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Sep15

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: Marvel Classic to Get 50th ANNIVERSARY Re-Release

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Sep 15, 2026

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: Marvel Classic to Get 50th ANNIVERSARY Re-Release

Coming in October… In 2024, Simon & Schuster’s Gallery 13 label released a 50th anniversary reprint of the seminal ’70s collection Origins of Marvel Comics, to much ballyhoo. Not only was there a regular edition, there was a special, deluxe hardcover edited by our pal Chris Ryall that put the book in its proper context and addressed the elephant in the room — that the 1974 original got only a Stan Lee cover byline when the collection was filled with the work of creators such as Jack Kirby (primarily), Steve Ditko, John Buscema, John Romita and others. Last year, Gallery 13 re-released the sequel, Son of Origins of Marvel Comics, with such little fanfare that it escaped our notice — and we’re obsessives! (Click here for more info about that.) Now, upon our travels, we’ve happened upon a third 50th anniversary re-release — this October’s Bring on the Bad Guys!, also cover-credited to Stan Lee, but featuring the work of folks like Kirby, Buscema, Romita, Joe Sinnott, Gil Kane, and more. — Buncha thoughts: — The online description is pretty dinky — “Now back in print and timed for its 50th anniversary—the landmark book Bring on the Bad Guys by Stan Lee!” — The 256-page trade paperback is due Oct. 6, 2026, and lists for $21.99. The original, published by Simon & Schuster’s Fireside Books, came out in October 1976. — As the cover suggests, the book features the reprinted origin stories of Dr. Doom, Dormammu, Loki, the Red Skull, the Green Goblin, the Abomination, and Mephisto. — If this 50th anniversary cycle holds, next year should bring us The Superhero Women: Featuring the Fabulous Females of Marvel Comics. — MORE — Hey, Did Ya Miss It? 1975’s SON OF ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS Has Been Re-Released. Click here. — ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS to Get 50th Anniversary Re-Release — Including a DELUXE EDITION. Click...

Sep15

Hey, Did Ya Miss It? 1975’s SON OF ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS Has Been Re-Released

Posted by Dan Greenfield on Sep 15, 2026

Hey, Did Ya Miss It? 1975’s SON OF ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS Has Been Re-Released

With virtually no fanfare… Hell, you may know this but I certainly didn’t; I don’t even think there was a press release: The 1975 classic Son of Origins of Marvel Comics has been re-released for its 50th anniversary — and it’s been out for almost a year, from Simon & Schuster’s Gallery 13 imprint. Dig the official description: SON OF ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS Just in time for its 50th anniversary, this is the landmark follow-up to the hit classic Origins of Marvel Comics. Originally published in 1975, Son of Origins of Marvel Comics features the first appearances of characters who have dominated the pantheon of Marvel’s modern storytelling mythology—X-Men, Iron Man, the Avengers, Daredevil, Nick Fury, the Watcher, and the Silver Surfer—all hand-picked and introduced by the one and only Stan Lee, and serving as an essential showcase for writers and artists such as Stan himself, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, and Marie Severin. Whether viewed as a historical artifact that launched an industry of presenting Marvel Comics to a broad audience of fans or a collection of the best in Silver Age comics by many of the greatest creators to ever put pencil to paper, Son of Origins of Marvel Comics highlights both the lasting greatness of these iconic characters as well as the monumental contributions of the talented creators who launched an entire storytelling universe. — Buncha thoughts: — The 256-page trade paperback lists for $21.99 and has been out since October 2025. Go figure. And we pay rapt attention to these things. — But there is some actual new news — the follow-up, 1976’s Bring on the Bad Guys!, will be out next month for its 50th anniversary. Link below! — You may recall that in 2024, Gallery 13 put out two new editions of the initial 1974 Origins of Marvel Comics. The deluxe version addressed the still controversial Stan Lee byline on the cover and how it ignored the contributions of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others. — MORE — BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: Marvel Classic to Get 50th ANNIVERSARY Re-Release. Click here. — ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS to Get 50th Anniversary Re-Release — Including a DELUXE EDITION. Click...

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