Breakdowns, the legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Maus, presents the seminal works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today. Innovative, serious, funny, and many decades ahead of its time, the book is presented here in its entirety . . along with an introduction almost as long as the book it introduces that’s as autobiographically intimate and experimentally daring as everything else in Breakdowns.

The best character ever is back in her own series and about to glam up the whole Marvel Universe! Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk, is no longer savage - and now she needs to put her life back together. She's got a legal career to rebuild, friends to reacquaint herself with (and maybe represent in a court of law), and enemies to... well, she may not want to connect with them, but they are definitely going to connect with her. And Jen is about to be sent down a road she's never traveled - one that will shake up her life... and possibly the whole Marvel Universe! Collecting: She-Hulk (2022) #1-5

Welcome to New York City. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly coloured costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour the planet. Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of the proverbial man in the street Daily Bugle photographer Phil Sheldon in this one of the comic-book industry's all-time bestselling, critically acclaimed and fan-favourite titles. Collecting: Marvels (1994) #0, 1-4 & Marvels: Epilogue (2019) #1

A mysterious new group of teen super heroes appears. But who are they? Where did they come from? And what right do they have to call themselves the Young Avengers? The Young Avengers meet a familiar-looking teenage super human who just may be the key to their uncovering the truth about Wiccan's parentage and secret origin. Meanwhile, Hulkling's quest to discover the exact nature of his tie to the Avengers is interrupted when the Young Avengers finds themselves at war with one of the oldest and most powerful alien races in the Marvel Universe. Collecting: Young Avengers (2005) 1-12 and Young Avengers Special (2005) 1

There's a new rule in the galaxy: no one touches Earth! Whay has Earth become the most important planet in the galaxy? That's what the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to find out! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel Universe: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and Iron Man, as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening adventures ever! Collecting: Guardians of The Galaxy (2013) 0.1, 1-10 and Guardians of The Galaxy: Tomorrow s Avengers (2013) 1

Years before he wrote his National Book Award–winning novel Middle Passage, Charles Johnson created these sidesplitting and subversive gag comics about Black life in America, now collected for the first time in nearly half a century. Before Charles Johnson found fame as a novelist and won the National Book Award for Middle Passage in 1991, he was a cartoonist, and a very good one. Taught via correspondence course by the comics editor Lawrence Lariar, mentored by the New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti, and inspired by the call of the poet Amiri Baraka to celebrate and depict Black life in America, Johnson crafted some of the fiercest and funniest cartoons of the twentieth century. Reimagining the gag comic as a powerful and incendiary tool, Johnson tackled America’s mid-century afflictions—segregation, inner-city poverty, police brutality, and white supremacy—by craftily subverting stale gag tropes. He populated them with bullet-dodging Black Panthers, doubt-filled Klansmen, militant babies, selfserving politicians, and complacent suburban liberals. This collection, Johnson’s first in nearly fifty years, brings together work from across his career: college newspaper gags, selections from his books Black Humor and Half-Past Nation Time, his unpublished manuscript Lumps in the Melting Pot, and uncollected pieces. Taken together, this volume reveals Johnson as long overdue for appreciation as a cartoonist of the first order.

Meet Bungleton Green—an anti-racist time traveler and the first-ever Black superhero, created more than a decade before characters such as Black Panther and Falcon. In 1942, almost a year after America entered the Second World War, Jay Jackson—a former railroad worker and sign painter, now working as a cartoonist and illustrator for the legendary Black newspaper the Chicago Defender—did something unexpected. He took the Defender’s stale and long-running gag strip Bungleton Green and remade it into a gripping, anti-racist science-fiction adventure comic. He teamed the bum- bling Green with a crew of Black teens called the Mystic Commandos, and together they battled the enemies of America and racial equality in the past, present, and future. Nazis, segregationist senators, Benedict Arnold, fifth columnists, eighteenth- century American slave traders, evil scientists, and a nation of racist Green Men all faced off against the Mystic Commandos and Green, who in the strip’s run would be transformed by Jackson into the first-ever Black superhero. Never before collected or republished, Jackson’s stories are packed with jaw-dropping twists and breathtaking action, and present a radical vision of a brighter American future.

The Illuminati will see you now! They are an elite group of the planet's most powerful and influential heroes, who meet in secret to guide Earth through its greatest crises. Nobody knows they exist - and that's the way they want it! Join Iron Man, Professor X, Black Bolt, the Sub-Mariner and Mister Fantastic as they take on the threats no one else can handle - and learn hidden secrets that will forever alter the way they (and you) look at the Marvel Universe! From the Kree/Skrull War and the coming of the Beyonder to a secret investigation of the Infinity Gems, this shadowy cabal has been manipulating events behind the scenes for years. But as the Skrulls' Secret Invasion looms, can the isolated Illuminati keep themselves from fracturing under the pressure of paranoia? Collecting NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI (2006) #1 and NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI (2007) #1-5.

Murder and mayhem in the Reign of X! The Scarlet Witch has been murdered - and as X-Factor investigates the shocking crime, all clues point to Magneto! Meanwhile, the fallout from the Hellfire Gala continues for S.W.O.R.D. as Doctor Doom sticks around for a meeting of monarchs with matters of galactic import to discuss - including the Last Annihilation! The New Mutants are reeling from their own devastating loss as a great evil continues to cast its shadow. And when new problems present themselves in Ireland, the Marauders bring in Banshee for some assistance - and he'll soon be screaming into battle! Collecting X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO #1-2, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #7, NEW MUTANTS (2019) #20-21 and MARAUDERS (2019) #23.

The Empire strikes back! As the Rebellion expands, Darth Vader is closer than ever to locating Luke Skywalker. Luke and Leia find themselves on a mysterious world holding an ancient Jedi relic that could change their destinies forever, but Vader has his own plans for it — and for them! Then, Han Solo and Chewbacca join Luke and Leia for a daring heist whose success may depend on the Rebellion’s newest recruits. And when the Empire assaults the rebels’ base on Hoth, Luke is sent in an unexpected new direction — leading him to Yoda, and to a terrible truth about his father! COLLECTING: Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1995) 1-4, Star Wars: Shadow Stalker (1997) 1, Star Wars: Rebel Heist (2014) 1-4, Star Wars: A Valentine Story (2003) 1, Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1994) 1-2, Star Wars: Tag and Bink Are Dead (2001) 2; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) 4-6, 15-17, 20

The end of everything that ever was — or ever will be! But as oblivion approaches, will Victor Von Doom be the hero of Earth? The last time the Cormorant appeared, he destroyed the Baxter Building and the Latverian Embassy, completely overpowered the Fantastic Four, and left without anyone so much as laying a hand on him. Now, for the sake of the universe, Doctor Doom must face him alone. And soon the final battle of the Reckoning War will be fought! At the Apex of the All Reality, the fate of the Marvel Universe will be decided. And no matter who wins, nothing will ever be the same again! This is not hyperbole. This is happening. There will be consequences. For the FF, their extended family and everybody else! COLLECTING: Fantastic Four (2018) 43-46

Tragic endings and new beginnings in the Reign of X! X-Factor face an eventful night at the Hellfire Gala as secrets are revealed — and a fatal discovery is made. The morning after, Nightcrawler deals with the hangover and tries to root out the evil working to destroy Krakoa! But did any of the Children of the Atom make it to the biggest party of the year? As the truth finally comes out about these heroic teens, they face a heartbreaking goodbye — maybe forever! And as the flames of Hellfire past come licking at the heels of the Inner Circle, a brand new blockbuster era begins. The first elected team of X-Men is here — and they intend to save the world! COLLECTING: X-Factor (2020) 10, Way of X (2021) 3, Children of the Atom (2021) 6, Marauders (2019) 22, X-Men (2021) 1

In the late ’80s, artist Val Semeiks took the reins on Conan the Barbarian injecting a powerful new energy into the series. Semeiks’ work was a force multiplier for the latter half of Christopher Priest’s era-defining run. Together, they crafted one of the greatest Conan epics of all time, a massive story line building issue #200 and a showdown with the Devourer of Souls. As the Devourer reveals his final gambit, drawing upon the power of the Elder Gods, Conan must seek aid from one whose name even he dreads: Thulsa Doom! Also featuring the return of Red Sonja, the acclaimed “Heku Trilogy” and early work by Andy Kubert, this is one Omnibus you don’t want to miss! By Crom! COLLECTING: Conan the Barbarian (1970) 195-213, Conan the Barbarian Annual (1973) 12, Official Handbook of the Conan Universe (1986) 1