Essential Marvel
Essential Marvel is a series published by Marvel Comics that reprints vintage comic book material in paperback format. Each black-and-white volume reprints approximately 20-30 issues of a classic Marvel title (mostly from the Silver Age or Bronze Age). Each Essential contains between 450 and 650 pages, printed on coarse, matte-quality paper.
DC Comics has a similar range of black-and-white reprint paperbacks, Showcase Presents. (In the same way, the Marvel Masterworks line is the equivalent of DC's DC Archive Editions.)
History
The Essential range launched in October 1996 with the joint release of Essential X-Men vol. 1, Essential Wolverine vol. 1 and Essential Spider-Man vol. 1. While Essential Spider-Man started with Spider-Man's first appearance in the Silver Age (collecting Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1-20), Marvel chose to skip ahead to Giant Sized X-Men #1 and Uncanny X-Men #94-119, the relaunch of the title that sparked the X-Men's popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s. The decision to skip the original X-Men in favor of starting with the more well known "All-New, All-Different" X-Men was controversial, though Marvel ultimately went back and began a new collection of Essential volumes, titled Essential Classic X-Men, to collect the earliest X-Men stories (originally titled Essential Uncanny X-Men).
A new trade dress for the line was introduced in 2001. All the older volumes (excluding Essential Conan vol. 1) were eventually reprinted with the new design. The new printings also corrected printing mistakes from previous volumes (such as the fact that both Essential X-Men vol. 1 and vol. 2 both have missing pages from their earlier printings) and reshuffled content to put volume breaks in more logical places, continuity-wise.
From May 2005, many of the volumes were reprinted for a third time, with different cover artwork. Initially, the Essential line used newly produced artwork, but these new printings used art from the material they reprinted; the legal indicia in each volume listed them as 'Second Edition, First Printing'.
In 2008 the line's trade dress was revised and given a new look, again initially on older volumes that were going back to press for new printings.
Marvel came under criticism[1] for censoring some of the Essential books, specifically the third and fourth volumes of Essential Tomb of Dracula, in which digital editing was used to remove or obscure nudity. Both volumes contained reprints of Dracula stories originally published by Marvel in magazine format, which permitted the use of nudity in artwork.
The last volumes were published in December 2013 with the line being canceled and replaced with the Epic Collection.
Volumes
| Title | Volume | Years covered |
Material collected | Pages | ISBN | Publication date (First edition) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Amazing Spider-Man | 1 | 1962–1965 | Amazing Fantasy #15; The Amazing Spider-Man #1-20, Annual #1 |
552 | 0-7851-2192-7 | 1996-12-11 |
| 2 | 1965–1966 | The Amazing Spider-Man #21-43, Annual #2-3 | 536 | 0-7851-1863-2 | 1997-08-06 | |
| 3 | 1967–1968 | The Amazing Spider-Man #44-68; Second edition switches #66-68 for Annual #4; Third edition adds Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #1 |
528 | 0-7851-1864-0 | 1998-07-29 | |
| 4 | 1968–1970 | The Amazing Spider-Man #69-89, Annual #4-5; Second edition switches Annual #4 for #66-68; Third edition adds Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #2 |
552 | 0-7851-1865-9 | 2000-12-01 | |
| 5 | 1970–1972 | The Amazing Spider-Man #90-113 | 528 | 0-7851-2379-2 | 2002-03-01 | |
| 6 | 1972–1974 | The Amazing Spider-Man #114-137; Giant-Size Superheroes #1; Giant-Size Spider-Man #1-2 |
576 | 0-7851-1365-7 | 2004-07-01 | |
| 7 | 1974–1976 | The Amazing Spider-Man #138-160, Annual #10; Giant-Size Spider-Man #4-5[2] |
560 | 0-7851-1879-9 | 2005-10-26 | |
| 8 | 1976–1978 | The Amazing Spider-Man #161-185, Annual #11; Giant-Size Spider-Man #6; Nova #12 |
512 | 978-0785125006 | 2007-04-18 | |
| 9 | 1978–1980 | The Amazing Spider-Man #186-210, Annual #13-14; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 |
600 | 978-0785130741 | 2009-05-06 | |
| 10 | 1980–1982 | The Amazing Spider-Man #211-230, Annual #15 | 600 | 978-0785157472 | 2011-06-29 | |
| 11 | 1982–1984 | The Amazing Spider-Man #231-248, Annuals #16, 17 | 504 | 978-0785163305 | 2012-06-27 | |
| Astonishing Ant-Man | 1 | 1962–1965 | Tales to Astonish #27, #35-69 | 576 | 0-7851-0822-X | 2002-02-01 |
| Avengers | 1 | 1963–1966 | The Avengers #1-24 | 536 | 0-7851-1862-4 | 1998-11-18 |
| 2 | 1966–1967 | The Avengers #25-46, Annual #1 | 528 | 0-7851-0741-X | 2000-06-01 | |
| 3 | 1967–1969 | The Avengers #47-68, Annual #2 | 520 | 0-7851-0787-8 | 2001-03-01 | |
| 4 | 1969–1972 | The Avengers #69-97; The Incredible Hulk #140 |
640 | 0-7851-1485-8 | 2004-10-01 | |
| 5 | 1972–1974 | The Avengers #98-119; Daredevil #99; The Defenders #8-11 |
552 | 0-7851-2087-4 | 2006-01-25 | |
| 6 | 1974–1975 | The Avengers #120-140; Giant-Size Avengers #1-4; Captain Marvel #33; The Fantastic Four #150 |
576 | 978-0-7851-3058-1 | 2008-02-20 | |
| 7 | 1975–1977 | The Avengers #141-163, Annual #6; Super-Villain Team-Up #9 |
480 | 0-7851-4453-6 | 2010-01-08 | |
| 8 | 1977–1979 | The Avengers #164-184, Annual #7-8; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 |
488 | 0-7851-6322-0 | 2012-04-25 | |
| 9 | 1979–1981 | Avengers #185-206, Avengers Annual #9, Tales to Astonish Vol. 2 #12 |
496 | 978-0-7851-8411-9 | 2013-09-24 | |
| Black Panther | 1 | 1972–1977 | Jungle Action #6-22, 24; Black Panther #1-10 | 528 | 0-7851-6323-9 | 2012-05-07 |
| Captain America | 1 | 1964–1968 | Tales of Suspense #59-99; Captain America #100-102 |
528 | 0-7851-0740-1 | 2000-03-01 |
| 2 | 1968–1970 | Captain America #103-126 | 512 | 0-7851-0827-0 | 2002-01-01 | |
| 3 | 1970–1972 | Captain America #127-156 | 608 | 0-7851-2166-8 | 2006-12-06 | |
| 4 | 1973–1975 | Captain America #157-186 | 600 | 978-0785127703 | 2008-01-09 | |
| 5 | 1975–1977 | Captain America #187-205, Annual #3; Bicentennial Battles |
480 | 0785145354 | 2010-06-23 | |
| 6 | 1977–1979 | Captain America #206-230, Annual #4; The Incredible Hulk #232 |
512 | 978-0785150916 | 2011-04-06 | |
| 7 | 1979-1981 | Captain America #231-257 | 528 | 978-0785184096 | 2013-07-23 | |
| Captain Marvel | 1 | 1967–1970 | Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13; Captain Marvel #1-21; Not Brand Echh #9 |
528 | 978-0785130598 | 2008-05-21 |
| 2 | 1972–1976 | Captain Marvel #22-35, #37-46; Iron Man #55; Marvel Feature #12 |
520 | 978-0785145363 | 2013-03-26 | |
| Classic X-Men | 1 | 1963–1966 | (formerly Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1) X-Men #1-24 |
528 | 0-7851-0991-9 | 1999-06-01 |
| 2 | 1966–1969 | X-Men #25-53; The Avengers #53 |
640 | 0-7851-2116-1 | 2006-05-17 | |
| 3 | 1969–1975 | X-Men #54-66, #67-93 (covers only); Marvel Team-Up #4; Amazing Adventures #11-17; Incredible Hulk #150, #161; The Amazing Spider-Man #92 |
560 | 978-0-7851-3060-4 | 2009-02-18 | |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1 | 1970–1973 | Conan the Barbarian #1-25 | 530 | 0-7851-0751-7 | 2000-07-01 |
| Daredevil | 1 | 1964–1967 | Daredevil #1-25 | 544 | 0-7851-1861-6 | 2002-10-01 |
| 2 | 1967–1969 | Daredevil #26-48, Annual #1; The Fantastic Four #73 |
568 | 0-7851-1462-9 | 2004-06-01 | |
| 3 | 1969–1971 | Daredevil #49-74; Iron Man #35-36 |
584 | 0-7851-1724-5 | 2005-08-24 | |
| 4 | 1971–1973 | Daredevil #75-101; The Avengers #111 |
600 | 978-0785127628 | 2007-09-12 | |
| 5 | 1973–1975 | Daredevil #102-125; Marvel Two-in-One #3 |
488 | 978-0785144540 | 2010-02-10 | |
| 6 | 1975–1977 | Daredevil #126-146, Annual #4; Iron Man #88-89; Ghost Rider Vol. 2 #20 |
480 | 978-0785185086 | 2013-11-26 | |
| Dazzler | 1 | 1980–1982 | Dazzler #1-21; Uncanny X-Men #130-131; The Amazing Spider-Man #203 |
552 | 978-0785126959 | 2007-08-22 |
| 2 | 1982–1986 | Dazzler #22-42; Marvel Graphic Novel #12; Beauty and the Beast #1-4; Secret Wars II #4 |
688 | 978-0785137306 | 2009-05-13 | |
| The Defenders | 1 | 1969–1974 | Doctor Strange #183; Sub-Mariner #22, #34-35; The Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Feature #1-3; The Defenders #1-14; The Avengers #115-118 |
544 | 0-7851-3075-6 | 2005-05-18 |
| 2 | 1974–1976 | The Defenders #15-30; Giant-Size Defenders #1-5; Marvel Two-in-One #6-7; Marvel Team-Up #33-35; Marvel Treasury Edition #12 |
616 | 0-7851-2150-1 | 2006-12-20 | |
| 3 | 1976–1978 | The Defenders #31-60, Annual #1 | 592 | 978-0785126966 | 2007-07-18 | |
| 4 | 1978–1981 | The Defenders #61-91 | 584 | 978-0785130611 | 2008-07-16 | |
| 5 | 1981–1982 | The Defenders #92-106; Marvel Team-Up #101, #111, #116; Captain America #268 |
448 | 978-0785145370 | 2010-08-04 | |
| 6 | 1982–1983 | The Defenders #107-124; New Defenders #125; Avengers Annual #11; Marvel Team-Up #119 |
528 | 978-0785157540 | 2011-10-12 | |
| 7 | 1983–1985 | New Defenders #126-139; Iceman #1-4; Beauty and the Beast #1-4 |
528 | 978-0785184058 | 2013-05-07 | |
| Doctor Strange | 1 | 1963–1968 | Strange Tales #110-111, #114-168 | 608 | 0-7851-2316-4 | 2002-01-01 |
| 2 | 1968–1974 | Doctor Strange #169-178, #180-183; The Avengers #61; The Sub-Mariner #22; The Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #3-10, #12-14 |
608 | 0-7851-1668-0 | 2005-03-23 | |
| 3 | 1974–1978 | Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #1-29, Annual #1; The Tomb of Dracula #44-45 |
616 | 978-0785127338 | 2007-12-26 | |
| 4 | 1978–1982 | Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #30-56; Chamber of Chills #4; Man-Thing Vol. 2 #4 |
564 | 978-0785130628 | 2009-07-22 | |
| The Fantastic Four | 1 | 1961–1963 | The Fantastic Four #1-20, Annual #1 | 544 | 0-7851-1828-4 | 1998-11-04 |
| 2 | 1963–1965 | The Fantastic Four #21-40, Annual #2; Strange Tales Annual #2 |
528 | 0-7851-0731-2 | 1999-10-20 | |
| 3 | 1965–1967 | The Fantastic Four #41-63, Annual #3-4 | 536 | 0-7851-2625-2 | 2001-08-01 | |
| 4 | 1967–1969 | The Fantastic Four #64-83, Annual #5-6 | 536 | 0-7851-1484-X | 2005-06-29 | |
| 5 | 1969–1971 | The Fantastic Four #84-110, Annual #7-8 | 568 | 0-7851-2162-5 | 2006-06-21 | |
| 6 | 1971–1973 | The Fantastic Four #111-137 | 592 | 978-0785126973 | 2007-05-23 | |
| 7 | 1973–1975 | The Fantastic Four #138-159; Giant-Size Super-Stars #1; Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2-4; The Avengers #127 |
560 | 978-0785130635 | 2008-07-16 | |
| 8 | 1975–1977 | The Fantastic Four #160-179, #181-183, Annual #11; Marvel Two-in-One #20, Annual #1 |
520 | 978-0785145387 | 2010-05-26 | |
| 9 | 1977–1979 | The Fantastic Four #184-188, #190-207, Annual #12-13 | 512 | 978-0785184102 | 2013-08-27 | |
| Ghost Rider | 1 | 1972–1976 | Marvel Spotlight #5-12; Ghost Rider #1-20; Daredevil #138 |
560 | 0-7851-1838-1 | 2005-10-05 |
| 2 | 1976–1980 | Ghost Rider #21-50 | 568 | 978-0785121640 | 2007-02-14 | |
| 3 | 1980–1982 | Ghost Rider #51-65; Marvel Two-in-One #80; Marvel Super-Heroes #11; The Avengers #214 |
416 | 0785130640 | 2009-11-04 | |
| 4 | 1982–1985 | Ghost Rider #66-81; The Amazing Spider-Man #274; New Defenders #145-146 |
432 | 978-0785145394 | 2010-10-27 | |
| Godzilla | 1 | 1977–1979 | Godzilla #1-24 | 440 | 0-7851-2153-6 | 2006-03-29 |
| Howard the Duck | 1 | 1973, 1975–1978 |
Adventure into Fear #19; Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5; Howard the Duck #1-27, Annual #1; Marvel Treasury Edition #12 |
592 | 0-7851-0831-9 | 2002-02-01 |
| The Human Torch | 1[3] | 1962–1965 | Strange Tales #101-134, Annual #2 | 504 | 0-7851-1309-6 | 2003-08-25 |
| The Incredible Hulk | 1 | 1962–1967 | The Incredible Hulk #1-6; Tales to Astonish #60-91; Later edition adds Tales to Astonish magazine #59 |
528 | 0-7851-2374-1 | 1999-02-01 |
| 2 | 1967–1969 | Tales to Astonish #92-101; The Incredible Hulk #102-117, Annual #1 |
520 | 0-7851-0795-9 | 2001-09-01 | |
| 3 | 1969–1971 | The Incredible Hulk #118-142; Captain Marvel #20-21; The Avengers #88 |
576 | 0-7851-1689-3 | 2005-05-11 | |
| 4 | 1971–1973 | The Incredible Hulk #143-170 | 608 | 0-7851-2193-5 | 2006-09-27 | |
| 5 | 1974–1976 | The Incredible Hulk #171-200, Annual #5 | 619 | 0-7851-3065-9 | 2008-12-03 | |
| 6 | 1976–1978 | The Incredible Hulk #201-225, Annual #6 | 496 | 0-7851-3065-9 | 2010-09-15 | |
| 7 | 1978–1980 | The Incredible Hulk #226-248, Annual #7-9, Captain America #230 | 544 | 978-0-7851-8511-6 | 2013-12-24 | |
| Iron Fist | 1 | 1974–1978 | Marvel Premiere #15-25; Iron Fist #1-15; Marvel Team-Up #63-64; Power Man #48-49; Power Man and Iron Fist #50 |
584 | 0-7851-1546-3 | 2004-10-01 |
| Iron Man | 1 | 1963–1965 | Tales of Suspense #39-72 | 512 | 0-7851-1860-8 | 2000-09-01 |
| 2 | 1966–1968 | Tales of Suspense #73-99; Tales to Astonish #82; Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1; Iron Man #1-11 |
608 | 0-7851-1487-4 | 2004-11-24 | |
| 3 | 1969–1971 | Iron Man #12-38; Daredevil #73 |
592 | 978-0785127642 | 2008-04-16 | |
| 4 | 1971–1973 | Iron Man #39-61 | 488 | 978-0785142546 | 2010-04-14 | |
| 5 | 1973–1976 | Iron Man #62-87, Iron Man Annual 3 | 520 | 978-0785167334 | 2013-04-23 | |
| Killraven | 1 | 1973–1976, 1983, 2001 |
Amazing Adventures Vol. 2 #18-39; Marvel Team-Up #45; Marvel Graphic Novel #7; Killraven #1 (Marvel Knights) |
504 | 0-7851-1777-6 | 2005-07-20 |
| Luke Cage, Power Man | 1 | 1972–1975 | Hero For Hire #1-16; Power Man #17-27 |
544 | 0-7851-1685-0 | 2005-03-02 |
| 2 | 1975–1978 | Power Man #28-49, Annual #1 | 424 | 0-7851-2147-1 | 2006-08-30 | |
| Man-Thing | 1 | 1971–1975 | Savage Tales #1; Astonishing Tales #12-13; Adventure into Fear #10-19; Man-Thing #1-14; Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-2; Monsters Unleashed #5, #8-9 |
544 | 0-7851-2135-8 | 2006-12-13 |
| 2 | 1975–1981 | Man-Thing #15-22; Man-Thing Vol. 2 #1-11; Giant-Size Man-Thing #3-5; Marvel Team-Up #68; Marvel Two-in-One #43; Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #41 |
536 | 0-7851-3066-7 | 2008-08-20 | |
| Marvel Horror | 1 | 1973–1977, 1979 |
Son of Satan stories from:
Satana stories from:
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608 | 0-7851-2196-X | 2006-11-01 |
| 2 | 1973–1977 | Living Mummy stories from:
Gabriel the Devil Hunter stories from:
Brother Voodoo stories from:
Golem stories from:
Scarecrow stories from:
Modred the Mystic stories from:
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616 | 978-0-7851-3067-3 | 2008-11-26 | |
| Marvel Saga | 1 | 1985–1986 | Marvel Saga #1-12 | 448 | 978-0785127277 | 2008-01-16 |
| 2 | 1986–1987 | Marvel Saga #13-25 | 480 | 978-0785127284 | 2008-12-24 | |
| Marvel Team-Up | 1 | 1972–1974 | Marvel Team-Up #1-24 | 496 | 0-7851-2373-3 | 2002-04-10 |
| 2 | 1974–1976 | Marvel Team-Up #25-51; Marvel Two-in-One #17 |
528 | 0-7851-2163-3 | 2006-08-02 | |
| 3 | 1976–1978 | Marvel Team-Up #52-73, #75, Annual #1[4] | 584 | 978-0785130680 | 2009-08-19 | |
| 4 | 1978-1980 | Marvel Team-Up #76-78, 80-98, Annual #2-3[5] | 480 | 978-0785167341 | 2013-02-26 | |
| Marvel Two-in-One | 1 | 1973–1977 | Marvel Feature #11-12; Marvel Two-in-One #1-20, #22-25, Annual #1;[6] Marvel Team-Up #47; The Fantastic Four Annual #11 |
576 | 0-7851-1729-6 | 2005-11-02 |
| 2 | 1977–1979 | Marvel Two-in-One #26-52, Annual #2-3 | 568 | 978-0785126980 | 2007-06-27 | |
| 3 | 1979–1981 | Marvel Two-in-One #53-77, Annual #4-5 | 592 | 978-0785130697 | 2009-07-29 | |
| 4 | 1981–1983 | Marvel Two-in-One #78-98, 100, Annual #6-7[7] | 608 | 978-0785162841 | 2012-01-25 | |
| Monster of Frankenstein | 1 | 1972–1975 | Monster of Frankenstein #1-5; Frankenstein's Monster #6-18; Giant-Size Werewolf #2; Monsters Unleashed #2, #4-10; Legion of Monsters #1 |
496 | 0-7851-1634-6 | 2004-10-20 |
| Moon Knight | 1 | 1975–1976, 1978–1981 |
Werewolf by Night #32-33; Marvel Spotlight #28-29; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23, Marvel Two-in-One #52; Hulk Magazine #11-15, #17-18, #20; Marvel Preview #21; Moon Knight #1-10; Marvel Team-Up Annual #4 |
560 | 0-7851-2092-0 | 2006-03-01 |
| 2 | 1981–1983 | Moon Knight #11-30 | 608 | 978-0785127291 | 2007-10-17 | |
| 3 | 1983–1989 | Moon Knight #31-38; Moon Knight Fist of Khonshu #1-6; Marvel Fanfare #30, #38-39; Solo Avengers #3; Marvel Super-Heroes #1 |
528 | 978-0785130703 | 2009-12-02 | |
| Ms. Marvel | 1 | 1977–1979, 1981, 1992 |
Ms. Marvel #1-23; Marvel Super-Heroes Magazine #10-11; Avengers Annual #10 |
512 | 978-0785124993 | 2007-02-21 |
| Nova | 1 | 1976–1979 | Nova #1-25; Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3; The Amazing Spider-Man #171 |
512 | 0-7851-2093-9 | 2006-03-29 |
| Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe | 1 | 1983–1984 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1-15 | 544 | 0-7851-1933-7 | 2006-01-18 |
| Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition | 1 | 1985–1986 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1-7 | 480 | 0-7851-1934-5 | 2006-03-15 |
| 2 | 1986–1987 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #8-14 | 480 | 0-7851-1935-3 | 2006-06-14 | |
| 3 | 1987–1988 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #15-20 | 424 | 0-7851-1936-1 | 2006-07-19 | |
| Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 | 1 | 1989 | Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1-8 | 496 | 0-7851-1937-X | 2006-12-27 |
| Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition | 1 | 1990–1993 | "A-G" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 | 592 | 978-0785127307 | 2008-04-23 |
| 2 | 1990–1993 | "H-N" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 | 592 | 978-0785127314 | 2008-05-14 | |
| 3 | 1990–1993 | "O-Z" entries from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #1-36 | 576 | 978-0785127321 | 2008-10-15 | |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man | 1 | 1976–1979 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31 | 568 | 0-7851-1682-6 | 2005-02-02 |
| 2 | 1979–1981 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #32-53, Annual #1-2; The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13; The Fantastic Four #218 |
592 | 0-7851-2042-4 | 2006-02-15 | |
| 3 | 1981–1983 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #54-74, Annual #3 | 536 | 978-0785125013 | 2007-03-14 | |
| 4 | 1983–1985 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #75-96, Annual #4 | 576 | 978-0785130710 | 2009-08-26 | |
| 5 | 1985–1986 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #97-114, Annual #5 | 576 | 978-0785157557 | 2011-07-12 | |
| Power Man and Iron Fist | 1 | 1978–1980 | Power Man and Iron Fist #50-72, #74-75[8] | 520 | 978-0785127260 | 2008-01-09 |
| 2 | 1980–1982 | Power Man and Iron Fist #76-100; Daredevil #178 |
616 | 978-0785130727 | 2009-04-08 | |
| The Punisher | 1 | 1974–1986 | The Amazing Spider-Man #129, #134-135, #161-162, #174-175, #201-202; The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15; Giant-Size Spider-Man #4; Marvel Preview #2; Marvel Super-Action #1; Captain America #241; Daredevil #182-184; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #81-83; The Punisher #1-5 |
568 | 0-7851-2375-X | 2004-03-01 |
| 2 | 1987–1989 | The Punisher Vol. 2 #1-20, Annual #1; Daredevil #257 |
536 | 978-0785127345 | 2007-09-26 | |
| 3 | 1989–1990 | The Punisher Vol. 2 #21-40, Annual #2-3 | 584 | 978-0785130734 | 2009-02-04 | |
| 4 | 1990–1992 | The Punisher Vol. 2 #41-59, Annual #4-5 | 568 | 978-0785163510 | 2012-09-26 | |
| Rampaging Hulk | 1 | 1977–1978 | Rampaging Hulk #1-9; The Hulk! #10-15; The Incredible Hulk #269 |
584 | 978-0785126997 | 2008-05-28 |
| 2 | 1978–1981 | The Hulk! #16-27 | 544 | 978-0785142553 | 2010-03-31 | |
| Rawhide Kid | 1 | 1960-1963 | Rawhide Kid #17-35 | 496 | 978-0785163947 | 2011-12-28 |
| Savage She-Hulk | 1 | 1979–1981 | Savage She-Hulk #1-25 | 552 | 0-7851-2335-0 | 2006-07-05 |
| Sgt. Fury | 1 | 1963-1965 | Sgt Fury #1-23 and Annual #1 | 544 | 978-0785163954 | 2011-11-23 |
| Silver Surfer | 1 | 1968–1970 | Silver Surfer #1-18; The Fantastic Four Annual #5 |
528 | 0-7851-2008-4 | 1998-03-11 |
| 2 | 1982, 1987–1988 |
Silver Surfer Vol. 2 #1; Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #1-18, Annual #1; Marvel Fanfare #51 |
600 | 978-0785127000 | 2007-06-20 | |
| Spider-Woman | 1 | 1977–1979 | Marvel Spotlight #32; Marvel Two-in-One #29-33; Spider-Woman #1-25 |
576 | 0-7851-1793-8 | 2005-12-21 |
| 2 | 1980–1983 | Spider-Woman #26-50; Marvel Team-Up #97; Uncanny X-Men #148 |
608 | 978-0785127017 | 2007-08-08 | |
| Sub-Mariner | 1 | 1965–1968 | Daredevil #7; Tales to Astonish #70-101; Tales of Suspense #80; Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner #1; The Sub-Mariner #1 |
504 | 978-0-7851-3075-8 | 2009-09-30 |
| Super-Villain Team-Up | 1 | 1970–1971, 1975–1980 |
Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1-2; Super-Villain Team-Up #1-14, #16-17; The Avengers #154-156; The Champions #16; Astonishing Tales #1-8 |
552 | 0-7851-1545-5 | 2004-09-22 |
| Tales of the Zombie | 1 | 1973–1974 | Tales of the Zombie #1-10; Dracula Lives #1-2 |
592 | 0-7851-1916-7 | 2006-10-04 |
| Thor | 1 | 1962–1964 | Journey into Mystery #83-112 | 536 | 0-7851-1866-7 | 2001-02-28 |
| 2 | 1965–1966 | Journey into Mystery #113-124; The Mighty Thor #125-136, Annual #1-2 |
584 | 0-7851-1591-9 | 2005-06-08 | |
| 3 | 1967–1969 | The Mighty Thor #137-166 | 616 | 0-7851-2149-8 | 2006-10-04 | |
| 4 | 1969–1972 | The Mighty Thor #167-195 | 600 | 0-7851-3076-4 | 2009-07-08 | |
| 5 | 1972–1974 | The Mighty Thor #196-220 | 528 | 0-7851-5093-5 | 2011-05-04 | |
| 6 | 1974–1976 | The Mighty Thor #221-247 | 520 | 978-0785163299 | 2012-10-11 | |
| 7 | 1976–1978 | Thor #248-271, Annual #5-6 | 504 | 978-0785166832 | 2013-10-29 | |
| The Tomb of Dracula | 1 | 1972–1974 | The Tomb of Dracula #1-25; Werewolf by Night #15; Giant-Size Chillers #1 |
560 | 0-7851-0920-X | 2003-12-01 |
| 2 | 1974–1976 | The Tomb of Dracula #26-49; Dr. Strange #14; Giant-Size Dracula #2-5 |
592 | 0-7851-1461-0 | 2004-04-21 | |
| 3 | 1976–1979 | The Tomb of Dracula #50-70; The Tomb of Dracula Magazine #1-4 |
584 | 0-7851-1558-7 | 2004-11-03 | |
| 4 | 1973–1975, 1980 |
The Tomb of Dracula Magazine #2, #4-6; Dracula Lives! #1-13; Frankenstein's Monster #7-9 |
576 | 0-7851-1709-1 | 2005-04-13 | |
| Warlock | 1 | 1972-1977 | Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock #1-15, Incredible Hulk #176-178, Strange Tales #178-181, Marvel Team-Up #55, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 |
576 | 0-7851-6331-X | 2012-08-15 |
| Web of Spider-Man | 1 | 1985-1986 | Web of Spider-Man #1-18, Annual #1-2, and Amazing Spider-Man #268 | 528 | 0-7851-5756-5 | 2011-09-14 |
| 2 | 1986-1987 | Web of Spider-Man #19-32, Annual #3, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man 131-132, and Amazing Spider-Man #293-294 |
480 | 0-7851-6332-8 | 2012-07-11 | |
| Werewolf by Night | 1 | 1972–1974 | Marvel Spotlight #2-4; Werewolf by Night #1-21; Marvel Team-Up #12; Giant-Size Creatures #1; The Tomb of Dracula #18 |
576 | 0-7851-1839-X | 2005-10-26 |
| 2 | 1974–1976 | Werewolf by Night #22-43; Giant-Size Werewolf by Night #2-5; Marvel Premiere #28 |
576 | 978-0785127253 | 2007-11-14 | |
| Wolverine | 1 | 1988–1990 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #1-23 | 552 | 0-7851-1867-5 | 1996-10-23 |
| 2 | 1990–1991 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #24-47 | 528 | 0-7851-0550-6 | 1997-03-19 | |
| 3 | 1991–1993 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #48-69 | 528 | 0-7851-0595-6 | 1998-06-17 | |
| 4 | 1993–1995 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #70-90 | 544 | 0-7851-2059-9 | 2006-05-03 | |
| 5 | 1995–1997 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #91-110, Annual 1996; Uncanny X-Men #332 |
562 | 978-0785130772 | 2009-01-07 | |
| 6 | 1997–1998 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #111-128, #-1, Annual 1997 | 512 | 978-0785163527 | 2012-12-06 | |
| 7 | 1998–2000 | Wolverine Vol. 2 #129-148, Hulk Vol. 1 #8 | 520 | 978-0785184089 | 2013-06-25 | |
| X-Factor | 1 | 1986–1987 | The Avengers #262; The Fantastic Four #286; X-Factor #1-16, Annual #1; The Mighty Thor #373-374; Power Pack #27 |
568 | 0-7851-1886-1 | 2005-11-30 |
| 2 | 1987–1988 | X-Factor #17-35, Annual #2; The Mighty Thor #378 |
544 | 978-0785120995 | 2007-01-31 | |
| 3 | 1988–1990 | X-Factor #36-50, Annual #3; Uncanny X-Men #242-243 |
520 | 978-0785130789 | 2009-12-30 | |
| 4 | 1990 | X-Factor #51-59, Annual #4-5; X-Factor: Prisoner of Love; Marvel Fanfare #50; material from Fantastic Four Annual #23, New Mutants Annual #6, X-Men Annual #14 |
520 | 978-0785162858 | 2012-02-22 | |
| 5 | 1990-1991 | X-Factor #60-70, Annual #6; Uncanny X-Men #270-272, 280; material from Annual #15, New Mutants #95-97, material from Annual #7 |
528 | 978-0785163534 | 2012-12-26 | |
| X-Men | 1 | 1975–1979 | Giant-Size X-Men #1; X-Men #94-119 |
520 | 0-7851-2376-8 | 1996-10-09 |
| 2 | 1979–1981 | X-Men #120-144; Later editions add Annual #3-4 |
584 | 0-7851-2007-6 | 1997-10-15 | |
| 3 | 1981–1982 | X-Men #145-161, Annual #3-5; Later editions switch Annual #3-4 for Annual #6 & The Avengers Annual #10 |
528 | 0-7851-0661-8 | 1998-08-05 | |
| 4 | 1982–1984 | X-Men #162-179, Annual #6; Later editions switch Annual #6 for Annual #7 & Marvel Graphic Novel #5: "God Loves, Man Kills" |
568 | 0-7851-2295-8 | 2001-06-01 | |
| 5 | 1984–1985 | X-Men #180-198, Annual #7-8; Later editions switch Annual #7 for X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2 |
632 | 0-7851-2692-9 | 2004-07-01 | |
| 6 | 1985–1987 | X-Men #199-213, Annual #9; New Mutants #46, Special Edition #1; X-Factor #9-11; Thor #373-374; Power Pack #27 |
656 | 0-7851-1727-X | 2005-09-14 | |
| 7 | 1987–1988 | X-Men #214-228, Annual #10-11; Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 |
568 | 0-7851-2055-6 | 2006-04-19 | |
| 8 | 1988–1989 | X-Men #229-243, Annual #12; X-Factor #36-39 |
544 | 978-0785127635 | 2007-12-12 | |
| 9 | 1989–1990 | X-Men #244-264, Annual #13 | 544 | 978-0785130796 | 2009-06-03 | |
| 10 | 1990–1991 | X-Men #265-272, Annual #14; material from Fantastic Four Annual #23; New Mutants #95-97, material from Annual #6; X-Factor #60-62, material from Annual #5 |
512 | 978-0785163244 | 2012-03-28 | |
| 11 | 1991-1992 | X-Men #273-280, Annual #15; X-Factor #69-70; X-Men Vol. 2 #1-3; and material from New Warriors Annual #1, X-Factor Annual #6; & New Mutants Annual #7 |
544 | 978-0785166849 | 2013-01-22 |
See also
- The Silver Age of Comic Books—Information on the Silver Age of comics in General, i.e. the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
- The Bronze Age of Comic Books—Information on the Bronze Age of comics in General, i.e. the early 1970s to the early/mid-1980s.
- Marvel Comics
- Showcase Presents—The DC Comics equivalent of Essential Marvel
- List of comic books on CD/DVD
Notes and references
- ↑ "Censored Essentials?" The Groovy Age of Horror, September 14, 2006
- ↑ Giant-Size Spider-Man #3 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance of Doc Savage.
- ↑ "Essential Human Torch Volume 1 TPB: v. 1: Amazon.co.uk". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ↑ Marvel Team-Up #74 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearances of the cast of Saturday Night Live.
- ↑ Marvel Team-Up #79 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance of Red Sonja.
- ↑ Marvel Two-in-One #21 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance of Doc Savage.
- ↑ Marvel Two-in-One #99 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance by Rom.
- ↑ Power Man and Iron Fist #73 was omitted from this volume because Marvel did not obtain permission to reprint the appearance by Rom.
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