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Essential Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe Volume 1 TPB | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson, Eliot R. Brown, More, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Bob Layton, John Romita Jr.
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 981720
Media: Paperback
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0785119337
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.50973
EAN: 9780785119333
ASIN: 0785119337
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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Condition: THIS ITEM IS UNUSED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. IT MAY HAVE SLIGHT SHELFWEAR BUT OTHERWISE IT IS FINE.
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Product Description
A picture's worth a thousand words, and there have always been top supplies of both in the ever-moving manuals of marvels and miscreants! Now, witness first-hand the series that started it all in Mark Gruenwald's original fifteen issues worth of secrets, super-powers and schematics! About the best, by the best! Collects OHOTMU #1-15.
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 A Big Dipper July 4, 2007
P. Baldowski (Stockport, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to admit, I don't like Marvel comics. Having spent a good twenty years reading comics, I'm a DC man through and through. However, I'm a sucker for the sort of books that entertains and engages a dipper - the reader who has a couple of minutes to spare and nothing more. When you don't have time to consume a chapter of your latest book or thumb through a comic, few things match up to the potential of this book. Riffle the pages and read about a classic hero or villain, alive or dead; or a few alien races; or a nice piece of super-equipment; or details of an expansive and well-equipped headquarters. Yes, it's twenty years out of date and yes, it's in black-and-white; but the dollar worth of this book when compared to the hours, days, weeks... years of pleasure I'll get out of it - it's massive value for money. The only downside for me... those snatched minutes I wanted to fill can sometimes turn into hours if I get caught up in an interesting thread of interlinked heroes... Ah well.
marvel goodness May 16, 2007
Nathan Parker (brklyn ny)
this book is very good because it covers almost every character in the marvel universe character.even if it is a little dated it still stands as a true sourse to the matvel characters.the best part about the book is that in detail it describe the background and powers. i highly recommend this book!!!!!
A great gift for boys. January 17, 2007
Suzanne Joyal (SF, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 9-year old son, and he hasn't put it down for a week. I think he will read it cover-to-cover. All black and white, with simple drawings and great descriptions. I think it will be a great inspiration for him to invent his own characters.
Comic Styled Encyclopedia for the first 20-years of Marvel March 28, 2006
M. Mierzwa (Davis, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
About the Book: br /For those of you planning to buy something for a comic book fan, the "Marvel Essentials" series are black white trade paper back (tpb) reprints of what are considered popular and/or important Marvel Comics. They are printed on lightweight paper, and are designed to bring comics that may be hard to find back to new and old comic book fans. This particular tpb reprints a series of 15 comics that were originally released in 1982, 21-years after the first Marvel comic (Fantastic Four #1). Another (more detailed) version, called the "Deluxe Handbook" was released in the mid 1980s, and will be reprinted in a series of 3 tpbs this year. br / br /The series covers the major people, places, and things that make up the first 20-years of the "shared" Marvel Universe where Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, etc. live. The black white reprint is designed to keep size and costs down. br / br /Good Features: br /- Easy to store (book format) br /- Easy to read the text (the lettering is crisp and clear) br /- Easy to find information and flip around because entries are alphabetically arranged br /- Entire 15 comic run in one book br /- Detailed reference information w/ first appearance of people / places / things br /- Good artwork (even in black white) br / br /Common Complaints br /- Original comics can still be found for cheap br /- Color is important, and not present in this book br /- Information is dated br /- The more complete "Deluxe Handbook" tpb 3-book series will be released in 2006 br / br /General Thoughts: br /I actually own about 11 of the original 15 comics from this series. It has taken me over 6-years to find them in cheap quarter bins at comic shows, but I know the color originals from this series are easy to find. I plan on getting rid of my originals, because I never really found myself reading the originals. I filed them away with the rest of my regular comic collection, which isn't really the point with this particular series. However, since tpbs, like the Essentials series, easily can be carried on a bus or plane, I tend to really enjoy reading them while commuting and traveling. And since this book is the ideal size for sitting on a proper bookshelf, I've found that unlike the originals, I'll pull it off the shelf when I'm curious about a comic person, place, or thing. br / br /Do keep in might that the larger and more complete Deluxe Handbook will be released in 3 black white volumes later in 2006. I plan on purchasing that series as well, but some people might want to wait to only keep and read that series. br /
 The Essential Handbook to the Marvel Universe Vol. 1... March 2, 2006
Keith A. Kilburn
If you grew up in the eighties and you read Marvel Comics, then you may remember this series. This was the series to get and collect back then as you could get the skinny on all the characters and maps to all their headquarters and hidden cities. The fact that they have reprinted the original 15 issue run in one essentials edition is fantastic and you get it all here. The only reason this review isn't 5 stars is that the information is over twenty-three years old. br / br /This book is great for general knowledge of the Marvel Universe, finding out who the characters are (in a general way...) and giving you all fifteen issues for a little over a dollar an issue. If you play role playing games based in the Marvel Universe (either TSR's original Marvel, the Saga system or the new Diceless system) than this book is a must as it not only provides an unparalleled source of information for you the buyer, but for your players in your game as well.
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