Marvel Masterworks: Warlock Vol. 1 TPB

Reprints: Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock #1-8, Incredible Hulk #176-178

(Vol. 72 in the Softcover Marvel Masterworks Library)

First Print
Release Date: December 24, 2014

REGULAR EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-8858-2 • List Price: $24.99
VARIANT EDITION ISBN: 978-0-7851-8859-9 • List Price: $24.99
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 400

Printed by R.R. Donnelly, Salem, VA, U.S.A.

288 Pages

Written by Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich, Ron Goulart, Gerry Conway & Tony Isabella

Penciled by Gil Kane, John Buscema, Tom Sutton, Bob Brown & Herb Trimpe

Cover by Gil Kane

Introduction by Roy Thomas

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color Reconstruction: Tom Mullin
Art Reconstruction: Nick Elkins

BONUS MATERIAL:
• Marvel Premiere #2, pgs. 3 & layouts by Gil Kane
• Bios: Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, Mike Friedrich, Bob Brown, Gerry Conway, Herb Trimpe

ON SALE:
• SOFTCOVER MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• WARLOCK MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 DISCUSSION

PREVIEW IMAGES

MARVEL CLOSES OUT ITS SOFTCOVER MASTERWORKS WITH THE ROY THOMAS AND GIL KANE’S WARLOCK!

In 1972, Marvel Comics marched into a new era — an era in which super heroes increasingly reflected the world’s turmoil and social unrest. And the hero for that era was the newly christened Adam Warlock! The character previously known as “Him” with the sublime Soul Gem was launched on a wild ride across the cosmos to Counter-Earth. Hastened by the High Evolutionary to become the savior of this parallel planet, Warlock must rally humanity against the evil of the Man-Beast!

ISSUES REPRINTED
Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock #1-8, Incredible Hulk #176-178

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:

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

Marvel Masterworks: Warlock Vol. 1 HC

Reprints: Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock #1-8, Incredible Hulk #176-178

(Vol. 72 in the Marvel Masterworks Library)

First Print
Release Date: January 10, 2007

REGULAR EDITION ISBN: 0-7851-2411-X • List Price: $54.99
VARIANT EDITION ISBN: 0-7851-2471-3 • List Price: $54.99
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 1475

Printed in the U.S.A.

288 Pages

Written by Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich, Ron Goulart, Gerry Conway & Tony Isabella

Penciled by Gil Kane, John Buscema, Tom Sutton, Bob Brown & Herb Trimpe

Cover by Gil Kane

Introduction by Roy Thomas

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color Reconstruction: Tom Mullin
Art Reconstruction: Nick Elkins

BONUS MATERIAL:
• Marvel Premiere #2, pgs. 3 & layouts by Gil Kane
• Bios: Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, Mike Friedrich, Bob Brown, Gerry Conway, Herb Trimpe

ON SALE:
• REGULAR MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
• VARIANT MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• WARLOCK MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 DISCUSSION THREAD

PREVIEW IMAGES

PREMIERING A DIFFERENT KIND OF MARVEL HERO!

As the 1970s dawned, Marvel Comics marched into a new era. An era whose heroes increasingly reflected the turmoil and social unrest of the time, and as Marvel’s heroic pantheon evolved a newly christened hero debuted to herald in that new era – Adam Warlock!

Mixing super-hero action with equal parts social consciousness and allegory, writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane, in some of the most accomplished work of his career, launched Warlock on a wild ride across the cosmos to Counter-Earth! Hastened by the High Evolutionary to be the savior of this parallel planet, Warlock, armed for the first time with his soul gem, must do battle with the evil Man-Beast for the very planet itself!

Featuring guest-appearances by Dr. Doom, Reed Richards, and no less than the Incredible Hulk, this volume of never-before-collected stories is one that you won’t want to miss, and you can bet your pet rock on that!

ISSUES REPRINTED
Marvel Premiere #1-2, Warlock #1-8, Incredible Hulk #176-178