Marvel in the Silver Age

Growing up in the 1960s, I was surrounded by pop-culture touchstones – The Beatles, The Man from UNCLE and Civil War News gum cards. The biggest influence on my life was Marvel Comics. I wanted to write something about the early days of Marvel, but felt it needed to be put in the right cultural context. So this is my Marvel Comics ...

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Showing posts with label Marvel house ads. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 January 2020

Marvel's Weird One-Shots (or, Hey ... where's issue 2?)

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THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1960s was a strange time for Marvel Comics. Stan Lee had established a strong line of comic books by 1966, and was l...
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Sunday, 24 February 2019

Bullpen Bulletins - How it all started

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ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS about the comics of Marvel's formative years is how Stan instinctively understood how to connect with his audie...
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Sunday, 15 January 2017

Strange Tales: The Human Torch solo stories

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IT'S FAIRLY WELL RECORDED  that at the beginning of the 1960s, when Marvel publisher Martin Goodman instructed editor and head writer St...
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Air Pirate Press is a virtual publishing company started by Alan McKenzie and Brett Ewins to publish THE ART OF BRETT EWINS, a retrospective of Brett's 20+ years in the British and American comic industries. This was followed up with McKenzie's revised third edition of THE HARRISON FORD STORY, an unauthorised biography of the top Hollywood star. Air Pirate Press currently has several more projects in preparation.
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