I just scored a couple more books about comic books from Ollie‘s. They are Captain America The Poster Collection and Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Insight Editions published both.
The Guardians Of The Galaxy were considered by many comic book lovers as a third-tier, offbeat super team from Marvel Comics.
Over several decades they would pop up as guest stars in various Marvel comic book titles.
It wasn’t until the 1990s that they received their own monthly comic book written and drawn by Jim Valentino.
As Marvel delved more into the universe with such characters as Captain Marvel. Thanos, The Eternals, etc. The Guardians became a more relevant team.
When Marvel Studios and Disney released The Guardians Of The Galaxy film both Marvel and Disney were unsure of its success.
Fortunately it was a big hit, spawned a sequel and since that time The Guardians have been a hot commodity.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Creating Marvel’s Spacefaring Heroes The Complete Comics History, by Marc Sumerak, travels from the genesis of the team to present day.
Filled with full color cover and interior comic book page reproductions the book follows the team’s evolution from a band of four individuals battling against an alien invasion force to the offbeat, quirky and mostly dysfunctional band of spacefarers who traverse the galaxy in search of adventure, profit and bad guys to thrash.
It’s an immense book that is jam-packed with historical information about the team complemented by lots o art, including variant covers.
Originally priced at $45 a copy can be bought at Ollie’s for $6.99.
It’s a red, white and blue extravaganza filled with images of the shield slinging Avenger.
Captain America has been around since the 1940s. The Sentinel of Justice has had his ups and downs as it concerns popularity.
The Captain America The Poster Collection contains 40 detachable posters featuring full color Captain America comic book covers.
The covers included images from Cap’s long history, many of which are classics.
Look for Steranko and Tales of Suspense covers, Cap's return during the Silver Age in The Avengers and much more. A mere $2.99 gets you a copy.
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