Amazing Spider-Man (2001-2008)

Writer(s): J. Michael Straczynski et al.
Artist(s): John Romita Jr., Mike Deodato Jr., Ron Garney et al.

Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35
Amazing Spider-Man: Revelations #36 #37 #38 #39
Amazing Spider-Man: Until the Stars Turn Cold #40 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45
Amazing Spider-Man: The Life and Death of Spiders #46 #47 #48 #49 #50
Amazing Spider-Man: Unintended Consequences #51 #52 #53 #54 #55 #56
Amazing Spider-Man: Happy Birthday #57 #58 #500 #501 #502
Amazing Spider-Man: The Book of Ezekiel #503 #504 #505 #506 #507 #508
Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past #509 #510 #511 #512 #513 #514
Amazing Spider-Man: Skin Deep #515 #516 #517 #518
Amazing Spider-Man: New Avengers #519 #520 #521 #522 #523 #524
Spider-Man: The Other #1 #19 #525 #2 #20 #526 #3 #21 #527 #4 #22 #528
Civil War: The Road to Civil War #529 #530 #531
Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man #532 #533 #534 #535 #536 #537 #538
Spider-Man: Back in Black #539 #540 #541 #542 #543
Spider-Man: One More Day #544 #24 #41 #545

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man #30-#58, #500-#545, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1-#3, #24, Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19-#22, Sensational Spider-Man #41

The Avengers (1998-2002)

Writer(s): Kurt Busiek, Roger Stern et al
Artist(s): George Perez, Carlos Pacheco et al.

Avengers Assemble, Vol. 1 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 1998 #7 #8 #10 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 2 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #0 #19 #20 #21 #22 1999
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 3 #1½ #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #42 #32 #43 #33 #44 #34
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 4 2000 #1 #1 #2 #35 #3 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #1
Avengers Assemble, Vol. 5 #41 #42 #43 2001 #44 #45 #46 #47 #48 #49 #50 #51 #52 #53 #54 #55 #56

Avengers Forever #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

Collecting Avengers #1-#56, Annual 1998-2001, #0, #1½, Iron Man #7, Captain America #8, Quicksilver #10, Thunderbolts #42-#44, Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, Maximum Security #1-#3, Avengers: The Ultron Imperative, Avengers Forever #1-#12

The Wishlist

This is more or less the exact opposite of the Marvel Unlimited Archives page. Something where I can map/list the comics I need in order to do some of my posts.  Consider this a heavy Work In Progress, because this post is going to be all over the place (and will be edited semi-frequently).

No More MDCUO

Not much of a fancy announcement here, but I figured I'd make this post anyway: After launching the site 3 years ago today, I've decided to call it quits with the MDCUO.

Rather, the name at least. It's been LONG overdue really. The name was always more or less a placeholder, since I couldn't think of anything good at the time. And now it's doubly overdue, considering the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited hasn't existed in quite a few months now. Changing the site to something like the Marvel Unlimited Omnibus doesn't really have that nice of a nice ring to it, either.

I've also been considering the 'omnibus' part of the site, as well. Looking over a some of the posts, I think there may be a few that force the idea of larger bodies or work, as opposed to simply spotlighting content. This isn't to say I'll stop doing 'omnibus'-styled posts, but I think I'll likely be posting more 'trade' style posts as well in the future (and maybe do some deleting/reposting of some of my previous posts).

So with all of that said...the old name doesn't work. So I decided to change it to Marvel Then! Something shorter, simpler and to the point without being limiting. Since we're in the 'NOW!' era of Marvel, I figured it would make sense that this site focuses on the 'THEN!' that lead us here.

No new post for now, though I may have a little something up later this evening...

Cheers,
Matt Smith

She-Hulk (2007-2010)

Writer(s): Peter David et al.
Artist(s): Various

She-Hulk, Vol. 6 - Jaded #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27
She-Hulk, Vol. 7 - Here Today... #28 #29 #30 #1
She-Hulk, Vol. 8 - Secret Invasion #33 #31 #34 #32 #33
She-Hulk, Vol. 9 - Lady Liberators #34 #35 #36 #37 #38
She-Hulk Sensational #1

Collecting She-Hulk #22-#38, She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision #1, X-Factor #33-#34, She-Hulk: Sensational #1

Wolverine (2007-2012)

Writer(s): Jason Aaron
Artist(s): Ron Garney, Adam Kubert et al.

The Man in the Pit #56
Get Mystique! #62 #63 #64 #65
Manifest Destiny #1 #2 #3 #4
Get Mystique (Slight Return) #3
A Day in the Life #73 #74
The Adamantium Men #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
All We Want is the World and Everything in It #1
Insane in the Brain #6 #7 #8 #9
Love and the Wolverine #10
Tomorrow Dies Today #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
The End of the Beginning #16
Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Wolverine Goes to Hell #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Happy #5.1
Wolverine Vs. The X-Men #6 #7 #8
Get Mystique: Final Repose #9
Wolverine's Revenge! #10 #11 #12 #13 #14
Wolverine No More #15 #16
Goodbye, Chinatown #17 #18 #19
And Then There Was War #20
Back in Japan #300 #301 #302 #303
One More Round #304

Collecting Wolverine #56, #62-#65, #73-#74, Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1-#4, Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3, Wolverine: Weapon X #1-#16, Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine #1, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1-#6, Wolverine #1-#20 & #5.1, #300-#304

Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection

I usually don't add a lot of commentary to these, but then again this post is definitely an exception to most of the others, so I'll give a little context here. Generally when I list an 'omnibus' on this site, I tend to focus on a specific creative vision of some sort or a full series run of some sort as opposed to doing a grab bag of semi-related comics.

Wolverine's a bit of a different case. He's a character who has probably appeared in more teams, team ups, fights, crossovers, one-shots, mini-series, etc. than anyone in the Marvel Universe. Selecting 'a' Wolverine run can be somewhat difficult, because there's simply so much featuring the character, and so many writers have either written the character, revisited the character years later or simply just used him in a story that it would be hard to define any 'run' with him despite the wealth of content featuring him.

So with the release of The Wolverine today, I offer this collection of early appearances, solo stories, team spotlights, certified classics and a few fan favorites. Enjoy.

Incredible Hulk: And Now...The Wolverine! #180 #181 #182
Uncanny X-Men: Deadly Genesis Giant-Size X-Men #1
Uncanny X-Men: Home are the Heroes #109
Uncanny X-Men: Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive! #120 #121
Uncanny X-Men: Wolverine Lashes Out! #133
Uncanny X-Men: ...Something Wicked This Way Comes! #139 #140
Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past #141 #142
What If Wolverine Had Killed The Hulk? #31

Wolverine by Claremont and Miller #1 #2 #3 #4
Uncanny X-Men: To Have and Have Not #172 #173
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Uncanny X-Men: Wounded Wolf #205
Captain America: Tess-One #8
Uncanny X-Men: Wolverine Vs. Sabretooth #213
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1
Incredible Hulk: Vicious Circle #340
Wolverine: Save the Tiger #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10

Wolverine Classic, Vol. 1 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 #2 #3 #4
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 2 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
The Punisher War Journal: The Punisher and Wolverine in African Saga #6 #7
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 3 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 4 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23
Wolverine Classic, Vol. 5 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30
Uncanny X-Men: Madripoor Knights #268
New Fantastic Four: Monsters Unleashed #347 #348 #349
Wolverine: Weapon X #72 #73 #74 #75 #76 #77 #78 #79 #80 #81 #82 #83 #84
Wolverine & Gambit: Victims #1 #2 #3 #4
Wolverine: Not Dead Yet #119 #120 #121 #122

Wolverine: Origin #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Wolverine: The End #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Ultimate X-Men: New Mutants (Part 2) #41
New Avengers: Breakout #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Wolverine: The Package #41
Wolverine: House of Blood & Sorrow #1
Wolverine: The Death Song of J. Patrick Smitty #1
Logan #1 #2 #3
Wolverine: The Amazing Immortal Man & Other Bloody Tales #1
Wolverine: Dangerous Games #1
Wolverine: Roar #2
Amazing Spider-Man: Birthday Boy #2
Rampaging Wolverine #1
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Wolverine: Debt of Death #1

Wolverine: Origins (2005-2010)

Writer(s): Daniel Way et al
Artist(s): Javier Saltares, Steve Dillon et al

House of M: World of M, Featuring Wolverine #33 #34 #35
Wolverine: Origins and Endings #36 #37 #38 #39 #40
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 1 - Born in Blood #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 2 - Savior #6 #7 #8 #9 #10
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 3 - Swift and Terrible #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 4 - Our War #1 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 5 - Deadpool #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27
X-Men: Original Sin #28 #1 #217 #29 #218 #30
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 6 - Dark Reign #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 7 - Romulus #37 #38 #39 #40
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 8 - Seven the Hard Way #41 #42 #43 #44 #45
Wolverine: Origins, Vol. 9 - The Reckoning #46 #85 #47 #86 #48 #87 #49 #50

Collecting Wolverine #33-#40, Wolverine: Origins #1-#50, Annual #1, X-Men: Original Sin, X-Men Legacy #217-#218, Dark Wolverine #85-#87

Wolverine (2004-2005)

Writer(s): Mark Millar
Artist(s): John Romita Jr., Kaare Andrews

Wolverine: Enemy of the State #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25
Wolverine: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32

Collecting Wolverine #20-#32

(NOTE: A bit more Wolverine by Millar can be found over in the One Man Event post, featuring "Old Man Logan" an alternate future take on the character.)

Wolverine (2003-2004)

Writer(s): Greg Rucka
Artist(s): Darick Robertson, Leandro Fernandez

Wolverine, Vol. 1 - The Brotherhood #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Wolverine, Vol. 2 - Coyote Crossing #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
Wolverine, Vol. 3 - Return of the Native #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19

Collecting Wolverine #1-#19 

Black Panther (1977-1979)

Writer(s): Jack Kirby et al.
Artist(s): Jack Kirby et al.

Black Panther by Jack Kirby, Vol. 1 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
Black Panther by Jack Kirby, Vol. 2 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13

Collecting Black Panther #1-#13

Deadpool (2008-2012)

Writer(s): Daniel Way et al.
Artist(s): Paco Medina, Carlo Barberi et al.

Deadpool, Vol. 1 - Secret Invasion #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Deadpool, Vol. 2 - Dark Reign #6 #7 x #10 #11 #12
x Dark Reign: Deadpool/Thunderbolts #8 #130 #9 #131
Deadpool, Vol. 3 - X Marks the Spot #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18
Deadpool, Vol. 4 - Monkey Business #19 #20 #21 #22
Deadpool, Vol. 5 - What Happens in Vegas #23 #24 #25 #26
Deadpool, Vol. 6 - I Rule, You Suck #27 #28 #29 #30 #31
Deadpool, Vol. 7 - Space Oddity #32 #33 #33.1 #34 #35
Deadpool, Vol. 8 - Operation Annihilation #36 #37 #38 #39
Deadpool, Vol. 9 - Institutionalized #40 #41 #42 #43 #44
Deadpool, Vol. 10 - Evil Deadpool #45 #46 #47 #48 #49 #49.1
Deadpool, Vol. 11 - DEAD #50 #51 #52 #53 #54 #55 #56 #57 #58 #59 #60 #61 #62 #63

Collecting Deadpool #1-#63, #33.1, #49.1, Thunderbolts #130-#131

Iron Man (1990-1992)

Writer(s): John Byrne
Artist(s): John Romita Jr., Paul Ryan

Part 1 - #258 #259 #260 #261 #262 #263 #264 #265 #266 #267
Part 2 - #268 #269 #270 #271 #272 #273 #274 #275 #276 #277

Collecting Iron Man #258-#277

Iron Man (1987-1990)

Writer(s): Bob Layton, David Michelinie
Artist(s): Bob Layton, Mark D. Bright et al.

Part 1 #215 #216 #217 #218 #219 #220 #221 #222 #223 #224
Part 2 #225 #226 #227 #228 #229 #230 #231 #232
Part 3 #233 #234 #235 #236 #237 #238 #239 #240 #241 #242
Part 4 #243 #244 #245 #246 #247 #248 #249 #250 #254 #256

Collecting Iron Man #215-#250, #254, #256

Iron Man (1982-1986)

Writer(s): Denny O'Neil
Artist(s): Luke McDonnell, Mark D. Bright et al.

Part 1 - #158 #160 #161 #162 #163 #164 #165 #166 #167 #168
Part 2 - #169 #170 #171 #172 #173 #174 #175 #176 #177
Part 3 - #178 #179 #180 #181 #182 #183 #184 #185
Part 4 - #186 #187 #188 #189 #190 #191 #192
Part 5 - #193 #194 #195 #196 #197 #198 #199 #200
Part 6 - #201 #203 #204 #205 #206 #207 #208

Collecting Iron Man #158, #160-#201, #203-#208

Iron Man (1975-1978)

Writer(s): Bill Mantlo et al.
Artist(s): George Tuska et al.

Part 1 - #78 #86 #87 #95 #96 #97 #98 #99
Part 2 - #100 #101 #102 #103 #104 #105 #106 #107
Part 3 - #108 #109 #110 #111 #112 #113 #114 #115

Collecting Iron Man #78, #86-#87, #95-#115

Iron Man (1972-1975)

Writer(s): Mike Friedrich et al.
Artist(s): George Tuska et al.

Part 1 - #48 #49 #50 #51 #52 #53 #54 #55 #58 #59 #60 #61 #62 #63 #64
Part 2 - #65 #66 #67 #68 #69 #70 #71 #72 #73 #74 #75 #77 #79 #80 #81

Collecting Iron Man #48-#55, #58-#75, #77, #79-#81

Invincible Iron Man (2008-2012)

Writer(s): Matt Fraction
Artist(s): Salvador Larocca et al.

The Five Nightmares #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
World's Most Wanted, Book 1 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13
World's Most Wanted, Book 2 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19
Stark Disassembled #20 #21 #22 #23 #24
Stark Resilient, Book 1 #25 #26 #27 #28
Stark Resilient, Book 2 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33
My Monsters #1 #500 #500.1
The Unfixable #501 #502 #503
Fear Itself #504 #505 #506 #507 #508 #509 #7.3
Demon #510 #511 #512 #513 #514 #515
Long Way Down #516 #517 #518 #519 #520
The Future #521 #522 #523 #524 #525 #526 #527

Collecting Invincible Iron Man #1-#33, #500-#527 & 500.1, Annual #1, Fear Itself #7.3

Iron Man (1978-1982)

Writer(s): Bob Layton, David Michelinie et al.
Artist(s): John Romita Jr. et al.

Part 1 - 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128
Part 2 - 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141
Part 3 - 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157

Collecting Iron Man #115-#157

Iron Man (1968-1970, 1976)

Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Artist(s): Gene Colan, Johnny Craig, George Tuska, Don Heck

(Marvel Masterworks Iron Man)

Vol. 4 #1 #1
Vol. 5 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13
Vol. 6 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25
Vol. X #26 #27 #28 #88 #89 #90

Collecting Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, Iron Man #1-#28 & #88-90

Iron Man Three + Open Thread

Hey folks, it's been awhile.

I think it's safe to say this site's seen quite a bit of neglect in recent years. With the exception of last year's two year anniversary posts and a couple of posts towards the end of the year prior, I haven't really regularly posted content since the Captain America movie came out. Some of it was due to outside factors and some due to simply their not being a lot to post.

Hopefully this weekend will see that change a bit. Some of you may have noticed that Marvel recently made changes to their site (again) along with a name change from "Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited" to simply "Marvel Unlimited" (which means I've probably got some changes to make around here). Most improved, however, is the amount of comics being added to the collection. Comparing the last two months to the two months prior shows a drastic change in Marvel's support for the service. January and February had a little over 130 comics added, meanwhile March and April had over 1000! Coincidentally enough, a lot of those were Iron Man comics.

Which brings us to today. With Iron Man 3 coming out today (some of you may have already gotten to see it by now) I've got three runs to help celebrate the occasion. It begins at noon EST with Iron Man's 'Big Premiere' in his own titular series, penned by Archie Goodwin following his initial adventures in Tales of Suspense! On Saturday we'll move forward a bit into Bob Layton and David Michelinie's first legendary run with artist John Romita Jr. which includes the introduction of characters such as James Rhodes and Justin Hammer along with the character-defining story in "Demon in a Bottle." And finally on Sunday we'll move far ahead into the very recent past with Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca's Invincible Iron Man. Launching alongside the release of the original Iron Man movie, it saw an Iron Man removed from S.H.I.E.L.D. power, his business destroyed and his Extremis abilities failing him. And that's just the start!

And if this isn't enough, I'd say stay tuned in the coming weeks. Hopefully there's quite a bit more on the way...

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Despite my own silence, a few of you have popped up with some kind words (much appreciated!) over the past few months and at this point I'd like to open up the floor to anyone - questions, comments, complaints, compliments, requests...anything you want to say.

The Avengers (1966-1972)

Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Artist(s): Don Heck, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams et al.

(Marvel Masterworks The Avengers)

Vol. 04 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40
Vol. 05 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45 #46 #47 #48 #49 #50 #1
Vol. 06 #51 #52 #45 #53 #54 #55 #56 #2 #57 #58
Vol. 07 #59 #60 #61 #62 #63 #64 #65 #66 #67 #68
Vol. 08 #69 #70 #71 #72 #73 #74 #75 #76 #77 #78 #79
Vol. 09 #80 #81 #82 #83 #84 #85 #86 #87 #88 #140
Vol. 10 #89 #90 #91 #92 #93 #94 #95 #96 #97 #98 #99 #100
Vol. 11 #101 #102 #103 #104

Collecting Avengers #35-#104, Annual #1-#2, X-Men #45, Incredible Hulk #140

Amazing Spider-Man (1966-1972)

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Roy Thomas
Artist(s): John Romita Sr., Gil Kane et al.

(Marvel Masterworks The Amazing Spider-Man)

Vol. 4-5 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43 #3 #44 #45 #46 #47 #48 #49 #50
Vol. 6 #51 #52 #4 #53 #54 #55 #56 #57 #58 #59 #60 #61
Vol. 7 #62 #1 #63 #64 #65 #66 #67 #2 #5
Vol. 8 #68 #69 #70 #71 #72 #73 #74 #75 #76 #77 #14
Vol. 9 #78 #79 #80 #81 #82 #83 #84 #85 #86 #87
Vol. 10 #88 #89 #90 #91 #92 #93 #94 #95 #96 #97 #98 #99
Vol. 11-12 #100 #101 #102 #103 #104 #105 #106 #107 #108 #109 #110

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man #39-#110, Annual #3-#5, Spectacular Spider-Man #1-#2, Marvel Super-Heroes #14

Fantastic Four (1970-1972)

Writer(s): Stan Lee et al.
Artist(s): John Romita Sr., John Buscema

(Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four)

Vol. 10 #103 #104
Vol. 11 #105 #106 #107 #108 #109 #110 #111 #112 #113 #114 #115 #116
Vol. 12 #117 #118 #119 #120 #121 #122 #123 #124 #125

Collecting Fantastic Four #103-#125

Marvel Zombies (2008-2010)

Writer(s): Fred Van Lente et al.
Artist(s): Kev Walker, Kano et al.

Marvel Zombies 3 #1 #2 #3 #4
Marvel Zombies 4 #1 #2 #3 #4
Marvel Zombies Return #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Marvel Zombies 5 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Collecting Marvel Zombies 3 & 4 #1-#4, Marvel Zombies Return & 5 #1-#5