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Marvel Masterworks
Presents...
The
Uncanny X-MEN |
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Volume
Three
Issues 22-31 |
| by Roy Thomas & Werner Roth, et al |
Hardcover: 224 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785108092 |
$49.95
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.78 x 9.50 x 7.96
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| The
Uncanny X-MEN |
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Essential:
Volume One |
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas,
Alex
Toth,
& Werner Roth |
Paperback: 528 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785109919 |
$14.95
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| These stories
relate the genesis of the original X-Men (Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman,
Marvel Girl and Professor X), written in Stan Lee's flowing prose, with
Jack Kirby's powerful artwork. The comics are absolutely amazing, with
one great issue following another, from the Stranger's appearance on earth
to Lucifer's threatening Antarctica. The X-Men are very human and likeable,
especially Iceman. The stories themselves do not have the complexity and
darkness of later issues and are much more good-humoured and complete in
themselves. This collection loses nothing by being in black-and-white,
and is a must for any X-Men (or actually any comics) fan. |
| Dimensions (in inches): 1.04 x 9.99 x 6.66 |
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| THE
ESSENTIAL X-MEN |
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Volume
One |
by Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, Chris Claremont,
John Byrne, & Terry Austin, et al |
Paperback
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785102566 |
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$14.95
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| This amazing
TPB features over 20 issues of Uncanny X-Men continuity in one incredible
volume!
Featuring the works of legendary
creators Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Dave Cockrum, this TPB presents
Giant-sized
X-Men #1 and issues 94 though 119 of Uncanny X-Men, all in glorious
black and white! |
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| The X-MEN |
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ESSENTIAL:
Volume Two |
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum,
Terry Austin, & Joe Rubenstein |
Paperback: 528 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785102981 |
$14.95
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Featuring
The UNCANNY X-MEN #'s 120-144 |
| The Most
Important Claremont/Byrne X-MEN Stories
These are the issues where
the creative team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Terry Austin really
hit their stride. When these first came out, readers couldn't wait for
each issue to reach the newsstand each month. There are some incredible
stories in this budget volume, including the Dark Phoenix saga, the Hellfire
Club, Days of Future Past... The stories that laid the groundwork for major
storylines that have affected this series' continuity for decades! If you
are an X-Men fan, this is one volume worth picking up, if only for the
fact that you can read over twenty issues of continuity in a single volume!
It is because of stories such as these that the X-Men are among the most
popular comics around today. |
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| THE
ESSENTIAL X-MEN |
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Volume
Three |
| by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, & Paul Smith |
Paperback: 528 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785106618 |
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$14.95
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| This amazing
TPB features over 15 issues of X-Men continuity in one incredible volume!
Featuring the works of legendary
creators Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, this TPB presents Uncanny
X-Men issues 145 though 161 and Uncanny X-Men Annual 3 through
5 in glorious black and white! |
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| The
X-MEN |
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Essential:
Volume Four |
| by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Paul
Smith,
John Romita, Jr., Dan Green, & Bob Wiacek,
et al |
Paperback: 528 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785107754 |
$14.95
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| Featuring The Uncanny X-Men #'s162-179 plus X-Men
Annual #6
Legendary X-Men writer Chris
Claremont and two of that title's best known artists, John Romita Jr. and
Paul Smith, bring forth some of the mutants greatest adventures in this
mammoth 528-page volume. |
| Hated and feared
by a world they are sworn to protect, the phenomenally popular X-Men face
off against some of their most unforgettable adversaries. The X-Men have
surpassed the merely popular to become a franchise and an institution in
the comics industry, and now with the success of the X-Men movie, one of
the most popular film franchises going. As much about personal relationships
as costumed adventuring, these stories have forged an unforgettable bridge
across the latter decades of the 20th Century.
Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 9.98 x 6.64
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| The
X-MEN |
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Dark
Phoenix Returns
Backpack Marvels |
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, Terry Austin,
John Bolton, & Tom Orzechowski |
b&w
Paperback: 160 pages
Marvel Books
ISBN: 0785107649 |
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$6.95
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| This book reprints
Uncanny X-Men 174-179, as well as a short, cheesy "Classic X-Men" story
about Storm meeting Jean Grey. It's a direct continuation of Target:Angel,
which you should read to understand all the subplots. |
| The book is
small and black-and-white, but it has some great stories for X-Men fans.
These include the marriage of Cyclops and Madylene, Mystique trying to
get Rogue away from the X-Men, a battle against the Brotherhood of Evil
Mutants where Colossus gets deep-frozen, and the return of the Morlocks.
A good extension of the Essential X-Men series. |
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| The
Uncanny X-MEN |
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Ultimate
X-Men |
| by Peter Sanderson |
Hardcover: 176 pages
DK Publishing
ISBN: 0789466937 |
$19.99
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Amazon.com
Gorgeous, oversize, and
well designed, Ultimate X-Men is also perfectly titled. It's a comprehensive
overview of four decades of Marvel Comics's monstrously popular mutant
superheroes--from their debut, in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's X-Men #1 (1963),
to the terrific X-Men movie (2000). Ultimate X-Men includes the many major
mutants who have appeared in The Uncanny X-Men and its spinoffs (Alpha
Flight, New Generation, Wolverine, X-Factor, and numerous other series
and miniseries). |
| Two-page spreads
detail the most important characters' origins, powers, costumes, and relationships.
In addition, every superhero and supervillain appearing in the movie receives
a sidebar, with stills, that describes the onscreen incarnation. Also receiving
detailed coverage are nonmutants important to the X-Men, including Ka-Zar,
Longshot, and Dr. Moira MacTaggert; major alien groups and races, like
the Starjammers and the Shi'ar; and important locations and technology,
such as the Danger Room, Dr. Xavier's estate, and the Blackbird jets. The
book also covers the best Uncanny X-Men story lines, the Dark Phoenix Saga,
and Days of Future Past. A Summers family tree lays out clearly a tangle
of relationships (between clonal and alternate-timeline versions of Cyclops/Scott
Summers and Marvel Girl/Phoenix/Jean Grey) that could drive even an experienced
genealogist crazy. Ultimate X-Men opens with an entertaining foreword by
X-Men creator-editor Stan Lee and concludes with a two-page overview of
the X-Men animated series (1992-1997); a four-page "Making the X-Men Movie"
section with many great shots; and an insightful afterword by the series'
best writer, Chris Claremont.
Ultimate X-Men is a book
every X-Men fan will want. It's practically a necessity for the newcomer
drawn to the comics by the movie, because Marvel's mutants multiplied like
superpowered rabbits in the 1990s. Art-oriented fans, however, may be disappointed
by Ultimate X-Men. While it contains a hefty amount of art, the original
artwork (the preliminary character sketches, a lovely Dave Cockrum sketch
of Nightcrawler and Ororo, etc.) is outnumbered by panel and cover reproductions.
And if you're less than enamored with the nature of endless comic-book
series, Ultimate X-Men will prove that the more things change, the more
they stay the same.
--Cynthia Ward
VOYA
This book is purposely for
fun and it accomplishes its purpose with aplomb.
Book Description
Ultimate X-Men gives the
reader a comprehensive overview of the history of the X-Men comics, detailing
the stories and characters that have appeared on their pages. Combining
a fact-packed text with images from Marvel's archives, DK has created a
unique volume that will prove essential for all comic book fans. Ultimate
X-Men also contains specially commissioned art as well as images from the
X-Men movie.
Ingram
An action-packed new anthology
of more than a dozen original tales featuring the X-Men follows the mutant
super-heroes as they take on some of their greatest archvillains while
coping with the ay-to-day problems of being a mutant. Original. --This
text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Peter Sanderson is a popular
culture historian specializing in the American comic book. He is the author
of Marvel Universe (Harry N. Abrams,1996) and has worked as an assistant
editor and staff archivist for Marvel. He was also a contributor to Who's
Who in the DC Universe, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and
various magazines about comics. Sanderson earned a bachelor's and two master's
degrees in English literature at Columbia University and lives in New York
City.
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