Synopses & Reviews
Pick up the adventures of Earth's Mightiest Heroes from day one with the Marvel Masterworks! Comicdom's greatest assemblage of super heroes burst onto the scene in 1963 as Marvel Comics revolutionized the comic-adventure art form. Gathering together to face the evil Loki, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the Mighty Thor formed the improbable core of the ever-changing super-team. But it was three issues later when, from the ice of the northern Atlantic, Captain America returned from the frozen depths that the Avengers truly took form. Illustrated by Jack Kirby and Don Heck, and written by Stan "The Man" Lee, you'll find the first appearances of Kang the Conqueror, Wonder Man, the Space Phantom and Baron Zemo, the debut of the Masters of Evil and the Hulk's departure from the team, and subsequent battle with the Sub-Mariner vs. the Avengers. They're Marvel Masterworks one and all! Collecting The Avengers #1-10.
Review
andldquo;Reading this book is like entering the offices of Simon and Kirby and rifling through their files, scouring the slush pile, even breathing in the smoke from one of Kirbyandrsquo;s cigars. Itandrsquo;s a museum in miniature, and like so much else these two artists touched, itandrsquo;s a wonder to behold.andrdquo;
Review
andldquo;The book gives us fast and furious art from the early days of comicsandmdash;work done in an almost punklike frenzyandmdash;and itandrsquo;s fascinating to watch Kirby just warming up for his best yet to come.andrdquo;
Synopsis
In 1963, the adventures of Earth's Mightiest Heroes burst onto the scene as Marvel Comics revolutionized the comic-adventure art form with "The Avengers." The members of this ever-changing super-team include Iron Man, the Mighty Thor, the Incredible Hulk, and Captain America. This special volume collects "The Avengers," #1-10.
Synopsis
The names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby are synonyandshy;mous with comic books, and their partnership ushandshy;ered in the Golden Age of comics starting in the 1940s. Together they created memorable characters such as Captain America and Sandman, invented romance comandshy;ics, and raised the standard for the genres of western, crime, and horror comic books. Over the course of three decades they wrote and illustrated several hundred comics, many of which are reproduced in this oversized volume covering all aspects of their amazing career. Selected and with an introduction by Mark Evanier, the foremost authority on the work of Simon and Kirby, and an afterword by Jim Simon, son of Joe Simon,and#160;the book includes artwork photographed from the original art in Joe Simonand#8217;s private archive and showcases the seminal work of Simon and Kirby and their artistry as it has never been seen before.
About the Author
Joe Simon (1913and#8211;2011) and Jack Kirby (1917and#8211;1994) creandshy;ated many of comicsand#8217; most enduring super heroes, such as Captain America. Together they helped establish the visual language of comics.and#160;Mark Evanier, a writer and historian, has three Emmy Award nominations and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for animation from the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Los Angeles.and#160;and#160;Jim Simon, the son of Joe Simon, grew up amid comic book history, assisting his father first as a young boy by erasing inked art boards and later in various creative and business ventures. During thistime Jim got to know many of the great comic book creators. He has published several books, including The Comic Book Makers, a widely praised coauthored account of Joe Simonand#8217;s early days in comics; and contributed articles on the works of Simon and Kirby in books published by Marvel Comics/Entertainment, Titan Publishing, and Alter Ego. He has also been interviewed byHeritage Magazine for the Intelligent Collector, WNYC Radio, and elsewhere. Jim Simon lives in New York with his wife and family.