Marvel Universe
Self-Contained Stories
Dive into comics with some of these self-contained starter stories perfect for new fans and classic readers!Self-Contained Stories
Nextwave: Agents Of H.a.t.e. (2006) #1
RRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) put NEXTWAVE together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NEXTWAVE discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond© are terrorist cells themselves and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry. So they make things explode. Lots of things. Starring Monica Rambeau (formerly Captain Marvel and Photon), Aaron Stack (Machine Man), Tabitha Smith (X-Force's Meltdown), monster-hunter Elsa Bloodstone and The Captain! Guest-starring Fin Fang Foom!!! If you like anything, you will LOVE NEXTWAVE!!! BOOM!!32 PGS./ PARENTAL ADVISORY ...$2.99
Runaways (2003) #1
Featured Characters: Alex Wilder, RunawaysVision (2015) #1
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? He goes to the laboratory where he was created, where Ultron molded him into a weapon, where he first rebelled against his given destiny, where he first imagined that he could be more, that he could be good, that he could be a man, a normal, ordinary man. And he builds them. A wife, Virginia. Two teenage twins, Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have his powers. They share his grandest ambition or perhaps obsession: the unrelenting need to be ordinary. Behold The Visions! They're the family next door, and they have the power to kill us all. What could possibly go wrong?Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989)
Doctor Doom and Doctor Strange enter Mephisto's realm in an all-out effort to free the soul of Doctor Doom's mother! But what price must be paid before Mephisto will release it? And will Doctor Doom make the sacrifice?Rocket (2017) #1
GET READY FOR A LIFE OF SPACECRIME! It's a dirty universe out there, even when you're not regularly mistaken for trash-foraging vermin. And it's about to get dirtier. He thought his paws were clean, that he was on the up-and-up. But then an old flame swam back into his life, and he was back in the game... the heist game. If you need a safe cracked, a vault busted or a score taken...ask for Rocket. Just don't call him a raccoon.Mockingbird (2016) #1
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Now in her own ongoing series! Bobbi Morse is Mockingbird, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most versatile, most in-demand agent! But a string of missions gone wrong indicate that something strange is lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own medical and recovery network. How far will Mockingbird have to go in order to solve this puzzle box and get to the truth? Bestselling author Chelsea Cain teams with newcomer Kate Niemczyk.Black Bolt (2017) #1
THE KING OF THE INHUMANS' FIRST SOLO SERIES! Black Bolt imprisoned! But by who? And where exactly? The answers to both will shock you! But to learn those answers, Black Bolt must first win a fight to the death with a fellow inmate - The Absorbing Man! Award-winning science fiction writer Saladin Ahmed (Throne of the Crescent Moon) crafts a story as trippy as it is action-packed, with truly mind-bending art from the one and only Christian Ward!Daredevil (1964) #226
Someone has captured Betsy Beatty and is trying to force the Gladiator back into a life of crime.Elektra (2014) #1
Witness the beautifully violent return of the world's deadliest assassin. A life spent in silent pain has led Elektra to the precipice of despair. As she prepares to shed her past and take her next step, everything you know about her will change! Death is no escape, but she will find her way as a new option opens up that will take Elektra to places no other Marvel character can go.Doctor Strange: The Oath (2006) #1
Doctor Stephen Strange embarks on the most important paranormal investigation of his career, as he sets out to solve an attempted murder... his own! And with his most trusted friend also at death's door, Strange turns to an unexpected corner of the Marvel Universe to recruit a new ally. Eisner Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, Y: The Last Man) and red-hot artist Marcos Martin (Captain America, Batgirl: Year One) join forces for an adventure that will take the Sorcerer Supreme from the underworld of New York City to the deadliest dimensions on the outskirts of reality.This limited series will firmly establish Doctor Strange in the current Marvel Universe as well as setting him up to join a surprising new team!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
Punisher (2000) #1
Frank Castle has gone back to basics. Back in New York, back from the dead and back doing what he does best: exterminating bad guys and waging his personal war on crime. The Punisher is here to clean up the mean streets of New York City.Loki (2004) #1
The First Issue of the critically acclaimed series that tells Thor and Loki's origin from Loki's viewpoint. Meet Loki - the mirthful, beloved young man that made all the Asgardians laugh...until the first time he killed. Discover the gnarled roots of his twisted, unrelenting hatred of the Asgardians and his brother Thor. And learn why he'll never be stopped…Hawkeye (2012) #1
- The breakout star of this summer’s blockbuster AVENGERS film and self-made hero Hawkeye fights for justice!
- With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he’s out to prove himself as one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!
- Matt Fraction & David Aja (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) reunite to tell the on-going tales of the Arrow-Avenger!
Startling Stories: Fantastic Four - Unstable Molecules (2003) #1
In 1961, the first issue of FANTASTIC FOUR was drawn and written by the brilliant team of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, and set a new standard for heroic adventure comics. Few people realize that the Fantastic Four -- a family of sci-fi adventurers gifted with amazing powers -- was actually based on the lives of real people. As often is the case, real life was as astonishing as fiction!The Superior Foes Of Spider-Man (2013) #1
BRAND NEW ON-GOING! Boomerang and some of Spidey's deadliest baddies prove that with terrible powers come terrible responsibilities! Rising Star Nick Spencer teams with Eisner Award winning sensation Steve Lieber for a walk on the Spider-Verse's evil side!Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe (2012) #1
- What if everthing you thought was funny about Deadpool...was actually just disturbing? - What if he decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? - What if he actually pulled it off? Would that be FUN for you? - The Merc with a Mouth takes a turn for the twisted in a weekly horror comic like no other...Thor: God Of Thunder (2012) #1
Marvel Now! begins for the God of Thunder! The gods are vanishing, leading Thor on a bloody trail that threatens to consume his past, present and future. To save these worlds, Thor must unravel the gruesome mystery of the God Butcher!Web Of Spider-Man (1985) #31
Kraven battles a beast and beheads it with his bare hands. He digs a grave and goes to a coffin, realizing that he "must die soon," and picks up a replica of Spider-Man's costume...Silver Surfer: Parable (1988)
Galactus has converted humanity into his followers, and he's leading them to their doom! His only challenger is the hero he himself trapped on Earth: the Silver Surfer! It's a war for Earth's worship, but how much will be left when it's over? Collecting SILVER SURFER: PARABLE #1-2.Jessica Jones: Mdo Digital Comic (2018) #1
Issue #1: BLIND SPOT Part 1& 2! Jessica Jones was once the costumed super hero known as Jewel. She sucked at it. Now she’s a private investigator at her own firm, Alias Investigations. She sucks less at that. With the Purple Man gone, her relationship with her husband, Luke Cage, and their daughter, Danielle, is better than ever. But her past always comes knocking, and when a woman whose case she fumbled winds up dead on her office floor, Jessica goes from private investigator to prime suspect. Can she find the real killer and clear her name? A DOUBLE-SIZED Marvel Digital Original you don't want to miss!Man-Thing (1974) #1
While guarding the Nexus of All Realties, Marvel’s resident muck-man encounters an overeager duck from Duckworld, and Korrek the Barbarian! Will this unlikely trio be able to save the time stream from the likes of Thog the Nether-Spawn?Inhumans (1998) #1
Trouble is brewing in the city of Attilan and King Black Bolt isn't helping matters.Marvel 1602 (2003) #1
The start of a whole new Marvel Universe begins here! It's the Marvel Universe in the year 1602.X-Factor (2005) #1
In the fallout from HOUSE OF M and following last year's surprise hit film-noir series--MADROX, a new mutant team is forged! X-FACTOR is an investigative mutant agency including Madrox-the Multiple Man, Guido-the Strong Guy, Wolfsbane-the shape-shifter, Siryn-the chorus girl, Rictor-the living earthquake, and GENERATION X's Monet-the pompous witch. Drawn together in the heart of District X, this rag-tag band of heroes has a lot of answers to find, and fast!BONUS: A key player from HOUSE OF M will play a major roll in X-FACTOR! (No, it's not Wolverine-sigh)
She-Hulk (2014) #1
JENNIFER WALTERS IS…THE SHE-HULK! A stalwart Avenger, valued member of the FF, savior of the world on more than one occasion, she's also a killer attorney with a pile of degrees and professional respect. A 7-foot-tall drink of cool, emerald water, she's tough enough to knock out Galactus with one punch (possibly?) and has a heart bigger than the moon. But juggling cases and kicking bad guy butt is starting to be a little more complicated than she anticipated. With a new practice, a new paralegal and a mounting number of super villains she's racking up as personal enemies, She Hulk might have bitten off a little more than she can chew…but she just calls that that Tuesday.Ultimates (2002) #1
The first issue of THE ULTIMATES! SUPER-HUMAN PART 1. It's Captain America like you've never seen him before! See the Sentinel of Liberty imagined in a whole new light during one of the biggest battles of World War Two!Hulk (1999) #92
The First Appearance of the planet Sakaar, also known as Planet Hulk! Savage alien planet. Oppressed barbarian tribes. Corrupt emperor. Deadly woman warrior. Gladiators and slaves. Battle axes and hand blasters. Monsters and heroes...and the Incredible Hulk! Let the smashing commence! The epic Planet Hulk story starts here!X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills - Special Edition (1982)
The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides... in the name of God.Avengers Academy (2010) #1
Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them.