Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 2, 2024 | 5 comments

Chronicling the rise of the Marvel Age — issue by issue…

The latest — and perhaps most anticipated — installment in TwoMorrows’ “Marvel Comics in the…” series of oversize paperbacks is coming this summer: Marvel Comics in the Early 1960s.

The issue-by-issue book by Pierre Comtois chronicles the rise of the Marvel Age, as Martin Goodman’s also-ran company transformed itself into a force that changed the comics industry, thanks to the efforts of creators like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

Dig the official description, cover and pre-order link. (The book will also be available through comics shops and booksellers.):

MARVEL COMICS IN THE EARLY 1960s

An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon

224-page Trade Paperback — by Pierre Comtois

This new volume in the ongoing “Marvel Comics in the…” series takes you all the way back to that company’s legendary beginnings, when gunfighters traveled the West and monsters roamed the Earth! The company’s output in other genres influenced the development of their super-hero characters from Thor to Spider-Man, and featured here are the best of those stories not covered previously, completing issue-by-issue reviews of every Marvel comic of note from 1961-1965! Presented are scores of handy, easy to reference entries on Amazing Fantasy, Tales of Suspense (and Astonish), Strange Tales, Journey Into Mystery, Rawhide Kid, plus issues of Fantastic Four, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, and others that weren’t in the previous 1960s edition. It’s author Pierre Comtois‘ last word on Marvel’s early years, when Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck, together with writer/editor Stan Lee (and brother Larry!), built an unprecedented new universe of excitement!

Due Aug. 28, 2024/$29.95

Click here to pre-order.

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