Marvel Masterworks: Warlock Vol. 2 HC
Reprints: Strange Tales #178-181, Warlock #9-15, Marvel Team-Up #55, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
(Vol. 119 in the Marvel Masterworks Library)
First Print
Release Date: July 8, 2009
REGULAR EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-3511-1 • List Price: $54.99
VARIANT EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-3512-8 • List Price: $54.99
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 1400
Printed in China
336 Pages
Written by Jim Starlin with Bill Mantlo
Penciled by Jim Starlin with John Byrne
Cover by Jim Starlin
Introduction by Jon B. Cooke
Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color Reconstruction: Michael Kelleher, Tom Mullin
Art Reconstruction: Dale Crain, Michael Kelleher, Tom Mullin
BONUS CONTENT:
• “Lost” Warlock issue pencils by Alan Weiss, preserved as photocopies of original art pages (16 pages)
• Comics Code-edited panel from Strange Tales #178
• Warlock #9 cover original art by Jim Starlin and Weiss
• Warlock #9 cover production overlay
• Strange Tales #181, pg. 13 original art by Starlin and Al Milgrom
• Warlock #11, pg. 10 original art by Starlin and Steve Leialoha
• Cosmic Code Authority seal
• Frontispieces from Warlock Special Edition
• Warlock Special Edition #1-6 cover art
• Warlock #1-6 (1992 reprint series)
• Strange Tales #178 house ad
• Bios: Jim Starlin, Steve Leialoha, Josef Rubinstein, Bill Mantlo, John Byrne
ON SALE:
• REGULAR MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
• VARIANT MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• WARLOCK MASTERWORKS VOL. 2 DISCUSSION THREAD 1
• WARLOCK MASTERWORKS VOL. 2 DISCUSSION THREAD 2
PREVIEW IMAGES
• Coming soon!
CONCLUDING A CLASSIC COSMIC EPIC!
The Marvel Masterworks line is proud to present one of comics’ most mind-blowingly cosmic sagas. At ’70s Marvel there was no one who quite mastered the startling scope and high-concept complexity of truly cosmic adventure like writer/artist and overall Renaissance man, Jim Starlin. His first effort with Captain Marvel redefined a character. His second with Adam Warlock set the tone for star-spanning spectacle that is considered a high-water mark to this day.
Taking the legacy laid out by Lee, Kirby, Thomas and Kane, Jim Starlin evolved Warlock to the next level, imbuing the character with the furies and inner demons of a man-god on the brink of insanity. Forced to confront the Magus, an evil vision of himself, and the nihilistic menace, Thanos, Warlock’s conflicts weren’t just knuckle-grinding throw-downs; they were epic, existential struggles for his very soul.
Culminating in the first-ever assembling of the Infinity Gems, and featuring the first appearances of such cosmic Marvel mainstays as Gamora and Pip the Troll (not to mention an all-out struggle to save the universe joined by the Avengers, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man,) this Masterworks edition is definitive Marvel. So reserve that copy today, True Believer!
ISSUES REPRINTED
Strange Tales #178-181, Warlock #9-15, Marvel Team-Up #55, Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
