Essential

Collects the adventures of The Fantastic Four from 1967 through 1969. The Four face off against Dr. Doom, Annihilus and Galactus. Features the first appearances of the Kree and Psycho-man as well as guest appearances by Spider-Man, Daredevil, Thor, and the Warlock formerly known as Him.

The X-Men are reunited with Professor X, who asks them to help overthrow the Shi'ar tyrant Deathbird ... but all is not as it seems, and the X-Men must deduce the truth before it's too late! Meanwhile, sparks fly as Rogue and Magneto team up to save the Savage Land! Then, the X-Men and X-Factor unite to battle the Shadow King ... but the price of their victory is more than Professor X can stand! And as a new team rises from the ashes of the old, Magneto draws a dangerous line in the sand to protect his fellow mutants -- leading to a truly explosive finale, and the end of an era!

Presents black-and-white reprints of "Daredevil" issues 1-25, spanning the years 1964-67, in which Matt Murdock, a blind attorney by day and a superhero with superior sensory abilities by night, battles such villians as Electro, the Owl, and Killgrave.

Collects black-and-white reprints of "Web of Spider-Man" comics, originally published in 1986 and 1987, in which a black-suited Spider-man travels to England to foil a plot against the life of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, travels to the western United States to retrieve a web-shooter, and finds himeslf the prey in Kraven's last hunt.