Featuring Meticulous Color Restoration, The Highest Fidelity Reproduction Ever, And Hundreds of Pages Restored Directly From Original Art
The Jam-Packed Campaign Will Feature A Slew of Extras, Including Die-Cut Slipcases, Dustjackets, A Premium Works Collector Box, Mary Marvel Masterworks Society Membership Cards, Character Cards, Journals, Buttons, Stickers, Prints, Postcards, and Much More!
Starting today, Marvel Comics’ longest-running, premier archival hardcover collection series is coming back in style! Clover Press will now publish the iconic Marvel Masterworks line, starting with four brand new editions that highlight four iconic eras of Marvel history and some of the industry’s greatest creators of all time. Clover Press will publish three different covers for each book in the Marvel Masterworks line: the legacy trade dress that collectors already know and love, a variant cover of the legacy trade dress, and a bold and poppy new trade dress, designed by Clover Press Co-Founder and Art Director Robbie Robbins. The Kickstarter campaign for Marvel Masterworks is now live.
The campaign will also feature a slew of the kind of collectible extras that Clover Press is known for, including a Premium Works collector box, Fact Files character cards, journals with Masterworks branding and comic art, buttons, character stickers, mini prints, large artist edition prints, postcards, stationery-inspired inserts, facsimile posters, dustjackets, die-cut slipcases, and more to be announced during the campaign.
The first wave of Clover Press’ Marvel Masterworksincludes four titles:
- In Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 18, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee begin their march towards X-Men #1, the Guiness Book of World Records top-selling comic book of all time—collecting THE UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 256-268 & ANNUAL (1970) 14 and material from THE FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL (1963) 23, X-FACTOR ANNUAL (1986) 5 and THE NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL (1984) 6.
Featuring an introduction by Chris Claremont
- In Marvel Masterworks: Super-Villain Team-Up, Vol. 1, Doctor Doom and his notorious accomplices Namor and the Red Skull take the stage in this classic Marvel series which gives the bad guys full rein—collecting GIANT-SIZE SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP (1975) 1-2, SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP (1975) 1-17, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) 27, THE AVENGERS (1963) 154-156, THE CHAMPIONS (1975) 16 and material from MARVEL PREVIEW (1975) 21.
Featuring an introduction by Roy Thomas
- In Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor, Vol. 25, Walter Simonson and Sal Buscema’s original art is faithfully restored and looking better than ever as The God of Thunder leads an army into Hel itself in this fan-favorite classic every Marvel fan should have in their library—collecting THE MIGHTY THOR (1966) 360-369 and BALDER THE BRAVE (1985) 1-4.
Featuring an introduction by Walter Simonson
- In Marvel Masterworks: The Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 6, high-stakes storytelling pulls long-running characters like Quincy Harker, Rachel van Helsing and Blade into a final reckoning that leaves no one untouched from collaborators Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan and Tom Palmer—collecting THE TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) 56-70.
Featuring an introduction by Kelley Jones
The publication of the first wave of books marks just the first stage of Clover Press’ publishing plan to continue the historic Marvel Masterworks program, with an ambitious, ongoing schedule that will bring dozens of new editions of Marvel Masterworks series to print. Longtime Marvel series editor Cory Sedlmeier will continue in his role as editor and series steward, continuing the role that he’s served at Marvel for more than two decades.
“Each Masterworks volume has a completely new restoration that outshines all past editions,” said series editor Cory Sedlmeier. “More than 40% of the final issue of Tomb of Dracula—an issue that suffered from poor reproduction in all past printings, including the original comic—has been restored from original art; dozens of pages of Jim Lee X-Men have been restored from the originals; and over 200 pages of Walter Simonson’s Thor have been restored from original art scans that Walter did just for this Masterworks. Coupled with the highest fidelity reproduction ever at 1200dpi and meticulous color restoration, the new line of Masterworks is going to knock the socks off readers old and new alike.”
To visit the campaign for Marvel Masterworks, head to Kickstarter.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 25 (VARIANT VOL. 392)
Written by WALTER SIMONSON
Penciled by WALTER SIMONSON & SAL BUSCEMA
Cover by WALTER SIMONSON
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 18 HC (VARIANT VOL. 390)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT with LOUISE SIMONSON & WALTER SIMONSON
Penciled by JIM LEE & MARC SILVESTRI with ARTHUR ADAMS, BILL JAASKA, MIKE COLLINS, JON BOGDANOVE, BUTCH GUICE, TERRY SHOEMAKER, CHRIS WOZNIAK, MARK HEIKE & WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover by JIM LEE
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE TOMB OF DRACULA VOL. 6 HC (VARIANT VOL. 393)
Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Penciled by GENE COLAN
Cover by GENE COLAN
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP VOL. 1 HC (VARIANT VOL. 391)
Written by BILL MANTLO, ROY THOMAS & STEVE ENGLEHART with GERRY CONWAY, TONY ISABELLA, PETER GILLIS, JIM SHOOTER, LARRY LIEBER, MARK GRUENWALD & STEVEN GRANT
Penciled by BOB HALL & HERB TRIMPE with MIKE SEKOWSKY, SAL BUSCEMA, KEITH GIFFEN, GEORGE PÉREZ, JOHN BUSCEMA, GEORGE TUSKA, GEORGE EVANS, JIM MOONEY, JIM SHOOTER, CARMINE INFANTINO, ARVELL JONES, STEVE DITKO, LARRY LIEBER & FRANK GIACOIA
Cover by RON WILSON