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The Long Road Home (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 2)

Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth, Richard Isanove

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

I like the new material 4 out of 5 stars.
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I'm probably in the minority... but I enjoyed the new material in Long Road Home. Storyline is about the journey back after Hambry,Roland's encounter with the Crimson King and features more Cuthbert and Alain dialogue, which I enjoyed. I like the story of the young Gunslinger and I really hope they keep the story arcs to the early days (since there are already seven books written by The King about what happens after) Even though it is not King's words, so to speak, it's still his story and there's lots of material to mine from this fantastic epic. The artwork is breath-taking. I can just pore over the illustrations. I'm not even a comic book reader and in all probability this is the only series I will ever purchase. I actually read the comics because I couldn't wait for the graphic novel at the time, and I don't have the hardcover (Yet). I noticed with Gunslinger Born graphic novel they left out some material that was in the Gunslinger comics -- backstory regarding the history or In-World, meaning of the Beam, the myth of Dark Tower, Eldred Jonas, Rhea as a young girl etc. I'm wondering if they did this with the Long Road Home graphic novel. If so that would be very disappointing, because I enjoyed that extra story/exposition that was included in the comic books. I'll still buy the graphic novel anyway because I just prefer hardcovers.

If you're a Dark Tower junkie you just need this. The Dark Tower was made for comics (but I'm so glad there are books! books with lots and lots of pages!) If you're new to the series, I'd recommend Stephen King's seven books instead because even with all the exposition (in the comics) I think readers will not 'get it' in its full context -- just my humble opinion, but it's good stuff nonetheless.

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It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of his lover Susan Delgado. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit... .and Roland is in a coma! Don't miss the next chapter in the saga of the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself! Collects Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1-5.

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 2)

Stan Lee

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

an enjoyable trip down memory lane...... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I purchased this as a present for my grandson and ended up reading and enjoying it myself. This book brought back many childhood memories for me of carefree afternoons of reading adventures and comic book swapping with friends.
What a great and inexpensive way to regain your old comic book collection. I thought the black and white illistrations might take something away but it really doesn't. This is the second book in the series that I have purchased and would difinately recommend it to anyone looking for some nostalgia.

Spidey Rawks! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Stan Lee's, Steve Ditko's, and John Romita's "Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 2" is an awesome graphic novel of Spider-Man's original comic book series! This volume contains the exciting issues #21-43 and Annuals #2 & 3! This book introduces lots of new changes for Peter Parker. His love for Betty Brant changes to Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. It also brings lots of different villains to light for Spidey to battle, like:

- The Beetle
- The Clown, and his Masters of Menace
- The Green Goblin
- Mysterio
- The Crime-Master
- The Molten Man
- Xandu
- The Scorpian
- The Cat
- Kraven the Hunter
- Doc Ock
- The Looter
- The Rampaging Robots of Dr. Stromm
- The Rhino

What's really cool about this book is when you read the 3-part series of Spider-Man battling Doc Ock for the very life of his Aunt May, and when Spidey and the Green Goblin are both unmasked to each other! Another cool thing is the guest-appearances of The Human Torch, Dr. Strange, The Hulk, and the Avengers!

Even though the pages are all in black and white, I was still able to greatly appreciate Steve Ditko's and John Romita's art of drawing Spider-Man and his villains. I sped through this novel faster than I thought, wishing it wouldn't end! If you're a fan of Spider-Man, you'll love this great volume!

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Peter Parker's chosen profession is a series of unrelenting tests -- but through all his trials, Spider-Man remains steadfast in his determination to use his gifts for the benefit of all. Featuring appearances by the Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter and Dr. Strange! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #21-43, and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, 3.

Essential Iron Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)

Stan Lee, Don Heck

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Classic or Dated? 3 out of 5 stars.
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This early Iron Man stuff probably needs two reviews to do an honest job. Old-time comic fans will appreciate this collection of these early stories and the introductions of so many classic Iron Man enemies. The 1960s writing is a nice bit of nostalgia, and the art by people like Steve Ditko and Don Heck is very fun to look at.

But to a younger person, perhaps coming to Iron Man from seeing the movie...not so much. The stories and enemies will seem hokey and the "red menace" stuff will lack the meaning it had to people my age who lived through the Cold War.

I love the marvel essentials series, but let's face it...these are pieces of nostalgia. Early marvels were pretty poorly written stuff. Once Stan Lee established the formula of a hero who whined and carped about his personal life all the time, it became formulaic very quickly. These stories fit in that mold, 18 pages of fighting some communist and a few panels of Stark whining about the metal plate on his chest.

If you understand what you are getting this is a great inexpensive way to grab all these early Iron Man comics...but I wouldn't buy it for a kid.

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Experience the armored Avenger's earliest adventures - including classic confrontations with arch-foes Crimson Dynamo, the Mandarin, and the Titanium Man. Guest-starring the X-Men, Captain America, and the Black Widow.

Essential Thor, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)

Stan Lee

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Must... finish... book... 3 out of 5 stars.
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ESSENTIAL THOR VOLUME 1 is a very affordable way to get acquainted with The Mighty Thor. Unfortunately, it was a bit of a struggle for me to finish it. Collecting Journey Into Mystery # 83 - 112, it features the earliest appearances of Marvel Comics' god of thunder. While Marvel gets credit for reinvigorating the comic industry's Silver Age with excellent titles like Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, Thor was an awkward entry in their line-up of titles. His early appearances in JIM are written more like the dull, formulaic stories that were appearing from DC at the time, where the hero jumps from issue to issue taking on the threat of the month (be it aliens, gangsters, "Reds", or an amazingly uninspired supervillain), with no real focus on a continuing storyline or character development. Writer Stan Lee does the reader a favor by introducing Thor's father, Odin, and half-brother, Loki, and finally steps things up with the addition of "Tales of Asgard", a regular back-up feature that fleshed out the history of Thor, familiarizing the reader with the Norse myths from which he is derived. These are excellent stories that introduce additional mythological characters such as Heimdall, Hela, and Surtur. Tales of Asgard begins to eclipse the regular Thor feature, to the point that more Asgardians, such as Balder, the Enchantress, and the Executioner, eventually are incorporated into the regular stories, to great effect. Unfortunately, with so much potential in these early issues, we still don't learn the answers to the big questions of Thor's origin, such as why the enchanted hammer Mjolnir was disguised as a cane and hidden in a cave, or why Dr. Donald Blake should be considered worthy to wield the power of a god. In addition, you'll have to put up with some of Stan Lee's signature hand-wringing romantic melodrama between Blake and his nurse, Jane Foster. Oh well, nobody said this was going to be easy.

The art quality is all over the place. Jack Kirby provides action-packed pencils for the majority of the stories, but his work is often marred by inept inkers, to the point that it doesn't even remotely resemble his style. But once Chic Stone comes on board, all is right with the world of Thor. This volume is worth the hassle, just to get to the next volume of stories, where the series really kicks into high-gear. You'll be glad you tried it!

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Relive meek Dr. Donald Blake's transformation into the legendary God of Thunder in this collection of the Mighty Thor's earliest classic adventures! With his mystical hammer Mjolnir at his side, Thor sets out to bring justice to Earth. Collects Journey Into Mystery #83-112.

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)

Stan Lee

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Your Friendly neiborhood spiderman in paperback 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is an awsome collection of some of the early spiderman. It is the wed slinger in amazing action comics including his run in with the sinister 6 and the creation of SPIDER-MAN.

Naive yet sophisticated 4 out of 5 stars.
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Even oh so many decades later these stories are still astounding for the complexity of character they have. Sure, some of the portrayal of the teenagers will seem naive now due to cultural changes over the years but the depth of story-telling is really superb.

We see the creation of Spiderman of course, as well as many of his premier rogues gallery, though to be fair we also see some pretty weak villains as well. Montana and Fancy Dan anyone?

What is interesting about the art is, excepting for the Annual, the complete lack of splash pages. This gives a general panel count of 6-9 per page which really allows the depth of story-telling that is the strength of this collection. There is ample room for exposition and character development. The strength of which is Peter Parker dealing with his real life, his relationships with Aunt May, Betty Brandt and the fellow students at his school. This is where the stories are elevated above bam-pow superhero action.

Though the lack of color is unfortunate, you get a really fair number of issues for the price. The lack of color also allows one to see the pencilling and inking better which may or may not be of interest to you.

On the whole a really good run of issues introducing a new archetype of superhero.

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Collects Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #1-20, Annual #1.

Fantastic Four Omnibus, Vol. 1 (v. 1)

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Alex Ross

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the BEST way to read the F.F. early issues 5 out of 5 stars.
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an earlier reviewer mentioned that it's better/easier to read these issues through the DVD-Rom and I would disagree with that because it's never as comfortable to go scrolling up and down each page of a book like this when you can have each issue reproduced in mint condition and read them all at your liesure in a comfy chair or in bed and appreciate the early brilliance of Lee/Kirby. It simply does NOT get better than this. Cannot recommend it highly enough. My question is when does the next TWO F.F. Omnibuses come out? We desperately need F.F. #31 thru 65 and then #66 thru 100 to wrap up the entirety of the Lee/Kirby run. Marvel, HURRY!

The start of the Marvel age of comics 5 out of 5 stars.
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Really what can one say about Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's Fantastic Four. Its a groundbreaking concept that you as the reader get to watch mature in 30 + issues in one book and in color. Its different than other super hero books as these members have great emotional reactions between both the evil foes and themselves. Its a Super hero comic soap opera as every issue became a cliff hanger. Jack Kirby makes this book live with his dynamic art. Stan's no slouch with stories either. Its a decent price to pay and is put together well. Many Marvel books have gutter problems, this one doesn't. Do yourself a favor and either re-live these books or start with some timeless super hero stories, its a winner !

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They were visionaries. Explorers. Imaginauts. They were Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. And like their creations - the Fantastic Four - they continually strove to overcome the impossible and achieve the extraordinary. Now, the first three years of their landmark run on Fantastic Four - issues #1-30 and Annual #1 - are collected in one oversized volume.

Essential Thor, Vol. 3 (Marvel Essentials)

Stan Lee

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Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create the glory days for the Mighty Thor 5 out of 5 stars.
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Volume 3 of "The Essential Thor" provides the stories of the Thunder God that appeared in issues #137-66 of "The Mighty Thor," which includes the five-page "Tales of Asgard" stories appearing in the back of the comic through issue #145. The filler with the Inhumans that replaced "Tales of Asgard" is reprinted in this volume, but they only ran through #152, making #153 the first issue of the comic book with a 20-page story about the title character. At this point writer Stan Lee and penciler Jack Kirby are joined by inker Vince Colletta, who does all of the issues except for #143, which is actually inked by Bill Everett, with Joe Sinnot lending a hand on seven issues according to the index, even though Sinnott's name does not appear on the title pages of those comics. I have come to the conclusion that when it comes to inking the King, I like what Colletta did on "Thor" and what Sinnott did on "The Fantastic Four."

The issues collected here are part of the second stage in the history of Thor as a Marvel character. The defining point for the shift to the second stage is fairly simple, coming when Jane Foster is written out of the series and the Lady Sif emerges as the new love interest for the Thunder God. This was a long time in coming and the idea that once Odin agrees to give Jane a chance the Earth woman freaks at the splendor of Asgard, even after being turned into a goddess, was a bit forced. But the shift to Sif represented what had been the most important development during the first stage with Lee and Kirby, which was the decision to start working in the characters and stories of Norse mythology. That meant not only having Loki running around as the Thunder God's chief nemesis, but Balder emerging as Thor's best friend, and Fandral, Hogun the Grim, and Volstagg as the comic relief (in the Shakespearean sense to be sure, but comic relief none the less). True, you have to wonder why the all-seeing and all-knowing Odin does not take care of Loki once and for all, but that is only because we do not see the big picture like the big guy.

The major story-arc in this volume takes place almost entirely in Asgard (#154-57), when Ulik, the mightiest of the Trolls that Thor defeated at the start of the book (#137-39), finds the long-lost Odin-Cave and releases the Mangog, the last remaining member of a mysterious alien race that almost succeeded in destroying Asgard itself. The problem is that in Asgard's greatest hour of peril, the realm's ruler is sleeping the Odin-sleep, which is what gives him renewed life. While Odin sleeps and Thor is leading the fight against the Mangog with his power of a billion billion beings, Loki jumps on the throne and claims to be in charge. Mangog's goal is to draw the Odinsword and let Ragnarok fall (the end of the world as the Norse know it). In between Odin strips Thor of his powers (#145), and this time when Loki tries to take advantage of the situation the god of mischief loses his powers as well, which leads to a big battle with the Wrecker (#148-50), a thug with an enchanted crowbar who surprisingly turns out to be one of the better Thor villains, which leads right to another major opponent, the Destroyer (#150-52), and then Loki's attempt to take care of Thor by killing Don Blake.

There are fights against non-Asgardian villains with the Growing Man (#140), Replicus (#141), the Super-Skull (#142), and the Enchanters (#143-44). As the cover indicates, there is also a showdown between Thor and Galactus (#160-62), which is not quite as interesting as you would think (why did Odin not notice Galactus when he first showed up to consume the Earth?), followed by a conflict with the Greek god of the underworld, Pluto (#163-64), and then the strange being known as Him (#165), who would eventually become Adam Warlock (but that is another story, not yet reprinted in the Essentials series). In #158 the first appearance of Thor, when Don Blake finds the enchanted Uru Hammer in "Journey into Mystery" #83 is reprinted in part, and then in #159 we find out at last who is the real Don Blake in a much needed reconceptualization of the character's Marvel origin. Meanwhile, "Tales of Asgard" has the search for Mogul of the Mystic Mountain with Thor leading Fandral, Hogun and mighty Volstagg on their quest. The storyline is okay, but once "Tales" got away from Norse mythology to telling original stories it was no longer sufficiently different from the main storyline to justify Lee and Kirby continue doing it.

In reading these stories again I would have to say that in "The Essential Thor, Volume 3" is where you find Lee and Kirby at their best with this character. When you are the Norse god of thunder it is hard to come up with villains that will give the guy a run for his money. But in these 29 issues once we get beyond his arch-nemesis Loki we have Ulik, the Super-Skrull, Mangog, the Destroyer, the Wrecker, Galactus, Pluto, and Him. With the exception of the Super-Skrull, Lee and Kirby come up with multi-issue story lines to take advantage of these strong foes. Granted, these are not in color, which is why they are the most economical way to read these from 1967-69, and it would be nice to have those Inhuman stories just to have the complete comics as they were originally published, but for the Mighty Thor this is as good as it gets. Just look at how many times Kirby indulges in a full-page shot of Thor, Odin, Balder or some other character. I did not do the math, but I would think that his average number of panels per page is way closer to four than it is to five, which gives the King ample opportunity to have his characters strike heroic poses (and Kirby certainly loves the armor Odin wears).

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Trolls, giants, aliens and clowns await in the third thunderous anthology of Thor! The Mighty One faces a god of death, a living planet, Ragnarok itself and... a jail term!? Kang the Conqueror, the Super-Skrull and more! Featuring the first appearance of the scintillating Sif! Plus: the origin of that perennial perilous party crasher, the Wrecker! Guest-starring Adam Warlock and Galactus! Collects Thor #137-166.

Essential Silver Surfer, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Buscema

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Holds up better than I expected 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a child, I loved a few comics and characters. Silver surfer was among the top--if not the top--comic book character in my world. I had not looked at original comics in some 17-18 years, and I never really had the chance to see many originals, becuase nobody around my comic book store appearantly wanted to give them up. Can I blame them?

The original 18 silver surfer comics with John Buscema at the pencil hold up surprizing ly well. The complexity of The Silver Surfer is amazing. I mean, how many superheroes actually cry for humanity? I do admit that some of the later issuse in this volume get a little "comicy" (like some of the team-up issues), but for the most part, the stories are written so well and the art is so good that they have a timeless quality to them that good science fiction should have.

If you are an old fan or just want to see what all the Silver Surfer "hype" is about in preparation for the movie, this is where you should start. (Of course the Omnibus collection is a bit better, because it is colored, but for people cutting their teeth in the mythos, it might be a bit expensive.)

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Witness the birth of the Sentinel of the Spaceways, as humanoid being Norrin Radd becomes the Silver Surfer - Galactus' first cosmic-powered herald and one of Marvel's most noble heroes! Collects Silver Surfer #1-18; Fantastic Four Annual #5. All-new edition!

Essential Spider-Man, Vol. 4 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 4)

Stan Lee

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Essential Spider-Man#4, Good Not Great 4 out of 5 stars.
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In these issues of Spider-Man, Spidey is a modern day (or at least late 60s)comic book version of Sisyphus - endlessly pushing a boulder uphill that threatens to crush him. While out battling some of his greatest villians, Kingpin, Doc Ock, the Lizard and Electro, he tries (usually unsuccessfully) to juggle a career, a girlfriend and friendships. His undeserved bad rep usually puts a negative spin on even his most spectacular triumphs - with his g/f, his boss and his Aunt May all decrying his "web-slinging weasal" of an alter ego. Even the superheroes who guest star (Quicksilver, Human Torch and Black Widow) take Spidey for a chump - at least intially.

John Romita's art is constitantly good throughout the book (and is, to me, the definitive artist of the web-slinger), while Stan Lee's scripts only occasionally blow up into inflated, awkward rhetoric or 'wannabee hip' 60's cliches. The stories themselves are good, not great. The standouts being his epic battles with Kingpin (issues #69,70, 83-85), Doc Ock (who hijacks a plane in issue #88 - probably more eerie and plausible today than 30 years ago), the story of Peter Parker's parents (in annual #5), and the cool bonus features (such as 'Spidey's Greatest Talent' or Spidey drawn in the style of other comics such as superman, Little Abner and Mickey Mouse - pure fluff but lots of fun!).

On the donwside, there are a few villains who are duds - the Schemer, the Kangaroo, Man Mountain Marko - which really suck the life out of these stories. Spidey is essentially villain-driven. His character, like the Batman, is driven to fight crime because of the murder of a loved one. When the villain is on the money, it works that he nearly loses his girlfriend, job and/or friends every issue. When the villain is weak, the gimmick gets old.

Another complaint is the lack of development of the minor characters. Other than his girlfriend (Gwen Stacey) and her father, there's very little involvement from Harry Osbourne, Flash Thompson or even Aunt May. Spidey needs a strong supporting cast and he doesn't get it in these issues.

In all, classic art, some compelling stories and a few clunkers. Not a bad value for a true Spidey fan.

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In this volume, Peter faces some of his greatest challenges and his most harrowing foes such as Doc Ock and the Kingpin. Featuring a guest appearance by the Fantastic Four. Collects Amazing Spider-Man #69-89 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4-5.

Invincible Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 (v. 1)

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein, Don Rico, Al Hartley, Roy Thomas, Flo Steinberg

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Great Collection! But here we go again? 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book gets 4 stars, but Marvel gets 2 stars for releasing another collection that may not continue.

Here is yet another collection of the first issues of Iron Man by Marvel Comics. If you've seen the MARVEL MASTERWORKS Iron Man series, then you've already had a taste of what's in here.

This contains the first appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39, but re-colored today, very generically, not matching the coloring of the original issues. So it's not really an exact reproduction, but it's still pretty good.

It is very nice to see so many issues represented in such a lush volume, but as I said before, they did this with the Marvel Masterworks series and then discontinued it, well in fact, they re-released the SAME TWO volumes about 5 years after the initial release. They did this with the Marvel Essential Iron Man as well; printed two volumes, then reprinted the same two and discontinued the series.

Are we to get the same treatment with this new Omnibus series? Although this covers a good 45 issues of Iron Man's earliest exploits, there is much, much more to read about, and I hope Marvel will no drop the ball once again.

Marvel's marketing choices aside, this is a VERY nice intro to Iron Man, for new and old fans alike. This effectively doubles the amount of full-color reprints of Tales of Suspense, so even Masterworks owners may want to get this.

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Iron Man's first few years of activity took him through three sets of armor and his first several showdowns with such archenemies as the Mandarin and the Titanium Man - plus confrontations with major menaces like the Chameleon, Count Nefaria, and the Mad Thinker! Dictatorships across the world, beneath the sea, under the earth, and through time itself fall before the Armored Avenger's awesome array of apparatus! Guest-starring Captain America, the X-Men's Angel and more! Featuring the introductions of Iron Man's most infamous foes-turned-friends, the Black Widow and Hawkeye! Collects Tales of Suspense #39-83 and Tales to Astonish #82