This fall the prestigious art book publisher Taschen will release a spectacular new book written by Roy Thomas, 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen. The over-sized 700+ page hardcover retails for $200 and covers the history of Marvel from the release of Timely’s Marvel Comics #1 in 1939 to the present and includes over 2,000 images and a four-foot foldout accordion time-line of Marvel history. Comics Alliance’s Matt D. Wilson writes:
Besides Stan Lee there’s virtually no one alive with more insider knowledge about Marvel Comics than Lee’s successor in the editor-in-chief job, Roy Thomas, so it’s appropriate that Thomas’ name adorns the cover to Marvel and deluxe books publisher Taschen’s new 700-plus-page hardcover 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen.
Thomas worked with editor and art director Josh Baker to piece together the massive volume, and according to a Marvel press release, the book will focus as much on Marvel creators as the company’s iconic characters. That’s encouraging.
Specifically, the release says the book will discuss not only on “celebrated characters – Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor and Iron Man, but also at the “bullpen” of architects whose names are almost as familiar as the protagonists they brought to life — Stan “the Man” Lee, Jack “King” Kirby, along with a roster of greats like Steve Ditko, John Romita, John Buscema, Marie Severin, and countless others.”
Grand Design Communications represents several properties created by Roy Thomas and available for foreign and digital licensing, including Anthem, Captain Thunder & Blue Bolt, and Alter Ego. GDC also represents the rights for the comics adaptation of Osa Johnson’s I Married Adventure, which Roy Thomas will be writing, and his new creations Rath 3000 with Nathan Furman and Victory Brigade with Rich Buckler.