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The Golden Age of Marvel Comics, Vol. 1

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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.

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.

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.

Are you a fan of those great Golden Age comic books? Those were the days - Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, fighting for truth, justice and the American way! Comic books have come a long way, some things are better, but other things are not.

This wonderful book is a real blast from the past! It contains stories starring Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner, and also some lesser lights, like the Vision, the Angel, the Destroyer, Marvel Boy, and even the Black Knight. The production quality of the illustrations is lower than more modern comics, but that was the way comics were made back then. The real strength of the book is two-fold - the nostalgic feel of the Golden Age, and the great stories.

I must admit, I am a fan of Golden Age comics, and as such I found this book to be a real treat. If you know someone who also likes the Golden Age, then do them a great big favor, and buy them this book. I highly recommend it!