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30-504: Published quarterly, the first volume of All Winners Comics ran 20 issues, numbered #1-19 and #21 (Summer 1941 - Winter 1946/47). While the cover title was All Winners Comics or occasionally simply All Winners , the indicia of all issues in the series (except #21) list the title as All-Winners Comics . The working title was All Aces , as seen in pre-publication house ads in other Timely Comics advising readers to "Watch out for this winner". All Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941) contained

60-539: A "gallery" of three sequential Masterworks covers, along with a partial cover of the next volume in the series (except Volume s 1 , 2 and 27 ). The volume in which the "gallery" was printed would always "hang" in the third position, preceded by the previous two volumes. Some volumes have had multiple printings, such as The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 , with seven. Also during the original Marvel Masterworks run between 1992 and 1993, Marvel Comics had published lower-priced trade paperback editions of selected volumes in

90-594: A 12- to 13-page story each of the Human Torch, by writer-artist creator Carl Burgos ; the minor hero Black Marvel , by writer Stan Lee , penciler Al Avison and inker Al Gabriele ; Captain America, by co-creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (writers), Joe Simon, Kirby, and Avision (pencils), and Joe Simon, Al Gabriele and Syd Shores (inkers); the Sub-Mariner, by writer-artist creator Bill Everett ; and

120-494: A lull in superhero popularity. The initial Atlas Era Masterworks volumes were primarily science-fiction / fantasy stories, particularly featuring drive-in theater -style monsters . More recent volumes have included other genres, such as pre-Comics Code horror and jungle stories. Marvel started publishing the Atlas Era Masterworks volumes semi-annually, then quarterly before returning to semi-annual. The line

150-522: A new one. Historians generally agree that after issue #19, All Winners Comics continued as a single-issue teenage - humor comic featuring a Patsy Walker story, All Teen Comics #20 (January 1947). When Timely chose to do another All-Winners Squad story, the publisher retitled the canceled Young Allies Comics , which had ended with #20 (Oct. 1946), resulting in All Winners Comics #21. Most sources say All Winners Comics afterward became

180-488: A period from 2017 to 2018. Indicia (publishing) Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 216977721 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:40:19 GMT Marvel Masterworks Marvel Masterworks

210-434: A suggested retail price of US $ 29.95 ( Hulk $ 24.95) for the first three years, $ 34.95 after that ( Silver Surfer Vol. 19 $ 44.95). The first printings had a marble-look dust jacket with either light gray, pastels or primary colors; the binding was a faux leather dyed in the color associated with the title ( Marvel Masterworks , volume number, and title was embossed usually in gold (exceptions: The Silver Surfer , Iron Man ) on

240-541: Is an American collection of hardcover and trade paperback comic book reprints published by Marvel Comics , with the main goal of republishing classic Marvel Comics storylines in a hardcover, premium edition, often with restored artwork and better graphical quality when compared to other Marvel collected editions. The collection started in 1987, with volumes reprinting the issues of The Amazing Spider-Man , The Fantastic Four , The X-Men , and The Avengers . The Masterworks line has expanded from such reprints of

270-679: The Angel , generally credited, unconfirmably, to writer-artist creator Paul Gustavson . All the characters were preexisting. Additionally, there was a two-page text story by Lee, with spot art by Ed Winiarski . The following issue, the preexisting superheroes the Destroyer and the Whizzer replaced the Black Marvel and the Angel. This lineup continued through #12, with a one-shot appearance of

300-898: The Masterworks line was revived, when some of the original 27 went back into print with a new style of dust jacket designed by Comicraft , and without the chronological numbering on the spine. Instead, the line used the number of the volume for each particular comic book series. Four new Masterworks were published from 2000 to 2002, bringing the total then to 31. Only 10 volumes were published in total from this initial relaunch, and they were Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 1 and Vol. 6 , Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 , Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 , Marvel Masterworks: X-Men Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 , Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 , and Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 1 . They are now out of print. With The Sub-Mariner Vol. 1 ,

330-501: The Masterworks line, but these versions only reprinted half of the contents compared to the hardcover editions. These were: Even though on the cover each book was labeled as Volume 1 , no subsequent volumes were ever published for these trade paperbacks. Marvel did not try trade paperback versions of the Masterworks again until 2002 and 2009. From 1994 to 1996, no new Masterworks were published, and existing volumes did not get additional printings. Following this, from 1997 to 2002,

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360-575: The Thunderer with the new code name Black Avenger in #6. With World War II wartime paper shortages, the page-count was reduced from 68 to 60 pages with issue #9 (Summer 1943), trimming the Destroyer feature slightly and shrinking that of super-speedster the Whizzer to six pages. With #12 (Spring 1944) it was further reduced to 52 pages, reducing the Destroyer feature to seven pages and eliminating

390-722: The 1960s period that fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books to include the 1930s–1940s Golden Age ; comics of Marvel's 1950s pre-Code forerunner, Atlas Comics ; and even some reprints from the 1970s period called the Bronze Age of Comic Books . DC Comics launched DC Archive Editions in 1989, their equivalent of the Marvel Masterworks line. The first printing of Masterworks books from Marvel started in 1987 (three in 1987, four per year after that) and continued until 1994 (27 volumes), most with

420-485: The 32nd Masterwork , Marvel relaunched the line with silver dust jackets in 2003. On the front cover dust jacket, these initial releases had the book's interior contents and creator names on the top of the front cover art image, and the Marvel Masterworks name under the cover art on the bottom, with the volume number on the spine featured in a black-filled square with silver edging, with a silver font labeling

450-468: The 33rd volume, The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 (April 2004), Marvel started producing new Masterworks once again, continuing monthly from August 2004. These new books have also been printed with both regular and variant/original cover styles. In 2002, Marvel partnered with Barnes & Noble to produce lower-priced trade paperback (typically US $ 12.95) versions of selected Masterworks volumes. Twelve were produced, without dust jackets, and they utilized

480-528: The Whizzer's entirely. Two issues later, the book shrank to 36 pages, before finally returning to 52 pages after the war, with #17 (Winter 1945). Timely/Marvel's first superhero team, the All-Winners Squad , featuring Captain America, the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, the Whizzer, and Miss America , starred in #19 (Fall 1946), in a 43-page story in seven chapters. A second, same-length All-Winners Squad story appeared in #21 (Winter 1946/47). Due to

510-526: The anthology Gunsmoke Western (#32-77, Dec. 1955 - July 1963), that last primarily starring Kid Colt . In December 1999, Marvel reprinted #19 as Timely Presents: All-Winners , cover titled Timely Comics Presents All Winners Comics . From 2004 to 2011, Marvel reprinted all of All-Winners Comics under the Marvel Masterworks imprint in four volumes: Individual digital issues were released on Marvel Unlimited and ComiXology beginning in

540-415: The average comic book trade (6" by 9"), resembling a manga volume. In October 2004, Marvel released its first Golden Age collection, Golden Age: Marvel Comics Vol. 1 , launching a new line of Masterworks . This 1939 and 1940s line reprints material by Timely Comics , Marvel's Golden Age predecessor. It is differentiated from the 1960s Silver Age line by the words Golden Age on each title, and with

570-447: The hardcover editions. Like the post-2003 remastered hardcovers relaunch, this trade paperback line also had both regular and limited alternate variant covers that used the original 1987 marble-look style. This series of trade paperbacks reprinted in order of the original hardback releases from The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 to Warlock Vol. 1 . The Marvel Masterworks trade paperback series was discontinued in 2015 and somewhat replaced by

600-549: The humor title Hedy De Vine Comics , starting with #22 (Aug. 1947). A second volume ran one issue (Aug. 1948) before being retitled and reformatted as the Western anthologies All Western Winners (#2-4, Winter 1948 - April 1949), Western Winners (#5-7, June-Dec. 1949), the Western masked-crimefighter series Black Rider (#8-27, March 1950 - March 1955) and Western Tales of Black Rider (#28-31, May-Nov. 1955), and, finally,

630-458: The new Epic Collection trade paperback series, which began in 2014. Beginning in June 2021, Marvel started releasing a new trade paperback line called Mighty Marvel Masterworks . Originally nicknamed as Junior Masterworks , they aim to reprint classic stories in an affordable price for young readers, as to capitalize on the growing popularity of super-hero media, so the trim size is smaller than

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660-425: The new silver dust jackets. Like the other releases from 1997 on, these dust jackets do not have the chronological numbering. Upon their initial release, however, a limited print run (about 1,000 to 1,500) was produced with variant dust jackets that used the original marble-look style and retained the absolute chronological numbering (only on the dust jacket's spine). These carried a $ 5 higher suggested retail price than

690-610: The regular dust jacket colored gold rather than silver. From Golden Age: Captain America Vol. 1 (February 2005) onward, these volumes were released quarterly. The line was discontinued in 2012. In January 2006, with Atlas Era: Tales to Astonish Vol. 1 , Marvel began publishing a third line of Masterworks , reprinting 1950s and early 1960s comics of Marvel forerunner company Atlas Comics . The regular editions of these volumes have red dust jackets instead of silver. The comics reprinted in these volumes were originally produced during

720-449: The regular edition date or scheduled publishing date is listed. When issues have been moved between volumes for later editions, the later edition placement is listed. The "B&N" category shows if a Barnes & Noble trade paperback is available (only 12 were published). The ISBN listed is that of the 2003 series [reboot] silver editions (not the variant/embossed foil editions). (the first printing omitted #121) In 2021 Marvel launched

750-420: The regular editions (typically US $ 54.99). Some changes were made for the new second editions, with some issues/covers re-colored, previously unreprinted pin-up pages added, and some issues were moved between volumes ( Annual issues were amongst the changes made, as Marvel wanted to do a more accurate chronological reprinting of their history than the Masterworks series had previously attained). Starting with

780-414: The silver cover scheme (based on the initial 2002 dust jacket design prior to the 2003 revamping layout). In 2008 (and starting in 2009), Marvel moved their printing plant to China and reprint the Masterworks as a trade paperback line for the third time in celebration of the publisher's then-70th anniversary year, reprinting the Masterworks monthly in the same sequence as they were originally released in

810-536: The spine along with an embossed symbol representing the character(s) of the title on the front) and numbered in the order the volumes were released (e.g., The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 was #1, The Fantastic Four Vol. 1 was #2). Volumes contained about 10 issues (plus one Annual ) and were about 220-260 pages each. Some volumes had fewer pages, such as The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1 (197 pages), The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 (150 pages), and The Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 - 3 (each under 200 pages). The end papers featured

840-451: The vagaries and often-poor record-keeping of the early days of comic books, the interrupted numbering of the first volume, which has no issue #20, has never been definitively explained. Most comics historians follow a generally accepted theory involving the cost of registering magazines with the U.S. Postal Service in order to receive bulk-mailing rates: a common practice of the time involved retitling an existing series rather than registering

870-449: The volume number. Post-2003 afterward, Marvel redesigned the look: the Masterworks name with the title and volume number now up on top of the cover image, with the interior contents and creator names listed at the bottom of the cover art, and the dust jacket spine numbering filled in a silver square with black lettering font labeling the volume number. From 2002 to 2004, Marvel brought the 31 now-out-of-print volumes back into print, all with

900-555: Was discontinued in 2013. Golden Age (30) Atlas Era (28) Marvel Age (324) Marvel Age (continued) This list is sorted by the order of first publication. Note that while the Uncanny X-Men , Defenders and Champions volumes are from the Bronze Age of Comic Books, they are listed as being Silver Age as per Marvel's categorization. When the variant and the regular cover volume are published on different dates,

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