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Issue: The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic #1
Publication Date: January 2014
 
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Title: Marvel Origins: The 60s
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Publisher: FlagHachette Partworks
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Indicia Publisher: Hachette Partworks Ltd.
On Sale Date: 01/22/2014
Volume:
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9781909766006
UPC/EAN: 977204908602455
Price: $19.95 AUD
£9.99 GBP
$24.99 NZD
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Content Items: 36 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sarah Gale (senior editor, Hachette Partworks); Ed Hammond (editor, Panini UK)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Fantastic Four issue 1, Amazing Fantasy issue 15, Incredible Hulk issue 1, Daredevil issue 1, Tales of Suspense issue 39, Uncanny X-Men issue 1, Avengers issue 1, Avengers issue 4, Tales to Astonish issue 27, and Tales to Astonish issue 44.



This was the 55th volume released in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: 7" x 10.25"
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Hulk [Robert Bruce Banner]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Benjamin Grimm]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Angel [Warren Worthinton III]; Daredevil {Matt Murdock]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Jack Kirby
George Roussos
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Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Giant Man; The Wasp
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Title page, indicia page and credits page.
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Marvel Origins The 60s

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Marco M. Lupoi
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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek (cover lettering and logo design); Sol Brodsky (logo design)
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superhero
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four [the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Monster from Monster Isle
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The Fantastic Four!

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ?
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; the Mayor of Central City
Dr. Reed Richards takes his friends on a rocket trip that changes their lives forever.
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The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ?
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man; Monsters of Monster Isle
Atomic plants disappear all around the world. Reed Richards pinpoints a place which is at the same distance from them all: Monster Isle.
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The Moleman's Secret!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Klein; Sol Brodsky ?
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mole Man [Moleman]; Monsters of Monster Isle
Having captured the Fantastic Four, Moleman recounts how he discovered his underground kingdom.
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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science fiction
Henry Pym
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

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Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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science fiction
Henry Pym
Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
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Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby ?
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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Hulk
The Hulk; Bruce Banner; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
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The Coming of the Hulk, Part 1

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Paul Reinman
Stan Goldberg
Ray Holloway; Artie Simek
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superhero
The Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor
Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Paul Reinman
Stan Goldberg
Ray Holloway; Artie Simek
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superhero
The Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Igor
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 3: The Search for the Hulk

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Paul Reinman
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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The Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle!

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Paul Reinman
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
The Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov]
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!

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Stan Lee (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Paul Reinman
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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The Hulk
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov]
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Spider Man

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Steve Ditko
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
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Spider-Man!

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Stan Lee (signed)
Steve Ditko (signed)
Steve Ditko (signed)
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Spider-Man
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Parker; Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen; May Parker; the Burglar
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him his uncle his killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
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Iron Man!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Don Heck
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Iron Man
Iron Man [Tony Stark]
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Iron Man Is Born!

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Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Don Heck
Don Heck
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
Iron Man
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wong-Chu; Professor Yinsen
Playboy industrialist and weapons designer Tony Stark is injured in Vietnam and captured by communists. While pretending to build a weapon for his captors he builds a suit of battle armor to keep his injured heart beating and uses it to escape and beat the communist commander.
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The Creature From Kosmos!!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Don Heck
Stan Goldberg
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]
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The Creature from Kosmos!

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Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart [H. E. Huntley] (script)
Jack Kirby
Don Heck
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]; Maria Trovaya-Pym; Vernon Van Dyne; Lee Kearns
When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city.
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X-Men
The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; Magneto
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X-Men

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Stan Lee
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Sam Rosen
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X-Men
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Henry McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Magneto
After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go one their first assignment--stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.
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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
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Artie Simek (cover lettering and logo design); Sol Brodsky (logo design)
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superhero
The Avengers
The Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp; Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Loki
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The Coming of the Avengers!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
Stan Goldberg
Sam Rosen
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superhero
The Avengers
The Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson, Don Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner, Mechano]] (introduction, origin); circus ringmaster; lion tamer; trapeze artists; Bobby; Bobby's mother; Charlie; Captain; Jane Foster; Asgardians [Odin]; Teen Brigade [Rick Jones; William "Willie" Bishop]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; The Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]; Silent Ones
Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Thor join forces to defeat Loki.
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Captain America Lives Again!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Roussos
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
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superhero
The Avengers
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Namor the Sub-Mariner
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Captain America Joins... The Avengers!

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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
George Roussos
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Artie Simek
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superhero
The Avengers
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Teen Brigade; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Atlanteans; a D'Bari; Bucky Barnes (cameo flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Namor attacks a group of eskimos and throws their idol into the sea. When the ice melts, the figure trapped within turns out to be Captain America, in suspended animation since the end of World War II. The Avengers rescue Cap and return to New York. An alien figure turns our heroes to stone. When Cap and Rick Jones track him down, the alien agrees to restore the Avengers if they agree to help him recover his broken space ship in return. When doing so, the Avengers are attacked by Namor and his people. The restored spaceship ultimately drives off Namor and his men.
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Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Bill Everett
Stan Goldberg
Sam Rosen
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superhero
Daredevil
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fixer; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing]
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The Origin of Daredevil

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Stan Lee
Bill Everett
Bill Everett; Steve Ditko; Sol Brodsky
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Sam Rosen; Artie Simek (p. 1 only)
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superhero
Daredevil
Daredevil [Matthew Michael Murdock]; "Battling" Jack Murdock; Franklin "Foggy" Nelson; Karen Page; Hank; "Dynamite" Davis; The Fixer; Slade; Porky; Sam
Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue. The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense. Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy. Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight. Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil." DD tracks down the Fixer and the man who shot his father.
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Amazing Fantasy #15 Original Cover

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Steve Ditko
Steve Ditko
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Marvel History
Spider-Man
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Steve Ditko's original unused cover to Amazing Fantasy # 15.
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The Merry Marvel Marching Society

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Brief article on the early Marvel fan club "The Merry Marvel Marching Society", including a reproduction of the membership certificate.
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The Origins of Marvel Comics

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Marvel History
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Text feature on the early days of Marvel Comics.
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Further Reading

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Ad for other Marvel graphic novels.
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