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 …
Tag: Roy Thomas
Marvel in late ’67: Part One
I’ve been meeting to post about several different Marvel books and keep getting distracted by other topics. This and a follow-up post next week should get me caught up.Amazing Spider-Man …
Another bit of Silver Age deconstruction
As I mentioned last year, Batman #166 was one of the earliest times I’ve seen a superhero book deconstruct superhero cliches, pointing out the absurdity of putting Batman (or by …
Blazing battle action, plus some questions: Fantastic Four Annual #4
The original Human Torch made his one-and-only Silver Age appearance battling Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four Annual #4. There are several aspects of the book that make it worth a …
New faces of the Silver Age (not that I ever saw their faces back then).
In 1965 and 1966, change was in the air. New names were writing the comics I liked, as well as the books I didn’t care about. The new generation of …
Marvel Comics Digests: a post-mortem
For about a year, we were treated to digests from Marvel; here’s a rundown of what we got.
Reprint These Comics!
We’re living in a golden age of comic book reprints, but there are still a few classics that have been unfairly neglected. John has a few suggestions.