Marvel: The Silver Age 1960–1970 marks the second chapter in The Folio Society’s collaboration with Marvel Comics. Over 30 revolutionary Super Heroes await you, including Spider-Man, the Avengers and Doctor Strange. Curated by Marvel legend Roy Thomas, this collector’s edition comes complete with a scale reproduction of the groundbreaking The Fantastic Four #1.
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‘Stan was blessed in the 1960s with some of the greatest Super Hero artists in the business: Kirby, Ditko, Wood, and now Romita.’
Roy Thomas, from his introduction
Over thirty iconic characters! Fifteen groundbreaking tales! One explosive edition! Marvel: The Silver Age 1960–1970 is The Folio Society’s second collaboration with Marvel Comics. This lavish hardback edition collects the defining stories of over thirty revolutionary characters, including Iron Man, the Hulk and the X-Men. These landmark tales are bound within a bold cover designed by celebrated typographer Ian Jepson. Award-winning Daredevil artist Paolo Rivera provides gorgeous artwork for a digitally signed print, as well as the book’s endpapers and luxury presentation box. Inside, you’ll also find a meticulous facsimile of The Fantastic Four #1, the comic that launched Marvel into the modern age.
Production Details
Main volume
Bound in screen-printed and metallic foil-blocked cloth with lettering by Ian Jepson
Set in Miller Text with Benton as display
368 pages printed in full colour throughout
Endpapers printed with a design by Paolo Rivera
Ribbon marker
Coloured page edges
13¼˝ x 9¼˝
Presentation box
Bound and lined in printed and silver-laminated paper with a design drawn by Paolo Rivera, and inked by his father Joe
Facsimile comic
32 pages with four-page cover
10˝ x 7˝
Exclusive print
Illustration by Paolo Rivera printed in full colour on Natural Evolution White 280gsm paper
Published in 1961, The Fantastic Four #1 introduced a team of astronauts who became an unusually fractious band of Super Heroes. The relatability of the series set the Marvel standard that would dominate the rest of the decade. The Folio Society has produced a 32-page scale facsimile of that debut issue, scanned in its entirety directly from a collector’s copy. Printed on authentic paperstock and presented as closely as possible to its original condition – printing errors included – this unique reproduction is the closest you’ll ever get to plucking a copy from the newsstand almost sixty years ago!
‘To sample what thousands of readers – myself most definitely included – encountered that day around the turn of August 1961 when Fantastic Four #1 went on sale, see the full-colour replica edition reprinted alongside the volume you now hold in your thrice-blessed hands!’
Roy Thomas
EXPERT COMMENTARY FROM ROY THOMAS AND MICHAEL MOORCOCK
Marvel: The Silver Age 1960–1970 is curated by Stan Lee’s editorial successor, Roy Thomas. (Two of Thomas’s earliest co-creations, the Vision and Ultron, both appear here in a story from The Avengers #57). Thomas provides an expert introduction, alongside an authoritative preface by legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock. Moorcock offers a thought-provoking and personal account of this definitive era.
As for the stories themselves, these have been selected and reproduced with the utmost care. In order to obtain actual copies of the source comics, Folio worked closely with both Marvel archivists and pillars of the comic collector community in an effort to bring you as close to the original material as possible.
MARVEL: THE SILVER AGE 1960–1970 INCLUDES
‘Prisoners of Doctor Doom!’from The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962) ‘Spider-Man!’from Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) ‘The Incredible Hulk vs The Metal Master!’from The Incredible Hulk #6 (March 1963) ‘Iron Man is Born!’from Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963) ‘Captain America Joins … The Avengers!’from The Avengers #4 (March 1964) ‘The Domain of the Dread Dormammu!’from Strange Tales #126 (November 1964) ‘In Mortal Combat with … Sub-Mariner!’from Daredevil #7 (April 1965) ‘Among Us Stalk … the Sentinels!’from The X-Men #14 (November 1965) ‘The Final Chapter!’from The Amazing Spider-Man #33 (February 1966) ‘Whom the Gods Would Destroy!’from The Mighty Thor #126 (March 1966) ‘Spider-Man No More!’from The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (July 1967) ‘Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill!’from Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (August 1968) ‘Behold … the Vision!’from The Avengers #57 (October 1968) ‘The Power and the Prize!’from The Silver Surfer #3 (December 1968)
THE TALES AND THE TALENT THAT CHANGED MARVEL FOR EVER
Magnified to glorious treasury format, these tales present the formative adventures of some of the world’s most famous Super Heroes and Villains, from Iron Man and Thor to Doctor Doom. In a landmark tale from Amazing Fantasy #15, you’ll also discover the origin story of Spider-Man himself! Throughout these tales, the artwork by legends such as ‘King of Comics’ Jack Kirby and Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko has lost none of its vitality. Readers old and new alike will be sent hurtling through the spaceways with the Silver Surfer and swooping through the streets of New York with Spider-Man.
ASTOUNDING ARTWORK FOR AN INCREDIBLE EDITION
Modern Marvel artist Paolo Rivera – best known for his award-winning work on Daredevil – provides beautiful pencil artwork, inked by his father Joe, himself a veteran Marvel artist. Their mosaic of iconic Silver Age moments adorns both the hardback’s endpapers and the silver-laminated presentation box. Rivera also provides a stunning image of 11 iconic Super Heroes for an exclusive, digitally signed print. Housed within the handmade presentation box, this 368-page edition comes bound in screen-printed and metallic foil-blocked cloth, complete with red ribbon marker. Pop art illustrator and typographer Ian Jepson designs a stunning scarlet cover laced with Spider-Man’s iconic webbing. Marvel: The Silver Age 1960–1970 is a truly dazzling celebration of the era that revolutionised comic books.
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Amazing just as advertised I am very happy with my purchase.
Review by
Cody Shadrick
on 14th December 2024
I bought all 3 books - Golden, Silver and Bronze Age and they all look good in lovely slipcases. However the Silver Age was printed upside down compared to the cover so I had to return it for a replacement which arrived quickly. Heavy book to repack and post but a return postage label was provided.
Review by
ANTONY SOCRATES
on 8th March 2024
Very nice work
Review by
LUKE DE BRABANDERE
on 2nd March 2024
High quality printing and binding. Excellent addition to my collection.
Review by
MR ERIC RIEGER
on 17th February 2024
For the sale price at which I bought it, it was a good deal, but I wouldn't buy it at regular price. The slight caveat I would add is that the comics are presented as literally what they would have looked like at the time with the advertising and everything. They're not in the form of omnibuses where the color is corrected and updated.
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