Roy Thomas

Jim Steranko

Frank Giacoia

Bill Everett

Joe Sinnott

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2

Marvel Masterworks

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Scorpio

Nick Fury

John Byrne

Jack Kirby

Steve Ditko

Don Heck

Marvel Masterwork Pin-Ups

Stan Lee

Joe Simon

John Romita Sr.

The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy. A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition Collects Captain America Comics #1 (1941); the Captain America stories from Tales of Suspense #59, #63-68, #75-81, #92-95, #110-113 (1964-1969); “Captain America…Commie Smasher” from Captain America #78 (1954). It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. Drawing upon multiple comic book series, this collection includes Captain America’s very first appearances from 1941 alongside key examples of his first solo stories of the 1960s, in which Steve Rogers, the newly resurrected hero of World War II, searches to find his place in a new and unfamiliar world. As the contents reveal, the transformations of this American icon thus mark parallel transformations in the nation itself. A foreword by Gene Luen Yang and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Captain America and classic Marvel comics. The Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-color art throughout.

Captain America

Dave Stevens

Arnie Fenner

Brush with Passion charts the career of Dave Stevens, one of the most beloved and influential of all comic illustrators. He discusses his beginnings as a comic artist, the struggle to bring The Rocketeer to the big screen, his work as a storyboard artist for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Michael Jackson’s "Thriller” video, and other career highlights. Equally renowned as a pin-up artist, Stevens also recounts his friendship with reclusive model Bettie Page. Along with a wealth of iconic paintings and previously unpublished artwork, the book features commentary by comic book greats Todd Schorr, Richard Hescox, Michael William Kaluta, and William Stout.

The Art & Life of Dave Stevens

Brush with Passion

Arnold Drake

Fans of Jim Steranko, perhaps the most innovative artist to emerge at Marvel during the late 1960s, won't want to miss this collection of his masterful work on Captain American, The X-Men, and a rarely seen horror and a romance story - along with a galley of his best covers. Steranko mixed elements of '60s pop culture and '30s pulp-styling to redefine the comic book medium and his work is as revolutionary now as it was 30 years old. This collection consist of X-Men #50 and 3 Captain America #110, #111, and q a selection from Tower of Shadows #1 and, his final interior art for Marvel, Our Love Story and more!

Marvel Visionaries

Bruce Timm

An extensive and thrilling survey of Timm's muses, showcasing nearly 300 full-colour and black and white illustrations of partially clothed and fully nude women of every description and temperament. These rare images from the past 15 years have now been assembled into a single volume for the very first time. Featuring 125 images drawn exclusively for this book, this sexy artwork comes from an Emmy-Award winning artist, writer, director and producer. An introduction from Jim Steranko, famed author and architect of the Marvel Age of comics, rounds off this comprehensive collection.

The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm

Naughty and Nice

Previously presented in the much-acclaimed Artist's Edition format, and winner of an Eisner Award, now you can appreciate this historic run of comics in the new Artisan Edition format. In the mid-1960s, Jim Steranko burst into the Marvel Age of comics in a BIG way, and the innovative, cinematic techniques he introduced in his brief tenure at The House of Ideas stand to this day as a high-water mark in the history of graphic storytelling. More than any other series, Steranko is most associated with Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. This Artisan Edition collects the first 12 stories of Steranko's run, from Strange Tales #151-162, as well as his covers from these issues. Additionally, there will be a select number of extras presented. And, as usual, nearly all the pages have been scanned from the original art, from Steranko's private archives. Story and art by Jim Steranko with additional script by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. Additional Layouts by Jack Kirby. AN ARTISAN EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART. While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art--for instance, corrections, blue pencils, paste-overs, all the little nuances that make original art unique. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artisan Edition

Collects Strange Tales (1951) #151-168; Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) #1-3, 5. Rarely before and rarely since has the comics industry seen a talent as innovative as Steranko. Blending together influences from pop art to Salvador Dali and Will Eisner to Wallace Wood, Steranko’s groundbreaking style is an incomparable visual language. Steranko is…revolutionary! Marvel is proud to present Steranko’s complete tenure on NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. in a single, massive King-Size edition that showcases all its glory! These are the stories that defined Nick Fury as the premier spymaster operating in the covert shadows of the Marvel Universe. His awesome tech, his steamy romances, his larger-than-life action-adventure — Steranko was behind it all, breaking all the old rules of comics storytelling as he went and creating a few new ones too!

Steranko Is… Revolutionary!

An extensive and thrilling survey of Timm's muses, showcasing nearly 300 full-colour and black-and-white illustrations of partially clothed and fully nude women of every description and temperament. These rare images from the past 15 years have now been assembled into a single volume for the very first time. Featuring 125 images drawn exclusively for this book, this sexy artwork comes from an Emmy-Award winning artist, writer, director and producer.

Jim Steranko

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