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Complete Collections
Tomb of Dracula v4Thor Eternals saga torpedoes my idea that Thor Epic 10 is incoming!
Thor The Eternals Saga
Iron Man Mike Grell
Man Thing by Steve Gerber v3
Epic Collections
Conan The Marvel Years v2
SLIGHLY surprised to see another so soon but there's a LOT of Conan to get through. Won't even make a guess because I think we think the contents of v1 may not be final.X-Force v3
But, In Theory, there should be issues featuring Red Sonja in here, 24 for example..... who Marvel do not own the rights to! Do Marvel's rights for Conan include printing her guest appearances?
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Expected, ish. The only worry was X-Force's appearances in the Epic schedule have been erratic.Master Of Kung Fu v3 Traitors to the Crown
Contents (Guess) X-Force v3 20-33, Annual 2, Nomad 20, New Warriors 44-46
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=4128&page=gallery It's the 4th part of Fatal Attractions printed in Epics, just UXM 304 & Excalibur 71 to go
Expected, next volume in sequence, slightly overdue as usually MOKF has been summer.Hulk v5 Who will judge the Hulk?
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Uses 72's Title, volume starts at 54 so something like 54-75, Marvel Two In One 29, What If 16
Expected, next volume in sequence, usually an earlier Hulk in the AutumnBlack Panther v3 Panther's Prey
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Uses 152's Title, volume starts 138. Should include Avengers 88 which crosses over with Hulk 140. Issue length is up and down during the volume so it's hard to be exact but should run to c 156/157
A surprise!X-Factor v2
Black Panther was considered "probably done" with everything up to the 88 Limited series printed.
11 page Black Panther story in Solo Avengers 19
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=49307
Black Panther runs in Marvel Comics Presents in 1989, with 8 page stories in issues 13-37, 24 issues of 8 pages
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Panther's Prey is a 1991 4 issue Limited series
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?page=gallery&seriesid=4183
There's a 9 page Black Panther story in Marvel Fanfare 60
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=129549
A single other Panther story in MCP 148
http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=124074
The next Panther series is in 1998
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A surprise!Avengers v18 Heavy MetalI was expecting v9, 101-113, Annual 9, X-Force 38 Excalibur 82 (Phalanx Covenant) following on from 7 & 8 the last two years
Contents (Guess) "Mutant Massacre" 10-20, Annual 2, Thor 373-374 & 378, Power Pack 27 and Hulk 336-337
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A BIG surprise!Captain America v10 Of Monsters and MenAvengers had been concentrating on Harras and I expected to see his next volume, 25 (368-378, Annual 23, X-Men 26, Avengers West Coast 101 & 102 and Uncanny X-Men 307)
Contents (Guess) Avengers v18 286-300, Annual 17, Thor 390
Let's back that up with some calcs:
286-300 is 15 issues, 16 and a bit as 300 is slightly over double sized.
Annual 17 is between 297 & 298 and is slightly over double sized. All but 19 issues.
301-303 are one story, so they need to stay together, not enough room for all 3, especially as 304 should really be with them.
One issue short. Avengers all together in Thor 390, where Cap lifts the hammer, so that goes in.
This is the Epic volume a friend has been waiting for with the start of the Simonson Time Barrier story and the Cross Time Council of Kangs
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Bye bye to the Old Avengers Heavy Metal trade which finished 3 issues too early!
A BIG BIG Surprise!Doctor Strange v4 Alone Against EternityAn earlier Cap is waaaay Overdue (years) so Epic 5 starting 160 was very much expected.
This is 279's title. Epic 9 Dawn's Early Light (247-266, annual 5) is out as is Epic 12 Society of Serpents (302-317) so I had a go at Cap Epics 10 and 11 a while back:10 Of Monsters & Men: 267-283, Annual 6, Defenders 106-107Most of 11 was reprinted in Death of the Red Skull
11 - which will go on the "one volume gap" list: 284-301, Annual 7
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Doesn't shift an old trade but I've got all the issues in a long box under the bed!
Doctor Strange's Epic releases have been very random so I had no idea what to expect!Hulk v15Alone Against Eternity is the title of Doctor Strange 10 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=47212
This confirms it to be Doctor Strange Epic 4, following on from 3 which you've read. This is the fifth Doctor Strange release but the first to be adjacent to another volume.
Will start issue 6
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The Masterworks for this period include5 Marvel Premiere #9-14 and Doctor Strange #1-9
6 Doctor Strange #10-22, Annual #1 and Tomb of Dracula #44
7 Doctor Strange #23-37 and material from Chamber of Chills #3-4
Doctor Strange Annual 1 is the same month as DS 19 http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?publisher=marvel&type=cover&month=10&year=1976&sort=alpha
Chamber of Chills 3 & 4 are cover dated March & May 73 before Doctor Strange the series started http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=3&year=1973&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?type=cover&month=5&year=1973&publisher=marvel&sort=alpha&checklist=null
I think this looks something like 6-26, Tomb of Dracula 44 and maybe those Chamber of Chills Issues
A BIG BIG BIG Surprise!X-Men v7 Fate of the PhoenixWe'd been expecting a later Hulk but probably v23 to follow on from 19-22.
The consensus of opinion was this was the stuff between Mantlo and David's runs, so the Byrne Written & Drawn and Milgrom written issues which would be Hulk 314-330, Annuals 14 & 15 Marvel Fanfare 29. I thought that looked a little fat for an Epic: 314-330 is 17 issues by itself, Marvel Fanfare 29 makes 18 and 2 each for each of the annuals = 22 issues. So I got digging....
330-396 is 67 issues without including doubles sized and annuals and extras - FF issue, Hulk vs Thing GN. so at 20 x 22 page issues per Epic 16-18 ain't gonna cover that.
Will try do do the numbers..... but I think this looks more like Milgrom and start of Peter David or even straight start of Peter David. The PD Visionaries contents are:1) 331-339That's another 9 issues (annuals count 2) taking us to 76. At least three doubles in there too (345, 377 & 393) taking us to 79.... which is 4 whole Epics.
2) 340-348
3) 349-354 Web of Spider-Man 44. Fantastic Four 320
4) 355-363 Marvel Comic Presents 26, 45
5) 364-372 Annual 16
6) 373-382
7) 383-389 Annual 17
8) 390-396 Annual 18, X-Factor 76
Nah, this isn't the in between volume, this is the first 20 issues worth of Peter David.
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The numbers
I think 15 is 331 - 346, the issue after Ground Zero Far far too elegant a stopping point to miss that, plus the Big Change Grahic Novel (same month as 337)
16 346-362, Web of Spider-Man 44, FF 320, Avengers Annual 17 main story and MCP 26
17 "Countdown" 363-380, MCP49, Annual 16 Lifeform
18 381-396 Annual 17 Subteranean Wars, X-Factor 76
That's the two Peter David Visionaries that I kept gone!
Slightly surprised by this.But possibly not as much as I should have been as 2020 is the 40th anniversary of the Phoenix story and there has been a lot off speculation this might appear.
IF it's a 2020 book, and I'm not 100% convinced it is, it will be the first of the "two volume a year" Epics to have 2 earlier volumes out in the same year - most have an earlier and a later volume but Avengers did two later volumes in 2019.
Unless ASM 16, Ion Man 12 or Avengers 6 is sitting hidden away, X-Men will be the first Epic with SEVEN consecutive volumes out.
Very much expecting this to be 129-143 (Byrne's last issue) Annual 5, Bizarre Adventures 27 and MTIO 89 - Angel
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I can get shot of the paperbacks of the first 5 X-Men MMWs thanks to this!
After the first 4 I was thinking "Yeah, pretty much what I'm expecting" then it went Radio Rental. Last third of the year has been easy to predict till now, lots of volumes in roughly the same place, chugging out next in sequence. Not this time!
I think there's at least one of Later Thor, Earlier DD or Later FF hidden away at the start of Sept. I think at least one, maybe two of these are actually early 2021 - possibly X-Men, as it would be odd to have two earlier volumes, or Hulk 15, as later Hulk has usually been year start.
Still SW and a possible Conan Chronicles to come.
Near Mint Condition have subsequently released a provisional schedule on FB:
September:
Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther's PreyOctober:
Captain America Epic Collection: Monsters And Men
Master Of Kung Fu Epic Collection: Traitors To The Crown
Thor: The Eternals Saga - The Complete Collection
Tomb Of Dracula: The Complete Collection Vol. 4
Doctor Strange Epic Collection: Alone Against EternityNovember:
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 15
Man-Thing By Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection Vol. 3
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Who Will Judge The Hulk?December:
Iron Man By Mike Grell: The Complete Collection
X-Factor Epic Collection Vol. 2
Avengers Epic Collection: Heavy Metal
Conan The Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection Vol. 2
X-Force Epic Collection Vol. 3
X-Men Epic Collection: The Fate Of The Phoenix
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