The Golden Age of Marvel Comics, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Jack Kirby (Author), Carl Burgos (Author), Joe Simon (Author), Ron Garn (Author), Gustav Gus Schrotter (Author), Bill Everett (Illustrator), Carl Pfeufer (Illustrator), Syd Shores (Illustrator), Mike Sekowsky (Illustrator), Roy Thomas (Introduction)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Comics (February 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785105646
• ISBN-13: 978-0785105640
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,694,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for Golden Age comic book fans!, May 8, 1998

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Tegan (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age of Marvel Comics, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This book is a collection of Golden Age Marvel Comics. These aren't as sophisticated or complicated as today's comics, but these are the stories that started the industry, and well worth reading. This book doesn't just focus on the super-heroes, either. Other genres are represented in its pages. If you want to understand the history of comic books, pick this one up.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Age of Marvel Comics volume 1 is a must read!, October 17, 2001

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B. Mah "Bill" (Edmonton, AB, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age of Marvel Comics, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Released in 1997, The Golden Age of Marvel Comics volume 1 is a collection of early comic book stories from the Golden Age of comic books. Featuring Marvel Comics' Big Three: Captain America, The Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch, along with stories of other characters like The Vision, The Destroyer, The Angel, and the Black Knight, this is a book that every fan of old comic books will enjoy again and again.

Representing the works of writers and artists of the Golden Age like creators Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Russ Heath, Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., and others, this book is a great example of the early days of Marvel Comics' history, back then called Timely Comics. It shows how the art form of comic books was done in a time of war and depression. This is a worthwhile read.

This book was followed up with The Golden Age of Marvel Comics volume 2 released in 1999.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great reprint volume., June 29, 2009

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Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Age of Marvel Comics, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Both volume one and the better volume 2 first were released in the late 90's. They are still in print and since then marvel has released a large amount masterworks of golden age material. The art reconstruction is pretty good in volume one except for a torch story that looks pretty bad. Still it's worth owning and buying as the rest of the stories look fine. These are the adventures of Captain America and Bucky, The Human Torch and toro, The original Vision, and others. Many were reprinted back in the sixties or seventies so even the reprints are now old. Most of todays readers will have never seen many of these stories from the Golden Age unless they read some of the masterwork volumes. Which are great reads in themselves. This is priced much lower and it's a cheap way to read classic superhero stories and to enjoy them over and over again. These heroes are timeless and here we get to see them at their start.