MARVEL SPECIAL EDITIONS (1983-85) During the 1980's, Marvel started reprinting titles on high-quality Baxter paper. I call them all "Special Editions". The overall reprint quality is excellent and they're still relatively inexpensive. I highly recommend them. Captain America Special Edition #1 (2/1984) (Steranko) Reprint: Captain America #110-111 Reprint: Tower of Shadows #1 ("At the Stroke of Midnight") Captain America Special Edition #2 (3/1984) (Steranko) Reprint: Captain America #113 Reprint: Not Brand Ecch #11 (SHIELD parody) Reprint: Strange Tales #159 (SHIELD w/ Captain America) (incorrect citation) Reprint: Our Love Story #5 ("My Heart Broke in Hollywood") Doctor Strange Classics #1 (3/1984) (Ditko) Reprint: Strange Tales #130-132 3 pin-ups by Kevin Nowlan, Jay Muth, and Carl Potts Doctor Strange Classics #2 (4/1984) (Ditko) Reprint: Strange Tales #133-135 3 pin-ups by Tony Salmons, Al Milgrom, Dan Green Doctor Strange Classics #3 (5/1984) (Ditko) Reprint: Strange Tales #136-138 3 pin-ups by Arthur Adams, Bill Sienkiewicz, Craig Russell Doctor Strange Classics #4 (6/1984) (Ditko) Reprint: Strange Tales #139-141 (-1 pg from #141: panels 4-9 of 9, panels 3-5 of 10; last panel of 10 redrawn to cover bomb in brazier) 3 pin-ups by Michael Golden, Arthur Adams, Steve Leialoha Doctor Strange/Silver Dagger Special Edition #1 (3/1983) (Brunner) Reprint: Doctor Strange #1-2, 4-5 Note: This was reprinted in the Dr. Strange: A Separate Reality TPB (2002). Elektra Saga #1 (2/1984) (Miller/Janson) Reprint: Daredevil #168, 190 Reprint: Bizarre Adventures #28 Elektra Saga #2 (3/1984) (Miller/Janson) Reprint: Daredevil #174-176 Elektra Saga #3 (4/1984) (Miller/Janson) Reprint: Daredevil #177-181 Elektra Saga #4 (5/1984) (Miller/Janson) Reprint: Daredevil #182, 187-190 Note: These reprints were not complete. Only Elektra stories were excerpted. New material was added and the stories were reworked for coherence. This series was reprinted in the Elektra: The Complete Saga TPB (1989) and Elektra Megazine. Fantastic Four Special Edition #1 (5/1984) (Kirby) Reprint: Fantastic Four Annual #1 (1st story) New 5 pgs of individual pinups featuring FF and Sub-Mariner (Byrne) Pg 18 of annual replaced with 5 pg expanded retelling (Byrne) Kree-Skrull War Special Edition #1 (9/1983) (N. Adams, J. Buscema) New 7 pg prologue summarizing Avengers #89-92 (W. Simonson) Reprint: Avengers #93-94 Kree-Skrull War Special Edition #2 (10/1983) (N. Adams, J. Buscema) Reprint: Avengers #95-97 Note: This series was reprinted in the Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War TPB (2000) without the new prologue. Life of Captain Marvel #1 (8/1985) (Starlin) Reprint: Iron Man #55 Reprint: Captain Marvel #25 Reprint: Captain Marvel #26 (1st part) Life of Captain Marvel #2 (9/1985) (Starlin) Reprint: Captain Marvel #26 (2nd part) Reprint: Captain Marvel #27 Reprint: Captain Marvel #28 (1st part) Life of Captain Marvel #3 (10/1985) (Starlin) Reprint: Captain Marvel #28 (2nd part) Reprint: Captain Marvel #29-30 Reprint: Marvel Feature #12 (1st part) Life of Captain Marvel #4 (11/1985) (Starlin) Reprint: Marvel Feature #12 (2nd part) Reprint: Captain Marvel #31 Reprint: Captain Marvel #32 (1st part) Life of Captain Marvel #5 (12/1985) (Starlin) Reprint: Captain Marvel #32 (2nd part) Reprint: Captain Marvel #33-34 Note: This series was reprinted in The Life of Captain Marvel TPB (1990) and The Life and Death of Captain Marvel TPB (2002). Micronauts Special Edition #1 (12/1983) (Golden) Reprint: Micronauts #1-2 Reprint: Micronauts #3 (1st part) Micronauts Special Edition #2 (1/1984) (Golden) Reprint: Micronauts #3 (2nd part) Reprint: Micronauts #4-5 Micronauts Special Edition #3 (2/1984) (Golden) Reprint: Micronauts #6-7 Reprint: Micronauts #8 (1st part) Micronauts Special Edition #4 (3/1984) (Golden) Reprint: Micronauts #8 (2nd part) Reprint: Micronauts #9-10 Micronauts Special Edition #5 (4/1984) (Golden) Reprint: Micronauts #11-12 Reprint: Micronauts #23 (4 pgs) Reprint: Micronauts #25 (6 pgs) Moon Knight Special Edition #1 (11/1983) (Sienkiewicz) Reprint: The Hulk! #13-14 (magazine) New Portfolio of Moon Knight and Supporting Cast (7 pgs) Moon Knight Special Edition #2 (12/1983) Reprint: The Hulk! #15, 17-18 (magazine) Moon Knight Special Edition #3 (1/1984) Reprint: The Hulk! #20 (magazine) Reprint: Marvel Preview #21 (magazine) Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #1 (12/1983) (Steranko) Reprint: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #1-2 with covers Reprint: Strange Tales #168 (1st part, 6 pgs) Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #2 (1/1984) (Steranko) Reprint: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #3, 5 Reprint: Strange Tales #168 (2nd part, 6 pgs) Reprint: Nick Fury page from Marvel Universe #8 Reprint: Miniature covers of Strange Tales #157, 159, 161, 165, 167 and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #4 Front cover reprints Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #6 cover Back cover reprints Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #7 cover Note: This series was reprinted in the Nick Fury: Who Is Scorpio? TPB (2000) without the Strange Tales reprint. Phoenix: The Untold Story #1 (4/1984) (Byrne) Reprint: Uncanny X-Men #137 with unpublished original ending replacing published ending (6 pgs) Note: There are numerous dialogue and caption changes. Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1 (1983) (Thomas/B.W. Smith) Reprint: Savage Tales #2 ("Red Nails", 21 pgs) Reprint: Savage Tales #3 ("The Lurker From The Catacombs", 25 pgs) Reprint: Savage Tales #3 ("He Comes From The Dark", 12 pgs) Reprint: Savage Tales #2 ("Cimmeria", 5 pgs) Spider-Man and Daredevil Special Edition #1 (3/1984) (Miller) Reprint: Spectacular Spider-Man #26-28 Starlord Special Edition #1 (2/1982) (Byrne/Austin) Reprint: Marvel Preview #11 (magazine) Warlock Special Edition #1 (12/1982) (Starlin) Reprint: Strange Tales #178-179 Reprint: Strange Tales #180 (1st part) Warlock Special Edition #2 (1/1983) (Starlin) Reprint: Strange Tales #180 (2nd part) Reprint: Strange Tales #181 Reprint: Warlock #9 Warlock Special Edition #3 (2/1983) (Starlin) Reprint: Warlock #10-11 Reprint: Warlock #12 (1st part) Warlock Special Edition #4 (3/1983) (Starlin) Reprint: Warlock #12 (2nd part) Reprint: Warlock #13-14 Reprint: Warlock #15 (1st part) Warlock Special Edition #5 (4/1983) (Starlin) Reprint: Warlock #15 (2nd part) Reprint: Marvel Team-Up #55 (Byrne) (last 2 panels redrawn to erase appearance of silver egg; Marvel Team-Up Index #3 states the silver egg did not appear again, but this is not true. The silver egg appeared next in Iron Man #109, also written by Bill Mantlo. It was a dimensional gateway for the Colonizers of Rigel. They planned to conquer Earth but were defeated by Iron Man, Jack of Hearts, the Soviet Super-Soldiers, and the Knights of Wundagore.) Reprint: Avengers Annual #7 (1st part) Warlock Special Edition #6 (5/1983) (Starlin) Reprint: Avengers Annual #7 (2nd part) Reprint: Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 Note: This series was reprinted again in 1992, May through October, on lesser-quality paper. X-Men Classics #1 (12/1983) (N. Adams) New splash page summarizing X-Men #54-56 (Zeck) Reprint: X-Men #57-58 Reprint: X-Men #59 (1st part) X-Men Classics #2 (1/1984) (N. Adams) New splash page summarizing X-Men #57-59 (Zeck) Reprint: X-Men #59 (2nd part) Reprint: X-Men #60 Reprint: X-Men #61 (1st part) X-Men Classics #3 (2/1984) (N. Adams) New splash page summarizing X-Men #59-61 (Zeck) Reprint: X-Men #61 (2nd part) Reprint: X-Men #62-63 Note: This series was reprinted in the X-Men Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection TPB (1996) without the new splash pages. X-Men Special Edition #1 (2/1983) (Cockrum) Reprint: Giant-Size X-Men #1, new 10 pg Illyana/Kitty story updated 8/22/2006