*Marvel: The tabloid-sized Treasury Editions published by Marvel from 1974 to the 1980s may not have caught on as a permanent format, but they certainly have their fans, particularly among a certain generation in the UK whose earliest exposure to the iconic Marvel characters was via these huge compendiums of classic adventures! In addition to the ‘baseline’ Marvel Treasury Series, Marvel launched a few short-run series in the same format, one of which was Marvel Special Edition, an oversized reprint (in issues #1 and #2) of the first six issues of Star Wars monthly, which in its turn adapted the very first Star Wars film (or the fourth, depending on how seriously you take all that). In addition, we have the all-new 2001: A Space Odyssey Treasury from 1976, in which legendary writer-artist Jack Kirby adapted the highly-acclaimed Kubrick sci-fi movie, giving his imagination free rein on the oversized panoramic pages, with such success that he was given the green light to continue 2001 as an ongoing series.
PICTURED:
MARVEL SPECIAL EDITION #1 VF p £35
MARVEL SPECIAL EDITION #2 VG £15
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY VG+ £15