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FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN TO THE UNCANNY X-MEN, MARVEL COMICS HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING PEOPLE FOR OVER 70 YEARS WITH ITS FANTASTIC CHARACTERS AND ENGAGING STORIES/MARVEL YEAR BY YEAR OUTLINES THE EVOLUTION OF MARVEL COMICS FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO TODAY, INCLUDING ALL OF MARVEL'S PUBLISHING LANDMARKS, DISPLAYED CLEARLY ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH TIMELINE/ IT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEBUTS OF KEY CHARACTERS, THE COMIC GENIUSES THAT CREATED THEM, AND THE REAL-LIFE EVENTS THAT INSPIRED THEM, LIKE THE VIETNAM WAR, THE ATOM BOMB, AND THE SPACE RACE/PACKED WITH ORIGINAL COMIC BOOK ART FEATURING NUMEROUS CLASSIC COVERS, THIS FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION INCLUDES 32 NEW PAGES THAT COVER THE YEARS SINCE ITS ORIGINAL EDITION/ WITH IN-DEPTH, UNPARALLELED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE INSTITUTION, ITS CHARACTERS, AND THE CREATORS, MARVEL YEAR BY YEAR IS UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER TITLE/