Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1-8.  

Origins and updates of the eighties' elite in one easy installment! Trace major revisions to major characters such as Archangel and Vision, the Red Skull, S.H.I.E.L.D., the Hulk, and Hobgoblin - and many more! Featuring the debut stats of Apocalypse, Sinister, Venom and more! Plus: Marvel's first go-round of profiles for herodom's best supporting casts!