tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post1663210323384429905..comments2024-03-28T02:32:56.979-07:00Comments on Marvel University: May 1970: One Small Step for the Fantastic Four...!John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-65590552311039642582013-03-19T18:51:57.449-07:002013-03-19T18:51:57.449-07:00Glenn, that is brilliant!Glenn, that is brilliant!turafishhttp://turafish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-90669566370625239212013-03-16T04:02:23.135-07:002013-03-16T04:02:23.135-07:00It seems a shame that they couldn't find a pla...It seems a shame that they couldn't find a place for Petey in the Marvel Universe. If Patsy Walker could become a Super-Heroine, why couldn't Petey become the head of the Maggia, or the President of Roxxon Oil ... or something. ;)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Glenn :)<br />GlennMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536558149189057537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-15584486242835857012013-03-15T06:07:25.328-07:002013-03-15T06:07:25.328-07:00I actually struggled to get through an issue of &q...I actually struggled to get through an issue of "Petey" and for the life of me can't figure out why Marvel even tried to revive this thing. An obvious Dennis the Menace rip-off from the 50's, this kid is drawn with a nasty look on his face in every single panel. Even if he's just causing trouble by meddling, he looks evil. And that is pretty unfunny. Petey, don't let the door smack you in the ass… Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230403013933183750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-46683184855991540112013-03-14T05:30:58.066-07:002013-03-14T05:30:58.066-07:00Glenn,
That was an amazing trip, I very much enjo...Glenn,<br /><br />That was an amazing trip, I very much enjoyed it. Thanks also for the Spidey art clarification. I knew you wouldn't let me down! <br />Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230403013933183750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-43132109830423503072013-03-13T21:01:02.980-07:002013-03-13T21:01:02.980-07:00The final issue of Petey??? Say it ain't so!The final issue of Petey??? Say it ain't so!turafishhttp://turafish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-64454648041714027972013-03-13T20:59:45.238-07:002013-03-13T20:59:45.238-07:00Great recollection, Glenn! Mr. Miracle was a vastl...Great recollection, Glenn! Mr. Miracle was a vastly underrated book. Lots of bizarre fun!turafishhttp://turafish.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-62525758483592001712013-03-13T18:59:45.623-07:002013-03-13T18:59:45.623-07:00THE DAY I STOPPED READING MARVEL COMICS
Fantastic ...THE DAY I STOPPED READING MARVEL COMICS<br />Fantastic Four: After the whole world watched the Moon landing on TV, everyone wanted to jump on the bandwagon. For example, in Get Smart's season five opener, aired five weeks after the landing, we learned that CONTROL had been conducting their top secret meetings on the Moon for years, but, thanks to Apollo 11, they'd have to hold them somewhere else.<br /><br />At the earliest, FF #98 was written in November 1969, making it a late entrant in the Moon landing sweepstakes. The other problem is the events portrayed in the book contradict Marvel history. The FF landed on the Moon in 1963, but in a strange parallel with the Get Smart gag, no-one seems to know about it.<br /><br />Spider-Man: Romita plotted and laid out the story, Buscema pencilled the book over Romita's layouts, and Mooney inked the pages. Stan put the words in the balloons.<br /><br />The end of an era: In early 1964, while stuck in bed with Tonsillitis, friends dropped in with a box of comic books. My Brother, a cross between Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford, siphoned off the comics he wanted to read, and gave me the rest, which included X-Men #3. I'd never read anything like it. The heroes were teenagers, born with their powers, and they fought to protect society from others of their kind. Ironically, the society they defended didn't trust them and would have hunted them down if they ever found out who they were. This was very strange stuff. <br /><br />The next day, my Brother handed over the rest of the books. One of them was Spider-Man #9. This was like some corrupted version of Superman except Peter Parker was a photographer, and "Perry White" was an unethical cheapskate who hated the hero and used his newspaper to portray him as a criminal. Peter Parker's life was just one problem after another. What on earth were these Marvel Comics? I just had to find more of them.<br /><br />But, by mid 1970, I was bored to tears with Marvel. I'd seen the rise and fall of most of the titles, the recycling of plots and villains, and the cancellation of my favorite books. It was time to move on. I didn't read another Marvel title for over two years, when I picked up a copy of Marvel Premiere #3 featuring Dr. Strange. However, in that two year gap, I did read a few comic books.<br /><br />By late 1970 I was more interested in music, and visited "underground" record and book stores that imported LPs not available in Australia. I soon learned that they imported underground comic books too, and I was exposed to the work of Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, S. Clay Wilson, Rick Griffin, Jay Lynch, Greg Irons, etc. for the first time. The receptor in my brain that was fascinated by those strange Marvel comics back in 1964 had just switched itself on again. Comic books were back on my reading list, but they didn't carry the comics code stamp of approval.<br /><br />Underground comics were hard to find, so, instead of visiting corner stores and newsstands to get my comic book fix, for the rest of the 1970s I did the rounds, visiting places like "Archie and Jugheads" (Import Record store) "The Third World Bookshop" (bongs, papers, incense, etc.) "Space Age Books" (Science Fiction book store) "The International Bookshop" (Communist book store) "The Technical Bookshop" (school books) and "Gazunder" (a record store specializing in Krautrock). But, there was another surprise waiting for me a bit further down the track.<br /><br />In January 1972, on a particularly hot day, I stopped off at a corner store to get a cold drink. Staring at me from the spinner rack next to the cash register was something that couldn't possibly exist ... a DC comic book written and illustrated by Jack Kirby. It was Mr. Miracle #6. What was going on? How did this happen? Why was Kirby working for the "enemy?" Eventually, I found out the what, how and why, and in a repeat of 1964, Kirby got me reading mainstream comic books again. <br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Glenn :)<br />GlennMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536558149189057537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-15277196297693357212013-03-13T08:24:25.300-07:002013-03-13T08:24:25.300-07:00I think that, as Dean Enfantino touched on in his ...I think that, as Dean Enfantino touched on in his comments regarding this month's CAPTAIN AMERICA, the bottom line is not, "Multi-part stories good; single-issue stories bad." We have seen, and will continue to see, good and bad examples of both, but I think what's most important is to let a story find its natural length, which in many cases these enforced one-and-dones do not seem to have, er, done. It's not too surprising that Stan will espouse much the same theory in his Soapbox a few months hence, when he acknowledges that the single-issue policy was basically a failure.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com