Who is the mysterious old man lying on his deathbed in a New York hospital in 1939 — and how does his passing mark the beginning of the first heroic age of the Marvel Universe? The world is on the brink of war, and the race is on to build the first super-soldier, as the earliest days of the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner take shape.
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's centerpiece miniseries for Marvel's 70th anniversary, unearthing the hidden connections between the earliest costumed heroes.
