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I bought at least the first dozen of these titles as they came out, but I didn't always keep the previous one(s) until the next one, so I have only three actual issues of my original MARVEL TREASURY EDITIONs from the time of purchase back in the '70s. However, I replaced some of them around 30-35 years ago, and others maybe around ten years after that, so not only have I had the replacements longer than I had their originals, but also longer than I didn't have them (if you catch my drift).
One I got only recently (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY), and I'm currently waiting for #4, CONAN The BARBARIAN, arriving anytime soon. (Update: Received and added.) Then I'll get #5 (HULK), #6 (Dr. STRANGE), #7 (The AVENGERS), #9 (GIANT SUPERHERO TEAM-UP), and #10 (THOR), which will give me the first 12 numbered issues again. (Incidentally, the friend to whom I gave my original copy of #9 (many, many years ago), says that he should still have it somewhere and that I can have it back if he ever finds it.) (Update: #s 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 now added.)
There were also one-shots, like the first GIANT SUPERHERO HOLIDAY GRAB-BAG (1974), which was labeled as a Marvel Treasury SPECIAL rather than an 'Edition', as was the Space Odyssey and CAPTAIN AMERICA BICENTENNIAL BATTLES issues. I probably also bought an occasional later TE if the contents appealed to me , but the first 12 will suffice to complete my collection. Truth to tell, I don't even need them as I already have the stories in other reprint collections, but I get a feeling of immense satisfaction from plugging gaps in a series.
One thing about the Treasury Editions that irked me was that the pages were resized and, sometimes, even abridged by having pages edited out. (FF #4 in TE #2 is one such example). Although larger than a standard comicbook, the TEs weren't of the same proportions, so in order to fit the different dimensions, tiers of panels were cropped in places so that there wasn't too large a margin around the top, bottom, or sides. This sometimes resulted in uneven-sized gutters between tiers, and cropped panels occasionally had no bottom borders. (Exactly like what was done in early issues of The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL and SPIDER-MAN COMICS WEEKLY UK periodicals.)
I'll update this post as I re-acquire the missing editions (now done), but in the meantime, feel free to share your memories (if any) of these over-sized publications with your fellow Criv-ites. Did you like them, or did you prefer the regular monthly issues? 'Fess up now, while I start scanning my DC COMICS equivalents - coming soon in an upcoming post.
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| Although not numbered on the front cover, the interior indicia reveals it to be #8 |
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| The soldiers with the flag on Cap's right were drawn by JOHN ROMITA |
Although the mag below is also included in our DC post, I've added it here as it's actually a Marvel Treasury Edition (#28).
The MTEs were revived a couple of years back, so here are the front and back covers from a couple of them just in case you missed them at the time.
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