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Essential Marvel is a line of American comic book reprints. It consists in a series of black-and-white paperbacks containing about 20-30 issues of mostly Silver Age or Bronze Age Marvel comic book reprints each. They contain between 450 and 650 pages, and coarse, matte-quality paper is used. In the same way that the DC Archive Editions are DC Comics' equivalent of Marvel Masterworks, Showcase Presents is their equivalent of the Essential line of reprints.
Contents
History
The Essential range launched in March 1997 with the joint release of Essential X-Men vol. 1 and Essential Spider-Man vol. 1. While Essential Spider-Man started with Spider-Man's first appearance in the Silver Age (collecting Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1-20), Marvel chose to skip ahead to Giant Sized X-Men #1 and Uncanny X-Men #94-119, the relaunch of the title that sparked the X-Men's popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s. The decision to skip the original X-Men in favor of starting with the more well known "All-New, All-Different" X-Men was controversial, though Marvel ultimately went back and began a new collection of Essential volumes, titled Essential Classic X-Men, to collect the earliest X-Men stories (originally titled Essential Uncanny X-Men).
The (second) cover design launched in 2001—all the older volumes (excluding Essential Conan vol. 1) have been reprinted since then with the new design as well as to correct printing mistakes from previous volumes (such as the fact that both Essential X-Men vol. 1 and vol. 2 both have missing pages from their earlier printings) and to reshuffle content to put volume breaks in more logical places, continuity-wise.
From May 2005, many of the volumes have been reprinted for a third time—this time with the same cover design as the second reprint, but with different cover artwork. Initially, the Essential line used newly produced artwork. For the current printing, artwork from the reprinted material is used, with the legal indicia in these new editions saying 'Second Edition, First Printing'.
In 2008, a new (third) cover design launched, again starting with reprinting older volumes that were going back to press for new printings, and is now the look for new volumes.
Marvel has come under criticism[1] for censoring some of the Essential books, specifically the third and fourth volumes of Essential Tomb of Dracula, in which digital editing was used to remove or obscure nudity. Both volumes contain reprints of Dracula stories originally published by Marvel in magazine format, which allowed for them to include nudity in the artwork.
Table of Essential volumes
Volume title Years covered Material collected Pages ISBN Publication date (First edition) The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 1962–1965 Amazing Fantasy #15;
The Amazing Spider-Man #1-20, Annual #1552 0-7851-2192-7 1996-12-11 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 1965–1966 The Amazing Spider-Man #21-43, Annual #2-3 536 0-7851-1863-2 1997-08-06 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 1967–1968 The Amazing Spider-Man #44-68 528 0-7851-1864-0 1998-07-29 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 1968–1970 The Amazing Spider-Man #69-89, Annual #4-5 552 0-7851-1865-9 2000-12-01 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 1970–1972 The Amazing Spider-Man #90-113 528 0-7851-2379-2 2002-03-01 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 6 1972–1974 The Amazing Spider-Man #114-137;
Giant-Size Superheroes #1;
Giant-Size Spider-Man #1-2576 0-7851-1365-7 2004-07-01 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 7 1974–1976 The Amazing Spider-Man #138-160, Annual #10;
Giant-Size Spider-Man #3-5560 0-7851-1879-9 2005-10-26 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 8 1976–1978 The Amazing Spider-Man #161-185, Annual #11;
Giant-Size Spider-Man #6; Nova #12512 978-0785125006 2007-04-18 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 9 1978–1980 The Amazing Spider-Man #186-210, Annual #13-14;
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1600 978-0785130741 2009-05-06 The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 10 1980–1982 The Amazing Spider-Man #211-230, Annual #15 600 978-0785157472 2011-06-29 Astonishing Ant-Man vol. 1 1962–1965 Tales to Astonish #27, #35-69 576 0-7851-0822-X 2002-02-01 Avengers vol. 1 1963–1966 The Avengers #1-24 536 0-7851-1862-4 1998-11-18 Avengers vol. 2 1966–1967 The Avengers #25-46, Annual #1 528 0-7851-0741-X 2000-06-01 Avengers vol. 3 1967–1969 The Avengers #47-68, Annual #2 520 0-7851-0787-8 2001-03-01 Avengers vol. 4 1969–1972 The Avengers #69-97;
The Incredible Hulk #140640 0-7851-1485-8 2004-10-01 Avengers vol. 5 1972–1974 The Avengers #98-119;
Daredevil #99;
The Defenders #8-11552 0-7851-2087-4 2006-01-25 Avengers vol. 6 1974–1975 The Avengers #120-140;
Giant-Size Avengers #1-4;
Captain Marvel #33;
The Fantastic Four #150576 0-7851-3058-1 2008-02-20 Avengers vol. 7 1975–1977 The Avengers #141-163, Annual #6;
Super-Villain Team-Up #9480 0-7851-4453-6 2010-01-08 Avengers vol. 8 1977-1979 The Avengers #164-184, Annual #7-8;
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2488 0-7851-6322-0 2012-04- Captain America vol. 1 1964–1968 Tales of Suspense #59-99;
Captain America #100-102528 0-7851-0740-1 2000-03-01 Captain America vol. 2 1968–1970 Captain America #103-126 512 0-7851-0827-0 2002-01-01 Captain America vol. 3 1970–1972 Captain America #127-156 608 0-7851-2166-8 2006-12-06 Captain America vol. 4 1973–1975 Captain America #157-186 600 978-0785127703 2008-01-09 Captain America vol. 5 1975–1977 Captain America #187-205, Annual #3;
Bicentennial Battles480 978-0785145354 2010-06-23 Captain America vol. 6 1977–1979 Captain America #206-230, Annual #4;
The Incredible Hulk #232512 978-0785150916 2011-04-06 Captain Marvel vol. 1 1967–1970 Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13;
Captain Marvel #1-21528 978-0785130598 2008-05-21 Captain Marvel vol. 2 1972–1976 Captain Marvel #22-35, #37-46;
Iron Man #55;
Marvel Feature #12520 978-0785145363 DELAYED Classic X-Men vol. 1
(formerly Uncanny X-Men vol. 1)1963–1966 X-Men #1-24 528 0-7851-0991-9 1999-06-01 Classic X-Men vol. 2 1966–1969 X-Men #25-53;
The Avengers #53640 0-7851-2116-1 2006-05-17 Classic X-Men vol. 3 1969–1975 X-Men #54-66, #67-93 (covers only);
Marvel Team-Up #4;
Amazing Adventures #11-17;
Incredible Hulk #150, #161;
The Amazing Spider-Man #92560 978-0-7851-3060-4 2009-02-18 Conan the Barbarian vol. 1 1970–1973 Conan the Barbarian #1-25 530 0-7851-0751-7 2000-07-01 Daredevil vol. 1 1964–1967 Daredevil #1-25 544 0-7851-1861-6 2002-10-01 Daredevil vol. 2 1967–1969 Daredevil #26-48, Annual #1;
The Fantastic Four #73568 0-7851-1462-9 2004-06-01 Daredevil vol. 3 1969–1971 Daredevil #49-74;
Iron Man #35-36584 0-7851-1724-5 2005-08-24 Daredevil vol. 4 1971–1973 Daredevil #75-101;
The Avengers #111600 978-0785127628 2007-09-12 Daredevil vol. 5 1973–1975 Daredevil #102-125;
Marvel Two-in-One #3488 978-0785144540 2010-02-10 Dazzler vol. 1 1980–1982 Dazzler #1-21;
Uncanny X-Men #130-131;
The Amazing Spider-Man #203552 978-0785126959 2007-08-22 Dazzler vol. 2 1982–1986 Dazzler #22-42;
Marvel Graphic Novel #12;
Beauty and the Beast #1-4;
Secret Wars II #4688 978-0785137306 2009-05-13 The Defenders vol. 1 1969–1974 Doctor Strange #183;
Sub-Mariner #22, #34-35;
The Incredible Hulk #126;
Marvel Feature #1-3;
The Defenders #1-14;
The Avengers #115-118544 0-7851-3075-6 2005-05-18 The Defenders vol. 2 1974–1976 The Defenders #15-30;
Giant-Size Defenders #1-5;
Marvel Two-in-One #6-7;
Marvel Team-Up #33-35;
Marvel Treasury Edition #12616 0-7851-2150-1 2006-12-20 The Defenders vol. 3 1976–1978 The Defenders #31-60, Annual #1 592 978-0785126966 2007-07-18 The Defenders vol. 4 1978–1981 The Defenders #61-91 584 978-0785130611 2008-07-16 The Defenders vol. 5 1981–1982 The Defenders #92-106;
Marvel Team-Up #101, #111, #116;
Captain America #268448 978-0785145370 2010-08-04 The Defenders vol. 6 1982–1983 The Defenders #107-124, New Defenders #125, Avengers Annual #11 and Marvel Team-Up (1972) #119 448 978-0785157540 2011-10-12 Doctor Strange vol. 1 1963–1968 Strange Tales #110-111, #114-168 608 0-7851-2316-4 2002-01-01 Doctor Strange vol. 2 1968–1974 Doctor Strange #169-178, #180-183;
The Avengers #61;
The Sub-Mariner #22;
The Incredible Hulk #126;
Marvel Feature #1;
Marvel Premiere #3-10, #12-14608 0-7851-1668-0 2005-03-23 Doctor Strange vol. 3 1974–1978 Doctor Strange #1-29, Annual #1;
The Tomb of Dracula #44-45616 978-0785127338 2007-12-26 Doctor Strange vol. 4 1978–1982 Doctor Strange #30-56;
Chamber of Chills #4;
Man-Thing #4564 978-0785130628 2009-07-22 The Fantastic Four vol. 1 1961–1963 The Fantastic Four #1-20, Annual #1 544 0-7851-1828-4 1998-11-04 The Fantastic Four vol. 2 1963–1965 The Fantastic Four #21-40, Annual #2;
Strange Tales Annual #2528 0-7851-0731-2 1999-10-20 The Fantastic Four vol. 3 1965–1967 The Fantastic Four #41-63, Annual #3-4 536 0-7851-2625-2 2001-08-01 The Fantastic Four vol. 4 1967–1969 The Fantastic Four #64-83, Annual #5-6 536 0-7851-1484-X 2005-06-29 The Fantastic Four vol. 5 1969–1971 The Fantastic Four #84-110, Annual #7-8 568 0-7851-2162-5 2006-06-21 The Fantastic Four vol. 6 1971–1973 The Fantastic Four #111-137 592 978-0785126973 2007-05-23 The Fantastic Four vol. 7 1973–1975 The Fantastic Four #138-159;
Giant-Size Super-Stars #1;
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2-4;
The Avengers #127560 978-0785130635 2008-07-16 The Fantastic Four vol. 8 1975–1977 The Fantastic Four #160-179, #181-183, Annual #11;
Marvel Two-in-One #20, Annual #1520 978-0785145387 2010-05-26 Ghost Rider vol. 1 1972–1976 Marvel Spotlight #5-12;
Ghost Rider #1-20;
Daredevil #138560 0-7851-1838-1 2005-10-05 Ghost Rider vol. 2 1976–1980 Ghost Rider #21-50 568 978-0785121640 2007-02-14 Ghost Rider vol. 3 1980–1982 Ghost Rider #51-65;
Marvel Two-in-One #80;
Marvel Super-Heroes #11;
The Avengers #214416 978-0785130640 2009-11-04 Ghost Rider vol. 4 1982–1985 Ghost Rider #66-81;
The Amazing Spider-Man #274;
New Defenders #145-146432 978-0785145394 2010-10-27 Godzilla vol. 1 1977–1979 Godzilla #1-24 440 0-7851-2153-6 2006-03-29 Howard the Duck vol. 1 1973, 1975–1978 Adventure into Fear #19;
Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5;
Howard the Duck #1-27, Annual #1;
Marvel Treasury Edition #12592 0-7851-0831-9 2002-02-01 The Human Torch vol. 1 1962–1965 Strange Tales #101-134, Annual #2 504 0-7851-1309-6 2004-01-01 The Incredible Hulk vol. 1 1962–1967 The Incredible Hulk #1-6;
Tales to Astonish #60-91528 0-7851-2374-1 2000-02-01 The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 1967–1969 Tales to Astonish #92-101;
The Incredible Hulk #102-117, Annual #1520 0-7851-0795-9 2001-09-01 The Incredible Hulk vol. 3 1969–1971 The Incredible Hulk #118-142;
Captain Marvel #20-21;
The Avengers #88576 0-7851-1689-3 2005-05-11 The Incredible Hulk vol. 4 1971–1973 The Incredible Hulk #143-170 608 0-7851-2193-5 2006-09-27 The Incredible Hulk vol. 5 1974–1976 The Incredible Hulk #171-200, Annual #5 619 0-7851-3065-9 2008-12-03 The Incredible Hulk vol. 6 1976–1978 The Incredible Hulk #201-225, Annual #6 496 0-7851-3065-9 2010-09-15 Iron Fist vol. 1 1974–1978 Marvel Premiere #15-25;
Iron Fist #1-15;
Marvel Team-Up #63-64;
Power Man #48-49;
Power Man and Iron Fist #50584 0-7851-1546-3 2004-10-01 Iron Man vol. 1 1963–1965 Tales of Suspense #39-72 512 0-7851-1860-8 2000-09-01 Iron Man vol. 2 1966–1968 Tales of Suspense #73-99;
Tales to Astonish #82;
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1;
Iron Man #1-11608 0-7851-1487-4 2004-11-24 Iron Man vol. 3 1969–1971 Iron Man #12-38;
Daredevil #73592 978-0785127642 2008-04-16 Iron Man vol. 4 1971–1973 Iron Man #39-61 488 978-0785142546 2010-04-14 Killraven vol. 1 1973–1976, 1983, 2001 Amazing Adventures (vol. 2) #18-39;
Marvel Team-Up #45;
Marvel Graphic Novel #7;
Killraven #1 (Marvel Knights)504 0-7851-1777-6 2005-07-20 Luke Cage, Power Man vol. 1 1972–1975 Hero For Hire #1-16;
Power Man #17-27544 0-7851-1685-0 2005-03-02 Luke Cage, Power Man vol. 2 1975–1978 Power Man #28-49, Annual #1 424 0-7851-2147-1 2006-08-30 Man-Thing vol. 1 1971–1975 Savage Tales #1;
Astonishing Tales #12-13;
Adventure into Fear #1-19;
Man-Thing #1-14;
Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-2;
Monsters Unleashed #5, #8-9544 0-7851-2135-8 2006-12-13 Man-Thing vol. 2 1975–1981 Man-Thing #15-22;
Man-Thing (vol. 2) #1-11;
Giant-Size Man-Thing #3-5;
Marvel Team-Up #68;
Marvel Two-in-One #43;
Doctor Strange #41536 0-7851-3066-7 2008-08-20 Marvel Horror vol. 1 1973–1977, 1979 Son of Satan stories from: - Ghost Rider #1-2
- Marvel Spotlight #12-24
- Son of Satan #1-8
- Marvel Two-in-One #14
- Marvel Team-Up #32
Satana stories from:
- Vampire Tales #2-3
- Haunt of Horror #2, #4-5
- Marvel Premiere #27
- Marvel Preview #7
- Marvel Team-Up #80-81
608 0-7851-2196-X 2006-11-01 Marvel Horror vol. 2 1973–1977 Living Mummy stories from: - Supernatural Thrillers #5, #7-15
Gabriel the Devil Hunter stories from:
- Haunt of Horror #2-5
- Monsters Unleashed #11
Brother Voodoo stories from:
- Strange Tales #169-173
- Tales of the Zombie #6, #10
- Marvel Team-Up #24
Golem stories from:
- Strange Tales #174, #176-177
- Marvel Two-in-One #11
Scarecrow stories from:
- Dead of Night #11
- Marvel Spotlight #26
- Marvel Two-in-One #18
Modred the Mystic stories from:
- Marvel Chillers #1-2
- Marvel Two-in-One #33
616 0-7851-3067-3 2008-11-26 Marvel Saga vol. 1 1985–1986 Marvel Saga #1-12 448 978-0785127277 2008-01-16 Marvel Saga vol. 2 1986–1987 Marvel Saga #13-25 480 978-0785127284 2008-12-24 Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 1972–1974 Marvel Team-Up #1-24 496 0-7851-2373-3 2002-04-10 Marvel Team-Up vol. 2 1974–1976 Marvel Team-Up #25-51;
Marvel Two-in-One #17528 0-7851-2163-3 2006-08-02 Marvel Team-Up vol. 3 1976–1979 Marvel Team-Up #52-73, #75, Annual #1[2] 584 978-0785130680 2009-08-19 Marvel Two-in-One vol. 1 1973–1977 Marvel Feature #11-12;
Marvel Two-in-One #1-20, #22-25, Annual #1;[3]
Marvel Team-Up #47;
The Fantastic Four Annual #11576 0-7851-1729-6 2005-11-02 Marvel Two-in-One vol. 2 1977–1979 Marvel Two-in-One #26-52, Annual #2-3 568 978-0785126980 2007-06-27 Marvel Two-in-One vol. 3 1979–1981 Marvel Two-in-One #53-77, Annual #4-5 592 978-0785130697 2009-07-29 Marvel Two-in-One vol. 4 1981–1983 Marvel Two-in-One #78-98, 100 Annual #6-7 608 978-0785162841 2012-01-25 Monster of Frankenstein vol. 1 1972–1975 Monster of Frankenstein #1-5;
Frankenstein's Monster #6-18;
Giant-Size Werewolf #2;
Monsters Unleashed #2, #4-10;
Legion of Monsters #1496 0-7851-1634-6 2004-10-20 Moon Knight vol. 1 1975–1976, 1978–1981 Werewolf by Night #32-33;
Marvel Spotlight #28-29;
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23, Marvel Two-in-One #52;
Hulk Magazine #11-15, #17-18, #20;
Marvel Preview #21;
Moon Knight #1-10;
Marvel Team-Up Annual #4560 0-7851-2092-0 2006-03-01 Moon Knight vol. 2 1981–1983 Moon Knight #11-30 608 978-0785127291 2007-10-17 Moon Knight vol. 3 1983–1989 Moon Knight #31-38;
Moon Knight (vol. 2) #1-6;
Marvel Fanfare #30, #38-39;
Solo Avengers #3;
Marvel Super-Heroes #1;
Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-2528 978-0785130703 2009-12-02 Ms. Marvel vol. 1 1977–1979 Ms. Marvel #1-23;
Marvel Super-Heroes Magazine #10-11;
Avengers Annual #10512 978-0785124993 2007-02-21 Nova vol. 1 1976–1979 Nova #1-25;
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3;
The Amazing Spider-Man #171512 0-7851-2093-9 2006-03-29 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe vol. 1 1983–1984 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1-15 544 0-7851-1933-7 2006-01-18 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition vol. 1 1985–1986 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1-7 480 0-7851-1934-5 2006-03-15 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition vol. 2 1986–1987 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #8-14 480 0-7851-1935-3 2006-06-14 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition vol. 3 1987–1988 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #15-20 424 0-7851-1936-1 2006-07-19 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 vol. 1 1989 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1-8 496 0-7851-1937-X 2006-12-27 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition vol. 1 1990–1993 "A-G" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 592 978-0785127307 2008-04-23 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition vol. 2 1990–1993 "H-N" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 592 978-0785127314 2008-05-14 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition vol. 3 1990–1993 "O-Z" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 576 978-0785127321 2008-10-15 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 1 1976–1979 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31 568 0-7851-1682-6 2005-02-02 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 1979–1981 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #32-53, Annual #1-2;
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13;
The Fantastic Four #218592 0-7851-2042-4 2006-02-15 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 3 1981–1983 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #54-74, Annual #3 536 978-0785125013 2007-03-14 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 4 1983–1985 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #75-96, Annual #4 576 978-0785130710 2009-08-26 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 5 1985–1986 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #97-114, Annual #5 576 978-0785157557 2011-07-12 Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 1 1978–1980 Power Man and Iron Fist #50-72, #74-75[4] 520 978-0785127260 2008-01-09 Power Man and Iron Fist vol. 2 1980–1982 Power Man and Iron Fist #76-100;
Daredevil #178616 978-0785130727 2009-04-08 The Punisher vol. 1 1974–1986 The Amazing Spider-Man #129, #134-135, #162-163, #174-175, #201-202;
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15;
Giant-Size Spider-Man #4;
Marvel Preview #2;
Marvel Super-Action #1;
Captain America #241;
Daredevil #182-184;
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #81-83;
The Punisher #1-5568 0-7851-2375-X 2004-03-01 The Punisher vol. 2 1987–1989 The Punisher #1-20, Annual #1;
Daredevil #257536 978-0785127345 2007-09-26 The Punisher vol. 3 1989–1991 The Punisher #21-40, Annual #2-3 584 978-0785130734 2009-02-04 Rampaging Hulk vol. 1 1977–1978 Rampaging Hulk #1-9;
The Hulk! #10-15;
The Incredible Hulk #269584 978-0785126997 2008-05-28 Rampaging Hulk vol. 2 1978–1981 The Hulk! #16-27 544 978-0785142553 2010-03-31 Rawhide Kide vol. 1 1960-1963 Rawhide Kid #17-35 496 978-0785163947 2011-12- Savage She-Hulk vol. 1 1979–1981 Savage She-Hulk #1-25 552 0-7851-2335-0 2006-07-05 Sgt Fury vol. 1 1963-1965 Sgt Fury #1-23 and Annual # 1 544 978-0785163954 2011-11- Silver Surfer vol. 1 1968–1970 Silver Surfer #1-18;
The Fantastic Four Annual #5528 0-7851-2008-4 1998-03-11 Silver Surfer vol. 2 1982, 1987–1988 Silver Surfer (1982 one-shot);
Silver Surfer (vol. 2) #1-18, Annual #1;
Marvel Fanfare #51600 978-0785127000 2007-06-20 Spider-Woman vol. 1 1977–1979 Marvel Spotlight #32;
Marvel Two-in-One #29-33;
Spider-Woman #1-25576 0-7851-1793-8 2005-12-21 Spider-Woman vol. 2 1980–1983 Spider-Woman #26-50;
Marvel Team-Up #97;
Uncanny X-Men #148608 978-0785127017 2007-08-08 Sub-Mariner vol. 1 1965–1968 Daredevil #7;
Tales to Astonish #70-101;
Tales of Suspense #80;
Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner #1;
The Sub-Mariner #1504 0-7851-3075-8 2009-09-30 Super-Villain Team-Up vol. 1 1970–1971, 1975–1980 Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1-2;
Super-Villain Team-Up #1-14, #16-17;
The Avengers #154-156;
The Champions #16;
Astonishing Tales #1-8552 0-7851-1545-5 2004-09-22 Tales of the Zombie vol. 1 1973–1974 Tales of the Zombie #1-10;
Dracula Lives #1-2592 0-7851-1916-7 2006-10-04 Thor vol. 1 1962–1964 Journey into Mystery #83-112 536 0-7851-1866-7 2001-02-28 Thor vol. 2 1965–1966 Journey into Mystery #113-124;
The Mighty Thor #125-136, Annual #1-2584 0-7851-1591-9 2005-06-08 Thor vol. 3 1967–1969 The Mighty Thor #137-166 616 0-7851-2149-8 2006-10-04 Thor vol. 4 1969–1972 The Mighty Thor #167-195 600 0-7851-3076-4 2009-07-08 Thor vol. 5 1972–1974 The Mighty Thor #196-220 528 0-7851-5093-5 2011-05-04 The Tomb of Dracula vol. 1 1972–1974 The Tomb of Dracula #1-25;
Werewolf by Night #15;
Giant-Size Chillers #1560 0-7851-0920-X 2003-12-01 The Tomb of Dracula vol. 2 1974–1976 The Tomb of Dracula #26-49;
Dr. Strange #14;
Giant-Size Dracula #2-5592 0-7851-1461-0 2004-04-21 The Tomb of Dracula vol. 3 1976–1979 The Tomb of Dracula #50-70;
The Tomb of Dracula Magazine #1-4584 0-7851-1558-7 2004-11-03 The Tomb of Dracula vol. 4 1973–1975, 1980 The Tomb of Dracula Magazine #2, #4-6;
Dracula Lives! #1-13;
Frankenstein's Monster #7-9576 0-7851-1709-1 2005-04-13 Web of Spider-Man vol. 1 1985-1986 Web of Spider-Man #1-18, Annual #1-2, and Amazing Spiderman #268 528 0-7851-5756-5 2011-09-14 Werewolf by Night vol. 1 1972–1974 Marvel Spotlight #2-4;
Werewolf by Night #1-21;
Marvel Team-Up #12;
Giant-Size Creatures #1;
The Tomb of Dracula #18576 0-7851-1839-X 2005-10-26 Werewolf by Night vol. 2 1974–1976 Werewolf by Night #22-43;
Giant-Size Werewolf by Night #2-5;
Marvel Premiere #28576 978-0785127253 2007-11-14 Wolverine vol. 1 1988–1990 Wolverine #1-23 552 0-7851-1867-5 1996-10-23 Wolverine vol. 2 1990–1991 Wolverine #24-47 528 0-7851-0550-6 1997-03-19 Wolverine vol. 3 1991–1993 Wolverine #48-69 528 0-7851-0595-6 1998-06-17 Wolverine vol. 4 1993–1995 Wolverine #70-90 544 0-7851-2059-9 2006-05-03 Wolverine vol. 5 1995–1997 Wolverine #91-110, 1996 Annual;
Uncanny X-Men #332562 978-0785130772 2009-01-07 X-Factor vol. 1 1986–1987 The Avengers #262;
The Fantastic Four #286;
X-Factor #1-16, Annual #1;
The Mighty Thor #373-374;
Power Pack #27568 0-7851-1886-1 2005-11-30 X-Factor vol. 2 1987–1988 X-Factor #17-35, Annual #2;
The Mighty Thor #378544 978-0785120995 2007-01-31 X-Factor vol. 3 1988–1990 X-Factor #36-50, Annual #3;
Uncanny X-Men #242-243520 978-0785130789 2009-12-30 X-Factor vol. 4 1990 X-Factor #51-59, Annual #4-5; X-Factor: Prisoner of Love; Marvel Fanfare #50; material from Fantastic Four Annual # 23, New Mutants Annual #6, X-Men Annual #14 520 978-0785162858 2012-02-22 X-Men vol. 1 1975–1979 Giant-Size X-Men #1;
X-Men #94-119520 0-7851-2376-8 1996-10-09 X-Men vol. 2 1979–1981 X-Men #120-144, Annual #3-4 584 0-7851-2007-6 1997-10-15 X-Men vol. 3 1981–1982 X-Men #145-161, Annual #5-6;
The Avengers Annual #10 (previous edition had Annual #3-5 instead and did not include The Avengers Annual #10 )528 0-7851-0661-8 1998-08-05 X-Men vol. 4 1982–1984 X-Men #162-179, Annual #7;
Marvel Graphic Novel #5: "God Loves, Man Kills" (previous edition had Annual #6 not #7)568 0-7851-2295-8 2001-06-01 X-Men vol. 5 1984–1985 X-Men #180-198, Annual #8;
X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2 (previous edition also had Annual #7)632 0-7851-2692-9 2004-07-01 X-Men vol. 6 1985–1987 X-Men #199-213, Annual #9;
New Mutants #46, Special Edition #1;
X-Factor #9-11;
Thor #373-374;
Power Pack #27656 0-7851-1727-X 2005-09-14 X-Men vol. 7 1987–1988 X-Men #214-228, Annual #10-11;
Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4568 0-7851-2055-6 2006-04-19 X-Men vol. 8 1988–1989 X-Men #229-243, Annual #12;
X-Factor #36-39544 978-0785127635 2007-12-12 X-Men vol. 9 1989–1990 X-Men #244-264, Annual #13 544 978-0785130796 2009-06-03 X-Men vol. 10 1990-1991 X-Men #265-272, Annual #14; Fantastic Four Annual #23; New Mutants #95-97, material from Annual #6; X-Factor #60-62, material from Annual #5 512 978-0785163244 2012-03-28 See also
- The Silver Age of Comic Books—Information on the Silver Age of comics in General, i.e. the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
- The Bronze Age of Comic Books—Information on the Bronze Age of comics in General, i.e. the early 1970s to the early/mid-1980s.
- Marvel Comics
- Marvel Omnibus
- Marvel Masterworks
- DC Archive Editions
- Showcase Presents—The DC comics equivalent of Essential Marvel
- List of comic books on CD/DVD
Notes and references
- ^ "Censored Essentials?" The Groovy Age of Horror, September 14, 2006
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #74 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearances of the cast of Saturday Night Live.
- ^ Marvel Two-in-One #21 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance of Doc Savage.
- ^ Power Man and Iron Fist #73 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance by Rom.
External links
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