A quintet of Bronze Age-era editions are coming your way…
It’s been some time since we’ve gotten word of some new Epic Collections coming from Marvel, but the logjam has finally broken: Five more Bronze Age (or Bronze-ish) Epics have joined the 2024 line-up — featuring the Sub-Mariner, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and Ghost Rider.
There are also a slew of re-releases coming and you can read more about that here.
Meanwhile, dig these five in store, according to the Epic Marvel Podcast, which has a direct pipeline to Epic Collection Central, much in the way we do with Facsimile Editions. In other words, if they’re reporting it, you can bank on it, even if Marvel hasn’t announced it yet.
Details are still sketchy, but dig these three from the Bronze Age, plus a couple of noteworthy selections from the late 1980s:
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FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION: COUNTER-EARTH MUST DIE
Due: September 2024
Collecting: Fantastic Four (1961) #168-191; Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #11; Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #20; Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) #1; Material from Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #11
Exact due date unannounced. List price: $49.99.
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GHOST RIDER EPIC COLLECTION: THE SALVATION RUN
Due: October 2024
Collecting: Ghost Rider (1973) #12-28; Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #18; Daredevil (1964) #138; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #58; Marvel Premiere (1972) #28; Material from Marvel Tales (1966) #255
Exact due date unannounced. List price: $39.99.
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NAMOR, THE SUB-MARINER EPIC COLLECTION: TITANS THREE
Due: August 2024
Collecting: Sub-Mariner (1968) 28-49; Daredevil (1964) #77; Material from Ka-Zar (1970) #1
Exact due date: Unannounced. List price: $49.99.
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INCREDIBLE HULK EPIC COLLECTION: GROUND ZERO
Due: August 2024
Collecting Incredible Hulk (1968) #331-346; Marvel Graphic Novel: The Incredible Hulk and the Thing — The Big Change (1987)
Exact due date and price unannounced.
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MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION: THE TRIAL OF MARC SPECTOR
Due: October 2024
Collecting: Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #8-25; Material from Punisher Annual (1988) #2
Exact due date and price unannounced.
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A few thoughts:
— These are not the only new Epics in the hopper, just the ones I think would be most of interest to 13th Dimension readers. Check out the Epic Marvel Podcast’s Facebook page for more.
— Keep an eye out for pricing, page-count and release-date details. They’ll come soon enough.
— There will be more announcements in the weeks to come. I’m hopeful that The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11 is coming soon. The first 10 have been printed or announced, bringing us up to 1978, so far.
— Standard Caveat: Marvel has not solicited any of these, but again, if the Epic Marvel Podcast has announced it, you can be certain it’s on the way. Things can always change, however, so stay loose.
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MORE
— MARVEL Schedules More Major EPIC COLLECTION Re-Releases for 2024. Click here.
— FIVE More MARVEL EPIC COLLECTIONS Slated for 2024. Click here.
January 26, 2024
I wish I had more time to read a ton more of these Epic Collections. There is so much great stuff in them!
I have a Hulk: Ground Zero TPB from ages ago, but it only covers issues 340 to 346; I see this new Collections goes as far back as issue 331, plus The Big Change graphic novel (which I have the first edition of already). Awesome stuff!