Marvel in 1969 did not become the new Harvey Comics
Due to finances and my family’s move to America, 1969 (as I’ve mentioned before) became a blank spot in my comics awareness. I usually think of that in terms of …
Tag: Captain America
Captains in transition (Col. Fury too)
A perennial problem in comic-book storytelling is that the storytellers keep changing. Sometimes the series whipsaws in unpredictable and unsuccessful directions. Sometimes one writer’s plans get axed by their replacement. …
And what, pray tell, did this vast conspiracy of yours accomplish?
Having the Marvel app to help with my Silver Age reread makes it inevitable I’ll dip into other stuff. For instance, after one blog said fans are re-evaluating Jack Kirby’s …
Marvel visuals (1967 again)
Given the last couple of posts in my Silver Age reread were mostly critical of Marvel’s 1967 output, it seemed worth mentioning that it’s not a slog to read them. …
Marvel Comics in late ’67: spies, mages, gods and mutants
Continuing from last week, my look at the state of Marvel in late 1967. First up, Strange Tales. I’ve already gushed about Jim Steranko’s amazing art on Nick Fury, Agent …
The Shield of Steranko!
When Jim Steranko jumped to Marvel from the advertising world, he brought a very different style of illustration with him. He started out inking Kirby on the SHIELD strip in …
One odd issue: Tales of Suspense #84
Coming late in 1966, Tales of Suspense #84 isn’t a bad issue but it’s a very odd one. The first story, “The Other Iron Man” (Stan Lee, Gene Colan) has …