The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel

This is no ordinary book. In addition to text and pictures, it's filled with unique pull out replicas of historical Marvel "items." It's like a treasure-chest. You never know what cool item you'll find on the next page. The book is comprehensive and very entertaining. Readers will spend MANY enjoyable hours exploring this book. I've purchased several of these "Vault/Museum" books and have never been disappointed. I've given them as gifts and they are cherished by the people who received them.

This books is awesome, so much content and so many pull-outs and collectibles, one of my favorites

This 'museum-in-a-book' presentation is a nifty and smart way to celebrate all the years of Marvel's Magic.., from the 50s to the present. It's presented in a nice, fun style very reminiscent of the 'Voice of Stan Lee', rightfully so, since he's become the living symbol of this creation, with much-deserved to the other greats as Kirby, Sinnott, Kane, Ditko, Buscema, Englehart, the list goes on..! Love the scrapbook approach, but a few suggestions would be appropriate..: 1) There should have been much more time directed towards the 60s/70s, since arguably, most of the company's mainstay characters and other projects (MMMS, Foom) came out of this period; 2) WHY NOT A CD of Marvel's goofy fun, from the Merry Marvel Marching 'sing-a-longs' from the 60s, the FF radio show of the 70s, to a interview with the Man himself, Stan Lee. Not necessarily a DVD, but a simple CD of some electronic files, sound files, etc, would have brought a nice 'multi-media' approach to the overall book. It does present itself as a 'Museum', so this would have enhanced the entire trip down memory lane for a minimal cost. All in all, it's worth the price, and a STEAL at the lower, used prices..!

My baby brother collects Marvel heroe figurines and books. I purchased this one for him. It is the most comprehensive, quality, rare and interesting collectible book/vault in his collection. I even bought one for myself. I have it on my coffee table and guests become amazed at the content and quality of this fine work.

This thing is ridiculous! It's amazing! The Marvel Vault is a huge chunk of beautiful Marvel history presented in a very interesting and cool way! This is the perfect coffee table book for any Marvel fan! I don't know that anyone would call this a true collectible but it's just a cool thing to own period!

I bought this book for my significant other, who is a comic buff. He really enjoyed it and thinks its cool! I'm not familiar with comics but I even thought this book was fabulous. It goes from the very beginning of Marvel to the present. There are numerous plastic insert pages filled with replicas/duplicates of memorabilia, such as old bookmarks and original comics.

Some pages ripped out, others bent and damaged.

My son requested this book for Christmas. He has been a graphic novel collector for several years, and this book seemed to be the perfect gift. The book was as terrific as the reviewers said it would be. The colors and the page lay-out were both beautiful. My son was thrilled! Amazon beat the book store price, and I got free shipping as well. The book arrived in perfect condition. Thanks!!!

A real deep dive for Marvel fans!

Un precio genial y un articulo en perfecto estado. Ha merecido la pena la compra. Se la recomiendo a cualquier fan de Marvel. Espectacular.

Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson have gathered together in this book not only a history of Marvel from Marvel Comics # 1 (1939) up to 2006, which is impressive enough but a whole host of extras from Marvel's past make it a superb collector's item. From reproductions of sketches of Marvel's WW2 heroes, especially the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's longest lasting continual character, the original Torch being an android. There's a reproduction MMMS membership card (I was a member of FOOM in the 1970's), the no-prize book, Marvel value stamps and many more items, it's a nostalgics dream. There are also truly personal items like Bill Everett's postcards. Marvel fans are an intrinsic part of the Marvel extended family and although like most families, there are the odd breakdowns by and large Marvel has kept a large and loyal fan-base. It does not gloss over the collapse of Marvel and the comic industry in the 1990's due to corporate over-reach (greed) and the eventual rebirth, through to Heroes Reborn, and the recent spate of blockbuster movies. Reading through it the names of the people who made Marvel great, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Roy Thomas himself, John Buscema, John Romita and countless others appear and invoke great memories. I was a Marvelite in the 1970's and 1980's and am now catching up on both the stories I read first time round and many I missed out on. This book is full of absolutely wonderful art reproductions that cover almost 70 years and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone, 'nuff said.

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