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| MARVEL |
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Five
Fabulous Decades
of
the World's Greatest Comics |
| by Les Daniels |
Paperback
Harry N Abrams
ISBN: 0810925664 |
$24.95
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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. The book also includes 17 profiles of the
main Marvel super heroes and 40 pages of facsimile stories. |
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| Here are
five fabulous decades of the world's greatest comics.
From
Amazon.com:
"I
don't even like comic books, but I was completely enthralled by this book.
The hefty 300 pages of high clay-content, color-saturated pages with over
700 illustrations and detailed text covers the 50-year history of the canonical
comic books company which later became one of the industry's greatest innovators.
Here there be artists highly skilled at depicting mayhem with clarity and
precision, and writers who unerringly touch the (popular) collective unconscious.
In addition to beinghighly praised within the comic book community, this
book has also received rave reviews from mainstream magazines such as Newsday
and People."
700 color illus.
9 1/2 x 11 7/8.
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| MARVEL
UNIVERSE |
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| by Peter Sanderson |
Hardcover: 288 pages
Abradale Press
ISBN: 0810981718 |
$24.98
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| The Guide
to the World Marvel Created
A companion volume to the
smash hit MARVEL, this book is an exciting introduction to that boundless
fictional realm. Readers take a guided tour through the vast cosmos known
as the Marvel Universe and meet the super heroes and the super-villains
whose adventures have thrilled fans for nearly forty years.
400 color illustrations.
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From
Booklist , January 1, 1997
In
the 1960s, Marvel Comics revitalized then-staid superhero comics by introducing
characters with superhuman powers but quite human imperfections and temperaments.
Sanderson's survey of Marvel's costumed champions really starts with the
1961 launching of the Fantastic Four, who led the way for Spider-Man, the
Hulk, the X-Men, and the hundreds of other inhabitants of what would come
to be known as the Marvel Universe and "a modern-day mythology." Over the
years, the many writers and artists who chronicled these heroes' exploits
strived to maintain a tight-knit continuity to lend consistency, if hardly
verisimilitude, to their larger-than-life adventures. Unlike Les Daniels,
whose MARVEL related the company's history through its comics and their
creators, Sanderson focuses on the characters and the considerable changes
they have undergone to stay timely. His big, copiously illustrated book
should thrill current comics fans, and baby boomers who haven't picked
up a Marvel comic in decades may be astonished to learn what has become
of some childhood heroes.
--Gordon
Flagg
Copyright
© 1997, American Library Association. All rights reserved.
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| Written by Kurt Busiek & painted by Alex
Ross |
Paperback: 216 pages
Marvel Comics
ISBN: 0785100490 |
$15.96
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| Witness the
birth of the fantastic Marvel Universe from the inside. See the world's
greatest heroes in a different light, with a new awe and touch of fear.
For the first time experience the Marvel Universe from a whole new perspective--
yours! |
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The award-winning
saga that redefined the modern heroic tale, presented in stunning painted
format.
What happens when an average
reporter is suddenly faced with the appearance of strange, wonderful super-beings?
Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of everyman and
get ready to rediscover the illustrated medium. |
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| STAN
LEE & JOHN BUSCEMA |
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HOW
TO
DRAW
COMICS
THE
MARVEL WAY |
| by Stan Lee & John Buscema |
Paperback
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0671530771 |
$16.00
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| The quintessential
guide to the magnificent Marvel method of comic-book art! This is the classic
tome by comic legends Stan Lee and John Buscema. |
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| Stan Lee, the
Mighty Man from Marvel, and John Buscema, active and adventuresome artist
behind the Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, the Mighty Thor and Spider-Man,
have collaborated on this comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information
for creating your own superhero comic strips. Using artwork from Marvel
comics as primary examples, Buscema graphically illustrates the hitherto
mysterious methods of comic art. Stan Lee's pithy prose gives able assistance
and advice to the apprentice artist. Bursting with Buscema's magnificent
illustrations and Lee's laudable word-magic, How to Draw Comics the
Marvel Way belongs in the library of every kid who has ever wanted
to illustrate his or her own comic strip. |
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