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MARVEL COMICS--FULL OF COSMIC BATTLES AND COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGY--ARE THE BEST-SELLING COMICS IN AMERICA TODAY. FOR GENERATIONS, MARVEL'S MOODY HEROES HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF READERS WITH THEIR DARING FEATS AND ICONOCLASTIC WIT. RELIVE THE MARVEL MAGIC IN THIS LIVELY HISTORY OF THE COMPANY AND ITS HEREOS--BOTH IMAGINARY AND REAL:
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- 700 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.
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IT'S ACTION ALL THE WAY!
THIS BOOK IS A GREAT FIND! STILL IN ORIGINAL JACKET, NO TEARS, MARKING, MISSING PAGES. COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS BEING IN EXCELLENT TO BRAND NEW CONDITION. HAS 287 PAGES OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMICS FACTS AND HISTORY! HAS COMIC HEROES IN ACTION ON INSIDE OF FRONT AND BACK COVERS IN COMIC BOOK FORM ILLUSTRATION.
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