Books Etc Epic 2023

Books Etc's Epic Search appears to be working better at the moment than it did a while ago but just in case, here's a list of the 2023 Epics. Some of them aren't on the new site yet so they have a search for the apropriate ISBN instead.

03 Jan 2023
Amazing Spider-Man 24 Invasion of the Spider-Slayers
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948320

03 Jan 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 17 Kraven's Last Hunt
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950330

17 Jan 2023
Amazing Spider-Man 23 The Hero Killers
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951047

17 Jan 2023
REPRINT X-Men 4 It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950347

24 Jan 2023
Ant-Man/Giant-Man 2 Ant-Man No More
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302949655

31 Jan 2023
Silver Surfer 5 The Return of Thanos
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948290

31 Jan 2023
REPRINT Ant-Man/Giant-Man 1 The Man in the Ant Hill
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950354

07 Feb 2023
Star Wars Legends: The Menace Revealed 3
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302932312

14 Feb 2023
Doctor Strange 11 Nightmare on Bleecker Street
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951054

14 Feb 2023
REPRINT Daredevil 1 The Man Without Fear
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950361

21 Feb 2023
Namor, The Sub Mariner 3 Who Strikes for Atlantis?
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302949747

07 Mar 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 4 The Goblin Lives
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950392

14 Mar 2023
Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic 5
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950699

14 Mar 2023
Aliens 1 The Original Years
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950682

21 Mar 2023
Fantastic Four 19 The Dream is Dead
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951122

21 Mar 2023
REPRINT Doctor Strange 8 Triumph & Torment
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950408

28 Mar 2023
Avengers 19 Acts of Vengeance
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951108

28 Mar 2023
Carnage 2 Web of Carnage
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951092

28 Mar 2023
Daredevil 6 Watch Out For Bullseye
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948672

04 Apr 2022
REPRINT Fantastic Four 3 The Coming of Galactus
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950415

11 Apr 2023
X-Men 22 Legacies
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951115

11 Apr 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Earth Shall Overcome
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950439

18 Apr 2023
Incredible Hulk 24 The Lone and Level Sands
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951061

18 Apr 2023
REPRINT Iron Man 15 Doom
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950446

25 Apr 2023
Thor 9 Even An Immortal Can Die
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948689

02 May 2023
West Coast Avengers 6 California Screaming
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951016

02 May 2023
MODERN Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider 1 Edge Of Spider-Verse
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302949983

09 May 2023
Captain America 20 Fighting Chance
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951566

09 May 2023
REPRINT X-Men 5 Second Genesis
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950453

09 May 2023
Star Wars Legends: The Original Marvel Years 6
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951580

16 May 2023
Iron Man 21 The Crossing
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951597

23 May 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 25 Maximum Carnage
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950460

30 May 2023
She-Hulk 4 The Cosmic Squish Principle
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951634

30 May 2023
Sgt Fury 2 Berlin Breakout
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952549

06 Jun 2023
X-Force 8 Armageddon Now
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948306

06 Jun 2023
Generation X 3 The Secret of M
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951733

13 Jun 2023
Wolverine 7 To The Bone
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951689

13 Jun 2023
REPRINT Punisher 2 Circle of Blood
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950477

20 Jun 2023
New Mutants 3 Asgardian Wars
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951627

27 Jun 2023
Captain America 5 The Secret Empire
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948733

27 Jun 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 15 Ghosts of the Past
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950484

04 Jul 2023
Deadpool 4 Dead Reckoning
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951825

11 Jul 2023
Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi 3
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951887

11 Jul 2023
REPRINT Daredevil 13 A Touch of Typhoid
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950491

18 Jul 2023
Thor 22 Hel on Earth
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951894

18 Jul 2023
Thunderbolts 1 Justice, Like Lightening
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952051

25 Jul 2023
Amazing Spider-Man 9 Spider-Man or Spider-Clone?
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948740

25 Jul 2023
REPRINT X-Men 7 The Fate of the Phoenix
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950507

08 Aug 2023
Daredevil 17 Into The Fire
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953720

08 Aug 2023
REPRINT Thor 17 This Mortal Flesh
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950514

15 Aug 2023
X-Factor 4 The Judgement War
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953980

15 Aug 2023
MODERN Loki 1 Journey Into Mystery
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952594

22 Aug 2023
Avengers 25 The Gathering
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953676

22 Aug 2023
REPRINT Avengers 5 This Beachhead Earth
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950521

29 Aug 2023
Fantastic Four 9 The Crusader Syndrome
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948757

29 Aug 2023
MODERN New Avengers 1 Assembled
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952617

29 Aug 2023
MODERN Venom 4 Agent Venom
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952624

05 Sep 2023
MODERN Loki 2 Everything Burns
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952655

12 Sep 2023
REPRINT X-Men 6 Proteus
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950538

12 Sep 2023
Venom 4 The Madness
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953874

19 Sep 2023
MODERN Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Somebody's Got To Do It
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953751

19 Sep 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 22 Round Robin
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950545

26 Sep 2023
Avengers 10 The Yesterday Quest
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948764

03 Oct 2023
Ghost Rider 6 Vengeance Reborn
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302954055

10 Oct 2023
REPRINT New Mutants 2 The Demon Bear Saga
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950552

10 Oct 2023
Hawkeye 2 The Way of the Arrow
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953348

17 Oct 2023
Moon Knight 7 Death Watch
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953805

24 Oct 2023
REPRINT Daredevil 2 Mike Murdock Must Die!
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950569

24 Oct 2023
Incredible Hulk 8 The Curing of Dr. Banner
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948795

07 Nov 2023
REPRINT Amazing Spider-Man 2 Great Responsibility
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950576

14 Nov 2023
Star Wars Legends: The Empire 8
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953904

21 Nov 2023
Excalibur 9 You Are Cordially Invited
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953331

21 Nov 2023
MODERN Spider-Man/Deadpool 1 Isn't It Bromantic?
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302951641

21 Nov 2023
REPRINT West Coast Avengers 2 Lost in Space-Time
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950583

28 Nov 2023
Iron Man 6 War Of The Super Villains
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948801

05 Dec 2023
Star Wars Legends: The New Republic 7
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953928

12 Dec 2023
X-Force 3 Assault on Greymalkin
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302954024

12 Dec 2023
REPRINT Daredevil 15 Last Rites
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302950590

19 Dec 2023
MODERN Venom 5 The Savage Six
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952679

19 Dec 2023
Silver Surfer 14 Sun Rise And Shadow Fall
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953355

26 Dec 2023
X-Men 9 The Brood Saga
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302948818

02 Jan 2024
Deadpool 3 Drowning Man
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953324

09 Jan 2024
Doctor Strange 2 I, Dormannu
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953157

16 Jan 2024
Amazing Spider-Man 27 The Clone Saga
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953669

23 Jan 2024
Marvel Two-In-One 2 Two Against Hydra
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302931766

23 Jan 2024
Star Wars Legends: The Menace Revealed 4
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302953911

30 Jan 2024
MODERN Dark Avengers 1 Osborn's Reign
https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302952709

Updated 10th April 2023

X-Men Epic Collection v17: Dissolution and Rebirth

Collecting: Uncanny X-Men (1963) 248-267

PRH: https://prhcomics.com/book/?isbn=9781302946814

Published 6th September 2022 (Reprint)

Epic's are good for big long stories. Only problem is this one is slightly too long for an Epic! It's a story that changes the X-Men personnel both in terms of in the comic and behind the scenes.

All issues are written by Chris Claremont and the Penciller at kick off is Mark Silvestri who'd been on board since 218. However his absences were becoming a bit more regular - he's missed 219 (Blevins), 223 (Kerry Gammill), 228, 231, 235 & 237 (all Rick Leonardi), and 245 - which will come to bellow before this volume but at 9 issues draws most of what's within so assume he's the artist unless otherwise stated.

Some story context from this issues before the Epic: Inferno finishes 243 and wraps up several long running X stories - when will X-Men & X-Factor meet - 40 plus issues, Madelyne Prior - 70, and Illyana/Magik - 80

Essentially the two issues following are light hearted fluff but

244 "Ladies' Night" is Jubilee's debut, and that really marks the start of the "dissolution of the X-Men storyline". She has another appearance in Annual 13 before Epic 17

245 "Men" is the only X-Men issue drawn by Rob Liefield who had also drawn previous month's X-Factor #40, which is about a year prior to his New Mutants debut

Annual 13 is dreadful, not written by Chris Claremont.

246 & 247 is the real start of the story - Wolverine takes a leave of absence to deal with some stuff - you can insert most of the early issues of t he Wolverine solo title in here - and while he's gone there's a battle with Master Mold/Nimrod which end with Master Mold/Nimrod and Rogue going through the Siege Perilous.

And that's where we find ourselves at the start of X-Men Epic Collection 17 Dissolution and Rebirth which is really what I'm here to talk about.

By the time 248 starts Longshot has departed as well and by it's end Storm appears to be dead, accidentally slain by Havok in a battle with Nanny & Orphan Maker leaving the team down to 4 members: Havok, Psylocke, Dazzler & Colossus. 248 is also the first issue drawn by Jim Lee http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=100 by this point Lee had already made a name for himself through his work on Punisher War Journal, where eyes had been caught when he drew a guest appearance on Wolverine, but I first encountered him drawing Alpha Flight. The Powers That Be obviously liked what they saw as he's back drawing a crucial three parter very shortly. In a time context this issue came out May 89 when I turned 16

249-250 - both June 89, we're running double issues in the summer here - is centred on Polaris, finally in her right mind following years (219-243) of possession by Malice. Finding her though takes us to the Savage Land, restores by Claremont in Annual 12 presumably for this very storyline, as Zaladane is revealed to be Polaris/Lorna Dane's sister, stealing her powers which then results in Lorna somehow gaining a new strength/invulnerability/increases size powerset. The origin of this is never really made clear and rather annoyingly she gets left behind when the team returns home.

If Zala is Lorna's sister then is Zala also Magneto's daughter? Which puts a dark spin on the later events of UXM 275....

251-252 - July 89 - is Wolverine's return to the Outback village where he finds the Reavers have returned, now bolstered by the Hellfire Club Cyborgs, Lady Deathstrike and former Hellfire Club White Bishop Donald Pierce. They crucify him outside the village where the events of the four surviving X-Men's escape through the Siege Perilous is shown to Wolverine in a fevered dream before Jubilee helps his escape.

I do have to question the timing of this long running "No team of X-Men" storyline" During it X-Factor are off Earth confronting the Celestials in Judgement War, which admittedly was over quite quickly Excalibur are involved in the Cross Time Cape and the New Mutants are missing in Asgard, the last two of which went on forever.

252 is drawn by Rick Leonardi and it's his last issue for the title after 201, 212, 228, 231, 235 & 237, which makes him the most regular fill n artist over this period. I didn't like his art when I was younger but warmed to him considerably in recent years.

253 - early August 89 - is a transition issue concluding Wolverine's escape, showing Storm is alive but regressed to childhood, bringing back Forge, who dreams of her, and having a fleeing Lorna Dane rescued by Banshee. This came as a shock to me at the time as I'd not read the Marvel Comics Presents (16-23, same months as UXM 243-6) Cyclops story where Banshee gets his powers back!

By the end of this issue there's SIX main story strands going: Wolverine & Jubilee, Muir Island, the child storm, Callisto disptched to secure the remains of the mansion and Magneto, who shows up in UXM for the first time since the two teens to have an arguement with Moira. The Magneto one turns into a very slow burner, he goes off to be part of Acts of Vengeance and doesn't show up again till the last pages of 269 and then vanishes till 274! This is one of the major problems with this book, and more so the storyline as it unflolded month by month in real time, there's too much going on at the same time, too many threads to keep in your head and sometimes a gap of months between updates between even the three major threads: Wolverine/Psylocke/Jubilee, Forge/Banshee and Storm. Some elements won't even be touched until other plot threads come together.

254-255 - late August 89 and September 89, back to one per month as I go to sixth form college - is the Muir Island X-Men storyline and he debut of the updated versions of the original X-Men Uniforms.

It's an odd mishmsh of a team consisting of Dr. Moira MacTaggart, Banshee, Polaris (with her new poer set), Legion, Nightcrawler's Girlfriend Amanda Sefton & Brigadier Alysande Stuart (both Excalibur associates), Tom Corsi & Sharon Friedlander (Moira's staff, the cop and nurse turned into native American during Demon Bear) and the Morlock strongman Sunder. Got a tiny soft spot for Sunder, who was in the first issue of UXM I ever read 176. Sunder's pictured costumed up on the cover of 254 but he isn't wearing it inside ths issue though the dialogue makes it clear he should be when he's attacked here. Does he die in 254? The dialogue by the Reavers suggests he does but he does appear in the background of later issues in what's presumed by most to be an art error. More deaths in 255 as Stonewall, one of Freedom Force's old was superheroes who I never cared for, and more importantly Destiny get the chop. This later death will haunt the title and others for years to come. We also get The Shadow King starting to influence procedings, possessing F.B.I. agent Jacob Reisz and influencing Moira MacTaggert and Legion. It's confusing but I think, somehow, Polaris is responsible for bringing him to Muir island - there's been odd conflicts going on round her ever since here return in 249 - but this is never made explicit.

256-258 - October-December 89 - are the X-Men's contribution to Acts of Vengeance: Lady Mandarin drawn by the returning Jim Lee and at the time this was HUGE. Psylocke first reappears briefly in 255 where she's been found by Matsu'o Tsurayaba, who's introduced there. in 256 she's subjected to a long psychic programming session, which hints to the fate of the five missing X-Men who've gone through the Siege Perilous. This is Rogue's only appearance in the book, and Havok's last! In 257 Psylocke fights & captures Wolverine & Jubilee while in 258 she breaks her conditioning and all three escape. The Acts of Vengeance vilain swapping element is provided by Iron Man's nemesis The Mandarin.

Crucially in 257 Polaris is captured by Legion. She will remain there, writer errors aside X-Men Annual 15, till UXM 280 in July 1991 nearly 18 months in the future - See X-Men Epic 19 Mutant Genesis http://tmukhub.proboards.com/post/303011/thread

The same month as X-Men 258 is released New Mutants 86, Rob Liefield's Debut, comes

259-260 (Jan-Feb 1990) Brings back both Colossus - amneasiac in New York with Genoshan refugees Phillip Moreau & Jenny Ransome, last seen io issue 238 - and Dazzler - washed up on the beach outside Lila Cheney's house and rescued by Lila's butler Strong Guy. The Dazzler thread vanishes after 260 - she doesn't ppear again till X-Men 5 2 years later. Forge & Banshee plan to track her down when their plane is blown up by Fenris - who pop up out of nowhere having not been seen for ages and then, after another brief appearance in 268, disappear again!

The same month as X-Men 259 is released New Mutants 87, Cable's Debut, comes

261 (March 1990) Hardcase & The Harriers. Oh dear. This Claremont created team were obvious his play for a new book, having previously appeared in Wolverin 5. Think Furman's Neo Knights, a very similar situation. They're rubbish and thankfully this is their last appearance as a group even though their leader Harry Malone gets a back story cameo next issue.

This is also the last Mark Silvestri issue. Bar his first issue, 218, he'd never looked quite as good on UXM as he did when drawing X-Men vs Avengers but for the last year or so he'd been looking like he'd been runing out of steam and his run had become increasingly fractured by guest artists. This is what he had drawn:

218 1 issue
220-222 2 issues
224-227 4 issues inc 1 double sized (225)
229-230 2 issues
232-234 3 issues
236 1 issue
238-244 7 issues inc 1 double sized (242)
246-247 2 issues
249-251 3 issues
253-255 3 issues
259-261 3 issues

Him leaving eventually does the title a world of good, but there's 5 months of fill in first.

The same month he draws a fill in X-Factor, which I think had been in the drawer for a bit, and then he resurfaces in July 1990 as the penciller on Wolverine alongside Larry Hama writing. He looks more energised there and their Wolverine run is probably the best his solo title had.

262-263 (April & Early May 1990 - we're bi-weekly again now) The storline here is kicked off in 261 as Forge & Banshee witness Jean Grey being abducted in the grounds of the mansion's ruin, bringing them into conflict with the Morlocks and reuniting them with the amneasiac Colossus and the mysterious lady he's been seeing, who turns out to be a Masque altered Callisto. 262 is drawn by Kieron M. Dwyer & 263 Bill Jaaska

In the same month as X-Men 263 came out, X-Men annual 14, set between X-Men 267 & 270, is released.

264 (late May 1990) Continues the Forge/Banshee/Jean Grey thread, throwing The Beast and Charlotte Jones into the mix but returning to the Genoshan refugees Phillip Moreau & Jenny Ransome and he attempts by the Press Gang to repatriate them. The X-Factor - Forge/Banshee link will become prominent in that summer's annuals. In the background the Shadow King moves in on Val Cooper. This issues is drawn by TFUK's own Mike Collins.

265-267 (Early & Late June and Early July) are really about Storm as we return top her in Cairo Illinois where she's busy robbing villains and being perused by the Shadow King controlled F.B.I. agent Jacob Reisz. 265's opening is most odd as a previously unseen alien race the P!ndyr confront a Shi'ar Psychic threat. I in no way got the hint at the time so the eventual reveal 10 issues later in 275 was a surprise. The P!ndyr planet briefly seen here returns in 276. 265 is drawn by Bill Jaaska again, as was the early May issue) and 266 by Mike Collins (who did the late May issue) but 266 is notable for being *technically* the first appearance of Gambit. I say Technically, because he'd already been in UXM Annual 14, which follows on storywise from the next issue but printed between 264 & 265. If you're asking me, Annual 14 takes place between 269 and 270 as 270 seems to lead on from it. Gambit's not the finished article yet by a long, long way and at this stage in the game it was thought he might be a new version of the long missing Longshot. The Storm/Gambit story concludes in 267 which is the first issue drawn by new regular penciller Jim Lee.

Phew!

It's a lot of story in here, and it is a frustrating read at times but it reads far better now when you know how it ends in the next book and that you're not having to wait a month for the next bit not knowing if you're favourites would be in it or not. The active threads at the end are Wolverine/Psylocke/Jubilee, Banshee/Forge - allied with X-Factor, and Storm/Gambit. Annual 14 is the first real step to there being a real X-Men team as two of those threads come together with the third uniting a few issues later during xTinction Agenda.

It's an unusual volume because it is 20 straight issues of the main title. No crossovers, no annuals - thanks to two doses of twice a month and one of the annuals either side of these issues being published out of sequence.

The next volume, 18, isn't out yet but 19 is so we know 18 contains 268-278, all by one drawn by Jim Lee, and Annual 14, published between 264 & 265.

268 (late July 1990) is Wolverine, Psylocke & Jubilee teaming up with the Black Widow and a flashback to Wolverine in Maridpoor in WWII.

269 (August 1990) is Rogue - finally - against the Reavers, their last UXM appearance as they move onto Wolverine's solo title, then vs a separated Ms Marvel in a trip to the Savage Land which brings her into contact with Magneto.

Annual 14 - and the preceding Fantastic Four Annual 23, X-Factor Annual 5 & NM Annual 6 make up Days of Future Present where Storm & Gambit come into contact with Banshee & Forge. Finally a proper X-Men Team!

270-272 (September-November 1990) - and New Mutants 95-97 & X-Factor 60-62 - make up Xtinction Agenda, settling the Genosha issue, revealing Havok and bringing Storm's group into contact with Wolverine's

273 (December 1990) is a fab multi artist moving the pieces round issue which settles the X-Men's status quo

274 (January 1991) is more Rogue & Magneto in The Savage land, which continues into the next issue

275 (February 1991) double sized continuing the Savage Land story and featuring an event which confirms Magneto's return to villain hood and also looks very disturbing in retrospect. The X-Men meanwhile are in Shiar space and reunited with Professor X.... Or are they?

276-7 (March & April 1991) resolve the X-Men space story.

For me this run of issues - 269-277 - is the best the X-Men had been for a long while, good stories as the team comes back together and long running separate stories combine, all accompanied by great art. I so hope we get that volume in 2020 (But I also want v6 which will be 111- to something like 128 + Annual 3 and v11 - something like 177-188, Annual 7, Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 1-6)

Books Etc's Search is Bust!

Books Etc's Search is Bust!

The search at my favourite books retailer Books Etc isn't displaying all the results it should be. So here's a nice list of all the Epics due through to the start of September. After that the books aren't on the site yet....and may not be as Books Etc is moving to a new site as you'll see from the banner on the current one.

03 May 2022 Incredible Hulk Epic 13 Crossroads

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302934491
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37509981/incredible-hulk-epic-collection-crossroads-9781302934491

03 May 2022 Ghost Rider Epic 1 Hell on Wheels

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302946111
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37510680/ghost-rider-epic-collection-hell-on-wheels-9781302946111

10 May 2022 She-Hulk Epic 3 Breaking the Fourth Wall

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302945916
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/38150055/she-hulk-epic-collection-breaking-the-fourth-wall-9781302945916

10 May 2022 REPRINT Epic Avengers 22 Operation: Galactic Storm

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302946869
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/38051058/avengers-epic-collection-operation-galactic-storm-9781302946869

07 Jun 2022 Iron Man Epic 5 Battle Royal

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302933616
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37014471/iron-man-epic-collection-battle-royal-9781302933616

21 Jun 2022 X-Factor Epic 9 Afterlives

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302934514
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37014327/x-factor-epic-collection-afterlives-9781302934514

21 Jun 2022 Silver Surfer Epic 4 Parable

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302932329
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37014303/silver-surfer-epic-collection-parable-9781302932329

21 Jun 2022 REPRINT Epic Wolverine 1 Madripoor Nights

https://www.booksetc.co.uk/books/view/-9781302946876
New Site: https://www.books-etc.com/p/37016151/wolverine-epic-collection-madripoor-nights-9781302946876

28 Jun 2022 Star Wars Legends: Tales of the Jedi Epic 2

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19 Jul 2022 Amazing Spider-Man Epic 8 Man Wolf at Midnight

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19 Jul 2022 New Mutants Epic 8 The End of the Beginning

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02 Aug 2022 Wolverine Epic 9 Tooth & Claw

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02 Aug 2022 Avengers Epic 8 Kang War

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09 Aug 2022 Star Wars Legends: The Clone Wars Epic 4

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09 Aug 2022 Captain America Epic 11 Sturm Und Drang

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06 Sep 2022 King Conan Chronicles Epic 1 Phantoms and Phoenixes

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04 Oct 2022 Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Epic 6

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18 Oct 2022 Incredible Hulk Epic 7 And Now … The Wolverine!

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25 Oct 2022 Power Man & Iron Fist Epic 4 Hardball

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25 Oct 2022 Deadpool Epic 2 Mission Improbable

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01 Nov 2022 Daredevil Epic 12 It Comes With Claws

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15 Nov 2022 Iron Man Epic 18 The Return of Tony Stark

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18 Oct 2022 Thor Epic 21 Blood and Thunder

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29 Nov 2022 Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Epic 5

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06 Dec 2022 X-Men Epic 21 The X-Cutioner's Song

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20 Dec 2022 Amazing Spider-Man Epic 24 Invasion of the Spider-Slayers

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27 Dec 2022 Defenders Epic 1 Day of the Defenders

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03 Jan 2023 Silver Surfer Epic 5 The Return of Thanos

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Updated 25th August 2022