X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) by Lee, Stan [Paperback]

Description: Collects X-Men #1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, and 46. It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels- as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. For the first time, these classic stories of some of the most iconic super heroes in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. Throughout the 1960s, The Fantastic Four doubled as both the flagship title and the creative laboratory of the Marvel Universe. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced dozens of new characters and concepts in its pages, while expanding the emotional bandwidth and visual vocabulary of the super hero genre with every issue. This collection gathers some key tales from Lee and Kirby's lengthy tenure-from their first experiments in generic hybridity through to the remarkable fusion of the cosmic and the quotidian that is the "The Galactus Trilogy." A foreword by Rainbow Rowell, and a scholarly introduction and a general series introduction by Ben Saunders offer further insights into the enduring significance of the X-Men and classic Marvel comics. The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy Collects X-Men #1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45, and 46. It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels- as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. The seeds of a pop-cultural phenomenon were sown with the launch of the first X-Men comic in 1963, at the height of "the Marvel Revolution," under the creative team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The title was bookended by some of the best Super Hero comics of that era; the first issue established a creative formula that continues to inspire contemporary creators, while the final issues remain acclaimed for the groundbreaking artwork of Neal Adams. This collection gathers several key tales from the original run of the classic X-Men series. A foreword by Rainbow Rowell and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of the X-Men and classic Marvel comics.

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EAN: 9780143135777

UPC: 9780143135777

ISBN: 9780143135777

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Format: Paperback, 432 pages

Author: Lee, Stan

Book Title: X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) by Lee,

Item Height: 2.6 cm

Item Length: 25.2 cm

Item Weight: 0.63 kg

Item Width: 17.6 cm

Language: English

Artist/Writer: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Chic Stone, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Werner Roth, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, John Tartaglione, George Tuska, Neal Adams, Vince Colletta, Tom Palmer, Gary Friedrich, Chris Claremont, Paul Reinman, Don Heck

Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Genre: Superheroes, Science Fiction

Publication Year: 2023

Character: Joe, Sentinels (Villains), TEX, Svenzaldo Zambooba, Princess Ingar (Villain, Introduction, Death in Flashback), Mr. Filbert, Mr. Chalmers, Stretcho, Dr. Hunt, Brad Carter, Tommy, Sentinels, Charlie (Flashback), Clem, Sentinels (Introduction), Jake, Tobias Messenger (Identified in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 Series) #18), Charlie, Bill, Tad Carter (Introduction, Origin), Judy Harmon (Introduction)

Superhero Team: X-Men

Series Title: X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection)