Lost Marvels comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Tower of Shadows!" Collects Tower of Shadows (1969) #1-9. Written by Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Neal Adams, Len Wein, Allyn Brodsky, Marv Wolfman, Tom Sutton, Roy Thomas, Wally Wood, Gerry Conway, and Steve Skeates. Art by Jim Steranko, Johnny Craig, John Romita, Sr., Don Heck, Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, John Buscema, John Verpoorten, Gene Colan, Mike Esposito, George Tuska, Marie Severin, Tom Sutton, Barry Windsor-Smith, Syd Shores, Vince Colletta, and Wally Wood. Cover by Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, and Barry Windsor-Smith. Back Cover by Jim Steranko. In 1969, with its revolutionary superhero line well established, Marvel took a chance on the kind of supernatural, EC-style anthology series that had been banned since the formation of the Comics Code in the 1950s. Tower of Shadows featured a staggering array of artists and writers, including Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Wally Wood, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Johnny Craig, Marie Severin, Gerry Conway, and Bernie Wrightson, to name a few. Freed from the conventions of the superhero adventure, these creators brought their storytelling skills to a more quietly sinister genre, producing atmospheric gems of twisted suspense and sardonic horror. Not only do these nine issues feature Marvels best creators working at their peak, but Tower of Shadows is one of the lost, never-collected Marvels. In the first of a new series of Lost Marvels, Fantagraphics and Marvel join forces to introduce these pages to a new generation of readers and restore this series to its rightful place in comics history. This gorgeous volume brings every Tower of Shadows story and cover to life in vivid color and features background and analysis by comics journalist Michael Dean. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 178 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.