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Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes Kindle & comiXology

by Bill Everett (Author, Artist, Contributor), Joe Simon (Author, Artist, Contributor), Jack Kirby (Author, Illustrator, Artist), Format: Kindle Edition
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Collects Marvel Comics #1; Daring Mystery Comics #1-3, #5 And #7; Marvel Mystery Comics #4, #13, #28 And #49; Mystic Comics #1-2 And #4-7; Red Raven Comics #1; Captain America Comics #1, #6 And #13; Human Torch #4; Young Allies Comics #1; And USA Comics #1-2.

1939, Timely Comics - precursor to modern Marvel - burst onto the scene with a wild and unmatched energy, populating the Golden Age of Comics with hundreds of new characters! Travel back to the Marvel Universe's embryonic beginnings, and relive the dynamic debuts of the Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Laughing Mask, Ferret, Dynamic Man, Marvex, Black Marvel, Blazing Skull, Patriot, Young Allies, Whizzer, Rockman, Jack Frost, Destroyer, Witness, Miss America and more - plus the Golden Age incarnations of the Human Torch, Angel, Falcon, Black Widow and Vision!
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    October 12, 2017
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B075YCRLCZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (October 12, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 12, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1677143 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
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Benjamin James Lomax
5.0 out of 5 stars It's from WWII, so maybe not for sensitive folk! Not a problem for me though!
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2023
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I have a weird interest in Golden Age comics and have always loved Captain America. Have a ton of silver age comics but nobody can afford the original Golden Age stuff except Nicolas Cage (who has sold his collection since...). Anyway, this is the first appearance not only of Cap, but also a whole bunch of other WWII characters you've never heard of. Interestingly enough almost all of them sound like they went to the same dialogue coach (count the "rats" I am up to about one hundred). But seeing this formative part of the comics I love is really cool. Very glad I purchased this, and it was quite affordable.
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Samuel C. Urfer
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Reproduction
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2013
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This book presents a series of "first appearences" for various 30's & 40's Marvel Superhero characters. The reproductions are beautifully rendered, crisp to look at, and the book itself is solid. The stories are of varied quality; some are amazing and entertaining, some are pretty bad. But even the bad comics have a certain charm and historical value. One of my main takeaways is the realization that many early superheros were simply serial killers with a mafia fetish:sort of Dexter in a circus outfit. It provides interesting food for thought in regards to the cutesy hyper-innocent nature of later Silver Age characters. A good addition to the bookshelf.
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David Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars Nazis Beware! Gangsters Surrender! Mad Scientists...Get Ready to Die on the Last Page!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2013
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Oh my god...it is DELICIOUSLY bad! Even by the standards of the day.

I thought the clunky Human Torch origin by Carl Burgos was the worst thing I'd ever seen...and it was, till I kept reading.

I say that with love and respect, mind you. I knew what I was getting into and was not disappointed.

Not as much Simon and Kirby as I had hoped. The book features all first appearances, in the order of original publishing, so the limits them. There is a solo outing by Joe Simon on The Fiery Mask. Jack does some inspired work without Joe on Mercury.

Early Marvel had a thing for robots...4 I think, counting the not-quite-human Torch. Maybe 5...not sure WHAT Dynamic Man is.

One thing that stands head and shoulders over everything that isn't Simon & Kirby is the Sub-Mariner origin by Bill Everett, in quality of both art and story. It is a tragedy that his personal demons limited his productivity and shortened his life and career. Though his second contribution, The Fin, is nearly incomprehensible. And nearly might be kind.

A lot of forgettable characters, a lot of forgettable art. A smidgen of inspired weirdness. The Black Widow, though not precisely good, is just so far out there...rounding up criminals for Satan, really?!? Rockman, drawn by the great Basil Wolverton, is interesting to look at. The Whizzer, gifted with super-speed thanks to a transfusion of mongoose blood...really, if that's all it takes Lance Armstrong could have avoided a lot of trouble. With three dozen-ish costumed crimefighters, surely something will grab your attention.

One thing that struck me is the sheer bloodlust of early Marvel's villains, heroes and writers. Some of the heroes are practically serial killers. The body count piles up pretty high as skyscrapers collapse, ships sink and wild weather events wipe out whole towns.. You wouldn't want to be an innocent bystander in this book!

For the most part, you'll forget each character as soon as you turn the page but the book is packed and the pages keep turning. The reproduction is good, colors and printing aren't muddy, pages are nice and white. I wish there was more in the way of editorial commentary but I tend to feel that way about most collections.

As always when dealing with this period, expect some awful ethnic stereotypes and I think you need a history with and a love for the genre to enjoy these wacky trips back to yesterday. Still, well worth picking up for anyone who enjoys the wondrous entertainment power of bad Golden Age comics.
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Edward Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars WWII Super Heroes
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013
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This collection of Marvel World War II Super Heroes was excellent. Even to the Baby Boomer reader, this collection of stories have never seen the light of day before in any of Marvel stories. Here are 20 stories from comics gone for the last 60 years. There should have been more hoopla advertising this book. This collection should be part of all comic lover's libraries. I would recommend it highly.
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Bob Hurst
5.0 out of 5 stars Great History
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018
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It was a great book for learning about some of the very early comic heroes. There were several heroes that I had never heard of.
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CARLOS
5.0 out of 5 stars just looked over
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2013
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artwork-was not in that time in the 40,s-but mind blowing art, simple to keep up with stories-like sundays paper back then when u could not wait for next story.i stories would be packed with alot going on-then stop and wait for next strip! gonna have a good read with this.
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Mark Treitel
4.0 out of 5 stars For hard-core fans or history buffs.
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013
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The "Marvel Firsts" collections haven't disappointed. I'd give it 5 stars in the presentation and completeness. They used high quality paper, and dynamic colors. Bill Everett's Sub-Mariner, which you've probably read before, was magnificent. The book is laid out in chronological order, with a full page of the comic cover, a very short bio of which characters were introduced, and then the "origin" story. This is great for collectors and a way to read the stories you may have heard about, or didn't even know existed. I recommend reading "The Twelve" which was Marvel's way of reintroducing these characters, so I had an idea who some of them were.

As other reviewers have pointed out, there is a level of overt racism which is truly cringe-worthy. Many of these characters are all rip-offs and every bad guy is a mobster. They are blood thirsty, will kill, and are definitely of their time.

For the price you are paying, if you want a chance to read these stories in order and get a historical sense, I highly recommend it. You will see allusions to charcters you may be familiar with. E.g. "The Destroyer", "Ghost Rider".

I'm assuming Marvel released this because of the New Invaders book forthcoming in Marvel Now, (approximately December 2013). But this book stands on its own. The stories are basically forgettable, so my higher rating is due to the great production value of the compendium.
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Bluekoko
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Sense Used In Printing
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2013
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Large portions of this book were perfectly fine, but some of the green captions etc. were so dark that you couldn't read them. This made it difficult to read the separate stories and was kind of annoying. You would think with modern technology; They would have found a way to "fix" this for the sake of the reader. It seemed to me that there was little or no thought given to creating a product that was done in an accetable manner. I will think twice before ordering such a product from this company.
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Andrew Buckle
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome collection of 40s war super hero comics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2013
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The key thing to remember it is the WWII Super heroes so only the superheroes are featured and only up to the WWII .. though the WWII is a loose thing as many of the stories have little to do with WWII (especially the early Human Torch and Sub Mariner tales). The color and art reconstruction is excellent. The covers and information is first rate. Totally recommended addition to the Marvels Firsts. Hope they eventually bring out a Marvel Firsts 1940s-50s / Atlas years etc
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