Something for everyone in the new Previews

[goman]

From Marvels solicitation:

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 9 HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 17: CLONE SAGA and ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 18: ULTIMATE KNIGHTS, plus extras. In CLONE SAGA, Spider-Man comes face-to-face with the most unexpected foe of all: Peter Parker! But Peter Parker is Spider-Man…isn't he? Who's who becomes a dangerous guessing game as a sinister series of clones turns Peter's life upside-down and forces Spider-Man into a devastating confrontation with one of his oldest foes. Guest-starring the Fantastic Four, Nick Fury, the Ultimates, the X-Men and the all-new, all-different Spider-Woman! And in ULTIMATE KNIGHTS, Daredevil attempts to enlist Spider-Man in a crusade to bring down the Kingpin - permanently. But with his Aunt's life hanging by a thread, and his serious girl problems with MJ and Kitty Pryde, crimebusting may be the last thing on young Mr. Parker's mind. Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #97-111.
400 PGS./Rated A …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3081-9
Trim size: oversized

So everyone waiting to stay in the HC format can proceed with a dance of joy.

And:


ESSENTIAL AVENGERS VOL. 6 TPB
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, ROY THOMAS, JIM STARLIN & GERRY CONWAY
Penciled by BOB BROWN, JOHN BUSCEMA, DON HECK, DAVE COCKRUM, JOE STATON, GEORGE TUSKA, TOM SUTTON, JIM STARLIN, RICH BUCKLER & JOE GIELLA
Cover by GIL KANE
Changes in the Marvel Universe are nothing new - as seen when heroes are reborn, slain and more in this startling selection of seventies sagas! The search for the Celestial Madonna is on, and all the candidates are under the Avengers' roof! After reviving heroes and villains to set a Legion of the Unliving against Earth's Mightiest Heroes, will Kang the Conqueror be divided against himself in deciding the fate of the woman who could alter the universe's destiny? Cap, Iron Man, Thor and Avengers both well-remembered and near-forgotten face off against the lethal likes of Dormammu, Thanos and Ultron! Golden Age glories revisited! The secret of Mantis and the sacrifice of the Swordsman! Resurrections, origins and THREE Marvel marriages! Plus: the Zodiac, the Titanium Man, the Stranger, Klaw Master of Sound and more! Guest-starring the Fantastic Four and Captain Mar-Vell!
Collecting AVENGERS #120-140, GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1-4, CAPTAIN MARVEL #33 and FANTASTIC FOUR #150.

So I can do a dance of joy as the Essential I've waited so long for finally comes out. And then in March, I can begin complaining about the long wait for volume 7. So look forward to that!:D

[pmpknface]

HAHAHAHA!!! I'm probably gonnd get Ess. Avengers V 6, but I'm certainly getting the Atlas Era Masterworks Vol 2!

Human Torch, Cap, and MORE reprints!!! :D

Interested in that Clandestine premiere HC too.

[roach04]

From the looks of the text for Essential Avengers Vol. 6, my actual collection starts with the books that will be in Volume 7!

Big props to Marvel for the Marvel Fanfare TPB - there are a ton of great stories in those books. Still amazes me that there was a time when material by Paul Smith, Michael Golden, Jim Starlin, Dave Gibbons, Walt Simonson, Frank Miller...heck, the list is endless - was "filler material". I wonder if the Editori-Al strips with cartoon Al Milgrom will be included?

[torippu]

So everyone waiting to stay in the HC format can proceed with a dance of joy.



I'm one of those who is dancing for joy - I've been waiting for this solicitation for this book for what seems forever!

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Dancing with joy now.

And did I see a HOWARD THE DUCK OMNIBUS, too?

Great googly moogly, I may have to buy those issues a third time. The ESSENTIAL volume is nice and all, but I want them all IN COLOR.

-Augie, geek

[torippu]

I'd love to know if there are going to be any extras in the USM Vol. 9 HC. When I was at Borders a couple of weeks ago, I was able to flip through the Premeire Edition HC of the Clone Saga and they had a really nice bit of extra stuff (interview, early art, sketch covers - his pencils are amazing!) on Mark Bagley. I think that it may have come from the Marvel Spotlight (or whatever it is called) issue, but it still looked like good reading.