Marvel Premiere Classic Library Edition HC (2006-2013 Marvel) comic books 2009

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "Daredevil: Born Again!" Collects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #226-233. Written by FRANK MILLER. Art and cover by DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI.

"And I - I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin of Crime wastes no time taking him down as low as a human can get.

Hardcover, 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Wolverine: Not Dead Yet!" Collects Wolverine (1988-2003 1st Series) #119-122.

Written by Warren Ellis. Art by Leinil Francis Yu and Edgar Tadeo.

Wolverine's past is full of nasty characters, but few as fiendish as the White Ghost, a murderous mercenary whom Logan thought he'd left for dead during his spy years! But this Ghost won't be laid to rest until he's run Wolverine through a gauntlet of Adamantium weapons, killing the mutant maverick with the very metal that's saved his life so many times! Unwilling to risk his friends, Wolverine stands alone in a story of intrigue, romance and devastation, culminating in a clash between two killers!

Hardcover, 112 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 995 copies.

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Proteus!" Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #125-128 and material from X-Men Classic (1986-1995 Classic X-Men) #32-33 and 36.

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, JOHN BYRNE, ANN NOCENTI and FABIAN NICIEZA. Art by JOHN BYRNE, JOHN BOLTON and MARK BRIGHT. Cover by George Perez and Terry Austin.

One of the X-Men's greatest allies must face her darkest secret when a child born of violence bends reality to his whims! The paranormal Proteus battles the X-Men in body and soul, shaking the psyches of even their bravest and strongest! But as Marvel's mightiest mutants face one world-threatening wonder, an even worse one awaits as the stage is set for the debut of Dark Phoenix!

Hardcover, 128 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 894 copies.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $32.00

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Avengers: Hawkeye!" Collects Hawkeye (1983 1st Series) #1-4, Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #57, Marvel Super Action (1977-1981) #1, Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #189 and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #95.

Written by STAN LEE, MARK GRUENWALD, ROGER STERN, STEVEN GRANT, DAVID MICHELINIE and MIKE FRIEDRICH. Art by DON HECK, JOHN BYRNE, MARK GRUENWALD, BRETT BREEDING, ELIOT R. BROWN, GEORGE EVANS, JIMMY JANES and BRUCE PATTERSON. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin.

The Ace Archer of the Avengers in some of his sharpest adventures! His beginnings as a malfeasant marksman! His solo stand against X-Men adversary Deathbird! Plus: double-costumed debuts for Hawkeye's future bride Bobbi Morse, a.k.a. Agent 19, and the couple's whirlwind romance in Hawkeye's first miniseries!

Guest-starring Mocking Bird, the Black Widow, Spider-Man and more!

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 800 copies.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Cloak and Dagger: Child of Darkness, Child of Light!" Collects Cloak and Dagger (1983 Marvel 1st Series) #1-4.

Written by BILL MANTLO. Art and cover by RICK LEONARDI.

"The darkness hideth not from thee...the night shineth as the day..." Detective Brigid O'Reilly wants to arrest them, Father Francis Delgado wants to reform them - but does anyone really understand them? A year after they debuted as anti-drug vigilantes in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, Cloak and Dagger's secrets were revealed in their own miniseries, collected here for the first time! See the duo's first meeting and transformation, their battles against criminals, and their struggles with themselves - as only two of the eighties' authorial and artistic experts could present them!

Hardcover, 112 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 984 copies.

Cover price $19.99.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "Guardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome!" Collects Marvel Super Heroes (1966-1982 1st Series) #18, Marvel Two-in-One (1974-1983) #4-5, Giant-Size Defenders (1974) #5 and Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #26-29.

Written by ARNOLD DRAKE, STEVE GERBER, GERRY CONWAY, ROGER SLIFER, LEN WEIN, CHRIS CLAREMONT and SCOTT EDELMAN. Art by GENE COLAN, SAL BUSCEMA, DON HECK, VINCE COLLETTA, FRANK GIACOIA JOHN TARTAGLIONE. Cover by Gene Colan.

In 1968, industry legends Arnold Drake (creator of DC's Deadman and Doom Patrol) and Gene Colan (penciler for virtually every major Marvel character) looked to the future and saw a crusading quartet - Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex and Charlie-27 - rising to retake Earth from reptilian raiders! The Guardians of the Galaxy begin their battle with the Badoon, and they're not just building on the heroism of past centuries - they're recruiting from it! Captain America, Doctor Strange, the Thing, the Hulk and others join the Sol System's soldiers in a war that began a thousand years from now!

Hardcover, 176 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 1056 copies.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Add to cart Fine $24.00

Volume 25 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Pheonix Rising!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #263, Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #286, X-Factor (1986-1998 1st Series) #1 and material from X-Men Classic (1986-1995 Classic X-Men) #8 and 43.

Written by ROGER STERN, JOHN BYRNE and BOB LAYTON. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE and JACKSON GUICE. Cover by WALT SIMONSON.

She was a mutant. She was a telepath. She was dead. PHOENIX. Now, Jean Grey walks the earth again. How will her friends, her enemies, and her one true love react to the fiery spectacle of Phoenix Rising?

Hardcover, 136 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 800 copies.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Volume 26 - 1st printing. "Guardians of the Galaxy: The Power of Starhawk!" Collects Marvel Presents (1975-1977) #3-12.

Written by STEVE GERBER, ROGER STERN, MARY SKRENES and STAN LEE. Art by AL MILGROM, HOWARD CHAYKIN and JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by AL MILGROM and JOHN ROMITA.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - it was a thousand years from now, where the Guardians of the Galaxy help humanity rebuild after waves of alien invasions! But while Earth's in turmoil, threats rise from two other worlds: one of them living, the other gone mad! See the future's past today!

Featuring the introduction of Nikki and the origin of Starhawk! Guest-starring the Silver Surfer!

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 1070 copies.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. "Spider-Man: Torment!" Collects Spider-Man (1990-1998) #1-5 and Marvel Age Preview (1990) #1. Story and art by TODD MCFARLANE.

Blood washes the streets of the Big Apple. Torment plunges Spider-Man into the darkness within us all as he hunts the Lizard through the streets and sewers of New York City, trying to put an end to the bloodthirsty, homicidal rampage left in his wake. But what is driving the Lizard? Is it an answer that Spider-Man is prepared to face? Or will it be so shocking that it will make even the most courageous hero question his sanity?

Torment is a terrifying, action-packed epic that made -- and continues to make -- comic history!

Hardcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $23.00

Volume 28 - 1st printing. "Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow!" Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #52, Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #86, Amazing Adventures (1970-1976 2nd Series) #1-8 and Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #81.

Written by STAN LEE, DON RICO, GARY FRIEDRICH, MIMI GOLD, ROY THOMAS and GERRY CONWAY. Art by DON HECK, JOHN ROMITA, JIM MOONEY, JOHN BUSCEMA and GENE COLAN. Cover by JOHN ROMITA.

She started as a super-spy and ended up a super-star!

After failed endeavors with the Crimson Dynamo, Natasha Romanova ditches her fishnets for a black bodysuit and a solo crime-fighting career against gangsters and terrorists, in rare stories not reprinted in decades! Goliath, formerly the archer known as Hawkeye, wants them to be a costumed couple, but an android matchmaker has other ideas when he manipulates the Black Widow into rescuing Daredevil, the better to use them both!

Guest-starring Spider-Man!

Hardcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $30.00

Volume 29 - 1st printing. "Thor: Balder the Brave!" Collects Balder the Brave (1985 Marvel) #1-4 and Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #360-362.

Written by WALTER SIMONSON. Art by SAL BUSCEMA and WALTER SIMONSON. Cover by WALTER SIMONSON.

War in Hel! Odin the All-Father is gone, and death goddess Hela is stockpiling souls for the fight to take his place! The mighty Thor leads Asgard's finest to rescue the dead from a fate WORSE than death, while Thor's brother-in-arms Balder battles giants to rescue his beloved Queen Karnilla! The God of Thunder and the God of Light - which one will lead Asgard into the face of coming dooms?

Plus: a longtime Marvel villain makes the ultimate sacrifice, but for whom?

Hardcover, 176 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 30 - 1st printing. "Hercules: Prince of Power!" Collects Hercules (1982 1st Series Marvel) #1-4 and Hercules (1984 2nd Series Marvel) #1-4.

Story and art by BOB LAYTON.

In space, no one can hear you shout 'Have at thee!'...unless you've got lungs like the Prince of Power! Centuries in the future, Hercules embarks on an extraterrestrial odyssey and finds there are more gods in the heavens than he imagined! With his computerized comrade the Recorder, he wows worshippers, attacks avatars and sires a son who may be an even more dangerous demigod than he is! Rigellians, Skrulls, carnivorous horses and more! Plus: interviews with Bob Layton, creator of Herc's 24th century!

Hardcover, 200 pages, full color.

NOTE: "This is one of the best modern day Hercules adventures ever. See also Hercules: Full Circle HC (2009) to find out where the Pince of Power's adventures take him next." - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 31 - 1st printing. "Spider-Man: Sinister Six!" Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #334-339 and Annual #1.

Written by STAN LEE and DAVID MICHELINIE. Art by STEVE DITKO and ERIK LARSEN. Cover by STEVE DITKO.

When still in high school, the Amazing Spider-Man faced one of his most chilling challenges when six of his most nerve-wracking nemeses formed a cabal of crime: the Sinister Six! Years later, Doctor Octopus reunites the team for his most remarkable racket yet, and time has made them deadlier than ever - even as it's made Spidey's life more complicated than ever! Can he teach the Six a lesson, or will they school him instead?

Plus: the fate of a longtime Spidey supporting character and of Mary Jane's greatest enemy!

Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and more!

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Add to cart Very Fine $32.00

Volume 32 - 1st printing. "Mephisto vs...!" Collects Mephisto vs. ... (1987) #1-4.

Written by AL MILGROM. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA.

The Fantastic Four! X-Factor! The X-Men! The Avengers! What threat could menace all four major Marvel teams of the 1980s? Can you say...the Devil?

Mephisto wants super-hero souls, and he's out to collect them all! With their worst nightmares AND their wildest dreams at his command, he's not getting cast out of THIS fight! How can he lose...when it's HIS series?

Hardcover, 112 pages. full color.

NOTE: This tale picks up after the epic events of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #380.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $29.00

Volume 33 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Wolverine and Gambit: Victims!" Collects Wolverine Gambit Victims (1995) #1-4.

Written by JEPH LOEB. Art and cover by TIM SALE. Warrior.

Ronin. Soldier. Mutant. Logan knows little of his past, save that it was fraught with pain and loss. Long ago, he was trained as a samurai in Japan; later, he became Weapon X, a covert operative for the Canadian government.

Today, Wolverine is an X-Man -- using his animal-keen senses, accelerated healing factor and razor-sharp claws to help protect a world that fears and hates mutants! Always an outsider, Gambit was shunned as a youth because of his strange, burning-red eyes. Eventually, Remy LeBeau realized he was a mutant, possessed of the ability to charge inanimate objects with explosively released biokinetic energy.

A reformed thief and charming scoundrel, the ragin' Cajun always has a card up his sleeve! Now, these two outlaw heroes have been drawn together by a string of brutal slayings that may mark the return of the 19th-century serial killer called Jack the Ripper! Is it merely coincidence that finds Remy and Logan in London, or does one of these enigmatic outsiders have an ulterior motive?

Hardcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $26.00

Volume 34 - 1st printing. "Hercules: Full Circle!" Collects Marvel Tales (1964-1994 Marvel) #197, Hercules: Full Circle (1988 Marvel GN #37), Marvel Comics Presents (1988-1995 1st Series) #39-41 and material from Marvel Age (1983-1994) #4 and 65.

Story and art by BOB LAYTON.

Bob Layton had a vision of the future - Greek gods, sarcastic robots, transvestite aliens and more - and it's time to share it!

The Prince of Power encounters the Wonder of the World of Wilamean, his own half-human son! Can the man-god who changed the courses of rivers and history steer his son to the path of justice? It'll help that there's a lot of fighting involved!

Plus: rare creator interviews, artwork and more!

Hardcover, 120 pages, full color.

NOTE: "A must read companion piece for Hercules: Prince of Power HC (2009)" - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

Cover price $19.99.