Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four TPB (2009-2014 Marvel) comic books 2009-2011

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

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

In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse on the greatest revolution in comic book history, the Marvel Age of Comics, and right here in the pages of The Fantastic Four, you can experience it from page one.

With the space race, on Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm shoot for the stars, but after their craft is bombarded by cosmic rays, they return to Earth with the startling powers of the Fantastic Four! These weren't just any super heroes, though, they were a realistic, relatable, bickering and loveable family that couldn't float their rent and didn't always enjoy their superpowers.

So come join the Marvel Masterworks and witness the first appearance of such Marvel U. cornerstones as the Skrulls and Dr. Doom, the Sub-Mariner's return, the debut of the Mole Man and his many monsters, Miracle Man, the Puppet Master and more!

Softcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #1-10.

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

In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse on the greatest revolution in comic book history, the Marvel Age of Comics, and right here in the pages of The Fantastic Four, you can experience it from page one.

With the space race, on Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm shoot for the stars, but after their craft is bombarded by cosmic rays, they return to Earth with the startling powers of the Fantastic Four! These weren't just any super heroes, though, they were a realistic, relatable, bickering and loveable family that couldn't float their rent and didn't always enjoy their superpowers.

So come join the Marvel Masterworks and witness the first appearance of such Marvel U. cornerstones as the Skrulls and Dr. Doom, the Sub-Mariner's return, the debut of the Mole Man and his many monsters, Miracle Man, the Puppet Master and more!

Softcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #11-20 and Fantastic Four (1961-1996) Annual #1.

Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY and DEAN WHITE. The Fantastic Four return in another collection of classic tales by the team that built the House of Ideas, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!

Creating the World's Greatest Comic Magazine wasn't enough for these two talents, now they had to prove it-and here how! Across ten trend-setting issues, the Thing and the Hulk face-off for the first time; the FF journey to the moon to grapple with the Red Ghost and his Super Apes and first encounter the cosmic presence of The Watcher; the villainous Puppet Master bends the might of Namor, the Sub-Mariner, to his will; the Mad Thinker unleashes his Awesome Android; Rama-Tut (a.k.a. Kang the Conqueror) sends the FF to ancient Egypt; Dr. Doom returns in a two-part epic guest-starring the Astonishing Ant-Man; the Molecule Man menaces the world; and, for the first time, the wild and wacky Impossible Man drops in from the planet Poppup.

Oh, and we couldn't forget, it's all topped off with a star-studded, action-packed Annual featuring the Sub-Mariner's all-out aquatic invasion of New York City-with bonus pinups-a-plenty and a back-up feature pitting the FF vs. Spider-Man!

Softcover, 304 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #21-30.

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

Prepare yourself for another dose of the World's Greatest Comic Magazine, courtesy of the world's greatest comic collaborative team! Lee and Kirby set the standard for out-of-this-world imaginative adventure and launched the Marvel Universe with the Fantastic Four.

Now, with all the Marvel U's super hero players in place, it's time for the FF to run the gauntlet. The Thing throws down with the Hulk in a battle so huge it takes the combined might of the FF and the Avengers to stop it; the Sub-Mariner makes a play for Sue Storm; the FF tangle with the X-Men; Nick Fury drops by in the story that set the table for "Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."; and even Dr. Strange makes an ever so astral appearance! Oh, and there's villains, too! The Mole Man makes his first return since FF #1; Dr. Doom threatens the FF once more, and if he's not evil enough for you, just wait 'til you see the surprise identity of the Hate-Monger!

Just for fun, you'll also get the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android, the Puppet Master, the Red Ghost, the outer space Infant Terrible, and the villain fans love to hate-Diablo!

Softcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #31-40 and ANNUAL #2.

Written by STAN LEE. Art by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY and DEAN WHITE.

Stan and Jack are back with another classic FANTASTIC FOUR collection, earning the title "World's Greatest Comic Magazine" and throwing in a little extra to boot!

It all starts off with the origin of that epitome of evil, Dr. Doom. Find out how Doom's face was scarred and how Reed Richards is connected with that fateful day. Witness the birth of an evil quartet to rival the FF-the Frightful Four! Join the Battle of the Baxter Building as a de-powered FF teams with Daredevil against Dr. Doom in a fight to the finish that'll loosen your fillings! There's also monster menaces galore from the Mole Man to Dragon Man and out-of-this-world villains from the shape shifting Skrulls to the undersea warlord Attuma! But it's not just the panel-bursting action that makes FF great, it's the personal drama. How will Johnny and Sue respond when the father they thought dead returns?

When Reed pops the question will the Invisible Girl say, "Yes," or do visions of Namor dance in her head? They're not just classics, one and all, they're Masterworks!

Softcover, 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #41-50 and Annual #3.

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

Stan "The Man" called it the "World's Greatest Comic Magazine," and he wasn't kidding.

If Lee and Kirby set the comics world on fire in 1961 with the debut of The Fantastic Four, in 1965 they burnt the house down. Letting loose an unmatched burst of rapid-fire creativity, they gave birth to the Frightful Four, the Inhumans, Galactus, the Silver Surfer and even pulled off the first super-hero wedding while they were at it, and all in just 11 issues.

With incomparable embellishment by Joe Sinnott, guest-appearances by everyone in the Marvel Universe, there's no denying that this is the essential volume for any and every Marvel fan!

'Nuff Said!

Softcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #51-60 and Annual #4.

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

Continuing their greatest-hits streak on the "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine," Stan Lee and Jack Kirby weren't content just to introduce the Inhumans, Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

No, a three-peat was thinking far, far smaller than the most amazing team in comics' history imagined. Their follow up was a heart-wrenching tale of tragedy and heroism titled "This Man! This Monster!" If this story doesn't make you come to love Benjamin J. Grimm, then yer heart must be made of orange rock, fella! Because the greatest Fantastic Four story wasn't enough, Stan and Jack had yet another unmatched milestone waiting in the wings: the debut of the world's first African super hero, the Black Panther, and his kingdom of Wakanda! And that's just the start! In the pages of this MARVEL MASTERWORKS, you'll also encounter the vile Klaw; see the Silver Surfer go toe-to-toe with the Thing; watch the Human Torch face his namesake, the original 1940s Torch; and wonder in shock and awe at how the Fantastic Four can hope to overcome Dr. Doom when he's wrested the Power Cosmic from the Surfer himself!

We can't guarantee you won't wear out the pages of this volume reading stories this great again and again! You may want to order two just in case!

Softcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

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.

Continuing the unmatched Lee/Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR run, this volume kicks off with the return of the infamous Sandman and the debut of Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst. Then, Mr. Fantastic finds himself lost in the Negative Zone - and only Triton, the Inhuman, can save him! Next, it's the debuts of Ronan the Accuser, Kree Sentry 456 and the Supreme Intelligence.

If that wasn't enough, the utopian scientists of the Enclave unleash the golden being known as "Him" (a.k.a. Adam Warlock) upon the world. And to take us out on a soaring note of nail-biting drama just after the FF come together under the announcement of Sue Richards' pregnancy, the ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing tells his teammates to take a powder - leaving them to face the Mad Thinker and his awesome android on their own!

Softcover, 304 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.