Saturday, November 17, 2012
Marvel Comics - February 2013 Collected Editions Solicitations - 1980s goodness
Another light month... so I had to pull in the 1990s with the New Warriors Omnibus.
NEW WARRIORS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC YOUNG COVER
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA, ERIC FEIN, DAN SLOTT, TOM DEFALCO & DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, CHRIS MARRINAN, DARICK ROBERTSON, TOM MORGAN, BRANDON PETERSON, STEVE BUCCELLATO, STEVE EPTING, RON FRENZ, GUANG YAP, TOM RANEY, TERRY SHOEMAKER & SCOTT MCDANIEL
Young, idealistic heroes Marvel Boy, Firestar, Nova, Namorita, Speedball and the mysterious Night Thrasher join forces as the New Warriors — determined to make a difference and fight the kinds of crime other heroes won’t touch! But as the naïve Warriors dig deeper into a world of grey areas and moral compromises, can they maintain their youthful ideals? And with foes like Terrax, the Juggernaut, Psionex, the Punisher, the Sphinx and more — along with a shocking threat from within — can they even stay alive? Guest-starring Thor, X-Force, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and more! Collecting NEW WARRIORS (1990) #1-26 and ANNUAL #1-2; AVENGERS (1963) #341-342; and material from THOR (1966) #411-412, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #7, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #15, X-FACTOR ANNUAL #6, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #26, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #12 and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #8.
1064 PGS./Rated T ...$99.99
POWER PACK CLASSIC VOL. 4 TPB
Written by LOUISE SIMONSON, HOWARD MACKIE, JON BOGDANOVE & TERRY AUSTIN
Penciled by JON BOGDANOVE, TERRY SHOEMAKER, VAL MAYERIK, LARRY ALEXANDER, LOUIS WILLIAMS & JUNE BRIGMAN
The Pack is back! Marvel’s youngest super-team — and Franklin Richards, too! — must grow up quickly when they get caught up in the Mutant Massacre, break into Avengers Mansion, battle the Hobgoblin, deal with the harsh realities of drugs, clash with the New Mutants, fight Apocalypse’s Horsemen during the Fall of the Mutants, tackle an enormous Sentinel and face down the Punisher! Not to mention mastering a new set of powers! Good thing the maniacal Madcap is on hand to lighten things up! Guest-starring Cloak and Dagger, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and X-Factor! Collecting POWER PACK (1984) #27-36 and material from STRANGE TALES (1987) #13-14.
272 PGS./Rated T ...$29.99
Power Pack 4 is an unexpected surprise! New Warriors? Glad for the people who enjoyed the series, would have prefered to see Fantastic Four by Byrne volume 2.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm looking forward to Byrne's FF Omnibus #2. I'd also love to see some kind of Stern/Romita Jr Spidey Omnibus...
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