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As Conan the Barbarian closed out the 1980s, it became a time of transition for the title, with storytelling innovations coming from veteran creators and new talent alike. In Val Semeiks'' climactic run on the title, Conan weighs pleasure and pain in a magical desert city, wrests the Blade of Zed from a mad cleric, and runs a gantlet of fantastic beasts in a city of shadows. Larry Hama delivers the elegiac verse of ''Drumsong'' while Don Perlin writes and draws the Western-styled ''The Mask of Vengeance.'' Gerry Conway makes Conan a cat''s paw to a cult of cat people, after which Michael Higgins turns back the clock for an eight-issue ''Young Conan'' storyline exploring Conan''s formative years in Cimmeria. Collecting: Conan the Barbarian (1970) 214-240, What If? (1989) 16.

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The beginnings of one of Marvel''s most famous faces, the Incredible Hulk! Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may look like a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Hulk! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby''s atomic update on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde paradigm mixed the might of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and psychological drama. Decades later, it''s a formula that still has readers clamoring for more! For the first time, this Epic Collection follows Hulk''s every adventure. His original series; his time with - and against - the Avengers; his first confrontation with the Thing; encounters with Spider-Man and Ant-Man and a mythic battle with Thor! COLLECTING: INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1-6, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #12 and #25-26, AVENGERS (1963) #1-3 and #5, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #14 and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #59 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #112.

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The first-ever ongoing series starring Venom gets the Epic Collection treatment! Daniel Way''s tense and thrill-packed run is collected in one volume! Somehow separated from Eddie Brock, the Venom symbiote has resurfaced near the Arctic Circle - hopping from host to host with the greatest of ease and on the run from enigmatic forces with their own agenda for the elusive alien. Ravenously hungry and craving adrenaline to satiate its appetite, the symbiote seeks out people experiencing intense, base emotions such as rage, jealousy and hatred. As it cuts a bloody swath toward civilization through Canada''s northern regions, it sets its sights on a short, hairy guy with a bad temper: the X-Men''s Wolverine! And as the action moves to New York City, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four are forced to play damage control as not one but two bloodthirsty Venom creatures cause havoc! Heeere''s Eddie! Collecting: Venom (2003) 1-18

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Fan-favourite creators Kurt Busiek and George Perez craft a new era for Earth''s Mightiest Heroes! The Avengers forge an uneasy alliance with the Thunderbolts to face Count Nefaria - but the true threat comes from the stars as Earth is declared a cosmic maximum-security prison for alien criminals! To save their planet, and to contend with hordes of rampaging Hulks and the spawn of Ultron, the Avengers must rebuild their operation bigger and better than ever. But when the time-spanning Kang the Conqueror wages war on the present day - and wins - Captain America and a small band of rebels may be the world''s only hope for freedom! Collecting: Avengers (1998) #24-56 and #1 1/2, Avengers Annual 2000-2001, Thunderbolts (1997) #42-44, Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet (2000), Maximum Security (2000) #1-3, and Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001).

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More exciting Spider-Man adventures from the 90s, including showdowns with some of his deadliest foes, Doctor Octopus and Venom! Doctor Octopus is putting the band back together! But who will join master planner Otto Octavius in the most Sinister Six of all? Spidey is about to find out, but defeating this sextet of his most ruthless foes will test him like never before - and in the aftermath, Peter''s tremendous sense of responsibility will lead him to give up his powers! Is this Spider-Man no more? Normal life isn''t so great when the Scorpion attacks, and the Black Cat must leap to the rescue. Fingers crossed that the web-slinger will be back in action by the time Venom returns, the Avengers assemble and Doctor Doom arrives in town! Plus: Peter and Mary Jane''s romantic getaway in Scotland turns into a haunted second honeymoon! Collecting: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #334-350 and Spider-Man: Spirits of The Earth OGN.

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The future must not come to pass! All the signs are here: The Neocracy is coming - and with it comes not only the end of mutantkind, but all of humanity as well! As if rescuing his time-traveling younger self from the ongoing threat of Orchis weren''t enough, can Cable root out this growing threat and decimate it before the Neocracy has a chance to take hold and exterminate all life on Earth? Or is he already too late to change the future? When their investigation sends Nates old and young crashing into the Grey Gargoyle, they will have to battle for their lives to avoid being turned into stone! COLLECTING: Cable (2024) 1-4.

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One of the most beloved and popular Star Wars stories of all time, adapted into a graphic novel and collected in its entirety! Five years after the glorious rebel victory against the second Death Star, Luke Skywalker remains the last of the Jedi! Han Solo and Princess Leia are married and have taken on many of the burdens of stabilizing the fledgling New Republic. But the galaxy is not yet safe. Far, far away, something festers. One lingering faction of the Empire - near death, but all the more dangerous for it. And the discovery of a long-lost force could spark it back into life! The last of the Emperor''s military masterminds, Grand Admiral Thrawn, is ready to seize his chance to control the remaining Empire - and the galaxy! Collecting: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (1995) 1-6, Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (1997) 1-6, Star Wars: The Last Command (1997) 1-6

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