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Humanity has been overthrown. Mutated animals run amuck in a post-apocalyptic world. Think you've seen this type of thing before? Well, not the way TED McKEEVER tells it. Follow the last remaining human, HE, as he encounters every manner of bizarreness the devastated town of Blackwater has to offer, in this collection of McKEEVER's brooding, darkly humorous series, The Superannuated Man. Plus, it contains a substantial amount of bonus material, including . . . doodles.
Collects Excalibur (1988) #12-30. Amazing adventures across the Marvel Multiverse! England's premier superteam takes their show on the road in an interdimensional odyssey. Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers, Captain Britain and Meggan face a truly epic journey through incredible alternate dimensions, guest-starring nearly every hero and villain you can think of - or very unreasonable facsimiles thereof! But what do Crusader X, Centurion Britannus, Chevalier Bretagne and Lady London all have in common? Why, they're all Captain Britain, of course! Traumatic transformations and titanic tricksters await!
The theory of evolution is turned on its proverbial ear when a demented scientist warthog and his lizard assistant begin performing visceral experiments on our hapless protagonist, HE.
PENCIL HEAD is Ted McKeever's semi-autobiographical take on the whacked-out world of the comic book industry. Journey along as we witness protagonist Poodwaddle's trials and tribulations of working, and sustaining, his place in the absurd world of comics, where what happens behind the scenes is far more twisted, and bizarrely hilarious, than anything on the printed page or screen.
Collects Avengers (1963) #402; Punisher (1995) #11; Thor (1966) #502; Wolverine (1988) #105; X-Men (1991) #56-57, Annual '96; Onslaught (1996): Marvel Universe, Epilogue; Cable (1993) #36; Uncanny X-Men (1981) #337; X-Men: The Road to Onslaught (1996) #1; material from Fantastic Four (1961) #416. The Onslaught saga reaches its world-shattering climax! The truth about Onslaught’s origin has already struck at the very heart of the X-Men. Now, the evolving and all-powerful villain assaults New York City with robotic Sentinels — and prepares his genocidal endgame! As an army of Earth’s heroes amasses, will the Avengers and Fantastic Four make the ultimate sacrifice to save the planet? When the dust settles, who will remain standing to fight another day? And what does the future hold for a guilt-stricken Charles Xavier?
Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #318-321, X-Men (1991) #38-41, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #4-7, X-Men Annual (1992) #3, X-Factor (1986) #107-109, Cable (1993) #20. The epic story that ushered in the Age of Apocalypse! Legions once-shattered psyche is finally united, with a singular purpose: to make up for all the misery he has visited on his father, Charles Xavier. And to do it, he plans to make Xaviers dream a reality by traveling back in time to kill its greatest obstacle, Magneto! The X-Men scramble to stop him from altering history but, lost in the past, can they thwart Legions misguided mission before the entire Marvel Universe is wiped away? Plus: Mystique seeks revenge against Legion, even as her shocking connection to Nightcrawler is revealed! And Storm returns to Cairo to face her past, but will she join the all-new Hellfire Club?
The New Mutants graduate into X-Force! Cable turns his young charges into a mutant militia that means business! Cannonball, Boom Boom, Warpath, Domino, Shatterstar and Feral go in guns blazing and swords swinging -not to mention all the claws, knives and explosions! They're on the hunt for the mysterious Stryfe and his Mutant Liberation Front, but what is the villain's uncanny connection to Cable? X-Force will take on all comers, from Deadpool and the Morlocks to the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! COLLECTING: VOLUME 1: X-FORCE (1991) #1-15, ANNUAL #1; SPIDER-MAN (1990) #16; WOLVERINE (1988) #54.
Collects New Mutants (1983) #98, Deadpool: The Circle Chase (1993) #1-4, Deadpool (1994) #1-4, Deadpool (1997) #1. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! Wade Wilson steps into the spotlight! He’s the Merc with a Mouth, the Regeneratin’ Degenerate, the Sassin’ Assassin — now get to know the irrepressible Deadpool all over again in this collection of his earliest solo sagas! From his first appearance as a wisecracking thorn in the side of Cable and the New Mutants, Deadpool sets out on a quest for romance, money and mayhem — not necessarily in that order! Can he solve the riddle of Tolliver’s will? Will he find love with X-Force’s Siryn? And can he survive not one but two run-ins with the Juggernaut? Plus: Meet Weasel (the weapons guy) and Blind Al (Wade’s roommate…and prisoner?!) as Deadpool considers becoming — a hero!
Poodwaddle's previous Editor-in-Chief, who was tyrannical at best, has now been replaced by an all-controlling masochistic monster, hellbent on crushing anyone who opposes his hierarchy.