Marvel Treasury Edition

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Marvel Treasury Edition
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Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Ongoing series
Publication date1974 – 1981
No. of issues28
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Marvel Treasury Edition is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1974 to 1981. [1] It usually featured reprints of previously published stories but a few issues contained new material. The series was published in an oversized 10" x 14" tabloid (or "treasury") format and was launched with a collection of Spider-Man stories. [2] The series concluded with the second Superman and Spider-Man intercompany crossover. [3] Marvel also published treasuries under the titles Marvel Special Edition and Marvel Treasury Special as well as a number of one-shots.

Contents

The issues

IssueDateTitleNotes
11974"The Spectacular Spider-Man"Reprints stories from The Amazing Spider-Man #8, 14, 42, and 90 and Marvel Super Heroes #14 and excerpts from The Amazing Spider-Man #72 and The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1. [4]
2December 1974"The Fabulous Fantastic Four"Reprints stories from Fantastic Four #6, 11, and 48–50. [5]
31974"The Mighty Thor"Reprints stories from Journey into Mystery #125 and Thor #126–130. [6]
41975"Conan the Barbarian"Reprints stories from Conan the Barbarian #11, and the "Red Nails" story from Savage Tales #2–3, now in color provided by Barry Smith, who also added further art/details and re-inking on some pages. [7]
51975"The Hulk on the Rampage!"Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk #3; Tales to Astonish #79 and 100; The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #139 and 141; and Marvel Feature #11. [8]
61975"Doctor Strange"Reprints stories from Strange Tales #111, 146, 148, and 157; Doctor Strange #170 and 177; and Marvel Premiere #10. [9]
71975"The Mighty Avengers"Reprints stories from The Avengers #52, 57, 60, and 83. [10]
81975"Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag"Reprints stories from Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #10; The Amazing Spider-Man #24; Hero for Hire #7; The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #147; and Doctor Strange #180. [11] [12]
9September 1976"Giant Superhero Team-Up"Reprints stories from Sub-Mariner #8; Daredevil #43; Journey into Mystery #112; and Silver Surfer #14. [13]
101976"The Mighty Thor"Reprints stories from Thor #154–157. [14]
111976"The Fabulous Fantastic Four"Reprints stories from Fantastic Four #4, 23, 51, and 94. [15]
121976"Howard the Duck"Howard the Duck meets the Defenders in a new story, "Five Villains in Search of a Plot!", by writer Steve Gerber and artists Sal Buscema and Klaus Janson. Also reprints stories from Fear #19; Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5; and Howard the Duck #1 with a new opening page. [16]
131976"Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag"New framing sequence by writer Roger Stern and artists George Tuska and Don Perlin. Reprints stories from Marvel Team-Up #6; The Avengers #58; Tales to Astonish #93; and Daredevil #86. [11] [17]
141977"The Sensational Spider-Man"Reprints stories from The Amazing Spider-Man #100–102 and Not Brand Echh #6. [18]
151977"Conan the Barbarian"Reprints stories from Conan the Barbarian #24; Savage Tales #4; and Savage Sword of Conan #2. [19]
161978"The Defenders"Reprints stories from Marvel Feature #1 and The Defenders #4, 13–14. [20]
171978"The Incredible Hulk"Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #121, 134, 150, and 158. [21]
181978"The Astonishing Spider-Man"Reprints stories from Marvel Team-Up #4, 12, 15, and 31. [22]
191978"Conan the Barbarian"Reprints stories from Savage Sword of Conan #4 and 6. [23]
201979"The Rampaging Hulk"Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #136–137 and #143–144. [24]
211979"Fantastic Four"Reprints stories from Fantastic Four #120–123. [25]
221979"The Sensational Spider-Man"Reprints stories from Marvel Team-Up #13 and 19–21. [26]
231979"Conan the Barbarian"Reprints stories from Savage Sword of Conan #5 and the first storyline from the syndicated Conan newspaper strip. [27]
241979"The Rampaging Hulk"Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #175–178. Also includes a new Hercules story by writer Jo Duffy and artist Ricardo Villamonte. [28]
251980"Spider-Man vs. the Hulk at the Winter Olympics"New story set at the 1980 Winter Olympics by writers Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, and Bill Mantlo with art by Herb Trimpe and Bruce Patterson. [29] [30]
261980"The Rampaging Hulk"Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #167–170. Also includes a new Wolverine and Hercules story by writer Jo Duffy and artists Ken Landgraf and George Pérez. [31]
271980"The Sensational Spider-Man"Reprints stories from Marvel Team-Up #9–11 and 27. Also includes a new Angel story by writer Scott Edelman and artists Brent Anderson and Bob McLeod. [32] The Angel story was originally created to be a backup story in The Champions . [33]
281981"Superman and Spider-Man"New story featuring the second Marvel-DC crossover by Jim Shooter, John Buscema, and Joe Sinnott. [3] [34] [35] A sequel to Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man .

Marvel Special Edition

IssueDateTitleNotes
1June 1975"The Spectacular Spider-Man"Reprints stories from The Amazing Spider-Man #6 and 35 and The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1. [36]
1August 1977"Star Wars"Reprints Star Wars #1–3. Comics adaptation of the George Lucas film by Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, and Steve Leialoha. [37]
21977"Star Wars"Reprints Star Wars #4–6. Comics adaptation by Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, and Steve Leialoha. [38]
31978"Star Wars"Reprints Star Wars #1–6. [39]
31978"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"Reprints Marvel Comics Super Special #3. Comics adaptation of the Steven Spielberg film by Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson, and Klaus Janson. [40]
2Spring 1980"The Empire Strikes Back"Reprints Star Wars #39–44. Comics adaptation by Archie Goodwin, Al Williamson, and Carlos Garzon. [41]

Marvel Treasury Special

IssueDateTitleNotes
11974"Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag"Reprints stories from Marvel Team-Up #1; Daredevil #7; Amazing Adventures #5; and Fantastic Four #25–26. [11] [42]
11976"Captain America's Bicentennial Battles"New story by writer/penciler Jack Kirby and inkers Barry Windsor-Smith, Herb Trimpe, John Verpoorten, John Romita Sr., Dan Adkins, and Frank Giacoia. [43] [44]

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  2. ↑ Saffel, Steve (2007). "Weaving a Broader Web". Spider-Man the Icon: The Life and Times of a Pop Culture Phenomenon. London, United Kingdom: Titan Books. p. 73. ISBN   978-1-84576-324-4. Spider-Man was also used to launch Marvel's aforementioned tabloid comics released under the collective series title Marvel Treasury Edition. The first such Treasury was entitled The Spectacular Spider-Man, simply dated 1974 and sported an iconic John Romita cover illustration.
  3. 1 2 Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 194. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9. In an oversized treasury edition carrying a hefty $2.50 price tag, the Man of Steel paired for the second time with Marvel's iconic web-slinger...The issue came together thanks to the script of writer Jim Shooter, a bit of plotting assistance by Marv Wolfman, the pencils of longtime Marvel luminary John Buscema, and a veritable fleet of inkers.
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  5. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #2 at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #3 at the Grand Comics Database
  7. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #4 at the Grand Comics Database
  8. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #5 at the Grand Comics Database
  9. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #6 at the Grand Comics Database
  10. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #7 at the Grand Comics Database
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  13. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #9 at the Grand Comics Database
  14. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #10 at the Grand Comics Database
  15. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #11 at the Grand Comics Database
  16. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #12 at the Grand Comics Database
  17. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #13 at the Grand Comics Database
  18. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #14 at the Grand Comics Database
  19. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #15 at the Grand Comics Database
  20. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #16 at the Grand Comics Database
  21. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #17 at the Grand Comics Database
  22. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #18 at the Grand Comics Database
  23. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #19 at the Grand Comics Database
  24. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #20 at the Grand Comics Database
  25. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #21 at the Grand Comics Database
  26. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #22 at the Grand Comics Database
  27. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #23 at the Grand Comics Database
  28. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #24 at the Grand Comics Database
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  31. ↑ Marvel Treasury Edition #26 at the Grand Comics Database
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  34. 1 2 Greenberg, Glenn (December 2012). "Tabloid Team-Ups The Giant-Size DC-Marvel Crossovers". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (#61): 33–40.
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  36. ↑ Marvel Special Edition #1 at the Grand Comics Database
  37. ↑ Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #1 at the Grand Comics Database
  38. ↑ Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #2 at the Grand Comics Database
  39. ↑ Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #3 at the Grand Comics Database
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  41. ↑ Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #2 at the Grand Comics Database
  42. ↑ Marvel Treasury Special, Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag at the Grand Comics Database
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  46. 1 2 Abramowitz, Jack (December 2012). "The Secrets of Oz Revealed". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (#61): 29–32.
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  48. ↑ Marvel Treasury of Oz #1 at the Grand Comics Database
  49. ↑ Special Collector's Edition #1 at the Grand Comics Database
  50. ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 170: "The tale was written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Ross Andru, both among the few [at that time] to ever have worked on both Superman and Spider-Man...The result was a defining moment in Bronze Age comics".
  51. ↑ Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man at the Grand Comics Database
  52. ↑ The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #1 at the Grand Comics Database
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  54. ↑ The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #2 at the Grand Comics Database
  55. ↑ The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #3 at the Grand Comics Database
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