Epic Collections April 2023 Solicitations:
X-FORCE EPIC COLLECTION: ARMAGEDDON NOW TPB
Volume #8 in the X-Force Epic Collections
Written by JOHN FRANCIS MOORE, TOM BIERBAUM, MARY BIERBAUM & FABIAN NICIEZA
Penciled by ANGEL UNZUETA, JIM CHEUNG, TERRY SHOEMAKER, TOMMY LEE EDWARDS, MIKE S. MILLER, ANTHONY WILLIAMS, CHRIS RENAUD & MORE
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
The Hellions return! X-Force’s newest member, Jesse Bedlam, has finally found his long-lost brother. But the reunion won’t be what he expected! “King Bedlam” plans to awaken the deadly Armageddon Man, and the team backing him up includes some familiar faces! Can X-Force triumph against former friends and family to avert a nuclear nightmare? Then, the team risks the fury of Magneto on a mission to Genosha, and Cannonball is shaken to the core when he learns a secret from his father’s past! Plus: X-Force teams up with the Champions, Siryn is silenced, Domino faces the horror of Halloween Jack, and Rictor and Shatterstar return. And will Sunspot join the Hellfire Club? It all culminates with the return of the Demon Bear and an unbelievable crisis for Dani Moonstar! Collecting X-FORCE (1991) #85-100, X-FORCE/CHAMPIONS ANNUAL ’98 and X-FORCE ANNUAL ’99.
480 PGS./Rated T …$44.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-94830-6
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
GENERATION X EPIC COLLECTION: THE SECRET OF M TPB
Volume #3 in the Generation X Epic Collections
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, JAMES ROBINSON, TOM DEFALCO, ELLIOT S! MAGGIN, BEN RAAB, TOM PEYER, J.M. DEMATTEIS, JIM MAHFOOD & MORE
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO, JOE BENNETT, MARK BUCKINGHAM, DAN FRAGA, MEL RUBI, PAT OLLIFFE, MARTIN EGELAND, JIM MAHFOOD & MORE
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
Nightmares and daydreams! When D’Spayre targets Generation X, can Chamber overcome his inner darkness? Then, Black Tom Cassidy attacks — with a secret weapon the team won’t see coming! Meanwhile, Bastion has launched Operation: Zero Tolerance — and while Jubilee struggles to escape his manipulative clutches, Gen X faces the threat of the elements, the fury of the Sentinels…and the sting of betrayal! What horrible line will Emma Frost cross to ensure her students’ safety? And amid the chaos, the shocking truth about M finally comes to light! Plus: Emma’s past is revealed! Generation X meets Spider-Man! Artie, Leech and Franklin Richards journey into the unknown with Man-Thing and Howard the Duck! And Gen X like you’ve never seen them! Collecting GENERATION X (1994) #24-32, #-1 and ANNUAL ’97; X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #16; MARVEL TEAM-UP (1997) #1; DAYDREAMERS #1-3; and GENERATION X UNDERGROUND #1.
480 PGS./Rated T+ …$44.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95173-3
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION: THE CROSSING TPB
Volume #21 in the Iron Man Epic Collections
Written by TERRY KAVANAGH, BOB HARRAS, BEN RAAB, DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TOM MORGAN, HECTOR OLIVEIRA, JIM CHEUNG, YANCY LABAT, MIKE DEODATO JR., M.C. WYMAN, FRED HAYNES & MORE
Cover by TOM MORGAN
Iron Man: murderer?! Kang the Conqueror weaves a complicated plot that pits the Avengers against Tony Stark! As figures from the future desperately try to warn the heroes, murders at the mansion shake the Avengers to their core. Meanwhile, Tony has begun having unexplained blackouts — and it’s possible he’s the killer! As threats mount and the mystery deepens, War Machine and Force Works become entangled, while Masque has an agenda of her own. But how do Gilgamesh, the Swordsman, the Anachronauts and the Priests of Pama fit in? Which former Avenger is Kang’s secret ally? And can Iron Man unravel what’s happening to him before he’s lost to the darkness forever? Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #319-324, AVENGERS (1963) #390-394, AVENGERS: THE CROSSING, FORCE WORKS #16-20 and WAR MACHINE (1994) #20-22.
512 PGS./Rated T …$49.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95159-7
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
SGT. FURY EPIC COLLECTION: BERLIN BREAKOUT TPB
Volume #2 in the Sgt. Fury Epic Collections
Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by DICK AYERS
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Ready yourself for all-out action against the Axis powers in the Mighty Marvel manner! Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos embark on exciting World War II adventures — including a mission to protect the Manhattan Project and the atom bomb against Nazi spies and saboteurs, uprooting an undercover agent who is none other than the Red Skull, confronting a traitor in their own ranks, and going mano a mano with Baron Strucker in war-torn France! And that’s just for starters! This volume also features the origin of Nick Fury’s eyepatch, Dum Dum Dugan going it alone behind enemy lines, and the story that spurred the concept for the film Inglorious Basterds! Topping it off, we’re including a rare Nick Fury adventure from the Korean War — and the story of Fury’s promotion from sergeant to second lieutenant! Collecting SGT. FURY #20-36 and ANNUAL #1-2.
416 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95254-9
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB - NEW PRINTING!
Volume #25 in the Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collections
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE, TERRY KAVANAGH, J.M. DEMATTEIS & TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, ALEX SAVIUK, TOM LYLE, SAL BUSCEMA, SCOTT MCDANIEL & RON LIM
Cover by RON LIM
Symbiotes clash — with Spidey in the middle! Carnage, the spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of the web-slinger’s criminally insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and wholesale slaughter: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek and the Spider-Man Doppelganger! Outmanned and overpowered, the wall-crawler must recruit his own band of super-beings to combat the rising tide of evil: Black Cat, Cloak & Dagger, Firestar, Captain America, Iron Fist, Deathlok and…Venom?! Spider-Man’s worst enemy becomes his uneasy ally in the battle to halt the pure evil of Carnage’s mad rampage! Plus: An explosive day for Peter Parker leads him into a savage showdown with the Punisher — and Sabretooth! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #378-380, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) #101-103, SPIDER-MAN (1990) #35-37, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #201-203, SPIDER-MAN/PUNISHER/SABRETOOTH: DESIGNER GENES and material from SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) #1-2.
432 PGS./Rated T+ …$39.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95046-0
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
SHE-HULK EPIC COLLECTION: THE COSMIC SQUISH PRINCIPLE TPB
Volume #4 in the She-Hulk Epic Collections
Written by STEVE GERBER, BUZZ DIXON, SIMON FURMAN, DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN & LOUISE SIMONSON
Penciled by BRYAN HITCH, TOM ARTIS, RIK LEVINS, AARON LOPRESTI, TOM MORGAN & MIKE CLARK
Cover by DALE KEOWN
Into the Baloney-Verse! She-Hulk stars in some of her most madcap adventures of all, beginning with a visit to the Village of the Darned — where curse words mean certain death! Then, Howard the Duck waddles in to join Jen in a wacky exploration of the Cosmic Squish Principle that takes them both on a magical mystery tour through alternate realities — including a far-out realm filled with floating lunch meats! She-Hulk shares a batty team-up with Nosferata, and travels through time to meet the All-Winners Squad and her ol’ pal Weezie in her prime as the Blonde Phantom! Plus: Jen battles the bounty hunter Death’s Head, takes out the trash with Excalibur, and clashes with a host of classic Marvel heroes and villains plucked from across the timestream! Collecting SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #13-30 and material from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1990) #5.
448 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-95163-4
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
Wow, Marvel still hellbent on NOT releasing ASM Epic Vol 16...containing many stories (including key Hobgoblin ones) that have never been reprinted in any trade.
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Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
I just this month and last month read every issue of this series that's on the Unlimited Ap. The unlimited Ap goes from 1-31 and then from like 63-75, so a huge chunk missing. 31 actually has the 'you've waited, you've wondered, the Secret of M!' tease and it is sort of paid off at the end with a cliffhanger ending where you get an image of the secret but no explanation, and then yeah, nothing else on the app for 30 issues, lol. So I was excited to see this as they always add these books from the epics into the unlimited app, but kind of a buzzkill that it's only leading to ONE more issue, lol.
Things I love: Batman, Superman, AEW, old films, Lovecraft
Grant Morrison: “Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
Definitely getting the second one. Might get the first and replace my complete epics when v2 gets reprinted.
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