This is a fun little time capsule which takes a keen comics fan back to that epic month when Marvel Comics was pretty much birthed. August 1961 saw the publication of titles from the company which had been "Atlas" such as sundry Millie the Model and Patsy Walker books and westerns such as The Rawhide Kid and Kid Colt Outlaw and romances such as Teen-Age Romance and Love Romances. Monsters ruled the roost in titles like Journey into Mystery, Tales to Astonish, Strange Tales and many more. But two new books hit the stands that month, a title called simply Amazing Fantasy, and its companion dubbed The Fantastic Four. The former faded but gave birth to a certain arachnid hero, but the latter became the ground floor for a whole new universe. Below are the covers of the titles available in this epic month in the order they are presented in this volume. The editors have taken care to identify the talent for each story and cover.
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What a great idea. Really interesting to see what folk were interested in back in the day. A pity today's comics weren't as diverse in content as they seem to have been back then .
ReplyDeleteThe audience for comics has changed. Little kids get a nod, but they make these things for older teens and older mugs like us nowadays. It is so much fun to see what was available in the day.
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