Marvel Explodes

Paul Levitz is former President and Publisher of DC Comics and has written for many of DC's major comic books series, including Superman and Justice Society. His story Legion: The Great Darkness Saga was voted one of the top 20 best comic stories of the last century by readers of The Buyers' Guide.

• 1. Before the Beginning2. The Beginning and the Pause3. 1967: The Slow Sizzle4. 1968: The Explosive Year5. 1969: Shoring up the Bottom Line6. 1970: Caution and a Shock to the System7. 1971: Marvel Takes the Lead8. 1972: Stan Takes Over9. 1973: Marvel's Horror-fying Year10. Not Exactly a Marvel-ous Moment11. 1974: Going Big12. 1975: A Most X-cellent Year13. Coda

From Marvel’s explosive growth in the late 1960s and early 1970s, to epic comic book crossovers that impacted plotlines for decades, Doctor Strange’s psychedelic mysticism, and Miles Morales’s reinvention of Spider-Man, these Marvel Age of Comics series authors explore how landmark stories and creators transformed Marvel into a cultural phenomenon.