To celebrate their 70th anniversary a few years back, Marvel Comics launched several interesting limited series and one-shots, which included two three-issue minis entitled "Strange Tales" under the Marvel Knights and MAX (adult} banners. These comics feature several celebrated independent and underground artists who are let loose in the Marvel Universe and allowed to make it their own playground, with some fascinating results. Each issue is an anthology of short stories; notable contributors include Harvey Pekar, Gene Luen Yang, Peter Bagge, Stan Sakai, Kate Beaton, Becky Cloonan and more. 

This torrent contains the following:
-Strange Tales I [Marvel Knights] 01-03 (2009-2010, Digital-Empire)
-Strange Tales II [Marvel Knights] 01-03 (2010-2011, Digital-Empire)
-All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special 01 (2009) (two covers) (Minutemen-Sha-Hic!) [similar to the above two series and published in the first collected edition of Strange Tales as well; this is a celebration of the classic Timely and Atlas characters on which Marvel was born]

Promotional info for the first collection - "At long last, the wait is over! Marvel is proud to present the debut of this hotly anticipated anthology showcasing Marvel's greatest characters re-imagined by the best and brightest talents working in independent comics today. Don't miss what's sure to be one of the most exciting collections of comics short stories ever produced! Every issue stars a stunning array of the best, most exciting cartoonists on the planet - showcasing the Marvel Heroes as you've never seen them before! Featuring the long awaited Peter Bagge "Incorrigible Hulk!" Collects Startling Stories: The Megalomaniacal Spider-Man, Hulk vs. the Rain, and Diary of the Hulk."

Promotional info for the second collection - "Wolverine is the best there is at what he does - fighting in mutant-mixed-martial-arts tournaments, handing out relationship advice and eating hot dogs! Spider-Man issues the ultimate challenge to one of his deadliest enemies - an invitation to the prom! The Mighty Thor forges a powerful new alliance - with a cleverly disguised farm animal! Fear not, Friends of Old Marvel - you haven't fallen prey to the illusions of Loki. You've simply discovered Strange Tales II! A band of the best and brightest talents in independent, alternative and online comics joins forces with the Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a sequel to the acclaimed Strange Tales anthology, one that critics are calling "better than any of the previous run" (Douglas Wolk, Time.com's Techland). Hilarious, haunting and horrifying (sometimes all at once), it's Marvel gone strange!"

Booklist review - "A truly strange anthology indeed, this excellent collection gathers some of the top names in alternative comics and unleashes them on the Marvel universe. Similar to the DC parodies in Bizarro Comics (2002), these fresh takes on Marvel’s classic characters include some weird, humorous, often psychedelic results. Among the off-kilter best are Dr. Strange’s psychic battle at a diner over a poisoned bowl of soup, by Dash Shaw (BodyWorld, 2010); the oddly touching rework of the Hulk as a grumpy child, by James Kochalka (American Elf); autobiographical true-farceur Jeffrey Brown re-imagining the Fantastic Four as a group of bored pranksters; a restrained Johnny Ryan (Angry Youth Comix) envisioning the Punisher telling an at-risk youth to stay in school—or else; and droll genre parodist Jason making anthropomorphic animals out of Spider-Man and Doc Octopus getting into a bar fight. Though longtime alt-comics fans will be thrilled to see Peter Bagge’s “lost comic” The Incorrigible Hulk finally in print, the real winner here is Maakies creator Tony Millionaire’s completely whacked Iron Man adventure: the troubled hero (Millionaire would pick a reformed alcoholic) goes head-to-head with the nefarious Baloney-Head and his sidekick, Liver-Wurst Face (with a surprise appearance by Dwight D. Eisenhower!). Weird and totally unique, Strange Tales is like seeing your favorite heroes and villains in a fun-house mirror, with the emphasis on fun." -Carlos Orellana

Thanks and credit go to Empire for the digital copies of the Strange Tales issues and Minuteman-Sha-Hic! for the scan of the Special. Please seed, and enjoy! :-)