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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 7, 2024 21:58:18 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 8, 2024 18:18:18 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67ApY43VeoNOV: Star Wars: Original Marvel Years Droids & Ewoks Thor 10: The Eternals Saga Amazing Spider-Man 28: Web of Life, Web of Death Reprint: Captain America 16: Streets of Poison Avengers 13: Seasons of the Witch Spider-Girl Modern Era 5: Keeping the Faith Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era 1: Shadows and Secrets DEC: Hawkeye 4: Shafted New Avengers Modern Era 2: Civil War Reprint: Star Wars: The Empire 2 X-Men 10: God Loves, Man Kills Excalibur 5: Days of Futures Yet to Come Iron Man Modern Era 4: Stark Disassembled Silver Surfer 8: The Herald Ordeal JAN: Blade 2: Nightstalkers Marvel Two-In-One 3: Remembrance of Things Past Guardians of the Galaxy Modern Era 2: VVar of Kings Thor Modern Era 2: The Siege of Asgard X-Factor 10: Wreaking Havok X-Force 4: Toy Soldiers Reprint: Iron Man 13: Stark Wars
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 8, 2024 21:42:40 GMT
"Hawkeye 4: Shafted".
The title alone makes it a must-buy!!!
Amazing.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2024 11:05:53 GMT
Luke Cage Epic Collection 2 The Fire This Time prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302955069 Publication Date: 13 Feb 2024 Early adventures of Luke Cage, the Hero For Hire, from his debut series in the 70s! Luke Cage defends the streets of New York City and even takes the fight to the outer boroughs in this Epic Collection completing his solo adventures. He’ll face menaces as tough as Moses Magnum, as bizarre as the Mace and as infuriating as the Gem Theater’s always unpredictable vending machine. It’s all set against the gritty streets of 1970s Times Square, a location as colorful as anything Marvel’s minds have ever conjured up. Cage will also face an all-new and amped-up Chemistro; the Spear, who seeks to settle a score with the man who made Luke Cage bulletproof; and an adversary as unstoppable as death itself: the IRS. Also featuring the debut of Bill Foster as Giant-Man and the one and only Piranha Jones! Collecting: Power Man (1974) 24-47 Power Man Annual (1977) 1 472 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD PM36 is a reprint of Heroes for Hire 12 Power Man 24 is cover dated April 1975 YEAR the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 143, Avengers 134, Fantastic Four 157 & Uncanny X-Men 93, the last reprint issue. www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&sort=alpha&month=4&year=1975Power-Man 47 is cover dated October 1977 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 173, Avengers 164, Fantastic Four 187 & Uncanny X-Men 107. www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&sort=alpha&month=10&year=1977Cover is Power Man 37 Title is Power Man 32 We've been waiting a bit for this book: Epic 1 came out February 2nd 2021 prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302928315. A year after that an Omnibus was published collecting the entire series prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302944964We knew at the time that would delay Epic 2 till at least 2023, turns out it's early 2024! The colour similarities between covers of Luke Cage Epic 1 and Epic 2 have been remarked upon! This comics series has had four different titles: Luke Cage, Hero For Hire Luke Cage, Power Man Power Man Power Man and Iron Fist www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/series.php?seriesid=4007&page=galleryIt's collected in Epics like this: 1 Retribution Hero for Hire #1-16, Power Man #17-23 2 The Fire This Time Power Man #24-47, Annual #1 Parallel to the later part of Epic 1 and all of Epic 2 we have the issues in the single Iron Fist Epic: 1 The Fury of Iron Fist Marvel Premiere #15–25; Iron Fist #1–15; Marvel Team-Up #63–64 The stories come together in Power Man 48 and the series is formally retitled Power Man & Iron Fist with issue 50. From Power Man 48 the series is *NEARLY* completely collected in the Power Man & Iron Fist Epic Collections: 1 Heroes for Hire Power Man #48–49; Power Man and Iron Fist #50–70 2 Revenge! Power Man and Iron Fist #71–72, 74–89; Daredevil #178 3 Doombringer Power Man and Iron Fist #90–107 4 Hardball Power Man and Iron Fist #108-125 The sole exception is Power Man and Iron Fist 73, which guest stars Rom and was omitted for rights reasons when Epic 2 Revenge was published. Since then Marvel has reacquired the Rom rights and PMIF 73 is included in Rom Omnibus 1. We don't know the precise details of the Rom deal but could we see a reprint of Epic 2 Revenge with issue 73 and, possibly, the follow on story, which also features Luke & Danny, in Rom 23 included? Are we done with Luke Cage Epics here? Possibly not There's a 20 issue Luke Cage series entitled Cage that started in 1992 www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/series.php?seriesid=4635&page=galleryThat was reprinted in Luke Cage Second Chances 1 Cage (1992) #1-12 And Material From Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #82 320 pages 2 Cage (1992) #13-20, Terror Inc. (1992) #11-12 And Material From Silver Sable & The Wild Pack #13-14. 272 pages Cage 15 & 16 are part of the For Love Nor Money crossover with the Terror Inc & Silver Sable issues listed above. Then 1997 Luke becomes part of the reborn Heroes For Hire: www.mikesamazingworld.com/_main/features/series.php?seriesid=8656&page=galleryThat lasts 19 issues plus an annual and has also been collected in two trades: 1 Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #13, Marvel Fanfare (1996) #6 And Heroes For Hire (1997) #1-9. 312 pages 2 Heroes For Hire (1997) #10-19, Quicksilver #11-12 And Heroes For Hire/Quicksilver Annual 1998. 360 pages In both series cases the page counts for the existing trades indicate that neither will fit in just one Epic. |
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 12, 2024 13:14:13 GMT
Sgt. Fury vol 1 arrived this morning courtesy of our German branch. Thanks very much Jim!
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Post by Benn on Feb 12, 2024 14:00:29 GMT
I could use a decent version of 'God Loves, Man Kills'.
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Post by Jim on Feb 12, 2024 15:58:22 GMT
Sgt. Fury vol 1 arrived this morning courtesy of our German branch. Thanks very much Jim! Glad to hear it! |
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Post by Jim on Feb 12, 2024 16:03:05 GMT
NOV: Star Wars: Original Marvel Years Droids & Ewoks Thor 10: The Eternals Saga Amazing Spider-Man 28: Web of Life, Web of Death Reprint: Captain America 16: Streets of Poison Avengers 13: Seasons of the Witch Spider-Girl Modern Era 5: Keeping the Faith Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era 1: Shadows and Secrets DEC: Hawkeye 4: Shafted New Avengers Modern Era 2: Civil War Reprint: Star Wars: The Empire 2 X-Men 10: God Loves, Man Kills Excalibur 5: Days of Futures Yet to Come Iron Man Modern Era 4: Stark Disassembled Silver Surfer 8: The Herald Ordeal JAN: Blade 2: Nightstalkers Marvel Two-In-One 3: Remembrance of Things Past Guardians of the Galaxy Modern Era 2: VVar of Kings Thor Modern Era 2: The Siege of Asgard X-Factor 10: Wreaking Havok X-Force 4: Toy Soldiers Reprint: Iron Man 13: Stark Wars One or two nice things in there, though glad there aren't too many as there are loads coming up this Spring and I'm a bit behind in my reading already. Glad they're getting another Clone Saga volume out in less than a year, but still think they ought to have paced that a bit faster, at least one every 6 months. SS 8 reminded me I'd not picked up 9, and of course they are like gold dust now. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 19, 2024 11:31:41 GMT
Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider Modern Era Epic Collection 2 Weapon of Choice prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302956356 Publication Date: 20 Feb 2024 Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez’s acclaimed, character-defining run on the breakout star Spider-Gwen continues! Gwen Stacy has lost her spider-powers! That makes it a very bad time to find herself in Frank Castle’s crosshairs! So when Gwen’s band the Mary Janes head to a haunted house, is she along for the fun…or will she become one of the ghosts? Thanksgiving should be a happy time with friends and family — unless crimelord Matt Murdock and his ninjas crash the party! Is it time for Gwen to put a stop to the Kingpin of Crime, or does Matt have a thing or two to teach her? Next, it’s Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales, sitting in a tree — K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Plus: Not one, but two Wolverines! The Captain America and She-Hulk of Earth-65! And the spectacular Spider-Ham! But what shocking development will change Spider-Gwen forever?! Collecting: Spider-Gwen (2015B) 9-24 Spider-Gwen Annual (2016) 1 All-New Wolverine Annual (2016) 1 Spider-Man (2016) 12-14 496 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD Spider-Gwen 9 & Annual 1 are cover dated August 2016 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 32, All New, All Different Avengers 10 & 11 & Uncanny X-Men 8 & 9. Civil War II and Vote Loki started that month www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=8&year=2016&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullSpider-Gwen 24 is cover dated November 2017 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 32, Avengers 11 & X-Men Blue & Gold 11 & 12 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=11&year=2017&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullCover is Spider-Gwen 20 Title is Spider-Gwen 9-12 The cover originally shown was Spider-Gwen 7 This material is well beyond what I read for the character so I have no idea about the contents! This is the second Spider-Gwen Epic, the first Epic 1 Edge of Spider-Verse collected the following: Edge of Spider-Verse #2; Spider-Gwen (vol. 1) #1-5; Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #1-8, Spider-Women Alpha #1, Silk (vol. 2) #7-8, Spider-Woman (vol. 6) #6-7, Spider-Women Omega #1 There's a Spider-Gwen Omnibus which collects Edge Of Spider-Verse #2, Spider-Gwen (2015A) #1-5, Spider-Gwen (2015B) #1-34, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1, Spider-Women Alpha And Omega, Silk (2015B) #7-8, Spider-Woman (2015) #6-7 Spider-Man (2016) #12-14. So from the main Spider-Gwen series 25-34 are still to go. Half an Epic. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=19586&page=galleryBeyond that the Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider Omnibus collects Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1-10, Spider-Geddon: Ghost-Spider Video Comic, Ghost-Spider #1-10 And Annual #1, King In Black: Gwenom Vs. Carnage #1-3, Web Warriors #1-11 Material From * Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1. And that's probably another Epic and a half.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 2, 2024 8:06:45 GMT
This image of my library from SEVEN YEARS AGO popped up on my FB memories this morning.  Epics are bottom right, you can see one shelf with ASM, Avengers, DD & Cap but there's likely to be a second underneath it. The Epics are now all but all of the first two units of shelving |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 4, 2024 11:19:19 GMT
Daredevil Modern Era Epic Collection 2 Underboss prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302956332 Publication Date: 05 Mar 2024 Industry legend Brian Michael Bendis begins his acclaimed five-year DAREDEVIL run! When the staff that once belonged to his mentor is stolen, Daredevil is determined to get it back — even if that means joining an ancient ninja battle between the Seven and the Hand! Then, why is investigative reporter Ben Urich focusing on the catatonic son of two-bit costumed criminal Leap Frog — and how is Daredevil connected to a child he doesn’t even know? When a rich client hires Matt Murdock to sue Daredevil, it’s time for everyone’s favorite attorney to play to the camera! Plus: Ambitious gangster Sammy Silke has inspired Wilson Fisk’s lieutenants to rise up against the Kingpin of Crime! But what is the connection between Silke’s coup and the contract on Matt Murdock’s life? Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev’s gritty reinvention of Daredevil’s world begins right here! Collecting: Daredevil: Ninja (2000) 1-3 Daredevil (1998) 16-31 472 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD Daredevil Ninja 1 is cover dated December 2000 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 24, Avengers 35, Fantastic Four 36 & Uncanny X-Men 387. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=12&year=2000&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=null&collectionex=nullDaredevil Ninja 3 & Daredevil 16 are is cover dated May 2001 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 29 & 2001, Avengers 40, Fantastic Four 41 & Uncanny X-Men 392. Thunderbolts reached issue 50 that month www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=5&year=2001&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=null&collectionex=nullDaredevil 31 is cover dated May 2002 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 30, Avengers 52, Fantastic Four 53 & Uncanny X-Men 404. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=5&year=2002&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=null&collectionex=nullCover is Daredevil 26 Title is story in 26-31 This book was originally shown with cover of Daredevil 60 This is good stuff, collecting material from the first rebooted Daredevil volume that started in 1998: www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=8877&page=galleryThis is the month of Daredevil 1: www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=11&year=1998&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=null&collectionex=nullI've got most of the contents here in the Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev Ultimate Collections 1 Daredevil (vol. 2) #16–19, 26–40 480 June 2010 978-0785143888 2 Daredevil (vol. 2) #41–50, 56–60 512 September 2010 978-0785149507 3 Daredevil (vol. 2) #61–81 512 November 2010 978-0785149514 An aside - The Ultimate Collection name ALWAYS wound me up, surely it should have been used for Ultimate comic books? The contents of Epic 2 tell us that Epic 1 must then be 1-15 + what else? There's a couple of possibilities: Daredevil/Spider-Man 1-4 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9227&page=galleryDarkdevil 1-3 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9210&page=galleryOr the book could, like the forthcoming Astonishing X-Men Epic, run a bit shorter than we've been used to up until now? Epic 2 is mainly Brian Bendis material covering issues 16-31 but there's an additional limited series and some issues not written by him Daredevil: Ninja 1-3 (Bendis) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9219&page=gallery16-19 Wake Up (Bendis) 20-25 are mainly written by Bob Gale 20 Redsuit Lawsuit plus the 5 page My Brother's Keeper by Stan Lee 21 A Fellow of Infinite Jest 22 Legal Questions 23 Making Offers 24 Ruminations over Manhattan 25 Who is that masked man? 26-31 Underbox (Bendis) Epic 3 is currently due out 15th October - see prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302956370 - and collects issues 32-50. That breaks up like this: 32-37 Out 38-40 Trial of the Century 41-45 Lowlife 46-50 Hardcore Daredevil 50 was published October 2003 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=10&year=2003&sort=alpha&variantex=onHere's how the remainder of the Bendis run divides up 51-55 Echo (writen by David Mack) (5 issues worth) 56-60 The King of Hell's Kitchen (5 issues worth, 10 total) 61-64 The Widow (4 issues worth, 14 total) 65 The Universe (double sized, 16 total) 66-70 The Golden Age (5 issues worth, 21 total) 71-75 Decalogue (75 double sized) (6 issues worth, 27 total) 76-81 The Murdock Papers (6 issues worth, 33 total) Bendis last issue is Daredevil 81 published March 2006 at which point Bendis' New Avengers was on issue 15 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=3&year=2006&sort=alpha&variantex=onTo collect the remainder of the Bendis Daredevil will take 33 issues worth of space. At 20 issues per book that says there's at least 2 more volumes of Bendis Daredevil, as his material takes just over one & a half Epics with some room to spare. However there's the question of where to cut between the two, or possibly 3 volumes, needed to collect the material and extras AND if you want a neat cut between the Bendis material and the Brubaker that follows. (To he last question: I suspect you do!) Now you *COULD* split the main title into two blocks ..... EPIC 4 51-55 Echo (writen by David Mack) (5 issues worth) 56-60 The King of Hell's Kitchen (5 issues worth, 10 total) 61-64 The Widow (4 issues worth, 14 total) 65 The Universe (double sized, 16 total) EPIC 5 66-70 The Golden Age (5 issues worth) 71-75 Decalogue (75 double sized) (6 issues worth, 11 total) 76-81 The Murdock Papers (6 issues worth, 17 total) .... and call that Job Done with two slightly short volumes. These options spring to mind for extras: The first, written by Bendis and featuring Daredevil is the five issue Secret War www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=9896Issue 1 cover dated April 2004 same month as Daredevil 57 Issue 5 cover dated December 2005 same month as Daredevil 78 Then we have the six issue Daredevil Father (26, 30, 31, 28, 25 & 27 pages, 167 pages just over 7.5 issues worth) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9923&page=galleryIssue 1 cover dated June 2004 same month as Daredevil 59 Issue 6 cover dated February 2007 same month as Daredevil 92 Daredevil: Redemption 1-6 (2005) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=10041Issue 1 cover dated April 2005 same month as Daredevil 70 Issue 6 cover dated August 2005 same month as Daredevil 74 Captain Universe/Daredevil 1 (2005) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/comic.php?comicid=132789cover dated January 2006 same month as Daredevil 79, DD Punisher 6 & DD Father 5 Finally the six issue Daredevil vs Punisher www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=10210&page=galleryIssue 1 cover dated September 2005 same month as Daredevil 75 Issue 1 cover dated January 2006 same month as Daredevil 79, Captain Universe DD 1 & Daredevil Father 5 Another option for the rest of Bendis is this: EPIC 4 51-55 Echo (writen by David Mack) (5 issues worth) 56-60 The King of Hell's Kitchen (5 issues worth, 10 total) 61-64 The Widow (4 issues worth, 14 total) Secret War 1-5 (5 and a half ish issues worth, 19 and a half ish total) EPIC 5 65 The Universe (double sized) 66-70 The Golden Age (5 issues worth, 7 total) 71-75 Decalogue (75 double sized) (6 issues worth, 13 total) 76-81 The Murdock Papers (6 issues worth, 19 total) Looks more even, closer to strength and all Bendis Problem is I'm not sure I like Secret War as the extra in DD when we're leaving out lots of DD series. I missed out on the Bendis Daredevil the first time round and only picked them up in the Ultimate Collections after I started reading the title under Ed Brubaker, who I'd been enjoying on Captain America. Brubaker's first issue of Daredevil is 82 Cover Dated April 2006. He writes 82-119 & 500, just over the amount of issues needed for another 2 Epics. Andy Diggle is 501-512. With the remaining Brubaker issues that'll make another Epic but doesn't include the Shadowlands event limited series - does it need to? Avengers Modern Epics have left out several events so far. 513-529 & 523.1 is Black Panther Man Without Fear/Most Dangerous Man alive. YMMV if this gets collected in DD Modern Epics but it is effectively a book all by itself.
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Post by tomwe on Mar 5, 2024 10:09:06 GMT
Mine is in the post. I have the MK DD series in the loft up until the Brubaker run. #1 signed by Quesada at Bristol in maybe 2004.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2024 0:04:16 GMT
FF Epic 24 arrived today. I now have FF 232-416 & annuals 17-27 in trade of which 296-416 & annuals 20-27 are in Epics 17-25
I also have 1-167, Annuals 1-6 and GS1-4 in Epics 1-9
Essentials got to 207 & Annual 13
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 9:13:14 GMT
But they did it in order!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2024 11:26:13 GMT
Carnage Epic Collection 3 The Monster Inside prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302956363 Publication Date: 19 Mar 2024 The evil symbiote Carnage continues his journey from psychotic super-villain to killer solo star! Carnage goes cosmic! When the Carnage symbiote sets its sights on the Silver Surfer as a shiny new host, does Spider-Man have any hope of stopping a lethal killer with the power cosmic?! Cletus Kasady’s wild story continues in the Negative Zone, where waits Blastaar the Living Bomb-burst! But it won’t be long before Carnage is venting his “daddy issues” on none other than Venom — with his own offspring, Toxin, caught between them! Will the newest symbiote on the block be the most terrifying yet…or could Toxin be a force for good? Plus, Spidey and the X-Men face an unholy alliance between Carnage and Mr. Sinister…and witness a world where Cosmic Carnage battled the Avengers! Collecting: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 430-431 Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) 13 Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man (1999) 13-14 Venom vs. Carnage (2004) 1-4 Toxin (2005) 1-6 X-Men/Spider-Man (2008) 3 What If? (1989) 108 432 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD Amazing Spider-Man 430 is cover dated January 1998 the same month as Fantastic Four (Heroes Return) 1 & Uncanny X-Men 351. Captain America (Heroes Return) also started this month, Avengers & Iron Man would follow in the next. Venom: Finale ended this month and with it the long run of sequential Venom limited series. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=1&year=1998&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullX-Men/Spider-Man (2008) 3 is cover dated March 2009 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 582-4, Fantastic Four 563, New Avengers 49 & Uncanny X-Men Annual 2. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=3&year=2009&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullCover is Peter Parker:Spider-Man #13 Title is most of the title of Venom vs Carnage 3 So.... While talking about the last Carnage epic I asked " In the Carnage Classic book - www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR160953 - but not in Epics 1 or 2 we have: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 430-431 Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 10 Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol 1 13 Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man Vol 1 13-14 Do those first few post Epic 2 appearances get orphaned? Or are they the start of a Modern Epic? Or the start of a Carnage Epic 3 which wanders WAAAAY into Modern Epic Territory?" Option 3 it is. I'm happy with the first few appearances but I start to get uncomfortable with Venom vs Carnage in a "classic era" Epic as that starts the same month as Avengers 500, the start of Disassembled and the first issue in the New Avengers Modern Epic. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=9&year=2004&sort=alphaBased on the contents of Venom Modern Epic 4 we believe that Venom vs Carnage will also appear in Venom Modern Epic 2. The fist issue of Venom vs Carnage is also the first issue in the Carnage Omnibus, which feels very modern in it's contents: www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV171046Venom Vs. Carnage #1-4, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9916&page=galleryCarnage (2010) #1-5, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=13818&page=galleryCarnage U.S.A. #1-5, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=13819&page=galleryMinimum Carnage: Alpha And Omega, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=15315&page=galleryScarlet Spider (2012) #10-11, Venom (2011) #26-27, Superior Carnage #1-5 And Annual #1, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=15277&page=galleryDeadpool Vs. Carnage #1-4, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=15256&page=galleryAxis: Carnage #1-3, www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=18011&page=galleryNova (2013) #26-27, Carnage (2015) #1-16 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=19592&page=galleryMaterial From * All-New, All-Different Point One. I think we can see where the Carnage Modern Epics will start Toxin 1-6 & X-Men/Spider-Man 3 are Carnage appearances that aren't in the Carnage Omnibus despite being in that time frame. Venom vs Carnage may feel modern but 2009's X-Men/Spider-Man 3 is by some distance the most recent issue published in a "classic" Epic Collection!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2024 11:29:27 GMT
Fantastic Four Epic Collection 24 Atlantis Risingprhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302956394 Publication Date: 19 Mar 2024 A seismic crossover that literally reshaped the face of Marvel’s Earth! The Fantastic Four reunite…and everything falls apart! As the Invisible Woman searches for her missing husband Mr. Fantastic, the scarred Thing seeks payback on Wolverine, and the wrath of a rogue Watcher leads the FF into war on a truly cosmic scale! Then, sorceress Morgan Le Fay forces the sunken continent of Atlantis back above the waves, causing a crisis for Namor and his water-breathing people! The FF race to their aid as Thor, the Inhumans and Franklin Richards’ young team the Fantastic Force all become ensnared in Morgan’s scheme. But when the sorceress’ chilling endgame comes to light, can even the heroes’ combined might save the day? Collecting: Fantastic Four (1961) 393-402 Fantastic Force (1994) 7-9 Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995) 1-2 Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising Collector's Preview (1995) 1 480 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD Fantastic Four 393 is cover dated October 1994 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 394, Avengers 379 & Uncanny X-Men 317. The Phalanx Covenant was in full swing in the X-Books while Spider-Man's Clone Saga commenced www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=10&year=1994&sort=alphaFantastic Four 402, Fantastic Force 9 & Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising 2 are all cover dated July 1995 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 403, Avengers 388 & Uncanny X-Men 322. This was the month that the regular X books restarted after Age of Apocalypse & X-Men Prime was published. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=7&year=1995&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=null&collectionex=nullCover is Fantastic Four 400 Title is the crossover contained within The Atlantis Rising crossover consists of the following: marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Atlantis_RisingFantastic Four (1961) 401-402 Fantastic Force (1994) 8-9 Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995) 1-2 The other issue of Fantastic Force in this book, issue 7, leads into the landmark Fantastic Four issue 400. The variant covers for Fantastic Four issues 398 & 399 together with the standard cover of 400 form a progressive series of images. The cover of this Epic is the first time I've seen an image of the 400 cover that isn't chromed. This book is a major landmark in the collection of Fantastic Four as it connects Epics 17-23 with Epic 25 to form a 9 Epic run from issues 296-416 & Annuals 20-27 Since Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne collects Fantastic Four #232-295 and Annuals 17-19 that means EVERYTHING from John Byrne's first issue upwards has been collected in colour paperback. Put that together with the Masterworks, currently in the middle of the Byrne run, then every issue of Fantastic Four has been collected for the first time. Epics are currently missing issues 167-295 & Annuals 11-19. Of the issues in there prior to the Byrne run the following have previously been collected in colour paperback: FF Visionaries Perez 1 collects 170, 176-178, 184-186 FF Visionaries Perez 2 collects 187-188, 191-192, Annual 14 & Annual 15 FF Visionaries Byrne 0 collects 215-221 There's two more volumes of Essentials to go before that's completed 8 1975–1977 The Fantastic Four #160-179, 181-183, Annual #11; Marvel Two-in-One #20, Annual #1 9 1977–1979 The Fantastic Four #184-188, 190-207, Annual #12-13 Epic 10 Counter-Earth Must Die! which collect 168-191 & Annual 11 currently scheduled for 24th September, which effectively brings that down to 192-295 & Annuals 12-19 and finishes the recollection of Perez Visionaries 1 and Essential 8 So here's where Fantastic Four Epics now stand: 1 The World's Greatest Comic Magazine 1-18 2 Masterplan of Doctor Doom 19-32 Annual 1-2 3 The Coming of Galactus 33-51 Annual 3 4 The Mystery Of The Black Panther 52-67 Annual 4-5 5 The Name Is Doom 68-87 Annual 6 6 At War With Atlantis 88-103 Annual 7 7 Battle of the Behemoths 104-125 Annual 8-9 (covers) 8 Annihilus Revealed 126-146 GS1 9 The Crusader Syndrome 147-167 GS2-4 10 Counter-Earth Must Die! 168-191 Annual 11 - DUE SEPTEMBER 24th 2024 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 All In The Family 296-307 Annual 20 18 The More Things Change... 308-320 Annual 21 19 The Dream is Dead 321-333 Annual 22 20 Into The Timstream 334-346 Annual 23 21 The New Fantastic Four 347-361 Annual 24 22 This Flame, This Fury 362-376 Annuals 25 -26 23 Nobody Gets Out Alive 377-392 Annual 27 24 Atlantis Rising 393-402 25 Strange Days 403-416 That leaves Epics 11-16, an SIX volume gap and the largest mid series gap remaining (Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men have currently undefined upper limits and are likely to have more than 8 Epics left to at the later end of their runs) It's a BIG gap but we can start to have a more accurate stab at what it looks like. It helps that all the material in there has been collected in some form, some a number of times! This gap has always scared me a bit and every time I have a go at it I see problem with what I've done. So I've been through and worked out when any of the possible extras should appear. And it is possibles, there's a lot I'd love to include but don't see the room for, including some that has never been collected in Fantastic Four Trades. I've liked the first Byrne issue 232 to start Epic 13 and I can finally make the numbers fall right. I'm confident of the end of Epic 15 (and thus the major contents of 16) as the numbers fall just right for it finishing on Fantastic Four 277 followed by Thing 23 which is a perfect story beat to end with. 11 192-210 Annual 12 Annual 13 (Mainly 17 page issues. 200 is double sized. Roughly Equivalent of 24 issues) 12 211-231 Annual 14 Peter Parker 42 Annual 15 (Mainly 17 page issues. 22 Pages as of 225. Roughly Equivalent of 26 issues) 13 232-245 Annual 16 FF Roast 1 (Mainly 22 page issues. 236 54 pages, about 2.5 issues. Roughly Equivalent of 19.5 issues, 232 is the First Issue of Byrne Run, 244 concludes a Galactus story) 14 246-260, Annual 17, Avengers 233, Thing 2, Alpha Flight 4 (Mainly 22 page issues. 250 37 pages, about 1.5 issues. Roughly Equivalent of 20.5 issues) 15 261-277 Thing 10 Annual 18 Thing 23 (Mainly 22 page issues. Roughly Equivalent of 21 issues) 16 278-295 Annual 19, material from Secret Wars 2 issues 2 (Mainly 22 page issues. Roughly Equivalent of 17 issues) Will need some help from one of * Epic Illustrated 26-34's Last Galactus Story OR * Marvel Graphic Novel Revenge of the Living Monolith OR * Marvel Graphic Novel She Hulk OR * Avengers Annual 14 & Issue 263 (Each of which will bring it up to about 20 issues)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2024 11:33:57 GMT
Astonishing X-Men Modern Era Epic Collection 1 Gifted prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302957971 Publication Date: 19 Mar 2024 Joss Whedon and John Cassaday put the astonishing in X-Men! A blockbuster era for Marvel’s mutants! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men as the world’s greatest super team, with Wolverine, Kitty Pryde and Beast completing the initial roster. They plan to astonish the world — but when unexpected news about the mutant gene hits the airwaves, will it derail their dreams? As demand for the “mutant cure” reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord — but a startling surprise awaits them in the heart of their enemy’s stronghold! Then, a tragic death at the Xavier Institute reveals a powerful enemy living among the X-Men that they could never have suspected. Reunited with Professor X, the team will face this dangerous new foe in the ruins of Genosha…but secrets from the past might derail the team’s future! Plus: The debut of S.W.O.R.D.! COLLECTING: Astonishing X-Men (2004) 1-12 320 pages $39.99 USD, $50.00 CAD Astonishing X-Men 1 is cover dated July 2004 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 507 & 508, Avengers 83, Fantastic Four 513 & 514 & Uncanny X-Men 444. New X-Men, Excalibur and District-X also made their debut that month www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=7&year=2004&sort=alpha&variantex=onAstonishing X-Men 12 is cover dated August 2005 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 521, Fantastic Four 528, New Avengers 8 & Uncanny X-Men 460. House of M 1 & 2 and X-Men:Kitty Pryde – Shadow & Flame #1 came out that month www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=8&year=2005&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullTitle is: Astonishing X-Men 1-6 Cover is: Astonishing X-Men issue 1 variant Cards on the table: not a fan of Astonishing X-Men. Not read it since it came out but the glacial pace, frequent breaks in publication, and art I found a bit sterile and lifeless all turned me off. I am aware however that it does have a great many fans. If it had been up to me X-Men modern Epics would have started with the Morrison & Quitely New X-Men line which in many ways is the direct predecessor to and inspiration for Astonishing X-Men. Indeed we knew about New X-Men Modern Epic 1, currently due in late June 2024, before we knew about Astonishing X-Men Modern Epic 1: New X-Men 1 was revealed in a Near Mint Condition Video on 16th June 2023 while Astonishing X-Men 1 was found on Amazon on 12th July 2023, a late addition to the line up. The Astonishing prefix has been used twice before on an X-Men book for two short limited series: Age of Apocalypse www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=5016The Shattering www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=8950This volume of Astonishing X-Men is it's first use on a regular book and it was created as a vehicle for two creators: Writer Joss Whedon www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=3963Artist John Cassady www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=3963They produce the title up till issue 25 (March 2008) & Giant Size 1 (July 2008) Those of you that can do the Maths on those dates vs Issue Numbers can see that the title did not quite stick to a monthly schedule, perhaps a lesson learnt from New X-Men with people regularly having to fill in for Frank Quitely and ensuring a better quality more consistent overall product. I just wished they'd learnt it sooner and given us New X-Men completely drawn by Quitely!!! This volume of Astonishing X-Men consists of the following components: 68 issues (to December 2013) & an Annual (Jan 2013, same month as issue 56): www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=9938Saga (March 2006, between 12 (August 2005) and 13 (April 2006!)) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/comic.php?comicid=133604a Giant Size (July 2008, between 24 & 25): www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/comic.php?comicid=138366Sketchbook Special (August 2008, between Giant Size 1 & 25) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=8&year=2008a 2 issue Ghost Box Limited Series (December - January 2008, published between issues 22 Oct 2007 & 23 Jan 2008) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=13641Astonishing X-Men/Amazing Spider-Man:The Gauntlet Sketchbook (November 2009, between 29 & 30) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/comic.php?comicid=155095a 5 issue Xenogenesis limited series (July 2010, the month before issue 34 - April 2011, issue 36) www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=12355This first Modern Epic is a rejacket of the first of two Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday Collections so you can probably get a good idea of what Epic 2 looks like from the second book: 1 Astonishing X-Men #1–12 320 pages 2 Astonishing X-Men #13–24; Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 344 pages Astonishing X-Men Modern Epic 1 is now the holder for the record of the Marvel Universe Epic with the lowest page count at just 320 :-( After the Whedon/Cassaday run we're looking at collecting the following in the Epics: Astonishing X-Men 25-68 Annual 1 (Jan 2013, same month as issue 56): Sketchbook Special (August 2008, between Giant Size 1 & 25) a 2 issue Ghost Box Limited Series (December - January 2008, published between issues 22 Oct 2007 & 23 Jan 2008) Astonishing X-Men/Amazing Spider-Man:The Gauntlet Sketchbook (November 2009, between 29 & 30) a 5 issue Xenogenesis limited series (July 2010, the month before issue 34 - April 2011, issue 36) By eye that looks like 3 slightly thin Epics worth Here's how it's previously been collected: * Ghost Box: Astonishing X-Men Ghost Boxes 1-2, Astonishing X-Men 25-30 Ellis/Bianchi * Exogenetic: Astonishing X-Men 31-35 Ellis/Jimenez * Xenogenesis: Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis 1-5 Ellis/Andrews * Monstrous: Astonishing X-Men 36-37, 39, 41 Daniel Way/Jason Trent Pearson/Nick Bradshaw * Children of the Brood: Astonishing X-Men 38, 40, 42-43 Christos N. Gage/Juan Bobillo * Exalted: Astonishing X-Men 44-47, (Journal of Emma Frost material from Ghost Boxes 1) Pak/McKone * Northstar: Astonishing X-Men 48-51, material from Nation-X, Alpha Flight 106 : Marjorie Liu/Michael Perkins * Weaponized: Astonishing X-Men 52-56, Annual 1 Marjorie Liu/Michael Perkins (Annual Christos N. Gage/David Baldeon) * Unmasked: Astonishing X-Men 57-59, 62-68 : Marjorie Liu/Gabriel Hernandez Walta/ Amilcar Pinna * Xtermination: - Age of Apocalypse #13-14, - X-Treme X-Men (Vol. 2) #12-13, - X-Termination #1-2, - Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 3) #60- 61 : Marjorie Liu/Matteo Buffagni/Renato Arlem A quick read of the Xtermination page on the Marvel Wiki marvel.fandom.com/wiki/X-Termination suggests that Age of Apocalypse #13 and X-Treme X-Men (Vol. 2) #12 are prologues to the main event and aren't 100% necessary from Astonishing X-Men's Point of View Let's assume Epic 2 is a rejacket of the previous Complete Collection 2, closing out the Whedon/Cassidy run: Astonishing X-Men #13–24; Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 344 pages Epic 3 then looks like all 18 issues of the Warren Ellis run: Astonishing 25-35, Ghost Boxes 1 & 2 and Xenogenesis 1-5 Epic 4 can then contain everything pre Marjorie Liu, Astonishing 36-47, without us having to worry about alternating storylines & creative teams between issues in the late 30s/early 40s needing an off Deadpool/Spider-Man split between volumes. Originally I had Liu's first few issues in this book too but adding Sword 1-5 at the start brings the book up to a semi respectable 17 issues. S.W.O.R.D. 1-5 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=141561 is cover dated Jan 2010 same month as Astonishing X-Men 32 5 is cover dated May 2010 in between Astonishing X-Men 33 in Feb 2010 and Astonishing X-Men 34 in August 2010 I can justify that through S.W.O.R.D.'s usage of Astonishing's Beast and also featuring regular supporting cast member Abigail Brand. The problem then is the Marjorie Liu run is just 26 issues including all of Xtermination. 48-59, Annual 1 is 13 issues worth. Xtermination (X-Termination #1, Astonishing X-Men #60, Age of Apocalypse #14, X-Treme X-Men #13 & X-Termination #2) plus Astonishing 61-68 is another 13. So two shorter Epics again at the end to close things out in a similar manner to the start. There is a later Astonishing X-Men series which runs for 17 issues from September 2017 to January 2019, but I suspect that will be dealt with as a separate book in time www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=21004
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Post by Jim on Mar 18, 2024 12:40:58 GMT
Cards on the table: not a fan of Astonishing X-Men. Not read it since it came out but the glacial pace, frequent breaks in publication, and art I found a bit sterile and lifeless all turned me off. I am aware however that it does have a great many fans. Same. You could tell that Whedon loved classic X-Men comics, but he didn't bother much with the dense plotting that lots of people associate with them. In some ways it reminded me of Kevin Smith's Daredevil, except he had Quesada on art and so it was really beautiful. Volumes 1 & 2 of this epic are a bit cursed by "problematic" writers, though I doubt that will translate into any kind of dent in sales. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2024 13:22:13 GMT
Astonishing X-Men was shite. I got the first trade back in the day and it took under 10 mins to read cover to cover.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2024 14:45:33 GMT
Yeah, really dislike the Whedon run
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 25, 2024 11:01:55 GMT
Wolverine Epic Collection 14 The Return of Weapon X prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302958114 Publication Date: 26 Mar 2024 The shadow of Weapon X once again falls over Wolverine! The sadistic agency that implanted Wolverine’s Adamantium skeleton has returned! It begins with a series of unsettling dreams, but Logan’s nightmares soon become reality. Imprisoned and accused of killing a senator, Wolverine is “rescued” by the resurrected Weapon X Program — but what’s really going on? Which other faces from Wolverine’s past are being targeted for forcible recruitment? And what is the disturbing secret of Weapon X’s new Director? Plus: Wolverine faces Mr. X, a martial-arts master with a fetish for death and an obsession to become “the best there is;” battles his way through a bloody Madripoor tournament featuring some of the deadliest fighters in the Marvel Universe; and deals with the threats of Bloodscream, Mauvais, the Wendigo — and his undead former mentor Ogun! Guest-starring Alpha Flight and the Beast! COLLECTING: Wolverine (1988) 159-172, Wolverine Annual 2000-2001 448 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD Wolverine 159 is cover dated February 2001 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 26, Avengers 37, Fantastic Four 38, X-Men 109 & Uncanny X-Men 389. Excalibur (2001) #1 & Ultimate X-Men 1 came out that month www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&sort=alpha&month=02&year=2001Wolverine 172 is cover dated March 2002 the same month as Avengers 50, Fantastic Four 51, New X-Men 122 & Uncanny X-Men 402. Ultimates started that month and the Heroes Return Iron Man reached issue 50 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&sort=alpha&month=3&year=2002Cover is Wolverine 159 Title is The overall story name and the name of the trade previously collecting the issues This book was a surprise, not in any of the announcement videos and the first we knew of it was when it was found on Amazon on 2nd August 2023. This is most, but not all, of the old Wolverine: Return of Weapon-X trade from, 2013: www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN130694978-07851-8523-9 COLLECTING: Wolverine (1988) 159-176, Wolverine Annual 2000-2001 For a long time one of Marvel's largest paperback trades at 544 pages that would be a push to get in one Epic, though Dark Avengers topped that with 552 pages recently. However there's also the remaining Wolverine issues from 177 to 189 to take into consideration so the previous book gets split up. In Epic 14 we have: Annual 2000, Annual 2001 Wolverine #159-161 "The Best There Is" Wolverine #162-166 "The Hunted" Wolverine #167-169 "Bloodsport" Wolverine #170-172 "Stay Alive" And to follow in Epic 15: Wolverine #173-6 "The Logan Files" Wolverine #175 backup "The Vow" This release leaves the Wolverine line with 2 pairs of 2 volume gaps and in theory one more book at the end 1 Maridpoor Knights 1-16 2 Back to Basics 17-30 3 Blood & Claws 31-44 4 5 6 Inner Fury 69-75 7 To The Bone 76-86 8 The Dying Game 87-100 1995 9 Tooth & Claw 101-109 1996 10 11 12 Shadow of Apocalypse 133-149 13 Blood Debt 150-158 1999 14 The Return of Weapon X 159-172 2000, 2001 15 The first pair of volumes looks a pretty easy split: 4 45-50 MCP 72-84 Weapon X, MCP 85-92 Blood Hungry (Cyber), Wolverine Reign of Terror 5 51-68 Punisher/Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Hearts of Darkness Reign of Terror & Hearts of Darkness both have their sequels in later Epics, raising the probability of their inclusion. Blood Hungry's Cyber character reappears in the main Wolverine book in Epic 8 and DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY'LL LEAVE WEAPON-X OUT?  Epics 10 and 11 are a little more challenging, but the main series issues have an obvious split: 10 110-122, -1, Annual 97 + ?? (119-122 Not Dead Yet is Warren Ellis) 11 123-132 + Black Rio + ?? (125-128 are Chris Claremont's return to the title) The backbone to Epic 11 is the previously published Wolverine Blood Wedding trade which collects 123-132 + Black Rio www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL130711There's a PILE of extras around now that could go into these books * Wolverine Encyclopedia 1-2, 48 pages each 4 issues worth, same months as Wolverine 107 & Wolverine 108 (wasn't this meant to be 4 issues?) * Mystique & Sabretooth 1-4, same months as Wolverine 108-111 * What If 93 same month as Wolverine 109 * The Spoon Job 12 pages from Marvel Shadows & Light same month as Wolverine 110 * Marvel Fanfare v2 6 same month as Wolverine 110 * Wolverine 117 leads into X-Men 70 (Operation Zero Tolerance) * Wolverine Doombringer 48 pages (2 issues worth) same month as Wolverine 118 * Maverick 4 same month as Wolverine 119 * Wolverine Days of Future Past 1-3 same months as Wolverine 119-121 * Alpha Flight v2 9 & Uncanny X-Men 355 same months as Wolverine 123 & Wolverine 124 * X-Men/Alpha Flight 1-2 (32 pages) 3 issues over both comics same months as Wolverine 124 & Wolverine 125 * What If 111 same month as Wolverine 127 * Marvel Knights Wolverine/Punisher:Revelation #1-4 same months as Wolverine 139-142 Wolverine runs to 189 issues www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=4083&page=gallerySo the remaining Epic seems obvious: 15 173-189 That's a count of 17 issues but since 175 & 183 are double sized, it's the equivalent of 19 issues Those issues could be Epic 15 by themselves. But I think there's enough extras around then for an extra Epic: * Wolverine/Elektra 3 issues, 56, 64 & 64 pages. Same month as W 170-172. About 9 issues worth. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9385&page=galleryWolverine/Hulk 1-4 W 173-176 * Wolverine/Hulk Same months as 173-176 4 issus worth www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=9428* Wolverine: Netsuke 1-4, 32 pages each, 6 issue equivalent, same months as W 181-184 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=9551* Wolverine: Xisle 1-5, same month as W 189 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9702&page=gallery* Wolverine: Doop 1-2 month after W 189 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9713&page=gallery* Wolverine: Snikt 1-5 months following W189 or same months as Wolverine(2003) 1-5 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9715&page=galleryTo my mind the break between the original ongoing Wolverine series and it's 2003 reboot - www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=9711&page=gallery - is the obvious & ideal spot for Wolverine to move to Modern Epics.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 25, 2024 11:03:58 GMT
Spider-Girl Modern Era Epic Collection 1 Legacy prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302957957 Publication Date: 26 Mar 2024 The Spectacular Spider-Girl’s adventures start right here! What if Peter Parker and Mary Jane had a daughter? The ever-amazing answer is she’d be May “Mayday” Parker — A.K.A. Spider-Girl! Spinning out of the pages of WHAT IF? into her very own universe, the teenage Mayday inherits spider-powers and dons her retired father’s red-and-blues! Now follow her adventures from the beginning as Mayday learns about Spider-Man’s legacy and wrestles with whether to follow in his footsteps! She’ll face threats old and new — from the Venom symbiote and Kaine to Crazy Eight and the Dragon King — and meet incredible faces from the future Marvel Universe including Darkdevil, Wild Thing, the Fantastic Five and the newest roster of the mighty Avengers! Discover a friendly neighborhood hero for a new generation! COLLECTING: What If? (1989) 105; Spider-Girl (1998) 1-15, 1/2; Spider-Girl Annual 1999 456 pages $44.99 USD, $56.25 CAD What If 105 is cover dated February 1998 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 431, Avengers 1, Fantastic Four 2 & Uncanny X-Men 352. In addition to the Buziek/Perez Avengers 1 Iron Man also had a new number 1 by Busiek & Chen www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=2&year=1998&sort=alphaSpider-Girl 1 is cover dated October 1998 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 440, Avengers 9, Fantastic Four 10 & Uncanny X-Men 360. A-Next, J2 and Mutant-X all started that month and Excalibur came to the end of it's 125 issues. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=10&year=1998&sort=alpha&variantex=onSpider-Girl 15 is cover dated December 1999 the same month as Amazing Spider-Man 12, Avengers 23, Fantastic Four 24 & Uncanny X-Men 375. www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=12&year=1999&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null&variantex=on&collectionex=nullCover is: Spider-Girl 1 Title is: part of the title to What If? 105 Never read Spider-Girl but I know it had a very loyal following and I kind of regret not trying the previous reprints Spider Girl's main series lasted 100 issues: www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?seriesid=8856&page=galleryAn admirable go was made of collecting it in Complete Collections: Spider-Girl Complete Collection 1 What If? (1989) #105 Spider-Girl (1998) #½, 1–15, Annual '99 (456 pages, August 7 2018, 978-13029-1248-2) Spider-Girl Complete Collection 2 Spider-Girl (1998) #16–32 (432 pages, August 13 2019, 978-13029-1844-6) Spider-Girl Complete Collection 3 Spider-Girl (1998) #33-50 (448 pages, March 30 2021, 978-13029-2371-6) Spider-Girl Complete Collection 4 Spider-Girl (1998) #51-67 (384 pages, April 12 2022, 978-13029-3479-8) Thanks to the retirement of the Complete Collection branding Spider-Girl 68-100 remain uncollected, which would probably have been just two more books. Modern Epic 1 is identical to Complete Collection 1, I suspect further Modern Epics will follow suite especially now Modern Epic 5: Keeping the Faith has been announced collecting Spider-Girl #68-84 and leading straight on from Complete Collection 4. That leaves 85-100 yet to be collected, effectively 17 issues due to the nearly double sized issue 100. That's probably all of Modern Epic 6 there. Spider-Girl has continued in various forms: 2006 follow up 0-30 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=104192009 digital Spectacular Spider-Girl 1-11 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=246832010 1-4 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=142362010 Spider-Girl The End www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/comic.php?comicid=1579152011 1-8 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=146492011 Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl 1-3 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=14650Spider Girls 2018 1-3 www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=22639 A quick count up without checking lengths says 51 issues there, 2 1/2 to 3 Modern Epics. So we're probably looking at NINE Modern Epics to collect Spider-Girl in total.
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 27, 2024 14:18:53 GMT
Ooooo. I enjoyed the early issues of Spider-Girl, but had largely stopped buying comics by 2000, I guess, so I had no idea it had run for that long. If I were ever foolish enough to follow Phil down the epic rabbit hole these could tempt me.
Off topic but Sony should really make a Spider-Girl film series instead of the mess they are currently trying to make happen. Make it a sequel to the Raami films and get McGuire and Dunst back. Instead of losing a leg have the injury from No Way Home cause his retirement and you also get an MCU tie in which Sony are so desperate for.
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Post by Jim on Mar 27, 2024 17:46:17 GMT
I could be tempted into this Epics for these. I followed Spider-Girl through about 8 of the digest volumes (which I thought was a really nice format, but I guess it just didn't take off) and it continues to be fun. It really captures that bronze age comics feel well.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2024 19:34:46 GMT
I really liked the first Spider-Girl series so could so with a collected edition series. Though this being the Epic Format it'll probably be volume 4 then 1 then 7 then 3, etc.
FFS, Marvel, learn the concept of releasing a series in order! This is what stops Epics from being a great line.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 27, 2024 22:06:29 GMT
Marvel have. They use it very rigorously on their Omnibuses, Marvel Masterworks and Mighty Marvel Masterworks
They're also not keen on using material in the same format in quick succession. So those books, the first two of which are big thick expensive money making hard back formats have the priority.
Epics "random" order allows them to dance round those other series. Beyond bowing to those needs, and other demands, usually the need to promote a film or other project, Epics do tend to stay on order now they've mainly got beyond reprinting unreprinted material. Avengers West Coast has had all of it's 7 volumes published in order and with one more to go it will complete at 8 books in order.
Spider-Girl .... they've been quite clever. 1 first to get new readers in. That book is a rejacket of the former Complete Collection 1 with Epics 2-4 expected to be CC 2-4. Epic 5 is on the runway, there to pick up those who did buy the cancelled Complete Collection series
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2024 22:27:38 GMT
The random order is why I haven't bought many. As a reader it puts me off. It's a shame as otherwise it would be a great format but I can't recommend it due to the publishing decisions.
It's why I have veered more towards the Omnibus format.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Mar 28, 2024 11:04:36 GMT
I find it one of the series strengths. Some titles would have had to trudge through years of at best mediocre comics that often have already been reprinted multiple times - Iron Man springs to mind - before getting to anything interesting. And often that interesting stuff would already have been reprinted!
For me it's wonderful to have gotten the Nocenti and Chichester Daredevil runs completed long before the well-trodden, almost perpetually in-print in some form, Miller run. And with some of the shorter, lesser-known runs as well, like Kesel's and Kelly's.
I'm not sure the line would have taken off like it did if it had had to dutifully work through the silver age first.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 28, 2024 11:26:25 GMT
Iron Man is a good point, it starts off with the cracking O'Neill run never reprinted before
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 28, 2024 11:53:55 GMT
It puts me off personally. When I see a series I want to read I want to get volume 1, then volume 2, etc. I want to read something from the start, without gaps.
Many times I have thought: 'I would like to read Series X' but have checked and only random volumes are in Epic format so just didn't bother and spent money on something else instead.
-Ralph
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