Official Press Release

Marvel is pleased to announce these additional hardcover, trade paperback, and graphic novel releases hitting the racks in September, October, November, and December 2004!

Heading the charge on Marvel's renewed focus on classic reprints, answering fans' demand that their favorite Marvel tales be available again, is The King! That's right, you heard it here, True Believers. Celebrate Marvel's 65th anniversary with, Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby Volume 1, a deluxe edition hardcover, is coming featuring some of Jack "King" Kirby's most historic and influential work!

True Believers, you must not miss these exciting collections of your favorite books!

SEPTEMBER 2004

DAREDEVIL VS. BULLSEYE VOL. 1 TPB



UPC 5960611562-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1562-5



$15.99



COLLECTS DAREDEVIL 131-132; 146; 169; 181; 191

ESSENTIAL SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP TPB



UPC 5960611545-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1545-5



$16.99



COLLECTS Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up 1-2, SVTU 1-14, 16-17, Avengers 154-156, Champions 16, and Astonishing Tales 1-8

MARVEL AGE RUNAWAYS VOL. 2: TEENAGE WASTELAND DIGEST



UPC 5960611415-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1415-7



$7.99



COLLECTS Runaways 7 - 12

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS VOL. 1



UPC 5960611609-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1609-5



$49.99



COLLECTS Marvel Comics 1; Marvel Mystery Comics 2-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL COMICS VOL. 1 (VARIANT)



UPC 5960611610-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1610-9



$54.99



COLLECTS Marvel Comics 1; Marvel Mystery Comics 2-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 4



UPC 5960611607-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1607-9



$49.99



COLLECTS X-Men 32-42

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE X-MEN VOL. 4 (VARIANT)



UPC 5960611608-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1608-7



$54.99



COLLECTS X-Men 32-42

ULTIMATES VOL. 1 HC



UPC 5960611082-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1082-8



$29.99



COLLECTS Ultimates 1-13 plus extras

OCTOBER 2004

BEST OF WOLVERINE VOL. 1 HC



UPC 5960611370-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1370-3



$29.99



COLLECTS Incredible Hulk 181, Wolverine (Claremont/Miller) 1-4; Marvel Comics Presents 72-84, Captain America Annual 8, and Uncanny X-Men 205

ESSENTIAL MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN



UPC 5960611634-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1634-6



$16.99



COLLECTS Monster of Frankenstein 1-5; Frankenstein's Monster 6-18; Giant Size Werewolf 2; Monsters Unleashed 2, 4-10

ESSENTIAL TOMB OF DRACULA VOL. 3 TPB



UPC 5960611558-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1558-7



$16.99



COLLECTS Tomb of Dracula 50-70; Tomb of Dracula Magazine 1-4

MARVEL 1602 HC



UPC 5960611070-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1070-4



$24.99



COLLECTS Marvel 1602 1 - 8

MARVEL AGE MARY JANE VOL. 1 DIGEST



UPC 5960611467-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1467-X



$5.99



COLLECTS Marvel Age Mary Jane 1-4

MARVEL AGE SENTINEL VOL. 2: NO HERO DIGEST



UPC 5960611368-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1368-1



$7.99



COLLECTS Sentinel 7 - 12 - No Hero

MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 4 DIGEST



UPC 5960611549-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1549-8



$5.99



COLLECTS Marvel Age Spider-Man 13-16

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 4



UPC 5960611630-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1630-3



$49.99



COLLECTS X-Men 122-131, Annual 3

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 4 (VARIANT)



UPC 5960611631-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1631-1



$54.99



COLLECTS X-Men 122-131, Annual 3

MARVEL VISIONARIES: JACK KIRBY VOL. 1 HC



In celebration of its 65th anniversary, the House of Ideas proudly presents a timeless testament to a true Marvel visionary! Comics' premier storyteller for more than 40 years, Jack "King" Kirby brought new vitality and imagination to the medium, and set the standard for every artist to follow. This deluxe keepsake edition collects some of his most monumental moments, created in concert with the likes of legendary writers such as Joe Simon and Stan Lee - some never before reprinted:



  • "Mercury in the 20th Century," RED RAVEN COMICS #1, Kirby's first work for Marvel

  • "The Vision," MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #13, the first character Kirby created for Marvel

  • "Meet Captain America," CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1, the first Captain America story

  • "UFO the Lightning Man," YELLOW CLAW #3, from a strip Kirby wrote and drew during the '50s

  • "I Defied Pildorr, the Plunderer from Outer Space!," STRANGE TALES #94, from the monster era; the first time Joe Sinnott inked Jack

  • "I Am the Amazing Dr. Droom!," AMAZING ADVENTURES #1, the origin of Stan and Jack's first super-heroic character of the '60s

  • "Beware the Rawhide Kid!," RAWHIDE KID #17, the first revamped Rawhide Kid story and the beginnings of the Marvel style

Plus: "The Origin of the Hulk," HULK #3, "Spidey Tackles the Torch," AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8, "Captain America Joins the Avengers!," AVENGERS #4, "The Fangs of the Fox," SGT. FURY #6, "The Coming of Galactus," FANTASTIC FOUR #48-50, "This Man, This Monster," FANTASTIC FOUR #51, "The People Breeders," THOR #134-135, "To Become an Immortal," THOR #136, "This Is A Plot?," FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5, "The Inhumans!" AMAZING ADVENTURES v.2 #1-2, "America Will Die!," CAPTAIN AMERICA #200, "The Fourth Host," ETERNALS #7 and "What If the Original Marvel Bullpen Was the Fantastic Four?," WHAT IF #11.



UPC 5960611574-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1574-9



$29.99

THOR: SON OF ASGARD VOL. 1: THE WARRIORS TEEN DIGEST



UPC 5960611335-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1335-5



$12.99



COLLECTS Thor: Son of Asgard 1-6

WEAPON X PROSE NOVEL



UPC 5960611605-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1605-2



$24.95

NOVEMBER 2004

ART OF MARVEL VOL. 2 HC



UPC 5960611361-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1361-4



$29.99

BLADE: BLACK & WHITE TPB



UPC 5960611469-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1469-6



$15.99



COLLECTS Vampire Tales 8-9; Marvel Preview 3, 8; Blade: Crescent City Blues 1; Shadows and Light 1

ESSENTIAL IRON MAN VOL. 2 TPB



UPC 5960611487-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1487-4



$16.99



COLLECTS Tales of Suspense 73-99, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner 1, Iron Man 1-10

MARVEL AGE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 2 DIGEST



UPC 5960611550-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1550-1



$5.99



COLLECTS Marvel Age Fantastic Four 5-8

MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL. 6: FANTASTIC FOUR HC



UPC 5960611480-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1480-7



$29.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: AVENGERS VOL. 4



UPC 59606 11638 00111



ISBN 0-7851-1638-9



$49.99



COLLECTS Avengers 31-40

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: AVENGERS VOL. 4 (VARIANT)



UPC 59606 11639 00111



ISBN 0-7851-1639-7



$54.99



COLLECTS Avengers 31-40





SPIDER-MAN BOOK ONE: THE DOCTOR IS IN



UPC 59606 11587 00111



ISBN 0-7851-1587-0



$9.99



Middle grade chapter book. First in a series

DECEMBER 2004



MARVEL AGE HULK VOL. 1 DIGEST



UPC 5960611616-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1616-8



$5.99



COLLECTS Marvel Age Hulk 1-4

MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP VOL. 1 DIGEST



UPC 5960611611-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1611-7



$5.99



COLLECTS Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up 1-4

MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL TPB



UPC 5960611625-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1625-7



$15.99



COLLECTS Holiday Special 2004 along with holiday tales from the past

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1



UPC 5960611619-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1619-2



$49.99



COLLECTS Captain America Comics 1-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 (VARIANT)



UPC 5960611620-00111



ISBN 0-7851-1620-6



$54.99



COLLECTS Captain America Comics 1-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 2



UPC 59606 11654 00111



ISBN 0-7581-1654-0



$49.99



COLLECTS TALES OF SUSPENSE 59-80

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 2 (VARIANT)



UPC 59606 11655 00111



ISBN 0-7851-1655-9



$54.99



COLLECTS TALES OF SUSPENSE 59-80

These releases supplement Marvel's regular trade paperback schedule. There may be changes to this schedule prior to publication.

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