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''Marvel Collectors' Item Classics'' was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics in the mid- to late-1960s that marked the first reprinting of many of the earliest Marvel stories. Primarily focused on the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and the Hulk, it ran 22 issues before changing its name and page-count, becoming ''Marvel's Greatest Comics''. ==Publication history== One of several 68-page, 25-cent "giant-size" comic books that supplemented publishers' regular 36-page, 12-cent lines, ''Marvel Collectors' Item Classics'' premiered as an annual publication in 1965. That first issue, dated February 1965 in its postal indicia though not on the cover, reprinted ''The Fantastic Four'' #2 (Jan. 1962) and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3 (July 1963), as well as the Ant-Man story from ''Tales to Astonish'' #36, and the first "Tales of Asgard" featurette, from ''Journey into Mystery'' #97 (Oct. 1963). It was a sister publication of what was then the annual, giant-size reprint comic ''Marvel Tales''. "''MCIC''", as it was often abbreviated in Marvel Comics text pages, became a bimonthly series beginning with issue #2 (April 1966), which reprinted ''The Fantastic Four'' #3 (March 1962), ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4 (Sept. 1963), and the Ant-Man story from ''Tales to Astonish'' #37 (Nov. 1962).〔 Dropping Spider-Man the following issue — with that superhero's stories going on to anchor ''Marvel Tales'' — the comic began reprinting what would be its regular line-up: ''The Fantastic Four'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', Iron Man stories from ''Tales of Suspense'', and Doctor Strange stories from ''Strange Tales''. Six issues included short semi-anthological "Tales of the Watcher" science-fiction stories hosted by and sometimes featuring Uatu, the Watcher.〔 The reprints were generally in serial order, with occasional skips; missing, for instance, are ''The Fantastic Four'' #5-6, already reprinted in ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #2-3 (1964–1965); #11, already partly reprinted in ''Annual'' #3; #12, never reprinted at the time; #19, reprinted in heavily edited form in the 1967 promotional one-shot ''America's Best TV Comics''; and #25-26, reprinted in ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #4 (1966). The covers of issues #1-11 each reprinted two to four covers of the comics reprinted inside. Issues of ''The Incredible Hulk'' were not reprinted in full, but generally as chapters spread across two to three issues apiece.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marvel Collectors' Item Classics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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