Marvel oversized hardcover

Alias

Avengers

Black Panther

Cable

Captain America

Captain Britain

Carnage

Daredevil

Deadpool

Doctor Strange

Elektra

Eternals

Excalibur

Fantastic Four

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Hawkeye

Hellions

Hulk

Hulk (Skaar)

Inhumans

Invaders

Iron Man

Loki

Luke Cage

Marauders

Marvels

Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan)

Moon Knight

Punisher

Runaways

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Spider-Gwen

Spider-Man

Squirrel Girl

Thanos

Thor

Venom

Wolverine

X-Force

X-Men

Young Avengers

Anthologies

These books feature comics previously published within the Earth-616 universe, but grouped outside of a single character, or team.

Miniseries

These books feature characters or teams that rarely have an ongoing series; or other content from the primary Earth-616 universe that doesn't neatly fit into another category.

Age Of Ultron

Annihilation

Avengers & X-Men: AXIS

Avengers vs. X-Men

Avengers/X-Men Utopia

Blood Hunt

Civil War

Civil War II

House Of M

Inferno (1988)

Infinity (2013)

Infinity Wars

Inhumanity

Onslaught

Original Sin

Secret Empire

Secret Invasion

Secret War

The Secret War hardcover was reprinted in 2025. It contains four extra issues from The Pulse and has the Marvel Omnibus branding.

Secret Wars (2015)

Siege

War Of Kings

1602 Universe (Earth-311)

Written by Neil Gaiman, with art from Andy Kubert, Marvel's 1602 universe reimagines the superheroes as if they existed in the Elizabethan era.[20]

Earth X (Earth-9997)

The Earth X universe was created by Dave Kreuger and Alex Ross, and "showed a possible near future for the Marvel Universe". The project came from "an article for Wizard Magazine and their reaction to the amazing work Alex had done in reimagining and designing the DCU for Kingdom Come."[21][22] The Earth X universe is designated as Earth-9997.

A year before Marvel officially launched the oversized hardcover format, June 2001 saw Earth X released as a limited 'clamshell' edition. This featured the "hardcover book, sculpted translucent, outer-skin box, 36" x 24" poster and two compact disc containing a wealth of digital audio/visual material".[23] It was limited to 6,000 copies and slightly wider than what became 'oversized'.

Marvel Zombies (Earth-2149)

The first appearance of Marvel Zombies was in Ultimate Fantastic Four #21, written by Mark Millar. He said: "I had this idea on the plane from Scotland about a superhero arriving from another dimension with a zombie plague and biting the Avengers when they showed up to contain the problem. Everyone hated it. It was so universally loathed and everyone thought I was kidding when I suggested it."[24]

Despite that, after the first appearance, the concept grew to launch its own series, with Marvel Zombies and Marvel Zombies 2 written by The Walking Dead creator, Robert Kirkman. The initial Zombies universe is designated Earth-2149.[25]

Marvel Apes (Earth-8101)

The idea for Marvel Apes originated at the 2007 New York Comic Convention. Series artist Ramon Bachs said: "...it all came from a joke at a convention between (Marvel Editor-in-chief) Joe Quesada and a fan, talking about Marvel Zombies. Something like, "What's next? Marvel Apes!".

The series was green-lit and launched in 2008, with Karl Kesel writing, and Bachs on pencils. Kesel said the series involved "...a monkeyverse where everyone's some sort of ape or monkey. Most of the major Marvel characters have counterparts."[26][27]

Ronin Universe (Earth-11542)

Writer Peter Milligan used the 5 Ronin series to re-imagine Marvel heroes as samurais in ancient Japan.[28] The hardcover includes all five issues, featuring Hulk, Wolverine, Psyclocke, Punisher, and Deadpool.

Spider-Man Loves Mary-Jane (Earth-602636)

Sean McKeever's "shojo romance manga" interpretation launched in 2004, with the Mary Jane series. The all-ages title focused more on the relationship between a teenage Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson than Spider-Man's superhero antics. It was first collected in a series of digests, before being reprinted as a pair of oversized hardcovers.[29]

• See more: Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane collected editions

Squadron Supreme (Earth-31916)

Marvel's Squadron Supreme was created by Roy Thomas in 1971 as the company's version of DC's Justice League. The series was reinvented by J. Michael Straczynski as Supreme Power in 2003, part of the company's MAX imprint.

The adult-orientated comics allowed for a much darker interpretation of the characters where: "All the heroes' actions bring to mind the question of how far superheroes should go. The result was a book that took a somewhat overlooked classic and kicked its themes into overdrive."[30]

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Ultimate Marvel launched in 2000 as a response to "so much backstory that the stories (in the main books) were almost incomprehensible."[31]

Bill Jemas, President of Marvel Enterprises from 2000 to 2004, wrote: "Joe Quesada and I started the Ultimate books because we wanted Marvel to get back in touch with kids. We wanted Marvel's great teen heroes - Spidey and the X-Men - to star in comics for 2001 kids."[32] The first Ultimate universe is designated as Earth-1610.

The Ultimates

Ultimate Fantastic Four

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up

Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)

Ultimate X-Men

Anita Blake (Laurell K. Hamilton)

Conan

Criminal, Incognito (Ed Brubaker)

After Ed Brubaker launched Sleeper for DC comics alongside Sean Phillips in 2003, the duo moved to Marvel. Criminal #1 debuted in 2006, as part of the company's Icon imprint. Between that and Incognito, the pair released more than three-dozen creator-owned comics, reprinted in a trio of deluxe oversized hardcovers. They switched to Image Comics in 2014.[34][35]

Disney

Empire Of The Dead (George Romero)

Kabuki (David Mack)

Kick Ass (Mark Millar)

Max Ride (James Patterson)

Oz

Powers (Brian Michael Bendis)

The Powers series was published by Image Comics between 2000 and 2004, before moving to Marvel's Icon label in 2004.[36]

Seven 'definitive' oversized hardcovers were published between then and 2017, before writer Brian Michael Bendis signed a deal to republish the books with Dark Horse Comics in 2021.[37]

Star Wars

Following the October 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, it was announced that the Star Wars comics license would return to Marvel Comics in 2015.[38]

The company used the oversized hardcover format to re-release remastered comic book versions of the original Star Wars trilogy. It also launched a new canon continuity, with Star Wars (2015) #1. This issue "exceeded one million copies sold on the direct market ... the top-selling single issue of the past 20 years."[39] The first 12 issues of the book was collected in an oversized hardcover a little over a year after launch.