"Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and their Marvel Bullpen friends invented an exciting new approach to comic books. Together, they created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers and many more of the greatest super heroes ever! The Marvel Masterworks present each character's adventures from the very beginning"--Back cover.

Collects Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-6. The stories that built the Marvel Universe, from the brilliant minds of legendary creators - now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! Witness the birth of the green goliath known as the Incredible Hulk! Caught in the heart of a nuclear explosion, victim of gamma radiation gone wild, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner now finds himself transformed during times of stress into the dark personification of his repressed rage and fury! Is the brutish Hulk man or monster - or is he both?! Find out along with his only friend, Rick Jones, and some of his earliest, unfortunate enemies - including the terrible Toad Men, the ancient Tyrannus, the Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime and, perhaps worst of all, General "Thunderbolt" Ross…father of Betty Ross, the woman that Bruce Banner loves!

Peter David's 100-plus-issue run on INCREDIBLE HULK remains one of the character's most popular periods. Now, see how it all began in David's first string of Hulk stories as the gray-skinned goliath - or is that the sardonic strongman? - leaps into action against horrors from the grave, the stars and the house next door! Featuring the revitalization of one of the Hulk's longtime foes, the Leader! Guest-starring the original X-Men!

The stories that built the Marvel Universe, from the brilliant minds of legendary creators - now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! While testing an experimental spacecraft, scientist Reed Richards, pilot Ben Grimm and siblings Sue and Johnny Storm were bombarded by mysterious cosmic rays. Upon their return to Earth, they found that they'd gained fantastic new abilities! From the boundless imaginations of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, witness Mister Fantastic, the Thing, the Invisible Girl and the Human Torch overcome their differences and band together as the Fantastic Four - and thrill to their first battles with the Mole Man, the Skrulls, the Puppet Master, the Sub-Mariner and Doctor Doom! Discover why they call it "the World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" Collects FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #1-10.

The Incredible Hulk is one of the earliest Marvel Comics superheroes. Through the decades, the character and his narrative elements--the causes of Bruce Banner's transformations, the Hulk's strength, intelligence and skin color, the stories' tone, theme and sources of conflict--have been continually reinvented to remain relevant. This collection of new essays explores Marvel's more than five decades of Hulk comics. The contributors analyze the Hulk and his supporting cast in their shifting historical contexts, offering insights into both our popular entertainment and our cultural history. Topics include the Cold War's influence on early Incredible Hulk issues, a feminist reading of She-Hulk and writer Peter David's focus on the AIDS crisis.

Collects material from Strange Tales (1951) #110-111, 114-141; Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #2. The stories that built the Marvel Universe, from the brilliant minds of legendary creators - now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! Dr. Stephen Strange is a once-brilliant surgeon whose own failings left his hands in ruins and his career in tatters. He desperately sought a cure, but found so much more instead. Now, Doctor Strange is the Master of the Mystic Arts, Earth's Sorcerer Supreme - mankind's only hope against dark and otherworldly forces! From Strange's wicked rival Baron Mordo to the Dread Dormammu, ruler of the Dark Dimension, prepare to have your horizons widened by the mind-boggling mystic realms on display in these strange tales from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's spellbinding, visionary run!