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An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide to a Pop-Culture Phenomenon
240-page Expanded Trade Paperback - by Pierre Comtois

By popular demand, TwoMorrows Publishing presents an EXPANDED EDITION of Marvel Comics in the 1970s, with 16 bonus pages not in the original edition! This book covers Marvel’s final historical phase: the twilight years of the 1970s, after the initial ’60s wave of popularity pushed the company to the forefront of the comics industry, and made many of its characters household names. This full decade of pop-culture history saw Stan Lee’s role as writer diminish as he ascended to Publisher, the stunning departure of Jack Kirby to DC (and his later return to Marvel), the rise of Roy Thomas as editor (and eventual Editor In Chief), and the introduction of a new wave of writers and artists who would expand the boundaries of comics beyond super-heroes, while planting the seeds for the company’s eventual self-destruction. Comics such as the Spider-Man “drug” issues, Conan the Barbarian, Tomb of Dracula, Master of Kung Fu, Howard the Duck, the new X-Men, and more are covered in detail—along with the creators who wrote and drew them, including Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith, Gene Colan, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, John Romita, Gil Kane, Sal Buscema, and many others. So don’t be satisfied with only half the story! Check out Marvel Comics in the 1970s and find out why Marvel was once hailed as The House of Ideas!

ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-103-5

LUNAR Distributors Order Code: 0225TM915

This item is listed in the May 2025 issue of Lunar’s Next Phase catalog (#41).

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(NOTE: The 16 new pages in this expanded edition contain Pierre Comtois’ new reviews of: Amazing Spider-Man #85 • Captain America #126 • Captain Marvel #20 • Avengers #77 • Amazing Spider-Man #86 • Captain America #127 • Avengers #78 • Amazing Adventures #1 • Captain America #128 • Astonishing Tales #1 • Amazing Spider-Man #87 • Avengers #79 • Captain Marvel #21 • Avengers #80 • Captain America #129 • Captain Marvel #30 • Conan the Barbarian #35)