The Marvel Encyclopedia

by Peter Sanderson
The Marvel Encyclopedia
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72 ratings, 3.83 average rating, 13 reviews (more data...)
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published
October 16th 2006 by DK ADULT

binding
Hardcover, 352 pages

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0756623588    (isbn13: 9780756623586)

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Marvel Comics' character roster boasts some of the best known and most popular characters ever conceived-heroes that are international household names...more




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Cat Springer
02/28/09
Cat Springer rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Ah, mercy, yes, here it is! My lifelong addiction, the ebullient and highly successful Marvel Universe. Everyone who's anyone (and then some -- Spider-Man 2099, must we?) is here, in brightly colored layout and informative text. Writer/editor/publisher/adjective-abuser Stan Lee's (and Jack Kirby's and Steve Ditko's, let us not forget!) toybox is in full view here, with A-Z of characters, super groups, organizations, and a quickie breakdown of Marvel Comics over the decades. Although I prefer DeF...more
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Randy Lander
02/05/09
Randy Lander rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Back at my previous site (*cough*don’t mind the link, fellas!*cough*), I had written a glowing review of DK Publishing’s DC Comics Encylopedia. Then, a couple months back, I wrote another glowing review of their Guide to Conan. I had every reason to expect greatness from their new Marvel Encyclopedia. Maybe those heightened expectations help explain my disappointment. Maybe it’s the involvement of current Marvel editorial in this edition, as contrasted with DC’s freelancer-driven version...more
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The Marvel Encyclopedia: a Complete Guide to the Characters of the Marvel Universe by Peter Sanderson (2006)
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Ivan
01/03/07
Ivan rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Not a bad book - useful as a reference, *but* being a Marvel fan, I have to say that DK did a much better job with the DC Encyclopedia. The Marvel Encyclopedia is lacking in detail and content such that die-hards (such as myself) must refer to the Official Handbook, begging the question: Why did they bother printing the Encyclopedia if they weren't going to one-up the Official Handbook? Furthermore, I just don't like the cover art, but that's just me. It's a lot of negativity, I know, but I mu...more
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Astrocuff
02/08/09
Astrocuff rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: currently-reading
Read in December, 2008
if full of realy good background info and stuff that i never knew.
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Ben
12/06/08
Ben rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Good for ANY Marvel fan and better for any starting into it.
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Ronya
05/11/08
Ronya rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2006
Handy as a reference, not well-written, typos abound & there are a coupla mismatched characters (look closely). If you are looking for comprehensive character histories & storylines consult your local comic-book keeper. I suppose if Marvel published all the histories of every character, they wouldn't need to keep creating comic books. ALas, I'd like something a little more comprehensive than this.
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Emily
09/30/08
Emily rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in October, 2008
Whoa. This is the geek book to end all geek books. More information that I could ever process all on my own. I bought it as part of an enrollment package for a book club where the signup options were very limited. This was definitely preferable to the other offerings...still might sell it though. Don't know if I'm enough of a geek to keep it around.
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Sixlet
08/02/07
Sixlet rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2007
recommends it for: comic lovers
I'm not sure who approved the final copy, but well they need to get fired. A lot of fun info, and for non fan boys it's a good read, but who other than fan boys are gonna buy a comic encyclopedia? Alot of errors, and omissions, shadowcat gets the same size entry as the living planet? whatever, still fun and looks good on the shelf.
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Sean
12/25/07
Sean rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2007
recommends it for: Any Nerd, such as myself
This book is sweet for any fan of comics. The history of all the well known and relatively unknown comic characters of the Marvel Franchise. It has great illustrations, bios, stats, etc. Very in depth research was done for this.
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Heather Renee'
02/29/08
Heather Renee' rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: my-favs
My favorite comic book characters to draw dc comics comes in a distant second.
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Ryan
07/20/07
Ryan rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: humandevelopment
Read in January, 2001
recommends it for: anyone
Green Lantern is my match, but sadly, he is a DC Comics hero.
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Michaael
08/18/08
Michaael added it

One of my favorite encyclopedia
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Alex
06/28/09
Alex marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read

Relly Komaruzaman
05/28/09
Relly Komaruzaman rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Wren
05/08/09
Wren marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read

Ryan (Theory)
05/05/09
Ryan (Theory) rated it: 4 of 5 stars


Matthew
05/04/09
Matthew rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009

Rich W
05/01/09
Rich W rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: comics

Vanessa
04/08/09
Vanessa rated it: 3 of 5 stars



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