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 ...

Showing posts with label Stan Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stan Lee. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 November 2026

X-Men - 1963 and all that: Part 2

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AS THE FOURTH ISSUE OF THE X-MEN HIT THE NEWSSTANDS , there was quite a shift in Stan and Jack's approach to the way the title would ev...
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Saturday, 18 July 2026

Marvel Comics Cover Gallery - 1959

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AS 1959 HOVE INTO VIEW, we would see fewer covers by Joe Maneely, as the last of his work filtered through the system, and more by Jack Kir...
Friday, 6 February 2026

The Best Marvel Annual: Fantastic Four 1

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MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE COMIC ANNUAL IS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 1 , which I covered here nine years ago . But running it a close second is t...
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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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