num_pages: 254
description: 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 area 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.
language: English
title: Origins of Marvel Comics
titlecomplete: Origins of Marvel Comics
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Graphic Novels, Spider Man, Marvel, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Comix, Comic Book
ratings_count: 444
series: Origins of Marvel Comics
publisher: Simon & Schuster/A Fireside Book