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Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Villains Paperback – April 1, 1998

by Stan Lee (Author), Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator)

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230 pages
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English
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Marvel Enterprises
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April 1, 1998
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6.75 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
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0785105972
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978-0785105978
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises (April 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785105972
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785105978
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches

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Stan Lee

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Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. Nevertheless: Having begun his career with wartime Timely Comics and staying the course throughout the Atlas era, Stan the Man made comic-book history with Fantastic Four #1, harbinger of a bold new perspective in story writing that endures to this day. With some of the industry’s greatest artists, he introduced hero after hero in Incredible Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men and more — forming a shared universe for rival publishers to measure themselves against. After an almost literal lifetime of writing and editing, Lee entered new entertainment fields and earned Marvel one opportunity after another. He remains one of Marvel’s best-known public representatives.

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Stanley Martin Lieber (Manhattan, Nueva York; 28 de diciembre de 1922 - Los Ángeles, California; 12 de noviembre de 2018), más conocido como Stan Lee, fue un escritor y editor de cómics estadounidense, además de productor y ocasional actor de cine. Es principalmente conocido por haber creado personajes icónicos del mundo del cómic tales como Spiderman, Hulk, Ironman, los 4 Fantásticos, Thor, los Vengadores, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, X-Men y Bruja escarlata, entre otros muchos superhéroes, casi siempre acompañado de los dibujantes Steve Ditko y Jack Kirby. El trabajo de Stan Lee fue fundamental para expandir Marvel Comics, llevándola de ser una pequeña casa publicitaria a una gran corporación multimedia. Todavía hoy, los cómics de Marvel se distinguen por indicar siempre «Stan Lee presenta» en los rótulos de presentación. También tuvo un programa televisivo en History Channel en donde buscaba superhumanos "reales".

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T. Schott

A great Marvel book I wanted back in the 1970s

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2021

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Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of the Marvel Comics Villains.
Dimensions 7"x10".
253 pages
Back in 1976 I always wanted this book to go along with my copies of Origins of Marvel Comics and Sons of Origins of Marvel Comics; unfortunately I didn't have the spending money at 9 years old. It was great to get a used VG/G copy for $32 after shipping and tax. This collection contains reprints of first appearance stories for Doctor Doom, Dormammu, Loki, Red Skull, Green Goblin, Abomination, and Mephisto.

FANTASTIC FOUR #5
FANTASTIC FOUR Annual #2
STRANGE TALES #126 & 127
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #112, 113, & 115
TALES OF SUSPENSE #66-68
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #40
TALES TO ASTONISH #90-91
SILVER SURFER (Vol. 1) #3

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Bring on the bad guys to get smacked around by the good guys

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2010

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BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: ORIGINS OF THE MARVEL COMICS VILLAINS was the third in a trilogy of origins anthology the House of Ideas published back in the mid-'70s, before GRANDSON OF THE ORIGINS OF MARVEL HEROES and BRING BACK THE BAD GUYS came along much later. BRING ON THE BAD GUYS features the origins and/or debut appearances of six of Marvel's most notorious ne'er-do-wells. And the Abomination also shows up. These stories are absolutely classic back-in-the-day stuff, taking us back to when Marvel Comics was still wet behind the ears, when Stan "the Man" Lee bogarted all the words and a stable of legendary comic book artists regularly brought Stan's stories to visual life.

It's fitting that Marvel's most infamous villain would kick things off. FANTASTIC FOUR #5 recounts the FF's first run-in with everyone's favorite imperious monarch and sorcerer scientist Victor Von Doom, and it involves tons of time travel and the Thing, gigged out in pirate clothes, launching a legend on the high seas. Then FANTASTIC FOUR Annual #2 details Dr. Doom's backstory and how he almost became college roommates with Reed Richards. Here come six magical words: Stan Lee writes, Jack Kirby draws.

Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, flaunts his own kooky rogues gallery - Baron Mordo, Nightmare, Shuma-Gorath, etc. - but maybe his most well known adversary is the Dread Dormammu, that old scorchy face from another dimension. Reprinted material from 1964's STRANGE TALES #126 & 127 showcases Stan Lee's words and Steve Ditko's marvelously offbeat (and even abstract) illustrations. We also get first sightings of the lovely Clea and the brutish Mindless Ones.

Norse mythology never was more bombastic than when Stan Lee was chronicling the epic adventures of Thor the Thunder God. Lots of times, the bee in his bonnet, the fly in his ointment, the pea in his mattress is his step-brother Loki, the God of Evil. The reprinted "Tales of Asgard" backup segments from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #112, 113, & 115 give us Loki's backstory. The main story from issue #115 also features Thor whaling on the Absorbing Man, as well as more of Loki's mischief. And those six words again: Stan Lee writes, Jack Kirby draws.

Was there ever a more despicable guy than the Red Skull? For Captain America, Herr Johann Schmidt headlines the list of evil nasties. Reprinting the Captain America bits from TALES OF SUSPENSE #66-68 (Cap shared that title with Iron Man back in the day), we get an adventure set in World War II as Cap and Bucky match brawn and wits against the original Red Skull (who, by the way, predates even Marvel Comics), except that Cap succumbs to the Skull's mind-control chemical. Later, Cap must foil the Skull's attempt to hijack Project Vanish. Again, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby.

The Goblin, it's obvious, is one of Stan Lee's favorite creations. His foreword to the Goblin's section here rhapsodies over the fact that the Goblin is one of the most dangerous villains around, and yet is an honest-to-gosh good guy in his civilian identity (remember this is in the early days looooong before Dark Reign). Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1) #40, we get the first telling of the Green Goblin's origin but alas we're still left in the dark regarding that weird cornrow thing Norman Osborn has got happening on his scalp. Meanwhile, there's Peter Parker held captive and unmasked by the Goblin and having just now learned that the Goblin is his best friend's father. This is the kind of soap opera Stan Lee loves to inject in superhero comics. John Romita, Sr. provides the classic smooth artwork.

The Leader isn't in these pages but I just like mentioning that his forehead is so humongous that whenever he furrows his brow in deep thought, even calculus gets scared. The Leader was supposed to be a match for Bruce Banner when it came to the clever, but enemy spy Emil Blonsky - a.k.a. the Abomination - was slated to be bigger and stronger than the Hulk, except that, of course, no one's stronger than the Hulk. Reprinting TALES TO ASTONISH #90-91, a story arc rife with misdirected feats of strength and the usual associated anger management issues. And I guess it should be mentioned that, in this story arc, the unearthly Stranger has influenced the Hulk's mind, causing the Hulk to rampage even more than usual. Stan Lee is the scripter, Gil Kane the dynamic artist.

Finally, SILVER SURFER (Vol. 1) #3 tells a tale of brimstone and nobility, of how Jesus Chri - er, the Surfer stands up to that grand personification of Evil, Mephisto, with the soul of the Surfer's beloved Shalla Bal at stake. Stan Lee... blah blah blah, and John Buscema submits truly beautiful artwork. I've honestly never seen the guy draw better, and he adds a truly epic, mythical vibe to the story.

A big honking bonus to this trade collection is that each segment comes with a lengthy Stan Lee intro, this giving the reader a behind-the-scenes peek at the Man's creative processes and specifically his insights concerning the complexity and ambiguity of his super-villain roster. Just don't drown in all that alliteration.

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BRING ON THE BAD GUYS

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2010

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Bring On The Bad Guys is the Origins Of The Marvel Comics Villains it was first published by Simon and Schuster by Fireside books.in 1976. It is a medium to large paperback book. The book consists of 253 pages and it has a prologue written by Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. Every chapter is in full color.
Seven chapters in the book are as follows:

1) DOCTOR DOOM
This chapter contains a foreword from Stan Lee that explains why Doctor Doom is one of his favorite villains and is four pages long. The story is very well written and is 39 pages long and broken into five parts.
Hero: The Fantastic Four

2) THE DREAD DORMAMMU:
This chapter contains a two-page foreword from Stan Lee how this character became incepted. The artwork here is a little sloppy and is one of the shorter stories in the book and also one of my least favorite. It is 20 pages long.
Hero: Dr. Strange

3) LOKI:
A three page foreword by Stan Lee, is 31 pages long and is broken into three parts. Awesome artwork here and good story telling but the story just drops off during mid-story...bummer.
Hero: Thor

4) THE RED SKULL:
A three page foreword by Stan Lee and is 30 pages long. This section is divided into three parts. Excellent artwork and story. Almost a complete ending but overall very satisfying.
Hero: Captain America

5) THE GREEN GOBLIN:
A four page introduction by Stan Lee and is 20 pages long.This section is not divided into separate parts and is probably the most familiar villain in the book. This story is one of my favorites in the book and is accompanied with fantastic artwork and a very tight story.
Hero: Spider-Man

6) THE ABOMINATION:
A four page introduction by Stan Lee and is 20 pages long.This section is divided into two parts and is very exciting. Very nice artwork and is one of my favorites inside this book.
Hero: The Incredible Hulk

7) MEPHISTO:
A four page introduction by Stan Lee and is 40 pages long. This is by far IMO the best story in the book and they definitely saved the best for last. Stunning artwork and a very awesome story line.
Hero: The Silver Surfer

My experience:

I was eight yrs old when I first saw Bring On The Bad Guys. It was given to me by my late uncle and the cover art struck me immediately. What more could a boy want? Behemoth monsters and demonic robots, hell even a few Demi-Gods and even one that looked like Satan himself. What had me even more intrigued was seeing this villainous pack was being led by Doctor Doom; his finger pointed straight at me with a caption that was screaming "BRING ON THE BAD GUYS".

This title almost seemed like a recruitment offer and I wanted in; problem was would my parents let a book like this in? Probably not since it had to do with "Bad Guys". Surprisingly they did ALLOW ME TO KEEP IT under one condition; that I not bring it to school and if I did it would be taken away from me. Of course I did take it to school and it WAS taken, well actually robbed. I guess that will teach me to read comics in school eh... well at least not get caught... right? Yeah right.

Bring On The Bad Guys was just that, it was given to me by an uncle who just escaped from prison and he could transform into anything he touched... oh wait this is just a story inside a chapter of the book Called "LOKI". Omitting the volumes of villainous entries inside the Marvel Comics universe is enormous... but sometimes you can find an entry such as BRING ON THE BAD GUYS, that is a compendium of some of the best entrants.

This is not a complete book by any means as it introduces the ORIGINS of some of the best and most memorable Villains in Marvel Comics history; at least my history anyway. I hope a part of your history soon. This particular volume I hold in my hands here is one of the original copies printed and is in excellent shape, not a cheap volume but it can be bought at cheaper prices as a smaller book (no good, it's bad for the eyes. especially my eyes.) anyway the book consists of seven chapters revealing the origins of super villains such as DOCTOR. DOOM, THE GREEN GOBLIN, THE ABOMINATION, MEPHISTO and many more.

Some stories are very satisfying like DOCTOR DOOM but just a few are not, like THE DREAD DORMAMMU.
LOKI is a cool story but it leaves you hanging and brings about a feeling of incompleteness as it stops in mid story. THE DREAD DORMAMMU is simply just ..SUCKY. (I've never even heard of this villain outside this book.) Another very enjoyable story is that of the GREEN GOBLIN. Where Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is unmasked by his arch-nemesis (at least in the begriming and long before Venom.) THE ABOMINATION is another tight story with a fairly decent ending, figuratively speaking.

The book closes with MEPHISTO and is probably one of my favorites of the book (go figure) but I was never much of a fan of the Silver Surfer (dude). THE RED-SKULL is one of the most memorable for me as the great Captain America is captured by the Nazi's and is forced to salute THE RED-SKULL. Many swastikas and Hitler type references. Looks very vintage and I am sure caused quite a stir with its portrayal of WWII. All in all I am very pleased with this book and I am very thankfull I have an original copy allthough the most important thing to remember here is no matter which version you buy just... "BRING ON THE BAD GUYS"

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Paul H.

great fun and an Awsome collection

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2016

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Yes .. What an Awsome blast from the past ,I remember getting this book as a kid and enjoying all the origin stories of the baddies ....great fun and an Awsome collection !!!

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Michael Longoria

book

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2019

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Jonathan H.

Being em on

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019

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