David Michelinie

The Marvel Universe has always reflected the world outside your window - from the moment Captain America charged into battle in World War II, to the present day Marvel's characters face relevant and real-life issues alongside their extraordinary adventures - from grappling with alcoholism, to participating in politics, to celebrating diversity and everything in between These powerful stories from Marvel's 80-year history feature iconic heroes tackling heavy-hitting subjects, including drug abuse, teen suicide, HIV, terrorism, school shootings and more. COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 97, HOWARD THE DUCK (1976) 8, IRON MAN (1968) 128, NEW MUTANTS (1983) 45, ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) 106, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 303, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 420, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) 36, CAPTAIN AMERICA (2002) 1, ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 51, MS. MARVEL (2015) 13, CHAMPIONS (2016) 24; & MATERIAL FROM CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS 2 AND AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) 583

Carol Danvers has one of comics' most richly varied careers - both in and out of costume She's been a U.S. Air Force pilot, an undercover agent and a NASA security chief - but after meeting Kree warrior Mar-Vell, Carol gained incredible powers of her own, becoming Ms. Marvel She soon joined the Avengers but later took to outer space as the cosmic Binary Years later, a new name -Warbird - accompanied Carol's return to Earth's Mightiest Heroes and her later position as a government-appointed agent. But at last, Carol Danvers hasembraced her legacy - and now flies higher and faster as Captain Marvel COLLECTING: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) 13; MS. MARVEL (1977) 1, 19; AVENGERS (1963) 183-184; UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 164; LOGAN: SHADOW SOCIETY (1996) 1; AVENGERS (1998) 4; IRON MAN (1998) 85; MS. MARVEL (2006) 32-33; CAPTAIN MARVEL (2012) 1

It's the middle decades of the 21st century. After a lifetime fighting crime, corporate evil and super-powered villainy as Iron Man, industrialist and inventor Tony Stark faces his biggest challenge ever: building the legacy he will leave humankind after he's gone. But when his world-changing project comes under attack, Tony must fight espionage and super-villainy once more... perhaps for the final time. The legendary Iron Man creative team of David Michelinie and Bob Layton teams with penciler Bernard Chang to tell the fi nal story of Iron Man's life Collects IRON MAN: THE END, TALES OF SUSPENSE #39 (REMASTERED), IRON MAN #144 (REMASTERED), and IRON MAN #116 &#244.

The most important technological breakthrough of the century might also be its most dangerous. After years of trial and error, multinational conglomerate Omen Enterprises has finally perfected a cybernetic brain implant that will change the face of modern warfare forever. With a legion of ex-soldiers at their disposal, Omen is building the private army of the future — a squadron of enhanced commandos that calls itself the H.A.R.D. Corps! But even with the powers of flight, telekinesis, and mind control at their command, not everyone is willing to volunteer for service...but Omen has ways of making you fight for a paycheck.Collected for the very first time — the debut adventures of the H.A.R.D. Corps in the original Valiant Universe by legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), David Michelinie (Amazing Spider-Man), Bernard Chang (Green Lantern Corps), and more! Collecting Harbinger (1992) #10-11 and H.A.R.D. Corps (1993) #1-6 for the first time anywhere, complete with process art, sketches, and rarely seen back-up material from the depths of the Valiant vault.