway, ...

Marvel Comics, 2007

The Defenders at their peak
In the Marvel Universe, there have always been three classic superhero teams: the Fantastic Four, the X-Men (including the New Mutants, X-Factor, etc.), and the Avengers. Somewhat late to the game, and with a more erratic history, was the non-team called The Defenders. They were initially a "non-team" because they were more just a group of loners: Dr. Strange, the Silver Surfer, the ...

Essential Defenders, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)

2 reviews
Len Wein, Chris Claremont, ...

Marvel Comics, 2007

Defending good taste in comic books
Essential Defenders Volume II: from the very start (the confrontation with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in issues 15 and 16, by far the best ones there) to the ending (Tapping Tommy and the Maggia goons in issue 30) it's a hit!!! Fine storytelling and artwork (especially by a certain Mr. Buscema), rather interesting characters and the "non-team status" that made this a supergroup ...

The Omega Men #1 First Star-Spanning Issue (Citadel War Chapter One, Volume 1)
Roger Slifer

DC Comics, 1983

The Omega Men. First Star-Spanning issue. April, 1983. Citadel War; Chapter One.

The Omega Men #13 April 1984
Roger Slifer

DC Comics, 1984

Marvel Age Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes (Marvel Age)

1 review
Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, ...

Marvel Comics, 2005

This comic reprinthas been censored for your protection. . .
I've been out of the comic-scene for the last several months, so I'm not up to date on current trade paperback collections of previously released material. When I first saw this listing on Amazon.com, I thought "Neat, someone is releasing a MARVEL AGE DIGEST of mid-late seventies AVENGERS material. That's good stuff for the kiddies." Information on the specific contents was sparse and no ...