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'Twas a good idea. A series of hardback books called MARVEL
VISIONARIES devoted to celebrating the leading luminaries of The
Marvel Age of Comics. One problem 'though. Marvel was still using
inferior proofs for reproducing some stories and covers, which meant that
the published results weren't always of the archival nature that die-hard
collectors expect or demand, despite the claims in the dustjacket's fly-
leaf. "Restored and remastered"? Not too well in some cases, sadly.
However, I'm being pernickety, as, for sheer reading enjoyment,
the books have a lot going for them.
JACK KIRBY had two volumes to himself, so let's take a look
at the covers reproduced in the first. There's more content than is
suggested by the covers alone, because a few stories are reprinted with-
out them, usually where a story wasn't featured on the cover, or was part
of a split-cover featuring more than one strip. The following covers are
scanned from the book, which, because it's so tightly bound, may have
a bit of shadow down one side of the page in some instances. How-
ever, don't let that spoil your enjoyment too much.
Ready? Good - then let's go!
| This became AMAZING ADULT FANTASY with its 7th issue. The last in the series (#15) featured the debut of SPIDER-MAN |
| Some dodgy 'touch-up' of the lettering to lessen 'blurring' spoils this one a bit. A superior proof of this cover has since been unearthed |
| This one is sourced from a stat of the pre-published version, before the flat wing on Cap's mask was amended to match its counterpart |
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