Nick Fury : Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In 1966, when Stan Lee hired an unknown artist named Jim Steranko to draw the Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stories for Marvel Comics' Strange Tales no-one could have realized that the work produced would soon be viewed as the most innovative comic art and writing of the period.
Steranko's stint with the Fury series was a tour de force of cutting-edge graphic effects and cinematic storytelling that had never been explored in the comics before. Although his body of work in the medium consisted of less than 30 comics stories overall, his work became a major influence on contemporary graphic artists.
Now for the first-time in one volume, the full collection of those ground-breaking issues of Strange Tales (#150-168) have been reprinted in their original colors. This volume is 6½x10, full color throughout, 248 pages, squarebound paperback. ...WAS $19.95, NOW ON SALE $12.95.
Marvel Milestones Comic Book Sets
Great collections of the Marvel Milestones reprint series issued by Marvel Comics in 2005-06. Each set has 7 issues which retailed at $3.99 per issue. Sets are on sale for $9.95 each. Sets include stories reprinted from:
Marvel Milestones Comic Book Set #1
#1 Tales of Suspense #39-40, Tales to Astonish #27, Captain America #1 (1941)
#2 Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8, Journey into Mystery Annual #1
#3 Fantastic Four Annual #2, Sub-Mariner #1 (1941), Captain America #1 (1941, 4th story)
#4 Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures #114, Uncanny X-Men #213, Human Torch #2 (1941, 2nd story)
#5 Marvel Spotlight Ghost Rider #5, Daredevil #81, X-Men #47 (2nd story)
#6 Tomb of Dracula #10, Adventure into Fear #16, Vampire Tales #2 (4th story)
#7 Ultimate Spider-Man #1/2, Ultimate X-Men #1/2, Human Torch #2 (1940, 4th & 5th stories)
Marvel Milestones Comic Book Set #2
#8 Maarvel Presents #1, Bloodstone #1, Machine Man #1, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
#9 Marvel Spotlight v.2 #5, Speedball #1, Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 (2nd story)
#10 Starbrand #1, Quasar #1
#11 Amazing Adventures #1, Uncanny X-Men #153
#12 Millie the Model #100, Defenders #65
#13 Uncanny X-Men #275
#14 Marvel Premiere #28, Marvel Team-Up #24, Dracula Lives #3
Young Gods & Friends
by Barry Windsor-Smith
Windsor-Smith became a comics superstar in the 1970s with his work on Marvel's Conan. In the mid-'90s he launched Storyteller, an ambitious, tabloid-size magazine featuring three ongoing series. But it was discontinued after nine issues, with the series barely begun. Young GODS & Friends, from Fantagraphics Books, presents all of the Young GODS material that appeared in issues 1-9 of BWS: STORYTELLER, plus the Young GODS pages completed for the never-published issues #10 & 11, and many pages of new story and editorial content created especially for this edition. This edition re-launches a saga inspired by comics legend Jack Kirby's Thor. The night before young Prince Heros' wedding, he sets off for a final night of space-spanning adventure with his boyhood friend and fellow deity, Strangehands. Along the way, the godlings encounter the beauteous but foul-mouthed Princess Adastra, older sister of the bride-to-be. Windsor-Smith leavens the inherent pretentiousness of this tale of self-important deities by spoofing their mock-Shakespearian speech; the irreverent Adastra, in particular, brings the outer-space proceedings down to earth. Meanwhile, his idealized, Pre-Raphaelite-influenced figures and expansive panels, and the book's oversized format, befit the grandiose, space-spanning plot. Publication of STORYTELLER was suspended in 1997. The material presented in the Young GODS & Friends collection is the most appropriate denouement that can be achieved under the circumstances.
Hardcover, color cover with dustjacket, 192 full color pages, 9x12. WAS $29.95, NOW ON SALE $14.95
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