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Title: The Essential Fantastic Four Volume 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby ISBN: 0785106669 Publisher: Diamond Comic Dist. Star Sys. Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2
Rating: 5
Summary: BLAST FROM THE PAST
Comment: I was watching a Stan Lee interview on TV. And saw in the back ground some comics with the word's ESSENTIAL. So I looked them up on Amazon.com.
Way cool! In the early 60's as a kid I was a chronic comic book reader. Into the 70's discovering Rock 'N' Roll I tended to drift away from them. Sold them all to the local "used book" store, to stock up on Deep Purple,Alice Cooper,Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath lp's. Tryin' figure?
When I read they were only in Black and White, no color. I'd get a couple to check them out, know what I mean?
20 issues for under $, not bad for a check out,lol.
Half way into the first story, you don't even notice the color being there or not. Remember, your imagination is what powered these story's in the first place,right?
So now I've gotten THOR,X-MEN,HULK,DR.STRANGE,IRON MAN,AVENGERS,SILVER SURFER and SPIDERMAN. Vol.1's of course.
I intend to get alot more in the future.
But the bottom line is this. If you want to follow the all important story's as they intertwine with each other. You need to start right here, right now! THE FANTASTIC FOUR are the greatest fighting team of all time!!
I'm watching to see what issue THE THING first said "It's Clobbering Time!"
**Side note** I looked up the value of the comics I had. And I could buy my house twice!
So I only gave this 4 stars because lack of color. But the price makes up for it. So it is 5 star's.
Would have been interesting if they left the advertising in for some laugh's. But they didn't so it is packed with the adventure you crave and lust for.
These are my new collection now. So please don't buy any,okay }:-)
I don't want them to run out or raise the price,do to supply and demand };-)
There I go sounding like Dr. Doom, I'm sorry,lmao!!
Go ahead and get them, okay? Great x-mas or Father's daygift for Dad if he's in his 40's+
Rating: 4
Summary: The Essential Fantastic Four
Comment: This book is a collection of 20 comics. Not any odinary comics but 20 comics that changed the Comic genre and the world.
The art work is done by the late Jack kirby who was a genius. His best art will be re-printed in volume 3 and 4. Nevertheless enjoy a genius at work. Kirby maintained he created the FF.
The book is in B&W that shouldnt matter here, in fact its a distinct advantage as we get to see Kirbys art in its true glory before the colourist got to it.
Please forgive the racist over-tones of anti communist and anti Russian feeling, America was going through a bad time in the 60s regarding this matter.
Buy the book you may never get to read these comics again. Every true comic fan has to read them once.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential? You bet!
Comment: Both Marvel and DC Comics have been reprinting their classic tales, making them affordable and accessible to modern collectors, but Marvel deserves an extra kudos for their exceptional "Essentials" series which reprint entire runs of 20-or-so comics from Marvel's Silver Age in a black-and-white "phone book" format (no doubt inspired by Dave Sim's massive collections of "Cerebus" comics). How innovative are these first FF comics? Picture the early 1960s, where a superhero team comic meant the rather whitebread "Justice League of America" from DC...classic stories, of course, but somewhat lacking in scope and character development. Enter Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's first Marvel Comic: the heroes don't wear costumes (not until the third issue, at least), squabble and fight (not unlike a real family) and face truly hideous and grotesque monsters of true nightmare quality. Reading these stories I'm often surprised at the sheer amount of plot and action that Lee and Kirby manage to squeeze into a couple dozen pages for each story...although this is slightly before the incredibly innovative period of Kirby's blockbuster, knock-you-out layouts, there's still, for want of a better phrase, "never a dull moment." This book, and others created by Lee and Kirby and the other great artists of early Marvel, created comics that inspired a whole new wave in the industry. This isn't the single greatest Fantastic Four period--Kirby's knock-out run beginning around FF #45 and including the mind-blowing Galactus Trilogy is yet to come--but it's an absolute must-have for anyone who professes to love comics. Finally, *very* high praise for the Essentials series in and of itself: I've always wanted to read *all* these stories, not just the few that get often reprinted in other formats (FF #1, 5), and this is simply the best way to read a couple years worth of continuity at an exceptionally affordable price. Sure, these are reprinted in black and white rather than the original color, but that's a minor problem-Kirby's art is as dynamic and innovative even without colors. The "Essentials" series is a re-publishing program that is much needed, and I hope it continues (how about a collection of Ant-Man/Wasp stories? John Byrne's run on FF? Gulacy's Master of Kung Fu?). Although DC has made enormous strides in re-presenting their classic works for a modern audience in their Archives editions and the Millennium comic books, Marvel has shown that it can and will cover all ends of the market with comic book format reprints, color graphic novel compilations, their pricier color Masterworks collections, and these accessibly-priced and aptly-named Essentials. There's only one thing Marvel could do better: add a "created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby" line to every Fantastic Four comic, giving homage and credit where credit's due to not only Stan the Man but the one and only King of Comics.
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Title: The Essential Fantastic Four (Volume 3) by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby ISBN: 0785107827 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Amazing Spider-Man (The Essential Spider-Man, Volume 1) by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko ISBN: 0785109889 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Essential Silver Surfer by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Buscema ISBN: 078510271X Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Stan Lee Presents the Essential Avengers: Avengers #1-24 ("Marvel Essentials" Series) by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck ISBN: 0785107010 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: ESSENTIAL THOR by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby ISBN: 0785107614 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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