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Post by tarkintino on Aug 25, 2019 5:12:39 GMT -5
'60s highlights for me would be about the artists... Steve Ditko: Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Hawk & Dove and Captain Atom Jack Kirby: The Fantastic Four, Thor and those first few Avengers and The X-Men Speaking of Jack Kirby, his illustration of Spider-Man in The Avengers #3 is quite... different from how Steve Ditko illustrated him.  Well, Kirby--like the majority of Silver and Bronze Age Marvel artists--was not suited to bring out the essence of the character. During the Silver Age, it would be no surprise about who was the greatest of all Spider-Man artists. |
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Post by electricmastro on Aug 25, 2019 16:58:48 GMT -5
MLJ/Archie/Mighty decided to regularly publish superheroes again after they had stopped about 15 years earlier, but it's too bad they didn't quite catch on:   |
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 25, 2019 17:23:56 GMT -5
MLJ/Archie/Mighty decided to regularly publish superheroes again after they had stopped about 15 years earlier, but it's too bad they didn't quite catch on: You know what? When they were revived (again) in 1983 under the Red Circle imprint, initially, I thought It was less than spectacular (much like their runs from earlier decades), but in giving it a chance, I found it to be a brief breath of fresh air to the juggernauts that were the Big Two publishers (even as DC had already entered one of --or arguably its greatest creative periods). The Mighty Crusaders stories were not classics, but it was nice to read something from a superhero world that had its own identity and tone for the world created around it. Not for a second did I believe the characters could crossover with DC or Marvel, and that was one of the things that was so appealing. |
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Post by brutalis on Aug 26, 2019 8:21:55 GMT -5
The 60's was a time when I was too young for reading comics (born in 62) so most of my 60's reading was Marvel/DC reprints in the 70's or more recently the last few years in trade collections or back issue purchases.
Particular standouts and likes for me:
Flash under Infantino.
Hawkman under Kubert and Murphy Anderson.
Doom Patrol.
Metamorpho.
Legion of Super-Heroes.
DC War comics.
Sea Devils.
Avengers.
Fantastic Four.
Spider-Man.
Iron Man.
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Gold Key Star Trek.
Charlton War comics.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 26, 2019 9:46:05 GMT -5
All of them. Signed, Silver-haired Silver Ager. 
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Post by MDG on Aug 26, 2019 12:06:41 GMT -5
I find that it's a lot easier to keep silver age books as favorites if you remember them more than you re-read them, but:
New Look Batman/Detective
Fox/Sekowsky JLA
Goodwin-edited Warrens
Archies during the period when they'd have a vignette image from a story panel above the title
Ditko Dr. Strange
FF, when Kirby's firing on all cylinders (esp if the Inhumans are involved)
Short-lived DC series of the late silver (bat Lash, Secret Six, Captain Action, etc.)
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 26, 2019 13:14:29 GMT -5
MDG's choices include a bunch of mine (DC's 1968 titles; Fox-Sekpwsky JLA; New Look Batman and Detective)
Also, to be specific:
Fantasy Masterpieces/ Marvel Super-Heroes
Our Army at War
Brave and the Bold
Sgt. Fury
Adventure
Atom; Hawkman; Adam Strange in Mystery in Space
Elongated Man, Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter back-up strips
Johnny Cloud in All-American Men of War
Enemy Ace
Avengers, from around #40- #65 or so
Tomahawk
Tarzan (Gold Key)
Metal Men; Challengers of the Unknown
World's Finest
Bob Hope
M.A.R.S Patrol
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 26, 2019 14:24:50 GMT -5
All of them. Signed, Silver-haired Silver Ager. Most of them.
Signed,
Not-at-all bronzed Bronze Ager.
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Post by sabongero on Aug 26, 2019 14:38:03 GMT -5
MDG's choices include a bunch of mine (DC's 1968 titles; Fox-Sekpwsky JLA; New Look Batman and Detective) Also, to be specific: Our Army at WarPrince Hal can I ask you what were your favorite stories of this title? And also, I know you didn't mention it, but what "Unknown Soldier" stories appealed to you if you came across any in "Our Army at War" ? Thanks. |
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Post by electricmastro on Nov 9, 2019 0:43:35 GMT -5
Some of my favorite stories from 1960s Marvel:  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 9, 2019 2:51:47 GMT -5
Rrrrrrreptisaurus!
I think a lot of bronze-age-and-later writers were/are living out there childhood fanboy dreams, and... eh, I miss the Joe Gill style guys who were just doing a job. I miss that adult, ironic distance from goofy material like superheroes and giant monsters.
In Reptisaurus, Konga, and Gorgo everyone involved is a grown up, doing *A* job, not their dream job. But good lord is everyone having fun with it!
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 9, 2019 9:42:33 GMT -5
Two of mine were Colan/Thomas on Dr. Strange  And Steranko's epic three issues on Captain America.  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 9, 2019 12:22:58 GMT -5
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Post by Farrar on Nov 9, 2019 12:38:01 GMT -5
I only bought/read new comics during the Silver Age (and I guess a year or so into the Bronze Age), so for me the series I bought (or read friends' copies) on a regular basis were and still are my personal favorites:
Marvel:
Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, Marvel Collectors' Item Classics/Marvel's Greatest Comics, Sub-Mariner, Not Brand Echh. I would occasionally pick up other Marvel titles if one of my favorite characters (such as Medusa) guest-starred.
DC:
Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, Justice League of America, Detective (when Batgirl was the back-up feature), Adventure (for the Legion), Action (ditto), Heart Throbs, Aquaman, Metal Men, Secret Six
Archie:
Betty and Veronica, Pep, Laugh, Betty and Me, Reggie and Me
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Post by shaxper on Nov 12, 2019 10:45:01 GMT -5
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At least the demand made sense, as for Steranko or Wood, but I wondered why anyone thought much of the earliest Barry Smith Marvels (although they were kind of fun to compare to the later classic style).
