marvel comics library avengers vol 1 1963 1965

Each page has been photographed as printed more than half a century ago, then digitally remastered using modern retouching techniques to correct problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing-as if hot off of a world-class 1960s printing press.Īccompanying the stories are an original foreword by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and an in-depth history by the Eisner Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek that’s illustrated with original art, little-seen photographs, and rare documents. The most pristine pedigreed comics have been cracked open and photographed for reproduction in close collaboration with Marvel and the Certified Guaranty Company. TASCHEN has attempted to create an ideal representation of these books as they were produced at the time of publication. 1–20 in an XXL-sized edition that’s bigger than the Hulk’s fist, weightier than Thor’s hammer, and with more extras than Iron Man’s armor.

Relive the classic early adventures of Avengers Nos. Then, remarkably, villains Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch became heroes-and Avengers-and the group’s founding members shockingly departed, leaving Captain America to lead the newly-minted heroes. The lineup was ever changing: The Hulk departed, Captain America joined, and Ant-Man grew up to become Giant-Man. Not everyone got along-the Hulk fought with everyone-but working together they could defeat the baddest of Marvel’s bad guys, like Loki, Kang the Conqueror, the Masters of Evil, and Immortus.

If the Fantastic Four were family, then the Avengers were the co-workers you didn’t choose. Right away it was clear this team was different. So Lee and artist Jack Kirby assembled Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk to create the Avengers. “I was writing these characters and I thought it would fun to put them together in a team,” he recalled. Still, Marvel editor in chief Stan Lee realized something was missing. Following the introduction of the Fantastic Four in 1961 came the amazing ( Spider-Man ), the astonishing (Ant-Man), the strange (Doctor, that is), the incredible (Hulk), the invincible (Iron Man) and the mighty (Thor). Assembling the definitive Marvel Age Avengers anthologyīy early 1963 the foundations of the Marvel Age had been laid.

Marvel comics library avengers vol 1 1963 1965