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Issue: The Very Best of Marvel Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: July 1991
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 07/16/1991
Volume:
Pages: 228
ISBN: 0871358093
UPC/EAN: 02488523669901
Price: $15.00 CAD
$12.95 USD
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Content Items: 32 (15 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; Baxter interiors
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Genres: superhero
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[untitled]

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Contents

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Top of the Pops

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Cover to The X-Men #112

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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #112 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1978
was Magneto Triumphant! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Comes with note by McFarlane about why he chose this story for the collection.
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Magneto Triumphant!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jorge Perez (fighter pilot); Tirador (fighter pilot)
First Line: The gentleman's name is Magneto...
Synopsis: Magneto subdues the X-Men and takes them to his lair under an active volcano. As revenge for his being reverted to a child, Maggie places his X-Foes in a helpless state as they are shackled to special chairs that keep them from even speaking and their needs are tended by a robotic nanny.
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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #112 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1978
was Magneto Triumphant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
Job Number: C-802
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Cover to The X-Men #113

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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #113 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1978
was When Falls Magneto! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Showdown!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: He attacked without warning...
Synopsis: The X-Men escape their prison chairs and face down Magneto himself. During the fight, the controls of Magneto's base are destroyed filling the whole place with lava. Phoenix saves Beast, but the rest of the team are apparently trapped in the molten fire deep beneath the snows of Antarctica.
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From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #113 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1978
was Showdown! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #39

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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1966
was Spidey and the Green Goblin...Both Unmasked! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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How Green Was My Goblin!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Boinard (villain), Selwyn (cameo)
First Line: By now, that web-crawling weasel must have forgotten all about the Green Goblin!
Synopsis: Peter heads to the doctor with the sniffles and learns that Aunt May's health is very fragile. Spidey is roped into tangling with a bunch of goons who zap him with a mysterious gas. Not realizing that the gas has weakened his spider sense, he changes into Peter Parker under the watchful gaze of the Green Goblin. The Goblin confronts Spidey outside of his home and captures him as Peter is worried that Aunt May might be overcome by the commotion. Trussed up in the Goblin's lair, Peter is shocked when the Goblin takes off his mask and reveals himself to be Norman Osborn.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1966
was How Green Was My Goblin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #40

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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1966
was Spidey Saves the Day! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Comes with note by Romita, Jr. about why he chose this story for the collection and a note by DeFalco about why he chose the selection from Amazing Spider-Man #8.
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Spidey Saves the Day!

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First Line: If you missed our last ish because you were orbiting Earth on a space ship (the only acceptable reason for a true Spidophile's copping out), all we need tell you is that Spidey has been captured...
Synopsis: Spider-Man battles the Green Goblin. While battling, an explosion erases the last several years of Norman Osborn's memory, reverting him to his pre-Green Goblin state.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #40 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1966
was Spidey Saves the Day! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Spider-Man Tackles the Torch!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sally
First Line: This is where Doris Evans, the Torch's girlfriend, lives!
Synopsis: Spider-Man crashes a party at Johnny Storm's girlfriend's place, causing a fight between the Human Torch and Spider-Man that soon escalates to include the rest of the Fantastic Four.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #8 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1964
was Spider-Man Tackles the Torch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Job Number: X-529
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Cover to Fantastic Four #5

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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Meet... Doctor Doom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Prisoners of Doctor Doom! Part 1

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Genres: superhero
First Line: The Fantastic Four!! Hah!
Synopsis: Doctor Doom takes the Invisible Girl hostage to insure her teammates' obedience.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Prisoners of Doctor Doom! Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Part 2 Back to the Past!

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First Line: He's taking Sue aboard his ship!
Synopsis: Doctor Doom brings the FF to his castle stronghold in the USA. There he sends the Torch, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic back in time to retrieve the pirate Blackbeard's treasure.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Part 2 Back to the Past! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Part 3 On the Trail of Blackbeard

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Hours later, the Thing is first to awaken...
Synopsis: The Thing takes command of a sailing ship in the era of the pirate Blackbeard.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Part 3 On the Trail of Blackbeard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Part 4 Battle!

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First Line: Avast!! We are attacked by a flaming demon!
Synopsis: The Thing takes on the role of Blackbeard the Pirate and wishes to remain in the past.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Part 4 Battle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Part 5 The Vengeance of Doctor Doom!

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First Line: Look!! Floating in the air, above us!
Synopsis: Doom tries to kill the Fantastic Four when they return from the past, but Invisible Girl saves them. Doom escapes with his jetpack.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #5 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was Part 5 The Vengeance of Doctor Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to Doctor Strange #55

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From Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange #55 [Direct Edition] published October 1982
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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To Have Loved... and Lost!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Les Tane (Stan Lee, illusion); Ted Tevoski (Steve Ditko, illusion)
First Line: At 177A Bleecker Street in New York's Greenwich Village, there is an odd little house.
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From Content Item: FlagDoctor Strange #55 [Direct Edition] published October 1982
was "To Have Loved...and Lost!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to Daredevil #7

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From Content Item: FlagDaredevil #7 published April 1965
was Daredevil Battles Sub-Mariner! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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In Mortal Combat with... Sub-Mariner

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First Line: An encounter destined to be hailed as one of the proudest accomplishments of this, the new Marvel Age of Comics!
Synopsis: Namor hires Franklin and Murdock to sue the human race on his behalf. When this doesn't work, he gets himself arrested so he can have his day in court. Realizing humanity won't listen, the Sub-Mariner goes on a rampage which brings Daredevil into the (hopeless) fray. Namor returns to the sea out of respect for DD and to stop Krang from taking over Atlantis.
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From Content Item: FlagDaredevil #7 published April 1965
was In Mortal Combat with... Sub-Mariner! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to Daredevil #47

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From Content Item: FlagDaredevil #47 published December 1968
was Brother, Take My Hand! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Comes with note by Lee about why he chose this story for the collection.
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Brother, Take My Hand!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Whitey Barton
First Line: He'll be here -- any minute now!
Synopsis: Daredevil entertains the troops in Vietnam, where he meets Willie Lincoln, a black soldier who has just lost his sight due to a combat wound. After returning to New York, Lincoln goes to the welfare department, where Karen Page directs him to Matt Murdock to fight a bribery charge that happened before he went into the service. The mob boss who set up Lincoln decides to eliminate him, but Daredevil puts a crimp in that plan.
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From Content Item: FlagDaredevil #47 published December 1968
was Brother, Take My Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to Thor #337

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From Content Item: FlagThor #337 [Direct Edition] published November 1983
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Comes with note by Liefeld about why he chose this story for the collection.
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Doom!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
First Line: Far beyond the fields we know, the core of an ancient galaxy... explodes!
Synopsis: Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
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From Content Item: FlagThor #337 [Direct Edition] published November 1983
was Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover to Fantastic Four #51

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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #51 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1966
was This Man...This Monster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Disclose Notes: Comes with note by Weeks & Simonson about why they chose this story for the collection.
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This Man... This Monster!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dave (cameo)
First Line: I'll never be human again!
Synopsis: An unnamed scientist gives himself the powers and appearance of the Thing and goes to the Baxter Building, planning to kill Reed. However, an accident results in him saving Reed's life and perishing in the Negative Zone.
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From Content Item: FlagFantastic Four #51 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1966
was This Man... This Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Fantastic Four 51

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Disclose Notes: J. M. DeMatteis talks about why he chose this story for the collection.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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