Marvel Masterworks is a 65-book series with 65 released primary works first released in 1963 with contributions by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Joe Simon, Don Rico, Bill Everett, Paul Gustavson, Basil Wolverton, Leon Lazarus, Al Hartley, Larry Lieber, Jim Starlin, Dick Ayers, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin, Carl Wessler, Tony DiPreta, Joe Maneely, Jack Kirby, Otto Binder, Marvel Comics, Michael J. Vassallo, Larry Ivie, Don McGregor, Steve Gerber, Gary Friedrich, Mike Friedrich, Robert Kanigher, Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Roger Stern, Robert Cosgrove, Jim Steranko, Marv Wolfman, Tony Isabella, Dennis O'Neil, David Michelinie, Jim Shooter, Mark Gruenwald, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Burbey, Roger McKenzie, David Anthony Kraft, Jim Salicrup, Danny Fingeroth, Steven Grant, Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., Ann Nocenti, Arthur Adams, Alan Davis, Jon Bogdanove, Jackson Butch Guice, Mike Carlin, Bill Mantlo, Tom DeFalco, Marc Silvestri, John Byrne, and Alan Zelenetz.