Lo, the silver fades
As my Silver Age reread is now in mid-1969, I can see the Silver Age winding down. Dr. Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD just switched to bi-monthly. DC’s …
Tag: Marvel Comics
There’s an app for that!
One of my first posts here (dear god, back in 2017?) was about how having old comics available in trade paperback affected my reading choices and therefore my shopping choices. …
Gene Colan, Frank Springer and other Marvel artists
As I’ve written before, Gene Colan is one of the artists who often seemed to struggle with the Marvel Method requiring him to do the lion’s share of the plotting. …
Was Robots R Us having a fire sale?
For some reason Marvel got robot-happy in early 1969. The robot doesn’t show in this Gene Colan cover, but he’s in the story. Kree warrior Captain Marvel discovers Walter Lawson …
Relevance! Galactus! The Serpent Crown! Glimpses of Marvel in January 1969
Along with the infamous marriage of Yellowjacket and the Wasp, Marvel had a few other books cover-dated for January 1969. Here are some of them, starting with Amazing Spider-Man #68. …
What is truth? Is truth unchanging taste?
(Time for another repost to fit an old topic into my Silver Age reread. This time: Avengers #60!) When I was in my teens I read an old copy of …
Marvel at the end of 1968: some images and stories
Writing about my Silver Age reread in 1968, I’ve commented several times that Jack Kirby’s stories, while still entertaining, feel like he’s getting ready for his exit. Captain America #108, …