The Epic Collection is an ongoing line of color trade paperbacks that republish Marvel comics in a uniform trade dress. Announced in April 2013, their stated intention was to collect entire runs of characters or titles as "big fat collections with the best price we can maintain",[1] in similar manner to the discontinued black-and-white Essential Marvel.[2]
The series is published out of order, though have a completist goal. Marvel's Senior Vice President of Sales David Gabriel said: "When all is said and done, the Epic volumes will fit seamlessly next to one another on readers' bookshelves, presenting a complete and unbroken run of each title."[3]
The original announcement consisted of six titles at the pace of one volume a month, with Gabriel adding: "Marvel's most storied titles — including Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Thor — are going Epic."
The first book, The Enemy Within, Iron Man's 10th numbered volume, was released in September 2013.[4] It sold an estimated 864 copies in the first month, reaching no. 129 in the top-300 graphic novel chart.[5]
Initial sales were steady, with October's release - Thor's 16th volume, War Of The Pantheons - charting at 127 and selling 986 copies in the month of release. November's Amazing Spider-Man vol. 20: Cosmic Adventures reached no. 103, with 1,010 sales. The Avengers Epic vol. 9: Final Threat in December sold 943, with a chart position of 135.[6] [7] [8]
The first Epic Collection to crack the top-100 was the 10th overall release. Amazing Spider-Man vol. 15: Ghosts Of The Past, in May 2014, sold 1,152 copies, reaching no. 81 (51 for dollar rank).[9] [10]
The series now has more than 50 lines, including licensed books, such Alien, Star Wars, Micronauts and ROM - Spaceknight.
The rate of publication has increased significantly since launch, with 29 Epic Collections released in 2014, the first full year of print. There were 45 in 2019, and 87 in 2024, including reprints. With the escalated rate, two sub-imprints launched in 2023 and 2025 respectively. The Modern Era Epic Collection covers more recent comic runs, and the Ultimate Epic Collection is for the 2000's Ultimate Universe.
DC Comics launched a similar line - DC Finest - in 2024, which it described as "affordably priced, large-size paperback collections" providing "a new line of comprehensive collections of the most in-demand periods, genres, and characters from across DC history".[11]
The core books of the Epic Collection largely span Marvel's silver and bronze age of comic books. With a few exceptions, this roughly covers a period from the release of Fantastic Four #1 in 1961[12] until around 1998 and the launch of Marvel Knights.[13]
In July 2020, Marvel Comics gained the rights to publish Alien and Predator in the wake of Fox's sale to Disney.[14] Since 2023, the company has been republishing comics originally produced by Dark Horse comics as part of the Epic Collection.
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| 1 | The Original Years | Aliens (vol. 1) #1-6; Aliens (vol. 2) #1-4; Aliens: Earth War #1-4; material from Dark Horse Presents #24, 42-43 | Mark Verheiden | Mark Nelson | 448 | ||||
| 2 | The Original Years | 1990-1992 | Aliens: Genocide #1-4; Aliens: Hive #1-4; Aliens: Tribes; Aliens: Newt's Tale #1-2; material from Dark Horse Insider #14-27; Dark Horse Presents 5th Anniversary Special #1; Dark Horse Presents #56 | Mike Richardson | Damon Willis | 456 |
The Peter Parker version of Spider-Man first appeared in 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15, before the character's ongoing series, Amazing Spider-Man, launched with a cover date of March 1963.
Notable storylines include: The Death Of Gwen Stacy in Vol. 7: The Goblin's Last Stand; Kraven's Last Hunt in Vol. 17; Spider-Man No More in Vol. 3; and Venom in Vol. 18.[15]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Great Power | Amazing Fantasy #15; Amazing Spider-Man #1–17, Annual #1 | Stan Lee | Steve Ditko | 504 | |||
| 2 | Great Responsibility | Amazing Spider-Man #18–38, Annual #2 | Stan Lee | Steve Ditko | 504 | |||
| 3 | Spider-Man No More | 1966-1967 | Amazing Spider-Man #39–52, Annual #3–4; material from Not Brand Echh #2 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. | 400 | ||
| 4 | The Goblin Lives | 1967-1968 | Amazing Spider-Man #53–67, Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #1–2, Marvel Super-Heroes #14; material from Not Brand Echh #6 & #11 | Stan Lee | John | 496 | ||
| 5 | The Secret Of The Petrified Tablet | 1968-1970 | Amazing Spider-Man #68–85, Annual #5 | Stan Lee | John John Buscema | 464 | ||
| 6 | The Death Of Captain Stacy | 1970-1972 | Amazing Spider-Man #86–104 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr., Gil Kane, Roy Thomas | 440 | ||
| 7 | The Goblin's Last Stand | 1972-1973 | Amazing Spider-Man #105–123 | Stan Lee, Gerry Conway | John Romita Sr., Gil Kane | 432 | ||
| 8 | Man-Wolf At Midnight | 1973-1975 | Amazing Spider-Man #124–142, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1 | Gerry Conway | Ross Andru | 416 | ||
| 9 | Spider-Man Or Spider-Clone? | 1975-1977 | Amazing Spider-Man #143–164, Annual #10 | Gerry Conway | Len Wein, Ross Andru | 464 | ||
| 10 | Big Apple Battleground | 1977-1978 | Amazing Spider-Man #165–185, Annual #11-12, Nova #12 | Len Wein, Marv Wolfman | Ross Andru | 520 | ||
| 11 | Nine Lives Has The Black Cat | 1978-1980 | Amazing Spider-Man #186-206, Annual #13, Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 | Marv Wolfman | Keith Pollard, John Byrne | 488 | ||
| 15 | Ghosts Of The Past | Amazing Spider-Man #259–272, Annual #18–19; Web of Spider-Man #1, 6 | Tom DeFalco, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Peter David | Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema | 472 | |||
| 17 | Kraven's Last Hunt | 1986-1987 | Amazing Spider-Man #289–294, Annual #20–21, Spider-Man versus Wolverine, Spectacular Spider-Man #131–132 and Web of Spider-Man #29–32 | James Owsley, David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis | John Romita Jr, Mark Bright, Mike Zeck | 496 | ||
| 18 | Venom | 1987-1988 | Amazing Spider-Man #295–310, Annual #22; Spectacular Spider-Man #133; Web of Spider-Man #33 | Ann Nocenti, David Michelinie | Cynthia Martin, Alex Saviuk, Todd McFarlane, Mark Bagley | 504 | ||
| 19 | Assassin Nation | 1989 | Amazing Spider-Man #311–325, Annual #23; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 46 - The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives | David Michelinie, Gerry Conway | Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Alex Saviuk | 480 | ||
| 20 | Cosmic Adventures | Amazing Spider-Man #326–333, Annual #24; Spectacular Spider-Man #158–160, Annual #10; Web of Spider-Man #59–61, Annual #6 | David Michelinie, Gerry Conway | Erik Larsen, Sal Buscema, Alex Saviuk, Gil Kane | 504 | |||
| 21 | Return Of The Sinister Six | 1990-1991 | Amazing Spider-Man #334–350; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 63 - Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth | David Michelinie | Charles Vess, Erik Larsen, Mark Bagley | 504 | ||
| 22 | Round Robin | 1991-1992 | Amazing Spider-Man #351–360, Annual #25; Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11; Web of Spider-Man Annual #7; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 72 - Spider-Man: Fear Itself | David Michelinie, Al Milgrom | Mark Bagley, Chris Marrinan, Guang Yap, Ross Andru | 488 | ||
| 23 | The Hero Killers | 1992 | Amazing Spider-Man #361-367, Annual #26; Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter; material from Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12; Web of Spider-Man Annual #8; New Warriors Annual #2 | David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis | Mark Bagley, Scott McDaniel, Mike Zeck | 480 | ||
| 24 | Invasion Of The Spider-Slayers | 1992-1993 | Amazing Spider-Man #368–377, Annual #27; Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death; Spider-Man Special Edition: The Trial of Venom | Roy Thomas, David Michelinie | Mike Bair, Mark Bagley, Jeff Johnson | 424 | ||
| 25 | Maximum Carnage | 1993 | Amazing Spider-Man #378–380, Spectacular Spider-Man #201–203, Web of Spider-Man #101–103, Spider-Man #35–37, Spider-Man/Punisher/Sabretooth: Designer Genes; material from Spider-Man Unlimited #1–2 | Terry Kavanagh, David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis, Tom DeFalco | Alex Saviuk, Mark Bagley, Tom Lyle, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim | 432 | ||
| 26 | Lifetheft | 1993-1994 | Amazing Spider-Man #381–393, Annual #28; Spectacular Spider-Man #211, Web of Spider-Man #112, Spider-Man #45, Amazing Spider-Man: Ashcan Edition #1 | David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis | Mark Bagley, Steven Butler | 496 | ||
| 27 | The Clone Saga | 1994 | Amazing Spider-Man #394-396; Spectacular Spider-Man #217-219; Web of Spider-Man #117-119; Spider-Man #51-53; Spider-Man Unlimited #7 | Terry Kavanagh, J.M. DeMatteis, Howard Mackie, Tom DeFalco | Tom Lyle, Steven Butler, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Liam Sharp | 456 | ||
| 28 | Web Of Life, Web Of Death | 1995 | Amazing Spider-Man #397-399; Spectacular Spider-Man #220-222; Web of Spider-Man #120-123; Spider-Man #54-56; Spider-Man Unlimited #8; Spider-Man: Funeral For An Octopus #1-3; Spider-Man: The Clone Journal | Howard Mackie, J.M. DeMatteis, Tom DeFalco | Tom Lyle, Steven Butler, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema | 472 | ||
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The character Hank Pym first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27, from 1962. In the first Epic Collection, his debut as both Ant Man (Tales to Astonish #35) and Giant Man (Tales to Astonish #49) is covered, plus the introduction of Janet van Dyne/Wasp (Tales to Astonish #44).
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Man In The Ant Hill | Tales to Astonish #27, 35–59 | Stan Lee, Larry Lieber | Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Dick Ayers | 448 | ||||
| 2 | Ant-Man No More | 1964-1979 | Tales to Astonish #60–69, Marvel Feature #4-10, Power Man #24-25, Black Goliath #1-5, The Champions #11-13, Marvel Premiere #47-48; material from Iron Man #44 | Stan Lee, Mike Friedrich, Chris Claremont, Bill Mantlo | Herb Trimpe, Philip Russell, George Tuska, John Byrne | 504 |
The first Avengers line-up consisted of Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp, Hulk, and Thor. They were soon joined by Silver Age Captain America in issue #4, which is collected in Volume 1: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
With a revolving cast of characters, major storylines include The Kree-Skrull War (Volume 5: This Beachhead Earth); Under Siege (Volume 16); and The Korvac Saga (Volume 10: The Yesterday Quest)[16]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Avengers #1–20 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, Don Heck | 456 | |||
| 2 | Once An Avenger... | 1965-1967 | Avengers #21–40 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas | Don Heck | 440 | ||
| 3 | The Masters Of Evil | 1967-1968 | Avengers #41–56, Annual #1–2, X-Men #45; material from Not Brand Echh #5 & #8 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema | 496 | ||
| 4 | Behold... The Vision | 1968-1970 | Avengers #57–76; Marvel Super Heroes #17 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Gene Colan | 456 | ||
| 5 | This Beachhead Earth | 1970-1972 | Avengers #77–97; Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #140 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams | 504 | ||
| 6 | A Traitor Stalks Among Us | 1972-1973 | Avengers #98–114; Daredevil #99 | Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart | Barry Windsor-Smith, Rich Buckler, Don Heck | 400 | ||
| 7 | The Avengers/ Defenders War | 1973-1974 | Avengers #115–128; Giant-Size Avengers #1; Defenders #9–11; Captain Marvel #33; Fantastic Four #150; material from Defenders #8 | Steve Englehart | Bob Brown, Sal Buscema | 456 | ||
| 8 | Kang War | 1974-1976 | Avengers #129-149, Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 | Steve Englehart | Sal Buscema, Dave Cockrum, George Tuska, Don Heck, George Perez | 504 | ||
| 9 | The Final Threat | 1976-1977 | Avengers #150–166, Annual #6–7; Super-Villain Team-Up #9; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 | Jim Shooter, Gerry Conway | George Perez, Jim Starlin, John Byrne | 440 | ||
| 10 | The Yesterday Quest | 1978-1979 | Avengers #167–188, Annual #8–9; material from Marvel Tales #100 | Jim Shooter, David Michelinie | George Perez, John Byrne, David Wenzel | 496 | ||
| 11 | The Evil Reborn | 1979-1981 | Avengers #189–209, Annual #10; Marvel Premiere #55; material from Tales to Astonish #12 | David Michelinie | George Perez, John Byrne, Gene Colan | 528 | ||
| 12 | Court-Martial | 1981-1982 | Avengers #210-226, Annual #11, and Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #1-4 | Jim Shooter, Bill Mantlo, Bob Hall | Greg LaRocque, Rick Leonardi | 528 | ||
| 13 | Seasons Of The Witch | 1982-1983 | Avengers #227-237, Annual #12; Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16; Fantastic Four #256; Doctor Strange #60; Hawkeye #1-4 | Roger Stern, Mark Gruenwald | Al Milgrom, John Byrne | 496 | ||
| 16 | Under Siege | 1986-1987 | Avengers #264–277, Annual #15; West Coast Avengers Annual #1; Alpha Flight #39 | Roger Stern, Danny Fingeroth, Steve Englehart | John Buscema, Steve Ditko, Mark Bright | 456 | ||
| 17 | Judgment Day | 1987 | Avengers #278–285, Annual #16; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 27 - Emperor Doom; X-Men vs. Avengers #1–4; West Coast Avengers Annual #2 | Roger Stern, Bob Harras, Tom DeFalco, David Michelinie, Bob Hall | Steve Englehart, John Buscema, Marc Silvestri, Keith Pollard, Al Milgrom | 464 | ||
| 18 | Heavy Metal | 1987-1989 | Avengers #286-303, Annual #17 | Walt Simonson, Ralph Macchio | John Buscema | 512 | ||
| 19 | Acts Of Vengeance | Avengers #304-318, Annual #18, Avengers West Coast #53-55 | John Byrne, Michael Higgins, Fabian Nicieza | John Byrne, Paul Ryan, Ron Wilson | 496 | |||
| 20 | The Crossing Line | 1990-1991 | Avengers #319-333, Annual #19; material from Captain America Annual #9, Iron Man Annual #11, Thor Annual #15 and Avengers West Coast Annual #5 | Fabian Nicieza, Larry Hama | Rik Levins, Paul Ryan, Herb Trimpe | 520 | ||
| 21 | The Collection Obsession | 1991-1992 | Avengers #334–344, Annual #20, Marvel Graphic Novel No. 68 - Avengers: Death Trap – The Vault; material from Incredible Hulk Annual #17, Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1, Iron Man Annual #12 and Avengers West Coast Annual #6 | Danny Fingeroth, Roy Thomas, Bob Harras | Fabian Nicieza, Ron Lim, Steve Epting | 496 | ||
| 22 | 1992 | Avengers #345–347, Avengers West Coast #80–82, Quasar #32–34, Wonder Man #7–9, Iron Man #278–279, Thor #445–446, Captain America #401; material from Captain America #398–400 | Bob Harras, Mark Gruenwald | Steve Epting, Rik Levins, Alex Ross | 488 | |||
| 23 | Fear The Reaper | 1992-1993 | Avengers #348–359, Annual #21; material from Captain America Annual #11, Thor Annual #17 and Fantastic Four Annual #25 | Mark Gruenwald, Bob Harras, Len Kaminski | Herb Trimpe, Steve Epting, M.C. Wyman | 480 | ||
| 24 | The Gatherers Strike! | 1993-1994 | Avengers #360–366, Annual #22; Avengers: Strikefile; Avengers Anniversary Magazine; Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1–4 | Bob Harras, Glenn Herdling, Mark Gruenwald | Steve Epting, Gordon Purcell, Mike Gustovich | 480 | ||
| 25 | The Gathering | 1993-1994 | Avengers #367-377, Annual #23; X-Men #26; Avengers West Coast #101; Uncanny X-Men #307; Avengers Log | Bob Harras, Roy Thomas, Glenn Herdling | Steve Epting, John Buscema | 512 | ||
| 26 | Taking A.I.M. | 1994-1995 | Avengers #378–388; Marvel Double Feature: Avengers/Giant-Man #379-382; Vision #1-4; Captain America #440–441 | Bob Harras | George Perez, Mike Deodato Jr., Jeff Moore, Manny Clark | 504 | ||
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Even though the Epic Collections are titled Avengers West Coast, the comic was published as The West Coast Avengers up until issue #46.
Volume 7: Ultron Unbound contains the first appearance of James Rhodes as War Machine, as well as the origin story for the Julia Carpenter version of Spider-Woman.
Meanwhile, Scarlet Witch showed her initial slip into madness in #56, reproduced in Vol. 5: Darker Than Scarlet. This eventually led to the events of House Of M and the 'No More Mutants' Marvel age.[17]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | How The West Was Won | West Coast Avengers (vol. 1) #1–4; Iron Man Annual #7; Avengers #250; West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #1–7; The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1–2; Wonder Man #1 | Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Bob Hall | Al Milgrom, Richard Howell | 496 | ||||
| 2 | Lost In Space-Time | 1986-1987 | West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #8–24, Annual #1; Avengers Annual #15 | Steve Englehart, Danny Fingeroth | Al Milgrom, Steve Ditko, Mark Bright | 488 | |||
| 3 | Tales To Astonish | 1987-1988 | West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #25-37, Annual #2; Avengers Annual #16, Marvel Graphic Novel No. 27: Emperor Doom | David Michelinie, Steve Englehart, Tom DeFalco, Bob Hall | Al Milgrom | 456 | |||
| 4 | Vision Quest | 1988-1989 | West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #38-46, Annual #3; Avengers West Coast #47-52, Annual #4; material from Avengers Spotlight #23 | John Byrne, Steve Englehart | John Byrne, Al Milgrom | 488 | |||
| 5 | Darker Than Scarlet | 1989-1990 | Avengers West Coast #53-64, Annual #5; Avengers #311-313; material from Avengers Annual #19, and What The..? #6 | John Byrne, Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas | John Byrne, Paul Ryan, James Fry | 456 | |||
| 6 | California Screaming | 1990-1992 | Avengers West Coast #65-82, Annual #6 | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas | Paul Ryan, Dave Ross, Herb Trimpe | 512 | |||
| 7 | Ultron Unbound | 1992-1993 | Avengers West Coast #83-95, Annual #7-8; material from Darkhawk Annual #1, Iron Man Annual #13 | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas | Dave Ross, M.C. Wyman | 488 |
Volume 1 of the Black Panther Epic Collection has the character's first appearance in Fantastic Four #52-53. Between that and the rest of the volume, he joins The Avengers with issue #52, which is collected in The Avengers Epic Collection Volume 3: The Masters Of Evil.[18]
His origin story is in The Avengers #87 (The Avengers Epic Collection Volume 5: This Beachhead Earth), before departing the team after issue #126 (The Avengers Epic Collection Volume 7: The Avengers/ Defenders War).
After that, his story continues in the rest of Panther's Rage.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Panther's Rage | 1966-1976 | Fantastic Four #52–53; Jungle Action (vol. 2) #6–24 | Don McGregor | Rich Buckler, Billy Graham | 400 | ||
| 2 | Revenge Of The Black Panther | 1977-1988 | Black Panther #1–15, Marvel Premiere #51–53, Black Panther (vol. 2) #1–4; material from Marvel Team-Up #100 | Jack Kirby, Ed Hannigan | Jerry Bingham, Peter Gillis, Denys Cowan | 456 | ||
| 3 | Panther's Prey | 1989-1994 | Black Panther: Panther's Prey #1-4; material from Marvel Comics Presents #13-37, 148, Solo Avengers #19, Marvel Super Heroes #1, Marvel Fanfare #60 and Fantastic Four Unlimited #1 | Don McGregor | Sandy Plunkett, Gene Colan, Dwayne Turner, Denys Cowan, Don Hillsman II | 504 | ||
The debut of Natasha Romanova as the Black Widow is as an Iron Man villain in Tales Of Suspense #52. She is a reformed supporting character with The Avengers through the rest of Volume 1, and did not get her own individual series until 1999 - which is collected as a Modern Era Epic Collection Volume 1: The Itsy-Bitsy Spider.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Beware The Black Widow | Tales of Suspense #52-53, 57, 60, 64, Avengers #29-30, 36–37, 43–44, Amazing Spider-Man #86, Amazing Adventures #1-8, Daredevil #81; material from Avengers #16, 32–33, 38–39, 41–42, 45–47, 57, 63–64, 76 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas | Don Heck, John Buscema, Gene Colan | 408 | |||
| 2 | The Coldest War | 1981-1998 | Ralph Macchio, Gerry Conway, Daniel Chichester | Jim Starlin, Cefn Ridout, George Perez, George Freeman, Larry Stroman, Joe Chiodo, Charlie Adlard | 480 | |||
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Blade first appeared as a side character in The Tomb Of Dracula series, beginning in 1973. He largely disappeared from Marvel Comics between 1976 and 1992, when he reappeared in Ghost Rider.
The first comics appearance of Captain America was in Captain America Comics #1 from 1940, printed by Timely. Nothing from that era is collected in the Epic Collection, which begins with the character's Silver Age return, in Strange Tales #114, from 1963.
Notable storylines include Mark Gruenwald's Captain America No More, which stretches through Vol. 14: The Captain; Death Of The Red Skull by J. M. DeMatteis in Vol. 11: Sturm und Drang; Operation: Rebirth by Mark Waid in Vol. 22: Man Without A Country; and The Strange Death Of Captain America by Jim Steranko in Vol. 2: The Coming... Of The Falcon.[19]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Captain America Lives Again | Strange Tales #114, Avengers #4, Tales of Suspense #58–96 | 488 | |||||
| 2 | The Coming Of... The Falcon | Tales of Suspense #97–99, Captain America #100–119; material from Not Brand Echh #3, 12 | 496 | |||||
| 3 | Bucky Reborn | 1969-1971 | Captain America #120–138 | 400 | ||||
| 4 | Hero Or Hoax? | 1971-1973 | Captain America #139–159 | Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Steve Englehart | John Romita Sr., Sal Buscema | 472 | ||
| 5 | The Secret Empire | 1973-1974 | Captain America #160-179 | Steve Englehart | Sal Buscema | 416 | ||
| 6 | The Man Who Sold The United States | 1974-1976 | Captain America #180-200; Marvel Treasury Special: Captain America's Bicentennial Battles | Steve Englehart, Jack Kirby | Frank Robbins, Jack Kirby | 512 | ||
| 7 | The Swine | 1976-1978 | Captain America #201–221, Annual #3-4 | Jack Kirby, Donald Glut | Jack Kirby, Sal Buscema | 448 | ||
| 9 | Dawn's Early Light | 1980-1982 | Captain America #247–266, Annual #5 | Roger Stern, John Byrne, David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis, David Kraft | John Byrne, Gene Colan, Mike Zeck, | 496 | ||
| 10 | Monsters And Men | 1982-1983 | Captain America #267–285, Annual #6; Defenders #106 | J.M. DeMatteis, David Kraft | Mike Zeck, Ron Wilson, Sal Buscema | 504 | ||
| 11 | Sturm und Drang | 1983-1985 | Captain America #286-301, Annual #7 and The Falcon #1-4 | J.M. DeMatteis, Jim Owsley | Mike Zeck, Mark Bright, Paul Neary | 520 | ||
| 12 | Society Of Serpents | 1985-1986 | Captain America #302–317; material from Marvel Fanfare #18 | Michael Carlin, Mark Gruenwald | Paul Neary | 432 | ||
| 13 | Justice Is Served | 1986-1987 | Captain America #318–332, Annual #8, Amazing Spider-Man #278; material from Marvel Fanfare #29, 31–32 | Mark Gruenwald, J.M. DeMatteis | Paul Neary, Mike Zeck, Kerry Gammill, Tom Morgan | 512 | ||
| 14 | The Captain | 1987-1989 | Captain America #333–350, Iron Man #228 | Mark Gruenwald, David Michelinie | Tom Morgan, Kieron Dwyer, Mark Bright | 504 | ||
| 15 | The Bloodstone Hunt | 1989-1990 | Captain America #351–371 | Mark Gruenwald | Kieron Dwyer, Al Milgrom, Mark Bright, Ron Lim | 496 | ||
| 16 | Streets Of Poison | 1990-1991 | Captain America #372–386, Annual #9–10 | Mark Gruenwald, Daniel Chichester | Ron Lim, Mark Bagley, Jim Valentino, Mike Manley | 512 | ||
| 17 | The Superia Stratagem | 1991-1992 | Captain America #387–397; Adventures of Captain America #1–4 | Mark Gruenwald, Fabian Nicieza | Rik Levins, Larry Alexander, Kevin Maguire, Kevin West | 472 | ||
| 18 | Blood And Glory | 1992 | Captain America #398-410; Punisher/Captain America: Blood and Glory #1–3 | Mark Gruenwald, Daniel Chichester, Margaret Clark | Rik Levins, Larry Alexander, Klaus Janson | 496 | ||
| 19 | Arena Of Death | 1992-1993 | Captain America #411-419, Annual #11-12; Ghost Rider/Captain America: Fear #1; U.S.Agent #1-4; material from Silver Sable & the Wild Pack #15 | Mark Gruenwald, Howard Mackie | Lee Weeks, Rik Levins, M.C. Wyman | 496 | ||
| 20 | Fighting Chance | 1993-1995 | Captain America #420-430, Annual #13; Nomad #18-19; Captain America: The Medusa Effect #1; Captain America/Nick Fury: Blood Truce #1 | Mark Gruenwald, Roy Thomas | Rik Levins, M.C. Wyman, Dave Hoover | 496 | ||
| 21 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | 1994-1995 | Captain America #431-443; Tales of Suspense (vol. 2) #1; Avengers #386-388; material from Captain America Collectors' Preview | Mark Gruenwald | Andrew Robinson, Bob Harras, Dave Hoover, Colin MacNeil | 480 | ||
| 22 | Man Without A Country | 1995-1996 | Captain America #444–454, Ashcan Edition, Thor #496, Iron Man #326, Avengers #396, Captain America: The Legend; material from Captain America Collectors' Preview | Mark Waid | Ron Garney | 456 | ||
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The villain Carnage has never had an ongoing series, with all Epic Collection releases compiled of miniseries, or appearances in various Spider-Man comics. Large parts of Carnage Volume 1: Born In Blood are also reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man Volume 25: Maximum Carnage.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Born In Blood | Amazing Spider-Man #361-363, 378–380, Web of Spider-Man #101-103, Spider-Man #35-37, Spectacular Spider-Man #201-203; material from Spider-Man Unlimited #1-2, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #28 | David Michelinie, Terry Kavanagh, J.M. DeMatteis | Mark Bagley, Alex Saviuk, Tom Lyle, Sal Buscema | 472 | ||||
| 2 | Web Of Carnage | 1994-1997 | Larry Hama, David Michelinie | Mark Bagley, Andrew Wildman, Kyle Hotz, Josh Hood | 480 | ||||
| 3 | The Monster Inside | 1998-2005 | Tom DeFalco, Howard Mackie, Peter Milligan | Clayton Crain, Darick Robertson | 432 |
From 2022, Marvel lost the license to publish new Conan comics. "The trademark for the name Conan and the names of Robert E. Howard's other principal characters, is maintained by Conan Properties International and licensed to Cabinet Entertainment. This company, or new owners, now wish to publish Conan comic books themselves. And so won't be renewing the Marvel Comics license."[20]
This led to the cancellation of the second King Conan Epic Collection. The license ended up with Titan Publishing.[21]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Coming Of Conan | Conan the Barbarian #1-13; material from Chamber of Darkness #4 | Roy Thomas | Barry Windsor-Smith | 352 | ||||
| 2 | Hawks From The Sea | 1972-1973 | Conan the Barbarian #14-26 | Roy Thomas | Barry Windsor-Smith | 288 | |||
| 3 | The Curse Of The Golden Skull | 1973-1974 | Conan the Barbarian #27-42; material from Annual #1 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema | 336 | |||
| 4 | Queen Of The Black Coast | 1974-1976 | Conan the Barbarian #43-59; material from Savage Sword of Conan #1 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema | 360 | |||
| 5 | Of Once And Future Kings | 1976-1977 | Conan the Barbarian #60-71, Annual #2-3, Power Records #31 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema | 360 | |||
| 6 | Vengeance In Asgalun | 1977-1978 | Conan the Barbarian #72-88 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Howard Chaykin | 328 |
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| 1 | Out Of The Darksome Hills | Conan (2004) #0, #1–19 | Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza | Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, Greg Ruth, Tom Mandrake | 496 | ||||
| 2 | The Heart of Yag-Kosha | 2005–2007 | Conan (2004) #20–39 | Kurt Busiek, Mike Mignola, Timothy Truman | Cary Nord, Greg Ruth, Paul Lee | 504 | |||
| 3 | Return To Cimmeria | 2007–2009 | Conan (2004) #40–50; Conan the Cimmerian #0–7 | Timothy Truman, Kurt Busiek | Paul Lee, Cary Nord, Tomas Giorello, Greg Ruth, Richard Corben | 504 | |||
| 4 | The Battle Of Shamla Pass | 2009-2010 | Conan the Cimmerian #8-25 | Timothy Truman | Tomas Giorello, Joe Kubert, Paul Lee | 472 | |||
| 5 | The Horrors Beneath The Stones | 2010-2012 | Conan: Road of Kings #1-12; Conan the Barbarian #1-6 | Roy Thomas, Brian Wood | Mike Hawthorne, Dan Panosian, Becky Cloonan, James Harren | 456 | |||
| 6 | The Song Of Bêlit | 2012-2014 | Conan the Barbarian #7-25 | Brian Wood | Vasilis Lolos, Declan Shalvey, Mirko Colak, Davide Gianfelice, Paul Azaceta, Riccardo Burchielli | 472 | |||
| 7 | Shadows Over Kush | 2014-2015 | Conan the Avenger #1-19 | Fred Van Lente | Brian Ching, Eduardo Francisco, Guiu Vilanova | 448 | |||
| 8 | Blood In His Wake | 2015-2017 | Conan the Avenger #20-25, Conan the Slayer #1-12 | Fred Van Lente, Cullen Bunn | Brian Ching, Sergio Davila | 432 | |||
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Phantoms And Phoenixes | Conan and the Midnight God (2007) #1-5, King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel (2011) #1-4, King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword (2012) #1-4, Conan: The Phantoms of the Black Coast (2012) #1-5; material from Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (2006) #1 | Joshua Dysart, Timothy Truman | Victor Gischler, Will Conrad, Tomas Giorello, Attila Futaki | 464 | ||||
| 2 | Wolves And Dragons | 2012-2016 | King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon (2013) #1-6, King Conan: The Conqueror (2014) #1-6, Conan: Wolves Beyond the Border (2015) #1-4; material from Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #5 | Timothy Truman | Tomas Giorello, Jose Villarrubia, | 416 | Cancelled | ||
Daredevil is currently missing volumes 8 to 11. These books contain material largely created by Frank Miller that are often acknowledged as some of the best Daredevil storylines ever written. A pair of omnibuses currently reprints Miller's work instead.
Notable storylines already reproduced include the fall of Kingpin in Vol. 15: Last Rites; and the introduction of Typhoid Mary in Vol. 13: A Touch Of Typhoid.[22]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Man Without Fear | Daredevil #1–21 | Stan Lee | Wally Wood, John Romita Sr. | 472 | ||||
| 2 | Mike Murdock Must Die | 1966-1968 | Daredevil #22–41, Annual #1, Fantastic Four #73; material from Not Brand Echh #4 | Stan Lee | Gene Colan | 520 | |||
| 3 | Brother, Take My Hand | 1968-1970 | Daredevil #42–63 | Stan Lee, | Gene Colan, Barry Windsor Smith | 472 | |||
| 4 | A Woman Called Widow | 1970-1972 | Daredevil #64–86, Iron Man #35; material from Iron Man #36 | Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway | Gene Colan | 512 | |||
| 5 | Going Out West | 1972-1974 | Daredevil #87-107, Avengers #111 | Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber | Gene Colan, Don Heck | 472 | |||
| 6 | Watch Out For Bullseye | 1974-1976 | Daredevil #108-132, Marvel Two-in-One #3 | Steve Gerber, Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman | Bob Brown, Gene Colan | 528 | |||
| 7 | The Concrete Jungle | 1976-1978 | Daredevil #133-154, Annual 4; Ghost Rider #20; Marvel Premiere #39-40, 43; material from Ghost Rider #19 | Marv Wolfman, Jim Shooter, Roger McKenzie | Bob Brown, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino | 528 | |||
| 12 | It Comes With The Claws | 1986-1988 | Daredevil #234-252 | Ann Nocenti | Steve Ditko, Louis Williams, Rick Leonardi, John Romita Jr. | 480 | |||
| 13 | A Touch Of Typhoid | 1988-1989 | Daredevil #253–270; Punisher #10 | Ann Nocenti | John Romita Jr. | 472 | |||
| 14 | Heart Of Darkness | 1989-1990 | Daredevil #271–282, Annual #5–6; material from Punisher Annual #3, Incredible Hulk Annual #16 and Silver Surfer Annual #3 | Gregory Wright, Ann Nocenti, Peter David | Mark Bagley, John Romita Jr. Angel Medina | 488 | |||
| 15 | Last Rites | 1990-1992 | Daredevil #283-300, Annual #7 | Gregory Wright, Ann Nocenti, Daniel Chichester | Lee Weeks, Kieron Dwyer, Ron Garney | 504 | |||
| 16 | Dead Man's Hand | 1992-1993 | Daredevil #301-311, Annual #8, Nomad #4-6, Punisher War Journal #45-47; material from Marvel Holiday Special #2 | Daniel Chichester, Fabian Nicieza | M.C. Wyman, Scott McDaniel, Pat Olliffe | 472 | |||
| 17 | Into The Fire | 1993-1994 | Daredevil #312-318, Annual #9, Daredevil/Black Widow: Abattoir, Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1-5 | Daniel Chichester, Frank Miller | Scott McDaniel, John Romita Jr. | 528 | |||
| 18 | Fall From Grace | 1993-1994 | Daredevil #319–332, Annual #10 | Daniel Chichester, Gregory Wright | Scott McDaniel, Sergio Cariello, Kris Renkewitz | 456 | |||
| 19 | Root Of Evil | 1994-1995 | Daredevil #333–344; Elektra: Root of Evil #1–4 | Gregory Wright, Daniel Chichester | Tom Grindberg, Scott McDaniel, Alexander Jubran, Keith Pollard | 440 | |||
| 20 | Purgatory & Paradise | 1995-1997 | Daredevil #345–364 | J.M. DeMatteis, | Ron Wagner, Cary Nord, Shawn McManus, Gene Colan | 488 | |||
| 21 | Widow's Kiss | 1997-1998 | Daredevil #365–380, −1; Daredevil/Deadpool Annual '97 | Joe Kelly, Scott Lobdell | Gene Colan, Ariel Olivetti, Cully Hamner, Tom Morgan | 504 | |||
| Jump to: Daredevil Modern Era Epic Collection |
The first appearance of Deadpool is also contained in New Mutants Epic Collection Volume 8: The End Of The Beginning. Volume 1 of his own Epic Collection contains various cameos and miniseries, before the character's first ongoing series is collected from Volume 2: Mission Improbable.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | The Circle Chase | New Mutants #98; X-Force #2, 11, 15; Nomad #4; Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1-4; Secret Defenders #15-17; Deadpool (vol. 2) #1-4; material from Avengers #366; Silver Sable & the Wild Pack #23 | Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza, | Rob Liefeld, Joe Madureira, Ian Churchill | 472 | |||
| 2 | Mission Improbable | 1994-1997 | Wolverine #88; X-Force #47 & 56; Deadpool (vol. 3) #1-9 & -1; Daredevil/Deadpool Annual '97; material from Wolverine Annual '95 | Jeph Loeb, Joe Kelly | Adam Pollina, Ed McGuinness, Bernard Chang | 448 | ||
| 3 | Drowning Man | 1997-1998 | Deadpool (vol. 3) #10-20; Deadpool/Death Annual '98; Heroes for Hire #10-11; Baby's First Deadpool Book #1; Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #47 | Joe Kelly, John Ostrander | Pete Woods, Walter McDaniel, Tony Harris | 464 | ||
| 4 | Dead Reckoning | 1998-1999 | Deadpool (vol. 3) #0, 21–33; Deadpool Team-Up #1; Encyclopaedia Deadpoolica #1 | Joe Kelly, James Felder | Pete Woods, Walter McDaniel, David Brewer | 472 | ||
| 5 | Johnny Handsome | 1999-2000 | Deadpool (vol. 3) #34-45, Black Panther (vol. 3) #23, Wolverine (vol. 2) #154-155, Heroes Reborn: Remnants #1, Fight Man #1; material from Wolverine Annual '99 | Christopher Priest | Paco Diaz, Jim Calafiore, Rob Liefeld, Evan Dorkin | 488 | ||
| 7 | Agent X | Deadpool (vol. 3) #65-69, Agent X (vol. 1) #1-15 | Gail Simone | Udon Studios | 496 | |||
| Jump to: Deadpool Modern Era Epic Collection | ||||||||
| Jump to: Deadpool & Cable Modern Era Epic Collection | ||||||||
| Jump to: Spider-Man/Deadpool Modern Era Epic Collection |
Doctor Strange led the initial version of Defenders, with a team also composed of Hulk and Namor. As opposed to other Marvel teams, such as Fantastic Four or Avengers, Defenders tended to focus on mystical enemies.
The origin of the team is also covered in Doctor Strange Epic Collection Volume 3: A Separate Reality; Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Volume 4: In The Hands Of HYDRA and Namor The Sub-Mariner Epic Collection Volume 3: Who Strikes For Atlantis?
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Day Of The Defenders | Doctor Strange #183; Sub-Mariner #22, 34–35; Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #126; Marvel Feature #1-3; Defenders #1-11; Avengers #116-118; material from Avengers #115 | Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart | Sal Buscema, Ross Andru, Bob Brown | 480 | ||||
| 2 | Enter: The Headmen | 1974-1975 | Defenders #12-25; Giant-Size Defenders #1-4; Marvel Two-in-One #6-7; material from Mystery Tales #21; World of Fantasy #11; Tales of Suspense #9 | Len Wein, Steve Gerber | Sal Buscema | 464 | |||
| 3 | World Gone Sane | 1975-1976 | Defenders #26-41, Annual #1; Giant-Size Defenders #5; Marvel Treasury Edition #12 | Steve Gerber | Sal Buscema | 408 | |||
| 6 | The Six-Fingered Hand | 1981-1982 | Defenders #92–109; Marvel Team-Up #101; Captain America #268 | J.M. DeMatteis | Don Perlin | 480 | |||
| 7 | Ashes, Ashes... | 1982-1983 | Defenders #110–125; Avengers Annual #11 | J.M. DeMatteis | Don Perlin | 440 | |||
| Despite the volume numbering continuing, the cover title changes to The New Defenders from volume 8 | |||||||||
| 8 | The New Defenders | 1983-1985 | New Defenders #126–137; Iceman #1–4; Beauty And The Beast #1–4 | J.M. DeMatteis, Peter Gillis, Ann Nocenti | Don Perlin, Alan Kupperberg | 488 | |||
| 9 | The End Of All Songs | New Defenders #138–152; Gargoyle #1–4 | Peter B. Gillis, J.M. DeMatteis | Don Perlin, Mark Badger | 488 |
Created by Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #110. The character was popular enough that the book became Doctor Strange with issue #169.
Major stories for the character include Triumph & Torment (Volume 8) and A Separate Reality (Volume 3).[23]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Master Of The Mystic Arts | Strange Tales #110–111, 114–146; Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 | Stan Lee | Steve Ditko | 400 | ||||
| 2 | I, Dormammu | 1966-1969 | Strange Tales #147-168; Doctor Strange #169-179; Avengers #61; material from Not Brand Echh #13 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas | Bill Everett, Marie Severin, Dan Adkins, Gene Colan | 504 | |||
| 3 | A Separate Reality | 1969-1974 | Doctor Strange #180–183; Sub-Mariner #22; Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #3–14; Doctor Strange (vol. 2) #1–5 | Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart | Gene Colan, Frank Brunner | 472 | |||
| 4 | Alone Against Eternity | 1975-1978 | Doctor Strange (vol. 2) #6-28, Annual #1; Tomb of Dracula #44 | Steve Englehart, Marv Wolfman | Jim Starlin, Gene Colan, Philip Russell | 488 | |||
| 5 | The Reality War | 1978-1982 | Doctor Strange (vol. 2) #29-51; Man-Thing #4; material from Chamber of Chills #3-4; Defenders #53 | Roger Stern, Chris Claremont | Gene Colan, Tom Sutton, Marshall Rogers | 504 | |||
| 8 | Triumph And Torment | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1–13; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 49 - Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment | Peter B. Gillis, Roy Thomas, Roger Stern | Richard Case, Butch Guice, Mike Mignolia | 488 | ||||
| 9 | The Vampiric Verses | 1990–1991 | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #14–33; Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #12 | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas | Jean-Marc Lofficier, Butch Guice, Chris Marrinan | 504 | |||
| 10 | Infinity War | 1991–1992 | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #34–47, Annual #2; Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #67; Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way To Dusty Death | Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas | Don Lawlis, Geof Isherwood, Michael Bair | 480 | |||
| 11 | Nightmare On Bleecker Street | 1992-1994 | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #48-61, Annual #3; Morbius the Living Vampire #9; material from Marvel Super-Heroes #12, 14, Marvel Comics Presents #146 | Len Kaminski, Roy Thomas, David Quinn | Geof Isherwood, Mel Rubi | 488 | |||
| 13 | Afterlife | 1994–1997 | Strange Tales (vol. 3) #1; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #76–90, Ashcan Edition; Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? | David Quinn, Warren Ellis, J.M. DeMatteis | Evan Skolnick, Marie Severin, Mark Buckingham | 496 |
The basic pitch of Excalibur is X-Men set in the United Kingdom. Writer Chris Claremont, who worked on Uncanny X-Men for 16 years, was born in London and launched the series in 1987. The initial line-up contained former X-Men Shadowcat, Phoenix and Nightcrawler - as well as fellow Claremont creation, Captain Britain.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Sword Is Drawn | Captain Britain #1–2, Excalibur #1–11, Excalibur Special Edition, Excalibur – Mojo Mayhem #1; material from Mighty World of Marvel #7, 14–15, Marvel Comics Presents #31–38 | Chris Claremont, Michael Higgins | Alan Davis, Marshall Rogers, Arthur Adams, Erik Larsen | 496 | ||||
| 2 | The Cross-Time Caper | 1989-1990 | Excalibur #12–30 | Chris Claremont, Michael Higgins | Alan Davis, Ron Lim, Chris Wozniak | 464 | |||
| 3 | Girls' School From Heck | 1990-1991 | Excalibur #31–41, Weird War III, The Possession, Air Apparent, Sensational She-Hulk #26; material from Marvel Comics Presents #75 | Scott Lobdell, Chris Claremont, Michael Higgins | Ron Wagner, Tom Morgan, Mark Badger | 464 | |||
| 4 | Curiouser And Curiouser | 1991-1992 | Excalibur #42-58, Excalibur: XX Crossing; material from Marvel Comics Presents #110 | Alan Davis, Scott Lobdell | Doug Braithwaite, Will Simpson, James Fry, Joe Madureira | 472 | |||
| 5 | Days Of Futures Yet To Come | 1992-1994 | Excalibur #59-75, Annual #1 | Alan Davis, Scott Lobdell | Richard Ashford, Ken Lashley | 520 | |||
| 8 | The Battle For Britain | 1996-1998 | Excalibur #104-115, -1; Colossus #1; Kitty Pryde: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1–3; New Mutants: Truth Or Death #1-3 | Ben Raab | Bryan Hitch, Salvador Larroca, Pete Woods, Bernard Chang | 504 | |||
| 9 | You Are Cordially Invited | Excalibur #116-125; X-Men Unlimited #19; X-Men: True Friends #1-3; Excalibur (vol. 2) #1-4 | Ben Raab, Chris Claremont | Mel Rubi, Rick Leonardi, Pablo Raimondi | 504 |
Fantastic Four was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, with Kirby drawing the first 102 issues. A storyline highlight includes the debut of Galactus, plus This Man, This Monster! in Volume 3: The Coming Of Galactus.[24]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The World's Greatest Comic Magazine | Fantastic Four #1–18 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 456 | ||||
| 2 | The Master Plan Of Doctor Doom | 1963-1964 | Fantastic Four #19–32, Annual #1–2 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 448 | |||
| 3 | The Coming Of Galactus | 1964-1966 | Fantastic Four #33–51, Annual #3 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 448 | |||
| 4 | The Mystery Of The Black Panther | 1966-1967 | Fantastic Four #52–67, Annual #4–5; material from Not Brand Echh #1, 5 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 448 | |||
| 5 | The Name Is Doom | Fantastic Four #68-87, Annual #6; material from Not Brand Echh #6-7 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 504 | ||||
| 6 | At War With Atlantis | 1969-1970 | Fantastic Four #88-104, Annual #7; Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure #1 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 408 | |||
| 7 | Battle Of The Behemoths | 1970-1972 | Fantastic Four #105-125 | Stan Lee | John Buscema | 472 | |||
| 8 | Annihilus Revealed | 1972-1974 | Fantastic Four #126-146; Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 | Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway | John Buscema, Ross Andru, Rich Buckler | 504 | |||
| 9 | The Crusader Syndrome | 1974-1976 | Fantastic Four #147-167; Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2-4; Avengers #127 | Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas | Rich Buckler, John Buscema, George Perez | 512 | |||
| 10 | Counter-Earth Must Die | 1976-1978 | Fantastic Four #168–191, Annual #11; Marvel Two-in-One #20, Annual #1 | Roy Thomas, Len Wein | George Perez, John Buscema, Sal Buscema | 512 | |||
| 11 | Four No More | 1977-1980 | Fantastic Four #192-214, Annual #12-13 | Marv Wolfman | Keith Pollard, John Byrne, Sal Buscema | 520 | |||
| 17 | All In The Family | 1986-1987 | Fantastic Four #296–307, Annual #20; Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1–4 | Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Chris Claremont | John Buscema, Jon Bogdanove, Paul Neary | 496 | |||
| 18 | The More Things Change... | 1987-1988 | Fantastic Four #308–320, Annual #21; Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #350; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 29 - The Incredible Hulk and the Thing: The Big Change | Jim Starlin, Steve Englehart | Bernie Wrightson, John Buscema, Keith Pollard, Kieron Dwyer | 472 | |||
| 19 | The Dream Is Dead | 1988-1989 | Fantastic Four #321-333, Annual #22; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 49 - Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment | Steve Englehart, Roger Stern | Keith Pollard, Rich Buckler, Mike Mignola | 464 | |||
| 20 | Into The Time Stream | 1989-1990 | Fantastic Four #334–346, Annual #23; material from New Mutants Annual #6, X-Factor Annual #5 and Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 | Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont | Rich Buckler, Arthur Adams | 504 | |||
| 21 | The New Fantastic Four | 1990-1992 | Fantastic Four #347–361, Annual #24; material from Marvel Holiday Special #1 | Walt Simonson, Tom DeFalco | Arthur Adams, Paul Ryan | 504 | |||
| 22 | This Flame, This Fury | 1992-1993 | Fantastic Four #362–376, Annual #25-26; Adventures of the Thing #3 | Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald | Paul Ryan, Herb Trimpe | 496 | |||
| 23 | Nobody Gets Out Alive | 1993-1994 | Fantastic Four #377-392, Fantastic Four Annual #27; Namor the Sub-Mariner #47-48; Fantastic Four Ashcan Edition #1 | Tom DeFalco, Glenn Herdling | Paul Ryan, Geof Isherwood, Mike Gustovich | 504 | |||
| 24 | Atlantis Rising | 1994-1995 | Fantastic Four #393-402; Fantastic Force #7-9; Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising #1-2; Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising Collectors' Preview | Tom Defalco, Glenn Herdling | Paul Ryan, Dante Bastianoni, M. C. Wyman | 480 | |||
| 25 | Strange Days | 1995-1996 | Fantastic Four #403–416; Fantastic Four: The Legend; Onslaught: Marvel Universe; material from Tales of the Marvel Universe (1997) | Tom Defalco, Mark Waid | Paul Ryan, Carlos Pacheco, Adam Kubert | 472 |
Generation X is a team of young mutants, mentored by Banshee and Emma Frost, created after the events of 1994's X-Men event, Phalanx Covenant. That event is reprinted at the beginning of Volume 1: Back To School, before the advent of the ongoing Generation X series.
Compared to the rest of the 1990s X-books, Generation X was pitched differently. "This was a book stripped of all the gimmicks that were so common in the '90s. (Writer Scott Lobbell) understood that the X-Men are essentially the comic book equivalent of a soap opera, and that the real focus should always lie upon the interaction between the team members."[25]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Back To School | Uncanny X-Men #316-318, X-Men #36-37, Wolverine #94, Generation X #1-9, Generation-X Collectors Preview, Generation-X Ashcan Edition | Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza | Chris Bachalo, Joe Madureira, Andy Kubert, Roger Cruz | 480 | ||||
| 2 | Emplate's Revenge | 1996-1997 | Generation X #10-23, Annual '95 and 96; Generation X San Diego Preview #1; material from Incredible Hulk Annual '97 | Scott Lobdell, Michael Golden | Tom Grummett, Chris Bachalo, Jeff Johnson | 488 | |||
| 3 | The Secret Of M | 1997-1998 | Generation X #24-32, -1, Annual '97; X-Men Unlimited #16; Marvel Team-Up #1; Daydreamers #1-3; Generation X Underground #1 | Scott Lobdell, James Robinson | Jim Mahfood, Chris Bachalo, Martin Egeland | 480 | |||
| 4 | Pride And Penance | 1997-1999 | Generation X #33-47, ½; Generation X/Dracula Annual '98 #1; X-Men Unlimited #20; Generation X Holiday Special #1 | Larry Hama, Joseph Harris | Terry Dodson, Alé Garza | 496 |
After a seven-issue run in Marvel Spotlight, the Johnny Blaze version of Ghost Rider got his own ongoing series. The book ran for 11 years, and 81 issues, from 1973 to 1983.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Hell On Wheels | Marvel Spotlight #5-12; Ghost Rider (vol. 2) #1-11; Marvel Team-Up #15 | Gary Friedrich, Tony Isabella | Mike Ploog, Tom Sutton, Jim Mooney | 424 | ||||
| 2 | The Salvation Run | Ghost Rider (vol. 2) #12-28, Marvel Two-in-One #8, Daredevil #138, Marvel Team-Up #58, Marvel Premiere #28; material from Marvel Tales #255 | Tony Isabella, Jim Shooter | Frank Robbins, | 408 |
Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Epic Collection Vol. 1: Vengeance Reborn was originally solicited as Ghost Rider Epic Collection Vol. 6 Vengeance Reborn.[26] The decision to split the line was taken shortly before the book went to print with distributor, Penguin Random House, reflecting the change.[27]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Vengeance Reborn | Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #1-12; Marc Spector: Moon Knight #25; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #28; material from Marvel Comics Presents #64-71 | Howard Mackie | Javier Saltares, Mark Texeira, Mark Bagley, Larry Stroman | 464 | ||||
| 6 | Siege Of Darkness | Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #44-45; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #17-18; Nightstalkers #14-15; Marvel Comics Presents #143-146; Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #15-16; Morbius: the Living Vampire #16-17; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #60-61; Midnight Sons Unlimited #4 | Howard Mackie | TBC | 496 |
The 1960s Guardians Of The Galaxy are largely separate from the rest of Marvel continuity.[28] Volume 2 includes the first six issues of the characters' first ongoing series, debuting in 1989.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Earth Shall Overcome | Marvel Super-Heroes #18, Marvel Two-in-One #4-5, Giant-Size Defenders #5, Defenders #26-29, Marvel Presents #3-12, Thor Annual #6 | Steve Gerber, Roger Stern | John Buscema, Al Milgrom, | 408 | ||||
| 2 | Quest For The Shield | Avengers #167-168, 170–177, 181; Ms. Marvel #23; Marvel Team-Up #86; Marvel Two-in-One #61-63, 69; Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 | Jim Shooter, Mark Gruenwald | Jim Valentino, George Perez, David Wenzel | 496 |
The original Hawkeye Epic Collection has Clint Barton as the superhero archer. Volume 1: The Avenging Archer includes the Mark Gruenwald miniseries, which is "particularly noteworthy for launching Hawkeye's longstanding relationship with Mockingbird, and for being an early exploration of the character's hearing loss and how he comes to deal with that."[29]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | The Avenging Archer | Hawkeye #1-4; Avengers #16, 63–65, 189, 223; Marvel Team-Up #22, 92, 95; Captain America #317; material from Tales of Suspense #57, 60, 64; Marvel Tales #100; Marvel Fanfare #3, 39; Marvel Super Action #1 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Mark Gruenwald | Steven Grant, Gene Colan | 432 | |||
| 2 | The Way Of The Arrow | 1987-1989 | Solo Avengers #1-20, Avengers Spotlight #21 | Tom DeFalco, Howard Mackie | Mark Bright, Ron Lim, Al Milgrom, Ron Wilson | 496 | ||
| 4 | Shafted | 1994-2008 | Chuck Dixon, Fabian Nicieza, Brian Michael Bendis | Scott Kolins, Stefano Raffaele | 480 | |||
| Jump to: Hawkeye Modern Era Epic Collection |
The Hulk debuted in his own book in 1962. Notable storylines include: Future Imperfect in Volume 20; Wolverine Versus Gray Hulk in Volume 15; and Hulk Versus Juggernaut in Volume 19.[30] [31]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Man Or Monster? | Incredible Hulk #1–6; Fantastic Four #12, 25–26; Avengers #1–3, 5; Amazing Spider-Man #14; Tales to Astonish #59; Journey into Mystery #112 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers | 392 | |||
| 2 | The Hulk Must Die | 1964-1967 | Tales to Astonish #60–96; material from Not Brand Echh #3 | Stan Lee | Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Gil Kane, John Buscema, Marie Severin | 432 | ||
| 3 | The Leader Lives | 1967-1969 | Tales to Astonish #97–101, Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #102–117, Annual #1; material from Not Brand Echh #9 | Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich | Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe | 488 | ||
| 4 | In The Hands Of HYDRA | 1969-1971 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #118–137; Marvel Super-Heroes #16 | Roy Thomas | Herb Trimpe | 440 | ||
| 5 | Who Will Judge The Hulk? | 1971-1972 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #138-156; Avengers #88 | Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin | Herb Trimpe | 448 | ||
| 6 | Crisis On Counter-Earth | 1972-1974 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #157-178 | Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway | Herb Trimpe | 472 | ||
| 7 | And Now... The Wolverine | 1974-1976 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #179-200; Incredible Hulk Annual #5 | Len Wein | Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema | 472 | ||
| 8 | The Curing Of Dr. Banner | 1976-1978 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #201-226, Annual #6 | Len Wein, Roger Stern | Sal Buscema | 528 | ||
| 9 | Kill Or Be Killed | 1978-1980 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #227-244, Annual #7-9, Captain America #230 | Roger Stern | Sal Buscema | 520 | ||
| 13 | Crossroads | 1984-1985 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #297-313, Incredible Hulk Annual #13, Alpha Flight #29 | Bill Mantlo | Sal Buscema, Bret Blevins, Mike Mignola, Alan Kupperberg | 488 | ||
| 14 | Going Gray | 1985-1987 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #314-330, Annual #14-15; material from Marvel Fanfare #29 | John Byrne, Al Milgrom, Peter David | John Byrne, Al Milgrom, Steve Geiger, Sal Buscema | 512 | ||
| 15 | Ground Zero | 1987-1988 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #331-346; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 29 - The Incredible Hulk and the Thing: The Big Change | Peter David, Jim Starlin | Todd McFarlane, John Ridgway, Erik Larsen, Berni Wrightson | 464 | ||
| 19 | Ghost Of The Past | 1992-1993 | Peter David, Ron Marz | Dale Keown, Jan Duursema, Gary Frank | 480 | |||
| 20 | Future Imperfect | 1992-1994 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #407–419, Annual #20, Ashcan Edition; Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect #1–2; material from Marvel Holiday Special #3 | Peter David | Gary Frank, Paul Pelletier, George Perez, Roger Cruz | 504 | ||
| 21 | Fall Of The Pantheon | 1994-1995 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #420–435; Tales to Astonish (vol. 2) #1; Incredible Hulk vs. Venom #1 | Peter David | John Estes, Gary Frank, Darick Robertson, Liam Sharp | 496 | ||
| 22 | Ghosts Of The Future | 1995-1996 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #436–448; Savage Hulk #1; Cutting Edge #1; Cable #34; Onslaught: Marvel Universe | Peter David, William Messner-Loebs, Mark Waid | Angel Medina, Adam Kubert, Mike Deodato Jr. | 504 | ||
| 24 | The Lone And Level Sands | 1998-1999 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #460-474; Incredible Hulk/Sub-Mariner Annual 1998, X-Man/Hulk Annual 1998 | Peter David, Joe Casey | Adam Kubert, David Brewer, Javier Pulido, Ed McGuinness | 464 | ||
| Jump to: Hulk Modern Era Epic Collections |
The first Epic Collection for Iron Fist contains the character's first full 1970s run, before the series was cancelled. Following that, Iron Fist joined Luke Cage in the series Power Man And Iron Fist.
Iron Man first appeared in Tales of Suspense in 1962. The character was a founding member of The Avengers in 1963, before getting his own series five years later.
His most famous storyline, Demon In A Bottle is yet to be reprinted in an Epic Collection.
Other notable tales include: The Invincible Iron Man across Volume 10: The Enemy Within and Volume 11: Duel Of Iron; plus Armor Wars in Volume 13: Stark Wars.[32] [33]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | The Golden Avenger | Tales of Suspense #39–72 | Stan Lee | Don Heck | 520 | |||
| 2 | By Force Of Arms | Tales of Suspense #73–99, Tales to Astonish #82, Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner #1, Iron Man #1; material from Not Brand Echh #2 | Stan Lee | Gene Colan | 408 | |||
| 3 | The Man Who Killed Tony Stark | 1968-1970 | Iron Man #2–24 | Archie Goodwin | George Tuska | 496 | ||
| 4 | The Fury Of The Firebrand | 1970-1972 | Iron Man #25-46; Daredevil #73 | Archie Goodwin, Gerry Conway, Allyn Brodsky | Don Heck, George Tuska | 472 | ||
| 5 | Battle Royal | 1972-1974 | Iron Man #47-67 | Mike Freidrich | George Tuska | 448 | ||
| 6 | War Of The Super Villains | 1974-1976 | Iron Man #68-91, Annual #3 | Mike Freidrich | George Tuska | 480 | ||
| 7 | Ten Rings To Rule The World | 1976-1978 | Iron Man #92-114, Annual #4; Marvel Premiere #44 | Bill Mantlo | George Tuska, Keith Pollard | 480 | ||
| 10 | The Enemy Within | 1982-1983 | Iron Man #158–177, Annual #5 | Denny O’Neil | Luke McDonnell | 504 | ||
| 11 | Duel Of Iron | 1983-1985 | Iron Man #178–195, Annual #6–7 | Denny O’Neil | Luke McDonnell | 504 | ||
| 13 | Stark Wars | 1987-1988 | Iron Man #215–232, Annual #9 | David Michelinie | Bob Layton, Mark Bright, Barry Windsor-Smith | 496 | ||
| 14 | Return Of The Ghost | 1988-1989 | Iron Man #233–244; Iron Man: Crash; Marvel Fanfare #22–23, 44 | Mike Saenz, David Michelinie | Bob Layton, Roger McKenzie, Butch Guice, Ken Steacy | 480 | ||
| 15 | Doom | 1989-1990 | Iron Man #245–257, Annual #10–11; material from Captain America Annual #9 | David Michelinie | Bob Layton, Dwayne McDuffie, Paul Smith, Herb Trimpe | 472 | ||
| 16 | War Games | 1990-1992 | Iron Man #258–277 | John Byrne | John Romita, Jr., Paul Ryan, Mark Bright | 504 | ||
| 17 | War Machine | 1992-1993 | Iron Man #278-289, Annual #12-13; material from Darkhawk Annual #1, Avengers West Coast Annual #7, Marvel Holiday Special #2 | Roy Thomas, Danny Fingeroth, Len Kaminski | Tom Morgan, Paul Ryan, Kevin Hopgood, Gene Colan | 480 | ||
| 18 | The Return Of Tony Stark | 1993 | Iron Man #290-297, Annual #14, Marvel Super-Heroes #13, Iron Manual #1; material from: Marvel Super-Heroes #2, 8–9, 12, 14-15 | Len Kaminski, Kurt Busiek, Christopher Priest | Kevin Hopgood, Greg LaRocque | 488 | ||
| 20 | In The Hands Of Evil | 1994-1995 | Iron Man #310-318, War Machine #8-10, Force Works #6-7, Iron Man/Force Works Collectors Preview #1; material from Marvel Comics Presents #169-172 | Scott Benson, Len Kaminski, Dan Abnett | Tom Morgan, Dave Taylor, Geoff Senior | 496 | ||
| 21 | The Crossing | 1995-1996 | Iron Man #319-324; War Machine #20-22; Force Works #16-20; Avengers #390-394; Avengers: The Crossing #1 | Bob Harras, Terry Kavanagh, Dan Abnett | Mike Deodato Jr, Heitor Oliveira | 512 | ||
| 22 | Age Of Innocence | 1996 | Iron Man #325-332; War Machine #23; Avengers: Timeslide #1; Avengers #395-396; Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man #1; Onslaught: Marvel Universe; Iron Man: The Legend #1 | Dan Abnett, Bob Harras, Terry Kavanagh | Jim Cheung, Hector Collazo, Richard Bennett | 488 | ||
| Jump to: Iron Man Modern Era Epic Collection |
Jonathan Raven - Killraven - is a freedom fighter who appeared in 22 issues of Amazing Adventures, before the series was cancelled in 1976. Issue #31, collected in Killraven's only Epic Collection, "is notable as the first mainstream comic to feature an interracial kiss".[34]
In 1972, Luke Cage became the first Black American superhero to star in his own comic-book series.[35] The book was retitled Luke Cage, Power Man, then simply Power Man from issue #17.
Cage's two Epic Collections contain the full 1970s run for the character as, in an effort to avoid full cancellation for the series in 1977, Cage was paired with Danny Rand in the joint book Power Man & Iron Fist.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Retribution | Hero for Hire #1-16, Power Man #17-23 | Archie Goodwin, Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella | George Tuska, Billy Graham | 480 | |||
| 2 | The Fire This Time | 1975-1977 | Power Man #24-47, Annual #1 | Don McGregor, Marv Wolfman | George Tuska, Lee Elias | 472 | ||
| Jump to: Power Man And Iron Fist Epic Collection |
Marvel Two-in-One features Fantastic Four member, The Thing, teaming up with a different Marvel superhero each issue.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Cry Monster | 1973-1976 | Marvel Two-in-One #1–19; Marvel Feature #11–12; Marvel Team-Up #47 | Steve Gerber, Bill Mantlo | Sal Buscema, Ron Wilson | 432 | |||
| 2 | Two Against Hydra | Marvel Two-in-One #20, #22-36, Annual #1; Fantastic Four Annual #11 | Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Ron Wilson | 376 | ||||
| 3 | Remembrance Of Things Past | 1977-1979 | Marvel Two-in-One #37-52, Annual #2-4; Avengers Annual #7 | Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin | Ron Wilson, Sal Buscema, Alan Kupperberg | 440 |
The Master Of Kung Fu Epic Collections showcases the character Shang-Chi, who was born out of the 1970s craze for martial arts content. "Marvel Comics wanted to adapt the television series Kung Fu as a comic book, but with WarnerMedia, the property's owner, also owning Marvel's rival DC Comics, that was never going to happen."[36]
Marvel's own series was popular enough to last until 1983 and issue #125.
Meanwhile, Epic Collection Volume 3: Traitors To The Crown was cancelled due to rights issues.[37]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Weapon Of The Soul | Special Marvel Edition #15–16, Master of Kung Fu #17–28, Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1–4, Giant-Size Spider-Man #2; material from Iron Man Annual #4 | Steve Englehart, Doug Moench | Jim Starlin, Paul Gulacy | 480 | ||||
| 2 | Fight Without Pity | Master of Kung Fu #29–53; Annual #1 | Doug Moench | Paul Gulacy | 496 | ||||
| 3 | Traitors To The Crown | 1977-1980 | Master of Kung Fu #54–79 | Doug Moench | Mike Zeck, Jim Craig, Pat Broderick | 480 | Cancelled |
Based on a Mego Corporation toy line, the Micronauts comics were produced by Marvel between 1979 and 1986. Marvel re-acquired the publishing rights in 2023.[38]
The character of Moon Knight debuted as a villain in 1975's Werewolf By Night, though by his appearance in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #22, he was seen as more heroic.
Notable storylines include writer Doug Moench's run in Vol. 2: Shadows Of The Moon; and the introduction of Midnight Man in the first Epic Collection.[39]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Bad Moon Rising | 1975-1981 | Werewolf by Night #32–33, Marvel Spotlight #28–29, Defenders #47–50, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #22–23, Marvel Two-in-One #52, Moon Knight #1–4; material from The Hulk! #11–15, 17–18, 20, Marvel Preview #21 | Doug Moench, David Anthony Kraft, Bill Mantlo | Don Perlin, Keith Giffen, Bill Sienkiewicz | 504 | |||
| 2 | Shadows Of The Moon | 1981-1982 | Moon Knight #5–23 | Doug Moench, Jack Harris | Bill Sienkiewicz, Denys Cowan | 512 | |||
| 3 | Final Rest | 1982-1984 | Moon Knight #24–38 | Doug Moench, Alan Zelenetz, Tony Isabella | Bill Sieniewicz, Kevin Nowlan, Bo Hampton | 488 | |||
| 4 | Butcher's Moon | Moon Knight (vol. 2) #1-6, Marvel Team-Up #144, Marvel Fanfare #30, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-7; material from: Solo Avengers #3, Marvel Fanfare #38-39, Marvel Super-Heroes #1 | Alan Zelenetz, Jo Duffy, Chuck Dixon | Chris Warner, Sal Velluto | 456 | ||||
| 5 | The Trial Of Marc Spector | 1989-1991 | Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-25; material from Punisher Annual #2 | Mike Baron, Chuck Dixon, Howard Mackie | Bill Reinhold, Sal Velluto, Mark Bagley | 472 | |||
| 7 | Death Watch | Marc Spector: Moon Knight #39-51, Moon Knight: Divided We Fall #1, Moon Knight Special #1, Web of Spider-Man #93-94; material from Marvel Comics Presents #152-154 | Terry Kavanagh | Denys Cowan, Gary Kwapisz, James Fry, Kelley Jones | 496 |
Morbius The Living Vampire first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #101 from 1971, which is also collected The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #6: The Death Of Captain Stacy.
Both Morbius Epic Collections were released ahead of the 2022 Morbius film.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Living Vampire | Amazing Spider-Man #101–102, Marvel Team-Up #3–4, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1; Adventure Into Fear #20-26; material from Vampire Tales #1-8, Giant-Size Werewolf #4 | Steve Gerber, Don McGregor | Gill Kane, Rick Buckler, Pablo Maros | 432 | ||||
| 2 | The End Of A Living Vampire | Adventure Into Fear #27-31, Marvel Premiere #28, Marvel Two-in-One #15, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #6-8, 38, Savage She-Hulk #9-12; material from Vampire Tales #9-11, Annual #1, Marvel Preview #8 | Doug Moench, Bill Mantlo, David Kraft | Sonny Trinidad, Sal Buscema, Mike Vosburg | 400 |
The Carol Danvers version of Ms. Marvel first appears in #1 of her own self-titled series in 1977. Many of her appearances are reprinted through Avengers Epic Collections, however her most notable storyline, involving pregnancy and alcoholism, from Avengers #200, appears in Volume 2: The Woman Who Fell To Earth.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | This Woman, This Warrior | 1977-1978 | Ms. Marvel #1–14; Marvel Team-Up #61–62; Defenders #57 | Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway | Jim Mooney, John Buscema, Sal Buscema | 312 | |||
| 2 | The Woman Who Fell To Earth | Ms. Marvel #15–23, Marvel Team-Up #76–77, Marvel Two-in-One #51, Avengers #200, Annual #10; material from Avengers #197–199, Marvel Fanfare #24 (1986), Marvel Super-Heroes #10–11 (1992) | Chris Claremont | Jim Mooney, Mike Vosburg | 376 |
As a character, Namor "traces so far back that the character was established before Marvel Comics even existed". His first comics appearance in 1939 "was included in Marvel Comics #1, the first publication by Timely Comics, the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics."[40]
None of Namor's Golden Age appearances have been collected in the Epic Collection, with Volume 1 consisting of Silver Age cameos in other books and his shared series in Tales to Astonish. His own series, Sub-Mariner, launched in 1968.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Enter The Sub-Mariner | Fantastic Four #4, 6, 9, 14, 27, 33, Annual #1, Avengers #3-4, X-Men #6, Daredevil #7, Strange Tales #107, 125, Tales to Astonish #70-76 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, Gene Colan | 408 | ||||
| 3 | Who Strikes For Atlantis? | 1968-1970 | Sub-Mariner #4-27 | Roy Thomas | Marie Severin, John Buscema | 512 | |||
| 4 | Titans Three | Sub-Mariner #28-49, Daredevil #77; material from Ka-Zar #1 | Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway | Sal Buscema, Gene Colan | 512 |
Vol. 2: The Demon Bear Saga contains art from Bill Sienkiewicz "who made New Mutants one of the most visually bold series of the 80s". Sienkiewicz "preferred to push the boundaries of what was considered acceptable for the superhero comic book medium".[41]
Other notable storylines include We Were Only Foolin, issue #45, which is collected in Vol. 4: Fallen Angels; and the elevation of Magneto to headmaster in issue #35, from Vol. 3: Asgardian Wars.[42]
The first appearance of Deadpool is in issue #98, and, after issue #100, both of which are republished in Vol. 8: The End Of The Beginning, the story continues with the X-Force Epic Collection.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Renewal | Marvel Graphic Novel No. 4 - The New Mutants, The New Mutants #1–12, Uncanny X-Men #167, Marvel Team-Up Annual #6, Magik #1–4; material from Marvel Team-Up #100 | Chris Claremont | Bob McLeod, Sal Buscema, Ron Frenz, John Buscema | 520 | |||
| 2 | The Demon Bear Saga | 1984-1985 | The New Mutants #13–31, Annual #1 | Chris Claremont | Bill Sienkiewicz, Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod | 512 | ||
| 3 | Asgardian Wars | 1985-1986 | The New Mutants #32-44, Annual #2; New Mutants Special Edition #1; Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 | Chris Claremont | Steve Leialoha, Arthur Adams, Mary Wilshire, Butch Guice | 512 | ||
| 4 | Fallen Angels | 1986-1987 | The New Mutants #45-54, Annual #3; Fallen Angels #1-8 | Chris Claremont | Jo Duffy, Butch Guice, Kerry Gammill, Joe Staton | 496 | ||
| 5 | Sudden Death | 1987-1988 | The New Mutants #55–70, Annual #4 | Louise Simonson | Bret Blevins, June Brigman, John Muth, Bo Hampton, Terry Shoemaker | 464 | ||
| 6 | Curse Of The Valkyries | 1988-1990 | X-Terminators #1–4; The New Mutants #71–85 | Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont | Bret Blevins, Rich Buckler, Terry Shoemaker | 496 | ||
| 7 | Cable | 1989-1990 | The New Mutants #86-94, Annual #5-6, The New Mutants Summer Special #1; material from X-Factor Annual #5 and Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 | Louise Simonson, Ann Nocenti | Rob Liefeld, Jon Bogdanove, Arthur Adams, Bret Blevins | 496 | ||
| 8 | The End Of The Beginning | 1990-1991 | The New Mutants #95-100, Annual #7, Uncanny X-Men #270-272; X-Factor #60-62; material from New Warriors Annual #1; Uncanny X-Men Annual #15; X-Factor Annual #6 | Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont, Fabian Nicieza | Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Jon Bogdanove | 504 | ||
| Jump to: X-Force Epic Collection |
Following Fox's sale to Disney. in 2020, Marvel Comics reacquired a series of publishing rights, including Alien, Predator, and Planet Of The Apes.
As well as releasing new Planet Of The Apes material, Marvel have used the Epic Collection to republish full-color comics first produced by them in 1975.[43]
The first Planet Of The Apes book is so far the smallest in the Epic Collection at just 224 pages.
In an effort to avoid cancellation for the separate Iron Fist and Luke Cage books, Marvel created Power Man & Iron Fist in 1977. The Epic Collection contains the full series (with the exception of issue #73) until its 1986 cancellation.
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| 1 | Heroes For Hire | Power Man #48–49; Power Man and Iron Fist #50–70 | Jo Duffy, Chris Claremont | Kerry Gammill, John Byrne, Trevor Von Eeden | 448 | ||||
| 2 | Revenge! | 1981-1983 | Power Man and Iron Fist #71–72, 74–89; Daredevil #178 | Jo Duffy, Dennis O’Neil, Frank Miller | Kerry Gammill, Denys Cowan, Keith Pollard, Frank Miller | 472 | |||
| 3 | Doombringer | 1983-1984 | Power Man and Iron Fist #90–107 | Steven Grant, Archie Goodwin | Denys Cowan, Greg Larocque, Geof Isherwood | 440 | |||
| 4 | Hardball | Power Man and Iron Fist #108-125 | Christopher Priest, Alan Rowlands, Tony Isabella | Greg LaRocque, Mark Bright | 464 |
Punisher was first an antagonist in Amazing Spider-Man #129 from 1974. The character got his own miniseries in 1986, before a full ongoing a year later.
Notable storylines collected as an Epic Collection include: the Circle Of Blood miniseries and Child's Play, from Daredevil #257 - both contained within Volume 2: Circle Of Blood.[44]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 2 | Circle Of Blood | The Punisher (vol. 1) #1–5; The Punisher (vol. 2) #1–10; Daredevil #257; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 40 - The Punisher: Assassin's Guild | Steven Grant, Mike Baron | Mike Zeck, Whilce Portacio | 504 | ||||
| 3 | Kingpin Rules | 1988-1989 | The Punisher (vol. 2) #11–25, Annual #1–2 | Mike Baron, Roger Salick | Mark Texeira, Whilce Portacio, Erik Larsen, Bill Reinhold | 496 | |||
| 4 | Return To Big Nothing | The Punisher (vol. 2) #26–34, Annual #3, Classic Punisher #1, Epic Graphic Novel: Return to Big Nothing, Marvel Graphic Novel No. 51 - The Punisher: Intruder, Marvel Graphic Novel No. 64 - The Punisher: Kingdom Gone | Steven Grant, Mike Baron, Chuck Dixon | Mike Zeck, Bill Reinhold, Jorge Zaffino | 480 | ||||
| 5 | Jigsaw Puzzle | 1990-1991 | The Punisher (vol. 2) #35-48, Annual #4; Punisher: No Escape; Punisher: The Prize | Mike Baron, Chris Henderson | Cam Smith, Bill Reinhold, Mark Texeira, Mike Harris | 496 | |||
| 7 | Capital Punishment | 1992-1993 | The Punisher (vol. 2) #63–75; Punisher: G-Force; Punisher: Die Hard in the Big Easy; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 74 - Punisher/Black Widow: Spinning Doomsday's Web | Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Daniel Chichester | Doug Braithwaite, Larry Stroman | 488 |
Marvel's original 1979 comic, Rom: Spaceknight, ran for seven years and was based on a toy line. IDW Publishing produced Rom comics from 2016, before Marvel regained the license in 2023.[45]
Nick Fury and his early tales are collected as Sgt. Fury. The initial run, from 1963, was more of a war comic than something from the superhero genre.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | The Howling Commandos | Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #1–19 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers | 448 | ||||
| 2 | Berlin Breakout | Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #20-36, Annual #1-2 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas | Dick Ayers | 416 |
She-Hulk was "the last major character Stan Lee co-created for Marvel", with Jennifer Walters as the estranged cousin of Bruce Banner.[46] The series was revolutionary in the way it consistently broke the fourth wall.[47]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 3 | Breaking The Fourth Wall | 1989-1990 | Sensational She-Hulk #1-12; She-Hulk Ceremony #1-2; material from Solo Avengers #14; Marvel Comics Presents #18; Marvel Fanfare #48 | John Byrne, Steve Gerber, Dwayne McDuffie | John Byrne, Bryan Hitch, June Brigman | 448 | |||
| 4 | The Cosmic Squish Principle | Sensational She-Hulk #13-30; material from Marvel Super-Heroes #5 | Steve Gerber, Simon Furman, Louise Simonson | Bryan Hitch, Tom Artis, Tom Morgan | 448 | ||||
| 6 | To Die And Live In L.A. | 1993-2002 | Sensational She-Hulk #51-60; Doc Samson #1-4; Incredible Hulk #441-442; Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night; material from Marvel Comics Presents #123-126; Incredible Hulk #412 | Scott Benson, Michael Eury, Peter David, Dan Slott | Pat Olliffe, Paco Medina | 480 |
The Silver Surfer first appeared in Fantastic Four #48, where he saved the Earth and was exiled as a result.
Notable storylines include Rebirth Of Thanos, split between Vol. 5: The Return Of Thanos and Vol. 6: Thanos Quest; Freedom in Vol. 3; and Parable in Vol. 4.[48]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | When Calls Galactus | Fantastic Four #48–50, 55, 57–60, 72, 74–77; material from Tales to Astonish #92–93, Fantastic Four #56, 61, Annual #5 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 320 | ||||
| 3 | Freedom | 1980-1990 | Silver Surfer (vol. 2) #1, Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #1–14, Super-Villain Classics #1; material from Epic Illustrated #1, Marvel Fanfare #51 | Stan Lee, Steve Englehart | John Byrne, Marshal Rogers, Joe Staton, John Buscema | 488 | |||
| 4 | Parable | 1988-1989 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #15–23, Silver Surfer Annual #1-2; Fantastic Four #325; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 38 - Silver Surfer: Judgment Day; Silver Surfer (vol. 4) #1-2; material from Marvel Comics Presents #1 | Steve Englehart, Stan Lee | Ron Lim, Sal Buscema, Jean Giraud (Moebius) | 488 | |||
| 5 | The Return Of Thanos | 1989-1990 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #24-38, Silver Surfer: The Enslavers | Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Stan Lee | Ron Lim, Keith Pollard | 480 | |||
| 6 | Thanos Quest | 1990-1991 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #39–50, Annual #3; Thanos Quest #1–2; material from Marvel Comics Presents #50 | Jim Starlin, Ron Marz, Alan Grant | Ron Lim, Jim Sherman | 504 | |||
| 7 | The Infinity Gauntlet | 1991-1992 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #51–66, Annual #4; material from Marvel Comics Presents #69, 93–97 | Ron Marz, Susan Kennedy | Ron Lim, Gavin Curtis, Todd Smith, Tom Raney | 488 | |||
| 8 | The Herald Ordeal | 1991-1992 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #67-75, Annual #5; Silver Surfer: Homecoming; material from Incredible Hulk Annual #18, Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #2, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2 | Jim Starlin, Ron Marz | Bill Reinhold, Ron Lim, M.C. Wyman, Kevin West | 456 | |||
| 9 | Resurrection | 1992-1993 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #76-85, Annual #6, Secret Defenders #9-10, Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection #1-4 | Ron Marz, Jim Starlin | Ron Lim, Tom Grindberg, Joe Phillips, Cully Hamner, Ernie Stiner | 456 | |||
| 12 | Into The Outer Void | 1995-1996 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #111-122, Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts (1996), Silver Surfer Ashcan (1995) #1, Spider-Man Team-Up (1995) #2; material from X-Men Unlimited (1993) #13, Marvel Holiday Special 1996 | George Perez, Ron Marz, TBC | Tom Grindberg, Claudio Castellini, TBC | 448 | |||
| 13 | Inner Demons | 1996-1998 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #123–138, -1, Annual '97 | J.M. DeMatteis, Tom DeFalco, Ron Garney | Val Semeiks, Paul Pelletier, Tom Grummett | 464 | |||
| 14 | Sun Rise And Shadow Fall | 1998-1999 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #½, 139–146, Silver Surfer/Thor Annual '98, Galactus the Devourer #1-6, Silver Surfer: Loftier Than Mortals #1-2 | Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Louise Simonson | John Muth, John Buscema | 488 |
Marvel's first 1977 comic was a six-issue adaptation of the original film. The series ran for 107 issues and three Annuals until 1986, featuring stories set between the original trilogy of films, as well as adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Rights briefly went to Blackthorne Publishing, before being acquired by Dark Horse Comics. The company produced over 100 Star Wars titles until 2014.
Following the October 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, it was announced that the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015.
In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the majority of the Star Wars Expanded Universe as Legends, only keeping the theatrical Skywalker saga and the 2008 Clone Wars film and television series as canon. This means only Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collections are properly included in the official lore.[49]
Marvel's Senior Vice President of sales and marketing, David Gabriel, said the Star Wars releases would “be bouncing around to different periods of Star Wars history with each Epic Collection, constructing one huge tapestry, collecting full unbroken runs of all the greatest Star Wars comics from the past 35 years.”[50]
Outside of the Original Marvel Years books, many of Star Wars Epic Collection contains contents originally published by Dark Horse comics.
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| 1 | 1977-1979 | Star Wars (1977) #1–23; material from Pizzazz #1–16 and Star Wars Weekly UK #60 | 496 | |||
| 2 | 1979-1980 | Star Wars (1977) #24–38, Annual #1; Star Wars Weekly UK #94–99, 104–115 | 448 | |||
| 3 | Star Wars (1977) #39–55; The Empire Strikes Back Monthly UK #149, 151, 153–157; Star Wars Monthly UK #159 | 488 | ||||
| 4 | 1982-1983 | Star Wars (1977) #56–73, Annual #2 | 464 | |||
| 5 | Star Wars (1977) #74–88, Annual #3, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #1-4 | 496 | ||||
| 6 | 1984-2019 | Star Wars (1977) #89-107; Star Wars (2019) #108 | 544 | |||
| Droids & Ewoks | 1985-1989 | Ewoks #1-14, Annual 1989; Droids #1-8 | 536 |
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| 1 | 1979-1997 | Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #1–9, Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End #1–3, Classic Star Wars #1–3, Sunday strips from 11 Mar to 9 Sep 1979, daily & Sunday strips from 11 Aug to 5 Oct 1980; material from Classic Star Wars #4 | 472 | |||
| 2 | 1992-1994 | Classic Star Wars #5–20; material from Classic Star Wars #4 | 504 |
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| Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm #1-5; Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Prisoner of Bogan #1-5; Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force War #1-5; Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi #0 | 376 | ||||
| 2 | 1993-1997 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith #0-5; Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire #1-5; Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi #1-5; Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising #1-2 | 480 | |||
| 3 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith #1-6; Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Sith War #1-6; Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption #1-5; material from Star Wars Tales #23; Dark Horse Comics #7-9 | 480 |
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| 1 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #1–18; material from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Rebellion #0 | 440 | ||||
| 2 | 2007–2009 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #19–37; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook | 480 | |||
| 3 | 2004–2012 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #38–50, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - War #1–5; material from Star Wars Tales #24 | 432 | |||
| 4 | 2005-2012 | Star Wars: The Old Republic #1-6; Star Wars: The Old Republic - The Lost Suns #1-5; Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #1-5; material from Star Wars Tales #17, 23; Star Wars Visionaries | 456 | |||
| 5 | 2001-2012 | Star Wars: Knight Errant #1-5, Star Wars: Knight Errant - Deluge #1-5, Star Wars: Knight Errant - Escape #1-5, Star Wars: Jedi Vs. Sith #1-6; material from: Star Wars Tales #16 | 512 |
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| 1 | Star Wars: Jedi – The Dark Side #1–5, Star Wars: Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan – The Aurorient Express #1–2, Star Wars: Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan – Last Stand on Ord Mantell #1–3, Star Wars: Jedi Council – Acts of War #1–4; material from Star Wars (1998) #4–6, Star Wars Tales #1, 3–5, 7, 9–10, 13–14, 24 | 488 | ||||
| 2 | Star Wars #0–3, Star Wars: Darth Maul #1–4, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace #½, 1–4, Star Wars: Episode I: Anakin Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi; material from Star Wars #4–6 and Star Wars Tales #3, 5, 7, 14, 20 | 496 |
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| Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Star Wars: Jango Fett – Open Seasons #1–4, Star Wars (1998) #7–18; material from Star Wars Tales #8, 21–24 | 480 | ||||
| 2 | 2000–2002 | Star Wars (1998) #19–35; material from Dark Horse Extra #35–37, Star Wars Tales #13 and Dark Horse Presents Annual 2000 | 440 | |||
| 3 | 2001–2002 | Star Wars (1998) #36-45, Star Wars: Jedi Quest (2001) #1-4, Star Wars: Jango Fett (2002) #1, Star Wars: Zam Wesell (2002) #1 | 448 | |||
| 4 | 1999-2003 | Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter - Aurra Sing #1; Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones #1-3; Star Wars: Republic 46–48; Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones #1-4; Star Wars: Hasbro/Toys 'R' Us Exclusive #1-4; Free Comic Book Day 2002: Star Wars #1 | 448 |
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| 1 | #49–54, : Mace Windu, Shaak Ti, Aayla Secura, Count Dooku, Yoda; material from Star Wars Tales #14, 19, Star Wars Visionaries | 424 | ||||
| 2 | 2003–2012 | Star Wars: Republic #55–67, Star Wars: Darth Maul – Death Sentence #1–4; material from Star Wars Tales #22 | 424 | |||
| 3 | 2003-2006 | Star Wars: Republic #68-73, Star Wars: General Grievous #1-4, Free Comic Book Day 2006: Star Wars, Star Wars: Obsession #1-5; material from Star Wars: Visionaries, Star Wars Tales #17 | 424 | |||
| 4 | 2000-2014 | FCBD 2005: Star Wars #1; Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir #1-4; Star Wars: Republic #74-77 and #81-83; Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith #1-4; Star Wars: Tag & Bink II #2; material from Star Wars Visionaries, Star Wars Tales #4 | 440 |
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| Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Star Wars: Republic #78–80; Star Wars: Purge #1; Star Wars: Purge – Seconds to Die #1; Star Wars: Purge – The Hidden Blade #1; Star Wars: Purge – The Tyrant's Fist #1–2; Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1–5; #1–5 | 440 | ||||
| 2 | 2007–2012 | Star Wars: Dark Times #6–17; Star Wars: Dark Times – Blue Harvest #0; Star Wars: Dark Times – Out of the Wilderness #1–5 | 440 | |||
| 3 | Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison #1–5; Star Wars: Dark Times – Fire Carrier #1–5; Star Wars: Dark Times – A Spark Remains #1–5; Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin #1–5 | 472 | ||||
| 4 | 1995–2014 | Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows #1–5, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt – The Gear Suppoon Hit, The Hunger of Princess Nampi, The Dynasty Trap, Betrayal, Star Wars: Boba Fett – Enemy of the Empire #1–4; material from Star Wars Tales #7, 11–12, 15, 18–20, Star Wars: Visionaries, Dark Horse Presents Annual '99 and Free Comic Book Day 2012: Star Wars | 496 | |||
| 5 | 1994–2004 | Star Wars: Droids (1994) #1–6, Special; Star Wars: Droids (1995) #1–8; Star Wars: The Protocol Offensive #1; material from Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1 and Star Wars Tales #16, 20 | 480 | |||
| 6 | 1996- 2013 | Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse #1-5, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets #1-5, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II; material from Star Wars Tales #11, 15 and A Decade of Dark Horse #2 | 480 | |||
| 7 | 2000-2013 | Star Wars: Blood Ties #1-4; Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead #1-4; Star Wars: Empire #1-4; Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika #1-5; Free Comic Book Day: Star Wars 2013; material from Star War Tales #1-2, 6, 16 | 488 | |||
| 8 | 1997-2004 | Star Wars: Empire #5-6, 8–13, 15; Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #½; Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition #1-4; Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead #1; material from Star Wars Tales #1, 6, 8–10, 12, 14, 16, 19 | 496 |
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| 1 | #7, 14, 16–18; Star Wars: Vader's Quest #1–4; Star Wars (2013) #1–12 | 504 | ||||
| 2 | 1997-2014 | Star Wars (2013) #13–20; Star Wars: Empire #19–27; material from Star Wars Kids #1–20 | 488 | |||
| 3 | 1987-2006 | Star Wars: River of Chaos #1–4; Star Wars: Empire #28–40; Star Wars 3-D #1–3 | 488 | |||
| 4 | 1999-2006 | Star Wars: Rebellion #1-16, Star Wars: Boba Fett - Overkill #1, Star Wars: Boba Fett #½ ; material from Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic/Rebellion #0 and Star Wars Tales #3, 15, 17, 21 | 496 | |||
| 5 | 1994-2014 | Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye #1-4; Star Wars: Shadow Stalker #1; Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1-4; Star Wars: A Valentine Story #1; Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #1-2; Star Wars: Tag and Bink are Dead #2; material from Star War Tales #4-6, 15–17, 20 | 488 | |||
| 6 | 1994-2006 | Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire #1-6; Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters - Scoundrel's Wages #1; Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #1-2; Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley #1; Star Wars: Tag & Bink II #1; Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars #1; Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Minicomic #1-2; material from Star Wars Kids #12; Star Wars Visionaries; Star Wars Tales #2, 4–8, 10, 12, 14, 20 | 488 |
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| 1 | Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand #0–6, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire – Evolution #1–5, Star Wars: The Jabba Tape, Star Wars: Boba Fett – Twin Engines of Destruction; material from Star Wars Tales #1, 3–5, 10, 14–15, 20, 22 | 488 | ||||
| 2 | 1995–2005 | Star Wars: X-Wing - Rogue Leader #1–3, Star Wars: X-Wing - Rogue Squadron #1–16, Special; material from Star Wars Tales #12, 23 | 512 | |||
| 3 | 1997–1998 | Star Wars: X-Wing - Rogue Squadron #17–35 | 472 | |||
| 4 | 1995–1998 | Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1–6; Star Wars: Dark Force Rising #1–6; Star Wars: The Last Command #1–6 | 472 | |||
| 5 | 1991–2003 | Star Wars: Dark Empire #1-6; Star Wars: Dark Empire II #1-6; Star Wars: Empire's End #1-2; Star Wars Handbook (1998) #1, 3; material from Star Wars Tales #8, 11, 16-17 | 496 | |||
| 6 | 1997-2012 | Star Wars: Crimson Empire #0-6; Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters - Kenix Kil #1; Star Wars: Crimson Empire II - Council of Blood #1-6; Star Wars: Crimson Empire III - Empire Lost #1-6; material from Dark Horse Extra #21-24; Dark Horse Presents #1 | 496 | |||
| 7 | 1995-2004 | Star Wars: Boba Fett - Bounty on Bar-Kooda #1, Star Wars: Boba Fett - When the Fat Lady Swings #2, Star Wars: Boba Fett - Murder Most Foul #3, Star Wars: Boba Fett - Agent of Doom #1; Star Wars: Jedi Academy - Leviathan #1-4; Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid #1; Star Wars: Union #1-4; Star Wars: Chewbacca #1-4; material from Star Wars Tales #19 | 488 | |||
| 8 | 2009-2011 | Star Wars: Invasion #0-5; Star Wars: Invasion: Rescues #1-6; Star Wars: Invasion: Revelations #1-5; Star Wars Handbook 2: Crimson Empire; material from Star Wars: Tales #18-19, 21 | 488 |
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| 1 | (2006) #0–19 | 464 | ||||
| 2 | Star Wars: Legacy (2006) #20–36, 41, 0, –½ | 464 | ||||
| 3 | 2006- 2010 | Star Wars: Legacy (2006) #37-40, 42–50; Star Wars: Legacy - War (2010) #1-6 | 448 | |||
| 4 | 1999–2013 | Star Wars: Legacy (2013) #1-18; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) #19; Star Wars Visionaries (2005) #1 | 456 |
The character of Thor launched in Journey Into Mystery #83 and became so popular that the book was retitled to Thor with issue #126.
Some of the character's most notable storylines - including The Surtur Saga and The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill - are yet to be reprinted in an Epic collection, though others include To Wake The Mangog in Volume 4, and The Eternals Saga in Volume 10.[51]
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| 1 | The God Of Thunder | Journey into Mystery #83–109 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Don Heck | 480 | |||
| 2 | When Titans Clash | 1964-1966 | Journey into Mystery #110–125, Annual #1, Thor #126–130; material from Not Brand Echh #3 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 504 | ||
| 3 | The Wrath Of Odin | 1966-1968 | Thor #131–153, Annual #2 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 512 | ||
| 4 | To Wake The Mangog | 1968-1970 | Thor #154–174 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby | 456 | ||
| 5 | The Fall Of Asgard | 1970-1971 | Thor #175–194 | Stan Lee | Jack Kirby, John Buscema | 432 | ||
| 6 | Into The Dark Nebula | 1972-1973 | Thor #195-216 | Gerry Conway | John Buscema | 480 | ||
| 7 | Ulik Unchained | 1973-1975 | Thor #217-241; Marvel Premiere #26 | Gerry Conway | John Buscema | 512 | ||
| 8 | War Of The Gods | 1975-1977 | Thor #242-259, Annual #5; Marvel Spotlight #30 | Len Wein | John Buscema | 392 | ||
| 9 | Even An Immortal Can Die | 1977-1979 | Thor #260-280, Annual #6-7, Marvel Preview #10 | Len Wein, Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Walt Simonson | 520 | ||
| 10 | The Eternals Saga | 1979-1981 | Thor #281-302, Annual #8; material from Marvel Treasury Edition #24, 26 | Roy Thomas, Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio | Keith Pollard, John Buscema | 496 | ||
| 11 | A Kingdom Lost | 1981-1982 | Thor #303–319, Annual #9–10 | Doug Moench, Ralph Macchio, Mark Gruenwald | Keith Pollard | 480 | ||
| 12 | Runequest | 1982-1983 | Thor #320–336, Annual #11; material from Bizarre Adventures #32 | Doug Moench, Alan Zelenetz | Alan Kupperberg, Bob Hall, Mark Bright | 456 | ||
| 16 | War Of The Pantheons | 1987-1989 | Thor #383–400 | Tom DeFalco | Ron Frenz | 472 | ||
| 17 | In Mortal Flesh | 1989-1990 | Thor #401–418, Annual #14 | Tom DeFalco, Randall Frenz, Roy Thomas | Ron Frenz, Herb Trimpe, Al Milgrom | 488 | ||
| 18 | The Black Galaxy | 1990-1991 | Thor #419–436, Annual #15 | Roy Thomas, Tom DeFalco | Herb Trimpe, Gary Hartle, Ron Frenz | 488 | ||
| 19 | The Thor War | 1991-1992 | Thor #437-450, Annual #16-17 | Tom DeFalco | Ron Frenz, Pat Olliffe | 472 | ||
| 20 | The Final Gauntlet | 1992-1993 | Thor #451-467, Thor Corps #1-4 | Tom DeFalco, Ron Marz | Ron Frenz, Bruce Zick, Pat Olliffe | 504 | ||
| 21 | Blood And Thunder | 1993-1994 | Thor #468-475, Annual #18; Silver Surfer #86-88; Warlock Chronicles #6-8; Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23-25 | Ron Marz, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas | Cam Smith, M.C. Wyman | 504 | ||
| 22 | Hel On Earth | 1994-1995 | Thor #476-490, Annual #19; material from Avengers Annual #23 | Roy Thomas | John Buscema, Jerry DeClaire, M.C. Wyman | 512 | ||
| 23 | Worldengine | 1995-1996 | Thor #491–502; Captain America #449; Iron Man #326; Avengers #396; Thor: The Legend | Warren Ellis, William Messner-Loebs, Mark Waid, Terry Kavanagh | Mike Deodato Jr., Geof Isherwood | 432 | ||
| 24 | The Lost Gods | 1996-1997 | Journey into Mystery #503-513, -1; Valkyrie #1; Hercules And The Heart of Chaos #1-3 | Tom DeFalco | Mike Deodato Jr., John Buscema, Pablo Raimondi, Ron Frenz | 400 | ||
| 25 | The Dark Gods | 1998-1999 | Thor (vol. 2) #1-13, #1: Rough Cut, Annual '99; Silver Surfer/Thor Annual '98; Peter Parker: Spider-Man #2 | Dan Jurgens, TBC | John Romita Jr., TBC | 528 | ||
| Jump to: Thor Modern Era Epic Collection |
Created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, the Thunderbolts team first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #449, from January 1997.
That issue has yet to be reprinted in the Hulk series of Epic Collections, though will be in Incredible Hulk Volume 23.
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| 1 | Justice, Like Lightning | Thunderbolts #1-12, Annual '97; Thunderbolts: Distant Rumblings #-1; Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #449; Spider-Man Team-Up #7; Heroes for Hire #7; material from Tales of the Marvel Universe #1 | Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern | Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema | 520 | ||||
| 2 | Wanted Dead Or Alive | 1998-1999 | Thunderbolts #13-25, 0; Captain America & Citizen V Annual 1998; Avengers (vol. 3) #12 | Kurt Busiek, Karl Kesel, Barbara Kesel | Mark Bagley, George Perez | 432 | |||
| 3 | Targeted For Death | Thunderbolts #26-41, Annual 2000; Avengers Annual 2000 | Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, TBC | Mark Bagley, Norm Breyfogle, TBC | 464 |
Venom did not get his own ongoing Marvel Comics series until 2003. This means every book in the Epic Collection consists of either Venom miniseries, or appearances in other characters' titles.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Symbiosis | David Michelinie, Danny Fingeroth | Todd McFarlane, Ron Lim, Erik Larsen, Mike Manley | 472 | ||||
| 2 | Lethal Protector | 1992-1993 | David Michelinie, Howard Mackie | Mark Bagley, Sam Kieth, Ron Lim | 480 | |||
| 4 | The Madness | 1993-1994 | Danny Fingeroth, Ann Nocenti, Bruce Jones, Carl Potts, Howard Mackie | Tom Smith, Kelley Jones, Bob McLeod, Liam Sharp, Ron Lim | 480 | |||
| 5 | Carnage Unleashed | 1994-1995 | Howard Mackie, Larry Hama | Andrew Wildman, Ron Randell, Greg Luzniak | 496 | |||
| 7 | The Hunger | 1996-1998 | Len Kaminski, Larry Hama, | Ted Halsted, Joe St. Pierre, Josh Hood, Mark Pajarillo | 512 | |||
| Jump to: Venom Modern Era Epic Collection |
Wolverines first appearance is collected in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 7: And Now... The Wolverine. The character has many more appearances, beginning in X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 5: Second Genesis, before his first miniseries is reproduced in X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 11: God Loves, Man Kills.
Notable storylines in Wolverine's own Epic Collection line include the character fighting sentient cocaine, and Jungle Adventure, both in Vol. 2: Back To Basics; the Bone Claw Era (Vol. 8: The Dying Game); and the Origin miniseries (Vol. 13: Blood Debt).[52] [53]
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| 1 | Madripoor Nights | 1988-1989 | Wolverine #1–16; material from Marvel Comics Presents #1–10, Marvel Age Annual #4 | Chris Claremont, Peter David | John Buscema, Gene Colan | 504 | |||
| 2 | Back To Basics | Wolverine #17–30; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 50 - Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection; Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure | Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson, Jo Duffy | Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, John Byrne | 464 | ||||
| 3 | Blood And Claws | 1990-1991 | Wolverine #31–44; Wolverine: Bloodlust; Wolverine: Bloody Choices | Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco | Marc Silvestri, Alan Davis, John Buscema | 456 | |||
| 6 | Inner Fury | 1992-1993 | Wolverine #69-75; Wolverine: Inner Fury; Wolverine: Killing; Wolverine: Global Jeopardy; Sabretooth #1-4; X-Men #25 | Larry Hama | Bill Sienkiewicz, Dwayne Turner, Kent Williams, Mark Texeira | 472 | |||
| 7 | To The Bone | 1993-1994 | Wolverine #76-86; Cable #16; Wolverine: Evilution; Wolverine & Nick Fury: Scorpio Rising; Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: The Dark Design | Larry Hama, Ann Nocenti, Howard Mackie | Adam Kubert, Ron Garney | 480 | |||
| 8 | The Dying Game | Wolverine #87–100, Annual '95; Wolverine: Knight of Terra | Larry Hama | Adam Kubert, James Williams III, Jan Duursema | 488 | ||||
| 9 | Tooth And Claw | 1996-1997 | Wolverine #101-109, 102.5, Annual '96; Uncanny X-Men #332; Venom: Tooth and Claw #1-3; Logan: Path of the Warlord #1; Logan: Shadow Society #1 | Larry Hama, Howard Mackie | Val Semeiks, Anthony Winn, Joe St. Pierre | 496 | |||
| 12 | Shadow Of Apocalypse | 1999-2000 | Wolverine #133–149; Hulk #8; Wolverine/Cable: Guts and Glory | Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson | Jeff Matsuda, Leinil Francis Yu, Mike Miller, Roger Cruz | 504 | |||
| 13 | Blood Debt | 1999-2002 | Wolverine #150–158, Annual '99; Wolverine: Origin #1–6 | Steve Skroce, Eric Stephenson, Paul Jenkins | Rob Liefeld, Ian Churchill, Adam Kubert | 488 | |||
| 14 | The Return Of Weapon X | 2000-2002 | Wolverine #159-172, Wolverine Annual 2000-2001 | Frank Tieri | Jorge Santamaria, Sean Chen, Dan Fraga, Matthew Marsilia | 448 | |||
| 15 | Law Of The Jungle | 2002-2003 | Wolverine #173-189 | Frank Tieri, Matt Nixon, Daniel Way, TBC | Sean Chen, Ethan Van Sciver, John McCrea, TBC | 440 |
Launched in 1986, X-Factor featured Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Iceman, the original line-up of X-Men from 1963.
The team debuted in Fantastic Four #286, with notable storylines including the introduction of villain Apocalypse in Volume 1: Genesis & Apocalypse, the conclusion of the Inferno event in Volume 4: Judgment War, plus the introduction of a new roster, led by Havok, in Volume 7: All-New, All-Different X-Factor.[54] [55]
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
| 1 | Genesis & Apocalypse | 1986 | Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1–9, Annual #1, Iron Man Annual #8, Amazing Spider-Man #282; material from Classic X-Men #8, 43 | John Byrne, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Bob Harras | John Byrne, Jackson Guice, Paul Neary | 456 | |||
| 3 | Angel Of Death | X-Factor #21-36, Annual #3; Power Pack #35 | Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson | Sal Buscema, Jon Bogdanove, Terry Shoemaker, Steve Lightle | 488 | ||||
| 4 | Judgement War | X-Factor #37-50, Annual #4; Uncanny X-Men #242-243 | Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, John Byrne | Arthur Adams, Tom Smith, John Byrne | 496 | ||||
| 7 | All-New, All-Different X-Factor | 1991-1992 | X-Factor #71–83, Annual #7; Incredible Hulk #390–392 | Peter David, Fabian Nicieza | Larry Stroman, Dale Keown, Joe Quesada | 456 | |||
| 8 | X-Aminations | 1992-1994 | X-Factor #84–100, Annual #8 | Peter David, Scott Lobdell, J.M. DeMatteis | Jae Lee, Joe Quesada, Jan Duursema | 504 | |||
| 9 | Afterlives | 1994-1995 | X-Factor #101-111, X-Factor Annual #9, Spider-Man & X-Factor: Shadowgames 1–3, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82 | J.M. DeMatteis, Todd DeZago | John Francis Moore, Jan Duursema, Mat Broome | 496 | |||
| 10 | Wreaking Havok | 1995-1997 | X-Factor #112-126; Sabretooth and Mystique #1-4; Marvel Fanfare (1996) #6; material from X-Men: Prime (1995) | Howard Mackie | Jeff Matsuda, Steve Epting, Ariel Olivetti | 496 |
The first appearance of X-Force is in New Mutants Epic Collection Volume 8: The End Of The Beginning. That book leads directly into X-Force Epic Collection Volume 1: Under The Gun.
A notable storyline includes Destination Unknown from Vol. 7: Zero Tolerance.[56]
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| 1 | Under The Gun | X-Force #1–15, Annual #1; Spider-Man #16; Wolverine #54 | Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza | Todd McFarlane, Mark Pacella, Greg Capullo | 496 | ||||
| 2 | X-Cutioner's Song | X-Force #16–19; Cable: Blood & Metal #1–2; Uncanny X-Men #294–296; X-Factor #84–86; X-Men #14–16; Stryfe's Strike File #1; New Warriors #31 | Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell | John Romita Jr., Brendan Peterson, Andy Kubert, Greg Capullo | 496 | ||||
| 3 | Assault On Graymalkin | 1993 | X-Force #20-26, Annual #2; Cable #1-4; Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1-4; Nomad #20 | Fabian Nicieza | Greg Capullo, Art Thibert, Joe Madureira, Tony Daniel | 496 | |||
| 4 | Toy Soldiers | X-Force #27-39, Annual #3; Cable #6-8; New Warriors #45-46 | Fabian Nicieza | Mat Broome, Tony Daniel, Aron Wiesenfeld, Darick Robertson, Mike Wieringo | 512 | ||||
| 7 | Zero Tolerance | 1997-1998 | X-Force #66-84, -1 | John Francis Moore | Adam Polina, Pop Mhan, Andy Smith, Jim Cheung | 472 | |||
| 8 | Armageddon Now | X-Force #85-100, X-Force/Champions Annual 1998, X-Force Annual 1999 | John Francis Moore | Terry Shoemaker, Jim Cheung, Anthony Williams, Chris Renaud | 480 |
The X-Men Epic Collection has two distinct periods. Volumes 1 to 4 reprint Classic X-Men books, written by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas, chronicling the period up to the comic's cancellation in 1970, and various guest appearances in other Marvel titles between 1970-1975.[57]
Volume 5: Second Genesis starts with the reinvention of the team, in Giant-Sized X-Men from 1975. It then reproduces Chris Claremont's 16-year run on Uncanny X-Men.
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| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
| 1 | Children Of The Atom | 1963-1966 | X-Men #1–23 | Stan Lee, Roy Thomas | Jack Kirby, Werner Roth | 520 | ||
| 2 | Lonely Are The Hunted | 1966-1968 | X-Men #24–45; Avengers #53; material from Not Brand Echh #4, 8 | Roy Thomas | Werner Roth, Don Heck, George Tuska | 504 | ||
| 3 | The Sentinels Live | 1968-1971 | X-Men #46–66; material from Ka-Zar #2–3, Marvel Tales #30 | Roy Thomas | Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Arnold Drake, Werner Roth | 512 | ||
| 4 | It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn | 1970-1975 | Steve Englehart, Len Wein | Sal Buscema, Tom Sutton, Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane | 512 | |||
| 5 | Second Genesis | 1975-1978 | Giant Size X-Men #1; X-Men #94–110; Iron Fist #14–15; Marvel Team-Up #53, 69–70, Annual #1 | Chris Claremont | Dave Cockrum John Byrne | 528 | ||
| 6 | Proteus | 1978-1980 | X-Men #111–128, Annual #3; Incredible Hulk Annual #7; Marvel Team-Up #89 | Chris Claremont | John Byrne | 440 | ||
| 7 | The Fate Of The Phoenix | 1980-1981 | X-Men #129–141, Uncanny X-Men #142–143, Annual #4; Phoenix: The Untold Story (1984); material from Marvel Treasury Edition #26–27, Marvel Team-Up #100 | Chris Claremont | John Byrne | 480 | ||
| 8 | I, Magneto | 1981-1982 | Uncanny X-Men #144–153, Annual #5; Avengers Annual #10; Bizarre Adventures #27; material from Marvel Fanfare #1–4 | Chris Claremont | Dave Cockrum, Michael Golden | 480 | ||
| 9 | The Brood Saga | 1982-1983 | Uncanny X-Men #154–167, Annual #6; material from Special Edition X-Men #1 | Chris Claremont | Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith | 424 | ||
| 10 | God Loves, Man Kills | 1982-1983 | Uncanny X-Men #168–175, Annual #7; Marvel Graphic Novel #5 - X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills; Wolverine #1–4; material from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe | Chris Claremont | Paul Smith, Brent Anderson, Frank Miller | 488 | ||
| 12 | The Gift | 1984-1986 | Uncanny X-Men #189–198, Annual #8; X-Men and Alpha Flight #1–2; Nightcrawler #1–4 | Chris Claremont | John Romita, Jr., Paul Smith, Dave Cockrum | 512 | ||
| 17 | Dissolution And Rebirth | Uncanny X-Men #248–267 | Chris Claremont | Jim Lee, Marc Silverstri, Bill Jaaska, Mike Collins | 488 | |||
| 19 | Mutant Genesis | 1991 | Uncanny X-Men #278–280, Annual #15; X-Factor #65–70; X-Men (vol. 2) #1–3; material from New Mutants Annual #7 and X-Factor Annual #6 | Fabian Nicieza, Chris Claremont | Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert | 472 | ||
| 20 | Bishop's Crossing | 1991-1992 | Uncanny X-Men #281–288, Annual #16; X-Men (vol. 2) #4–9, Annual #1; Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #26–27 | Jim Lee, Fabian Nicieza, John Byrne, Scott Lobdell | Whilce Portacio | 512 | ||
| 21 | The Song | 1992-1993 | Uncanny X-Men #289–296; X-Men (vol. 2) #10–16; X-Factor #84–86; X-Force #16–18 | Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza | Tom Raney, Brendan Peterson, Andy Kubert | 520 | ||
| 22 | Legacies | 1993 | Uncanny X-Men #297–300, Annual #17; X-Men (vol. 2) #17–23; X-Men Unlimited #1; Stryfe's Strike File | Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza | Brandon Peterson, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr., Chris Bachalo | 488 | ||
| 23 | Fatal Attractions | Uncanny X-Men #301–306; X-Men (vol. 2) #24–25; X-Men Unlimited #2; Wolverine #75; Gambit #1–4; X-Men: Survival Guide to the Mansion | Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Howard Mackie | John Romita, Jr., Lee Weeks | 520 | |||
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Marvel's "Modern Era" has never been specifically defined, however, when Marvel Knights launched in 1998, it was described as "the first wave of Marvel's renaissance".[58] The imprint was launched partly as a way to redefine the company, following Marvel's bankruptcy - and was "a major factor behind the revival of Marvel Comics".[59]
The first Modern Era Epic Collection was solicited by Marvel in December 2022. Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider - Edge Of Spider-Verse was released in May 2023 to coincide with the release of the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse movie.[60]
The first volume has been solicited with the same contents and page count as the previously released Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Ultimate Collection from 2009.
Annihilation is the first Marvel Event to be published as an Epic Collection. The contents of the first volume are identical to 2018's Complete Collection.
The first two Astonishing X-Men volumes contains the entire 24-issue run from Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gifted | Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #1-12 | Joss Whedon | John Cassaday | 320 | ||||
| 2 | Unstoppable | Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #13-24, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 | Joss Whedon | John Cassaday | 344 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | The Itsy-Bitsy Spider | Black Widow (1999) #1-3, Black Widow (2001) #1-3, Black Widow: Pale Little Spider (2002) #1-3, Black Widow (2004) #1-6, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her (2005) #1-6 | Devin Grayson | Jeffrey Glen Jones, TBC | 512 | ||||
| 3 | Chaos | Black Widow (vol. 5) #1-20; Punisher (vol. 10) #9; material from All-New Marvel Now! Point One #1 | Nathan Edmondson | Phil Noto, Mitch Gerads | 472 |
The modern era of Captain America starts with a lengthy run from writer Ed Brubaker. The first two volumes include the return of Bucky Barnes as The Winter Soldier, and the death of Captain America.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
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| 1 | The Winter Soldier | Captain America (vol. 5) #1-17; Captain America 65th Anniversary Special; Captain America: Winter Soldier Director's Cut | Ed Brubaker | Steve Epting, Michael Lark, John Paul Leon, Lee Weeks, Javier Pulido, Marcos Martin | 472 | ||||
| 2 | Death Of The Dream | 2006-2007 | Captain America (vol. 5) #18-30; Captain America #25: Director's Cut; Winter Soldier: Winter Kills; Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #1-5 | Ed Brubaker, Jeph Loeb | Steve Epting, Mike Perkins, Lee Weeks, Leinil Francis Yu, Ed McGuinness, John Romita Jr, David Finch, John Cassaday | 520 |
In 1998, Daredevil was cancelled and relaunched, with a new #1 - plus filmmaker Kevin Smith as writer and Joe Quesada as artist. This relaunch "set the tone for the entire Marvel Knights line, directly inspired subsequent depictions of the character in film and television and set the template for how to relaunch a Marvel character."[61]
The rest of the volume was dominated by Brian Michael Bendis' 55 issues, then 33 from Ed Brubaker. Bendis' run starts with Volume 2: Underboss; Brubaker's with Volume 6: The Devil In Cell-Block D
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
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| 2 | Underboss | Daredevil (vol. 2) #16-31; Daredevil: Ninja #1-3 | Brian Michael Bendis, Bob Gale | Rob Haynes, David Mack, Phil Winslade, Dave Ross, Alex Maleev | 472 | ||||
| 3 | Out | Daredevil (vol. 2) #32-50 | Brian Michael Bendis | Alex Maleev, Manuel Gutierrez, Terry Dodson | 448 | ||||
| 4 | King Of Hell's Kitchen | Daredevil (vol. 2) #51-65; What If... Karen Page Had Lived? (2004) | Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack | Alex Maleev, Michael Golden, Greg Horn, Philip Russell, Phil Hester, Chris Bachalo, Michael Lark | 408 | ||||
| 6 | The Devil In Cell-Block D | 2006-2007 | Daredevil (vol. 2) #82-94, Annual (2007) | Ed Brubaker | Michael Lark, David Aja | 376 |
Dark Avengers was a 2009 spin-off from Brian Michael Bendis' main New Avengers book, following the events of the Secret Invasion event. It saw Norman Osborn take charge of a revamped Avengers team.
Even though the individual comic issues are named Cable & Deadpool, the collected Modern Era Epic line is called Deadpool & Cable.
Despite the same name, the Modern Era Guardians Of The Galaxy are largely separate from the 1960s version.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somebody's Got To Do It | 2007-2008 | Annihilation: Conquest - Star-Lord #1-4, Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #1-12 | Keith Giffin, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning | Timothy Green II, Paul Pelletier, Brad Walker, Carlos Magno, Wes Craig | 416 | |||
| 2 | War Of Kings | Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #13-25; Thanos Imperative: Ignition #1; Thanos Imperative #1-6 | Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning | Brad Walker, TBC | 488 |
The modern era of Hawkeye releases begin later than almost any other character. Spider-Girls first volume starts with an issue from 1997, while Hawkeye doesn't kick off until 2009.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
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| 3 | World's Most Wanted | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) #1-19 | Matt Fraction | Salvador Larroca | 496 | ||||
| 4 | Stark Disassembled | 2010-2011 | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) #20-33; Iron Man: Requiem #1; Rescue #1; Free Comic Book Day 2010 Iron Man/Thor | Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick | Salvador Larroca, Kano, Andrea Mutti, John Romita Jr, Jamie McKelvie | 488 | |||
| 5 | The New Iron Age | 2011 | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) 500 (A story), #500.1, 501-509; Invincible Iron Man Annual (2010) #1; Fear Itself (2011) #7.3: Iron Man | Matt Fraction | Salvador Larroca, TBC | 416 |
The first two Modern Era Loki volumes were released at the same time as the Disney+ series of the same name.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journey Into Mystery | Siege: Loki #1, Journey into Mystery (vol. 2) #622-636, 626.1 | Kieron Gillen, Robert Rodi | Jamie McKelvie, Doug Braithwaite, Pasqual Ferry, Richard Elson, Whilce Portacio, Mitchell Breitweiser | 416 | |||
| 2 | Everything Burns | 2012 | Journey into Mystery (vol. 2) #637-645, Exiled #1, New Mutants (vol. 2) #42-43, Mighty Thor #18-21; material from A+X #5 | Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Matt Fraction, | Carmine Di Giandomenico, Richard Elson, Alan Davis, Stephanie Hans, Joe Bennett | 384 | ||
Miles Morales was created by Brian Michael Bendis and debuted in Ultimate Fallout #4 from 2011. The character initially appeared in Marvel's "Ultimate" universe, before moving to the main "616" multiverse.
The first Modern Era Epic Collection, Hero In Training, has the same content and page count as 2015's Ultimate Collection line.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero In Training | Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) #1-12, Spider-Men (2012) #1-5; material from Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 | Brian Michael Bendis | Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee, David Marquez | 400 | |||
| 2 | Revivals And Revelations | 2012- | TBA | Brian Michael Bendis | Sara Pichelli, TBC | TBC | ||
The first three New Avengers volumes have been solicited with the same contents, and page count, as the previously released New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis Complete Collections from 2017.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
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| 1 | Assembled | Avengers (1963) #500-503, Avengers Finale, New Avengers (2004) #1-10, New Avengers #1 Director's Cut, New Avengers Most Wanted Files | Brian Michael Bendis | David Finch, Steve McNiven | 504 | ||||
| 2 | Civil War | 2005-2007 | New Avengers (2004) #11-25, Annual (2006) #1; New Avengers Guest Starring the Fantastic Four; Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1; New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot; Civil War: The Confession | Brian Michael Bendis | David Finch, Frank Cho, TBC | 496 | |||
| 3 | The Initiative | 2007-2008 | Civil War: The Initiative (2007); New Avengers (2004) 26-37, Annual (2006) #2; New Avengers: Illuminati (2007) #1-5 | Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, TBC | Leinil Yu, Marc Silvestri, TBC | 464 |
New X-Men ran for 44 issues from 2001 to 2004. It was written by Grant Morrison, with the majority of the art from Frank Quitely. The series numbering continued from the previous X-Men (vol. 2), despite the change in title.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E Is For Extinction | 2001-2002 | New X-Men (2001) #114-126, New X-Men Annual 2001 | Grant Morrison | Frank Quietly, Leinil Yu, Ethan Van Sciver, Igor Kordey, Tom Derenick | 376 | |||
| 2 | New Worlds | New X-Men (2001) #127-141 | Grant Morrison | Frank Quietly, TBC | 360 |
Mayday Parker debuted in What If... (vol. 2) #105, released on 17 December 1997.[62] This makes it the earliest issue covered by the Modern Era Epic Collection line so far. The first full issue of the Spider-Girl series was released on 12 August 1998, with a cover date of 1 October.[63]
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacy | What If? (vol. 2) #105; Spider-Girl (1998) #1-15, #½; Spider-Girl Annual 1999 | Tom DeFalco | Bill Rosemann, Pat Olliffe, Ron Frenz, Paul Ryan | 456 | ||||
| 5 | Keeping The Faith | 2003-2004 | Spider-Girl #68-84 | Tom DeFalco | Ron Frenz, Pat Olliffe | 384 |
Spider-Gwen initially appeared in Edge Of Spider-Verse #2, from 2014. The character's first ongoing series was Spider-Gwen a year later.
The Modern Era Epic Collection, Edge Of Spider-Verse, was the first release of Marvel's new line.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edge of Spider-Verse | 2014-2016 | 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 | Jason Latour, Dennis Hopeless, Kelly Thompson | Robbi Rodriguez, Bengal, Tana Ford, Joëlle Jones | 480 | ||
| 2 | Weapon Of Choice | Spider-Gwen (vol. 2) #9-24, Spider-Gwen Annual #1, All-New Wolverine Annual #1, Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12-14 | Jason Latour, Tom Taylor, Brian Michael Bendis | Hannah Blumenreich, Robbi Rodriguez, Chris Brunner, Chris Visions, Olivia Margraf, Marcio Takara, Sara Pichelli, Jorge Coelho, Jordan Gibson | 496 | |||
Joe Kelly was Deadpool writer in 1997 when the character first got his own series. The writer introduced the concept of Deadpool breaking the fourth wall, although he left the book after 33 issues. After 19 years, Kelly returned to the character with Spider-Man/Deadpool, which ran for exactly 50 issues.[64]
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isn't It Bromantic? | Spider-Man/Deadpool #1-14, 17–18, 1.MU | Joe Kelly, Scott Aukerman, Gerry Duggan, Penn Jillette, Paul Scheer, Nick Giovannetti, Joshua Corin | Ed McGuinness, Reilly Brown, Scott Koblish, Todd Nauck, David Walker | 400 | ||||
| 2 | Til Death Do Us | 2017-2018 | Spider-Man/Deadpool #15-16, 19-32; Deadpool (2015) 28-29; Deadpool and the Mercs for Money #9-10 | Gerry Duggan, Joshua Corin, Christopher Hastings, Elliott Kalan, Kelly Thompson | Salva Espin, Scott Koblish, Iban Coello, Will Robson, Todd Nauck, Chris Bachalo, Scott Hepburn, Elmo Bondoc | 440 |
The return of Star Wars comics rights to Marvel saw the continuity of previous releases reset to "Legacy", with "any material published since April 2014 now considered canon."[65] That means only the Modern Era releases are in the same world as the Star Wars films and television series.
The new #1 "exceeded one million copies sold on the direct market ... the top-selling single issue of the past 20 years."[66]
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skywalker Strikes | Star Wars (2015) #1-14, #1: Director's Cut; Star Wars: Vader Down #1; Darth Vader #13-15 | Jason Aaron, Keiron Gillen | John Cassaday, Simone Bianchi, Stuart Immonen, Mike Deodato Jr, Salvador Larroca | 488 | ||||
| 2 | Yoda's Secret War | 2016-2017 | Star Wars (2015) #15-30, Star Wars Annual (2015) 1-2 | Jason Aaron, TBC | Mike Mayhew, TBC | 448 |
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump to: Thor Epic Collection | |||||||||
| 1 | Reborn From Ragnarok | 2006-2009 | Thor (vol. 3) #1-12, Thor #600, Fantastic Four #536-537; material from Dark Reign: The Cabal One-Shot | J. Michael Straczynski, Stan Lee, Peter Milligan | Mike McKone, Olivier Coipel, Marko Djurdjevic, David Aja, Tonci Zonjic | 448 | |||
| 2 | The Siege Of Asgard | Thor #601-614, Annual (2009), Thor: Giant-Size Finale #1; New Mutants vol. 3 #11 | J. Michael Straczynski, Kieron Gillen, TBC | Marko Djurdjevic, Niko Henrichon, TBC | 456 |
Nineteen years after Venom's debut in Amazing Spider-Man, the character gets an own ongoing series, written by Daniel Way. The full 18-issue run is collected in the first volume, Shiver. By volume four, Agent Venom, Flash Thompson has replaced Eddie Brock as the main protagonist.
| Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Writers | Artists | Pages | Released | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump to: Venom Epic Collection | |||||||||
| 1 | Shiver | Venom #1-18 | Daniel Way | Francisco Herrera, Lan Medina, Skottie Young, Sean Galloway | 424 | ||||
| 4 | Agent Venom | 2011-2012 | Amazing Spider-Man #654, #654.1; Venom (vol. 2) #1-16, #13.1-13.4 | Dan Slott, Rick Remender, Rob Williams, Jeff Parker | Humberto Ramos, Tony Moore, Tom Fowler, Stefano Caselli, Lan Medina, Lee Garbett, Sana Takeda, Julian Totino Tedesco, Kev Walker | 496 | |||
| 5 | The Savage Six | 2012-2013 | Venom (vol. 2) #17-35, #27.1; Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1; Minimum Carnage: Omega #1; Scarlet Spider (vol. 2) #10-11 | Rick Remender, Cullen Bunn, Christopher Yost | Kev Walker, Lan Medina, Declan Shalvey, Thony Silas, Khoi Pham, Reilly Brown, Marco Checchetto | 520 | |||
| 6 | Space Knight | 2013-2016 | Venom (vol. 2) #36-42; Venom: Space-Knight #1-13 | Cullen Bunn, Robbie Thompson | Pepe Larraz, Kim Jacinto, Iban Coello, Ariel Olivetti, Gerardo Sandoval | 440 |
The first Modern Era volume of Young Avengers contains the complete 2005 series, written by Allan Heinberg, with art from Jim Cheung. There was a run of limited series before volume two relaunched in 2013.
On 10 October 2024, Marvel announced - via the Epic Marvel Podcast[67] - that the Ultimate Epic Collection would be separate from the main Epic Collection, with its own trade dress.
The first to be released is Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Learning Curve in March 2025, with a different Ultimate book coming out in April, May and June. The series marks 25 years since the inception of Ultimate Marvel.
After Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men, and Ultimates, Ultimate Fantastic Four was the final core book to launch in Marvel's new universe. Writers Mark Millar and Brian Michael Bendis worked together with artist Adam Kubert for the first six-issue arc, before Warren Ellis took on the series.
Compared to the main universe counterparts, the new series saw: "The more "superheroic" elements of the series done away with, as the Ultimate Fantastic Four book focused more on science fiction and exploration. Doctor Doom was given a less cartoony characterization than his more well-known mainstream counterpart. Other villains such as Mole Man, Annihilus and even Galactus also received massive makeovers."[68]
The series ran for 60 issues.
The first book in Marvel's Ultimate Universe was Ultimate Spider-Man. The title ran from 2000 until 2012, with a younger version of Peter Parker as the main protagonist. The new iteration was a response to "so much backstory that the stories (in the main books) were almost incomprehensible."[69]
Bill Jemas, President of Marvel Enterprises from 2000 to 2004, wrote: “Joe Quesada and I started the Ultimate books because we wanted Marvel to get back in touch with kids. We wanted Marvel's great teen heroes - Spidey and the X-Men - to star in comics for 2001 kids.”[70]
Creator Brian Michael Bendis said: “When I got hired, I literally thought I was going to be writing one of the last — if not the last — Marvel comics.”
The title went on to run for more than 150 issues and launched the character of Miles Morales.
Launched by writer Mark Millar, Ultimate X-Men saw "the superheroic side of the franchise pushed a bit to the sidelines. Instead, the prejudice mutants faced on a daily basis took center stage."
Millar was followed by superstar writers Brian Michael Bendis, Brian K Vaughan, and Robert Kirkman, and "the Ultimate X-Men comics quickly became the most popular titles at Marvel Comics, even outselling X-Men books in the mainstream continuity."[71]
The series ran for 100 issues.
The Ultimates portrayed a version of The Avengers, outside of the main Marvel continuity that "looked and sounded like a movie in a way that no Marvel story ever had."
Written by Mark Millar, and drawn by Bryan Hitch, the comic blurred the lines of right and wrong, where the heroes "have no idea they are supervillains. They think they’re merely doing what superheroes are supposed to do: defend truth, justice, and the American Way — with an emphasis on the latter."[72] Millar conceded that point, describing the series as a "pro-status quo book" and "kind of a right-wing book, like Rush Limbaugh doing super comics".[73]
Director of Marvel Studio's 2012 The Avengers movie, Joss Whedon, said: “It’s my feeling that Ultimates brought Marvel into the modern age in a way no other book did.”
| Line | Title | Released | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Era Epic | Dark Avengers Vol. 1: Osborn's Reign | 552 | ||
| Epic | Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 6 | 544 | ||
| Epic | Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years: Droids & Ewoks | 536 | ||
| Epic | Avengers Vol. 11: The Evil Reborn | 528 | ||
| Epic | Avengers Vol. 12: Court Martial | 528 | ||
| Epic | Daredevil Vol. 6: Watch Out For Bullseye | 528 | ||
| Epic | Daredevil Vol. 7: The Concrete Jungle | 528 | ||
| Epic | Daredevil Vol. 17: Into The Fire | 528 | ||
| Epic | Incredible Hulk Vol. 8: The Curing Of Dr. Banner | 528 | ||
| Epic | Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Fury Of Iron Fist | 528 | ||
| Epic | Thor Vol. 25: The Dark Gods | 528 | ||
| Epic | X-Men Vol. 5: Second Genesis | 528 |
| Line | Title | Released | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic | Planet Of The Apes: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 1 | 224 | ||
| Epic | Conan: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 2: Hawks From The Sea | 288 | ||
| Epic | Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: This Woman, This Warrior | 312 | ||
| Epic | Silver Surfer Vol. 1: When Calls Galactus | 320 | ||
| Modern Era Epic | Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted | 320 | ||
| Epic | Conan: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 6: Vengeance In Asgalun | 328 | ||
| Epic | Conan: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 3: The Curse Of The Golden Skull | 336 | ||
| Ultimate Epic | Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People | 336 | ||
| Modern Era Epic | Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2: Unstoppable | 344 |
Statistics for debut chart position and first-month sales come from ICv2. Estimates are for North American stores only, with UK purchases adding between three and 20 per cent to sales numbers.[74]
| Title | Released | Chart Pos | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Man Vol. 10: The Enemy Within | 129 | 864 | ||
| Thor Vol. 16: War Of The Pantheons | 127 | 986 | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 20: Cosmic Adventures | 103 | 1,010 | ||
| Avengers Vol. 9: The Final Threat | 135 | 943 | ||
| Fantastic Four Vol. 17: All In The Family | 136 | 757[75] | ||
| Captain America Vol. 9: Dawn's Early Light | 122 | 866[76] | ||
| Iron Man Vol. 16: War Games | 160 | 867[77] | ||
| Daredevil Vol. 18: Fall From Grace | 157 | 830[78] | ||
| Thor Vol. 11: A Kingdom Lost | 156 | 838 | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15: Ghosts Of The Past | 81 | 1,152 | ||
| Avengers Vol. 17: Judgment Day | 110 | 969[79] | ||
| Fantastic Four Vol. 20: Into The Time Stream | 171 | 818[80] | ||
| Captain America Vol. 12: Society Of Serpents | 103 | 944[81] | ||
| Fantastic Four Vol. 1: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine | 85 | 1,233[82] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: Great Power | 54 | 1,680 | ||
| Moon Knight Vol. 1: Bad Moon Rising | 73 | 1,688[83] | ||
| Thor Vol. 1: The God Of Thunder | 98 | 1,379 | ||
| Iron Man Vol. 1: The Golden Avenger | 118 | 1,193 | ||
| Avengers Vol. 1: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | 77 | 1,381[84] | ||
| Silver Surfer Vol. 1: When Calls Galactus | 58 | 1,664 | ||
| Captain America Vol. 1: Captain America Lives Again | 85 | 1,256 | ||
| Wolverine Vol. 1: Madripoor Nights | 54 | 1,486[85] | ||
| X-Men Vol. 1: Children Of The Atom | 56 | 1,444 |
| Series | Subtitle | Years covered | Issues collected | Pages | Out | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow signifies reprint | |||||||
| The Amazing Spider-Man Epic #28 | Web Of Life, Web Of Death | 1995 | Amazing Spider-Man #397-399; Spectacular Spider-Man #220-222; Web of Spider-Man #120-123; Spider-Man #54-56; Spider-Man Unlimited #8; Spider-Man: Funeral For An Octopus #1-3; Spider-Man: The Clone Journal | 472 | |||
| Captain America Epic #16 [Reprint] | Streets of Poison | 1990-1991 | Captain America #372–386, Annual #9–10 | 512 | |||
| Avengers Epic #13 | Seasons Of The Witch | 1983 | Avengers #227-237, Annual #12; Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16; Fantastic Four #256; Doctor Strange #60; Hawkeye #1-4 | 496 | |||
| Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years | Droids & Ewoks | 1985-1989 | Ewoks #1-14, Annual 1989; Droids #1-8 | 536 | |||
| Spider-Girl Modern Era Epic #5 | Keeping The Faith | 2003-2004 | Spider-Girl #68-84 | 384 | |||
| Thor Epic #10 | The Eternals Saga | 1979-1981 | Thor #281-302, Annual #8; material from Marvel Treasury Edition #24, 26 | 496 | |||
| Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era Epic #1 | Shadows And Secrets | Darth Vader (2015) #1 Director's Cut; #2-12, Darth Vader Annual (2015) | 352 | ||||
| Excalibur Epic #5 | Days Of Futures Yet To Come | 1992-1994 | Excalibur #59-75, Annual #1 | 520 | |||
| Silver Surfer Epic #8 | The Herald Ordeal | 1991-1992 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #67-75, Annual #5; Silver Surfer: Homecoming; material from Incredible Hulk Annual #18, Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #2, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2 | 456 | |||
| Hawkeye Epic #4 | Shafted | 1994-2008 | Hawkeye (vol. 2) #1-4; Hawkeye (vol. 3) #1-8; Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman #1; Avengers #502; The Pulse #10; New Avengers #26, 30; Young Avengers Presents #6; material from Marvel Comics Presents #159-161 | 480 | |||
| Star Wars: Legends Epic [Reprint] | The Empire #2 | 2007-2012 | Star Wars: Dark Times #6–17; Star Wars: Dark Times – Blue Harvest #0; Star Wars: Dark Times – Out of the Wilderness #1–5 | 440 | |||
| New Avengers Modern Era Epic #2 | Civil War | 2005-2007 | New Avengers (2004) #11-25, Annual (2006) #1; New Avengers Guest Starring the Fantastic Four; Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1; New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot; Civil War: The Confession | 496 | |||
| X-Men Epic #10 | God Loves, Man Kills | 1982-1983 | Uncanny X-Men #168-175, Annual #7; Marvel Graphic Novel #5 - X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills; Wolverine #1-4; material from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe | 488 | |||
| Iron Man Modern Era Epic #4 | Stark Disassembled | 2010-2011 | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) #20-33; Iron Man: Requiem #1; Rescue #1; Free Comic Book Day 2010 Iron Man/Thor | 488 | |||
| Thor Modern Era Epic #2 | The Siege of Asgard | Thor #601-614, Annual (2009), Thor: Giant-Size Finale #1; New Mutants vol. 3 #11 | 456 | ||||
| Guardians Of The Galaxy Modern Era Epic #2 | War Of Kings | Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #13-25; Thanos Imperative: Ignition #1; Thanos Imperative #1-6 | 488 | ||||
| Blade Epic #2 | Nightstalkers | Tomb of Dracula (vol. 3) #1-4; Nightstalkers #1-6; Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #31; material from Midnight Sons Unlimited #1 | 432 | ||||
| Iron Man Epic #13 [Reprint] | Stark Wars | 1987-1988 | Iron Man #215–232, Annual #9 | 496 | |||
| X-Factor Epic #10 | Wreaking Havok | 1995-1997 | X-Factor #112-126; Sabretooth and Mystique #1-4; Marvel Fanfare (1996) #6; material from X-Men: Prime (1995) #1 | 496 | |||
| Marvel Two-In-One Epic #3 | Remembrance Of Things Past | 1977-1979 | Marvel Two-in-One #37-52, Annual #2-4; Avengers Annual #7 | 440 | |||
| X-Force Epic #4 | Toy Soldiers | X-Force #27-39, Annual #3; Cable #6-8; New Warriors #45-46 | 512 | ||||
| Captain America Epic #17 [Reprint] | The Superia Stratagem | 1991-1992 | Captain America #387–397; Adventures of Captain America #1–4 | 472 | |||
| Daredevil Modern Era Epic #4 | King Of Hell's Kitchen | Daredevil (vol. 2) #51-65; What If... Karen Page Had Lived? (2004) | 408 | ||||
| Young Avengers Modern Era Epic #1 | Not What You Think | Young Avengers (vol. 1) #1-12, Director's Cut; Young Avengers Special (2005) | 424 | ||||
| Guardians Of The Galaxy Epic #2 | Quest For The Shield | Avengers #167-168, 170–177, 181; Ms. Marvel #23; Marvel Team-Up #86; Marvel Two-in-One #61-63, 69; Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 | 496 | ||||
| The Amazing Spider-Man Epic #11 | Nine Lives Has The Black Cat | 1978-1980 | Amazing Spider-Man #186-206, Annual #13, Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 | 488 | |||
| New Mutants Epic #4 | Fallen Angels | 1986-1987 | The New Mutants #45-54, Annual #3; Fallen Angels #1-8 | 496 | |||
| Fantastic Four Epic #11 | Four No More | 1977-1980 | Fantastic Four #192-214, Annual #12-13 | 520 | |||
| Astonishing X-Men Modern Era Epic #2 | Unstoppable | Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) #13-24, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 | 344 | ||||
| Miles Morales Modern Era Epic #1 | Hero In Training | Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) #1-12, Spider-Men (2012) #1-5; material from Ultimate Fallout (2011) #4 | 400 | ||||
| Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Epic #1 | Learning Curve | Ultimate Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1-13 | 352 | ||||
| Wolverine Epic #15 | Law Of The Jungle | 2002-2003 | Wolverine #173-189 | 440 | |||
| Defenders Epic #3 | World Gone Sane | 1975-1976 | Defenders #26-41, Annual #1; Giant-Size Defenders #5; Marvel Treasury Edition #12 | 408 | |||
| Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch Epic #6 | Siege Of Darkness | Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #44-45; Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance #17-18; Nightstalkers #14-15; Marvel Comics Presents #143-146; Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #15-16; Morbius: the Living Vampire #16-17; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #60-61; Midnight Sons Unlimited #4 | 496 | ||||
| ROM: Spaceknight Epic #1 | The Original Marvel Years | Rom #1-20 | 432 | ||||
| The Amazing Spider-Man Epic #18 [Reprint] | Venom | 1987-1988 | Amazing Spider-Man #295–310, Annual #22; Spectacular Spider-Man #133; Web of Spider-Man #33 | 504 | |||
| Black Widow Modern Era Epic #1 | The Itsy-Bitsy Spider | Black Widow (1999) #1-3, Black Widow (2001) #1-3, Black Widow: Pale Little Spider (2002) #1-3, Black Widow (2004) #1-6, Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her (2005) #1-6 | 512 | ||||
| Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Epic #1 | The Tomorrow People | Ultimate X-Men (vol. 1) #1-12, ½ | 336 | ||||
| X-Men Epic #19 [Reprint] | Mutant Genesis | 1991 | Uncanny X-Men #278–280, Annual #15; X-Factor #65–70; X-Men (vol. 2) #1–3; material from New Mutants Annual #7 and X-Factor Annual #6 | 472 | |||
| The Amazing Spider-Man Modern Era Epic #1 | Coming Home | Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #30-45 | 392 | ||||
| Avengers Epic #12 | Court Martial | 1981-1982 | Avengers #210-226, Annual #11, and Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #1-4 | 528 | |||
| Deadpool Modern Era Epic #5 | In Wade We Trust | Deadpool (2012) #1-14, 20, 26 | 448 | ||||
| Fantastic Four Epic #18 [Reprint] | The More Things Change... | 1987-1988 | Fantastic Four #308–320, Annual #21; Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #350; Marvel Graphic Novel No. 29 - The Incredible Hulk and the Thing: The Big Change | 472 | |||
| New Avengers Modern Era Epic #3 | The Initiative | 2007-2008 | Civil War: The Initiative (2007); New Avengers (2004) 26-37, Annual (2006) #2; New Avengers: Illuminati (2007) #1-5 | 464 | |||
| Ultimates Ultimate Epic #1 | Super-Human | Ultimates (vol. 1) #1-13 | 376 | ||||
| Thunderbolts Epic #3 | Targeted for Death | Thunderbolts #26-41, Annual 2000; Avengers Annual 2000 | 464 | ||||
| New X-Men Modern Era Epic #2 | New Worlds | New X-Men (2001) #127-141 | 360 | ||||
| Iron Man Epic #7 | Ten Rings To Rule The World | 1976-1978 | Iron Man #92-114, Annual #4; Marvel Premiere #44 | 480 | |||
| Annihilation Modern Era Epic #1 | Annihilation Day | Drax the Destroyer (2005) 1-4, Annihilation: Prologue (2006), Annihilation: Nova (2006) 1-4, Annihilation: Silver Surfer (2006) 1-4, Annihilation: Super Skrull (2006) 1-4 | 472 | ||||
| Ultimate Fantastic Four Ultimate Epic #1 | The Fantastic | Ultimate Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1-18 | 464 | ||||
| Silver Surfer Epic #12 | Into The Outer Void | 1995-1996 | Silver Surfer (vol. 3) #111-122, Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts (1996), Silver Surfer Ashcan (1995) #1, Spider-Man Team-Up (1995) #2; material from X-Men Unlimited (1993) #13, Marvel Holiday Special 1996 | 448 | |||
| Avengers West Coast Epic #4 [Reprint] | Vision Quest | 1988-1989 | West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #38-46, Annual #3; Avengers West Coast #47-52, Annual #4; material from Avengers Spotlight #23 | 488 | |||
| Captain America Epic #7 | The Swine | 1976-1978 | Captain America #201–221, Annual #3-4 | 448 | |||
| Daredevil Modern Era Epic #6 | The Devil In Cell-Block D | 2006-2007 | Daredevil (vol. 2) #82-94, Annual (2007) | 376 | |||
| Deadpool Epic #7 | Agent X | Deadpool (vol. 3) 65-69, Agent X (vol. 1) 1-15 | 496 | ||||
| Micronauts Epic #1 | They Came From Inner Space | The Micronauts (1979) #1-20, Annual #1 | 456 | ||||
| Iron Man Modern Era Epic #5 | The New Iron Age | 2011 | Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) 500 (A story), #500.1, 501-509; Invincible Iron Man Annual (2010) #1; Fear Itself (2011) #7.3: Iron Man | 416 | |||
| Star Wars Modern Era Epic #2 | Yoda's Secret War | 2016-2017 | Star Wars (2015) #15-30, Star Wars Annual (2015) 1-2 | 448 | |||
| Thor Epic #25 | The Dark Gods | 1998-1999 | Thor (Vol. 2) #1-13, #1: Rough Cut, Annual '99; Silver Surfer/Thor Annual '98; Peter Parker: Spider-Man #2 | 528 | |||