Essential Marvel Comics
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Essential Marvel is a line of American comic book
reprints. It consists in a series of black-and-white
paperback
s 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.
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 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.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
reprints. It consists in a series of black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
s containing about 20-30 issues of mostly Silver Age
Silver Age of Comic Books
The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those in the superhero genre. Following the Golden Age of Comic Books and an interregnum in the early to mid-1950s, the Silver Age is considered to cover the...
or Bronze Age
Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books is an informal name for a period in the history of mainstream American comic books usually said to run from 1970 to 1985. It follows the Silver Age of Comic Books....
Marvel
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
comic book reprints each. They contain between 450 and 650 pages, and coarse, matte
Matte
Matte may refer to:In film:* Matte , filmmaking and video production technology* Matte painting, a process of creating sets used in film and video* Matte box, a camera accessory for controlling lens glare...
-quality paper is used.
In the same way that the DC Archive Editions
DC Archive Editions
DC Archive Editions, collect early, sometimes rare, comic books published by DC and other publishers into a permanent hardcover series. With more than 100 titles, this series began in 1989 with Superman Archives Vol. 1...
are DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
' equivalent of Marvel Masterworks
Marvel Masterworks
Marvel Masterworks are a American collection of hardcover and trade paperback comic book reprints published by Marvel Comics. They are printed in full color and feature various titles from the Golden Age, Pre-Code , Silver Age, and Bronze Age of comics.The collection started in 1987 with volumes...
, Showcase Presents
Showcase presents
Showcase Presents is a line of black-and-white paperback books published by DC Comics at an average rate of two per month. Created to effectively be DC's version of Marvel Comics' Essential Marvel volumes, each book includes over 500 pages of reprints, primarily from the Silver Age...
is their equivalent of the Essential line of reprints.
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 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 International Standard Book Number The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H... |
Publication date (First edition) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–1965 | Amazing Fantasy #15; The Amazing Spider-Man #1-20, Annual #1 |
552 | 1996-12-11 | ||
| 1965–1966 | The Amazing Spider-Man #21-43, Annual #2-3 | 536 | 1997-08-06 | ||
| 1967–1968 | The Amazing Spider-Man #44-68 | 528 | 1998-07-29 | ||
| 1968–1970 | The Amazing Spider-Man #69-89, Annual #4-5 | 552 | 2000-12-01 | ||
| 1970–1972 | The Amazing Spider-Man #90-113 | 528 | 2002-03-01 | ||
| 1972–1974 | The Amazing Spider-Man #114-137; Giant-Size Superheroes #1; Giant-Size Spider-Man #1-2 |
576 | 2004-07-01 | ||
| 1974–1976 | The Amazing Spider-Man #138-160, Annual #10; Giant-Size Spider-Man #3-5 |
560 | 2005-10-26 | ||
| 1976–1978 | The Amazing Spider-Man #161-185, Annual #11; Giant-Size Spider-Man #6; Nova #12 |
512 | 2007-04-18 | ||
| 1978–1980 | The Amazing Spider-Man #186-210, Annual #13-14; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 |
600 | 2009-05-06 | ||
| 1980–1982 | The Amazing Spider-Man #211-230, Annual #15 | 600 | 2011-06-29 | ||
| Astonishing Ant-Man vol. 1 | 1962–1965 | Tales to Astonish #27, #35-69 | 576 | 2002-02-01 | |
| Avengers vol. 1 | 1963–1966 | The Avengers #1-24 | 536 | 1998-11-18 | |
| Avengers vol. 2 | 1966–1967 | The Avengers #25-46, Annual #1 | 528 | 2000-06-01 | |
| Avengers vol. 3 | 1967–1969 | The Avengers #47-68, Annual #2 | 520 | 2001-03-01 | |
| Avengers vol. 4 | 1969–1972 | The Avengers #69-97; The Incredible Hulk #140 |
640 | 2004-10-01 | |
| Avengers vol. 5 | 1972–1974 | The Avengers #98-119; Daredevil #99; The Defenders #8-11 |
552 | 2006-01-25 | |
| Avengers vol. 6 | 1974–1975 | The Avengers #120-140; Giant-Size Avengers #1-4; Captain Marvel #33; The Fantastic Four #150 |
576 | 2008-02-20 | |
| Avengers vol. 7 | 1975–1977 | The Avengers #141-163, Annual #6; Super-Villain Team-Up #9 |
480 | 2010-01-08 | |
| Avengers vol. 8 | 1977-1979 | The Avengers #164-184, Annual #7-8; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 |
488 | 2012-04- | |
| Black Panther vol. 1 | 1972-1977 | Jungle Action 6-22, 24; Black Panther 1-10 | 528 | 2012-05-23 | |
| Captain America vol. 1 | 1964–1968 | Tales of Suspense #59-99; Captain America #100-102 |
528 | 2000-03-01 | |
| Captain America vol. 2 | 1968–1970 | Captain America #103-126 | 512 | 2002-01-01 | |
| Captain America vol. 3 | 1970–1972 | Captain America #127-156 | 608 | 2006-12-06 | |
| Captain America vol. 4 | 1973–1975 | Captain America #157-186 | 600 | 2008-01-09 | |
| Captain America vol. 5 | 1975–1977 | Captain America #187-205, Annual #3; Bicentennial Battles |
480 | 2010-06-23 | |
| Captain America vol. 6 | 1977–1979 | Captain America #206-230, Annual #4; The Incredible Hulk #232 |
512 | 2011-04-06 | |
| Captain Marvel vol. 1 | 1967–1970 | Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13; Captain Marvel #1-21 |
528 | 2008-05-21 | |
| Captain Marvel vol. 2 | 1972–1976 | Captain Marvel #22-35, #37-46; Iron Man #55; Marvel Feature #12 |
520 | DELAYED | |
| Classic X-Men vol. 1 (formerly Uncanny X-Men vol. 1) |
1963–1966 | X-Men #1-24 | 528 | 1999-06-01 | |
| Classic X-Men vol. 2 | 1966–1969 | X-Men #25-53; The Avengers #53 |
640 | 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 #92 |
560 | 2009-02-18 | |
| Conan the Barbarian vol. 1 | 1970–1973 | Conan the Barbarian #1-25 | 530 | 2000-07-01 | |
| Daredevil vol. 1 | 1964–1967 | Daredevil #1-25 | 544 | 2002-10-01 | |
| Daredevil vol. 2 | 1967–1969 | Daredevil #26-48, Annual #1; The Fantastic Four #73 |
568 | 2004-06-01 | |
| Daredevil vol. 3 | 1969–1971 | Daredevil #49-74; Iron Man #35-36 |
584 | 2005-08-24 | |
| Daredevil vol. 4 | 1971–1973 | Daredevil #75-101; The Avengers #111 |
600 | 2007-09-12 | |
| Daredevil vol. 5 | 1973–1975 | Daredevil #102-125; Marvel Two-in-One #3 |
488 | 2010-02-10 | |
| Dazzler vol. 1 | 1980–1982 | Dazzler #1-21; Uncanny X-Men #130-131; The Amazing Spider-Man #203 |
552 | 2007-08-22 | |
| Dazzler vol. 2 | 1982–1986 | Dazzler #22-42; Marvel Graphic Novel #12; Beauty and the Beast #1-4; Secret Wars II #4 |
688 | 2009-05-13 | |
| 1969–1974 | Doctor Strange #183; Sub-Mariner #22, #34-35; The Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Feature #1-3; The Defenders #1-14; The Avengers #115-118 |
544 | 2005-05-18 | ||
| 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 #12 |
616 | 2006-12-20 | ||
| 1976–1978 | The Defenders #31-60, Annual #1 | 592 | 2007-07-18 | ||
| 1978–1981 | The Defenders #61-91 | 584 | 2008-07-16 | ||
| 1981–1982 | The Defenders #92-106; Marvel Team-Up #101, #111, #116; Captain America #268 |
448 | 2010-08-04 | ||
| 1982–1983 | The Defenders #107-124, New Defenders #125, Avengers Annual #11 and Marvel Team-Up (1972) #119 | 448 | 2011-10-12 | ||
| Doctor Strange vol. 1 | 1963–1968 | Strange Tales #110-111, #114-168 | 608 | 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, #12-14 |
608 | 2005-03-23 | |
| Doctor Strange vol. 3 | 1974–1978 | Doctor Strange #1-29, Annual #1; The Tomb of Dracula #44-45 |
616 | 2007-12-26 | |
| Doctor Strange vol. 4 | 1978–1982 | Doctor Strange #30-56; Chamber of Chills #4; Man-Thing #4 |
564 | 2009-07-22 | |
| 1961–1963 | The Fantastic Four #1-20, Annual #1 | 544 | 1998-11-04 | ||
| 1963–1965 | The Fantastic Four #21-40, Annual #2; Strange Tales Annual #2 |
528 | 1999-10-20 | ||
| 1965–1967 | The Fantastic Four #41-63, Annual #3-4 | 536 | 2001-08-01 | ||
| 1967–1969 | The Fantastic Four #64-83, Annual #5-6 | 536 | 2005-06-29 | ||
| 1969–1971 | The Fantastic Four #84-110, Annual #7-8 | 568 | 2006-06-21 | ||
| 1971–1973 | The Fantastic Four #111-137 | 592 | 2007-05-23 | ||
| 1973–1975 | The Fantastic Four #138-159; Giant-Size Super-Stars #1; Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2-4; The Avengers #127 |
560 | 2008-07-16 | ||
| 1975–1977 | The Fantastic Four #160-179, #181-183, Annual #11; Marvel Two-in-One #20, Annual #1 |
520 | 2010-05-26 | ||
| Ghost Rider vol. 1 | 1972–1976 | Marvel Spotlight #5-12; Ghost Rider #1-20; Daredevil #138 |
560 | 2005-10-05 | |
| Ghost Rider vol. 2 | 1976–1980 | Ghost Rider #21-50 | 568 | 2007-02-14 | |
| Ghost Rider vol. 3 | 1980–1982 | Ghost Rider #51-65; Marvel Two-in-One #80; Marvel Super-Heroes #11; The Avengers #214 |
416 | 2009-11-04 | |
| Ghost Rider vol. 4 | 1982–1985 | Ghost Rider #66-81; The Amazing Spider-Man #274; New Defenders #145-146 |
432 | 2010-10-27 | |
| Godzilla vol. 1 | 1977–1979 | Godzilla #1-24 | 440 | 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 #12 |
592 | 2002-02-01 | |
| 1962–1965 | Strange Tales #101-134, Annual #2 | 504 | 2004-01-01 | ||
| 1962–1967 | The Incredible Hulk #1-6; Tales to Astonish #60-91 |
528 | 2000-02-01 | ||
| 1967–1969 | Tales to Astonish #92-101; The Incredible Hulk #102-117, Annual #1 |
520 | 2001-09-01 | ||
| 1969–1971 | The Incredible Hulk #118-142; Captain Marvel #20-21; The Avengers #88 |
576 | 2005-05-11 | ||
| 1971–1973 | The Incredible Hulk #143-170 | 608 | 2006-09-27 | ||
| 1974–1976 | The Incredible Hulk #171-200, Annual #5 | 619 | 2008-12-03 | ||
| 1976–1978 | The Incredible Hulk #201-225, Annual #6 | 496 | 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 #50 |
584 | 2004-10-01 | |
| Iron Man vol. 1 | 1963–1965 | Tales of Suspense #39-72 | 512 | 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 #1-11 |
608 | 2004-11-24 | |
| Iron Man vol. 3 | 1969–1971 | Iron Man #12-38; Daredevil #73 |
592 | 2008-04-16 | |
| Iron Man vol. 4 | 1971–1973 | Iron Man #39-61 | 488 | 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 | 2005-07-20 | |
| Luke Cage, Power Man vol. 1 | 1972–1975 | Hero For Hire #1-16; Power Man #17-27 |
544 | 2005-03-02 | |
| Luke Cage, Power Man vol. 2 | 1975–1978 | Power Man #28-49, Annual #1 | 424 | 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, #8-9 |
544 | 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 #41 |
536 | 2008-08-20 | |
| Marvel Horror vol. 1 | 1973–1977, 1979 | Son of Satan Daimon Hellstrom Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.-Publication history:He first appeared in Ghost Rider Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics... stories from:
Satana Satana (Marvel Comics) Satana is a fictional character, a comic book half-demon appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. She is the sister of Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan.Satana first appeared in Vampire Tales #2 in October, 1973... stories from:
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608 | 2006-11-01 | |
| Marvel Horror vol. 2 | 1973–1977 | Living Mummy stories from:
Gabriel the Devil Hunter Gabriel the Devil Hunter Gabriel the Devil Hunter is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe who appeared as an exorcist in several of Marvel's occult titles.-Publication history:... stories from:
Brother Voodoo Brother Voodoo Brother Voodoo is a fictional character, a supernatural superhero in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Gene Colan, he first appears in Strange Tales #169... stories from:
Golem Golem (comics) In the Marvel Universe, there have been a number of fictional characters known as Golem. These include:-Monster:-Publication history:The Golem first appeared in Strange Tales vol... stories from:
Scarecrow Straw Man (comics) The Scarecrow, later named Straw Man, is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is an extra-dimensional magical entity which takes vengeance on its enemies, and was invited by Dweller-in-Darkness to join the Fear Lords, but he betrayed them to Doctor... stories from:
Modred the Mystic Modred the Mystic Modred the Mystic is a fictional magician in the Marvel Comics universe who has alternated between being an anti-hero and an outright supervillain. He first appeared in Marvel Chillers #1. He was created by Bill Mantlo, Yong Montano and Marv Wolfman.... stories from:
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616 | 2008-11-26 | |
| Marvel Saga vol. 1 | 1985–1986 | Marvel Saga #1-12 | 448 | 2008-01-16 | |
| Marvel Saga vol. 2 | 1986–1987 | Marvel Saga #13-25 | 480 | 2008-12-24 | |
| Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 | 1972–1974 | Marvel Team-Up #1-24 | 496 | 2002-04-10 | |
| Marvel Team-Up vol. 2 | 1974–1976 | Marvel Team-Up #25-51; Marvel Two-in-One #17 |
528 | 2006-08-02 | |
| Marvel Team-Up vol. 3 | 1976–1979 | Marvel Team-Up #52-73, #75, Annual #1 | 584 | 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; Marvel Team-Up #47; The Fantastic Four Annual #11 |
576 | 2005-11-02 | |
| Marvel Two-in-One vol. 2 | 1977–1979 | Marvel Two-in-One #26-52, Annual #2-3 | 568 | 2007-06-27 | |
| Marvel Two-in-One vol. 3 | 1979–1981 | Marvel Two-in-One #53-77, Annual #4-5 | 592 | 2009-07-29 | |
| Marvel Two-in-One vol. 4 | 1981–1983 | Marvel Two-in-One #78-98, 100 Annual #6-7 | 608 | 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 #1 |
496 | 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 #4 |
560 | 2006-03-01 | |
| Moon Knight vol. 2 | 1981–1983 | Moon Knight #11-30 | 608 | 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 #1-2 |
528 | 2009-12-02 | |
| Ms. Marvel vol. 1 | 1977–1979 | Ms. Marvel #1-23; Marvel Super-Heroes Magazine #10-11; Avengers Annual #10 |
512 | 2007-02-21 | |
| Nova vol. 1 | 1976–1979 | Nova #1-25; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3; The Amazing Spider-Man #171 |
512 | 2006-03-29 | |
| Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe vol. 1 | 1983–1984 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1-15 | 544 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2008-10-15 | |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 1 | 1976–1979 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31 | 568 | 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 #218 |
592 | 2006-02-15 | |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 3 | 1981–1983 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #54-74, Annual #3 | 536 | 2007-03-14 | |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 4 | 1983–1985 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #75-96, Annual #4 | 576 | 2009-08-26 | |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 5 | 1985–1986 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #97-114, Annual #5 | 576 | 2011-07-12 | |
| 1978–1980 | Power Man and Iron Fist #50-72, #74-75 | 520 | 2008-01-09 | ||
| 1980–1982 | Power Man and Iron Fist #76-100; Daredevil #178 |
616 | 2009-04-08 | ||
| 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 #1-5 |
568 | 2004-03-01 | ||
| 1987–1989 | The Punisher #1-20, Annual #1; Daredevil #257 |
536 | 2007-09-26 | ||
| 1989–1991 | The Punisher #21-40, Annual #2-3 | 584 | 2009-02-04 | ||
| 1977–1978 | Rampaging Hulk #1-9; The Hulk! #10-15; The Incredible Hulk #269 |
584 | 2008-05-28 | ||
| 1978–1981 | The Hulk! #16-27 | 544 | 2010-03-31 | ||
| Rawhide Kide vol. 1 | 1960-1963 | Rawhide Kid #17-35 | 496 | 2011-12- | |
| Savage She-Hulk vol. 1 | 1979–1981 | Savage She-Hulk #1-25 | 552 | 2006-07-05 | |
| Sgt Fury vol. 1 | 1963-1965 | Sgt Fury #1-23 and Annual # 1 | 544 | 2011-11- | |
| Silver Surfer vol. 1 | 1968–1970 | Silver Surfer #1-18; The Fantastic Four Annual #5 |
528 | 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 #51 |
600 | 2007-06-20 | |
| Spider-Woman vol. 1 | 1977–1979 | Marvel Spotlight #32; Marvel Two-in-One #29-33; Spider-Woman #1-25 |
576 | 2005-12-21 | |
| Spider-Woman vol. 2 | 1980–1983 | Spider-Woman #26-50; Marvel Team-Up #97; Uncanny X-Men #148 |
608 | 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 #1 |
504 | 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 #1-8 |
552 | 2004-09-22 | |
| Tales of the Zombie vol. 1 | 1973–1974 | Tales of the Zombie #1-10; Dracula Lives #1-2 |
592 | 2006-10-04 | |
| Thor vol. 1 | 1962–1964 | Journey into Mystery #83-112 | 536 | 2001-02-28 | |
| Thor vol. 2 | 1965–1966 | Journey into Mystery #113-124; The Mighty Thor #125-136, Annual #1-2 |
584 | 2005-06-08 | |
| Thor vol. 3 | 1967–1969 | The Mighty Thor #137-166 | 616 | 2006-10-04 | |
| Thor vol. 4 | 1969–1972 | The Mighty Thor #167-195 | 600 | 2009-07-08 | |
| Thor vol. 5 | 1972–1974 | The Mighty Thor #196-220 | 528 | 2011-05-04 | |
| The Tomb of Dracula vol. 1 | 1972–1974 | The Tomb of Dracula #1-25; Werewolf by Night #15; Giant-Size Chillers #1 |
560 | 2003-12-01 | |
| The Tomb of Dracula vol. 2 | 1974–1976 | The Tomb of Dracula #26-49; Dr. Strange #14; Giant-Size Dracula #2-5 |
592 | 2004-04-21 | |
| The Tomb of Dracula vol. 3 | 1976–1979 | The Tomb of Dracula #50-70; The Tomb of Dracula Magazine #1-4 |
584 | 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 #7-9 |
576 | 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 | 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 #18 |
576 | 2005-10-26 | |
| Werewolf by Night vol. 2 | 1974–1976 | Werewolf by Night #22-43; Giant-Size Werewolf by Night #2-5; Marvel Premiere #28 |
576 | 2007-11-14 | |
| Wolverine vol. 1 | 1988–1990 | Wolverine #1-23 | 552 | 1996-10-23 | |
| Wolverine vol. 2 | 1990–1991 | Wolverine #24-47 | 528 | 1997-03-19 | |
| Wolverine vol. 3 | 1991–1993 | Wolverine #48-69 | 528 | 1998-06-17 | |
| Wolverine vol. 4 | 1993–1995 | Wolverine #70-90 | 544 | 2006-05-03 | |
| Wolverine vol. 5 | 1995–1997 | Wolverine #91-110, 1996 Annual; Uncanny X-Men #332 |
562 | 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 #27 |
568 | 2005-11-30 | |
| X-Factor vol. 2 | 1987–1988 | X-Factor #17-35, Annual #2; The Mighty Thor #378 |
544 | 2007-01-31 | |
| X-Factor vol. 3 | 1988–1990 | X-Factor #36-50, Annual #3; Uncanny X-Men #242-243 |
520 | 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 | 2012-02-22 | |
| X-Men vol. 1 | 1975–1979 | Giant-Size X-Men #1; X-Men #94-119 |
520 | 1996-10-09 | |
| X-Men vol. 2 | 1979–1981 | X-Men #120-144, Annual #3-4 | 584 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 #27 |
656 | 2005-09-14 | |
| X-Men vol. 7 | 1987–1988 | X-Men #214-228, Annual #10-11; Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 |
568 | 2006-04-19 | |
| X-Men vol. 8 | 1988–1989 | X-Men #229-243, Annual #12; X-Factor #36-39 |
544 | 2007-12-12 | |
| X-Men vol. 9 | 1989–1990 | X-Men #244-264, Annual #13 | 544 | 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 | 2012-03-28 |
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