Origins of Marvel Comics 1-A

* Marvel presents the origins and history of its most famous creations, narrated by Stan (the Man) Lee, that stellar storyman who saw comics as more than dime-store material and turned his characters into 20th-century mythology.

Included are the beginnings of the Fantastic Four, which hurled Marvel out of the era of monsters without soul into the age of cosmic heroes; The Hulk, brilliant scientist turned muddled monster; Spider-Man, the teenage superhero known affectionately to aficionados as "Spidey"; Thor, the surgeon turned Norse god with the mystical hammer and the Shakespearean speech pattern; and finally Dr. Strange, the oddball magician who uses his Satanic powers on the side of good.

After you read the big full-color stories and learn about the first heady inspirations from Stan, you will see why Origins of Marvel Comics stands alone as one of the great classics -- an undying tribute to Marvel mania.
*Source: back of book.

Reprints Fantastic Four (1961) #'s 1 & 55, Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #72, Incredible Hulk (1962) #'s 1 & (1968) #118, Journey into Mystery (1952) #83, Thor (1966) #143, Doctor Strange stories from Strange Tales (1951) #'s 110 & 115.