Lost Marvels: Tower of Shadows Resurrects a Forgotten Marvel Horror Series

Fantagraphics is kicking off a new series of "Lost Marvels" hardcovers that aim to reprint some of the lesser-known and forgotten titles in Marvel's vast back catalog. This new line debuts with Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows, collecting the entire horror anthology series in one handsome volume.

With the book in stores now, IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows, featuring a classic tale from Stan Lee and John Buscema. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:

Tower of Shadows is a short-lived anthology series from 1969, notable for being Marvel's first attempt at an EC Comics-style horror project since the advent of the Comics Code Authority. The series featured work from a number of Marvel luminaries, including Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Wally Wood, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Gerry Conway, and Bernie Wrightson.

Fantagraphics has so far revealed two more volumes in the Lost Marvels series. Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle will collect many of Chaykin's military and sci-fi stories ranging from 1975 to 2008. Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales will collect the entire pulp anthology series, which was notable for featuring Conan the Barbarian stories and the first appearance of Man-Thing.

“Marvel published a surprising amount of work that fell outside its superhero purview in the '60s and '70s and '80s, most of it never before reprinted, much of it "lost" except in the fading memories of fans who bought it and read it for the first time back then when it was originally published,” said Fantagraphics Publisher Gary Groth in a statement. “Exceptional craftsmen and artists were often featured — Barry Windsor-Smith, Steranko, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and others— and one of the goals of this project is to create a carefully curated record of this somewhat more obscure work that so many comics readers have forgotten or are unfamiliar with. Lost Marvels complements our Atlas reprints which features so many of the best craftsmen from the 1950s.”

Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows is now available bookstores and comic shops. Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle will be released on July 8, followed by Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales in November 2025.

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