Tom Defalco

Collects Captain America #398-399, Avengers West Coast #80-81, Quasar #32-33, Wonder Man #7-8, Avengers #345-346, Iron Man #278 and Thor #445. The Kree are one of the Fantastic Four's oldest enemies; the Shi'ar, one of the X-Men's oldest allies. But it's the Avengers who are caught in the middle when the two alien races wage a war to re-write Marvel's map of the universe! As two-legged WMDs land on Earth, the Avengers end up as alien invaders on wartorn...

Collects Thor (1966) #451-467, Thor Corps (1993) #1-4. The return of Thor! The true Odinson has been located at last, and the end of Eric Masterson's time as the God of Thunder draws near - but will Bloodaxe be his executioner? Or will the cost of freeing the original Thor prove too much to bear? Thor shall battle Thor, and a new heroic legacy awaits! Then, a mighty quest begins for the Odinson - but something is not right! Can Beta Ray Bill stand...

The members of Jake Fury's Zodiac were created to wipe out their predecessors, and the West Coast Avengers are next! Hawkeye leads his team into battle - but as far as Scorpio's concerned, there's only room for one archer, and it's also Hawkeye! Have the Avengers infiltrated Zodiac, or vice versa? Which is deadlier, the Lion or the Tigra? And where does Mockingbird's crisis of conscience fit in? Plus: the dead fly through space! Featuring guest appearances...

Collects Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 and Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985) #1-5. It's 1983, and Star Comics - the branch of Marvel aimed at kids - is launching its most popular title: Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham! When average pig Peter Porker gets the powers of a spider, he must balance his super-hero life with his job at the Daily Beagle - or J. Jonah Jackal will have his hide! Featuring...

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #377-392, Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #27, Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #47-48, Fantastic Four Ashcan Edition (1994) #1. Four no more! One member of the FF is about to die - but will it be at the hands of Paibok the Power Skrull, Devos the Devastator or Doctor Doom?! The remaining "Fantastic Three" don't have long to grieve before they're whisked away to the Skrull Throneworld! If they can fight their way free, the...

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #258, 300, 315-317, 332-333, 346-347, 388 (B story); Web of Spider-Man (1985) #1; Avengers: Deathtrap – the Vault (1991); Darkhawk (1991) #13-14; material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #25-26; Web of Spider-Man Annual (1985) #7-8; Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #12. Venom goes Epic! When Spider-Man learns that his black costume is secretly an alien symbiote, he rejects the suit - and the spurned creature...

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #393-402, Fantastic Force (1994) #7-9, Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995) #1-2, Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising Collector's Preview (1995) #1. The Fantastic Four reunite - and everything falls apart! As the Invisible Woman searches for her missing husband, Mister Fantastic, the scarred Thing seeks payback on Wolverine - and the wrath of a rogue Watcher leads the FF into war on a truly cosmic scale! Then, sorceress...

His parents dead, Dwayne Taylor - a.k.a. Night Thrasher - set out to create a new family for himself and ended up with the premier super-team of the 1990s! Marvel Boy and Firestar! Namorita and Nova! Speedball! All they want to do is change the world! Decide for yourself how well they managed it in their trials by fire against Terrax and the Juggernaut! Also featuring anti-heroes Star-Thief and Psionex! Guest-starring Thor and the Inhumans!

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #430-431, Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #13, Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man (1999) #13-14, Venom vs. Carnage (2004) #1-4, Toxin (2005) #1-6, X-Men/Spider-Man (2008) #3, What If? (1989) #108. Carnage goes cosmic! When the Carnage symbiote sets its sights on the Silver Surfer as a shiny new host, can Spider-Man possibly stop a lethal killer with the Power Cosmic?! Cletus Kasady's wild story continues in the Negative...

Collects X-Men (1963) #130-131, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #203, Dazzler (1981) #1-13. Celebrating the women of Marvel, we present the debut of the one and only Dazzler! Leaping from the pages of X-MEN and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Alison Blaire, A.K.A. Dazzler, debuted in her own series - one of the direct market's first exclusive offerings - and put audiences on their feet. Equal parts pop star and super hero, Dazzler broke new ground and faced some of...