Essential Avengers TPB (1998-2013 Marvel) 1st Edition comic books

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1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #1-24.

Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck. Cover by Stuart Immomen and Wade Von Grawbadger.

Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp and the Hulk ... these are the original Avengers, the prototype of a team that, over their rich history, has earned the name Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Experience the magic as, for the first time, the Avengers assemble - and are joined by Captain America, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch - to take on such soon-to-be classic foes as Loki, Kang the Conqueror and the Masters of Evil!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd or later printing. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #1-24.

Written by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby and Don Heck. Cover by Stuart Immomen and Wade Von Grawbadger.

Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, Wasp and the Hulk ... these are the original Avengers, the prototype of a team that, over their rich history, has earned the name Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Experience the magic as, for the first time, the Avengers assemble - and are joined by Captain America, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch - to take on such soon-to-be classic foes as Loki, Kang the Conqueror and the Masters of Evil!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #25-45 and The Avengers Annual #1.

Written byStan Lee and Roy Thomas. Art by Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Frank Giacoia, George Roussos, Vince Colletta, and John Buscema.

Marvel's acclaimed, bargain-priced series continues with another timeless collection of Earth's Mightiest Heroes classic escapades! Captain America, Giant-Man, the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye and more assemble as the Avengers charge into battle against the biggest threats in the Marvel Universe!

Joined in these adventures by the Olympian might of Hercules, the legendary team collides with a host of supervillains including the Sub-Mariner, the Manderin, the Collector, the Living Laser, the Sons of the Serpent, the Mad Thinker, Diablo and the despotic Dr. Doom!

This massive volume represents all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #25-45 and The Avengers Annual #1.

Written byStan Lee and Roy Thomas. Art by Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Frank Giacoia, George Roussos, Vince Colletta, and John Buscema.

Marvel's acclaimed, bargain-priced series continues with another timeless collection of Earth's Mightiest Heroes classic escapades! Captain America, Giant-Man, the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye and more assemble as the Avengers charge into battle against the biggest threats in the Marvel Universe!

Joined in these adventures by the Olympian might of Hercules, the legendary team collides with a host of supervillains including the Sub-Mariner, the Manderin, the Collector, the Living Laser, the Sons of the Serpent, the Mad Thinker, Diablo and the despotic Dr. Doom!

This massive volume represents all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #47-68 and The Avengers Annual #2.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema.

Captain America, the Wasp, Hawkeye, Hercules, Iron Man and Thor assemble to face a tidal wave of villains including Magneto, the Grim Reaper, the Collector, the Masters of Evil, the Scarlet Centurian, the Circus of Crime and Ultron! This collection also continues the 1st appearance of Yellowjacket, the transformation of Hawkeye into Goliath, the 1st appearance of Black Panther as an Avenger, and the wedding of Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym!

Plus: the first appearance of the Vision!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 3 - 2nd or later printing. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #47-68 and The Avengers Annual #2.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema.

Captain America, the Wasp, Hawkeye, Hercules, Iron Man and Thor assemble to face a tidal wave of villains including Magneto, the Grim Reaper, the Collector, the Masters of Evil, the Scarlet Centurian, the Circus of Crime and Ultron! This collection also continues the 1st appearance of Yellowjacket, the transformation of Hawkeye into Goliath, the 1st appearance of Black Panther as an Avenger, and the wedding of Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym!

Plus: the first appearance of the Vision!

Softcover, 528 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #69-97 and The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #140.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Neal Adams. Cover by Neal Adams.

Witness the triumphant travels of Earth's Mightiest Heroes through time, space and other dimensions ? fighting the armies of two galaxies, and the heroes of other worlds and yesteryear, with stopovers in criminal territory from New York to the Southwest! Villains from street-level to cosmic! Kang and the Grandmaster! The Zodiac and the Sons of the Serpent! Arkon! The Grim Reaper and his Lethal Legion! The origin of the Black Panther! The Hulk shrunk into an atom! And, believe it or not, more! The Kree-Skrull War Saga in its entirety!

Also featuring the Invaders, the Squadron Supreme, the Red Wolf and Captain Mar-Vell! Cross-earth, wartime and western adventure! If this volume doesn't have it, it isn't there to be had!

Softcover, 640 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #69-97 and The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #140.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by John Buscema and Neal Adams. Cover by Neal Adams.

Witness the triumphant travels of Earth's Mightiest Heroes through time, space and other dimensions ? fighting the armies of two galaxies, and the heroes of other worlds and yesteryear, with stopovers in criminal territory from New York to the Southwest! Villains from street-level to cosmic! Kang and the Grandmaster! The Zodiac and the Sons of the Serpent! Arkon! The Grim Reaper and his Lethal Legion! The origin of the Black Panther! The Hulk shrunk into an atom! And, believe it or not, more! The Kree-Skrull War Saga in its entirety!

Also featuring the Invaders, the Squadron Supreme, the Red Wolf and Captain Mar-Vell! Cross-earth, wartime and western adventure! If this volume doesn't have it, it isn't there to be had!

Softcover, 640 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #98-119, Daredevil (Vol. 1) #99, Defenders (Vol. 1) #8-11 and Giant-Size Avengers #1.

Written by Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison, Chris Claremont, Steve Englehart And Steve Gerber. Art By Barry Windsor-Smith, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, George Tuska, Jim Starlin, Don Heck, Bob Brown, Dave Cockrum, Sal Buscema, Sam Kweskin, And Syd Shores. Cover By Barry Windsor-Smith.

From the Sentinels and the Savage Land Mutates to Loki, Dormammu, and Thanos, the Avengers prove the universe's worst are no match for their best! Magnetic mayhem and nuclear nostalgia! Featuring Golden Age guest stars, mythic menaces and more!

Plus: the Avengers-Defenders War and Hawkeye vs. Daredevil! Includes rare Marvel work by best-selling author Harlan Ellison!

Softcover, 552 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #120-140, Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #1-4, Captain Marvel (1968-1979 1st Series Marvel) #33, and Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #150.

Written by Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella, Scott Edelman, Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, Bill Mantlo And Stan Lee. Art By George Pérez, Don Heck, Keith Pollard, Joe Sinnott, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Pablo Marcos, George Tuska, Sal Trapani And Jack Kirby. Cover By Gil Kane.

Changes in the Marvel Universe are nothing new - as seen when heroes are reborn, slain and more in this startling selection of seventies sagas! The search for the Celestial Madonna is on, and all the candidates are under the Avengers' roof! After reviving heroes and villains to set a Legion of the Unliving against Earth's Mightiest Heroes, will Kang the Conqueror be divided against himself in deciding the fate of the woman who could alter the universe's destiny?

Cap, Iron Man, Thor and Avengers both well-remembered and near-forgotten face off against the lethal likes of Dormammu, Thanos and Ultron! Golden Age glories revisited! The secret of Mantis and the sacrifice of the Swordsman! Resurrections, origins and THREE Marvel marriages!

Plus: the Zodiac, the Titanium Man, the Stranger, Klaw Master of Sound and more! Guest-starring the Fantastic Four and Captain Mar-Vell!

Softcover, 576 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #141-163, ANNUAL #6 and Super Villain Team Up (1975-1980) #9.

Written by Steve Englehart, Tony Isabella, Scott Edelman, Gerry Conway, and Jim Shooter. Art By George Pérez, Vince Colletta, Sam Grainger, Mike Esposito, Don Heck, John Tartaglione, Keith Pollard, Duffy Vohland, John Buscema, Pablo Marcos, Joe Sinnott, and Sal Buscema. Cover By Gil Kane and Al Milgrom. .

What do a Golden Age hero, a Western hero and a romance heroine have in common?

They all join the Avengers during one of the team's busier eras, presented here! Worlds, centuries and genres clash as the Avengers battle Kang in the past and the Serpent Crown on the Earth next door! Then, when civil war grips both Atlantis and Latveria, which side must the Avengers take? If it's up to Doctor Doom, it'll be the evil they know, not the evil they don't!

Plus: Graviton, the Grim Reaper, voodoo, mad science and more! Featuring the Champions, the Squadron Supreme and the Circus of Crime!

Softcover, 480 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #164-184, ANNUAL #7 and Marvel Two-in-One (1974 1st Series) Annual #2.

Written by Jim Shooter, Roger Stern, Marv Wolfman, George Perez, David Michelinie, Bill Mantlo, Steve Gerber, Tom DeFalco and Jim Starlin. Art by John Byrne, Pablo Marcos, George Perez, Sal Buscema, Dave Hunt, Klaus Janson, Dave Wenzel, Ricardo Villamonte, Carmine Infantino, Rudy Nebres, Jim Mooney, Al Gordon, Mike Esposito, Gene Day, Jim Starlin and Joe Rubinstein. Cover by George Perez and Terry Austin.

The Space-Opera Era Of The Avengers Hits Its Stride In The Stories Presented Within This Collection Of Cosmic Chronicles! Among The Highlights Of This Tantalizing Tome: Nothing Less Than The Fate Of Every Living Thing Is At Stake When Thanos, The Nastiest Nihilist This Side Of The Nearest Nebula, Wages Interstellar War Against The Mighty Avengers And Their Allies Captain Marvel, Warlock And A Host Of Other Galactic Gladiators

Softcover, 488 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects The Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #185-206 and ANNUAL #9.

Written by Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, Bill Mantlo, Roger Stern, George Perez, Bob Layton and Bob Budiansky. Art by John Byrne, Dan Green, Frank Springer, Arvell Jones, Ricardo Villamonte, Sal Buscema, Frank Miller, George Perez, Joe Rubinstein, Jack Abel, Carmine Infantino, Gene Day, Mike Esposito, Don Newton, Alan Kupperberg and Gene Colan. Cover by George Perez and Terry Austin.

The Avengers travel to Wundagore Mountain in search of the deadly secrets hidden in the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's childhoods. But what about the secret from Tony Stark's own history, one that lies beneath Avengers Mansion itself? Then, the Avengers' rivalry with meddling Henry Gyrich comes to a head just as the Grey Gargoyle makes his move! Fan-favorite villain the Taskmaster debuts! Immortus returns, but what are his plans for Ms. Marvel?

Plus: The mad robot Ultron's history with Earth's mightiest heroes is a long and violent one. But this time, how is Iron Man responsible for his return - and how can he be stopped? All this - and Hawkeye gets a job!

Guest-starring the Elements of Doom, Inferno and the Yellow Claw!

Softcover, 496 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.