Marvel Preview Presents Man-Gods from Beyond the Stars
date: label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: Marvel Comics
notes: label: Description
content: Marvel Preview was a short-lived black and white comic magazine published by Marvel Comics' parent company Magazine Management. It is one of several titles from the 1970s where the publisher used Marvel's talent to produce content outside of the publishing industry's self-censoring "Comics Code." Marvel Preview was used as a way for the Company to introduce and develop characters and storylines, changing subject matter almost every issue. The magazine ran from 1975 –1980, when it changed titles to Bizarre Adventures before ceasing publication in 1983.
label: Description
content: This issue, the periodical's first, was inspired by the writings of Erich Von Daniken, a German hotelier whose bestselling book Chariots of the Gods (1968) became a publishing phenomenon. In the book, Daniken posits a theory that advanced technologies of early civilizations, such as the Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, were inspired by extraterrestrial visitation. Although scientifically discredited, the book was a huge bestseller, with its 1970 film adaptation also proving popular.
label: Description
content: The issue features cover art by Neal Adams and includes an interview with Daniken.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Star Wars
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George R. Zug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3039.351
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3039
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 11 in; x 20.955 cm x 27.94 cm