Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics

Origins of Marvel Comics #5

by Stan Lee (Writer), Jack Kirby (Penciller), John Byrne (Writer/Penciller)

Collects:
Captain America (1968) #255
Captain America (1968) #350
Fantastic Four (1961) #4
Ka-Zar (1997) #1
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) #1
Marvel Spotlight (1971) #31
Namor, The Sub-Mariner (1990) #1
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) #5
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #117
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #309

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Dan Shonka]

Great color reprints of origin stories from long ago, and added depth to those origins told in much more recent issues. The one that was most interesting to me was probably the stories for Charles Xavier. Captain America is well represented, too. And the Submariner got me interested enough to check out his more recent series under the title Namor. It's a bit thin in comparison to the first Origins compilation, but it's a solid bit of history for some of you newly minted True Believers. Nuff said.

[Little Timmy]

Great Copper Age collection of some of marvel's best heroes & Stories. Very recommended

[Rick]

An odd selection of choices for this volume: Captain America, Namor, Ka-Zar, Nick Fury & Professor X. There are some good choices for individual issues here, but while Cap, Namor & Nick Fury have a thematic link (WWII) and Ka-Zar was inspired by an earlier incarnation, but Professor X seems gratuitous just to get an X-Men connection to boost sales. All-in-all probably the weakest volume in the Origins of Marvel Comics series. 

Captain America (1968) #255
Captain America (1968) #350
Fantastic Four (1961) #4
Ka-Zar (1997) #1
Ka-Zar the Savage (1981) #1
Marvel Spotlight (1971) #31
Namor, The Sub-Mariner (1990) #1
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (1968) #5
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #117
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #309

[Aiden Carter]

This book was alright. I didn't enjoy the stories in this collection as much as the other 3 origins volumes. The Ka-Zar and Xmen stuff was the highlights for me.