Marvel presents the origins and history of its most famous creations, narrated by Stan (the Man) Lee, that stellar story man who saw comics as more than dime-store material and turned his characters into 20th century mythology.

Included are the beginnings of The Fantastic Four, which hurled Marvel out of the era of monsters without soul into the age of cosmic heroes; The Hulk, brilliant scientist tuned muddled monster; Spider-Man, the teenage superhero known affectionately to aficionados as "Spidey"; Thor, the surgeon turned Norse god with the mystical hammer and the Shakespearean speech pattern; and finally Dr. Strange, the odd-ball magician who uses his Satanic powers on the side of good.

After you read the big full-color stories and learn about the first heady inspirations from Stan, you will see why Origins of Marvel Comics stands alone as one of the great classics -- an undying tribute to Marvel mania.

More Fuel for the Marvel maniac's fire! As Stan the Man says of the Supervillains in this volume: "Sure, I know they're evil. Sure, I know they're up to no good. Sure I know they're a threat to our wallets, our freedom, and they may be injurious to out health. [But] I've always been fascinated by the villains. And... you've got to admit our heroes need them-as much as they need Blue Cross!"

Included in this expose of evil are Doctor Doom, Marvels answer to Professor Moriarty; the Red Skull, the only baddie created before the Marvel Age of Comics; the Green Goblin, a good guy when he's not being a bad buy, and a devoted father; and Mephisto, the complete entity of evil. Bring on the Bad Guys is another valiant volume in the Marvel Sage: The Supervillains strike back!

The Superhero Women strike back! Another Valiant Volume in the Marvel Origins series, stories of your favorite Marvel Maidens--including Ms. Marvel, disguised as the editor of a women's magazine, who has super strength and the power of flight; Red Sonja, more than the equal of any man and known as the She-Devil with a sword: Medusa, one of the In-humans, whose hair is horror for baddies; Janet Van Dyne, wealthy socialite who can shrink to insect size and float like a butterfly, sting like the Wasp that she is; and the Cat, Greer Nelson, as graceful athletic, and inscrutable as her feline counterparts. Liberate yourself with the women's sides of super sagas and more merry madness from the masterful men at Marvel in THE SUPERHERO WOMEN!

Stan (the Man) Lee has done it again!!! Hot on the heels of his mind-boggling and best-selling Origins of Marvel Comics, the stellar storyman gives us Son of Origins, more Marvel Mania about comic-book characters who have become 20th-century myths.

Included are the origins of The X-men: Cyclops, The Beast, The Angel, Iceman, and Marvel Girl, all mutants battling under the leadership of Professor Xavier against Magneto, the force of evil personified; Iron Man, The Golden Avenger, whose first comic book appearance was not as the gleaming gilded hero we know and love today; the original Avengers, including Ant Man and his lovely lady, the wonderful Wasp; Daredevil, blind superhero whose keen senses of smell, touch, hearing, and taste more than make up for his sightlessness; Nick Fury, who first surfaced as a sergeant in World War II and later became Supreme Commander of SHIELD; The Watcher, whose first appearance came five years before his origins were finally revealed in another first for comics, the premier issue of The Silver Surfer; and finally, The Silver Surfer himself, at first a messenger for Galactus, who alter became a superhero in his own right in a special 64-page original edition.

Son of Origin is a must for comic-book cognoscenti. So op this tome and read on, O Seeker of the Truth, for as Stan says, "The Cosmos lies before us and the spaceways beckon!"

From the dawn of Marvel Memory – right up the present – here are the answers to questions that have driven Marvel fans mad for years: Like – who is stronger, The Hulk of the Thing? In a ferocious fight between Dare devil and Sub-mariner, who would win – or would I really take both Iron Man and Captain America to put poor old Subby down? Who Talks funnier, the silver surfer or Thor God of Thunder, and are either of them any match in the battle of wits against the baddest of baddies, Loki, God of evil? And in the wits department, is Spider Man spidey really the smartest superhero in the bullpen.

In this vast roundup of vintage victories come the colossal clashes of the fantastic four, the original X men, Dr. Strange, and all your fabulous faves who battle their way across the wide world and universe – outwitting, out muscling and undoing each other – as only Stan Lee can do it.”

Silently streaking through the skyways of space he soars, one gleaming figure, endowed with power such as mortal man has never known, yet helpless before a specter of horror which threatens to destroy the entire human race!

The Silver Surfer!

Only he stands between the hapless planet earth and the menace of Galactus! Only he against the most terrible threat in all the universe.

The Silver Surfer!

Never have you beheld such high adventure, such pulse-pounding romance, such wondrous spectacle! Join him in a saga that spans the galaxies!

The Silver Surfer!

He who dares to challenge a god! Truly, a visual feast for your unleashed imagination. Behold you now--the Silver Surfer! You'll never see his like again!

The most powerful mortal ever to walk the earth lashes out! The Mighty Marvel Origins series continues with stirring sagas of the frail physicist, Dr. Bruce Banner, caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion, a victim of gamma radiation gone wild, who in times of stress now finds himself transformed into 7 feet, one thousand pounds of unfettered fury! Allow yourself to stand in awe of the man-brute's matchless might, but beware of The Incredible Hulk.

In one copious collection for the very first time, here are the spectacular sagas that have made SPIDER-MAN the most popular Marvel Superhero of all time. Relive al of the monumental moments: the way-out wall-crawlers' first meeting with the magnificent M<.J. Watson--the day he got his spidey suit so shockingly dirty (in a whacky battle with wily Electro) that he had to brown-bag to a laundromat incognito-the cunning way he finally got under the Rhino's skin. And that's only the beginning! There's also the titanic trilogy that spooked the Comics Code Authority, and sparked nothing but praise from the public, including a department of the U.S Government. Maybe it didn't exactly win the approval of the Comics Code Authority, but it sure did make comicbook history! No true comic fan-no serious comic collector- no student of modern mythology-will want to miss these and the other hair-raising feats of comicdom's great superhero, and prime-time TV's great superstar-THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.

From the Living Legend of World War II to the straight-thinking, straight-talking, straight-shooter of the seventies. Here, in this copious collection, are the most exciting episodes of Ol' Cappy's career. Hark back to the days of yore, when Steve Rogers, a ninety-pound Army reject, is transformed by Professor Reinstein into America's greatest secret weapon against the Nazi scourge. Relive the moment, nearly twenty years later, when the Avengers discover him frozen solid in a huge block of ice. The Avengers take him out of cold storage, but one question remains: Can a peerless paragon of patriotism from another age make it as a superhero in the sixties and seventies? Let the ageless adventurer show you himself in the timeless tales that have made him one of the greatest costumed cavorters in all of comicdom and a TV superstar as well.

Scarier than a swarm of sorcerers - spookier than the shades of the shadowy Seraphim - it's the spellbinding saga of Dr. Strange, told through the most sensational stories of his supernatural career. From his first meeting with the murderous Baron Mordo, to his second encounter with the naughty, nefarious Nightmare, right through the stupendous spectrum of spine-tingling spats with the likes of Loki and Dormammu - it's all recorded in full color in this triumphant tome. Filled with magic and mystery, the dauntless Doc takes us on a tour of the Purple Dimension, the Orient - and lots of other places you've seen only in your nightmares. And while on a rampage against some of comicdom's most unrelenting rottens, our own master of magic teams up with another superhero who has his own staggering series- Spider-Man! You can be the bad Baron was impressed - and you will be, too, with this classic collection for comic-lovers.

In the beginning there were... THE FANTASTIC FOUR... the cagey quartet that ushered in the Magnificent Age of Marvel Comics. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch, and our own shy, retiring Thing were the first of Marvel’s superhero successes, and without them, there might be no Hulk, no Spider-Man, no Howard the Duck. In this high-voltage, full-color, never before-seen volume, you will see for yourself the reasons for their stupendous success and the immense influence they've had on the rest of comicdom. From the day they took off, as mere mortals, for the unknown terrors of outer space (and returned changed by cosmic rays into superhero superstars) they've been battling the likes of Dr. Doom, Apex, the Inhumans and Galactus. That’s right. Galactus, godlike devourer of whole worlds and the only being strong enough to stop him - The Silver Surfer - took their first bows in an episode of the F.F. And it was the fearsome foursome who reintroduced Prince Namor, otherwise known as the sensational Sub-Mariner, to the world of comics after a long, long absence. And it's all right here, in this volume filled with the FANTASTIC FOUR'S most fabulous fables and Marvel's most memorable milestones.

At last! The sensational, best-selling "Marvel Origins" series continues! Featuring the world's greatest superheroes in cataclysmic combat with more sinister, savage supervillains than you can shake a flying surfboard at. Brilliantly selected by Stan Lee, the smiling sage of the Marvel Age, as his own personal all-time favorite thrillers, you'll find virtually each and every one of our most popular artists featured within such as John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Jim Starlin and Steve Ditko.