Selected and introduced by Roy Thomas

Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949

£220

Five Marvel milestones! Three sovereign super heroes! One exclusive collection! Including a facsimile of the extremely rare Marvel Comics #1! Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949 marks a terrific team-up between The Folio Society and Marvel Comics.

Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949

£220
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in screen-printed and metallic foil blocked cloth with lettering by Ian Jepson
Endpapers printed in metallic ink with a design by Marco D’Alfonso
Coloured page edges
Ribbon marker
Printed in 4-colour throughout
Solander Box bound and lined in printed and gold laminated paper with a design by Marco D’Alfonso
Facsimile Comic - 64 pages with 4-page cover; 10 inches x 7 inches
Exclusive Print - Illustration by Marco D’Alfonso printed in 4-colour on Natural Evolution White 280gsm paper; 10 inches x 7 inches
Dimensions13¼ inches x 9¼ inches
FontSet in Miller Text with Benton as display
Pages272 pages
Publication Date14/08/2019
PrintingFirst Printing
Editor's Notes
 
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Discover the origin story of Marvel Comics. Meet the wartime Super Heroes who built the Marvel Universe. As part of this special collaboration with The Folio Society, legendary Marvel editor Roy Thomas has curated five milestone comic books – including a unique facsimile of Marvel Comics #1 – all painstakingly reproduced and collected with an exclusive digitally signed print.
Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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Star-Spangled Splendour

The four comics collected in hardback come bound in a brilliant blue volume, blocked and screen printed with original lettering by pop-art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson. This beautifully crafted 272-page book is completed with a ribbon marker and page edges coloured in bold red. The Folio Society commissioned modern Marvel artist Marco D’Alfonso to create gorgeous retro sketch designs for the endpapers, all printed in gleaming gold. His dazzling design also features on the handmade presentation box, bound and lined in printed and gold-laminated paper. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 is an exclusive edition available only from The Folio Society and is the perfect gateway into the dizzying world of Super Heroes.

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The Comics That Founded The Marvel Universe

In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics #1, The Folio Society has joined legendary Marvel editor Roy Thomas to form a super-powered team-up of their own. Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949 presents five specially curated comic books, including a meticulous facsimile of the comic that started it all back in 1939. Thomas’s selection includes Sub-Mariner #1, Human Torch #5, Captain America Comics #10, and All Winners Comics #19, and showcases the founding characters, debut appearances, famous battles and signature talent that helped define the Golden Age of American Super Hero comics.

To recapture and preserve the spirit of the Golden Age, The Folio Society has scanned these comics from original newsprint titles, valuable rarities sourced from either the Marvel vaults or a discerning collector. While Folio has ensured that the authentic facsimile of Marvel Comics #1 maintains its original dimensions, the four titles collected in hardback have all been enlarged to a treasury format to best appreciate each detail. Every minute aspect of all five books has been preserved, from crinkles and creases in the grainy newsprint to the vintage adverts and short fiction. Even glitches, including original spelling errors and colouring overlaps, have been preserved