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Frontispiece | Contents / Iron Man in grey armor and in Extremes armor | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Foreword (with a drawing of Stan Lee) | Stan Lee | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Introduction | Tom DeFalco | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1939 - In the beginning | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1940s - Simon, Lee, and Kirby | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1941 - Heroes versus Hitler | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1942 - Timely goes to war | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Comedy Comics (I) #9 | Mike Sekowsky, George Klein | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1943 - Diverse directions | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1944 - The first Marvel movie (Republic Picture's Captain America) | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | All Surprise Comics #2 (original cover art work and final cover) | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1945 - Changing audience | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1046 - A new team spirit | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1947 - A Timely identity crisis | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Ziggy Pig - Silly Seal Comics (I) #6 | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1948 - Timely's Bullpen | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1949 - The gathering storm | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Ideal Comics (II) #1 | ? | 1 |
Text with art/photos | 1950s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1950 - The winds of change | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1951 - War on the newsstand! | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Romantic Affairs #3 | ? | 1 |
Cover gallery | My Diary #2 | ? | 1 |
Text with art/photos | 1952 - Atlas conquers all | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1953 - Portents of doom | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Every style, every subject | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1954 - Summer of super heroes | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1955 - The Comic Code changes the game | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Astonishing #34 (original art work and final cover) | Joe Maneely | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1956 - The going gets tough | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1957 - Fall of Atlas, rise of Marvel | ? | 2 |
Cover gallery | Marvin Mouse #1 | Bill Everett | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1958 - A year of rebuilding | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1959 - Marvel Bullpen comes together | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Inked art from Two-Gun Kid #2 | Joe Maneely | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1960s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1960 - When the decade dawned | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1961 - The rebirth of the super hero | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Fantastic Four (I) #1 | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1962 - The sixties start swinging | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | 1963 - The Marvel Age of Comics | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Amazing Fantasy (I) #15 | Stan Lee, Stephen J. Ditko | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1964 - Marvel comics in hyperdrive | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | Art from X-Men (I) #6 | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Charles Eber Stone | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1965 - Superhuman soap operas | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | The artist Steve Ditko | Stephen J. Ditko | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1966 - Marvel in the mainstream | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | 1967 - A growing league of frantic fans | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Thor (I) #137 | Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Vincent Colletta | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1968 - The second Age of Marvel Comics | ? | 6 |
Text with art/photos | 1969 - A whole new world | ? | 6 |
Cover gallery | Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (I) #1 | Jim Steranko | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1970s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1970 - The end of an era | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1971 - Expanding universe | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | The Amazing Spider-Man (I) #83 | John Romita Sr. | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1972 - Horror unleashed! | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1973 - Marvel's turning point | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | Avengers (I) #113 | Richard F. Buckler, Joe Sinnott | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1974 - The grim and the gritty | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1975 - The X-Men are reborn | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Fantastic Four (I) #164 | Roy Thomas, George Pérez | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1976 - History in the making | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1977 - Marvel and the media | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Rampaging Hulk (I) #1 | Doug Moench, Walter Simonson | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1978 - Exit Kirby, enter Shooter | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1979 - The new masters | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Hulk (I) #10 | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1980s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1980 - One company, two coasts | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1981 - Kicking into high gear | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | The artist John Buscema | John Buscema | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1982 - New faces and relationships | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1983 - An ever-evolving universe | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Phoenix: The Untold Story #1 | Christopher Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Kevin Austin | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1984 - Assistant editors and strategic alliances | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1985 - Sequels, Sergio, and sadness | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Iron Man (I) #200 | Dennis O'Neil, Mark D. Bright, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1986 - New world and a New Universe | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1987 - A new order begins | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Captain America (I) #200 | Mark Gruenwald, Michael J. Zeck, Klaus Janson | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1988 - One universe ends, others begin | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1989 - A president reads and a Perelman buys | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from West Coast Avengers (II) #46 | John Byrne, Mike Machlan | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1990s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1990 - Birth of the Image Age | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1991 - Flash versus substance | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Rest and relaxation | Jim Lee | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1992 - The universe darkens | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1993 - The more the merrier | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Maximum Carnage | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1994 - Clones and Marvels | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1995 - Apocalypse now | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | Tales to Astonish (III) #1 | John Estes | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1996 - Crossovers take over | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1997 - Many happy returns | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Super-Soldier leads the fight, with art from Super Soldier (Amalgam (DC/Marvel)) #1 | Mark Waid, Dave Gibbons | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 1998 - New days and new Knights | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 1999 - Seeing what would stick | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Back and forth | Jim Krueger, Alex Ross | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2000s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2000 - New kids in town | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 2001 - The hero is back | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from New X-Men Annual 2001 #1 | Grant Morrison, Leinil Francis Yu | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2002 - Hitting their stride | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 2003 - Movies and shakers | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from New X-Men (I) #150 | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2004 - Planting the seeds | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 2005 - The return of the event | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | The Ultimate Super-Human | Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2006 - Marvel goes to war | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 2007 - New world order | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Prisoners of war | Mark Millar, Steve McNiven | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2008 - Brand new brand | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | The Amazing Spider-Man (III) #546 (2nd printing variant) | Steve McNiven, Dexter Vines, Morry Hollowell | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2009 - Dark Reign | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | Art from Dark Avengers (I) #1 | Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato Jr. | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2010s | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2010 - The age of heroes | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | Avengers (V) #1 | John Romita Jr., Klaus Janson, Dean V. White | 2 |
Text with art/photos | 2011 - To the point | ? | 4 |
Cover gallery | Daredevil (IV) #4 | Marcos Martin | 1 |
Text with art/photos | 2012 - Infinity and beyond | ? | 4 |
Text with art/photos | 2013 - Marvel Now | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Art from The Amazing Spider-Man (III) #700 | ? | 2 |
Text with art/photos | Afterword | Joe Quesada | 2 |
Text | Index | ? | 8 |
Text | Acknowledgements | ? | 1 |