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Origins of Marvel Comics

Origins of Marvel Comics

Lee, Stan, 1922-2018, author.
Graphic Novel 2024

"Marvel presents the origins and history of its most famous creations, narrated by Stan (the Man) Lee, that stellar storyman who saw comics as more than dime-store material and turned his characters into 20th-century mythology. Included are the beginnings of The Fantastic Four, which hurled Marvel out of the era of monsters without soul into the age of cosmic heroes; The Hulk, brilliant scientist turned muddled monster; Spider-Man, the teenage su...

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ISBN:
9781668020111
1668020114
Edition:
Facsimile of 1974 edition
Description:
vii, 256 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Other Title:
Marvel comics. Selections
Notes:
Includes reprints from Fantastic Four #1 (1961), #55 (1966), The Incredible Hulk #1 (1962), #118 (1969), Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962), The Amazing Spider-Man #72 (1969), Journey into Mystery #83 (1962), Thor #143 (1967), Strange Tales #115 (1963), #155 (1967)
Contents:
If one is good, four will be better
There shall come a jolly green giant
The world's best-selling swinger
Meanwhile back in Asgard
Mainly about a master of the mystic arts
Control Number:
3355596
Other Authors:
Buscema, John, penciller
Ditko, Steve, illustrator
Everett, Bill, 1917-1973, inker
Holloway, Ray, letterer
Kirby, Jack, penciller
Mooney, Jim (James Noel), 1919-2008, inker
Reinman, Paul, 1910-1988, inker
Romita, John, 1930-2023, penciller
Rosen, Sam, 1922-1992, letterer
Severin, Marie, illustrator
Simek, Artie, 1916-1975, letterer
Simon and Schuster, Inc., publisher
Sinnott, Joe, inker
Szenics, Terry, letterer
Trimpe, Herb, illustrator
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