The Marvel/Lancer collaboration starred some of Marvel’s most popular characters and six paperback volumes were published between 1965 and 1967. Each book sold for 50c, ran to 176 pages and reprinted stories featuring The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Thor, The Hulk and Daredevil. Each book was labelled a Collector’s Album and featured pin-ups as well as a full-page advert for other Marvel titles. And, in an attempt to reinforce their image as ‘proper’ books, the back covers featured testimonials from respected newspapers such as The Village Voice and The New York Herald Tribune and august institutions as Yale University and the University of Chicago.
The last collection featured Marvel’s blind superhero in Here Comes… Daredevil. The book collected stories from Daredevil issues #1, #3 and #17, all written by Lee with art by Bill Everett, John Romita and Gene Colan.
