Contrary to The Who, the kids are not alright
At the end of the 1960s, youth seemed to be running wild in a way it never had before. The 20th century had already transformed America’s idea of youth by …
Tag: Marvel Comics
Famous firsts
As I’ve mentioned before, both DC or Marvel were off their game as the Silver Age approached its end. DC’s trying anything and everything to make up for the sales …
Avengers battle the JLA! Green Arrow becomes poor! Kang tells a fib!
As everyone probably knows, the first JLA/Avengers crossover took place in 1969. As Roy Thomas explains it, “This initial takeoff on 4 members of DC’s Justice League was the result …
Roy Thomas speaks! Mar-Vell listens!
Over at Roy Thomas’s website he has several pages listing his comic book co-creations. As I’ve been blogging so much about Captain Mar-Vell, this section I stumbled across seemed interesting: …
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 …
I wish I could quit you, man of the Kree!
I’m not a fan of the early Silver Age Captain Marvel. When I first encountered the series as part of my Silver Age reread I thought it was mediocre — …
The secret to a failed reboot is — reboot some more? Captain Marvel #17
Captain Marvel #11-17 read now like a prophecy of DC post-crisis: the solution to boosting sales is a drastic reboot. Followed by another drastic reboot. And then another. Marvel Comics …