Comic books in 'X-Men'

Volume 59 - 1st printing. "X-Force: A Force to be Reckoned With!" Collects New Mutants (1983-1991 1st Series) #98-100, X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #1-4 and Spider-Man (1990-1998) #16.

Written by FABIAN NICIEZA and ROB LIEFELD. Art and cover by ROB LIEFELD. Cable has taken over the New Mutants and molded them into a precision strike force! With new members Shatterstar, Warpath, Domino, Siryn and Feral, the group is ready to face any threat, and is determined to shut down Stryfe and his Mutant Liberation Front once and for all! And when the Juggernaut and Black Tom take a building full of hostages, X-Force needs Spider-Man's help to stop them! Featuring the first appearance of Deadpool!

Hardcover, 248 pages, full color.

NOTE: Limited to 594 copies. See Marvel Premiere Classic Library Edition HC Vol. 59 for Variant cover.

Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 61 - 1st printing. "X-Force: Under the Gun!" Collects X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #5-15 and material from X-FORCE ANNUAL #1. Written by FABIAN NICIEZA and ROB LIEFELD. Art by ROB LIEFELD, MARK PACELLA, MIKE MIGNOLA, TERRY SHOEMAKER and GREG CAPULLO. Cover by ROB LIEFELD. X-Force has survived its first fights - but the stakes just keep getting higher, and the villains deadlier! A new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, including Toad and Sauron, has formed and joined forces with the Morlocks, and their frightening attack on our heroes leaves one team member mortally wounded! Plus: the mysteries between Cable and Stryfe deepen, Deadpool goes after Domino and Cable, a government task force comes after X-Force, and one mutant is revealed to be an imposter! And just who are the X-Ternals? Hardcover, 272 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 505 copies Cover price $34.99.

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Volume 66 - 1st printing. "X-Men/Alpha Flight!" Collects X-Men Alpha Flight (1985) #1-2, X-Men/Alpha Flight (1998) #1-2, and Uncanny X-Men #109, 120-121 and 139-140. Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, BEN RAAB and JOHN CASSADAY. Art by PAUL SMITH, JOHN CASSADAY and JOHN BYRNE. Cover by JOHN BYRNE. The X-Men and Alpha Flight have always had Wolverine in common, even when fighting over who should keep him! But when the stakes get high, these two teams of iconic heroes can set aside their differences and join forces to save the world! See Marvel's mutants and Canada's greatest heroes join forces against Loki, Sentinels, Hydra and Wendigo! Hardcover, 280 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 534 copies. Cover price $34.99.

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Volume 71 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Life/Death!" Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) 1st Series #53, 186, 198, 205 and 214. Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT and ARNOLD DRAKE. Art and cover by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH. Visionary artist Barry Windsor-Smith takes on the Uncanny X-Men as Storm and Forge find themselves trapped on a primitive paradise world with no hope of escape! Spiral and Lady Deathstrike target Wolverine for death! And Dazzler is hunted by the Marauders, with only the X-Men to save her! Plus: The original X-Men go toe-to-toe against Blastaar, deadly menace from the Negative Zone, in Windsor-Smith first Marvel Masterwork! Hardcover, 152 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 711 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 73 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Fallen Angels!" Collects Fallen Angels (1987) #1-8. Art by KERRY GAMMILL, MARIE SEVERIN and JOE STATON. Cover by KERRY GAMMILL and TOM PALMER. From the pages of X-FACTOR: Madrox and Siryn! From the pages of NEW MUTANTS: Sunspot and Warlock! From the pages of X-FORCE: the Vanisher and Boom-Boom! Mix these six unlikely allies with Devil Dinosaur, super-strong lobsters and some teenage runaways, and you've got the Fallen Angels! What wonders await these strange heroes of Beat Street in the paradise of Coconut Grove? Witness one of the strangest X-Men adventures of all time! Hardcover, 200 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 775 copies. Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 79 - 1st printing. "X-Force: Assault on Graymalkin!" Collects New Warriors (1990-1996 1st Series) #31 and X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #19-25. Written by FABIAN NICIEZA. Art by DARICK ROBERTSON and GREG CAPULLO. Cover by GREG CAPULLO. No longer able to abide Professor X's passive ideals, the young members of X-Force split from the X-Men to carve out their own aggressive destiny! Featuring the threats of Magneto, the X-Ternals and...War Machine!? Guest-starring Deadpool, Nick Fury, the New Warriors, Storm and Beast - and featuring the return of Cable! Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 600 copies. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 82 - 1st printing. "Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties!" Collects Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #368-369, X-Men (1991-2008 1st Series) #26, Avengers West Coast (1985-1994) #101, Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #307 and Black Knight: Exodus (1996). Written by BOB HARRAS, FABIAN NICIEZA, ROY THOMAS, SCOTT LOBDELL and BEN RAAB. Art by STEVE EPTING, ANDY KUBERT, DAVE ROSS, JOHN ROMITA JR., JAN DUURSEMA and JIM CHEUNG. Cover by ANDY KUBERT. The island of Genosha has been a powderkeg since the X-Men overthrew its anti-mutant regime, and it's finally erupted into full-scale civil war! The president asks Professor X to mediate peace between human and mutant, but the situation is inflamed when Magneto's treacherous Acolyte Fabian Cortez makes a bid for power by kidnapping Luna, daughter of the Avengers' Quicksilver and Crystal - and Magneto's granddaughter! The X-Men and Avengers head for Genosha - but the situation spirals out of control when Magneto's right-hand man, Exodus, arrives looking to kill Cortez! Can even the X-Men and Avengers combined bring peace to a nation at war, defeat two madmen and save a child caught in the middle? Plus: the secret origin of Exodus and his twisted ties to the Avengers' Black Knight! Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 445 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 83 - 1st printing. "Spider-Man: Masques!" Collects Spider-Man (1990-1998) #6-7, 13-14, and 16 and X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #4. Written by TODD MCFARLANE, ROB LIEFELD and FABIAN NICIEZA. Art by TODD MCFARLANE and ROB LIEFELD. Cover by TODD MCFARLANE. Industry superstar Todd McFarlane's blockbuster run barrels on! The Hobgoblin is back, out of control and more deranged than ever! Will even the demonic Ghost Rider be enough to help Spider-Man stop him? Then, Spidey takes a trip into the dark, lightless sewers under Manhattan to face Morbius the Living Vampire, which can mean only one thing: the return of the black costume! And finally, it's a titanic two-part team-up with Marvel's heavy hitters of the '90s that takes the word "widescreen" literally as Spider-Man partners with X-Force to stop the rampaging Juggernaut! Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 600 copies. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 88 - 1st printing. "X-Force: Toy Soldiers!" Collects X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #26-31, ANNUAL #2, and Nomad (1992-1994) #20. Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Mat Broome. Cover by Tony S. Daniel. AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS AND MANIACAL REIGNFIRE BREAKS THE MUTANT LIBERATION FRONT OUT OF PRISON, CABLE AND COMPANY MUST DEAL WITH THE MLF'S KIDNAPPING OF GOVERNMENT LIAISON PETER HENRY GYRICH. AND JUST WHEN THINGS COULDN'T GET WORSE, THE MADCAP ARCADE MAKES HIS PRESENCE KNOWN, CAUSING MORE MURDEROUS MAYHEM THAN YOU CAN BELIEVE! FEATURING JUGGERNAUT, BLACK TOM CASSIDY, BANSHEE, NOMAD, THE SIX PACK AND MORE! Hardcover, 232 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 440 copies. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 89 - 1st printing. "The Avengers: The Private War of Dr. Doom!" Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #150-156 and ANNUAL #6, and Super Villain Team-Up (1975-1980) #9.

Written by Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Bill Mantlo, and Jim Shooter. Art by John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Jim Shooter, Sal Trapani, John Tartaglione, Duffy Vohland, Joe Sinnott, Pablo Marcos, and Mike Esposito. Cover by George Perez and John Romita, Sr.

In an epic spanning from New York to Louisiana to California to Maryland to the Atlantic Ocean, the Avengers are forced into Doctor Doom's latest diabolical scheme by the Atlantean Attuma, who wants Earth's Mightiest Heroes to keep Doom from conquering the world - so HE can conquer it, instead!

Plus: voodoo, mad science and the resurrection of the dead! With guest appearances from throughout Avengers history! Featuring Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Champions of Los Angeles, the Circus of Crime and more!

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Rated T

NOTE: Limited to 490 copies.

Cover price $29.99.

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Volume 98 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Beauty and the Beast!" Collects Dazzler The Movie GN (1984 Marvel), Beauty and the Beast (1985 Marvel) #1-4 And Material From Marvel Heartbreakers (2010) #1. Written by Jimm Shooter. Art by Frank Springer. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. After Alison Blaire Is Outed As A Mutant And Her Musical Career Comes To A Screeching Halt, Dazzler Ends Up Associating With An Experimental Underground Theater Group That Serves As A Front For A Gladiatorial Arena In Which Mutants Battle To The Death! Fortunately, Hank Mccoy Shows Up - But Is He In Time To Save Her, Or Will Beauty Battle Beast In A Fight To The Finish? Plus: Is That Really Dr. Doom's Son? Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 350. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 100 - 1st printing. "X-Force: Child's Play!" Collects X-force (1991-2002 1st Series) #32-37, X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) Annual #1, and New Warriors (1990-1996 1st Series) #45-46. Written by Fabian Nicieza, and Jim Krueger. Cover Art by Tony S. Daniel. Gotta kill 'em all! History, mystery, romance, family intrigue, a day in the life of a terrorist cell and more await in this union of two of the nineties' most powerful youth movements: X-Force and the New Warriors. The Upstarts' final game is on, and a generation of mutants is on the line! Guest-starring Magma, Karma, Bird-Brain and other New Mutant veterans! Featuring X-Factor and China Force! Hardcover, 248 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 335 copies. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 101 - 1st printing. "X-Men: Iceman!" Collects Iceman (1984 1st Mini-Series) #1-4 and material from Bizarre Adventures (1981 Magazine) #27. Art by Alan Kupperberg, Mike Gustovich, George Perez and Alfredo Alcala. Cover by Mike Zeck and John Beatty. Bobby Drake, the X-Men's coolest hero, gets the spotlight all to himself in a fun-filled, time-tripping adventure taking him from the safety of his parents' home to a point in time decades before he was born. Family issues, alien beings, miniature time machines, and a struggle against the deadly and enigmatic being known as Oblivion all play a part in a story illustrating just how powerful a force of nature Iceman can be on his own. Hardcover, 120 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 350 copies. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 107 - 1st printing. "X-Force: The Phalanx Covenant!" Collects X-Factor (1986-1998 1st Series) #106, X-Force (1991-2002 1st Series) #38-43, and Excalibur (1988-1998 1st Series) #82. Written by Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell and Todd Dezago. Art by Tony Daniel, Jan Duursema, Roger Cruz, Terry Dodson, Ken Lashley, Steve Epting, Kevin Conrad, Al Milgrom, Tim Townsend, Philip Moy, W.C. Carani, John Floyd, Harry Candelario and John Livesay. The incredible conclusion to Fabian Nicieza's definitive X-FORCE run! When the techno-organic Phalanx kidnap the X-Men and establish a foothold on Earth, X-Force must team with X-Factor and Excalibur to battle the aliens - but who or what is Douglock? And how will X-Force react to fighting alongside what appears to be their late friend Doug Ramsey? Then: Cable's sentient computer the Professor has been granted a physical body! So why is Cable getting sicker by the day? Plus: The team moves into Arcade's Murderworld, Warpath visits Generation X's academy to settle matters with the White Queen, Rictor and Shatterstar hit the clubs, and disturbing truths come to light when X-Force learns Feral's gruesome family history and the true identity of Mutant Liberation Front leader Reignfire is revealed! Hardcover, 256 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 400 copies. Cover price $39.99.

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1st printing. Collects The Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #56-58.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art and cover by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer.

U.S. Edition of British Annual.

This unique hardcover volume collects the 1st Neal Adams work on Marvel's Merry Mutants, and features the 1st appearance of Scott Summer's hot-headed little brother Havok in costume, the 1st appearance of the diabolical Larry Trask, and the menacing threats of the Living Monolith, Mesmero, and the robotic mutant-hunters known as Sentinels!

Hardcover, 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $3.95.

Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel's upcoming releases - it's your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This September issue features items scheduled to ship in November 2012 and beyond. Cover price $1.25.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. 1st printing. "Book XVIII: Triumph and Tragedy!" Researched by Peter Anderson. Wraparound cover by Keith Pollard and Bob McLeod. The Official History of the Marvel Universe continues as we witness the X-Men's last confrontation with the original Brotherhood of Evil mutants, featuring the awesome power of the Stranger! Plus, Captain America vs. Baron Zemo to the death! The first appearance of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD! Doctor Strange comes face-to-face with Eternity! The origin of the Absorbing Man, and the first attack of the Spider-Slayers! Featuring excerpts from Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) #38-39, Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) #25, Avengers (1963 1st Series) #15-16, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #11, Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #131-132, 134-135 and 156, Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #114-115 and 146-147, and Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #67. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.00.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 1, and New X-men: Academy X 1 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 2, and New X-men: Academy X 2 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 3, and New X-men: Academy X 3 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 4, and New X-men: Academy X 4 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 5, and New X-men: Academy X 5 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 7, and New X-men: Academy X 7 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 9, and New X-men: Academy X 9 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 10, and New X-men: Academy X 10 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 11, and New X-men: Academy X 11 Cover price $3.99.

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Collects Astonishing X-Men 12, and X-men: Phoenix Endsong 1-2 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 1, X-men: Phoenix Endsong 2 and House of M 2 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 2, X-men: Phoenix Endsong 3 and House of M 3 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 3, X-men: Phoenix Endsong 4, and House of M 4 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 4, and X-men: Phoenix Endsong 5 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 5, New X-men: Academy X 12, and House of M 6 Cover price $4.99.

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Collects X-Men Deadly Genesis 6, New X-men: Academy X 13, and House of M 7 Cover price $4.99.

Collects Astonishing X-Men 13, New X-men: Academy X 14, and House of M 8 Cover price $4.99.

Spotlight on the Astonishing X-Men motion comic. Interviews with John Cassaday, Neal Adams, and Dan Buckley. 16 pages, full color.

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Welcome to the All-New, All-Different MARVEL SPOTLIGHT, showcasing that other great commodity of Marvel Comics: its creators! SPOTLIGHT will bring loyal readers closer to Marvel's top talents, starting this month with the Eisner Award-winning pair of writer Sean McKeever (GRAVITY, SENTINEL) and artist John Cassaday (ASTONISHING X-MEN). Marvel junkies can expect in-depth extras and timely features - including sketches, character designs and script materials! Probing interviews and engaging commentary! An all-out exploration of what makes these creative types tick - everything you ever wanted to know, and a lot of stuff you didn't know you wanted to know! NO ads, NO reprints! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS. Joss Whedon is a pop-culture giant: He conquered television with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, scripted the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story into box-office history, and nurtured the cult-TV hit Firefly into the major motion picture Serenity. On the eve of another planned 12-issue run of ASTONISHING X-MEN, SPOTLIGHT recounts Whedon's affinity with Marvel Comics and the X-Men Universe. You'll also get a glimpse into what he has in store for the future, and we'll show you all the behind-the-scenes bonus material we can get our hands on! Plus: Fresh off providing the dramatic, WWII-era counterpoint visuals to Steve Epting's pencils in the pages of CAPTAIN AMERICA, artist Michael Lark has just been handed one of the most desirable - and daunting - jobs at Marvel: following up Alex Maleev's outstanding tenure on DAREDEVIL! Marvel knows it, and now you know it: This is the time for Michael Lark! And SPOTLIGHT is there to get the score! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS Each month, the SPOTLIGHT office gets to cover a pair of Marvel's biggest and brightest creators, and each month we wonder how we'll ever top our last effort. Well, try this month's Spotlight on for size: NEIL GAIMAN and SALVADOR LARROCA! Top that! On your short list of respected writers from the last couple decades of comics that have broken through to popular acceptance, you've got Alan Moore and...Brother Neil! This is a guy who defined a whole genre of comics with his breakout hit Sandman, has developed into a successful novelist and screenwriter, has collected 13 Eisners and a Hugo Award, and is getting ready to tackle Jack Kirby's ETERNALS pantheon for Marvel Comics! Nahhh....we'll have nothing to talk about with him! And what's there to say about Salvador Larroca besides the fact that he's one of the best artists working today? Well...lots, actually! For one thing, we wanna know why he's so great; how he can be so prolific; and what it is that inspires the drama, power and sensuality he brings to his pages! Whether it's the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Elektra or Spider-Man, he's been entrusted with Marvel's biggest characters for a reason - and SPOTLIGHT will cover his career from top to bottom, with a special focus on his current work on Peter Milligan's X-MEN. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS. In 1963, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby launched a new title that featured a band of teenagers and their wheelchair-bound mentor, all possessing an 'X-Tra' power that made them unique...and feared by humanity. UNCANNY X-MEN went through some early highs and lows before exploding back onto the scene in the late 1970s under the auspices of Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne - fast becoming a phenomenon that would break out of the comics industry and become a worldwide sensation. It would make characters like Wolverine, Phoenix and Rogue household names, and launch the careers of talents like Paul Smith, Marc Silvestri, Jim Lee and Joe Madureira - to name just a few. In honor of UNCANNY X-MEN's milestone 500th issue, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT throws a party to celebrate one of the greatest comics of all time. Join us as we look back at 500 issues worth of amazing characters, top creative talent and some of the most powerful stories in the medium. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC After the repercussions borne of House of M, the mutant universe faced its most dire challenge in a landscape sundered by the Decimation. As the mutant population dwindled and external threats multiplied, the mutant community, led by the X-Men, has seen better days. It's about to get worse. After doing their best to weather the storms that have rocked the other parts of the Marvel Universe, mutants now face the events of MESSIAH COMPLEX, which will bring the ramifications of 'No More Mutants' to a resounding climax. Marvel Spotlight will be essential reading for fans to get up to speed on the creators and comics involved in this multi-title event, with insightful writer and artist interviews, plus a look back at other classic eras of X-Men. Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Celebrate the enduring legacy of Marvel Comics and more than 80 years of history in this collection of vintage stickers. Revel in classic comics artwork with stickers of all your favorite characters, including iconic heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow and Captain America and villains such as Red Skull and Vulture. Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage artwork of characters that entertains, delights, and brings back precious memories. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, and enjoy this exquisite anniversary antiquarian book as a celebratory Marvel Comics keepsake. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $27.99.

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1st printing. Written by Arie Kaplan. Art and cover by Shane Clester. Born with amazing mutant abilities and trained by Dr. Charles Xavier, the X-Men stand ready to defend the world even though that world doesn't always trust them. These action-packed full-color pages will introduce Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Cyclops and the other mutants on their team as well as their friends and foes. Kids 2 to 5-along with Marvel fan and collectors-will love this Little Golden Book based on X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. Hardcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 24 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $5.99.

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1st printing. Collects Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982) #1-3, The Avengers West Coast (1986) Annual #2 and The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) Annual #16.

Written by Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant, Steve Englehart, and Tom DeFalco. Art by John Romita, Jr., Pablo Marcos, Al Milgrom, Bob Hall, Tom Palmer, Bill Sienkiewicz, Keith Pollard, Al Williamson, Marshall Rogers, Bob Layton, Jackson Guice, Kevin Nowlan, Ron Frenz, and Bob Wiacek. Cover by John Romita, Jr. and Bob Layton. Introduction by Tom DeFalco.

The first-ever Marvel event series receives the extra-sized treatment it deserves!

When the Grandmaster plays a game of cosmic chess against Death herself, Earth's super heroes become the pawns! If the Grandmaster wins, his brother the Collector will be restored to life. But if he loses, Death will claim a bitter price! Each side selects twelve champions from across Earth to do battle for the fragments of the golden globe of life. But this clash of Marvel titans comes with unexpected twists and turns - and several surprising new combatants!

Then, months later, the fallout of the contest leads to a life-and-death saga pitting two teams of Avengers against one another - and a truly lethal Legion of the Unliving!

Hardcover, 224 pages, full color. Rated T

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Marvel Super Hero Portfolios (1980) The Uncanny X-Men SET ONE by John Byrne, Steve Fastner, and Rich Larson. Four fantastic full color 11 x 14 prints. Cover price $6.95.