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"21,000 color illustrations. $20,000,000.00 of collectible comic books. Complete cataloging system for comic books, 1935-1965. Relative value index for 50,000 comic books. Scarcity index; relative rarity of collector's comics, many illustrations in this book are of the only copy left in existence."--Dust jacket.
"21,000 color illustrations. $20,000,000.00 of collectible comic books. Complete cataloging system for comic books, 1935-1965. Relative value index for 50,000 comic books. Scarcity index; relative rarity of collector's comics, many illustrations in this book are of the only copy left in existence."--Dust jacket.
22,000 vivid color photographs of 20 million dollars worth of rare comic books; 1933-1965. Spend 1 minute looking at each illustration, 8 hours per day, Monday-Friday, it will take 9 weeks to view the entire two volumes. Comic books in the 1940's & 1950's dominated the American scene until television took over in the 1960's. Most comics were thrown away & forgotten. Truely a lost & underappreciated artform - until now! Superman, Batman, Captain America are blazing paths across the silver screen to remind us of the Golden Past. THE PHOTO-JOURNAL GUIDE is the most comprehensive reference book ever published. In addition to 22,000 photographs there are 40,000 comics listed by catalog number, value, scarcity, issue dates & contributing artists. There are comprehensive indexes by title, artists & character appearances. Also there are informative chapters on Social & Historical Impact, Restoration, Preservation & Storage, Collecting, Value, & Grading. $1,000,000 retail sets of THE PHOTO-JOURNAL GUIDE sold during the first 4 months of availability - without wholesalers! William Harroff, Book Collector: "It is truly one of the most beautiful books I possess in a sizable collection. Librarians & collectors who miss this reference work will be kicking themselves for years."
What the first Photo-Journal volumes did for the classic comics of the Golden and Silver Ages, these beautiful hardcovers do for Marvel Comics, reproducing over 7,700 covers from the dawn of the Marvel Age to 1986! Here are the classic runs of fan-favorite and forgotten titles - reproducing each cover in full-color, photographed from the best possible copies of each issue available. Volume 3 features an introduction by Stan "The Man" Lee, as well as runs of such Silver to Modern Age Marvel comics as The Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, and many, many more - all presented in a colorful, informative format; the perfect reference guide for any comic collector or historian! Volume 4 picks up where Volume 3 left off, and features runs of such Silver to Modern Age Marvel comics as Ka-Zar, Marvel Team-Up, Power Man, Tales to Astonish, Two-Gun Kid, Uncanny X-Men, and many, many more all presented in a colorful, informative format; the perfect reference guide for any comic collector or historian!