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 …
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Three views of the Thing and a thought about Alicia Masters
First this scene, from Fantastic Four #60 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby), the ending issue of the FF’s epic, multi-part battle with Dr. Doom, amped up by the power of the Silver …
A minor (but mighty!) Marvel landmark
Following the Kingpin’s debut in Amazing Spider-Man #50 we have him meet and defeat Spider-Man the following issue. #52 resolves his introductory arc with Spidey turning the tables. In addition …
Spiderman No More? Say it ain’t so, Joe!
When I read a reprint of Spider-Man #50, “Spider-Man No More!” by Stan Lee and John Romita, I thought it was a good story but no more than that. It …
Lo, there shall come changes (but small ones)
The big change in Fantastic Four #61 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby) was supposed to be the Sandman. The costume upgrade on the cover is only part of it. As the …
A turning point in the life of the Hulk!
As I mentioned in an earlier post about my Silver Age reread, when the Hulk relaunched his series as Giant-Man’s companion in Tales to Astonish, it came with a reboot …
Just when it was getting good!
I’ve mentioned before that including Sgt. Fury in my Silver Age Reread hasn’t changed my feelings about the book. Which are negative, despite some striking moments like this one (courtesy …