Marvel Essentials

[Lucalias]

Hi,

I'm interested in buying some of the Marvel Essentials. But I'm not sure what's in them. I understand that there are the essential stories about particular heroes and such in them but are there actually complete comics in them? Or only parts of them? On some websites it says that they contain, as example, issues # 1-20. So they do contain 20 complete comics?
Thanks in advance!

Lucalias

Sorry if there is already a similar topic.

[Expletive Deleted]

On some websites it says that they contain, as example, issues # 1-20. So they do contain 20 complete comics?Yes. They generally collect twenty to thirty sequential issues of a given comic book, plus any necessary crossover issues.

In black and white, though. I don't mind it, but it's a turn-off for some people.

[Lucalias]

Yes. They generally collect twenty to thirty sequential issues of a given comic book, plus any necessary crossover issues.

In black and white, though. I don't mind it, but it's a turn-off for some people.

Thanks for you fast answer. Were the original comics also in black and white?
And where can I buy the USA versions?

[Expletive Deleted]

The original comics were in color. They use black and white for this type of reprint because it's cheaper.

Try amazon.com, I guess.

[mattbib]

www.tplist.com (http://www.tplist.com) is a good resource to see what Essentials are avialable under which title, and which each volume reprints.

[Zero Hunter]

The Essentials start with the character or teams first apperence and usally go from there. For instance the Essentail Avengers 1 starts with issue 1 of the Avengers and went issue 24 or 25. Essential Avengers 2 starts from where 1 leaves off and goes for another 20-25 issues, and so on and so on.

On the other hand something like Essential Moon Knight kinda jumps around as far as books goes collecting his apperences in the order they came out in whatever book he showed up in. So in the Essential you have issues of Werewolf by Night, Marvel Team Up, Marvel Two in One, Hulk Magazine, and then finally the first 10 or so issues of the first Moon Knight series. You see this in most of the 2nd tier books covered in those Essentials.

Don't let the black and white scare you. Honestly alot of the stuff looks better in B/W just because coloring was so heavyhanded back in the old days.

[Ravenheart]

I usually use this page.

http://marvelmasterworks.com/library_essentials.html

[The Shadow]

In black and white, though. I don't mind it, but it's a turn-off for some people.
Such as... The Shadow! :D

While they are cheaper I prefer to spend the extra cash on the Masterworks and get the book sin colour.

I do understand the appeal though... but some of the recent Essentials seem... odd. You can get most of the series in the quarter bins. I just got 12 issues for $3.00.

[benbrass00]

MARVEL ESSENTIALS

Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 collects stories from: (22 comics) (December 1997)
Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #1-20, Amazing Spider-Man Annuals #1 – 528 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 collects stories from: (25 comics) (December 1999)
Amazing Spider-Man #21-43, Amazing Spider-Man Annuals #2-3 – 536 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 collects stories from: (25 comics) (December 2000)
Amazing Spider-Man #44-68 – 528 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 collects stories from: (23 comics) (December 2001)
Amazing Spider-Man #69-89, Amazing Spider-Man Annuals #4-5 – 544 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 collects stories from: (24 comics) (February 2002)
Amazing Spider-Man #90-113 – 528 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 collects stories from: (27 comics) (June 2004)
Amazing Spider-Man #114-137, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1, Giant-Size Spider-Man #1-2 – 576 pages
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 collects stories from: (26 comics) (September 2005)
Amazing Spider-Man #138-160, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #10, Giant-Size Spider-Man #4-5 – 576 pages

Ant-Man Vol. 1 collects stories from: (36 comics) (January 2002)
Tales to Astonish #27, 35-69 – 576 pages

Avengers Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (November 1998)
Avengers #1-24 – 528 pages
Avengers Vol. 2 collects stories from: (24 comics) (June 2000)
Avengers #25-46, Avengers King-Size Special Annual #1, Tales to Astonish #27 – 528 pages
Avengers Vol. 3 collects stories from: (23 comics) (February 2001)
Avengers #47-68, Avengers Annual #2 – 528 pages
Avengers Vol. 4 collects stories from: (30 comics) (July 2004)
Avengers #69-97, The Incredible Hulk #140 – 640 pages
Avengers Vol. 5 collects stories from: (28 comics) (January 2006)
Avengers #98-119, Daredevil #99, Defenders #8-11, Giant-Size Avengers #1 – 552 pages

Captain America Vol. 1 collects stories from: (45 comics) (December 2000)
Tales of Suspense #59-99, Captain America #100-102, Captain America Comics #5 – 528 pages
Captain America Vol. 2 collects stories from: (24 comics) (December 2001)
Captain America #103-126 – 528 pages

Conan Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (July 2000)
Conan the Barbarian #1-21, #23-25 – 528 pages

Daredevil Vol. 1 collects stories from: (25 comics) (December 2002)
Daredevil #1-25 – 544 pages
Daredevil Vol. 2 collects stories from: (25 comics) (April 2004)
Daredevil #26-48, Daredevil King-Size Special Annual #1, Fantastic Four #73 – 568 pages
Daredevil Vol. 3 collects stories from: (28 comics) (August 2005)
Daredevil #49-74, Iron Man #35-36 – 584 pages

Defenders Vol. 1 collects stories from: (26 comics) (May 2005)
Dr. Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22, #34-35, Hulk #126, Marvel Feature #1-3, Defenders #1-14, Avengers #115-118 – 544 pages

Dr. Strange Vol. 1 collects stories from: (57 comics) (November 2001)
Strange Tales #110, #111, #114-168 – 544 pages
Dr. Strange Vol. 2 collects stories from: (30 comics) (March 2005)
Dr. Strange #169-178, #180-183, Avengers #61, Sub-Mariner #22, Incredible Hulk #126, Marvel Feature #1, Marvel Premiere #3-14 – 608 pages

Fantastic Four Vol. 1 collects stories from: (20 comics) (January 1998)
Fantastic Four #1-20, Fantastic Four Annual #1 – 528 pages
Fantastic Four Vol. 2 collects stories from: (22 comics) (January 2000)
Fantastic Four #21-40, Fantastic Four Annual #2, Strange Tales Annual #2 – 528 pages
Fantastic Four Vol. 3 collects stories from: (25 comics) (June 2001)
Fantastic Four #41-63, Fantastic Four Annuals #3-4 – 528 pages
Fantastic Four Vol. 4 collects stories from: (22 comics) (June 2005)
Fantastic Four #64-83, Fantastic Four Annuals #5-6 – 536 pages
Fantastic Four Vol. 5 collects stories from: (29 comics) For June 7th
Fantastic Four #84-110, Fantastic Four Annuals #7-8 – 568 pages

Ghost Rider Vol. 1 collects stories from: (29 comics) (September 2005)
Marvel Spotlight #5-12, Ghost Rider #1-20, Daredevil #138 – 560 pages

Godzilla Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (January 2006)
Godzilla #1-24 – 432 pages

Howard the Duck Vol. 1 collects stories from: (32 comics) (December 2001)
Fear #19, Marvel Treasury Edition #12, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5, Howard the Duck Annual #1, Howard the Duck #1-27 – 528 pages

Human Torch Vol. 1 collects stories from: (35 comics) (August 2003)
Strange Tales #101-134, Strange Tales Annual #2 – 504 pages

Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 collects stories from: (38 comics) (February 1999)
Incredible Hulk #1-6, Tales to astonish #60-91 – 528 pages
Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 collects stories from: (28 comics) (August 2001)
Tales to Astonish #92-101, Incredible Hulk #102-117, #147, Incredible Hulk Annual #1 – 528 pages
Incredible Hulk Vol. 3 collects stories from: (28 comics) (April 2005)
Incredible Hulk #118-142, Captain Marvel #20-21, Avengers #88 – 528 pages
Incredible Hulk Vol. 4 collects stories from: (28 comics) For August 16th
Incredible Hulk #143-170 – 608 pages

Iron Fist Vol. 1 collects stories from: (31 comics) (August 2004)
Marvel Premiere #15-25, Iron Fist #1-15, Marvel Team-Up #63-64, Power Man & Iron Fist #48-50 – 584 pages

Iron Man Vol. 1 collects stories from: (34 comics) (November 2001)
Tales of Suspense #39-72 – 528 pages
Iron Man Vol. 2 collects stories from: (40 comics) (November 2004)
Tales of Suspense #73-99, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1, Iron Man #1-11, Tales Of Astonish #82 – 528 pages

Killraven: War of the Worlds Vol. 1 collects stories from: (25 comics) (July 2005)
Amazing Adventures #18-39, Marvel Team-Up #45, Marvel Graphic Novel #7, Killraven #1 – 504 pages

Luke Cage: Power Man Vol. 1 collects stories from: (27 comics) (February 2005)
Marvel Premiere Hero for Hire #1-16, Power Man #17-27 – 544 pages
Luke Cage: Power Man Vol. 2 collects stories from: (31 comics) For August 16th
Power Man #28-49, Power Man Annual #1, Power Man & Iron Fist #50-57 – 576 pages

Man-Thing Vol. 1 collects stories from: (23 comics) No Date Yet
Savage Tales Vol.1 #1, Astonishing Tales #12-13, Fear #10-19, Marvel Two-In-One #1, Monsters Unleashed Magazine #5, Giant-Size Man-Thing #1, Man-Thing #1-7 – 528 pages

Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (March 2002)
Marvel Team-Up #1-24 – 528 pages
Marvel Team-Up Vol. 2 collects stories from: (28 comics) For August 2nd
Marvel Team-Up #25-51, Marvel Two-In-One #17 – 528 pages

Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 collects stories from: (29 comics) (November 2005)
Marvel Feature #11-12, Marvel Two-In-One #1-20, 22-25, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #1, Fantastic Four Annual #11, Marvel Team-Up #47– 560 pages

Monster of Frankenstein Vol. 1 collects stories from: (28 comics) (October 2004)
Monster Of Frankenstein #1-5, Frankenstein's Monster #6-18, Giant Size Werewolf #2, Monsters Unleashed #2, #4-10, Legion Of Monsters #1 – 496 pages

Moon Knight Vol. 1 collects stories from: (26 comics) (February 2006)
Werewolf By Night #32-33, Marvel Spotlight #28-29, Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23, Marvel Two-In-One #52, Hulk Magazine #11-15, 17-18, 20, Marvel Preview #21, Moon Knight #1-10 – 560 pages

Nova Vol. 1 collects stories from: (27 comics) (March 2006)
Nova #1-25, Amazing Spider-Man #171, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #3 – 528 pages

[benbrass00]

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol. 1 collects stories from: (15 comics) (January 2006)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1-15 – 544 pages
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 collects stories from: (7 comics) (March 2006)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1-7 – 568 pages
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 collects stories from: (7 comics) For May 31st
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #8-14 – 568 pages
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition Vol. 3 collects stories from: (6 comics) For August 9th
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #15-20 – 486 pages

Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 collects stories from: (31 comics) (January 2005)
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31 – 568 pages
Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 collects stories from: (26 comics) (February 2006)
Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #32-53, Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man Annuals #1-2, Amazing Spider-Man Annuals #13, Fantastic Four #218 – 592 pages

Punisher Vol. 1 collects stories from: (25 comics) (January 2004)
Amazing Spider-Man #129, #134-135, #161-162, #174-175, #201-202, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15, Giant-Size Spider-Man #4, Marvel Preview #2, Marvel Super Action #1, Captain America #241, Daredevil #182-184, Spectacular Spider-Man #81-83, Punisher #1-5 – 568 pages

Savage She-Hulk Vol. 1 collects stories from: (25 comics) For June 21st
Savage She-Hulk #1-25 – 552 pages

Silver Surfer Vol. 1 collects stories from: (19 comics) (December 1998)
Silver Surfer #1-18, Fantastic Four Annual #5 – 528 pages

Spider-Woman Vol. 1 collects stories from: (31 comics) (December 2005)
Marvel Spotlight #32, Marvel Two-In-One #29-33, Spider-Woman #1-25 – 568 pages

Super Villain Team-Up Vol. 1 collects stories from: (30 comics) (September 2004)
Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1-2, Super-Villain Team-Up #1-14, #16-17 Avengers #154-156, Champions #16, Astonishing Tales #1-8 – 552 pages

Tales of Zombie Vol. 1 collects stories from: (12 comics) Probably July
Tales of the Zombie #1-10, Dracula Lives #1-2 – 568 pages

Thor Vol. 1 collects stories from: (30 comics) (January 2001)
Journey into Mystery #83-112 – 528 pages
Thor Vol. 2 collects stories from: (26 comics) (May 2005)
Journey into Mystery #113-125, Thor #126-136, Journey into Mystery Annual #1, Thor Annual #2 – 584 pages

Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1 collects stories from: (27 comics) (October 2003)
Tomb Of Dracula #1-25, Werewolf by Night #15, Giant-Size Chillers #1 – 560 pages
Tomb of Dracula Vol. 2 collects stories from: (29 comics) (April 2004)
Tomb Of Dracula #26-49, Giant-Size Dracula #2-5, Dr. Strange #14 – 592 pages
Tomb of Dracula Vol. 3 collects stories from: (25 comics) (October 2004)
Tomb of Dracula #50-70, Tomb of Dracula Magazine #1-4 – 584 pages
Tomb of Dracula Vol. 4 collects stories from: (21 comics) (March 2005)
Tomb of Dracula Magazine #2-6, Dracula Lives! #1-13, Frankenstein Monster #7-9 – 592 pages

Werewolf by Night Vol. 1 collects stories from: (27 comics) (October 2005)
Marvel Spotlight #2-4, Werewolf by Night #1-21, Marvel Team-Up #12, Tomb of Dracula #18, Giant-Size Creatures #1 – 576 pages

Wolverine Vol. 1 collects stories from: (23 comics) (December 1996)
Wolverine #1-23 – 528 pages
Wolverine Vol. 2 collects stories from: (24 comics) (December 1997)
Wolverine #24-47 – 528 pages
Wolverine Vol. 3 collects stories from: (22 comics) (December 1998)
Wolverine #48-69 – 528 pages
Wolverine Vol. 4 collects stories from: (21 comics) For April 19th
Wolverine #70-90 – 528 pages

X-Factor Vol. 1 collects stories from: (22 comics) (November 2005)
X-Factor #1-16, X-Factor Annual #1, Avengers #262, Fantastic Four #286, Thor #373, 374, Power Pack #27 – 568 pages

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (August 1999)
X-Men #1-24 – 528 pages
Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 collects stories from: (30 comics) For May 3rd
X-Men #25-53, Avengers #53 – 528 pages

X-Men Vol. 1 collects stories from: (27 comics) (May 1997)
Giant-Size X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #94-119 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 2 collects stories from: (25 comics) (November 1997)
Uncanny X-Men #120-144 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 3 collects stories from: (20 comics) (July 1998)
Uncanny X-Men #145-161, Uncanny X-Men Annual #3-5 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 4 collects stories from: (19 comics) (May 2001)
Uncanny X-Men #162-179, Uncanny X-Men Annual #6 – 528 pages
X-Men Vol. 5 collects stories from: (21 comics) (May 2004)
Uncanny X-Men #180-198, Uncanny X-Men Annual #7-8 – 576 pages
X-Men Vol. 6 collects stories from: (24 comics) (August 2005)
Uncanny X-Men #199-213, X-Factor #9-11, New Mutants #46, Thor #373, 374, Power Pack #27, New Mutants Special Edition #1, X-Men Annual #9 – 656 pages
X-Men Vol. 7 collects stories from: (21 comics) (April 2006)
Uncanny X-Men #214-228, Uncanny X-Men Annuals #10-11, Fantastic Four vs. The X-Men #1-4 – 656 pages

[The Foreigner]

*cough*

Yeah. What he said.

[Lucalias]

:D

Thanks, Benbrassoo! At least this is clear!
@others: thanks for replying!

[foxfire]

Geez the first Essential Spider-Man came out in 1997!?!? So long ago..

[Agentum]

AND they are really not containing only essential storys, they are reprints of the whole run from the begining.

So look at the dates when the original comics in the book was made to understand what type of comics it is.
Even that Marvel is very reader friendly from the begining so can you note a diffrent between the early 60s stories and the late 60s-70s stories.

[Lucalias]

Has anyone got some pictures of an Essential?
To see the paper etc.
Thanks in advance!

[spideyrules99]

AND they are really not containing only essential storys, they are reprints of the whole run from the begining.

So look at the dates when the original comics in the book was made to understand what type of comics it is.
Even that Marvel is very reader friendly from the begining so can you note a diffrent between the early 60s stories and the late 60s-70s stories.



Yea I agree with this 100%. You can really see the way the stories have changed from Darevedil numb1 one to E Daredeilv number 2. Same with the Spiderman Stories.

[The Lucky One]

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 collects stories from: (24 comics) (August 1999)
X-Men #1-24 – 528 pages
Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 collects stories from: (30 comics) For May 3rd
X-Men #25-53, Avengers #53 – 528 pages

Now THAT'S interesting... I hadn't realized they were the same page count. And yet there are more issues in volume 2... odd. I wonder if that means volume 2 will be omitting the backup stories about the origins of the X-Men that ran in the second half of the book for a while. Maybe they're saving them to supplement the third volume, if/when they do it.

-D

[Lucalias]

Has anyone got some pictures of an Essential?
To see the paper etc.
Thanks in advance!
Since this post was at the last of page 1 I figured I'd post it here again 'cause probably nobody has seen it.

[scratchie]

Has anyone got some pictures of an Essential?
To see the paper etc.
Thanks in advance!You can see the cover art, etc., on Amazon and other sites. The paper is newsprint, the same thing they print newspapers on. It's a basic square-bound trade paperback with particularly cheap paper.

The interior art varies from volume to volume and even issue to issue within a single volume. I've read mostly Essentials of issues from the 70s, and the reproduction of the original artwork is generally clean and sharp, but there are one or two issues where they apparently didn't have the original artwork or films to work from and the quality is noticeably worse.

In Essential Fantastic Four 3, there are a number of issues that have greyscale "coloring" added, which appear to be from a secondary source. The quality is pretty poor on these issues. Fortunately, it doesn't include any of the Galactus stories but it's still a disappointing number of issues at the beginning of that volume. I don't know how common that is among other Essential volumes of the 60s as that's the only one I've bought and it's scared me away from buying any more.

[Lucalias]

You can see the cover art, etc., on Amazon and other sites. The paper is newsprint, the same thing they print newspapers on. It's a basic square-bound trade paperback with particularly cheap paper.

The interior art varies from volume to volume and even issue to issue within a single volume. I've read mostly Essentials of issues from the 70s, and the reproduction of the original artwork is generally clean and sharp, but there are one or two issues where they apparently didn't have the original artwork or films to work from and the quality is noticeably worse.

In Essential Fantastic Four 3, there are a number of issues that have greyscale "coloring" added, which appear to be from a secondary source. The quality is pretty poor on these issues. Fortunately, it doesn't include any of the Galactus stories but it's still a disappointing number of issues at the beginning of that volume. I don't know how common that is among other Essential volumes of the 60s as that's the only one I've bought and it's scared me away from buying any more.

All right, thanks!
But is the newsprint, like a normal newspaper, gray or "modified", white?

[benbrass00]

:D

Thanks, Benbrassoo! At least this is clear!


You're welcome...

[benbrass00]

Now THAT'S interesting... I hadn't realized they were the same page count. And yet there are more issues in volume 2... odd. I wonder if that means volume 2 will be omitting the backup stories about the origins of the X-Men that ran in the second half of the book for a while. Maybe they're saving them to supplement the third volume, if/when they do it.

-D

Until the moment the essential is out, you must take the number of pages as an estimate only... Thanks...

[Ripper]

I got a few essentials and ive noticed since they started charging 16.99 for them there has generally been more pages (except godzilla) and better paper quality, also the books seem more sturdy than the older versions.