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Marvel Saga 
First Issue CoverPublication information Publisher Marvel Comics Schedule Monthly Format Limited series Publication date Dec. 1985 - Dec. 1987 Number of issues 25 Creative team Writer(s) Peter Sanderson Artist(s) (Various) Editor(s) Danny Fingeroth Collected editions Volume 1 ISBN 978-0-7851-2727-7 Volume 2 ISBN 978-0-7851-2728-4 The Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe was a comic book series which attempted to condense the first 25 years of Marvel Universe events into a sequential, narrative story.
Overview
The series was researched and written by Peter Sanderson and edited by Danny Fingeroth. It was published over 25 issues from December 1985 to December 1987. The story follows Marvel continuity as closely as possible from the inception of the Marvel Universe, and it is stated in the first issue that there is nothing in the series that hasn't already been printed in previous Marvel comics. The illustration of the comics was mostly made up from excerpts from the original comics in which the events being described took place, with the addition of some new artwork to describe some of the events mentioned.
The series was meant to be a cohesive and quick way for newcomers to catch up on the entirety of the Marvel Universe at once, featuring the stories of the biggest and most important events in the Universe (up to 1987), including origins of most of the major Marvel characters. It also allows readers to see how stories from many different series are related and how they fit together in chronological order. Since the series ended in 1987, many more important events and facts have been introduced that may affect the stories told in the series, but it still represents the basic early storyline of the Marvel Universe.
Collected editions
The series has been collected into two trade paperbacks:
- Essential Marvel:
- Marvel Saga Vol. 1 (collects Marvel Saga #1-12, 448 pages, January 2008, ISBN 978-0-7851-2727-7)
- Marvel Saga vol. 2 (collects Marvel Saga #13-25, 480 pages, December 2008, ISBN 978-0-7851-2728-4)
External links
Categories:- Marvel Comics limited series
- 1985 comic debuts
- Essential Marvel:
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