CATALOG RECORD
Marvels #1
first appearance of Phil Sheldon
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Phil Sheldon (Marvel, news photographer) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1994
- Pages
- 52
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960602786600111
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960603588500111
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602786701
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Marvels Book One: "A Time of Marvels" · 45 pages
The origin of the Human Torch and the first apperances of Captain America and Namor, told primarily through the eyes of photographer Phil Sheldon.
Publisher’s description
Double-sized! Regular price! Welcome to New York City. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour the planet. Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of the proverbial man in the street - Daily Bugle photographer Phil Sheldon.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvels (1994), Marvels (1994), Marvels (Graphitti Designs Limited Hardcover Edition, Number 47) (1994), Marvels (2008), Marvels (2009), Marvels: The Platinum Edition (2014), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Marvels: The Remastered Edition (2018), Marvels Annotated (2019), Marvels 25th Anniversary (2019), Marvels Monster-Sized (2019)