Marvel Comics
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The pinnacle of graphic story telling
Marvel continues to define the pinnacle of graphic story telling by consistently delivering the best books on the shelf today. Though I love other publishers and the icons they have brought into our lives, Marvel has pushed the medium further than any other - forever stamping it into the fabric of our culture.
Nate, United States - 24 August 2005
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A joy to revisit time and again
For a reader of comics in the '60s and '70s, if DC Comics were Dad pontificating after dinner from the groaning perch of his easy chair, Marvel Comics were Uncle Whoopie come swinging by your house to take you for a hot drive in his new blood-red Camaro. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and other craftsmen (and occasional women) melded - in my best Marvelese - Pulse-Pounding Graphics! with Rip-Roaring Riveting Tales! They took the mickey out of comic book conventions and tropes and their competition and themselves, all the while producing stories featuring characters who dwelt in a poetic landscape of transcendence, transcendence of often-crippling self-doubt, self-loathing, and self-destruction. The Marvel Comics of what is referred to as the "Silver Age" (1965-72, roughly) are among the best ever produced by anyone, and are a joy to revisit time and again.
Jose, United States - 11 February 2005
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Dog-eared, wrinkled and obviously well loved
I was 5 years old in the early 1970's when I saw my first Marvel Comic. It was given to me by my older brother and it was dog-eared, wrinkled and obviously well loved. He pulled it from a hidden drawer and gave it to me and then showed me an entire drawer full of these brightly colored jewels. From that day I've devoted my life to the comics, I'm now working as a professional comic artist thanks to the inspiration of those early comics. Marvel Comics is a lifestyle! Excelsior!
Brian, United States - 13 January 2005