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Books : Marvel (First Impressions)In association with Amazon.comby: Les Daniels  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $26.95 You Save: $3.00 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 11 to 14 days
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.50973 EAN: 9780810925663 ISBN: 0810925664 Label: Harry N. Abrams Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 25, 1993 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Studio: Harry N. Abrams Sales Rank: 301527 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A celebration of fifty years of Marvel comics features seven hundred illustrations and a text that traces the history of Marvel, from its first publication in 1939, describing the birth and popularity of The Human Torch, Daredevil, and other superheroes. Reprint. Average Rating:
 Rating: - GREAT BOOK THAT NEEDED JIM STERANKO'S INPUTMarvel Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics is a well-presented but incomplete volume that I would highly recommend for those interested in the history of pulp fiction and comic books, especially Marvel Comics. It is a brilliant summary of a large portion of the genres, formats, and marketing strategies of Marvel Comics, which dates back to the 1930s and 1940s. Even a reader who is not particularly a comics fan will likely find this book fascinating and enlightening. ... Read More Rating: - the action behind marveli got the book, opened it in my car and spent half an hour fliiping through it until i realized that i had to get to the office...finished it that evening! i liked the whole concept and found out a lot (!) of interesting information about marvel, the people behind it, the philosophies, the characters. the book is easy to read and easy to use. i dropped off one star from the rating because, in the end, it is rather shallow and there were times when i wanted more information but there ... Read More Rating:  - THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE ARTThe incredible reprinted art from a lot of old comics makes this book worthwhile. The text is very, very weak. Rating: - SERIOUS FLAWSTHis book is a very generic portrait of Marvel, with one serious flaw: the book is edited by Marvel itself. This means that the writer, altough a real expert in comic book history, could not deal with all the subjects in a neutral way all the time. So, what we have is, generally, praise after praise for this mighty (with justice) company, but no real insight into their history. Of course, there is not space for such, since the book is crowded with magnific art from various artists and various comics. ... Read More Rating:  - JACK! STAN! JOE! GENE! AND FANTASTIC FOUR #51, TOO!!!MARVEL:FIVE FABULOUS DECADES is a long book with a lot of details that the average comic fan isn't interested in, but what I liked the most about it was the analysis of the work of Jack "The King" Kirby, Stan "The Man" Lee, Gene "The Dean" Colan, and INKER SUPREME Joe Sinnott! But what made an overwhelming impression on me about this book--and forced me to give it 5 stars!!!--was the surprise appearance of FANTASTIC FOUR #51--"This Man, This Monster"-- right in the middle of the book, a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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