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Collecting a fan-favorite era for Marvel’s First Family, the Fantastic Four!Writers Roy Thomas and Len Wein, the artist brothers Buscema and breakout talent George Pérez are here to bring you some of the greatest Fantastic Four tales of the 1970s! The Thing cured! Luke Cage joins the team! Hulk vs. the Thing…and both of them vs. the FF! Galactus vs. the High Evolutionary! They’re edge-of-your-seat adventures that prove why FANTASTIC FOUR is “The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine!” Then, Reed Richards is replaced by his evil Counter-Earth counterpart! It’s a saga so massive in scope that Thundra, Tigra, the Mad Thinker and Annihilus are pulled into it, while Reed battles for his life in the Negative Zone. Afterwards, with little time to rest, our heroes must battle through a series of struggles that could tear them apart forever!COLLECTING: Fantastic Four (1961) 168-191, Fantastic Four Annual (1963) 11, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 20, Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) 1, material from Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 11

Crimes from his mercenary past return to haunt Moon Knight in this thrilling Epic Collection that concludes one of Moon Knight's most popular eras!As Acts of Vengeance from a dark alliance of villains wreak havoc on the Marvel Universe, Moon Knight deals with chaos on the streets — and faces unfamiliar foes including Flag-Smasher, Killer Shrike and the Ringer! Marc Spector joins deadly mercenaries to free Burunda from its ruthless dictator: his old nemesis, Bushman! But the lethal Arsenal is out to kill them both! Then, Marc’s history catches up with him as he’s put on trial, accused of murder! No matter what the jury decides, the shadowy Secret Empire will declare a death sentence! To take down this sinister organization, Moon Knight will need some help from Spider-Man and the Punisher — but soon it will be time for payback on whoever tried to ruin Marc’s life!COLLECTING: Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) 8-25, material from Punisher Annual (1988) 2

One of the most devastating Iron Man stories ever told as TOny Stark is forced to...BETRAY the Avengers!?With Iron Man revealed as a traitor in their midst, the Avengers turn to…a younger Tony Stark! But will Teen Tony join their cross-dimensional mission? And when Iron Man battles Iron Man, who will prove themselves invincible? Finding his way in the modern day, Teen Tony joins Captain America and Thor in battle with the Zodiac, and faces a chilling encounter with Frostbite! But young love leads to a date with disaster — and when Tony’s cousin Morgan Stark sets his sights on all the Iron Man armors, War Machine lends a hand! Then, as if life hasn’t been tumultuous enough for Shellhead and the Avengers, it’s an end of an era when Onslaught rocks the Marvel Universe!COLLECTING: Iron Man (1968) 325-332, War Machine (1994) 23, Avengers: Timeslide (1996) 1, Avengers (1963) 395-396, Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (1996) 1, Onslaught: Marvel Universe (1996) 1, Iron Man: The Legend (1996) 1

From the fetid of the swamps of the south comes the Man-Thing! The brilliant Dr. Ted Sallis' progress on a new Super-Solider Serum gained the envious attention of A.I.M. One untested injection and a hot-pursuit car crash into the swamp later, Sallis is forever changed. He is now the Man-Thing, a lumbering creature with the searing power to burn those who know fear! Under writer Steve Gerber, this concept became a 1970s comic-book classic. Mixing horror, occult and the Marvel Universe, Gerber's unique narrative concoctions could produce taut morality tales, biting social commentary, a budding sorceress, the Nexus of All Realities...and Howard the Duck! And with the top-flight restoration of the Marvel Masterworks, the muck monster has never looked better - or worse...bad in a good way, that is! Collecting ASTONISHING TALES (1970) #12-13, FEAR #11-19, MAN-THING (1974) #1, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #1, and material from SAVAGE TALES (1971) #1 and FEAR #10.

Nineties sensation Night Thrasher — breakout star of the classic young hero team the New Warriors — stars in his first series in 30 years!It’s time to thrash the night! Dwayne Taylor’s days as the skateboarding super hero Night Thrasher are long over. But when the death of a loved one draws him back to New York City, Dwayne finds the past difficult to outrun — especially when Silhouette, his ex-girlfriend and former New Warriors teammate, seeks his help against a new criminal called the O.G.! As the reunited pair see their relationship heat up, Dwayne is betrayed by one of his oldest and closest allies — and takes on a new look for a new era. But the mystery of the O.G.’s true identity — and what’s to come — will change Night Thrasher’s legacy forever! And it may end up destroying the very people he seeks to protect…COLLECTING: Night Thrasher (2024) 1-4

The story of the sinister symbiote is reimagined in the latest chapter of Marvel’s multiversal series, WHAT IF…?Years ago, in a familiar church tower, the Venom symbiote was spurned by Peter Parker and found a willing host in the vengeful and wrathful Eddie Brock! Or at least, that’s the story you know! Now, thrill to an all-new exploration of what makes Venom tick — in an unpredictable journey that reimagines the symbiote’s earliest days bonded to hosts with a rage and temper entirely different from those of Eddie Brock! Prepare to meet dark new Venomized versions of Wolverine, She-Hulk, Doctor Strange, Loki and Moon Knight! How will all these characters grapple with their newfound power — and who will the symbiote ultimately seek control of!COLLECTING: What If…? Venom (2024) 1-5

While the world believes that Steve Rogers is dead, Captain America lives on! In this Omnibus collection of Marvel classics by Stan Lee, Gene Colan and John Romita Sr., Cap embarks upon some of his all-time greatest adventures! A body-swapping encounter with the Red Skull and his Cosmic Cube leads to the first appearance of the Falcon; M.O.D.O.K. returns with a vengeance - and a secret weapon; Cap sets out on a road trip to explore his and his country's souls; Bucky Barnes returns; Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. enlist Cap in their battle against Hydra; Spider-Man and the Hulk face off against the star-spangled Avenger; and so much more! Every amazing story, every classic cover, every letters page is painstakingly restored and presented in this must-have oversized extravaganza! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #114-148.

Johnny Blaze's ability to control the unrelenting demonic power of the Ghost Rider is starting to fail - and when the Spirit of Vengeance can range free, his wrath will know no limits! Villains from the overly ocular Orb to Azmodeus don't know what's in store for them. What do we have in store for you? Not just another full tank of GHOST RIDER, but the beginning of the creative runs of fan-favorite writers Roger Stern and J.M. DeMatteis, and high-octane artist Bob Budiansky! They rejuvenated the series, bringing higher stakes, even more suspenseful storytelling and classic moments for every horror-hero fan to love: Ghost Rider goes to confession! The Freakmaster! Killer clowns! And a demon biker ready to burn rubber and mete out the vengeance of Hell! Collecting GHOST RIDER (1973) #63-73 and AVENGERS (1963) #214.

The ALIENS mythos expands in frightening new directions! Billionaire Daniel Grant leads an expedition to the Alien homeworld! But what could possibly be worth a journey into ultimate terror? It's one planet, two Alien queens, millions of hungry monsters and a king's ransom awaiting any survivors! Then, Stanislaw Mayakovsky and his partner, the young thief Gill, design a cybernetic Alien to steal the precious royal jelly of the Alien Queen Mother - but a powerful corporation wants what they have! And when an Alien is detected on board a space station orbiting Earth, all hope of destroying it depends on one man's sinister secret! Plus: The full story of Newt from the Aliens movie and more tales of horror! Collecting ALIENS: GENOCIDE #1-4, ALIENS: HIVE #1-4 and ALIENS: TRIBES, ALIENS: NEWT'S TALE #1-2 - plus material from DARK HORSE INSIDER #14-27, DARK HORSE PRESENTS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and DARK HORSE PRESENTS (1986) #56.

One of the biggest stars to come out of the 1970s era of Marvel continues his Epic Collection journey - the Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider!In his second Epic Collection, Ghost Rider faces a myriad of adversaries — from the awesome Orb and the Gladiator, to the Eel and the Enforcer! The Rider travels across the America’s backroads and the supernatural worlds beyond. They will bring him into the realm of the mystical Dr. Druid and into a team-up with Hawkeye and Two-Gun Kid against the fearsome Manticore! And with Karen Page in Ghost Rider’s cast, Daredevil enters the fray in a crossover classic drawn by John Byrne! Also featuring the fearsome joining of Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Morbius and Werewolf by Night as the Legion of Monsters!COLLECTING: Ghost Rider (1973) 12-28, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 18, Daredevil (1964) 138, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 58, Marvel Premiere (1972) 28, material from Marvel Tales (1966) 255

Dark times for Daredevil - and Elektra! When DD heads underground, he gets drawn into an ordeal involving Bushwacker, the Devourer and...Deathlok? But as things get explosive, is the biggest menace the underground King - or the rising Kingpin? Out of costume, it's Matt Murdock no more - now he's Jack Batlin, street hustler! But when a Kruel menace targets Matt's friends, "Jack's" old life quickly comes back to haunt him! It's time for the 'Devil to do a little soul-searching before his identity crisis pushes him over the edge! Will Nick Fury and the Punisher play a part in the return of the "real" Daredevil? Plus: DD's former flame, the assassin Elektra, stars in her own epic tale of darkness and deception - taking on the Hand and the sinister Snakeroot! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1964) #333-344 and ELEKTRA: ROOT OF EVIL #1-4.

Who's got disco fever? We do! Marvel presents the entire 1980s DAZZLER run in a single, massive, oversized Omnibus. Leaping from the pages of X-MEN and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Alison Blaire, A.K.A. Dazzler, charted one of the comic-book direct market's first exclusive offerings in her solo series. Equal parts pop star and super hero, Dazzler's stories feature drama, romance, adventure and action in the mighty Marvel manner. But being the hardest-working mutant in show business isn't as glamorous as you'd think! She faces prison, family intrigue, the Sisterhood of Evil Mutants, a vengeful Rogue during her villain days and even Galactus! Complete with letters pages and more! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #130-131, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #203, DAZZLER (1981) #1-42, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL (1982) #12, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST #1-4, SECRET WARS II #4, and material from WHAT IF (1977) #33 and MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #38.

The first-ever ongoing series starring Venom gets the Epic Collection treatment!Daniel Way’s tense and thrill-packed run is collected in one volume! Somehow separated from Eddie Brock, the Venom symbiote has resurfaced near the Arctic Circle — hopping from host to host with the greatest of ease and on the run from enigmatic forces with their own agenda for the elusive alien. Ravenously hungry and craving adrenaline to satiate its appetite, the symbiote seeks out people experiencing intense, base emotions such as rage, jealousy and hatred. As it cuts a bloody swath toward civilization through Canada’s northern regions, it sets its sights on a short, hairy guy with a bad temper: the X-Men’s Wolverine! And as the action moves to New York City, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four are forced to play damage control as not one but two bloodthirsty Venom creatures cause havoc! Heeere’s Eddie!COLLECTING: Venom (2003) 1-18

The Aliens franchise gets the Marvel What If treatment, featuring notorious corporate man Carter Burke in an all-new adventure!For years, fans of James Cameron’s legendary ALIENS film questioned whether Carter Burke, a company man more hateable than the Xenos themselves, had actually survived the traumatic events on the terraforming colony Hadley’s Hope. Now the actor behind the beloved villain, Paul Reiser, joins his son Leon and a star-studded team of writers and producers for a journey back to Hadley’s Hope and the twisted escape of a man who should have died!COLLECTING: Aliens: What If…? (2024) 1-5

"In a world without Norman Osborn, Spider-Punk reigns! This ain't no victory lap, though: Just as Hobie Brown gets the Spider-Band of Earth-138 back together in a bid to rebuild society, Justin Hammer and Doctor Otto Octavius have other plans - like introducing the world to the Spider-Slaying Sentinels!"--

"The heat is on in Hell's Kitchen! Spider-Man recruits Elektra Natchios, former assassin turned Daredevil, to stop New York City from tearing itself apart as every mobster and super villain in town goes to war! Elektra already has her hands full with the dangerous new gang known as the Heat when a new player with powerful and lethal abilities, and skills to match her own, explodes into the fray! For the first time in her life, Elektra may be out of her depth! With the city engulfed in violence and chaos, she's all that stands between the people of Hell's Kitchen and a bloodthirsty criminal conspiracy!"--

The former villain continues his transformation into Marvel's most unlikely antihero! The symbiote is dying to eat brains - literally! If the suit doesn't scarf down gray matter, it'll bite the big one! Can Eddie keep his "other" in check, or will Venom become a crazed cannibal? Then, one lethal protector joins another, Wolverine, on an unwilling interdimensional adventure - and you'll still hear the screams, even in space! The law finally catches up with Eddie Brock, and Venom goes on trial! But even with Matt "Daredevil" Murdock on defense, what possible verdict could hand Venom a license to kill?! When he targets Ghost Rider and J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man must intervene! The bitter feud between Peter Parker and Eddie Brock is reignited, but can Spidey finally bring about Venom's big finish? Collecting VENOM: THE HUNGER (1996) #1-4, VENOM: TOOTH AND CLAW (1996) #1-3, VENOM: ON TRIAL (1997) #1-3, VENOM: LICENSE TO KILL (1997) #1-3, VENOM: SEED OF DARKNESS (1997) #-1, VENOM: SIGN OF THE BOSS (1997) #1-2, SPIDER-MAN: THE VENOM AGENDA (1998) #1 and VENOM: THE FINALE (1997) #1-3.

What do you get when you merge M with Emplate? M-Plate - and the combined entity spells big trouble for Generation X! Meanwhile, a theft at the Academy exposes secrets that Husk, Jubilee and Skin would rather stay hidden! And as these problems collide, the students face an interdimensional adventure some of them might not walk away from! Penance's secrets are revealed at last, but what will that mean for Monet? Plus: The team deals with Asgardian trolls, Emma Frost suffers a loss of powers just as an old foe returns and emotions run high for Husk and Chamber! But when Dracula sets up shop in Massachusetts, will Jono end up under the dark prince's thrall? And can Generation X save Christmas? Collecting GENERATION X (1994) #33-47 and #1/2, GENERATION X/DRACULA ANNUAL '98, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #20, and GENERATION X HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1.

John Romita Sr. joins Stan Lee to take the wallcrawler from strength to strength in some of the best Spidey stories ever told!Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot! Artist John Romita Sr. makes his AMAZING SPIDER-MAN debut, and oh, what a debut it is! With his identity uncovered by the Green Goblin, Spider-Man finds himself fighting for his life — only to discover that the Goblin is none other than Norman Osborn! It’s a story that reset the stakes for super heroes, and the historic moments don’t stop there! This volume also features the first appearance of Mary Jane Watson, Spidey’s attempt to join the Avengers, and the debuts of the Rhino and the Shocker! Peter Parker’s personal life also gets an upgrade when he moves out of Aunt May’s house and gets his first apartment…not to mention his first pair of wheels!COLLECTING: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 39-46, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) 3

The New Republic series of Star Wars Legends Epic Collections comes to a close, featuring some of the final Legends appearances of many classic Star Wars heroes!The end of the New Republic era! Twenty-five years after the events of A New Hope, Luke Skywalker and the galaxy must face the greatest threat since the Sith were defeated: the Yuuzhan Vong! Swarming across scores of worlds, these hostile invaders from another galaxy spread the New Republic’s forces thin and challenge even Luke’s New Jedi Order — which now includes Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo’s children! In the face of this massive and horrifying threat, battle lines are drawn and alliances new and old are forged — but remnants of the Empire still lurk in the shadows with plans of their own. Can the New Republic survive?COLLECTING: Star Wars: Invasion (2009) 0-5, Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues (2010) 1-6, Star Wars: Invasion - Revelations (2011) 1-5, Star Wars Handbook (1998) 2: Crimson Empire; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) 18-19, 21

Writer/artist John Byrne is bringing down the house - literally! The new face of Doctor Doom turns toward the FF and destroys their home and headquarters, the Baxter Building. With no safe haven, no equipment and no place to regroup, the team then faces an all-out riot in New York! The Hate-Monger and Psycho-Man are twisting the emotions of the city's people - and only a trip into the Microverse can put an end to the violence! These adventures expertly tap straight into the heart of the characters, illuminating why the Fantastic Four are enduring Marvel icons! Plus: Byrne's SHE-HULK graphic novel and an Avengers crossover that will have major implications for the future of the Skrulls! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #278-285 and ANNUAL #19, AVENGERS ANNUAL #14, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #18: THE SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK and material from SECRET WARS II #2.

The Rebellion on the verge of triumph - or tragedy! On the eve of RETURN OF THE JEDI, as the rebels struggle to find enough allies to counter the Empire, they must contend with notorious crime lords Prince Xizor and Jabba the Hutt! Determined to redeem himself, Lando Calrissian tasks smuggler Dash Rendar with tracking down the captured Han Solo, now in the hands of the galaxy's most feared bounty hunter: Boba Fett! It's up to Lando, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Chewbacca to rescue Han, destroy the new Death Star, and defeat Darth Vader and the evil Emperor Palpatine! Plus: Go way behind the scenes with unexpected and hilarious tales from around the galaxy! Collecting STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE (1996) #1-6, STAR WARS: THE BOUNTY HUNTERS - SCOUNDREL'S WAGES (1999) #1, CLASSIC STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1994) #1-2, STAR WARS: TALES FROM MOS EISLEY (1996) #1, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK II (2006) #1, SERGIO ARAGONES STOMPS STAR WARS (2000) #1 and STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE MINICOMIC (1996) #1-2 - plus material from STAR WARS KIDS (1997) #12; STAR WARS VISIONARIES (2005); and STAR WARS TALES (1999) #2, #4-8, #10, #12, #14 and #20.

"Spider-Man 2099 does the monster mash in a horrific vision of the future! The web-slinger of tomorrow, Miguel O'Hara, must face off against the most gruesome adversaries Nueva York has to offer! Blade lends a hand against the Marvel Zombie, seeking to stop an undead infection that threatens Miguel's mother! With the moon under attack, Moon Knight 2099 needs Spidey's help against Dracula! When a howling mad Werewolf by 2099 is unleashed, can Miguel withstand this cursed soul? Body parts fly as the new Terror Inc. strikes! And will Spider-Man burn at the touch of the nightmarish Man-Thing? A new breed of horror is unleashed, thanks to these far-out future versions of some of Marvel's most iconic monsters!"--

Prepare yourself for one of the most epic eras in the history of Namor, the Sub-Mariner! It's a string of Marvel classics that have defined the Atlantean's life forevermore. There are team-ups, gladiator battles, the return of Attuma and Prince Byrrah and the founding of the Titans Three (A.K.A. the Defenders to be). But the heart of the drama is Prince Namor's and Lady Dorma's wedding and the scheming Lemurian Llyra's plans to destroy it all! In the aftermath, Namor is on a rampage, and in his pursuit of vengeance, he learns that his father - the long-thought-dead Captain Leonard McKenzie - is still alive! If that's not enough, Namor, Doctor Doom and M.O.D.O.K. battle each other for the Cosmic Cube! Collecting SUB-MARINER (1968) #28-49, DAREDEVIL (1964) #77 and material from KA-ZAR (1970) #1.

Welcome back to the classic adventures of Iron Man! In this Omnibus, a revolution in Latin America keeps Tony Stark on his toes while the Spymaster puts together an elite team with one objective: destroy Stark Industries! Then things take a turn for the extraordinary when visions of Iron Man's death torment Tony's ESP-empowered fiancée! Joined by the Guardsman, Iron Man must face a host of enemies - before an entirely new league of villain debuts in the historic first appearance of Thanos (not to mention Drax the Destroyer and Moondragon)! Finally, against the backdrop of an increasingly tense love triangle between Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan, running a savage gauntlet from the Mandarin to Whiplash pushes Iron Man to the limit! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #26-67 and DAREDEVIL (1964) #73.

The foundation of the Marvel Universe as we know it today starts here with the debut of the Fantastic Four, whose success in the 1960s led to the creation of nearly every Marvel icon that is known around the world today!In 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby lit the fuse of the greatest revolution in comic book history - the Marvel Age of Comics - and it started right here, in the pages of FANTASTIC FOUR! With the space race on, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm shoot for the stars - but after their craft is bombarded by cosmic rays, they return to Earth with the startling powers of the Fantastic Four! These weren't just any super heroes, though - the Fantastic Four were a realistic, relatable, bickering and loveable family that couldn't pay their rent and didn't always love their powers. So crack open this Epic Collection and enjoy the beginning of the series that earned the name "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!"COLLECTING: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #1-18

"Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may look like a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Hulk! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's atomic update on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde paradigm mixed the might of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and psychological drama. Decades later, it's a formula that still has readers clamoring for more! For the first time, this Epic Collection follows Hulk's every adventure. His original series; his time with - and against - the Avengers; his first confrontation with the Thing; encounters with Spider-Man and Ant-Man and a mythic battle with Thor!"--

Storied writer Peter David's legendary run on the Incredible Hulk continues, with his all-time great tale of the Hulk's distant future, Future Imperfect!Witness the terrifying future of the Incredible Hulk! Could our hero truly be destined to rule a ravaged world with a gamma fist as the despotic Maestro?! Or will a time-torn Bruce Banner be able to change his own nightmarish fate? One of the greatest Hulk tales ever told fully earns its Epic status! Plus, more adventures with Bruce, Rick Jones and the Pantheon! A monster at Loch Ness - but not the one Hulk went looking for! A showdown with Nick Fury! A royal rumble with Madman! Hulk and She-Hulk double-team the Bi-Beast! Silver Surfer and the Starjammers join the intergalactic Trojan War! And Rick is getting married...if he can survive his bachelor party!COLLECTING: INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 407-419, ANNUAL 20; HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT 1-2; INCREDIBLE HULK ASHCAN EDITION; MATERIAL FROM MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 3

Based on the little known real life "Slave Insurrection" of 1741, this book imagines outlaw fugitive John Gwin and an eclectic crew of renegades as they attempt to disrupt and overthrow the colonial social orderRebel fugitive John Gwin was previously introduced in Under the Banner of King Death and this graphic novel continues his adventures. Revolution by Fire is a hypothetical look at the inner workings of the so called “New York Conspiracy” or "Slave Rebellion" of 1741, following the figures who were considered the real-life masterminds of the plot.Featuring an eclectic crew of African-American, Irish, and mixed race Hispanic sailors, soldiers, and renegades, Gwin and his band are determined to capture New York City in their own names and fight the higher class “wigs and ruffles” wearing white people. Unfortunately for the conspirators, suspicions about an uprising were already in the minds of the Governor and his fellow elites, and the events that followed change the course of everyone’s lives forever.Based on the chapter titled “Outcasts of the Nations of the Earth” in Rediker’s and Peter Linebaugh’s The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic, the book provides a fly-on-the-wall view of a historical event reimagined, highlighting cooperation among races and classes that transcends the social order of its time—and inspire us today.

A brave and captivating graphic memoir about the power of therapy to heal anxiety and generational traumaWhen Sacha Mardou turned forty-years-old, she was leading a life that looked perfect on the outside: happily married to the love of her life, enjoying motherhood and her six-year-old daughter, and her first book had just been published. But for reasons she couldn’t explain, the anxiety that had always plagued her only seemed to be getting worse and then, without warning, she began breaking out in terrible acne.The product of a stoic, working-class British family, Sacha had a deeply seeded distrust of mental health treatment, but now, living the life she’d built in the US and desperate for relief, she finds herself in a therapist’s office for the first time. There she begins the real work of growing up: learning to understand her family of origin and the childhood trauma she thought she’d left hidden in the past but is still entangled in her present life.Past Tense takes us inside Sacha’s therapy sessions, which over time become life-changing: She begins to come to terms with her turbulent and complicated upbringing, which centered around her now estranged father, who had a violent relationship with her mother and would later go to prison for sexually abusing her stepsister. With her therapist’s guidance, she sees how these wounds and other generational trauma has been passed through her family as far back as her grandmother’s experiences during The Blitz of World War Two. And she discovers modalities that powerfully shape her healing along the way, including the work of Bessel Van der Kolk and Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems).As Sacha’s emotional life begins to unfreeze and she lets go of the shame she’s long held, she realizes that the work she’s doing and her love for her family can ripple outward too, changing her relationships now, and creating a new legacy for her daughter.Bravely told, visceral, and profoundly moving, Past Tense is a story about our power to break free of the past--once and for all--and find hope.