Essential Ghost Rider, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)11 reviews Gary Friedrich, John Byrne, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Just Getting Warmed Up + Graphic SF Reader Ghost Rider battles Satan, the ultimate adversary, who unfortunately comes across as a stereotypical, almost comically inept supervillian. A necessary look at the character's origins, but it only got better from here.             Essential Iron Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)26 reviews Stan Lee, Don Heck Marvel Comics, 2005 Must have for Marvel readers + Great stories from a different time WOW, what else can be said about this collection of original Iron Man stories. I read all these as a kid, but like most kids of my time my mother threw them all out. Well, even though the originals may be worth many thousands at least you get to read the original stories once more. Too bad they ...             Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 17 reviews Stan Lee Marvel Comics, 2003 And so it began + Masterworks: Fantastic 4 vol. 1 + AWESOME + Pre-Marvel Age Fantastic Four + Early history of the mighty FF, well worth reading             Essential Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 4 (Marvel Essentials)4 reviews Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Surprisingly good. + Reprinting all of Marvel's black & white "Dracula" stories This volume could be suspected of being solely for completists, since it reprints little-known short stories from Marvel's many horror mags. In fact, before reading it, I feared it might feel like a lot of inventory material. I was quite happy to be proven wrong. Editorial care was taken to ...             Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (Marvel Premiere Classic)13 reviews J. M. DeMatteis Marvel Comics, 2007 One of Spideys best + great for my collection + Great Spider-Man Story + FANTASTIC! + The best Spidey Story Ever             Civil War (Marvel Comics)69 reviews Mark Millar Marvel Comics, 2007 Best Marvel Event since... ever! + greatest series ever + Marvel: Civil War + The ultimate crossover             Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America Comics 14 reviews Joe Simon Marvel Enterprises, 2005 Captain America Vol. 1 + Early Stories of a Truly Classic Comic Book Character + AMAZING!!!! This is the one. This is the 1940s' comic book strip that dreams are made of. The ugliest, meanest, nastiest villians of all time. Wild and wooley rip roaring stories. The pulp mags turned into a comic book. One of the three or four best collections of 1940s' superheros currently availible. The ...             Essential Avengers, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)9 reviews Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Assemble! + B/W reprints of Avengers' first 25 issues (1963-1966) + Great Book... The Avengers have always been one of my favorite comics to read, through good creators and bad. I really enjoyed reading all the early adventures, especially after the original crew left and Captain America took charge. If Cap isn't in an Avengers comic, it's not really the Avengers! This is a ...             Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars30 reviews Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Secret Wars 2? + Lots of action and great fight scenes, but loses focus + Secret Wars - Nothing Compares to the Original! + Um...Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Awesome Review-Stylz?             Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1 (Second Edition)6 reviews Stan Lee Marvel Entertainment Group, 2003 The Earliest Stuff!! + The Hulk retains his appeal + The HULK! "Is he MAN or MONSTER or . . . BOTH?", + Bruce Banner discovers it isn't easy being ol' Greenskin + Hulk is a smash!             Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 111 reviews Stan Lee, Steve Ditko Marvel Comics, 2003 Modern Mythology in the Making + Spectacular + GREAT! + An Amazing Fantasy for any Spidey Fan!!! + What a Comic book collection should be!             Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 114 reviews Stan Lee Marvel Entertainment Group, 2002 This is an X-Men masterpice masterwork! + X-traordinary!!! + A pleasure to visit the begining of the X-Men. + The start of the Marvel Age for me + Lee/Kirby Treasure             Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage19 reviews Tom DeFalco, J. M. DeMatteis, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Chaos and Carnage + Maximum Carnage, even Spider-Man can get darker. + Not as good as I remembered The story is chaotic, never takes itself TOO seriously, and captures the character of Spider-Man perfectly. My main gripe has to do with a few large out-of-nowhere plot devices that the writers insert toward the end of the story to help bring about the story's end. I chuckled at the absurdity of ...             Spider-Man: Birth of Venom10 reviews Jim Shooter, Tom DeFalco, ... Marvel Comics, 2007 good + Venom + this graphic novel is goos if you really need to know the history of venom but at times it gete REALLY boring but at the end you will be happy             Spider-Man: Birth of Venom10 reviews Jim Shooter, Tom DeFalco, ... Marvel Comics, 2007 good + Venom + this graphic novel is goos if you really need to know the history of venom but at times it gete REALLY boring but at the end you will be happy             Essential Avengers, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)9 reviews Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Assemble! + B/W reprints of Avengers' first 25 issues (1963-1966) + Great Book... The Avengers have always been one of my favorite comics to read, through good creators and bad. I really enjoyed reading all the early adventures, especially after the original crew left and Captain America took charge. If Cap isn't in an Avengers comic, it's not really the Avengers! This is a ...             Civil War (Marvel Comics)69 reviews Mark Millar Marvel Comics, 2007 Best Marvel Event since... ever! + greatest series ever + Marvel: Civil War + The ultimate crossover             Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars30 reviews Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, ... Marvel Comics, 2005 Secret Wars 2? + Lots of action and great fight scenes, but loses focus + Secret Wars - Nothing Compares to the Original! + Um...Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Awesome Review-Stylz?             Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 17 reviews Stan Lee Marvel Comics, 2003 And so it began + Masterworks: Fantastic 4 vol. 1 + AWESOME + Pre-Marvel Age Fantastic Four + Early history of the mighty FF, well worth reading             Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (Marvel Premiere Classic)13 reviews J. M. DeMatteis Marvel Comics, 2007 One of Spideys best + great for my collection + Great Spider-Man Story + FANTASTIC! + The best Spidey Story Ever