Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by PAUL SMITH, FRANK MILLER & BRENT ANDERSON
with WALTER SIMONSON & MICHAEL GOLDEN
The Uncanny X-Men had become the biggest franchise in comic books by 1982. Chris Claremont’s writing rose to find perhaps his most poignant and challenging expression of the mutant metaphor in “God Loves, Man Kills,” while his work with Frank Miller on WOLVERINE skyrocketed the character’s popularity. With culmination of Paul Smith’s classic run—featuring the growing romance between Kitty Pryde and Colossus, the first appearance of Callisto and the Morlocks, Rogue’s debut as an X-Man, and the wedding of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor—this Marvel Masterworks is nothing short of a marathon of mutant milestones!
Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #168-175, UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #7, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #5 and WOLVERINE (1982) #1-4.
STAR WARS: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS
Written by ROY THOMAS, HOWARD CHAYKIN, ARCHIE GOODWIN, JO DUFFY
& CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN, CARMINE INFANTINO, WALTER SIMONSON, HERB TRIMPE, MICHAEL GOLDEN, AL WILLIAMSON & MIKE VOSBURG
As the phenomenon dawned in 1977, Marvel Comics published the very first STAR WARS comic-book series. Now, the House of Ideas is re-presenting those original adventures in its wampa-sized Omnibus format! It’s the return of the Jedi to Marvel in an opening volume that begins with A NEW HOPE and ends with THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. In between, the rebels face a wealth of new perils — from space pirate Crimson Jack to the bounty hunter Beilert Valance, as well as a surprisingly svelte Jabba the Hut (one “t”). Luke goes back to Tatooine, Leia battles alone, Han and Chewie play the deadly Big Game, and Darth Vader hunts for answers! With all your old favorites and plenty of new faces — hello, Jaxxon! — there’s no doubt, the Force is strong with this one!
Collecting STAR WARS (1977) #1-44 and ANNUAL #1.
880 PGS./Rated T …$125.00
Uncanny X-Men Vol. 9 represents my peak childhood interest in that particular comic; I'll have to get it out of a sense of nostalgic duty. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have the entire Marvel Star Wars run but I only recently acquired the Jo Duffy-Cynthia Martin run. Actually, I gave up on that book after issue #87. Young me was positively depressed upon seeing the cover to SW #88. It was a "Where were you?" moment in my comic-reading youth. lol
Hey C.K., really looking forward to these two volume, although I have the Wolverine and X-Men graphic novel reprinted in ten other collections!
ReplyDeleteThese are two volumes I've waited for. At one time I had both collections, but sold them off over the years. I quit collecting X-Men after 190...just got tired of it...but loved the Paul Smith issues and have been waiting as the Masterworks series got up to it. Can't wait till the Omnibus. And the Star Wars Omni? I absolutely loved Carmine Infantino's kinetic take on the series and Archie Goodwin's fantastic expansion of the movie universe. I hope Marvel reprints Goodwin and Williamson's newspaper run as they appeared in the papers. Those were some great reads.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: We jumped ship right around the same time. I split after issue #189.
ReplyDeleteAs for Star Wars, I already have most of the original issues as well as the seven volume Dark Horse tpbs, "A Long Time Ago."
I haven't seen anywhere yet where can I place a pre-order for UXM vol. 9.
Already having the Dark Horse reprints, can't see a reason to buy the Star Wars Omnibus. Would love to read those letters pages.
ReplyDeleteNever cared for X-Men post circa '65-'66. Pass.
Amazon has the Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 9 up for pre-order.
ReplyDeleteHey C.K., thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteThanks in part to your heads up on volume 9, I went ahead and got vols. 7 and 8 (the latter at cover price which is saying something since it's oop).
ReplyDeleteI assume the majority of your readers/followers are in their 40s. It makes me wonder if it "hits you" that books we bought and read as children are now considered classics ("Masterworks") by those not even alive when they were first published. I always thought those accolades were reserved for Gold and Silver Age comics, not what would later become known as Bronze Age comics! Of course I could be a cynic and say that every generation gets their comic book youth resold to them via pricey hardcovers.