Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four HC (1987-Present Marvel) 1st Edition comic books

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #61-71 and Annual #5.

Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by Jack Kirby.

The First Family of Super Heroes ushers in a new era of Marvel Masterworks with the addition of Fantastic Four Vol. 7 to the Masterworks Library! Showcasing the unmatched team-up of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this edition is a must-have! Hold on to your seats, True Believers, as the F.F. battle Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst, the Sandman, Ronan the Accuser and more!

Also featuring the Silver Surfer, the incomparable Inhumans and the first appearance of Him, the man later to be kn

own as Adam Warlock!

Hardcover, 296 pages, full color.

NOTE: Vol. 7-Up have the Silver Dust Jackets.

Cover price $49.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $48.00

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #61-71 and Annual #5.

Written by Stan Lee. Art and cover by Jack Kirby.

The First Family of Super Heroes ushers in a new era of Marvel Masterworks with the addition of Fantastic Four Vol. 7 to the Masterworks Library! Showcasing the unmatched team-up of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this edition is a must-have! Hold on to your seats, True Believers, as the F.F. battle Blastaar, the Living Bomb-Burst, the Sandman, Ronan the Accuser and more!

Also featuring the Silver Surfer, the incomparable Inhumans and the first appearance of Him, the man later to be known as Adam Warlock!

Hardcover, 296 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $44.00

Add to cart Near Mint $44.00

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #72-81 and ANNUAL #6.

Written by STAN LE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY.

Pony up, True Believer, the amazing eighth manic Masterworks featuring the First Family of Funnybooks is coming your way! Collecting an ironclad cadre of consecrated classics, this one's packed with more drama than you can shake a Skrull at! Let's break it down: the Silver Surfer pursued by none other than the world-devouring Galactus; the FF vs. Spidey, DD and Thor in a barnstorming brouhaha; a fantastic voyage into the Microverse to battle the Psycho Man; the Thing cured!; the first appearance of Annihilus; Crystal, the Inhuman, joins the FF, and one of comics' most historic moments, the birth of Franklin Richards?it just doesn't stop!

This one's a humdinger so chock-full of excitement it's ready to burst! And it's all brought to you by no less than the minds that made Marvel magnificent, Stan and Jack!

Nuff Said!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #82-93.

Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY.

FIELD TRIP!

That's 'Field Trip' as defined in the Lee/Kirby Dictionary, which means you'd better pack that bag lunch in unstable molecules and strap yourself in for a trip around the universe beyond your wildest imagination! First stop: A little visit to the neighbor's place, and hanging with the incomparable Inhumans and titanic team-up against Maximus the Mad! Second stop: Europe. Paris is beautiful in the springtime, but that's nothing. According to the brochure, Latveria's lovely year round. You might want to take that visitor's guide with a grain of salt, though. The savvy traveler never trusts a Chamber of Commerce run by Doombots. Third stop: Down under. Way down under for a big-time battle with the Mole Man! Last stop: Now here's a trip that's far out. The ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing gets whisked away on a galactic tour as a gladiator in the scurrilous Skrulls' slave arena!

If that's not enough outer-space exotica for ya, then welcome yourself to a world wrapped in the Roarin' Twenties! With tour guides like Stan and Jack, you'd best make those travel plans today, True Believer.

Hardcover, 264 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #94-104.

Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY and JOHN ROMITA, SR. Cover by JACK KIRBY.

Certifiably the World's Greatest Comic Collaboration, the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Fantastic Four run stands as one of the high-water marks in the history of the medium. The ten titanic years on the title laid the very foundation of the Marvel Universe, and birthed more amazing concepts and creative characters than perhaps any series before or since. In this tenth Masterworks volume, we celebrate the entire Lee/Kirby run with essays by critics, creators and luminaries in the field of comics. But it just ain't waxing nostalgic, True Believer! This is a Marvel comic, after all! Expect plenty of explosive action and family drama a-go-go as the FF build up to their 100th issue featuring everyone from Doc Doom to Dragon Man! They'll also help mankind take one giant leap when the Kree's robot Sentry tries to stop the Apollo 11 moon landing!

Just for good measure, we'll throw in the uncanny Inhumans and Attilan, and the whole shebang comes to a head when the mutant menace, Magneto, teams up with Namor in a bid to conquer the world-Nixon is not pleased!

Hardcover, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Volume 11 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #105-116.

Written by STAN LEE and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA, SR., and JACK KIRBY. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

The World's Greatest Comic Magazine marches forward with a new great artist, Big John Buscema, and the same great man - Stan "The Man" Lee - in A fresh set of epic adventures as only mighty Marvel can make 'em! It all begins when Johnny Storm's ladylove, Crystal, must leave the polluted human world for the Inhumans' sanctuary, but within her lies the secret solution to freeing the Thing from his rocky prison. Then, as Benjamin Grimm emerges with the power to change into the Thing at will, Reed Richards must descend into the dark of the Negative Zone to face entropic Annihilus and the mysterious Janus, the Nega-Man. But what good is controlling your powers, when you're losing control of your mind? The Thing goes on a rampage and New York City better look out because it can only end in the biggest, the baddest, the best fist-pounding, building-toppling, earth-shaking slobbernocker in Marvel history! The ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing goes toe-to-toe with the gamma-powered goliath, the Incredible Hulk, and only one will walk out alive. That's not all, though! Before the FF collect themselves, the all-powerful Over-Mind descends on the planet Earth - and you know it ain't gonna be good for real-estate values when the Watcher shows up, too.

It's a menace so great that even the evil Doctor Doom joins forces with the FF, so reserve your copy today, True Believer - there's plenty more classics to come!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #117-128.

Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS and ARCHIE GOODWIN. Art and cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

The one and only First Family of Super-Heroing continue their mind-bogglingly imaginative adventures in stories crafted by some of the medium's greatest storytellers. Lead by Stan "The Man" Lee-in the culmination of his incomparable FF run-and the phenomenal artistry of John Buscema and Joe Sinnott, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing face-off against their greatest adversary ever. In a word...Galactus! The world devourer returns and either the Silver Surfer must submit to his will or the Earth dies! It's a four-part epic that will make a True Believer out of comic fans young and old. That's worth the price of admission alone, but since we're so nice there's also the Human Torch's struggle to rescue his ladylove Crystal from the alchemical clutches of Diablo; a progressive parable of social consciousness in the Marvel Manner that Stan Lee championed; the secret of the Monster from the Lost Lagoon; and Roy Thomas' regular-series writing debut on a three-part saga featuring the menacing Mole Man and sultry Kala, Queen of the Netherworld-and topped of with a retelling of the FF's origin!

Guest-starring the Inhumans, the Black Panther, the world's weirdest babysitter-Agatha Harkness-and Richard Nixon, it's a comic extravaganza as only mighty Marvel can make them!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $54.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #129-141.

Written by ROY THOMAS and GERRY CONWAY. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, ROSS ANDRU and RAMONA FRADON. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

The MARVEL MASTERWORKS march on with the next collection of incomparable FANTASTIC FOUR adventures! When the Human Torch skips out for the Inhumans' hidden city and his girl Crystal, he doesn't find the reception he planned for when Quicksilver greets him. Meanwhile, the Frightful Four launch a surprise attack with their newest member - Thundra - that pushes Reed and Sue to the breaking point. Once the dust settles, the FF will be one fewer - because the Invisible Girl has quit! Of course, we wouldn't have the makings of an FF/Inhumans epic if Maximus the Mad didn't rear his head and make a power play for the Inhuman throne. By the time all is said and done, the Human Torch will be sporting a fiery new costume, and the Inhuman Queen Medusa will be the FF's newest member. And that's just for starters! Ahead of you are classic battles between the Thing and Thundra; the return of the towering Dragon Man and Gideon; the world's creepiest babysitter, Agatha Harkness; a bizarre trip back to the '50s courtesy of the Shaper of Worlds; and a reunion with Wyatt Wingfoot in a fight against one of the FF's oldest enemies, the Miracle Man! To top it off, we're also including a trip to the Negative Zone and the origin of its truly evil inhabitant, Annihilus. The villain's plan to harness the enormous powers in Franklin Richards will devastate the FF in a story that changed the Marvel Universe forevermore!

So don't hesitate: Celebrate 50 years of FANTASTIC FOUR - the World's Greatest Comic Magazine - and reserve your copy today!

Hardcover, 288 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #142-150, Giant Size Super Stars (1974) #1, Giant Size Fantastic Four (1974) #2, and Avengers (1963 1st Series) #127.

Written by Steve Englehart and GERRY CONWAY. Art by Rich Buckler. Cover by Gil Kane. FANTASTIC FOUR stands tall as one of the most famous super-hero series of all time - and it certainly didn't get there by resting on its laurels. How better can that be proven than by another MARVEL MASTERWORKS collection? First, Dr. Doom pushes the FF to the limit! Then, Human Torch and Medusa adventure in the Himalayas! Reed and Sue's relationship is strained when Sue joins Namor in an invasion of New York - and just to keep things tense, the Frightful Four pile on, too! Then, Ultron crashes Crystal and Quicksilver's wedding! Finally, it's a Thing vs. Hulk battle royale and a tense time-traveling tale - masterworks, one and all! Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #151-163, Giant Size Fantastic Four (1974) #3-4, and Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #2.

Written by Steve Englehart and GERRY CONWAY. Art by Rich Buckler. Cover by Gil Kane.

It's a treasure trove of FF classics, courtesy of the Marvel Masterworks!

First comes a battle of the sexes as the FF find themselves in the midst of the fight between Femizons and Mahkizmo the Nuclear Man. Then, the Silver Surfer returns with a vengeance! The Machiavellian Dr. Doom has captured the Surfer's beloved Shalla-Bal and used her to turn him against the FF. And that's just the warm up! The FF and Inhumans team up against Xemu, the Invisible Girl returns to the fold, and Arkon the Annihilator initiates an adventure featuring an inter-dimensional alternate Thing.

Topped off with a giant-size battle against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the first appearance of Madrox the Multiple Man, they're Masterworks one and all!

Hardcover, 312 pages, full color.

Cover price $69.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #164-175 and ANNUAL #11, Marvel Two-in-One (1974-1983 1st Series) #20 and ANNUAL #1, and Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #11.

Written by Bill Mantlo and Roy Thomas. Art by George Pérez, John Buscema, Sal Buscema and Rich Buckler. Cover by Jack Kirby.

The Crusader! The Thing cured! Luke Cage joins the FF! Hulk vs. the Thing and both of them vs. the FF! Galactus vs. the High Evolutionary! Time-traveling adventures with the Invaders! And the impossible return of an improbable guest-star! Writer Roy Thomas teams with breakout art talent George Pérez, master storyteller John Buscema, and Bullpen stalwarts Sal Buscema and Rich Buckler to bring you some of the greatest FF tales of the 1970s!

Trust us, True Believer, you'll know why they call it "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" by the time you're done with this jam-packed Marvel Masterworks collection!

Hardcover, 328 pages, full color.

Cover price $69.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #176-191.

Written by Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Bill Mantlo, Roger Stern, Ralph Macchio, Roger Slifer and Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Ron Wilson, Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Dave Hunt and Tony DeZuniga. Cover by Jack Kirby.

The Fantastic Four continue their explorations into the impossible - when they confront none other than the Impossible Man! From a tale that rampages through the Marvel Bullpen and features the return of the Frightful Four, Impy will both torment and team up with our heroes in an attempt to make them a Fantastic Five! Then, Reed Richards is replaced by his evil Counter-Earth counterpart. It's a saga so epic in scope that it pulls in Thundra, Tigra, the Mad Thinker and Annihilus - as Reed battles for his life in the heart of the Negative Zone! With little time to rest, our heroes must then battle through the Eliminator, Salem's Seven, Klaw and the Molecule Man in a series of struggles so shocking that they may tear apart the FF forever!

Hardcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #192-203 and ANNUAL #12-13.

Written by Roger Slifer, Keith Pollard, Len Wein, Bill Mantlo, Marv Wolfman. Art by George Perez, Keith Pollard, Joe Sinnott, John Buscema, Bob Hall, and Sal Buscema. Cover by Jack Kirby.

The Fantastic Four have split up! Having gone their separate ways, you might worry we'll have to come up with a new title for this book - but don't, because the Doctor Doom's evil machinations will reunite Marvel's first family for its issue #200 extravaganza! Johnny Storm's hotrod racing, the Thing's demon bashing, Sue's dalliances with Namor and Reed's soul searching culminate in a massive five-part saga that pits the FF against its nemesis in the series' greatest tradition! Who is Doom's son? How does he have the FF's powers? It's a fight to the finish in Latveria!

Also featuring Quasimodo the Living Computer, an outer-space adventure with the Inhumans and the return of the Mole Man!

Hardcover, 328 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #204-218 and ANNUAL #14.

Written by Marv Wolfman, Bill Mantlo, and George Perez. Art by Keith Pollard, Sal Buscema, George Perez, and John Byrne. Cover by Joe Sinnott.

In their latest, greatest Marvel Masterworks, the Fantastic Four confront one of their oldest enemies: the Skrulls! And they'll have to do it as their older selves after an aging weapon advances them to death's door! The talents of Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard and John Byrne - in his FF debut - keep the story feisty, the art spry and the adventure fantastic. How could it not be when the world-devourer Galactus enters the fray with a new herald? As if that weren't enough, the cosmic Sphinx, scheming Monocle, combustible Blastaar, formidable Frightful Four and diabolical Salem's Seven keep the scope epic, the stakes absolute and you on the edge of your seat! And H.E.R.B.I.E.? He's just keeping it real.

Hardcover, 328 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #219-231 and ANNUAL #15.

Written by Doug Moench, John Byrne. Art by Bill Sienkiewicz, John Byrne, Joe Sinnott, Pablo Marcos, Bruce Patterson, Jerome Moore, George Perez, Jon D'Agostino, Chic Stone, and Mike Esposito. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

The Fantastic Four has always been the home for Marvel's biggest ideas and most creative concepts. It's a tradition founded by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby - and now, Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz carry the torch (no pun intended) forward in this amazing Masterworks! Giant monsters invade New York! A possessed Franklin Richards threatens all reality with his immeasurable power! The FF join Captain Marvel in a cosmic war against the Skrulls, drawn by George Pérez! Doctor Doom retakes Latveria! A lost race of technologically advanced Vikings, powered by a blind god's tears, needs the FF's aid! And a trip to the great outdoors ain't no picnic when alien brain parasites attack! The legendary John Byrne makes his writer/artist debut, and so much more!

Hardcover, 320 pages, full color.

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #232-240 and ANNUAL #16 and Fantastic Four Roast (1982).

Written by John Byrne, Ed Hannigan, Stan Lee, and Fred Hembeck. Art by John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, Dick Ayers, Al Milgrom, Joe Sinnott, George Roussos, Sol Brodsky, Vince Colletta, Frank Giacoia, Pablo Marcos, Terry Austin, Steve Dikto, and Fred Hembeck. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin.

The Fantastic Four is going back to basics - and back to Byrne!

The Marvel Masterworks are proud to present the debut of John Byrne in his celebrated run as FF writer/artist. Byrne's deft balance - renewing the characters' cores, revitalizing old foes and introducing new concepts - brought the FF a bold vitality. Marvel's First Family returned to the lofty heights of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! In fact, the Lee/Kirby contribution to the FF's twentieth anniversary is one of the many treats this volume has in store. Also included are an Annual by Steve Ditko, the FF Roast and a treasure trove of bonus material!

Restored from extensive scans of original artwork, this is the definitive edition of one of Marvel's true classics!

Hardcover, 352 pages, full color. Rated T

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #241-250, Silver Surfer (1982) 1-Shot, and material from What If (1977-1984 1st Series) #36 and Marvel Fanfare (1982-1992 1st Series) #2.

Written by John Byrne and Stan Lee. Art by John Byrne and Tom Palmer. Cover by John Byrne.

Master storyteller John Byrne's groundbreaking FANTASTIC FOUR run continues!

From a mysterious Wakandan adventure to the chilling return of Galactus, Byrne orchestrates epic adventures that capture the spirit of what makes the FF Marvel's greatest super-team. Each issue explores the essence of these beloved characters while also putting them in extremely unexpected places - like side by side with Doctor Doom in a battle for Latveria! Byrne also recognizes the power of Sue Richards, has changes in store for Nova and the Thing and returns to the X-Men for a supersized 250th-issue extravaganza!

Plus: John Byrne's SILVER SURFER collaboration with Stan Lee, an alternate-universe exploration of a Fantastic Four without super-powers and a rare story spotlighting Mister Fantastic!

Hardcover, 360 pages, full color. Rated T

Cover price $75.00.

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Volume 23 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #251-257, ANNUAL #17, The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #233 and Thing (1983-1986 1st Series) #2.

Written by John Byrne and Roger Stern. Art by John Byrne, Joe Sinnott, and Ron Wilson. Cover by John Byrne.

The Marvel Masterworks continue John Byrne's iconic FF run!

When the Fantastic Four journey on a mind-bending quest through the Negative Zone, the opportunistic Annihilus attacks the undefended Baxter Building. It's a gripping saga with two universes hanging in the balance! With Daredevil, She-Hulk and the Avengers racing to the FF's side, Reed and Sue must make some drastic decisions concerning their future with the team!

Plus: Galactus is back, he's hungering and the Skrull homeworld is on the menu. The ramifications of this moment will be felt for generations! And speaking of Skrulls: Whatever happened to the first Skrulls to cross paths with the FF? Find out here!

Also featuring a massive trove of FF entries from the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!

Hardcover, 344 pages, full color. Rated T

Cover price $75.00.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #258-268, Alpha Flight (1983-1994 1st Series) #4 and Thing (1983-1986 1st Series) #10, and material from Fantastic Four Special Edition (1984), Thing (1983-1986 1st Series) #7 and Marvel Fanfare (1982 1st Series) #15 .

Written by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne, Ron Wilson, Kerry Gammill, and Hilary Barta. Cover by John Byrne.

Combining a cosmic scope with a heartfelt, earthbound humanism, John Byrne's run on FANTASTIC FOUR remains a high point in Marvel history.

The Marvel Masterworks continues its collection of that epic era, pitting the FF against Terrax the Terrible, former herald of Galactus - now in the thrall of Doctor Doom! Then, Reed Richards finds himself on trial in a Shi'ar courtroom for the crime of rescuing Galactus! The Torch and Thing take on the Mole Man, the Beyonder cometh...and welcome to the FF, She-Hulk!

Plus: In one of the FF's most emotional stories, a desperate Reed and Sue place the fate of their unborn child in the hands of Otto Octavius!

Hardcover, 384 pages, full color. Rated T

Cover price $75.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $67.00

Add to cart Near Mint $67.00

Volume 25 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #269-277, Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) Annual #18, Thing (1983-1986 1st Series) #19 and 23, and material from Epic Illustrated (1980 Magazine) #26-34. Written by John Byrne, Mark Gruenwald, and Mike Carlin. Art by John Byrne, Mark Bright, Ron Wilson, Al Gordon, Jerry Ordway, Mike Gustovich, Bob Layton, Bob Wiacek, and Terry Austin. Cover by John Byrne. It begins with the FF, the Inhumans, a wedding, and a war between the Kree and Skrulls on the Moon! Then, the FF and Wyatt Wingfoot face a galactic menace who has landed in remote Oklahoma with a message: "I claim this planet!" The two-part tangle with Terminus is one for the ages! Meanwhile, Reed shares a tale of alien invasion by the giant green monster Gormuu before setting off on a time-traveling journey that will bring him up close with cowboys and aliens - and his time-tramping father! And as the relationship between Wyatt and She-Hulk grows more intimate, the demonic Mephisto rears his awful head - and the Thing returns from Battleworld! Plus: John Byrne's unfinished cosmic masterpiece "The Last Galactus Story!" Hardcover, 376 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $75.00.