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For sale today are two Marvel Comics graphic novel/trade paperbacks (tpb) from the Secret Empire event by Rick Remender and Nick Spencer, among others, that began publishing in 2017. They together collect the series, totaling 728 pages.

**Road To Secret Empire [2017]

Collects Captain America (2013-2014 7th Series) #21 and 25; material from Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #7-8; Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha (2016), Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega (2016); Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #1-2.
Written by Rick Remender, Nick Spencer. Art by Carlos Pacheco, Nic Klein, Stuart Immonen, Daniel Acuña, Angel Unzueta, Matt Yackey, Paul Renaud, and Jesus Saiz. Cover by Jesus Saiz..

Captain America, due to the manipulations of the Red Skull, is secretly a true believer in the cause of Hydra and has turned his back on the Super Hero community. Before the can't-miss first issue of Secret Empire, experience for the first time or relive the moments that led to this shocking turn of events! Steve Rogers sacrifices all to defeat the Iron Nail! Falcon takes over as the high-flying Sentinel of Liberty! A Standoff in the shadowy town of Pleasant Hill rejuvenates Steve Rogers...but at what cost? And finally, relive the twist ending that sent shockwaves reverberating across the world. Captain America is secretly... a Hydra operative?!

**Secret Empire [2018]

Collects Secret Empire (2017 Marvel) #0-10 and Secret Empire: Omega (2017), and material from Secret Empire (2017 Marvel) FCBD.
Written by Nick Spencer. Art by Daniel Acuña, Rod Reis, Steve McNiven, Andrea Sorrentino, Leinil Francis Yu, Sean Izaakse, Java Tartaglia, and Andrea Sorrentino. Cover by Mark Brooks.

Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world's greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Now, using the trust and respect he's been accorded by the great powers of the Marvel Universe, Steve Rogers makes Hydra's ideals a reality - and changes the landscape of the world dramatically! How will he take some of his biggest threats off the board? Who will remain to stand against him? And which heroes will fight on his side? Find out as the impossible becomes real! Hail Hydra!

I am not a comics grader, but I try to be as thorough as possible when assessing books for any flaws. I don't believe in using a number grade system - to me they are mostly utilized as a method to be ambiguous about exact condition and/or individual imperfections - but I do attempt to describe anything other than minor cover shelf-scuffing/scratching in detail. If a certain flaw discussed below does not mention that it affects inside pages, then it does not.

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These novels are in good or better conditions, both with solid spines and great or better inside pages (photo#16 examples). The 'Prelude' has more signs of wear including cover indents/depressions, 'Main Story' has fewer and lesser signs of wear in general. Due to eBay's photo limit, with lots involving multiple books, I am not always able to show the detailed looks I try to maintain, so if you would like any extra photos of a specific description/book, feel free to let me know! The TL;DR versions of each book's condition below is in blue italics, with the more in-depth collectors' paragraphs below them.

Any reference to certain areas of books can be seen in the photos above. The sections are:

*Photo#4: Upper spine corner

*Photo#5: Lower spine corner

*Photo#6: Front cover top edge/outer corner

*Photo#7: Front cover bottom edge/outer corner

*Photo#8: Back cover top edge/outer corner

*Photo#9: Back cover bottom edge/outer corner

Abbreviations Glossary (I've been listing more and more of my books and thought this would save some time..)

*USC: Upper spine corner

*LSC: Lower spine corner

*FTOC: Front cover's top outer corner

*FBOC: Front cover's bottom outer corner

*BTOC: Back cover's top outer corner

*BBOC: Back cover's bottom outer corner

**Road To Secret Empire: Good overall condition, with a solid spine and great overall inside pages. It does have cover indents/depressions around it, although little other wear, and most of which affects the book's externals. Spine edge has 5 indents around its middle, 1 on each cover shows as a ~1.5" indent/depression, with the others bring smaller/lighter. USC has minimal wear, LSC has light compression. Front and back covers' top edges have light if any shelf-wear other than a tiny scuff on each near their middles. Their bottom edges each possess an adjacent light ~2" indents/depressions (photo#10 w/illumination example), with otherwise light if any shelf-wear/scuffing. FTOC, BTOC, and BBOC have minimal wear. FBOC has a small crease/scuff/bend/cover peel, goes thru ~20 pages as a light indent/bend. Front cover has ~seven ~1" light creases, surrounded by ~five ~2.5" light depressions, spread around it (photos#11, 12 w/illumination). Back cover has few less, but is similar (photo#13 w/illumination). Their net result is ~8 small indents that show on pages, mostly under direct illumination.

**Secret Empire: Very good condition, with a solid spine and excellent overall inside pages. Few and lesser signs of primarily external wear. USC has light scuffing. LSC has small dings where it meets each cover - causes a ~1/2" indent/depression around the corner on the front cover (photo#14 w/illumination). Front cover's top edge has a ~1" scuff/indent near its middle, otherwise front's bottom edge and back's front and bottom edges have light if any shelf-wear/scuffing. FTOC has a tiny indent/scuff/bend, goes thru ~5 pages as a corner fold and ~30 as a light bend. FBOC has a tiny indent/scuff/bend, goes thru ~15 pages lightly. BTOC and BBOC have tiny scuffs/bends. Front cover possesses a small scratch near its center.

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I both buy to read as well as sell TPBs on here, so I understand how aggravating it is to receive a comic damaged in transit. I always pack books firmly between pieces of cardboard (among other materials/layers) via Gemini Comic mailers or bubble mailers depending on size; usually utilizing boxes for larger lots. If you have any questions or would like any additional photos, feel free to let me know. I'm always happy to combine shipping costs - either message me before completing purchase for a pre-payment price adjustment, or alternatively I can provide a refund afterwards. Thanks, and have a tremendous day!