Atlas Era Battlefield Masterworks Vol 1

Collects Battlefield #1-11. In the early 1950s with the Korean War raging Marvel Comics' predecessor, Atlas, launched a bevy of war comics featuring the heroism and horrors of human conflict. Battlefield ranked four-star amongst them with art by Atlas Era luminaries including war comics great Russ Heath along with Paul Reinman, Joe Maneely, Gene Colan, Bill Everett and many more. With challenging scripts by Stan Lee's stable of Atlas Era scribes these never-before-reprinted pre-Code comics delve into a challenging range of themes-from tales of the American fightin' G.I., to the machinations of the Communist front, and striking meditations on the atrocities of modern war.

Collecting Amazing Adventures (1970) #18-39 And Marvel Graphic Novel #7. It is the year 2018. The Martian invasion of Earth has left our world shattered and its population enslaved. Into this post-apocalyptic nightmare comes Killraven, a man obsessed with his mission: to free Earth! Don McGregor and P. Craig Russell took on Killraven’s quest, and together they crafted some of the most compelling and nuanced comic-art masterpieces of the era. Their hero and his band of Freemen rebels strive, grow, battle and love with a humanity that’s as touching as it is exciting. And now, the complete Killraven sci-fi action opus is collected in this incomparable Marvel Masterworks — beautifully restored and featuring an amazing selection of behind-the-scenes material!

Collects Omega the Unknown (1976) #1-10, Defenders (1972) #76-77. In the 1970s, writer Steve Gerber revolutionized comics. His innovative work on MAN-THING, DEFENDERS and HOWARD THE DUCK opened creative avenues that excited readers and inspired a generation of creators. So when Marvel announced an all-new character co-created by Gerber, anticipation rose to a fever pitch! OMEGA THE UNKNOWN debuted in late 1975, featuring an enigmatic approach to one of the most compelling stories: the stranger in a strange land. James-Michael Starling, a boy with a mysterious past, holds a curious connection to the super-powered being known as Omega. Their quest to understand the gritty world of New York City reveals as much about us as it does them. As the pair's secrets are uncovered and the action unfolds in the Marvel manner, you'll come to understand why OMEGA holds a place as one of the most influential series of its time!

Collects Strange Tales (1951) #169-173; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #24, Werewolf by Night (1972) #39-41, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #41, Doctor Strange (1974) #41, Moon Knight (1980) #21; material from Tales of the Zombie (1973) #6, 10, Tomb of Dracula (1972) #34-37, Werewolf by Night (1972) #38, Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #1, Doctor Strange (1988) #16-17, 20. In 1973, Marvel’s iconic series Strange Tales was reborn starring an extraordinary new horror hero. Today, the Marvel Masterworks are bringing the zombie hunting adventures of that hero—Brother Voodoo—back to life! Haitian-born, Jericho Drumm left his island nation to study psychology in America. When his brother is on his death bed, he returns home and this man of science becomes entangled in the spiritual world of voodoo! Jericho’s brother’s spirit is joined with his own, making him the new Brother Voodoo and a powerful protector of mankind. His exploits pit him against zombies and A.I.M. and team him with Moon Knight and Doctor Strange. The classic tales of Brother Brother are beautifully restored and collected in complete in this single volume.

Collects Tomb of Dracula (1972) #1-11, material from Dracula Lives (1973) #1-3. The Marvel Masterworks cracks open the TOMB OF DRACULA! If there was one title that ushered in the Marvel Age of Horror in the early 1970s, it was TOMB OF DRACULA, the longest running of those seminal monster classics. TOMB was the title Gene Colan was born to draw, and he and writer Marv Wolfman crafted a legacy of undead action that has become an evergreen of Marvel storytelling. The hunt is on to slay Count Dracula, and the descendants of the Van Helsings are still around to make the kill - or die trying. But a new vampire hunter is on the scene, and his name is Blade! These classics have been newly restored to look better than ever!

Collects Howard the Duck (1976) #1-14; Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #12; material from Fear (1970) #19; Man-Thing (1974) #1; Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974) #4-5; FOOM (1973) #15. Trapped in a Masterworks he never made! There were several worthy candidates for the milestone 300th Marvel Masterworks, but only one waddled away with victory: Howard the Duck! Steve Gerber and artistic cohorts Val Mayerik, Frank Brunner and Gene Colan crafted one of comics’ most iconoclastic and hilarious characters. Now Howard’s inaugural Masterworks kicks things off with his quirky first appearance as a “fowl out of water,” teaming with the macabre Man-Thing to protect Cleveland from the Man-Frog and Hellcow! The satirical stories continue with Howard and gal-pal Beverly Switzler taking on dire threats like the Space Turnip, the Beaver and — public transportation?! And just wait until Howard runs for president! All restored in Masterworks glory!

As seeb in Agents of Atlas! She's the goddess of love, the ruler of romance, the original queen of hearts: Venus! In 1948, she descended to Earth to spread, protect and experience love--and those adventures are collected here for the first time! Conspiring co-workers, doubtful doctors and quarreling couples keep her busy for a while--but there's a quick shift in mood and genre when Marvel's best-known god of evil decides all this love means it's time to give hate a chance, on Earth AND in the heavens!