| Release: | Mar 2008 |
| Cover: | Mar 2008 |
Marvel Saga #1-12
| Release: | Mar 2008 |
| Cover: | Mar 2008 |
Written by PETER SANDERSON & VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by RON FRENZ See for yourself how the Marvel Age of Heroes began as one of comicdom's coolest chroniclers follows the FF, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil and others from origins into adventure! Recounting the first appearances of Marvel's greatest menaces-including Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Magneto and Loki! The awakening of the Sub-Mariner and Captain America! Ancient enigmas, wartime wonders and more from the first years of the House of Ideas! Collecting MARVEL SAGA #1-12. PRODUCT UPDATE (121907): The Essential Marvel Saga TP Volume 1 will have 440 pages, not the solicted 448 pages.
| Writer | Tom DeFalco, Steve Englehart, Chris Claremont, Robert Bernstein, Stan Lee, Peter Sanderson, Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich, Arnold Drake, Larry Lieber, David Michelinie, H.E. Huntley, Alan Zelenetz, Walter Simonson, Roger Stern, Peter B. Gillis, Dennis O'Neil, Gerry Conway, John Byrne |
| Artist | Bill Sienkiewicz, Steve Ditko, Al Milgrom, Walter Simonson, John Bolton, John Byrne |
| Cover Penciller | Ron Frenz |
| Cover Inker | Bob Layton |
| Cover Colorist | Andy Troy |
| Penciller | Sal Buscema, Bob Hall, Keith Pollard, Ron Wilson, Marie Severin, Alex Schomburg, John Buscema, Steve Geiger, Al Milgrom, Werner Roth, Ron Frenz, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, George Tuska, Jerry Bingham, Frank Robbins, Barry Windsor-Smith, Greg LaRocque, Bill Everett, John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr., Don Heck |
| Inker | Bob Wiacek, Bruce D. Patterson, Al Williamson, Vince Colletta, Richard 'Dick' Bache Ayers, Tom Palmer Sr., Bob McLeod, Joe Staton, Klaus Janson, Jerry Ordway, Steve Leialoha, Brett Breeding, Dan Adkins, Chic Stone, George Roussos, Hilary Barta, Paul Reinman, Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione, John Beatty, John Verpoorten, Frank Giacoia, Bob Layton, Sol Brodsky, Jim Mooney |
| Letterer | Artie Simek |
| Spider-Man | Peter Parker |
| The Thing | Benjamin J. Grimm |
| Mr. Fantastic | Reed Richards |
| Human Torch | Jonathan 'Johnny' Storm |
| Hulk | Robert Bruce Banner |
| Beast | Henry 'Hank' McCoy |
| Cyclops | Scott Summers |
| Invisible Woman | Susan Storm Richards |
| Doctor Strange | Stephen Strange |
| Sub-Mariner | Namor McKenzie |
| Iceman | Robert 'Bobby' Drake |
| Professor X | Charles Francis Xavier |
| Wasp | Janet van Dyne |
| J. Jonah Jameson Jr. | |
| Nicholas 'Nick' Fury Sr. | |
| Thor | Donald Blake |
| May Parker | |
| Angel | Warren Worthington III |
| Dr. Doom | Victor von Doom |
| Magneto | Max / Erik Magnus Eisenhardt / Lehnsherr |
| Loki | Loki Laufeyson |
| Marvel Girl | Jean Grey |
| Odin | Odin Borson |
| Eugene 'Flash' Thompson | |
| Watcher | Uatu |
| Rick Jones | |
| Dr. Octopus | Otto Octavius |
| Giant-Man | Henry 'Hank' Pym |
| Alicia Masters | |
| Juggernaut | Cain Marko |
| Vulture | Adrian Toomes |
| Lizard | Curt Connors |
| Thaddeus E. 'Thunderbolt' Ross | |
| Wizard | Bentley Wittman |
| Elizabeth 'Liz' Allan-Osborn | |
| Kang (Earth-6311) | Nathaniel Richards |
| Betty Ross-Banner | |
| Mole Man | Harvey Rupert Elder |
| Skrulls | |
| John Jameson | |
| Chameleon | Dmitri 'Kravinoff' Smerdyakov |
| Radioactive Man | Chen Lu |
| Ant-Man | Henry 'Hank' Pym |
| Mad Thinker | |
| James Rhodes | |
| Ben Parker | |
| Molecule Man | Owen Reece |
| Puppet Master | Phillip Masters |
| Baron Mordo | Karl Amadeus Mordo |
| Red Ghost | Ivan Kragoff |
| Ringmaster | Maynard Tiboldt |
| Ancient One | Yao |
| Surtur | |
| Impossible Man | |
| Shadow King | Amahl Farouk |
| Tinkerer | Phineas Mason |
| Awesome Android | Awesome Andy |
| Vindicator | James MacDonald Hudson |
| Egghead | Elihas Starr |
| Tomorrow Man (Earth-6297) | Artur Zarrko |
| Jane Foster-Kincaid | |
| Space Phantom | |
| Rama-Tut (Earth-6311) | Nathaniel Richards |
| Boris | |
| Heather Hudson | |
| Miracle Man | Joshua Ayers |
| Sally Avril | |
| Hate-Monger | Adolf Hitler |
| Cynthia von Doom | |
| Werner von Doom | |
| Kurrgo | |
| Jack Frost | Gregor Shapanka |
| Xemu | |
| Wrecker | Karl Kort |
| Phineas | |
| Mr. Doll | Nathan Dolly |
| Lucifer (Marvel) | |
| Valeria (5th Dimension) | |
| Gia-Bao Yinsen | |
| Living Diamond | Jack Winters |
| Dorrek I |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 440 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |