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Golden Age Marvel Comics - Volume 1

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This book is incredible. I am not terribly familiar with golden age comics, but these are very fun. The Bill Everett Sub-Mariner stories are especially twisted. This is pre-Comics Code material, the medium was relatively young and was evolving quickly and their was a lot of experimentation before they arrived at The Marvel Style. Highly Recommended!

This volume is more than a book because it also contais the history of golden age comics and comics writers & editiors in the USA. It is quite a need for all of us who love comics and want to preserve good and fond memories of those comics that marked our childhood (and life as well. I do strongly recommend it and wait other golden age comics omnibus soon again.

For those of you who have an interest in the golden age of comics, particularly Marvel Comics! then this volume will not disappoint. What you will find within this volume are the first twelve issues of Marvel Comics masterfully represented in one huge volume. I have been an enthusiastic collector of golden age comics for over 20 years, what I like most about this particular volume is the introduction by Will Murray. Murray presents a well constructed introduction highlighting the humble beginnings of Timely Comics Inc (later to be known as Marvel Comics). This detailed account gives the reader a behind scenes look at the inner machinations of building a comic publishing empire. Not only will the reader be given the opportunity to explore the mindset behind the marketing machine which produced such characters as the Human Torch, the Sub Mariner and the Angel, but how these characters were able to propel Timely Comics Inc at forefront of the comics industry. Murray's introduction gave the characters importance, which made for a more satisfying experience once you where ready to immerse yourself in the pages within. The book is an absolute gem and is highly recommend.

A MUST have book, for anyone who was ever a marvel comics fan. The 12 original issues from 1939-1940 reprinted in it, would today cost a reader A half million or more.It's worth it just for the early sub-mariner and human torch stories alone, through the other material is interesting.