Who are -- The Defenders? None other than Dr. Strange -- the Sub-Mariner -- and the Hulk! No wonder we made this one king-size!

In the tradition of Marvel Fanfare Vol.1, the series was restarted years later with this second volume. The series however didn't last long, ending with it's 6th issue.

This issue also began Allen Milgrom's series of fun little "Editori-Als." In this first edition, Allen talked about the series begin printed on paper special reserved for comic book covers, thus raising the price of this comic.

Every issue features original cutaway artwork that reveals hidden secrets, detailed profiles of characters, a history of the teams, and a timeline of Marvel's greatest battles, plus inside information about the history of Marvel Comics.

Before Marvel Comics returned to their Official Handbook formula, they published 7 different encyclopedia's with profiles on much of the well-known Marvel characters. Only volume 3, the Hulk, is different from the other volumes, with no profiles, but stories about the Hulk and how he came to be and his run through the years.

In the tradition of TALES TO ASTONISH, it's two classic characters in one cool comic! First, it's The Hulk by writer/artist Rob Haynes (DAREDEVIL: NINJA) ? then it's Thor by writer Marlan Harris and internationally-acclaimed artist Kia Asamiya!

*Diva (dee-vah), noun: An unusually glamorous and powerful woman. See: Patsy "Hellcat" Walker; Felicia "Black Cat" Hardy; Angelica "Firestar" Jones; and Monica "Photon" Rambeau. What happens when you take four of the Marvel Universe's most fabulous single girls and throw them together, adding liberal amounts of suds and drama? You get the sassiest, sexiest, soapiest series to come out of the House of Ideas since Millie the Model! Romance, action, ex-boyfriends, and a last page that changes everything! Let your inner divas out with this one, fellas, you won't regret it!

Night in Madripoor. Wolverine looks upon the city from a rooftop. He does really like this city. But he is here on a mission. He has to find Tyger Tiger, a local female crimelord. He goes to a bar and finds it being raided by goons. He walks in and gets attacked immediately. But the bad guys are no match for his adamantium enhanced body. They are defeated easily. Wolverine saves a man named O' Donell from them. A fair lady namedSapphire Styx likes Wolverine on first sight.

Classic heroes! Top talent! All-new stories! Jump on board the landmark first issue of MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS! 4—count ‘em 4—brand new stories with a landmark wrap-around cover by J. Scott Campbell! Inside, you’ll find these incredible mysteries: Who is DAMIEN CROSS? Why will his murder shake the very foundations of the Marvel Universe? Why is SPIDER-MAN needed in outer space? Patsy Walker is HELLCAT. But then who’s the other HELLCAT? What is the SYSTEM? And what does it mean for the future of super heroes? Extra-sized first issue!

King-Size series that reprinted the Fantastic Four and other early Marvel titles such as Tales To Astonish, Spider-Man and Journey into Mystery. Marvel Collectors' Item Classics became Marvel's Greatest Comics with issue #23

Presenting a sneak peek look into Marvel's CIVIL WAR II event!

A young man has travelled billions of miles through space in a rocket to help our world. But is Earth of the 1950's ready for a new super hero? Before he became the dark figure the Agents of Atlas call The Uranian, Bob Grayson raced through the skies as Marvel Boy! From the critically acclaimed writer of Agents of Atlas and Fall of the Hulks: Alpha comes this all-new look back at one of Marvel’s first heroes!

Forget everything you know about the name Marvel Boy! Burn the toga and the headband! Shred the cape and wave goodbye to Uranus! This is a very different character. The new Marvel Boy is Noh-Varr, the youngest member of a Kree Diplomatic team. After voyaging for years, these alien super heroes reach Earth, only to be blown out of the sky. Only Noh-Varr survives, and is captured and tortured by the mysterious Midas Organization. Escaping, he vows vengeance on all mankind.

Walk through Marvel's Earth with the first-ever official atlas! In the first half of this indispensable guide, travel through Europe, Asia and the Pacific with digestible in-depth features including: the splendor of Dr. Doom's Latveria! The wonders of Muir Island! The glory of Silver Sable's homeland Symkaria! The urban squalor of Madripoor! The underwater marvels of Lemuria! From the shores of Ireland to the ocean's very depths, it's all mapped out for you courtesy of handbook legend Eliot R. Brown (PUNISHER ARMORY, IRON MANUAL)!

Bouncing out of the pages of the hit MARVEL APES mini-series- it's the masked (monkey) marvel SPEEDBALL! Branded a traitor to the entire Ape Universe, the simian superhero is now exiled, alienated, and alone on a bizarre Planet of Humans! Can this monkey make it in Man's World? It won't be easy when he has to take down the Red Ghost and his Super Apes, put up with the irredeemable Ant-Man and come face-to-face with the parents of the human Speedball! PLUS: a super-strong gorilla in a Mexican wrestling mask? It can't be Speedball's best friend, APE X can it? It's a super-simian smackdown in the Mighty Marvel Monkey Manner, and more furry fun than humans should be allowed to have- just ask any ape!

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Feces front, True Believers, it's the AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY! From the pages of last year's simian-smash hit, join the Monkey-verse's Peter Parker as he comes to grips with a world too savage for his heroic legacy to allow. But as Spider-Monkey tries to create a better world for all ape-kind, Captain America (the top ape of the ape-verse) -stands in his way. Will the webbed wonder survive? By Karl Kesel and Reilly Brown!

Not a hoax, not a dream, not an imaginary story - just the most not-to-be-missed mini-series of the season! If you only buy one (well, two) comics this month about super-powered, intelligent apes-in-capes, it must be MARVEL APES!.

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