Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 [Hardcover]

Stan Lee (Author), Larry Lieber (Author), Robert Bernstein (Author), Don Rico (Author), Al Hartley (Author), Roy Thomas (Author), Flo Steinberg (Author), Don Heck (Illustrator), Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

Iron Man's first few years of activity took him through three sets of armor and his first several showdowns with such archenemies as the Mandarin and the Titanium Man - plus confrontations with major menaces like the Chameleon, Count Nefaria, and the Mad Thinker! Dictatorships across the world, beneath the sea, under the earth, and through time itself fall before the Armored Avenger's awesome array of apparatus! Guest-starring Captain America, the X-Men's Angel and more! Featuring the introductions of Iron Man's most infamous foes-turned-friends, the Black Widow and Hawkeye! Collects Tales of Suspense #39-83 and Tales to Astonish #82

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (May 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785129006
• ISBN-13: 978-0785129004
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.7 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,284,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stan Lee is a visionary, August 4, 2009

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This review is from: Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

I thought these older beginning collections might be old dated and boring, but I was wrong! Stan Lee is a brilliant writer and I've absolutely enjoyed these omnibus editions more than I would've guessed! These Stan Lee scripted foundations of the marvel universe may have been the best written of any comics that followed in some ways, with Stan constantly inventing and innovating.

Please, Marvel release full runs of all the classic series in omnibus form, they are fantastic.

My only concern with Marvel Omnibus editions is the binding, although the main series like Iron Man, Spider Man, Hulk and FF seem strong and the glue holds, others like Tomb of Dracula have bindings coming unglued. I am constantly checking the binding and the Secret Wars II has some bits also coming loose. If Marvel gets the binding quality up these are amazing books to own and I love them and hope for a large collection of runs with these. Highly recommended to comics/ Marvel lovahz

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great way to read old Marvel, July 15, 2009

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Shasta (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

I'm in my mid 20s so I obviously never got to read these stories as they came out. I love the stories marvel has been producing in recent years but have a great interest in reading the earlier issues.

Marvel Omnibus is definately the way to go. This Iron Man book looks beautiful, the colors are vibrant and the pages are much larger than your average comic, giving you an awesome reading experience.

Yes, even with the amazon discounted price, 62.99 is a hefty price to pay for a book. However, the content is excellent, much more fun to read than I originally would've thought, and it's way cheaper than buying the previously released marvel masterworks which I believe retail for $50 a piece and only give you maybe a 1/3 of what's in this massive book.

I will definately be getting Marvel Omnibus' (or is it Omnibi, I dunno) of all my favorite marvel characters if they keep producing them at this quality.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection! But here we go again?, June 22, 2008

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Pigumon (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iron Man Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

This book gets 4 stars, but Marvel gets 2 stars for releasing another collection that may not continue.

Here is yet another collection of the first issues of Iron Man by Marvel Comics. If you've seen the MARVEL MASTERWORKS Iron Man series, then you've already had a taste of what's in here.

This contains the first appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39, but re-colored today, very generically, not matching the coloring of the original issues. So it's not really an exact reproduction, but it's still pretty good.

It is very nice to see so many issues represented in such a lush volume, but as I said before, they did this with the Marvel Masterworks series and then discontinued it, well in fact, they re-released the SAME TWO volumes about 5 years after the initial release. They did this with the Marvel Essential Iron Man as well; printed two volumes, then reprinted the same two and discontinued the series.

Are we to get the same treatment with this new Omnibus series? Although this covers a good 45 issues of Iron Man's earliest exploits, there is much, much more to read about, and I hope Marvel will no drop the ball once again.

Marvel's marketing choices aside, this is a VERY nice intro to Iron Man, for new and old fans alike. This effectively doubles the amount of full-color reprints of Tales of Suspense, so even Masterworks owners may want to get this.