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published
November 3rd 2008
by DK ADULT
binding
Hardcover, 352 pages
isbn
0756641233
(isbn13: 9780756641238)
description
Dig into the archives of Marvel Comics with this massive compendium. Every iconic hero and villain of the Marvel Comics Universe is chronologically ca...more
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Read in February, 2009
This is a year-by-year breakdown, lavishly illustrated, of the history of Marvel Comics from 1939 to the present. Publisher/editor/writer Stan Lee's contribution to his entire fictional universe is made abundantly evident, and comic legends such as illustrators Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko are introduced to new readers and reminded to older comics readers alike. Great fun to be brought up to speed with all I missed or didn't truly understand when first I read these comics as a kid. Only quibble: A...more
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Read in December, 2008
Yes... I both added and read this book all in one day. A year-by-year exploration of the development of the Marvel line of comics from their inception as romance and westerns , through to the birth of the Marvel Age of comics, right up to the major cross-over events of 2008, like World War Hulk. Last Christmas I received the Marvel Encyclopedia and this year Chronicles. Together they tell you just about all you need to know... though many fan boys recollections are likely to be more in depth (an...more
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This history of Marvel comics was one of the books that I had received for Christmas. I have to say that the book does not fail in any aspect. It’s a visual treat which you would really expect given that it’s a history of a graphic body of work. The nice surprise was the amount of information on both the publishing company, and the many iterations that it has gone through in it’s business life. The size of the book and case that it comes in made it a definite home/bedroom read. It would ha...more
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bookshelves:
art,
captain-america,
comics,
daredevil,
doctor-strange,
falcon,
fantastic-four,
ghost-rider,
goliath,
graphic-novels,
hercules,
history,
hulk,
iron-man,
marvel,
miss-marvel,
punisher,
she-hulk,
spiderman,
thor,
wolverine,
xmen
Read in January, 2009
recommends it for:
comic book nerds, history nerds, artists
