{"product_id":"marvel-comics-library","title":"Marvel Comics Library","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Marvel publisher Martin Goodman asked Stan Lee to deliver another  new team book for his line of comics, he had no idea he’d be getting  something like \u003cem\u003eThe X-Men\u003c\/em\u003e. In fact, nobody could have imagined the \u003cstrong\u003eextraordinary phenomenon the X-Men would eventually grow into\u003c\/strong\u003e—not  Goodman, not Lee, not even the forward-thinking futurist Jack Kirby.  What they started out as was a charming, ragtag team of misfits, devised  by Lee and Kirby to be \u003cem\u003emutants\u003c\/em\u003e—youngsters born with “X-tra” powers  thrust upon them not by accidentally crossing paths with cosmic rays or  a nuclear blast, but by the fate of birth—led by a no-nonsense  professor who trained them to become heroes that could protect the world  from menaces, mutant and otherwise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first years of storytelling laid the foundation for much of what has put the X-Men at the \u003cstrong\u003ecrossroads of comics and popular culture\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Hounded by a public that fears and misunderstands them, mutantkind find  themselves at the heart of their own civil rights struggle; Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast, and Iceman  found safety amongst themselves despite the challenges that set them  apart from others in society; and Professor Xavier lined up against his  ideological foe, Magneto, who had assembled a Brotherhood of Evil  Mutants to take the fight for their self-preservation directly to  humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, Lee and Kirby—who were on fire taking  comics into the Marvel Age—introduced a menagerie of villains and  supporting characters that would become mainstays of Marvel and its  lore: the super-powered siblings Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch; the formidable Blob; the unstoppable Juggernaut; the jungle dweller from the Savage Land, Ka-Zar; the demigod from the stars, the Stranger; and Bolivar Trask  and his army of mutant-hunting Sentinels. And as Lee and Kirby gave way  to new talents so they could move on to new corners of the Marvel  Universe, Atlas era art veteran Werner Roth teamed with writing newcomer  and future X-Men legend Roy Thomas to begin their long run on the  title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis edition features the first 21 stories of our favorite oddball  super heroes\u003c\/strong\u003e from 1963 to 1966. The most pristine, pedigreed comics  have been cracked open and photographed for reproduction in close  collaboration with Marvel and the Certified Guaranty Company. Each page  has been photographed as printed more than half a century ago, then  digitally remastered using modern retouching techniques to correct  problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing—as if hot off of  a world-class 1960s printing press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to these seminal tales are an in-depth essay by X-Men writer \u003cstrong\u003eFabian Nicieza\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as original art, photographs, and memorabilia from the early years of X.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2026 MARVEL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492377338229,"sku":"9783836599535","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783836599535.jpg?v=1786529216","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/marvel-comics-library","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}