Product Description

"Pow! Wham! Zap! One of the many vibrant images in The Marvel Vault: A Museum in a Book which is stuffed full of Marvel Comics memorabilia from 1939 to the present day, including early sketches of the Human Torch and Bullpen birthday cards." The Daily Telegraph

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10249 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
"I've seen a lot of impressive books in my time, but The Marvel Vault takes the cake! I shudder to think of any True Believer being without one." --Stan Lee

"This is a treasure trove of reproduced memorabilia... so superbly entertaining you'll forget you don't want your kids to play with it." --Empire

"a treasure trove for Marvel fans" --SFX Magazine

Synopsis
This is the complete history of "Marvel Comics" contained in an interactive scrapbook! With sixty years under its belt, the "Marvel" archive spans three generations of readers who grew up with its instantly recognizable characters including "The Incredible Hulk", "X-Men", "Spider Man", "The Fantastic Four", "Captain America" and "Daredevil". No fan will want to miss "The Marvel Vault", a treasure trove of comic book history, which delves into the archives to tell the story of Marvel across the decades. Featuring iconic names such as "Marvel Comics" founder Stan Lee, and illustrator Jack Kirby, readers will also be entertained by the deals and machinations that go into producing their favourite comics - this is a warts-and-all history! But "The Marvel Vault" is far more than simply a history book - it's an interactive scrapbook with over 30 removable archival reproductions and collectible memorabilia including Christmas and Birthday cards, membership and trading cards. The reproductions are all contained in sturdy plastic sleeves, and the book is cased in a silver foil, embossed cover.

2007 sees the launch of several Marvel movies, including "Spiderman 3", "Ghostrider" and "Fantastic Four 2".

Customer Reviews

Very good but it is a little fragile
This book really is a joy. Every Marvelite who gets one will love it. It contains lots of stuff that old time fans will possibly already know about but this is the first time I have seem so many photos of Marvel and Timely staff members in one book. This book is as much about the company as it is the characters and is all the better for that. I love all the reproduction pencil sketches, stamps and cards etc they are very realistic replicas. As a Brit we never really got chance to see any of those things in real life so to actually hold them in my hand is a bit of a thrill. I feel this book will mostly appeal to older comic fans between the ages of 30 and 50 looking for a bit of nostalgia rather than small boys or young fans of superhero films and cartoons. I would go so far as to say that this book is actually due to the ring binding to fragile to handle for any child under 10 (it needs to be handled with a lot of care and only opened on a flat surface. Because of this I almost dropped a star in my rating and I would have given this book four stars. Since it has been discounted so heavily by Amazon though (at the time of writing this) It now has to in my opinion have the full five.

Excellent gift for a Marvel Fan
I bought this for my husband as a gift and he loves it. I am not really into the whole Marvel thing myself, but found myself interested enough to read it from cover to cover. Excellent and a great price on Amazon.

Marvel Vault - Fantastic but flawed
I agree in what has already been written about how good the book is. However, there is a major flaw in the book that needs pointing out. The pages are held in place by a metal ring binding. Even with careful use the pages are going to pull againt this binding and are going to tear and fall out. I could already see slight wear after looking through the book once - Be warned especally considering the price.