Marvel Super Heroes Vs Villains

"Eight pop-up spreads featuring original artwork by the world's top comic book creators. Includes the leading Marvel Super Heroes and Teams, matched against their primary villains. ... Spreads include flaps and pull tabs with additional pop-ups and information about the characters and their origin stories."--Back cover.

With villains on one side and heroes on the other, this flip book format will occupy kids for hours as they discuss who would prevail when the spectacular characters of the Marvel Universe go head to head! Flip through the pages of this amazing book packed with all the background information and stats you need to know about Marvel’s most powerful heroes and villains! See how they measure up when they go head to head in an ultimate battle of good vs. evil. From the mighty Captain Marvel to the inevitable Thanos, kids will enjoy rooting for their favorite characters as they discover who is the strongest and smartest being in the galaxy!

In "Heroes vs. Villains" each Super Friend goes toe to toe with a dangerous supervillain, and in "Space Chase!" Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman must travel into outer space to shut down the Joker's TV satellite.

It's easy to name a superhero--Superman, Batman, Thor, Spiderman, the Green Lantern, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Rorschach, Wolverine--but it's not so easy to define what a superhero is. Buffy has superpowers, but she doesn't have a costume. Batman has a costume, but doesn't have superpowers. What is the role of power and superpower? And what are supervillains and why do we need them? In What is a Superhero?, psychologist Robin Rosenberg and comics scholar Peter Coogan explore this question from a variety of viewpoints, bringing together contributions from nineteen comic book experts--including both scholars in such fields as cultural studies, art, and psychology as well as leading comic book writers and editors. What emerges is a kaleidoscopic portrait of this most popular of pop-culture figures. Writer Jeph Loeb, for instance, sees the desire to make the world a better place as the driving force of the superhero. Jennifer K. Stuller argues that the female superhero inspires women to stand up, be strong, support others, and most important, to believe in themselves. More darkly, A. David Lewis sees the indestructible superhero as the ultimate embodiment of the American "denial of death," while writer Danny Fingeroth sees superheroes as embodying the best aspects of humankind, acting with a nobility of purpose that inspires us. Interestingly, Fingeroth also expands the definition of superhero so that it would include characters like John McClane of the Die Hard movies: "Once they dodge ridiculous quantities of machine gun bullets they're superheroes, cape or no cape." From summer blockbusters to best-selling graphic novels, the superhero is an integral part of our culture. What is a Superhero? not only illuminates this pop-culture figure, but also sheds much light on the fantasies and beliefs of the American people.

Collects Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1-2; Super-Villain Team-Up #1-14, #16-17; Avengers (1963) #154-156; Champions #16.

Collects King Thor (2019) #1-4. One last ride with the almighty lord of Asgard! Jason Aaron reunites with Esad Ribi? to conclude the epic saga they began in THOR: GOD OF THUNDER! Seven years ago, Aaron and Ribi? introduced the Thor of the far future — All-Father of a broken realm and a dying universe — as he stood in battle against Gorr, the Butcher of Gods, wielder of All-Black the Necrosword. But now that nefarious blade has returned, in the hands of Thor’s all-time-greatest enemy: his adopted brother, Loki! It’s time for one final, cataclysmic showdown — but even worse is still to come as the ultimate end of all things grows near! A who’s who of Aaron’s past THOR collaborators, along with a few surprise guests, stop by to bring down the curtain on a glorious era in thunderous style!

Marvel's super heroes face unspeakable acts of evil - from vile villains they've never fought before! The Punisher takes on an alien Brood Queen! Eddie Brock and Venom are targeted by monster hunter Lady Hellbender! Ms. Marvel battles the Super-Skrull, who has all the Fantastic Four's powers on his side! No job is too small for Deadpool, but fixing one boy's bad dreams will become a Nightmare! The lethal assassin Bullseye plots the ultimate case of character defamation for She-Hulk! Plus Ghost Spider vs. the murderous Arcade! Moon Knight vs. Kang the Conqueror! And Wolverine vs. the sorceress Morgan Le Fay! COLLECTING: PUNISHER ANNUAL (2019) 1, VENOM ANNUAL (2019) 1, MS. MARVEL ANNUAL (2019) 1, DEADPOOL ANNUAL (2019) 1, SHE-HULK ANNUAL (2019) 1, GHOST SPIDER ANNUAL (2019) 1, MOON KNIGHT ANNUAL (2019) 1, WOLVERINE ANNUAL (2019) 1