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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 20, 2024 22:26:40 GMT -5
I find it interesting that the Defenders and Master of Kung Fu annuals had unique logos, neither of which I remember ever seeing again, and neither of which I think capture the tone of their respective series very well.
My favorite of these is the Defenders Annual, which, like most of the Giant-Size issues before it, brought in a new "Defender for a Day". Power Man wasn't one of my favorites, but looking back now, he was an appropriate choice to join the non-team for a single adventure. Hulk Annual #5 was also a big treat; back then most of us couldn't have imagined the day would come when the pre-hero monsters would be as integrated into the Marvel Universe as they eventually were (much less imagine that one of them would feature prominently in a major motion picture!).
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Post by berkley on Nov 20, 2024 23:07:28 GMT -5
I started buying comics in very late '75. But I never bought Annuals in those early days because they were too damn expensive. That was the cost of two funnybooks. Why would I buy one when I could get two different ones? Madness. Now I did vote. I got that Invaders Annual later as a back issue. And I picked up the Daredevil at a yard sale. Almost all the annuals I chose (except Marvel Two in One which came out in early fall) I got in the late summer during the middle of a heat wave when I had the chicken pox. My dad went to the pharmacy to get Calamine lotion for me and came back with a fat stack of comics for me to read while I endured (I remember Eternals #15 being among them as well and having no idea what was happening in that book, but my dad liked Hulk so he picked it up). Among them were the annuals (my first experience of those) and a handful of other issues. This was the most comics I had ever gotten at one time, I usually got one a week or once every 2 weeks with my allowance, which just covered the price of a single comic, and I hadn't gotten my first polybagged 3 pack yet, so this was a virtual feast of comics for me as a kid. The only other annual I got as a kid was Avengers Annual 9 a few years later, but other than that I didn't get another annual until I was working and making my own money to buy them. The Marvel 2 in One is the one my cousin had that took me some time to get on my own. -M Nice memory. How old were you at the time? |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Nov 21, 2024 0:09:05 GMT -5
Almost all the annuals I chose (except Marvel Two in One which came out in early fall) I got in the late summer during the middle of a heat wave when I had the chicken pox. My dad went to the pharmacy to get Calamine lotion for me and came back with a fat stack of comics for me to read while I endured (I remember Eternals #15 being among them as well and having no idea what was happening in that book, but my dad liked Hulk so he picked it up). Among them were the annuals (my first experience of those) and a handful of other issues. This was the most comics I had ever gotten at one time, I usually got one a week or once every 2 weeks with my allowance, which just covered the price of a single comic, and I hadn't gotten my first polybagged 3 pack yet, so this was a virtual feast of comics for me as a kid. The only other annual I got as a kid was Avengers Annual 9 a few years later, but other than that I didn't get another annual until I was working and making my own money to buy them. The Marvel 2 in One is the one my cousin had that took me some time to get on my own. -M Nice memory. How old were you at the time? Summer of '77 I had just turned 8. -M |
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