1984 - Marvel thinking about making an offer to buy DC Comics

More details can be found at Jim Shooter's blog - http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/08/superman-first-marvel-issue.html

Marvel Comics' November 2011 Solicitations - Marvel 1980s Goodness

Marvel has finally released it's hardcover and trade paperback soliciations...

ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN PREMIERE HC
Written by FRANK MILLER
Penciled by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Good ninjas never die, let alone the baddest one of all! Fan favorite Frank Miller ushers his awesome assassin through good and evil and life and death and rebirth and more! Who is the otherworldly entity in pursuit of the presidency? When has Elektra met her greatest triumphs and tragedies? Why did she die, and how did she return? Collecting ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN #1-8.
272 PGS./Explicit Content ...$24.99








SPIDER-MAN: ORIGIN OF THE HOBGOBLIN TPB
Written by ROGER STERN, TOM DEFALCO & BILL MANTLO
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA, JOHN ROMITA JR., RON FRENZ, MIKE ZECK, MARIE SEVERIN & AL MILGROM
The Hobgoblin lives! Rising from the legacy of the Green Goblin, Spider-Man’s most enduring foe, comes the deadly Hobgoblin! His true identity is one of the most complex mysteries Spidey has ever faced. Featuring the Black Cat, the Kingpin, Madame Web, Mary Jane, the Prowler and more! See Spider-Man’s earliest battles with one of his deadliest foes! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #238-239, #244-245 and #249-251; and PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #43, #47-48 and #85.
200 PGS./Rated T ...$24.99

Fan Expo Day 2 tomorrow - My Alpha Flight panel

If you're in the Toronto area tomorrow, be sure to make your way to Fan Expo and my Alpha Flight panel.

GREAT WHITE NORTHSTARS:  ALPHA FLIGHT WITH FRED VAN LENTE, DALE EAGLESHAM & CHRIS CLAREMONT.

FRIDAY, 1 PM - ROOM #717

An examination of the creative team process of creating a comic book. In this "how to" workshop writer Fred Van Lente and artist Dale Eaglesham will be discussing their collaborative work on the latest incarnation of Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight (published by Marvel Comics). Chris Claremont will be on hand to provide insight on the creation of the original Alpha Flight team in the pages of Uncanny X-Men. 

1990 - X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Hardcover

X-Tinction Agenda Hardcover

304 pages

Written by Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson

Art by Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Jon Bogdanove, Rick Leonardi, and Guang Yap.

Here's a closer look at this hardcover. Extras include:
- Several pages from the previous TPBs that help transition material

- TPB covers
- House ad and in-store wanted poster

1980s Comics that need to be collected

Preferably in some hardcover format and not in the Essentials format.

• Strikeforce Morituri
• Rom (probably never due to rights)
• Amazing Spider-Man (Stern & Romita)
• Incredible Hulk (Mantlo and Buscema)
• Micronauts (including X-Men vs Micronauts, but probably never due to rights)
• Ka-Zar (Jones and Anderson)
• Captain America (DeMatteis and Zeck)
• Spider-Woman
• Jack of Hearts
• Last Galactus Story
• Daredevil (O'Neil and Mazzuchelli)
• Amazing Spider-Man (DeFalco/Frenz)

Marvel Masterworks #175 - Uncanny X-Men Announced

For full details see http://www.collectededitions.com/marvel/mm/xmen/uxm_mm08.html

Marvel Masterworks #175 will reprint Uncanny X-Men #160-167, X-Men Annual #6 and material from Special Edition X-Men #1 & Marvel Treasury Edition #26-27.


But here are some lovely preview images showcasing Dave Cockrum, Brent Anderson, and Paul Smith. 

1984 - Cloak and Dagger Portfolio

Rick Leonardi, Terry Austin and Glynis Wein - Cloak and Dagger Portfolio (Marvel Press, 1984).

Marvel Press released this 1984 portfolio of 10 full-color plates that celebrated Cloak and Dagger's origin and unique powers. Each plate measured 11" x 17".