Marvel Two-In-One Epic Collection: Cry Monster Paperback – 21 Aug. 2018

Enjoyed the series when it came out, the stories are just as good now. There was always a charm and daftness to the series and that shines through in a variety of tales. A great set of hero combos as well so it didn't stick with the usual suspects (Scarecrow, Golem, Man Thing, Tigra, etc) and I guess it was a useful springboard for those characters perhaps as they never got a huge amount of exposure. The art is fine through out. A really solid collection and a pleasure to read. Have most of the 60s epics, 70s epics are the next to start filling in (would love to see some epics from all the large horror mags as well a Marvel Team-up one).

Very nice book, collecting the first numbers from the Marvel Two In One series. I don't know what took them so long to start them, but finally they did, I am waiting so much that they also lunch the Marvel Team Up and What If collections! Where are they??

Back in the days when comics were sold on newsstands and in drugstores, Marvel had a variety of titles intended to try out or promote their characters to new readers. One of the formats they used for this was the 'team-up' book, where a popular hero would pair up with a different character every issue, in the hopes that readers picking up the comicbook for the main character would then be hooked on the guest star as well. The most famous of these books was, of course, Marvel Team-Up, pairing Spidey with an array of friends. This... is the other one.Two-in-One takes everybody's favourite blue-eyed Thing from the Fantastic Four and hurls him into a non-stop cavalcade of adventures with special guests, taking on villains both old and new along the way. As well as big names like Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk and, of course, Spider-Man himself, there are also more obscure partners such as the Scarecrow and the Golem as well as new Marvel stars Valkyrie and Ghost Rider.With nearly every issue being a standalone story (there are a couple of two-parters that see Ben roll from one guest to another), it means there's something for everyone to enjoy, and the pace is breakneck. There is some small measure of continuity, mostly involving bashful Benjamin being left in charge of cosmic innocent Wundarr, and this benefits from the collected edition, but for the most part this is a great book to occasionally dip into.Steve Gerber and Bill Mantlo are the main writers for this initial stretch of the title, both with a great grasp of the Thing as well as ably selling what is special about each successive guest character. There is some great art by an array of Marvel greats as well, including Sal Buscema, Jim Starlin, Gil Kane and Herb Trimpe, meaning the book looks as good as it reads.Extras include a promo ad and five pages of original art by Buscema, Kane and Ron Wilson. I'm glad that the Epic line is starting to tackle more esoteric titles like this; it's a fascinating artifact of a style of promotion that just doesn't happen any more, but more importantly, they're just wonderful stories.

Very good. Thanks.

awesome stuff great graphics.i love the epic collections..this one is especially enjoyable so far

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22 historias . No todas las historias cubren el requisito de lo que Marvel realizó con el título de "Marvel Team Up". Hay historias que se quedan cortas y después del enfrentamiento entre los héroes protagonistas del número en turno, terminan uniendo fuerzas para enfrentar la amenaza. Hay un error ("No prize"), y declaran en el número 8 que el siguiente número sería "The Thing and Iron Fist" y nunca se dió ese encuentro y la historia con Thor es de las más flojas de este volumen 1. Las mejores historias "Thing & the Golem", "Thing & Morbius", "Thing & Scarecrow" y la corona del tomo "Spiderman & Thing" en crossover con Marvel Team Up. Recomendado y como opción para encontrar un pasado que nunca fue publicado en México y entender muchas historias futuras.

A wonderful stroll down memory lane. I had many of these as a kid and over time sold them, lost them or gave them away. Back when comics were 20 cents - although they started going up shortly thereafter and it was affordable to collect. I pre-ordered this one and I've noticed since the price has gone down. This is worth picking up. My hope is they continue the series as the book lasted 100 issues so hopefully they can settle any licensing rights and collect the entire series.

True reprints and the artwork is glossy wonderful and beautiful I love it