{"product_id":"marvel-the-golden-age-1939-1949-folio-society-2019-new-captain-america","title":"Marvel, The Golden Age, 1939–1949","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarvel, The Golden Age, 1939–1949. \u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2019. Sealed, therefore exact printing cannot be stated. Printed in colour by Graphicom and bound by them. Striking clamshell box with gold paper printed with comic strip design by Marco D’Alfonso. Spine titled (as above). Reproduces five classic comics, and their original grainy print, but with much improved paper. Fifty copies were offered in August 2024 with a tipped-in printed slip signed by Roy Thomas. First in Folio’s Marvel trilogy. The two volumes are as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[1] Marvel, the golden age, 1939–1949, selected and introduced by Roy Thomas, with a facsimile of Marvel comics #1. 336 × 242 × 33 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xiii [xiv], [1–258]. Bound in full blue cloth blocked in metallic blue and printed in red, yellow and black with design by Ian Jepson; yellow endleaves printed with sketched detail from box in pale brown. Reproduces, in an enlarged format, The sub-mariner (No. 1, spring 1941), The human torch (No. 5, Fall 1941), Captain America comics (No. 10, January 1942) and All winners comics (No. 19, Fall 1946). Marvel comics #1 was issued separately (see below). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[2] Marvel comics. [facsimile]. 259 × 182 × 7 mm. Pp. [1–64]. Bound in stapled paper wrappers reproducing the original design, including two pages of advertisements. Loosely inserted is a print by D’Alfonso. Wrapped together in red protective paper secured by a pale brown round sticker. A reproduction of the first issue, dated October 1939 and priced at 10¢. Includes debuts for The human torch by Carl Burgos and The sub-mariner by Bill Everett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new and sealed copy, as received from the publisher; fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54408827306323,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Marvel-The-Golden-Age-1939-1949-FOLIO-SOCIETY-2019-Captain-America-NEW_1.webp?v=1785072371","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/marvel-the-golden-age-1939-1949-folio-society-2019-new-captain-america","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}