Amazing FantasyMarvel. |
| 1961 |
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Amazing Adventures 1-6, Amazing Adult Fantasy 7-14, Amazing Fantasy 15; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Paul Reinman). [From Marvel Comics: Across six issues of truly amazing adventures, Lee, Kirby, and Ditko dreamed up a cadre of ten-story tall menaces from Torr to Manoo to the one and only Monsteroso to trash unwitting Earthlings on a month-in and month-out basis. Backed up by weird tales of wax museums, witchcraft, Martians, and the occult master who set the trenchcoat trend in comics, Dr. Druid, it seemed these titanic tales could never be topped. And then Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did just that by launching “The Magazine That Respects Your Intelligence!” An all-new approach for the young comics sophisticate, Amazing Adult Fantasy presented Twilight Zone-tinged tales of otherworldly aliens, time travel, ghosts, atomic nightmares, and maybe even the secret of the universe itself. With story after lushly-illustrated story, Ditko set a new standard for comic book illustration, and Lee raised the bar ever higher with his scintillating scripts. And, oh, in the last issue they created some guy named “Spider-Man.”] |
| 2004 |
Araña Vol. 1: Heart of the Spider (Digest; 1-6; w Fiona
Avery; a Mark Brooks, Roger Cruz). [From Marvel Comics:
Shes fierce, shes sassy... she sticks to walls! This is where
it all begins: Meet an all-new, all-different heroine! Fiona Avery (AMAZING
SPIDER-MAN) and Mark Brooks (MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN) launch a surprising
series of teen-friendly adventures set in the current Marvel Universe! Sugar
and spice and everything nice thats what this little girl is
totally not made of!] |
Scorpion: Poison Tomorrow (Digest; 7-12 [Scorpion stories only]; w Fred
Van Lente; a Leonard Kirk, Dave Ross). [From Marvel Comics:
Presenting the all-new, all-different Scorpion! After the vicious murder
of her adoptive parents, Carmilla Black discovers her biological mother
is the top scientist of the worldwide terrorist network A.I.M. Now, to unravel
the secrets of her true idenity and mysterious power, she's hot on the heels
of her enigmatic mother with S.H.I.E.L.D. close behind, hoping she'll take
them right to the terrorists' leadership.] |
| Tales of the New Universe (Back-up stories from 18-19). [For complete contents, see under New Universe.] |
Death's Head 3.0: Unnatural Selection (16-20; w Simon Furman; a James Ruiz, Shannon Galiant). [From Marvel Comics: It’s one hundred years in the future and the now-benevolent organization known as A.I.M. has been fighting a non-violent conflict with the fascist government it wishes to change. But there’s a splinter group that’s ready to return to its violent roots with Death’s Head 3.0. Problem is, the killer robot isn’t sure what side it wants to be on.] |