Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 25

Industry legend Roger Stern’s beloved run on the Avengers continues, highlighted by the return of all-time great Avengers art team of John Buscema and Tom Palmer!

Roger Stern’s Avengers run is one of the high points in the history of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and its ceiling gets raised when the art team of John Buscema and Tom Palmer arrive! Massive changes are in store for the Avengers in the aftermath of the Vision’s attempt at global control. He and the Scarlet Witch leave the team, while in outer space Captain Marvel encounters Nebula, the granddaughter of Thanos, who has designs on conquering the Skrull Empire. Wasp comes into her own as the team’s leader, Terminus ravages the Savage Land, Black Knight and Namor join the Avengers, and a hero long thought dead is resurrected! Also featuring the Emperor Doom graphic novel by David Micheline and Bob Hall.

COLLECTING: THE AVENGERS (1963) #255-263 & ANNUAL (1967) #14, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL (1982) #27 - EMPEROR DOOM and FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #286.

Roger Stern enjoyed well-regarded runs on Amazing Spider-Man, in which he introduced Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) and the Hobgoblin; Avengers; and Captain America. He launched West Coast Avengers and wrote numerous tie-in miniseries starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. At DC, he relaunched Atom and co-created Starman (Will Payton) before participating in one of comics’ most shocking events: the 1992 ＂Death of Superman.＂ He later returned to Marvel to write Amazing Spider-Man and related titles.

John Buscema (1927-2002) literally wrote the book on being a Marvel artist -- namely, How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way -- and few were better qualified. His career dated back to the Timely/Atlas era of the late ’40s and early ’50s. Soon after beginning the Marvel Age of Comics, Stan Lee recruited Buscema from the advertising field to the Marvel Bullpen. Buscema followed a long run on Avengers with the long-anticipated first Silver Surfer series. He subsequently succeeded Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four, Thor and other titles. By the time of his retirement in 1996, Buscema had penciled nearly every Marvel title -- including his personal favorite, Conan the Barbarian.

Tom Palmer has worked as an illustrator in the advertising and editorial fields but has spent the majority of his career in comic books. His first assignment, fresh out of art school, was on Doctor Strange. He has since gone on to lend his inking talents to many of Marvel’s top titles including X-Men, Avengers, Tomb of Dracula, Punisher, Hulk and Ghost Rider. He lives and works in New Jersey.