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Face Front, True Believers, and treasure this celebration of the incredible career of Stan Lee! More than 70 years of stories featuring dozens of Lee?s beloved co-creations including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Avengers, Daredevil and Nick Fury all in his signature, senses-shattering style! These astonishing tales of suspense, horror, fantasy, romance, comedy, cowboys, super heroics and more prove beyond doubt that Stan is ?The Man!?","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128816074930,"sku":"9781302948146","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781302948146_9250106c-246a-4a48-9e94-c856230fa617.jpg?v=1786018081"},{"product_id":"9781787333413","title":"Monsters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e35 YEARS IN THE MAKING: THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL IN RECENT HISTORY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1964. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBailey doesn't realize he is about to fulfil his tragic destiny when he walks into a US Army recruitment office. Secretive, damaged, innocent, trying to forget a past and looking for a future, Bobby is the perfect candidate for a secret US government experiment, an unholy continuation of a genetics program that was discovered in Nazi Germany nearly 20 years earlier in the waning days of World War II. Bailey's only ally and protector, Sergeant McFarland, intervenes, which sets off a chain of cascading events that spin out of everyone's control. As the monsters of the title multiply, becoming real and metaphorical, the story reaches a crescendo of moral reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 360-page tour de force of visual storytelling, \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e' narrative canvas is copious: part familial drama, part thriller, part metaphysical journey, it is an intimate portrait of individuals struggling to reclaim their lives and an epic political odyssey that plays across two generations of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e is rendered in Barry Windsor-Smith's impeccable pen-and-ink technique, the visual storytelling, with its sensitivity to gesture and composition, the most sophisticated of the artist's career. There are passages of heartbreaking tenderness, of excruciating pain, of redemption and sacrifice, and devastating violence. \u003ci\u003eMonsters\u003c\/i\u003e is surely one of the most intense graphic novels ever drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205529895090,"sku":"9781787333413","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787333413.jpg?v=1786025773"},{"product_id":"9781804911488","title":"Wolverine: Weapon X","description":"WOLVERINE: WEAPON X is the character-defining origin of the man known only as Logan. Written, illustrated and coloured by auteur creator and master storyteller Barry Windsor-Smith, it is undeniably one of the greatest Wolverine stories ever told. After being taken hostage by an experimental Canadian military science outfit, Logan is transformed into Weapon X, an unstoppable killing machine with an indestructible Adamantium skeleton and razor-sharp claws. But Weapon X cannot be contained by his captors - and trapped in their lab with the monster they have made, they will face his feral wrath! Collecting: MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #72-84, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #205 AND WOLVERINE (1988) #166","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307506741621,"sku":"9781804911488","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804911488_5772d18d-2b19-4de7-b443-12774e95227a.jpg?v=1786028330"},{"product_id":"9798875001529","title":"The Marvel Creator Collection No. 1","description":"From the moment Marvel brought him to the U.S. in 1969, Windsor-Smith was a creative force to be reckoned with. A passionate devotee of Jack Kirby, Windsor-Smith's earliest drawing at Marvel reflected that influence, but he quickly developed his own unique, eye-opening style, combining intricately detailed realism with the dreamlike lushness of art nouveau and late-1960s psychedelia. This volume focuses on the earliest of his work, including memorable storylines on The Avengers, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and individual stories for Chamber of Darkness, Tower of Shadows, and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. All new benchmarks of comics art, culminating in what may be the highlight of this period: Windsor-Smith's collaboration with writer Gerry Conway on an epic tale of civil war in Ka-Zar's Savage Land. Future volumes will trace Windsor-Smith's career through such milestones as Machine Man and Weapon X.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369580966261,"sku":"9798875001529","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798875001529_a1bd3db4-5e17-40d3-abd0-98509904f571.jpg?v=1786032966"},{"product_id":"lost-marvels-no-1","title":"Lost Marvels No. 1","description":"In 1969, with its revolutionary superhero line well established, Marvel took a chance on the kind of supernatural, EC-style anthology series that had been banned since the formation of the Comics Code in the 1950s. Tower of Shadows featured a staggering array of artists and writers, including Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Wally Wood, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Gerry Conway, and Bernie Wrightson, to name a few. Freed from the conventions of the superhero adventure, these creators brought their storytelling skills to a more quietly sinister genre, producing atmospheric gems of twisted suspense and sardonic horror. Not only do these nine issues feature Marvel's best creators working at their peak, but Tower of Shadows is one of the lost, never-collected Marvels. In the first of a new series of Lost Marvels, Fantagraphics and Marvel join forces to introduce these pages to a new generation of readers and restore this series to its rightful place in comics history. This gorgeous volume brings every Tower of Shadows story and cover to life in vivid color and features background and analysis by comics journalist Michael Dean.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495548887413,"sku":"9798875000379","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798875000379.jpg?v=1786618213"},{"product_id":"marvel-black-white-barry-windsor-smiths-weapon-x","title":"Marvel Black \u0026 White: Barry Windsor-Smith's Weapon X","description":"The first in a series of deluxe reprint collections featuring classic Marvel storylines presented in black and white, emphasizing the artistry of each legendary creator. Experience Barry Windsor-Smith's revolutionary Weapon X storyline in this oversized black-and-white edition, which showcases every detail of his acclaimed Wolverine artwork in stark, stunning line work that reveals the raw power of his masterful art. Originally serialized across Marvel Comics Presents #72 #84, Weapon X is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most revelatory Wolverine stories ever told. Windsor-Smith's grim narrative explores the brutal origins of Logan's transformation from troubled man into living weapon. This comprehensive edition includes additional work by Windsor-Smith from the Bronze era (The Uncanny X-Men #205, #214), along with archival materials, a new essay from comics historians Chris Ryall and John Lind, and scans of original artwork from Marvel's archives. 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