Roger Stern

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  • Bibliography:
    60 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1993
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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DC Comics: Justice League

JLA: That Was Now, This Is Then (Oct-2008)

DC Comics: Superman

The Death and Life of Superman (Aug-1993)
Superman: Krisis of Krimson (Sep-1996)
Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain (Feb-2000)
Superman: A Nation Divided (Nov-2000)
Superman: The Power Within (Jan-2015)

Famous Characters: Superman

The Death and Life of Superman (Aug-1993)
Superman: Krisis of Krimson (Sep-1996)
Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain (Feb-2000)
Superman: A Nation Divided (Nov-2000)
Strange Visitors (Oct-2002)
Superman: The Power Within (Jan-2015)

Marvel's Captain America

Captain America: War & Remembrance (Jul-2007)
Captain America: Forever Allies (Nov-2011)
Captain America Corps (Dec-2011)

Marvel's Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau (Jan-2019)

Marvel's Doctor Strange

Essential Doctor Strange, Volume 4 (Jul-2009)
Doctor Strange: Into the Dark Dimension (Jul-2011)
Doctor Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph & Torment (Sep-2013)
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 7 (Nov-2016)
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 9 (Nov-2019)

Marvel's Fantastic Four

X-Men vs. Avengers/Fantastic Four (May-2011)

Marvel's Hulk

Incredible Hulk vs. Superman (Dec-2001)
Essential Hulk - Volume 7 (Jan-2014)

Marvel's Spider-Man

Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus ()
Spider-Man: Origin of Hobgoblin (May-1993)
Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (Mar-1998)
Essential Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man - Volume 3 (Mar-2007)
Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (Dec-2011)
Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (Oct-2012)
Spider-Man: Mark of the Tarantula (Dec-2013)
Spider-Man Vs. Mysterio (May-2019)
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 22 (Oct-2020)
Spider-Man: The Gauntlet - The Complete Collection Vol. 2 (Oct-2020)

Marvel's The Avengers

X-Men Vs. Avengers ()
Avengers: West Coast Avengers Assemble (Jun-2010)
West Coast Avengers: Assembled (Jun-2010)
Avengers Under Siege (Sep-2010)
X-Men vs. Avengers/Fantastic Four (May-2011)
Avengers: Assault on Olympus (Sep-2011)
The Korvac Saga (Mar-2012)
West Coast Avengers Assemble (Apr-2012)
Avengers: The Once and Future Kang (Feb-2013)
Avengers Infinity Classic (Mar-2013)
Avengers: West Coast Avengers Omnibus (Apr-2013)
Avengers: Heavy Metal (Aug-2013)
Avengers: Absolute Vision Book 1 (Dec-2013)
Avengers: Absolute Vision Book 2 (Apr-2014)
Avengers Epic Collection: Judgment Day (Jul-2014)
Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos (Jul-2014)
Avengers Epic Collection: Under Siege (May-2016)
Avengers: The Korvac Saga (Jan-2020)

Marvel's X-Men

X-Men Vs. Avengers ()
X-Men: Phoenix Rising (Jun-2009)
X-Men vs. Avengers/Fantastic Four (May-2011)
X-Factor: Genesis & Apocalypse (Mar-2017)

Smallville

1 - Strange Visitors (Oct-2002)

Book List in Order: 60 titles

  • Spider-Man: Origin of Hobgoblin

    Marvel's Spider-Man

  • The Death and Life of Superman

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    "SUPERMAN -- DEAD!" --The Daily Planet

    On November 18, 1992, news of  Superman's death shocked the world as the legendary Man of steel was killed defending Metropolis from the monster called Doomsday.

    Here at last is the dramatic sto...

  • Superman: Krisis of Krimson

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    Lex Luthor has robbed Superman of his superabilities, with the help of that interdimensional troublemaker, Mr. Mxyzptlk, and a magical element called Red Kryptonite. While the de-powered Superman continues to fight injustice, he also grapples with on...

  • Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    For years, the mystery of the Hobgoblin''s identity plagued not only Spider-Man and his friends, but fans, as well! Now, all is revealed, and the answers will shock you! As the Hobgoblin stands exposed at last, the threats of Norman Osborn and an all...

  • Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    The story of the twisted scientific resurrection of Superman's most formidable enemy.

    After a cancer-ridden Lex Luthor dies in a fiery plane crash, a charismatic and young heir suddenly appears to take over the bald megalomaniac's empire. Spo...

  • Superman: A Nation Divided

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    The year is 1863.  The War Between the States rages on, with no end in sight.  Countless lives, bothe civilian and soldier, have been destroyed.  The situation seems hopeless ... until General Ulysses S. Grant discovers a secret weapon among his t...

  • Incredible Hulk vs. Superman

    Marvel's Hulk

    They are two of the mightiest beings ever to walk the Earth ... two men who each lead Double Lives!

    The Hulk ... half a ton of raging, primordial fury ... the unleashed Id of Doctor Robert Bruce Banner, given form and substance by  the power ...

  • Strange Visitors

    Famous Characters: Superman
    Smallville - 1

    Twelve years ago a child from a distant planet fell to Earth in a lethal hail of meteors that forever changed Smallville, Kansas. Now a teen, Clark Kent must master his alien abilities -- while radiation from the glowing green meteor fragments mutate...

  • The Never-Ending Battle

    Superman. Batman, Wonder Woman. The Flash. Green Lantern.
    They are the World's Greatest Super-Heroes, fighting endlessly against corruption and injustice.  Each of them alone is a formidable opponent of evil, but banded together their powers are ...



  • Essential Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man - Volume 3

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Spider-Man's second longest-running series was second to none in action and intrigue!  In this collection, recurring rogues such as Kraven the Hunter, Electro, and Silvermane are joined by the more rarely seen likes of the Ringer, Goldbug, and the R...

  • Captain America: War & Remembrance

    Marvel's Captain America

  • JLA: That Was Now, This Is Then

    DC Comics: Justice League

    An Earth-shattering battle that spans the Justice League's long and stories history!

    When the self-proclaimed god Titus landed on Earth, he expected to challenge our world's gods in combat.  Instead, he went tow-to-tow with the newly formed J...

  • X-Men: Phoenix Rising

    Marvel's X-Men

    The mother of all back-from-the-dead stories! Jean Grey was touched by cosmic power, Jean Grey went insane and destroyed a world, Jean Grey sacrificed her life to save the universe - but it wasn't Jean Grey at all! Mutantkind's most remarkable resurr...

  • Essential Doctor Strange, Volume 4

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Dormammu, Ikonn, Tiboro, Ningal, the Dweller in Darkness, names to conjure with - literally! Yet, they're only a few of the occult enemies who confront Stephen Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, challenged by Baron Mordo, the Eye Killers, and sorcerers from ...

  • Avengers: West Coast Avengers Assemble

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Earth's Mightiest Heroes head West!

    After operating for years out of New York, the Avengers form a second team - this time based in California! Fresh off their honeymoon, Hawkeye and Mockingbird - under the direction of the Vision, chairman of...

  • West Coast Avengers: Assembled

    Marvel's The Avengers

    After operating for years out of New York, the Avengers form a second team -- this time based in California! Fresh off their honeymoon, Hawkeye and Mockingbird -- under the direction of the Vision, chairman of the East Coast Avengers -- gather Tigra,...

  • Invaders: The Eve of Destruction

    It's 1945 and World War II is almost over - but Hydra founder Baron Wolfgang von Strucker is already planning the next one with insider information from the future! It's up to the Invaders to re-write Strucker's history books and drive down his Drago...

  • Avengers Under Siege

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Home are the heroes, but the villains are waiting for them! Avengers Mansion becomes the site of one of the team's greatest battles when Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil take down Earth's Mightiest Heroes one by one, one seemingly forever! Plus: an odyss...

  • X-Men vs. Avengers/Fantastic Four

    Marvel's Fantastic Four
    Marvel's The Avengers
    Marvel's X-Men

    Is there Justice for Mutantkind?

    First, on the verge of disintegration, Kitty Pryde seems resigned to her doom, but the X-Men will do anything to save her, even bargain with a worse doom...Doctor Doom!  What stunning secret prevents Mister Fa...



  • Doctor Strange: Into the Dark Dimension

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange, the master of the mystic arts, starts his day by curing a mystically cursed sword and ends it by overthrowing a dimensional dictator! The Sorcerer Supreme faces threats on cruise ships, military bases and alien planets, seeking to res...

  • Avengers: Assault on Olympus

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Captain America! Thor! Namor! Hercules! Black Knight! She-Hulk! Captain Marvel! Dr. Druid! Wasp! See the Avengers storm the very gates of Olympus to battle an entire pantheon of all-powerful gods! Do our heroes stand a chance? Plus: from the Thunderb...

  • From the Marvel Vault

    Five masterpieces from deep inside the Marvel vaults! Dr. Strange learns what evil lurks within walls of his old Manhattan brownstone! Jack "Nomad" Monroe seeks revenge during the early days of the Thunderbolts! Gambit joins the Champions to take dow...

  • Captain America: Forever Allies

    Marvel's Captain America

    Who is Lady Lotus? During WWII, the Invaders fought countless enemies. They beat back madmen like the Red Skull and Master Man time and again - but there were those who fell under the radar. Captain America's one-time sidekick, Bucky - having since t...

  • Captain America Corps

    Marvel's Captain America

    A mysterious cosmic entity has recruited five brave patriots for the ultimate commando mission. Their names are legend: the U.S.Agent, American Dream, Commander A, Captain America and...Captain America?! What threat is so grave that two Captain Ameri...

  • Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    The Hobgoblin lives! Rising from the legacy of the Green Goblin, Spider-Man's most enduring foe, comes the deadly Hobgoblin! His true identity is one of the most complex mysteries Spidey has ever faced. Featuring the Black Cat, the Kingpin, Madame We...

  • The Korvac Saga

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Save the world, destroy the world-- it's all the same to him! A flawed demigod decides it's his destiny to perfect the universe! It's too much power for one man, and it'll take over a dozen powerful men and women--Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Gua...

  • West Coast Avengers Assemble

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Earth's Mightiest Heroes head west! The bigger they are, the harder they hit - and the threats come big, bigger and biggest in this collection of the West Coast Avengers' early victories against Graviton, Goliath and Maelstrom! Featuring multiple Ave...

  • Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    It's the slugfest no one can forget! Webs won't stop him, electricity won't stop him - a wrecking ball to the face won't stop him! But with friend and ally Madame Web near death, Spider-Man's got to stop the Juggernaut somehow! Plus: the Vulture's at...

  • Avengers: The Once and Future Kang

    Marvel's The Avengers

    The Sub-Mariner has joined the Avengers!
    And they'll need his superhuman strength and aquatic expertise when they make a shocking discovery beneath the waves of Jamaica Bay, deal with a new Yellowjacket, and clash with the unimaginable cosmic po...



  • Avengers Infinity Classic

    Marvel's The Avengers

    THE AVENGERS ... IN SPACE!

    When Quasar intercepts an alien distress call, he finds a Rigellian colony completely destroyed and Jack of Hearts in a coma! Summoning a ragtag team of Avengers to investigate, Quasar and company are suddenly attac...

  • Avengers: West Coast Avengers Omnibus

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Earth's Mightiest Heroes head west! Hawkeye splits from the Avengers and sets up shop in California. But his newly recruited Avengers "franchise" team - including Tigra, Wonder Man, Mockingbird and an all-new Iron Man - soon find themselves in over t...

  • Avengers: Heavy Metal

    Marvel's The Avengers

    What begins as a simple prison break suddenly turns into a technological nightmare for the Avengers, as robotic foes from all eras of the team's history join forces under the leadership of the Super-Adaptoid! What is the Adaptoid's ultimate goal, and...

  • Doctor Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph & Torment

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Every year on Midsummer's Eve, Victor von Doom clashes with the forces of evil in a vain attempt to free his mother's soul from Hell. Only when Doctor Stephen Strange -- Master of the Mystic Arts and Earth's Sorcerer Supreme -- is convinced to join t...

  • Avengers: Absolute Vision Book 1

    Marvel's The Avengers

    The ultimate Vision story begins with catastrophe, as the android Avenger is laid low by the mysterious Barrier of Annihilus! But, if it doesn't kill him, will his experience only make him stronger? And are Earth's Mightiest prepared for the answer? ...

  • Spider-Man: Mark of the Tarantula

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Fan-favorite creators Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. spin some of their most startling Spider-Man stories! When one of Marvel's most terrifying tag-teams challenges the wall-crawler, it's Spider-Man vs. the Cobra and Mr. Hyde in a grueling grudge ma...

  • Essential Hulk - Volume 7

    Marvel's Hulk

    When the members of the villainous Corporation set their sights on the Green Goliath, they send the manipulative Moonstone to turn the Hulk's couch time with Doc Samson into a destructive rampage, imprison him on Alcatraz Island, and trick ol' Greens...

  • Avengers: Absolute Vision Book 2

    Marvel's The Avengers

    THE VISION takes command! As many of Earth's Mightiest are whisked away to fight in the Secret Wars, the newly assertive synthezoid seizes the chair. He has changes in store when the heroes return, not least his idea for a new team of Avengers on the...

  • Avengers Epic Collection: Judgment Day

    Marvel's The Avengers

    {AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION VOLUME 17}

    Roger Stern's fan-favorite run comes to a celestial conclusion! For the life of Hercules, the Avengers must storm the very gates of Olympus and take on an entire pantheon of all-powerful Greek gods! Do our ...

  • Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos

    Marvel's The Avengers

    When Monica Rambeau, the new Captain Marvel, takes a visit to Thanos' abandoned starship, she ends up the unwitting -- and unwilling -- guest of space pirate Nebula...who plans to conquer the Skrull Galaxy, and who just might be the granddaughter of ...



  • Superman: The Power Within

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    When Superman saves an innocent man from being killed, he discovers two disturbing facts: 1) the man he saved is part of a cult that worships the Man of Steel, and 2) the man's would-be killer is part of another faction dedicated to wiping them out! ...

  • Avengers Epic Collection: Under Siege

    Marvel's The Avengers

    The Masters of Evil take Avengers Mansion! In one of the greatest comic book epics of all time, Baron Zemo strikes at the very heart of the Avengers, as he leads a revamped and larger-than-ever Masters of Evil in an attack on the team's home -- and w...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 7

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Collects Doctor Strange (1974) #23-37 and Chamber of Chills (1972) #3-4. The Master of the Mystic Arts crosses into the Quadriverse, but little does he realize unknown agents have set the Cosmic Wheel of Change in motion. Chaos is unleashed as the un...

  • X-Factor: Genesis & Apocalypse

    Marvel's X-Men

    One triumphant return, one diabolical debut! When Jean Grey is found alive -- with a little help from the Avengers and Fantastic Four -- she reunites with the rest of Xavier's original class to form X-Factor! But as Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel...

  • Captain Marvel: Monica Rambeau

    Marvel's Captain Marvel

    Collecting Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16, Avengers (1963) #227 And #279, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #142-143, Captain Marvel (1989) #1, Captain Marvel (1994) #1, And Avengers Unplugged #5; And Material From Solo Avengers #2 And Marvel Fanfare (1982) #42 A...

  • Spider-Man Vs. Mysterio

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #13, #66-67 And #141-142; Web Of Spider-Man (1985) #90; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #11-13; Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #618-620; And Material From Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #50-51. W...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 9

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Collects Doctor Strange (1974) #47-57, Marvel Fanfare (1982) #6; material from Crazy (1973) #88, OHOTMU (1983). This Halloween, the Marvel Masterworks cast an enticing spell with the newest volume of Doctor Strange! All-time great writer Roger Stern ...

  • Avengers: The Korvac Saga

    Marvel's The Avengers

    Collects Avengers (1963) #167-168, #170-177 & Thor Annual #6.He hails from an unimaginable era: the 31st century. Fleeing through the timestream from the pursuing team of futuristic defenders known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, Korvac the Machine M...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 22

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #224-237, Annual (1964) #16. The Marvel Masterworks are proud to present one of the greatest eras in Spider-Man history: Roger Stern and John Romita Jr.’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! These two all-time greats raised Spide...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 15

    Collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #234-244, Annual (1968) #8-9; material from Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #20, 24. Roger Stern brings his timeless Hulk run to a close with an Incredible finish! With Hulk icon Sal Buscema at the drawing board, ol’ ...



  • Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 4

    Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #43-55, Annual (1979) #2. Before he would set AMAZING SPIDER-MAN on the path to comics glory, master storyteller Roger Stern did a spectacular job on Spidey's sister title! Producing a run of the wall-crawler's ...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 23

    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #238-251, Annual (1964) #17; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #85; The Official Marvel Try-Out Book (1983). Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. earned their stripes as two of Marvel's most legendary creators with their run...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 10

    Collects Doctor Strange (1974) #58-73. The Marvel Masterworks reach the epic finale of legendary writer Roger Stern's Doctor Strange run! He's joined by Paul Smith and Dan Green and a host of top guest-artists all of whom add their beautifully-crafte...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 22

    Collects Avengers (1963) #227-235, Annual (1967) #12; Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #16; Fantastic Four (1961) #256; Doctor Strange (1974) #60. In the 1980s, every series touched by Roger Stern turned to gold. His tenure on The Avengers proves tha...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 5

    Collects Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #56-66 and Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3. Roger Stern's seminal writing run concludes, and Bill Mantlo returns for a fan-favorite second stint! After a run-in with the Jack O'Lantern, Spider...

  • Marvel Masterworks: Captain America Vol. 14

    Collects Captain America (1968) #247-260. Captain America is the people's choice in a timeless run by Roger Stern and John Byrne! These legendary creators begin their Cap adventures with the Machinesmith and his army of robot replicas. But Steve Roge...

  • Avengers Masterworks Vol. 23

    Roger Stern's run of Avengers excellence continues! First, Spider-Man is short on cash - and an Avengers salary is just the ticket to fix his finances! Then, it's pandemonium at Project PEGASUS - and in the aftermath, Starfox connects the Vision to T...

  • MARVEL-VERSE: KANG

    Collects Avengers (1963) #267-269, Giant-Size Marvel Adventures the Avengers (2007) #1, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #42. In the past, present and future of the Marvel-Verse, never has there been a conqueror quite like Kang! Get to know the t...

  • MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 24

    Avengers - east and west - assemble! That's right, in the epic buildup to AVENGERS #250, a whole new team of Avengers is born! But before that historic moment, the seeds for the series' anniversary extravaganza are sown in a team-up between the Aveng...

  • Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 24 Hc

    Collects Avengers (1963) #246-254, West Coast Avengers (1984) #1-4 And Iron Man Annual #7. Avengers - east and west - assemble! That's right, in the epic buildup to AVENGERS #250, a whole new team of Avengers is born! But before that historic moment,...

  • Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1 (New Edition)

    In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places—some that have existed, or might have existed, and others that can’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t exist.The result: heroes you know&...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Roger Stern has published 60 books.

The next book by Roger Stern, Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1 (New Edition), will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Roger Stern, Spider-Man: Origin of Hobgoblin, was published in May 1993.

No. Roger Stern does not write books in series.
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