Marvel Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1465414436 ISBN 13: 9781465414434

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2013

Synopsis

Includes two exclusive prints!

From your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to the uncanny X-Men, Marvel Comics has been entertaining people for over 70 years with its fantastic characters and engaging stories.

Marvel Year by Year outlines the evolution of Marvel Comics from its beginnings to today, including all of Marvel's publishing landmarks, displayed clearly on a month-by-month timeline. It highlights the debuts of key characters, the comic geniuses that created them, and the real-life events that inspired them, like the Vietnam War, the atom bomb, and the Space Race.

Packed with original comic book art featuring numerous classic covers, this fully revised and updated edition includes 32 new pages that cover the years since its original edition. With in-depth, unparalleled information about this remarkable institution, its characters, and the creators, Marvel Year by Year is unmatched by any other title.

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Review:

""Marvel Year by Year" is a treasure trove of facts and info about the history and the characters of Marvel Comics. This slipcased hardcover volume deserves a place on the bookshelf of any serious Marvel fan, and would be a great read for even the most casual fans." - GamerPops.com

""Marvel Year by Year" is a treasure trove of facts and info about the history and the characters of Marvel Comics. This slipcased hardcover volume deserves a place on the bookshelf of any serious Marvel fan, and would be a great read for even the most casual fans." GamerPops.com"

-Marvel Year by Year is a treasure trove of facts and info about the history and the characters of Marvel Comics. This slipcased hardcover volume deserves a place on the bookshelf of any serious Marvel fan, and would be a great read for even the most casual fans.- - GamerPops.com

"Marvel Year by Year is a treasure trove of facts and info about the history and the characters of Marvel Comics. This slipcased hardcover volume deserves a place on the bookshelf of any serious Marvel fan, and would be a great read for even the most casual fans." - GamerPops.com

From the Back Cover:

The most comprehensive history of Marvel Comics ever published, Marvel Year by Year: A Visual History explores Marvel's fascinating story, decade by decade, year by year, month by month.

Chronologically documenting everything from the company's beginnings as Timely Comics in the late 1930s to the present day, this is the definitive account of Marvel Super Heroes and the company that created them. This incredible new edition is fully updated for 2017, with exciting new coverage of Thor, Captain America, and the hugely important Secret Wars.

Learn all about the birth of key Marvel Super Heroes from Wolverine and the X-Men, to Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the rest of the Avengers, plus Spider-Man, Daredevil and Silver Surfer. Discover all about their extraordinary comic book debuts, the geniuses that invented them, the crucial events behind their creation and their continuing influence on the world today via comic books, TV series and blockbuster movies.

Packed with stunning original comic book art and covers, Marvel Year by Year: A Visual History is the ultimate Marvel collector's piece that should be part of every comic book fan's collection.

Previous edition ISBN 9781409378884

© 2017 MARVEL

About this edition

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1465414436
• ISBN 13: 9781465414434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 383
• Editor: Saunders Catherine, Scott Heather, March Julia, Dougall Alastair